Dynamic Characteristics and Mechanism of the Saturated Compacted Loess under Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Qian Wang, Fuqiang Liu, Xiumei Zhong, Zhongnan Gao, Shouyun Liang, Yuxin Liang

“…The pore and particle fractal dimensions continue to decrease. The probability of entropy increases first and then decreases. It is illustrated that the saturated loess has mainly experienced three steps under freeze-thaw cycles: (1) fracture and expansion of original skeleton cementation, (2) damage, crushing and aggregation of the particle, and (3) compaction and reorganization of soil structure. …”
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The use of low-density EEG for the classification of PPA and MCI by Panteleimon Chriskos, Panteleimon Chriskos, Kyriaki Neophytou, Christos A. Frantzidis, Christos A. Frantzidis, Jessica Gallegos, Alexandros Afthinos, Chiadi U. Onyike, Argye Hillis, Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Kyrana Tsapkini, Kyrana Tsapkini

“…Utilizing the Relative Wavelet Entropy method, we derived (i) functional connectivity, (ii) graph theory metrics and extracted (iii) various energy rhythms. …”
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Green Synthesis of Nanostructure CeO2 Using Tea Extract: Characterization and Adsorption of Dye from Aqueous Phase by Chengshun Liu, Xiyao Liu, Yilin Wu, Zhuotong Chen, Zhuanrong Wu, Shumao Wang, Hua Han, Zhenbang Xie, Yixuan Wang, Tzu-Hsing Ko

“…The thermodynamic parameters, including the changes in Gibb’s free energy, enthalpy, and entropy, suggested that the adsorption of CR on the synthesized CeO2 sample was a spontaneous and endothermic process.…”
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Fast Skyline Community Search in Multi-Valued Networks by Dongxiao Yu, Lifang Zhang, Qi Luo, Xiuzhen Cheng, Jiguo Yu, Zhipeng Cai

“…To improve computation efficiency, we then propose a dimension reduction based algorithm, called P-MICS, using the maximum entropy method. Our algorithm can significantly reduce the skyline community searching time, while is still able to find almost all cohesive skyline communities. …”
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Clinical code usage in UK general practice: a cohort study exploring 18 conditions over 14 years by Christos Grigoroglou, Darren M Ashcroft, Evangelos Kontopantelis, David Reeves, Salwa S Zghebi, Rosa Parisi, Brian McMillan

“…Three measures of diversity (Shannon entropy index of diversity, richness and evenness) were used to quantify changes in incident and total clinical codes.Results Overall, all examined conditions, except LD, showed positive monotonic correlation. …”
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The superiority of veno-arterial over veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for operative support of lung transplantation by Sen Lu, Pin Wang, Xiao-qin Zhang, Gang Feng, Hong-li He, Yue Chen, Xiao-bo Huang, Chun Pan, Jing-chao Luo

“…To address potential selection bias, we employed entropy weighted inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW-EW). …”
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Enhancing furcation involvement classification on panoramic radiographs with vision transformers by Xuan Zhang, Enting Guo, Xu Liu, Hong Zhao, Jie Yang, Wen Li, Wenlei Wu, Weibin Sun

“…Results Among the evaluated models, the ViT model outperformed all others, achieving the highest precision (0.98), recall (0.92), and F1 score (0.95), along with the lowest cross-entropy loss (0.27) and the highest accuracy (92%). …”
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Annual change in the distribution and landscape health of mangrove ecosystems in China from 2016 to 2023 with Sentinel imagery by Yuchao Sun, Mingzhen Ye, Bin Ai, Zhenlin Lai, Jun Zhao, Zhuokai Jian, Xinyan Qi

“…To evaluate the landscape health of mangrove reserves, various landscape pattern metrics were synthesized into the Landscape Health Composite Index through the application of the entropy weight method. Among the 37 natural reserves, 27 of them exhibited an upward trend in landscape health, with the most significant improvements observed in the Taishan Zhenhai Bay Mangrove Nature Reserve. …”
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Pengamanan Citra Digital Menggunakan Kriptografi DnaDan Modified LSB by Sabrina Adela Br Sibarani, Andreas Munthe, Ronsen Purba, Ali Akbar Lubis

“…Hasil pengujian menunjukkan kualitas enkripsi yang sangat baik, dengan nilai NPCR ≥ 98%, UACI ≥ 30%, koefisien korelasi ≃ 0, entropi ≃ 8, dan histogram yang datar (flat). Kualitas stego-image optimal dicapai dengan penyisipan satu bit pada saluran RGB, menghasilkan PSNR ≥ 50dB. …”
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The Ethical Challenges of Gamification in Iran: Uncovering the Dark Side by Mona Jami Pour, Hamideh Binaei

“…In the second stage, a quantitative approach, specifically Shannon's entropy method, was utilized to rank and prioritize the ethical challenges of gamification. …”
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ϵ-Confidence Approximately Correct (ϵ-CoAC) Learnability and Hyperparameter Selection in Linear Regression Modeling by Soosan Beheshti, Mahdi Shamsi

“…The proposed approach, denoted by <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\epsilon $ </tex-math></inline-formula>-Confidence Approximately Correct (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\epsilon $ </tex-math></inline-formula>-CoAC), utilizes the conventional Kullback-Leibler divergence (relative entropy) and defines new related typical sets to develop a unique method of probabilistic statistical learning for practical regression learning and generalization. …”
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The ENaC taste receptor’s perceived mechanism of mushroom salty peptides revealed by molecular interaction analysis by Wen Li, Wanchao Chen, Di Wu, Zhong Zhang, Peng Liu, Zhengpeng Li, Yan Yang

“…The salty peptide binding to the SCNN1α receptor was an entropy-driven reaction, while to SCNN1β and SCNN1γ was an enthalpy-driven reaction. …”
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A comprehensive analysis of the uterine microbiome in endometrial cancer patients - identification of Anaerococcus as a potential biomarker and carcinogenic cofactor by Olga Kuźmycz, Aleksandra Kowalczyk, Aleksandra Bolanowska, Anna Drozdzowska, Jakub Lach, Jakub Lach, Wiktoria Wierzbińska, Wiktoria Wierzbińska, Tomasz Kluz, Tomasz Kluz, Paweł Stączek

“…In vitro experiments were conducted to assess the functional impact of Anaerococcus on human uterine fibroblasts, including its ability to adhere to the human cells and induce oxidative stress.ResultsThe α-diversity metrics, including Shannon entropy and observed amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), revealed significantly higher microbial diversity in EC samples compared to EM. …”
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Phenomenological understanding of the contribution of bulk and grain boundary precipitates on strengthening in prolonged-aged Al-Zn-Mg-Cu aluminium alloys by Cheng-Ling Tai, Yu-Ning Chiu, Chu-Jen Chen, Shih-Kang Lin, Hsin-Chih Lin, R. Devesh Kumar Misra, Yo-Lun Yang, Chien-Nan Hsiao, Cheng-Si Tsao, Tsai-Fu Chung

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HCG 57: Evidence for Shock-heated Intergalactic Gas from X-Rays and Optical Emission Line Spectroscopy by Ewan O’Sullivan, P. N. Appleton, B. A. Joshi, Lauranne Lanz, Katherine Alatalo, Jan M. Vrtilek, Andreas Zezas, Laurence P. David

“…We also confirm the previously reported ∼1 keV intra-group medium and find it to be relaxed with a low central entropy (18.0 ± 1.7 keV cm ^2 within 20 kpc) but a long cooling time (5.9 ± 0.8 Gyr).…”
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Critical raw material-free multi-principal alloy design for a net-zero future by Swati Singh, Mingwen Bai, Allan Matthews, Saurav Goel, Shrikrishna N. Joshi

“…Abstract Refractory High-Entropy Alloys (RHEAs), such as NbMoTaW, MoNbTaVW, HfNbTaZr, Re0.1Hf0.25NbTaW0.4, Nb40Ti25Al15V10Ta5Hf3W2, Ti x NbMoTaW (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1), and 3d transition metal HEAs such as Al10.3Co17Cr7.5Fe9Ni48.6Ti5.8Ta0.6Mo0.8W0.4 have demonstrated superior performance compared to traditional superalloys, particularly in high-temperature applications for engine components. …”
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Metal-free production of natural blue colorants through anthocyanin–protein interactions by Wenxin Wang, Peiqing Yang, Fuqing Gao, Yongtao Wang, Zhenzhen Xu, Xiaojun Liao

“…In contrast, malvidin-3-glucoside, with two methoxyl substituents, achieved blue coloration through interactions with HSA or BSA, where entropy change played significant roles. Conclusion: Our work, for the first time, demonstrates the remarkable capability of widely distributed 3-glucoside ACNs to generate diverse blue shades through interactions with certain proteins. …”
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Tea Stem as a Sorbent for Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Phase by Tzan-Chain Lee, Shumao Wang, Zonggui Huang, Zhongxing Mo, Gangxing Wang, Zhuanrong Wu, Chengshun Liu, Hua Han, Tzu-Hsing Ko

“…Evaluation of thermodynamic parameters including changes in enthalpy, entropy, and Gibb’s free energy indicated the adsorption mechanism between MB and tea stem powder was a spontaneous and exothermic process. …”
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Uncertainty quantification in multi-parametric MRI-based meningioma radiotherapy target segmentation by Lana Wang, Zhenyu Yang, Zhenyu Yang, Dominic LaBella, Zachary Reitman, John Ginn, Jingtong Zhao, Justus Adamson, Kyle Lafata, Kyle Lafata, Kyle Lafata, Evan Calabrese, John Kirkpatrick, Chunhao Wang

“…This uncertainty is quantified on a pixel-wise basis using entropy calculations and aggregated through Otsu’s method for a final segmentation.Results/conclusionThe SPU-Net model poses an advantage over traditional U-Net models by providing a quantitative method of displaying segmentation uncertainty. …”
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A dehazing and enhancement algorithm for heterogeneous images of underground mining environments in coal mines by Xuhui ZHANG, Yanbin XIE, Wenjuan YANG, Chao ZHANG, Jicheng WAN, Zheng DONG, Yanqun WANG, Jie JIANG, Long LI

“…The results indicate that compared to the above novel and excellent algorithms in terms of their optimal indicators, the proposed algorithm exhibited that: (1) The average gradients were approximately twice those obtained by CEEF, suggesting elevated image clarity. (2) The average information entropy decreased by approximately 1% compared to that of MRP, implying more information preserved. (3) The standard deviation increased by approximately 6% on average compared to OSFD, representing improved image contrast. (4) The average fog aware density evaluator (FADE) value by approximately 23% compared to CEEF, implying an effective reduction in the haze Therefore, the proposed algorithm can effectively improve the visual effects and quality of blurred images of underground mining environments in coal mines, exhibiting high utility in engineering.…”
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