Balanced operation strategies of district heating systems based on dynamic hydraulic-thermal modeling by Xiaojie Lin, Ning Zhang, Zheng Luo, Encheng Feng, Wei Zhong

“…This article constructs a dynamic hydraulic-thermal model and performs a balanced operation strategies optimization based on the hydraulic-thermal model. The linearization and iterative optimization process are adopted to simplify the hydraulic and thermal modeling for the single pipe, and the hydraulic and thermal calculation are conducted sequentially. …”
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Preconcentration of Trace Amounts of Pb(II) Ions without Any Chelating Agent by Using Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles prior to ETAAS Determination by S. Z. Mohammadi, T. Shamspur, M. A. Karimi, E. Naroui

“…Under the best experimental conditions, linearity was maintained between 0.005–0.5 ng mL−1. …”
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Study on Creep Characteristics of Expansive Soil in High-Fill Channel of South-to-North Water Transfer Project by Jianhua Guo, Zhangjun Dai, Shichang Li, Nadeem Muhammad, Hui Gao

“…The coefficient of secondary compression of unsaturated expansive soil is linearly related to dry density and moisture content. …”
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Mid-latitude clouds contribute to Arctic amplification via interactions with other climate feedbacks by David B Bonan, Jennifer E Kay, Nicole Feldl, Mark D Zelinka

“…Traditional feedback analyses, which assume that individual climate feedback mechanisms act independently and add linearly, suggest that clouds do not contribute to Arctic amplification. …”
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Gastrointestinal Bacterial and Methanogenic Archaea Diversity Dynamics Associated with Condensed Tannin-Containing Pine Bark Diet in Goats Using 16S rDNA Amplicon Pyrosequencing by Byeng R. Min, Sandra Solaiman, Raymon Shange, Jong-Su Eun

“…Among methanogens, Methanobrevibacter was linearly decreased (P=0.05) with increasing PB supplementation. …”
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The Effect of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation on Pulmonary Catheter Readings: Specifically Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in a Swine Model by Ahmad M. Slim, Shaun Martinho, Jennifer Slim, Eddie Davenport, Luadino M. Castillo-Rojas, Eric A. Shry

“…Mean PCWP and LAP were linearly related (LAP = 0.66∗PCWP + 4.5 cm H2O, 𝑅2=0.674, and 𝑃<.001) over a wide range of high and low CPAP values during APRV. …”
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Temperature dependence of liverwort diversification reveals a cool origin and hot hotspots by Karola Maul, S. Robbert Gradstein, Dietmar Quandt, Michael Kessler

“…We found that diversification rates increase linearly with temperature, and hence decrease with elevation. …”
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Effect of Confining Pressure on Mechanical and Energy Conversion Properties of Gas-Containing Coal under Loads by Zhizhen Zhang, Yixin Niu, Xiaoji Shang, Rui Zhou, Xingguang Liu, Feng Gao

“…The results show that the peak strength and residual strength after failure of gas-containing coal both increase approximately linearly with the increase of confining pressure, while the elastic modulus does not change much or increases continuously, which is closely related to the number of microdefects in the coal sample. …”
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Development and Validation of an LC-MS/MS Method and Comparison with a GC-MS Method to Measure Phenytoin in Human Brain Dialysate, Blood, and Saliva by Raphael Hösli, Stefan König, Stefan F. Mühlebach

“…The calibration curve of the LC-MS/MS method (10–2000 ng/mL) showed linearity over a larger range with correlation coefficients r2 > 0.995 for all tested matrices (blood, saliva, and dialysate). …”
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Effect of Bedding Structure on the Energy Dissipation Characteristics of Dynamic Tensile Fracture for Water-Saturated Coal by Shuang Gong, Lei Zhou, Zhen Wang, Wen Wang

“…The results show that the damage variables of natural dry coal samples increase approximately linearly with the increase of impact velocity; however, the overall damage variables of saturated coal samples increase exponentially as a function of impact velocity. …”
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Modelagem e simulação de biorreatores em série para a obtenção de etanol usando a equação de Tosetto by João Victor Sales Castro, Juan Canellas Bosch Neto

“…A simulação foi realizada no software OCTAVE, resolvendo um sistema de nove equações diferenciais não-lineares, através do método numérico de Runge-Kutta. …”
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Study on the Aging Time Variation Law of Mechanical Properties of the Laminated Rubber Bearing in Coastal Bridges considering Frictional Slip by Yue Li, Chongming Gao, Chong Li, Qian Li

“…The results indicate that (1) the horizontal and vertical stiffness of the bearing increase linearly with the aging time of the rubber. The amplification of the bearing stiffness also grows with the shape coefficient of the bearing. (2) The frictional slip initiation displacement of the bearing grows with the rubber aging time. …”
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Evaluating Metabolic Profiling of Human Milk Using Biocrates MxP^® QUANT 500 Assay by Daniela Hampel, Setareh Shahab-Ferdows, Gilberto Kac, Lindsay H. Allen

“…Analyzing five different HM-pool volumes (2–20 µL) revealed acceptable linearity for 458 metabolites. Intraday accuracy of 80–120% was attained by 469 metabolites after spiking and for 342 after a 1:2 dilution. …”
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SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF AVIBACTERIUM PARAGALLINARUM INACTIVATION WITH FORMALDEHYDE AND THIOMERSAL by M. S. Firsova, V. A. Yevgrafova, A. V. Potekhin

“…Herewith, inactivation process is specified by linearity and the inactivation rate constant amounts to 7.92±1.12 h-1. …”
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Determination of Ca, P, K, Na, and Mg in Australian Retail Pasteurised Milk Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP OES) by Duc Doan Nguyen, Vicky Solah, Suzanne Daubney, Saijel Jani

“…The validated ICP OES method showed good linearity for all elements (R2>0.9993). The method limits of quantification (LOQ) for Ca, P, K, Na, and Mg were 19.85, 8.97, 100.8, 41.92, and 11.56 µg·g−1, respectively. …”
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Sex-modulated association between thyroid stimulating hormone and informant-perceived anxiety in non-depressed older adults: Prediction models and relevant cutoff value by Asma Hallab

“…Restricted cubic splines were applied to evaluate non-linearity in the association. The median age of 2,114 eligible participants was 73 years (68–78), 1,117 (52.84%) were males, and the median TSH was 1.69 µIU/mL. …”
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Development and Validation of a Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Assay for Determination of Cromolyn Sodium in Skin Permeation Studies by Miranda Kay Holman, Stacy D Brown, Dorcas Frempong, Ashana Puri, Steven Dinh

“…No interfering peaks were observed from the receptor and skin extracts, and linearity was established between 0.1 and 2.5 μg/mL. …”
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Safety Analysis of the Running Train under Earthquake Dynamic Disturbance by Mingfei Li, Junwei Liu

“…Under the action of the Qian’an wave, the force between the wheel and rail changes approximately linearly with respect to the frequency of the ground motion, and all dynamic response indexes are within a safe range. …”
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SYNTHESIS OF VOLTAGES OF UNIFORM PWM IN TIME REGULATION by A. G. Stryzhniou, A. N. Rusakovich, A. A. Shykhau

“…Feature of time regulation is that a motor has fast response in the range of small-signal of control and good linearity of speed-torque characteristics in the whole control range. …”
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Determination of Tropifexor in Beagle Dog Plasma by UPLC-MS/MS and Its Application in Pharmacokinetics by Yan-Ding Su, Xin-Yi Wei, Xiao-Hang Su, Ghulam Woshur, Xiao-Nan Geng, Xiang-Jun Qiu

“…The profile displayed well linearity with calibration curves for tropifexor and oprozomib (ISTD) ranging from 1.0 to 200 ng/mL. …”
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