Postural stability measures as diagnostic tools for chronic ankle instability: a comprehensive assessment by Makan Piri, Kazem Malmir, Khadijeh Otadi, Azadeh Shadmehr

“…Nonlinear measures included approximate entropy (ApEn), the largest Lyapunov exponent, and correlation dimension (CD) with its standard deviation. …”
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Uncertainty-aware diabetic retinopathy detection using deep learning enhanced by Bayesian approaches by Mohsin Akram, Muhammad Adnan, Syed Farooq Ali, Jameel Ahmad, Amr Yousef, Tagrid Abdullah N. Alshalali, Zaffar Ahmed Shaikh

“…We also measure how certain the predictions are, using an entropy and a standard deviation metric for each approach. …”
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Magnetocaloric effects in the prototype spin crossover complex [Fe(L)2](BF4)2 in pulsed magnetic fields by Klara Lünser, Catalina Salazar Mejía, Tino Gottschall, Kübra Gürpinar, Orhan Atakol, Eyüp Kavak, Baris Emre, Enric Stern-Taulats, Lluís Mañosa

“…While we found a large change in entropy of 70 J kg−1 K−1 at 50 T, the corresponding temperature change of 1.5 K is small due to the weak dependence of the transformation temperature on the magnetic field. …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Enzymatic Extraction of the Active Components from <i>Acanthopanax sessiliflorus</i> Stem and Bioactivity Comparison with <i>Acanthopanax senticosus</i> by Qiaomu You, Yanjun Ren, Jiaotong Li, Guangnian Zeng, Xiongfei Luo, Chunying Zheng, Zhonghua Tang

“…The Analytic Hierarchy Process-Entropy Weight Method (AHP-EWM) was applied to comprehensively score five key active compounds in ASF stems, establishing a benchmark for evaluating extraction efficiency. …”
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Enhanced YOLOv10 Framework Featuring DPAM and DALSM for Real-Time Underwater Object Detection by Suthir Sriram, Aburvan P., Arun Kaarthic T. P., Nivethitha Vijayaraj, Thangavel Murugan

“…The marine fusion loss (MFL) provides an object detection prediction that combines both binary cross-entropy loss and complete intersection over union (CIoU) loss to enhance bounding box localization while also including spatial context to incorporate important underwater features. …”
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SSMM-DS: A semantic segmentation model for mangroves based on Deeplabv3+ with swin transformer by Zhenhua Wang, Jinlong Yang, Chuansheng Dong, Xi Zhang, Congqin Yi, Jiuhu Sun

“…Finally, we optimized the loss function by combining cross-entropy loss and dice loss, addressing the issue of sampling imbalance caused by the small areas of mangroves. …”
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Preparation, Characterization, and Application of Metakaolin-Based Geopolymer for Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution by Marouane El Alouani, Saliha Alehyen, Mohammed El Achouri, M’hamed Taibi

“…The thermodynamic parameters, namely, Gibbs free energy (ΔG°), enthalpy (ΔH°), and entropy (ΔS°), were determined. The results indicated that the maximum decolorization was found in high pH values. …”
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Predicting the potential distribution of stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis in India using MaxEnt and CMIP6 climate projections by V. Karuppaiah, R. Maruthadurai, Bappa Das, P. S. Soumia, Ankush Gadge, Chandrashekhar Pote, Dhananjay Shirsat, Trupti Pandit, Sanket Sawant, S. V. Ramesh, Vijay Mahajan

“…This study utilized Maximum Entropy Modeling (MaxEnt) to predict the current and future distribution of T. iridipennis in India. …”
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Constructing a knee osteoarthritis transplant via the neutrality aggregation operators under spherical fuzzy Z-numbers framework by Shahzaib Ashraf, Maria Akram, Subrata Jana, Jungeun Kim, Ibrahim M. Hezam, Chiranjibe Jana

“…In order to get crucial weight information, this work uses spherical fuzzy entropy measures (EM) to suggest a unique distance metric specifically designed for spherical fuzzy Zˆ-numbers. …”
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Application of the weighted histogram method for calculating the thermodynamic parameters of the formation of oligodeoxyribonucleotide duplexes by I. I. Yushin, V. M. Golyshev, D. V. Pyshnyi, A. A. Lomzov

“…In this work, we studied the applicability of the weighted histogram analysis method (WHAM) in combination with umbrella sampling to the calculation of thermodynamic parameters of DNA duplex formation (changes in enthalpy ∆H°, entropy ∆S°, and Gibbs free energy          ∆G37° ). …”
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A multifunctional quasi-solid-state polymer electrolyte with highly selective ion highways for practical zinc ion batteries by Chengwu Yang, Pattaraporn Woottapanit, Sining Geng, Rungroj Chanajaree, Yue Shen, Kittima Lolupiman, Wanwisa Limphirat, Teerachote Pakornchote, Thiti Bovornratanaraks, Xinyu Zhang, Jiaqian Qin, Yunhui Huang

“…Moreover, an in-situ formed Zn-Mg-Si medium-entropy alloy on Zn anode allows for an improved Zn nucleation kinetics and homogeneous Zn deposition. …”
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Potential of Co(II) and Cd(II) chelates of N′-(3-fluorobenzoyl)benzo[d]thiazole-2-carbohydrazide: Structural aspects, binding interactions, biological and molecular docking studies... by K. Srilaxmi, B. Sireesha

“…The kinetic and thermodynamic parameters obtained by Coats-Redfern relations reveal that both the complexes show positive Gibbs’s free energy and negative entropy. The equilibrium studies by potentiometry revealed the dissociation constant (pKa) of MFBBTCH as 8.4 and the formation of M:L complexes as 1:1 and 1:2 in solution. …”
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Segmentation of tobacco shred point cloud and 3-D measurement based on improved PointNet++ network with DTC algorithm by Yihang Wang, Haiwei Zheng, Jie Yang, Yan Wang, Li Wang, Qunfeng Niu, Qunfeng Niu

“…This model combines the weighted cross-entropy loss function to enhance the classification effect, the cosine annealing algorithm to optimize the training process, and the improved k-nearest neighbors multi-scale grouping method to enhance the model’s ability to segment the point cloud with complex morphology. …”
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Spatiotemporal differentiation and influencing factors of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries integration in China’s four major tea-producing regions by ZHENG Feifei, ZHAN Huilong, LEI Guoquan, CHEN Meiying

“…[Methods] Based on the policy background of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries integration, this study focused on 44 major tea-producing areas of China’s four tea-producing regions. The entropy method was employed to measure the level of industrial integration in these areas across five dimensions: actors, technology, products, business, and markets. …”
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A Video-Based Cognitive Emotion Recognition Method Using an Active Learning Algorithm Based on Complexity and Uncertainty by Hongduo Wu, Dong Zhou, Ziyue Guo, Zicheng Song, Yu Li, Xingzheng Wei, Qidi Zhou

“…In this paper, a cognitive emotion recognition method based on video data is proposed, in which 49 emotion description points were initially defined, and the spatial–temporal features of cognitive emotions were extracted from the video data through a feature extraction method that combines geodesic distances and sample entropy. Then, an active learning algorithm based on complexity and uncertainty was proposed to automatically select the most valuable samples, thereby reducing the cost of sample labeling and model training. …”
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Phase-transition-induced Collapse of Proto-compact Stars and Its Implication for Supernova Explosions by Xu-Run Huang, Shuai Zha, Ming-chung Chu, Evan P. O’Connor, Lie-Wen Chen

“…We systematically explore the outcomes of the PT-induced collapse of mock proto-compact stars (PCSs) with a constant entropy and lepton fraction, with spherically symmetric general relativistic hydrodynamic simulations and a controlled series of hybrid equations of state. …”
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Wear Resistance of Ceramic Cutting Inserts Using Nitride Coatings and Microtexturing by Electrical Discharge Machining by Marina A. Volosova, Anna A. Okunkova, Elena Y. Kropotkina, Enver S. Mustafaev, Khasan I. Gkhashim

“…Today, the machining of heat-resistant alloys based on triple, quad, or penta equilibria high-entropy alloy systems of elements (ternary, quaternary, quinary iron-, titanium-, or nickel-rich alloys), including dual-phase by Gibb’s phase rule, steels of the austenite class, and nickel- and titanium-based alloys, are highly relevant for the airspace and aviation industry, especially for the production of gas turbine engines. …”
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Responsiveness Index versus the RASS-Based Method for Adjusting Sedation in Critically Ill Patients by Johanna E. Wennervirta, Mika O. K. Särkelä, Markus M. Kaila, Ville Pettilä

“…RI measurement was blinded in the RASS group, and the RI group was blinded to RASS assessments. State Entropy (SE) values were registered in both groups. …”
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A novel and efficient digital image steganography technique using least significant bit substitution by Shahid Rahman, Jamal uddin, Hameed Hussain, Sabir Shah, Abdu Salam, Farhan Amin, Isabel de la Torre Díez, Debora Libertad Ramírez Vargas, Julio César Martínez Espinosa

“…We tested a total of 165 different RGB images of various dimensions and sizes of hidden information, using various Quality Assessment Metrics (QAMs); A name of few are; Normalized Cross Correlation (NCC), Image Fidelity (IF), Peak Signal Noise Ratio (PSNR), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Quality Index (QI), Correlation Coefficient (CC), Structural Similarity Index (SSIM), Mean Square Error (MSE), Entropy, Contrast, and Homogeneity, Image Histogram (IH). …”
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Magnetohydrodynamics of nanofluid internal forced convection: A review and outlook for practical applications by Victor O. Adogbeji, Emmanuel O. Atofarati, Mohsen Sharifpur, Josua P. Meyer

“…The findings underscore that both magnetic field strength and nanoparticle concentration critically influence particle motion, flow patterns, entropy generation, thermal performance, and pressure drops, offering new insights into system design. …”
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