Removal of Cd(II) and Cu(II) from Aqueous Solution by Na+-Modified Pisha Sandstone by Xia Wang, Yongxing Cui, Qi Peng, Chenbin Fan, Zhiqin Zhang, Xingchang Zhang

“…Binary solutions adsorption isotherms indicated that the linearity of the adsorption amount and initial concentration of Cu(II) and Cd(II) was better in certain ranges and the adsorbents were selective towards Cu(II) rather than Cd(II). …”
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Anemia among HIV-Infected Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa: Improvement in Hemoglobin regardless of Degree of Immunosuppression and the Initiating ART Re... by Simbarashe Takuva, Mhairi Maskew, Alana T. Brennan, Ian Sanne, A. Patrick MacPhail, Mathew P. Fox

“…Between 0 and 6 months on ART, the magnitude of hemoglobin increase was linearly related to CD4 count. However, between 6 and 24 months on ART, hemoglobin levels showed a sustained overall increase, the magnitude of which was similar regardless of baseline CD4 level. …”
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Development of a Method for Rapid Determination of Morpholine in Juices and Drugs by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Mengsi Cao, Pingping Zhang, Yanru Feng, Huayin Zhang, Huaijiao Zhu, Kaoqi Lian, Weijun Kang

“…The derivative was extracted with dichloromethane and determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The linearity range of morpholine was 10–500 μg·L−1 with good correlation, and limits of detection (LOD) and limits of quantification (LOQ) were 7.3 μg·L−1 and 24.4 μg·L−1, respectively. …”
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Photoluminescence Response in Carbon Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition onto GaAs Substrates at Low Vacuum by F. Caballero-Briones, G. Santana, T. Flores, L. Ponce

“…Deposited films were visually smooth and adherent but on the other hand evidence of splashing was observed in all the films. Thickness varied linearly with the number of pulses from 8 to 42 μm with maximum height differences around 700 nm. …”
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Determination of hexachlorocyclopentadiene in water by HS-SPME-GC-MS by YOU Xihua, SHI Jinghua, WANG Weili, CAO Fangfang, ZHANG Fengju, QIN Chenghua

“…The results showed that hexachlorocyclopentadiene exhibited good linearity with chromatographic peak area within the mass concentration range of 0.1-10 µg/L, with a correlation coefficient of 0.997 and a detection limit of 0.03 µg/L. …”
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Growth Rate and Yield of Two Tomato Varieties (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) under Green Manure and NPK Fertilizer Rate Samaru Northern Guinea Savanna by A. S. Isah, E. B. Amans, E. C. Odion, A. A. Yusuf

“…Both varieties responded linearly in growth stages of 5 and 7 weeks after transplanting (WAT) on plant height, relative growth rate, and crop growth rate (CGR). …”
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HPLC-Fingerprints and Antioxidant Constituents of Phyla nodiflora by Fang-Ju Lin, Feng-Lin Yen, Pei-Chun Chen, Moo-Chin Wang, Chun-Nan Lin, Chiang-Wen Lee, Horng-Huey Ko

“…Statistical analysis of the obtained data demonstrated that our method achieved the desired linearity, precision, and accuracy. The results indicated that the developed method can be used as a quality evaluation method for PNM.…”
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Internal Integrated Temperature Sensor for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Pengfei Yang, Kai Su, Shijie Weng, Jiang Han, Qian Zhang, Zhiqiang Li, Xiaoli Peng, Yong Xiang

“…The PT1000 RTD microsensor’s temperature is linearly related to resistance (R = 3.71T + 1003.86). …”
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Quantitative analysis of quaternary mixtures in topical creams using cutting-edge HPLC technique: environmental impact and sigma methodology by Maha A. Alwaili, Osama A. Mahmoud, Samar M. Mahgoub, Manal A. Almalki, Hassan A. Rudayni, Ahmed A. Allam, Mustafa Ahmed Abdel-Reheim, Osama A. Mohammed, Mahmoud A. Mohamed

“…The calibration curves exhibited linearity across the concentration levels specified in the approach. …”
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Development of a fixed-order $$H_{\infty }$$ controller for a robust P&O-MPPT strategy to control poly-crystalline solar PV energy systems by Moussa Sedraoui, Mohcene Bechouat, Ramazan Ayaz, Yahya Z. Alharthi, Abdelhalim Borni, Layachi Zaghba, Salah K. ElSayed, Yayehyirad Ayalew Awoke, Sherif S. M. Ghoneim

“…This modification leads to determining and linearizing the nonlinear current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the photovoltaic (PV) array near standard test conditions (STC), resulting in an uncertain equivalent resistance used to synthesize an overall model. …”
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Study on the Propagation Law of Water Hammer Wave in Underwater Blasting and the Reducing Effect of Air Curtain on Water Hammer Wave by Chao Qi, Zuxiang Hu, Suihong Wang, Zhixiong Jiang, Haoyuan Wu, Zhiqiang Yin

“…The attenuation law of the water hammer wave decreased linearly with the increase of the distance between the bubble curtain and the charge. …”
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Development of Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography Method for the Analysis of Moxonidine and Its Impurities by Slavica Filipic, Milica Elek, Marija Popović, Katarina Nikolic, Danica Agbaba

“…Based on the obtained results selectivity, linearity (r≥0.9976), accuracy (recovery: 93.66%–114.08%), precision (RSD: 0.56%–2.55%), and robustness of the method were confirmed. …”
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Experimental Study of the Pore Structure Deterioration of Sandstones under Freeze-Thaw Cycles and Chemical Erosion by Jielin Li, Rennie B. Kaunda, Longyin Zhu, Keping Zhou, Feng Gao

“…As the freeze-thaw cycles increase, the porosity of rocks increases approximately linearly. The distribution of the NMR T2 develops gradually from 4 peaks to 5 or even to 6. …”
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Identification and pharmacokinetics of saponins in Rhizoma Anemarrhenae after oral administration to rats by HPLC-Q-TOF/MS and HPLC-MS/MS by Wang Hai-Qiao, Lan Fen, Zhang Yi-Han, Xia Jin-Er, Gong Xiao-Mei, Liu Min

“…The method validation, including specificity, linearity, precision, accuracy, recovery, matrix effect and robustness, met the requirements of the intended use. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Red Sandstone at Strain Rates of 10−2∼55 s−1 by Jie Shi, Zongmu Luo, Huachao Liu, Dan Wang, Haipeng Shen, Zeng Li

“…It is indicated that the dynamic compressive strength of sandstone in the range of intermediate strain rate increases approximately linearly with the strain rate under the quasi-static loading condition, while increasing nonlinearly under the dynamic loading condition. …”
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A Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Chlorogenic Acid and Sesquiterpene Lactone Content in Industrial Chicory Root Foodstuffs by Honorine Willeman, Philippe Hance, Anne Fertin, Najia Voedts, Nathalie Duhal, Jean-François Goossens, Jean-Louis Hilbert

“…Good retention time and area repeatability (RDD mean % 0.46 and 5.6, resp.) and linearity (R2≥0.96) were obtained. The STL and chlorogenic acids levels determined were 254.7 and 100.2 μg/g of dry matter in the root, 792.5 and 1,547 μg/g in flour, and 160.4 and 822.5 μg/g in the roasted grains, respectively. …”
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CUPRAC Voltammetric Determination of Antioxidant Capacity in Tea Samples by Using Screen-Printed Microelectrodes by Alina Elena Trofin, Lucia Carmen Trincă, Elena Ungureanu, Adina Mirela Ariton

“…The SPME response was linearly correlated with trolox content. This preliminary demonstration was focused on the analysis of tea infusions, due to the simplicity and reproducibility of the samples’ preparations involved. …”
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Response Surface Optimization of a Rapid Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction Method for Simultaneous Determination of Tetracycline Antibiotics in Manure by Lanqing Li, Mingxing Sun, Hui Zhou, Yun Zhou, Ping Chen, Hong Min, Guoqing Shen

“…The calibration curves showed good linearity (R2>0.99) for all analytes in the range of 0.1–20 μg/mL. …”
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Masking Agents Evaluation for Lead Determination by Flow Injection-Hydride Generation-Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry Technique: Effect of KI, L-Cysteine, and 1,10-Phenanthroline by Blanca G. Beltrán, Luz O. Leal, Laura Ferrer, Víctor Cerdà

“…The lead determinations were performed using a flow injection analysis (FIA) system coupled to HG and atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS). The linearity of calibration curves (1–10 μg Pb L−1) was not affected by the addition of the masking agents. …”
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L-shaped association between ankle-brachial index and coronary heart disease in Chinese adults with hypertension by Wei Zhou, Yumeng Shi, Chao Yu, Tao Wang, Lingjuan Zhu, Huihui Bao, Xiaoshu Cheng

“…A generalized additive model (GAM) and fitted smoothing curve were employed to assess linearity and delineate the dose–response association between ABI and CHD. …”
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