The business context represents the consideration of business issues related to the adoption decision.
This assumption represents the consideration of the effect of the molecular size on the molecular movement.
F DE × n/(b/2)3/2 represents the consideration of the effect of Donnan's equilibrium [ 28].
This represents the consideration that water activity should be higher outside the protocells.
This assumption represents the consideration that the larger the protocell, the more the probability that it would divide.
The index y equals to (b/ L AM )3/2, which represents the consideration of the limiting effect of the cellular space on the influx of nucleotide precursors.
The index y equals to (b/ L AM )3/2, which represents the consideration of the limiting effect of the cellular space on the influx of nucleotide (or deoxynucleotide) precursors.
F OP × n/(b/2)3/2 represents the consideration for the "osmotic pressure effect"; a higher concentration of the inner impermeable ions would cause the protocell to be more swollen, and thus amphiphiles within the membrane are less likely to leave [ 27].
F DE × n/(b/2)3/2 represents the consideration of the effect of Donnan's equilibrium – see [ 13] for a detailed explanation of the influence of Donnan's equilibrium on the protocell.
For a particular intermediate site between two genes in a linear RNA, P BBR is multiplied by a factor, F IB (>1), which represents the consideration of the self-cleaving effect [ 15].
The introduction of the square root (i.e., q equals to r1/2) represents the consideration of the synergistic effect of the separation of the base pairs (if a base pair is separated, the base pairs flanking it would be easier to separate).
