First Principles Study of Electronic, Vibrational, Elastic, and Thermodynamic Properties of Sc‐X (X = P, S, Se) Compounds by S. K. Yadav, S. Dahal, R. Khadka, B. Guragain, P. Pokharel, P. Oli, D. Adhikari

“…In thermodynamic properties, Helmholtz free energy, thermal energy, vibrational free energy, entropy, vibrational energy, thermal expansion, Grüneisen parameter, isochoric heat capacity (Cv), isobaric heat capacity (Cp), and Cp‐Cv, were also investigated in the temperature range.…”
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Measuring coordination between land ecological security and high-quality economic development: a case of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by Xiaoyong Zhong, Xiaoyong Zhong, Dongyan Guo, Yandong Tang, Yafei Chuai

“…In this study, we employ the entropy-weighted technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (EW-TOPSIS), coupling coordination degree (CCD), deviation coordination degree, and relative development degree methodologies to assess the developmental status of LES and HED, as well as the coupling coordination between these two systems, and introduce a novel approach for delineating functional regions. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF ROMANIAN ALPINE HABITATS SPATIAL SHIFTS BASED ON CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION SCENARIOS by ADRIAN CONSTANTINESCU, JENICĂ HANGANU, ANTHONY LEHMANN, NICOLAS RAY

“…This paper presents the use of modeling technique, Maxent (Maximum entropy modeling) and BIOCLIM (environmental envelope model), to estimate the impact of climate change on the Alpine bioregion of Continental Europe for improving the management policy in support of stopping biodiversity loss. …”
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Application of EMD Technology in Leakage Acoustic Characteristic Extraction of Gas-Liquid, Two-Phase Flow Pipelines by Jian Ji, Yuxing Li, Cuiwei Liu, Dongxu Wang, Huafei Jing

“…Upon increases in the leakage aperture sizes, the entropy of the EMD information of the acoustic signals gradually increases. …”
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Diagnosing and Predicting the Earth’s Health via Ecological Network Analysis by Zi-Ke Zhang, Ye Sun, Chu-Xu Zhang, Kuan Fang, Xiang Xu, Chuang Liu, Xueqi Wang, Kui Zhang

“…We firstly empirically analyze both the topological properties and time-dependent features of nodes and propose an Earth’s health index based on Shannon Entropy. Secondly, we identify the importance of each element by a machine learning approach. …”
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Deciphering methanolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum oil into biodiesel using KOH-doped Aegle marmelos biochar catalyst: Thermo-kinetics, optimization and cost analysis by Bisheswar Karmakar, Gopinath Halder

“…From kinetic and thermodynamic studies, it is seen that the base catalysed transesterification has an activation energy (Ea) = 98.895 kJ/mol and frequency factor (A) = 90.74 min-1, as the reaction is endothermic since enthalpy change (ΔH) was noted to be 809.64 J, along with an entropy change (ΔS) of -64.59 J/K-mol, showing it to be non-spontaneous as well as increasing order in the system.…”
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Hybrid Simulated Annealing-Evaporation Rate-Based Water Cycle Algorithm Application for Medical Image Enhancement by Eyob Mersha Woldamanuel

“…The fitness function consists of three objective measurements, namely, entropy, number of edges, and sum of edge intensities. …”
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Clinical Applications of Heart Rate Variability in the Triage and Assessment of Traumatically Injured Patients by Mark L. Ryan, Chad M. Thorson, Christian A. Otero, Thai Vu, Kenneth G. Proctor

“…The purpose of this paper is to describe the three analytical methods (time domain, frequency domain, and entropy) and specific clinical populations that have been evaluated in trauma patients and to identify key issues regarding HRV that must be explored if it is to be widely adopted for the assessment of trauma patients.…”
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Enhancement of blood flow containing tri-nanoparticles between bent peristaltic conduit and endoscope via thermal radiation and magnetic resonance by Awatif J. Alqarni, Essam M. Elsaid, Mohamed R. Eid, Mohamed S. Abdel-wahed

“…Three nanoparticles, copper, silver, and aluminum oxide were dispersed in blood as a basic fluid to study their potential effects on the flow and temperatures of the mixed fluid under thermal radiation and magnetic resonance, as well as the system's entropy optimization. The authors explored this system to understand flowing and heat diffusion in peristaltic conduits and as a medical application that may offer a future perspective for all researchers. …”
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Adsorption of Chromium (VI) by Cu (I)-MOF in Water: Optimization, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics by Hongxue Qi, Xianjun Niu, Haipeng Wu, Xiuping Liu, Yongqiang Chen

“…Subsequently, the thermodynamic parameters of the adsorption were calculated as follows: enthalpy change (ΔHθ) was −8.583 kJ·mol−1, entropy change (ΔSθ) was −8.243 J·mol−1 K−1, and the Gibbs function change (ΔGθ) was less than zero in the temperature range of 288–328 K, indicating that the reaction was spontaneous. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation Method for Electric Vehicle Charging Network Service Quality Considering User Satisfaction by Shukang Lyu, Yi Pan, Huiyu Miao, Xiaodong Yuan, Fei Zeng

“…Then, using a combination of the entropy weight method (EWM) and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) with game theory, we determine the composite weights for the index system. …”
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Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Oil Extraction from Jatropha curcas L. Using Ethanol as a Solvent by Silmara Bispo dos Santos, Marcio Arêdes Martins, Ana Lívia Caneschi, Paulo Rafael Morette Aguilar, Jane Sélia dos Reis Coimbra

“…The variations of enthalpy and entropy were positive, indicating that the process is endothermic and irreversible. …”
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Evaluation of Spatial Spillover Effect of Multidimensional Hybrid Financial Risk Contagion Based on the DAI Spatial Econometric Model by Shanshen Li, Zhonghui Dong

“…This paper proposed to transfer entropy information weight information and introduce the GARCH (generalized auto-regressive conditional heteroskedasticity) model to improve the traditional econometric model. …”
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Corrosion Inhibition Mechanism of Mild Steel by Amylose-Acetate/Carboxymethyl Chitosan Composites in Acidic Media by Maria Erna, Herdini Herdini, Dedi Futra

“…The activation energy (Ea), free energy of adsorption (ΔG), enthalpy of activation (ΔHads), and entropy of activation (ΔSads) were determined in order to elucidate the mechanism of corrosion inhibition. …”
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Traffic Risk Assessment Based on Warning Data by Tao Wang, Binbin Chen, Yuzhi Chen, Shejun Deng, Jun Chen

“…Then, the risk responsibility weights of each warning type were determined using the entropy weight method. The risk classification thresholds were determined based on the Gaussian Mixture Model algorithm. …”
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Pleasant/Unpleasant Filtering for Affective Image Retrieval Based on Cross-Correlation of EEG Features by Keranmu Xielifuguli, Akira Fujisawa, Yusuke Kusumoto, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Kita

“…Using a set of images retrieved by similarity retrieval, we perform the sensitivity-based pleasant/unpleasant classification of images based on the affective features extracted from images with the maximum entropy method: MEM. In the present study, the affective features comprised cross-correlation features obtained from EEGs produced when an individual observed an image. …”
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Target Threat Assessment in Air Combat Based on Improved Glowworm Swarm Optimization and ELM Neural Network by Yuan Cao, Ying-Xin Kou, An Xu, Zhi-Fei Xi

“…Then, the threat assessment index functions of angle, speed, distance, altitude, and air combat capability are constructed, respectively, and the sample data of air combat target threat assessment are obtained by combining the structure entropy weight method. Finally, the air combat data is selected from the air combat maneuvering instrument (ACMI), and the accuracy and real-time performance of the LDA-IGSO-ELM algorithm are verified through simulation. …”
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Species distribution modelling using MaxEnt: overview and prospects by Yuliia Novoseltseva

“…One such tool for predicting the potential distribution of species is the maximum entropy method (MaxEnt). This method is particularly valuable when working with biodiversity data collected from herbaria and museum collections, as such data typically only contains information about where a species has been recorded, rather than where it is absent. …”
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ANALYZING THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES BEFORE AND AFTER INDUSTRY 4.0: AN APPLICATION IN THE BIST SUSTAINABILITY INDEX by Merve Kara, İsmail Fatih Ceyhan

“…For this purpose, the companies' financial performances were analyzed and compared between 2013-2015 and 2016-2018 with the Gray Relational Analysis method, one of the multi-criteria decision-making techniques. The entropy which is an objective method, was preferred for weighting the criteria. …”
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Comprehensive risk assessment of high-temperature disasters affecting rice production in Shanghai by Gaoyue Gu, Qiang Wang, Jun Shi, Yudan Gu, Haihong Li, Ya Wang, Jianhua Dai, Jiong Shu

“…The corresponding weights of eight indicators selected from hazard, vulnerability, and exposure were obtained through the entropy weight method and expert scoring method. The results show that: (1) the areas with high climatic suitability for rice mainly surround the central city in the shape of a trumpet, indicating that the climate in the area from the northwest side of the central city to the area in Songjiang and Minhang is suitable for rice growth; and (2) the high-risk area for high-temperature disaster for rice in the research region mainly focuses on the southwest of Shanghai, indicating that rice yields are vulnerable to high-temperature disasters in the southwest of Shanghai. …”
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