Key features and guidelines for the application of microbial alpha diversity metrics by Ignacio Cassol, Mauro Ibañez, Juan Pablo Bustamante

“…Key metrics that should be required in microbiome analysis include richness, phylogenetic diversity, entropy, dominance of a few microbes over others, and an estimate of unobserved microbes. …”
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Analysis of Coupled Coordination and Driving Factors of Urbanization, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being in the High and Coarse Sediment Yield in the Middle Yellow River by Hong Cao, Qiuchen Zhu, Hua Bai, Hongzhou He, Chunli Liu

“…The equivalent factor method (EFM) was used to evaluate the ESV. The entropy weight method (EWM) and the comprehensive nighttime light index (CNLI) were adopted to assess the level of urbanization and human well-being. …”
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Fault Identification of UHVDC Transmission Based on DF-AD and Ensemble Learning by Qingsheng Zhao, Xinyu Yang, Xiaoqing Han, Dingkang Liang, Xuping Wang

“…The first, second, and third order derivatives of the generated signals were calculated by the AD method. Next, the entropy features of these signals were computed, and the Random Forest-Recursive feature elimination with cross-validation (RF-RFECV) algorithm was used to select a high-quality feature subset. …”
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Sparse Aperture Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging for Maneuvering Targets With Migration Through Resolution Cells Correction by Jiaxing Yang, Yong Wang

“…The translational parameters are estimated by optimizing the image entropy of the range–Doppler based ISAR image. …”
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A Fused Multiscale Pictorial Sequence Learning Mechanism Applied to Pavement Detection by Zhang Jiazhen, Wang Xiulai, Zhao Shuxu

“…The static statistical evaluation value is retained as one of the specific data to assist in identifying the sample, and the two angle data complement each other to maximize the feature information entropy. Using the SVM classifier with the global sequence alignment algorithm as the main kernel function, the data classification module detects anomalies, so that the algorithm can mine valuable feature attributes from multiple angles as much as possible while stably exerting its classification function. …”
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Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Properties of Cesium Pentaborate Tetrahydrate by Kangrui Sun, Panpan Li, Long Li, Yafei Guo, Tianlong Deng

“…The relevant thermodynamic functions of enthalpy (HT − H298.15), entropy (ST − S298.15), and Gibbs free energy (GT − G298.15) of cesium pentaborate tetrahydrate from 298 to 375 K of 5 K intervals are also obtained on the basis of relational expression equations between thermodynamic functions and the molar heat capacity.…”
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3D Primary Geochemical Halo Modeling and Its Application to the Ore Prediction of the Jiama Polymetallic Deposit, Tibet, China by Zhongping Tao, Bingli Liu, Ke Guo, Na Guo, Cheng Li, Yao Xia, Yaohua Luo

“…Integrated geochemical anomalies were extracted by kernel principal component analysis, which has the advantage of accommodating nonlinear data. A maximum-entropy model was constructed for deep mineral resources of uncertainty prediction. …”
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Analysis Employment Changes in Tourism Sector and It’s Impact on Balanced Regional Development (Case Study: Gilan Province) by Mohammad Eskandari Noudeh, Ahmad Pourahmad, Mghgan Khoshdelan

“…Our findings by using shift-share analysis, LQ and entropy models indicates that during in this tow period employment in tourism sector has been positive growth in province. …”
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The impact of digital literacy in enhancing individuals’ health in China by Jing Yang, Qianyu Shen, Xi Tong, Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

“…Methods By using the Entropy-TOPSIS method, this paper calculates digital literacy as a three-dimensional construct and adopts Ordered Probit and OLS models to analyze the impact of digital literacy on physical and mental health. …”
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Ag–Cu solid–liquid interface velocity and growth morphology dependence on material data variations under rapid solidification conditions by D. Cietek, R. J. Hebert

“…When considering the range of reported values of this alloy for the interface energy, melting entropy, liquid diffusion coefficient, and the characteristic system length, the transition from cellular to plane-front growth at high solidification velocities – commonly denoted as the absolute stability limit – could occur as low as 0.07 m/s or as high as 1.17 m/s. …”
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An Extended Interval Type-2 Fuzzy VIKOR Technique with Equitable Linguistic Scales and Z-Numbers for Solving Water Security Problems in Malaysia by Wan Nur Amira Wan Azman, Nurnadiah Zamri, Siti Sabariah Abas, Azimah Ismail, Zamali Tarmudi, Syibrah Naim, Lazim Abdullah

“…Besides, this paper also offers objective weights using fuzzy entropy-based IT2FS to calculate the weights of the extended IT2FVIKOR. …”
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Optimizing humidification–dehumidification desalination systems: Impact of nozzle position and geometric configuration on performance and efficiency by Mohammad Alrbai, Ahmad Al Masri, Dareen Makawii, Ali Alahmer

“…Thermodynamic and exergy analyses using MATLAB® evaluated entropy changes and system efficiency. The results reveal that a bottom-nozzle configuration in both the humidifier and dehumidifier enhances performance, achieving a 4.34% humidity ratio compared to 3.25% with the top-nozzle setup. …”
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Photodiagnosis and photodynamic recognition of cervical cancer with SEM and AFM images. by Sevcan Aytaç, Gürkan Özbey

“…Homogeneity, contrast, angular second moment, entropy, mean, standard deviation, correlation, cluster prominence, dissimilarity, and cluster shade values have been calculated for each of these one approximate and three detail coefficients. …”
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Thermodynamic analysis and energy balance for environmental sustainability of simple gas turbine inlet cooling system in AFAM power plant by Aniekan Ikpe, Imoh Ekanem, Enefiok Usungurua

“…The SI declined as the ambient temperatures rose. Both the Enthalpy-Entropy Compensation (EEF) and Waste Exergy Ratio (WER) increased in line with the ambient temperature since they are both dependent on total exergetic destruction. …”
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Phenol Red Adsorption from Aqueous Solution on the Modified Bentonite by Nguyen Le My Linh, Tran Duong, Hoang Van Duc, Nguyen Thi Anh Thu, Pham Khac Lieu, Nguyen Van Hung, Le Thi Hoa, Dinh Quang Khieu

“…Different thermodynamic parameters were calculated, and it was concluded that the adsorption was spontaneous (∆G° < 0) and endothermic (∆H° > 0), with increased entropy (∆S° > 0) in all the investigated temperature ranges.…”
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Quantum theory-inspired inter-sentence semantic interaction model for textual adversarial defense by Jiacheng Huang, Long Chen, Xiaoyin Yi, Ning Yu

“…A loss function integrating cross-entropy and orthogonality losses is employed to encourage the orthogonality of measurement states. …”
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Quantum Fisher information of N-level atoms under the influence of the thermal field and the Stark effect by S. Jamal Anwar, M. Ibrahim, M. Khalid Khan, Haifa S. Alqannas, S. Abdel-Khalek

“…It is observed that a larger value of the SS parameter influences the quantum Fisher information (QFI) of 5-level atomic systems and increases the value of QFI of the 5-level atoms compared to 3- and 4-level atomic systems. The von Neumann entropy (VNE) also increases for the 5-level atoms at different values of the SS parameter. …”
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Investigation of applicability of Peng–Robinson and GERG-2008 equations of state of real gas for calculating properties of Freons for refrigeration machines and compressors by M. I. Sokolov, Yu. V. Kozhukhov

“…Four Freon parameters are calculated during the study: saturated vapor pressure at the saturation line at some Freon temperature, Freon density at saturation pressure and some temperature, enthalpy and entropy at the same pressures and temperature. The data obtained from the calculation of Freon by the above equations are compared with the experimental data for each of the above Freons. …”
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Spatial disparities and dynamics in the high quality agricultural development in Heilongjiang Province of China by Jingting Yu, Guanghao Wu

“…We construct a multidimensional evaluation framework with 19 indicators across four dimensions: green agriculture, quality and efficiency improvement of supply, agricultural structural coordination, and shared benefits of development. Using the Entropy Weighted-TOPSIS model, Dagum’s Gini Coefficient, and the Markov chain, the study quantifies the HQAD in Heilongjiang from 2013 to 2022, examining regional disparities and development dynamics. …”
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Assessment of agricultural sustainability performance in Dali Prefecture, China using the DPSIR Model by Yishan Chen, Harison Kiplagat Kipkulei, Zhiqiang Xie, Stefan Sieber

“…It employed a composite weight method combining the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Entropy Weight methods. The assessment showed that all counties except Dali City scored a performance index below 0.5. …”
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