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. 2023 Sep 1;11:e15539. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15539

Table 1. Descriptions of symbols used.

Symbol Description
A Surface area of the cell
α Cytotoxicity power constant
α 0 Intercept of cytotoxicity power function
β Osmotic damage power constant
b Osmotically inactive fraction
C 0 Intercept of cytotoxicity proportionality function
C osmo Osmotic damage proportionality constant
C temp Temperature damage proportionality constant
C tox Cytotoxicity proportionality constant
E α Activation energy (Slope) of cytotoxicity power function
E Lp Activation energy of water
E Ps Activation energy of CPA
E tox Activation energy (Slope) of cytotoxicity proportionality function
J Accumulated damage function
J osmo Osmotic damage function
J temp Temperature damage function
J tot Total damage function
J tox Cytotoxicity damage function
L 0 Pe-exponential factor of Arrhenius equation for water
L p Hydraulic conductivity
m i Intracellular molality of membrane permeable CPA
m s Extracellular molality of membrane permeable CPA
N Surviving population
N i Osmoles of non-permeable internal ions/osmolytes
N 0 Initial population
Π Osmotic pressure
Πiso Isotonic osmotic pressure
Πe Extracellular osmotic pressure
Πi Intracellular osmotic pressure
π n Osmolality of non-permeable ion/osmolytes
π s Extracellular osmolality of permeable CPA
P 0 Pre-exponential factor of Arrhenius equation for CPA
P s CPA permeability constant
ρ w Density of water
R Gas constant
r Decay rate
S Intracellular moles of CPA
T Temperature
T high High benign threshold temperature
T low Low benign threshold temperature
T phys Benign threshold temperature
t Time
τ Time (used for integration up to time t)
V Cell volume
V iso Cell volume in isotonic conditions
v Relative cell volume
W Osmotically active volume
w iso Osmotically active fraction