Before revision:  The numerical scheme is constructed based on a recently developed energetic variational formulation, in which the reaction part is reformulated in terms of reaction trajectories , and both the reaction and the diffusion parts dissipate the same free energy .
After revision:  The numerical scheme is constructed based on a recently developed energetic variational formulation, in which the reaction part is reformulated in terms of reaction trajectories . The fact that both the reaction and the diffusion parts dissipate the same free energy .