Enhancing insights in sexually transmitted infection mapping: Syphilis in Forsyth County, North Carolina, a case study. by Lani Fox, William C Miller, Dionne Gesink, Irene Doherty, Marc Serre

“…Our methodology extends current models with: 1) donut geomasking to enhance resolution while protecting patient privacy; 2) a moving window uniform grid to control the modifiable areal unit problem, edge effect and remove kriging islands; and 3) mitigating the "small number problem" with Uniform Model Bayesian Maximum Entropy (UMBME). Data is 2008-2011 early syphilis cases reported to the NC Department of Health and Human Services for Forsyth County. …”
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A novel MADM model integrating hybrid information for evaluating the development prospects of urban new energy vehicles. by Yanlong Dong, Donghui Wang, Fanlong Zeng, Yongzheng Zhang

“…Subsequently, the improved entropy (IEntropy) weight method is employed to determine the objective weights of the evaluation indicators. …”
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Kinetics of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber pyrolysis by Bashar Abdullahi Hadi, Abdullahi Muhammad Sokoto, Aminu Bayawa Muhammad, Yahaya Alhassan, Chika Muhammad

“…Out of all the model-free methods, FD showed the greatest apparent activation energy levels when compared to the iso-conversion methods KAS and FWO. The changes in entropy (−123 to 135), Gibbs free energy (150–156 kJ/mol), and activation enthalpy (63–71 kJ/mol) were computed using the best-fitting model. …”
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A Randomized Non‐overlapping Encryption Scheme for Enhanced Image Security in Internet of Things (IoT) Applications by Muhammad Aqeel, Arfan Jaffar, Muhammad Faheem, Muhammad Waqar Ashraf, Nadeem Iqbal, Shahid Yousaf, Hossam Diab

“…To validate the robustness of the proposed algorithm, standard benchmark images were utilized, and rigorous security metrics —including information entropy, correlation coefficient, histogram uniformity, and resistance to differential attacks —were analyzed. …”
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Distribution changes of Ormosia microphylla under different climatic scenarios by Pan Huang, Yaqin Xiao, Yurong Sun, Huihua Huang, Zhiwei Gong, Yingfang Zhu

“…Here distribution data of O. microphylla and environmental data with an optimized MaxEnt maximum entropy model were used to predict potentially suitable areas under current and future climate scenarios. …”
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Evaluating the Sustainable Growth of Small- and Medium-Sized Construction Enterprises Using the Multicriteria Decision-Making Method by Wenbao Wang, Wenhe Lin, Xinyi Dai, Yingzheng Yan, Aiping Xuan

“…Considering the development of small- and medium-sized construction enterprises, a growth evaluation index system that includes growth resources, growth ability, and growth innovation was established, and a growth evaluation model was constructed using the improved entropy-VIKOR algorithm. Evaluation and analysis of the sustainable growth of small- and medium-sized construction enterprises listed before the end of 2012 were conducted. …”
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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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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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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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