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A non-linear fitting procedure was employed in order to analyze polarization curves obtained at several temperatures (25 75 °C).
Accordingly, a non-linear fitting method was presented to analyze the Csc−2 vs. Vm plots of bipolar passive films.
Higher and more adequate column curves are suggested for such columns, and new column curves are proposed based on a non-linear fitting of the parametric results.
Symmetry factors and rate constants for forward and backward direction of both reactions were determined by a non-linear fitting procedure.
We propose a fractional fermentation model and, based on experimental data, a non-linear fitting approach that includes fractional integration is used to obtain the fractional orders and kinetics parameters.
A non-linear fitting of the experimental data of the system MTm AA to an integrated form of the copolymerisation equation which describes the terminal model postulated by Mayo and Lewis, gave reactivity ratio values of rMTm=2.5 and rAA=0.30.
The data were analysed with a transfer function using a non-linear fitting routine, assuming that the resistance of the film is coupled in series with the faradaic impedance of the W 0) → W VI) reaction, with these in parallel with the capacitance of the metal/passive film/electrolyte system.
We adapt a non-linear fitting routine [9] that uses a least square nlm optimization routine in R. Briefly, multimodel inference, incorporated within the NLFIT fitting routine [9], involves a full model above, where c varies across arrays as well as reduced model, where c is constant across all conditions.
Hence, the microbiologically best setting to prevent a non-touch fitting colonization was a short water connection pipe and a regular pre-flush of 30 s before water sampling, even if the fitting was not used regularly for hand washing.
Infrared spectra were fitted overlapping Gaussian curves and the amplitude, centre and bandwidth at half of the maximum amplitude and area of each Gaussian function were calculated using a non-linear peak fitting program (PeakFit package, Systat Software, San Jose, CA, USA).
