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. 2021 Jul 10;13(7):1055. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13071055

Table 5.

Statistical summary of the estimated MLRM coefficients correlating the breakage rate constant k of the nth-order kinetics model with the microhydrodynamic parameters.

Approach Best Model Parameter Model
Symbol a Coefficient b p-Value R2 Adj. R2 SSR p-Value
First-order MLRM BM 1 a (mHz) 5.66×10−3 3.91 × 10−5 0.922 0.911 0.253 3.91 × 10−5
BM 2 σbmax (GPa) 1.52 × 10−1 8.45 × 10−3 0.978 0.970 0.073 1.12 × 10−5
a (mHz) 4.68 × 10−3 4.05 × 10−5
BM 3 σbmax (GPa) 1.52 × 10−1 1.86 × 10−2 0.978 0.964 0.073 1.50 × 10−4
αb (µm) 1.86 × 10−3 9.24 × 10−1
a (mHz) 4.64 × 10−3 6.88 × 10−4
BM 4 σbmax (GPa) 1.51 × 10−1 1.08 × 10−1 0.978 0.955 0.073 1.47 × 10−3
αb (µm) 2.07 × 10−3 9.41 × 10−1
a (mHz) 4.63 × 10−3 1.19 × 10−2
Πσy ( × 10−16 J2/m6s) 1.06 × 10−4 9.90 × 10−1
Second-order MLRM BM 1 a (mHz) 5.66 × 10−3 3.91 × 10−5 0.922 0.911 0.253 3.91 × 10−5
BM 2 σbmax (GPa) 1.52 × 10−1 8.45 × 10−3 0.978 0.970 0.073 1.12 × 10−5
a (mHz) 4.68 × 10−3 4.05 × 10−5
BM 3 σbmax (GPa) 1.40 × 10−1 1.90 × 10−2 0.982 0.971 0.060 9.14 × 10−5
a (mHz) 6.11 × 10−3 7.74 × 10−3
a2 (mHz2) −7.38 × 10−6 3.39 × 10−1
BM 4 a (mHz) 1.22 × 10−2 1.27 × 10−3 0.994 0.988 0.020 1.14 × 10−4
Πσy (×10−16 J2/m6s) 1.19 × 10−2 1.81 × 10−2
αb2 (µm2) −1.16 × 10−2 4.14 × 10−2
a2 (mHz2) −3.64 × 10−5 4.88 × 10−3
MLRM with interaction terms BM 1 a (mHz) 5.66 × 10−3 3.91 × 10−5 0.922 0.911 0.253 3.91 × 10−5
BM 2 σbmax (GPa) 1.52 × 10−1 8.45 × 10−3 0.978 0.970 0.073 1.12 × 10−5
a (mHz) 4.68 × 10−3 4.05 × 10−5
BM 3 a (mHz) 1.87 × 10−2 2.74 × 10−4 0.992 0.988 0.024 9.98 × 10−6
αba (µm.mHz) −3.25 × 10−3 1.20 × 10−3
aΠσy (×10−16 mHz J2/m6s) −9.77 × 10−5 6.67 × 10−3
BM 4 a (mHz) 1.53 × 10−2 3.20 × 10−4 0.998 0.997 0.005 6.50 × 10−6
Πσy (×10−16 J2/m6s) 1.86 × 10−2 1.54 × 10−2
αba (µm.mHz) −2.48 × 10−3 1.31 × 10−3
aΠσy (×10−16 mHz J2/m6s2) −1.51 × 10−4 8.96 × 10−4

a: Statistically insignificant (p-value > 0.01) parameters are shown in bold. Πσy is treated as a single parameter, as σy is a constant. b: The coefficients have the units that make the MLRM equation dimensionally homogeneous.