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  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
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5 Pages

This paper contains further analysis of the concept of information aimed at discovering new features of this mysterious but very important phenomenon. We base our analysis on the general theory of information and contemporary theoretical physics. Thi...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of IS4SI 2019 Summit)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,514 Views
16 Pages

Fisher Information for a System Composed of a Combination of Similar Potential Models

  • Clement Atachegbe Onate,
  • Ituen B. Okon,
  • Edwin Samson Eyube,
  • Ekwevugbe Omugbe and ,
  • Kizito O. Emeje,
  • Michael C. Onyeaju,
  • Olumide O. Ajani and
  • Jacob A. Akinpelu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

13 May 2024

The solutions to the radial Schrödinger equation for a pseudoharmonic potential and Kratzer potential have been studied separately in the past. Despite different reports on the Kratzer potential, the fundamental theoretical quantities such as Fi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
3,215 Views
8 Pages

Quantum Information Entropies on Hyperbolic Single Potential Wells

  • Carlos Ariel Gil-Barrera,
  • Raymundo Santana Carrillo,
  • Guo-Hua Sun and
  • Shi-Hai Dong

26 April 2022

In this work, we study the quantum information entropies for two different types of hyperbolic single potential wells. We first study the behaviors of the moving particle subject to two different hyperbolic potential wells through focusing on their w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Computation and Quantum Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
10,986 Views
22 Pages

RID—Roof Information Dataset for Computer Vision-Based Photovoltaic Potential Assessment

  • Sebastian Krapf,
  • Lukas Bogenrieder,
  • Fabian Netzler,
  • Georg Balke and
  • Markus Lienkamp

10 May 2022

Computer vision has great potential to accelerate the global scale of photovoltaic potential analysis by extracting detailed roof information from high-resolution aerial images, but the lack of existing deep learning datasets is a major barrier. Ther...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Remote Sensing for Planning, Management, and Maintenance of Renewable Energy Infrastructures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,864 Views
18 Pages

The Effects of Major Depressive Disorder on the Sequential Organization of Information Processing Stages: An Event-Related Potential Study

  • Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu,
  • Ken Chung,
  • Ho Hon Wong,
  • Michael Gar Chung Yiu and ,
  • Yat Fung Mok,
  • Ka Shun Lei and
  • Hector Wing Hong Tsang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

4 December 2020

The adverse effects of depression on patients’ life have been reported but information about its effects on the sequential organization of the information processing stages remains poorly understood as previous studies focused only on distinct...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,044 Views
13 Pages

11 June 2022

In this paper, a wind energy conversion system is studied to improve the conversion efficiency and maximize power output. Firstly, a nonlinear state space model is established with respect to shaft current, turbine rotational speed and power output i...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics: Methods and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,193 Views
19 Pages

12 August 2023

With developing technology, energy consumption and requirements are steadily rising. Wind energy emerges as an indispensable energy source in the world, where energy requirements are increasing gradually due to important features such as being renewa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue GIS Applications in Green Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,671 Views
16 Pages

3 June 2016

This paper presents a novel stochastic predictive tracking control strategy for nonlinear and non-Gaussian stochastic systems based on the single neuron controller structure in the framework of information theory. Firstly, in order to characterize th...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,489 Views
19 Pages

1 February 2025

The intensive use of fossil fuels for energy production harms the environment. The adoption of sustainable energy systems can reduce the damage. Wind energy is one of the most widely used renewable sources. The most important problem in establishing...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
392 Views
21 Pages

1 June 2026

A clean and efficient rural energy system is essential for building a modern energy system and for accelerating the transition to renewable energy in rural areas. Therefore, a robust collaborative optimal scheduling method for rural integrated energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,422 Views
10 Pages

Effects of Energy Dissipation and Deformation Function on the Entanglement, Photon Statistics and Quantum Fisher Information of Three-Level Atom in Photon-Added Coherent States for Morse Potential

  • Sayed Abdel-Khalek,
  • Eied M. Khalil,
  • Hammad Alotaibi,
  • Sayed M. Abo-Dahab and ,
  • Emad E. Mahmoud,
  • Mahmoud Higazy and
  • Marin Marin
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

16 November 2021

The present research paper considers a three-level atom (3LA) that interacts with a field mode primarily in a photon-added coherent state of Morse potential (PACSMP). The dynamics of entanglement, the photon statistics, and the quantum Fisher informa...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,368 Views
22 Pages

Modelling of Groundwater Potential Zones in Semi-Arid Areas Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Geographic Information Systems, and Multi-Criteria Decision Making

  • Michel Constant Njock,
  • Marthe Mbond Ariane Gweth,
  • Andre Michel Pouth Nkoma,
  • Jorelle Larissa Meli’I and ,
  • Blaise Pascal Gounou Pokam,
  • Serges Raoul Kouamou Njifen,
  • Andre Talla,
  • Wilson Fantong,
  • Michel Mbessa and
  • Philippe Njandjock Nouck
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Nowadays, modelling groundwater potential zones (GWPZs) based on scientific principles and modern techniques is a major challenge for scientists around the world. This challenge is even greater in arid and semi-arid areas. Unmanned aerial vehicles (U...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,645 Views
18 Pages

Inequalities for Information Potentials and Entropies

  • Ana Maria Acu,
  • Alexandra Măduţa,
  • Diana Otrocol and
  • Ioan Raşa

18 November 2020

We consider a probability distribution p0(x),p1(x),… depending on a real parameter x. The associated information potential is S(x):=∑kpk2(x). The Rényi entropy and the Tsallis entropy of order 2 can be expressed as R(x)=−logS(...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Inequalities and Functional Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,731 Views
14 Pages

28 September 2017

Global biodiversity is strongly influenced by the decrease in endangered biological species. Predicting the distribution of endangered medicinal plants is necessary for resource conservation. A spatial distribution model—geographic information system...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,617 Views
15 Pages

Predicting the Redox Potentials and Hammett Parameters of Quinone Derivatives with the Information-Theoretic Approach

  • Mingxin Xu,
  • Yilin Zhao,
  • Hui Li,
  • Paul W. Ayers and ,
  • Dandan Liu,
  • Qingchun Wang and
  • Dongbo Zhao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

6 January 2026

Accurately and efficiently predicting redox potentials and Hammett constants using simple density-based functions derived from information-theoretic approach (ITA) quantities remains an unresolved challenge. In this work, we employ two recently propo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Information-Theoretic Approach in Density Functional Theory and Beyond)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,046 Views
14 Pages

1 March 2019

The growing tendency for suppliers to encroach on the retailers’ market has forced the retailers, being independent entities, to distort shared information to maintain their information superiority. Previous studies on asymmetric information as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,322 Views
14 Pages

3 March 2020

In recent years, the development of sensor technology in industry has profoundly changed the way of operation and management in manufacturing enterprises. Due to the popularization and promotion of sensors, the maintenance of machines on the producti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,318 Views
30 Pages

Information and Public Knowledge of the Potential of Alternative Energies

  • Galvão Meirinhos,
  • Mariano Malebo,
  • António Cardoso,
  • Rui Silva and
  • Reiville Rêgo

5 July 2022

The objective of this research project is to study the economic development model of the Angolan economy in order to analyze the adoption of an alternative strategy capable of leveraging the economy, based essentially on alternative energies, and the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Alternative Sources of Energy Modeling, Automation, Optimal Planning and Operation)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,187 Views
20 Pages

17 June 2025

Digitalisation is seen as an enabler of the circular economy that supports the flow of information important for the decision-making of consumers and recyclers. However, barriers prevail that hinder the effective implementation of circular economy pr...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,977 Views
14 Pages

Potential of the Other Genetic Information Coded by the Viral RNA Genomes as Antiviral Target

  • Alfredo Berzal-Herranz,
  • Cristina Romero-López,
  • Beatriz Berzal-Herranz and
  • Sara Ramos-Lorente

In addition to the protein coding information, viral RNA genomes code functional information in structurally conserved units termed functional RNA domains. These RNA domains play essential roles in the viral cycle (e.g., replication and translation)....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 4th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,846 Views
16 Pages

26 September 2023

Tourism has gained enormous attention, and every country is determined to attract more visitors. Concerned stakeholders are trying to promote their country’s image and that of their tourist destinations. Travelers attain information from different su...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Social Sustainability and Circular Economy Agenda through the Lens of Stakeholders and Technological Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,280 Views
15 Pages

4 September 2019

Recently, a number of similarity-based methods have been proposed for link prediction of complex networks. Among these indices, the resource-allocation-based prediction methods perform very well considering the amount of resources in the information...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Complex Networks from Information Measures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
10,568 Views
21 Pages

27 February 2019

Construction project management usually has a high risk of safety-related accidents. An opportunity to proactively improve safety performance is with near-miss information, which is regarded as free lessons for safety management. The research status...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
1 Views
7 Pages

Relationship Between Early and Late Stages of Information Processing: An Event-Related Potential Study

  • Claudio Portella,
  • Sergio Machado,
  • Oscar Arias-Carrión,
  • Alexander T. Sack and ,
  • Julio Guilherme Silva,
  • Marco Orsini,
  • Marco Antonio Araujo Leite,
  • Adriana Cardoso Silva,
  • Antonio E. Nardi and
  • Pedro Ribeiro
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

28 November 2012

The brain is capable of elaborating and executing different stages of information processing. However, exactly how these stages are processed in the brain remains largely unknown. This study aimed to analyze the possible correlation between early and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,522 Views
23 Pages

On the Potential of Enhancing Delay-Tolerant Routing Protocols via Age of Information

  • Georgios Kallitsis,
  • Vasileios Karyotis and
  • Symeon Papavassiliou

17 August 2022

In this paper, we study the potential of using the metric of Age of Information (AoI) for enhancing delay-tolerant routing protocols. The latter have been proposed for alleviating the impact of long roundtrip time in networks operating in harsh envir...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,587 Views
17 Pages

14 December 2022

In this study, high-throughput metagenomic amplicon sequencing and physicochemical analyses were used to evaluate the structural composition and functional diversity of the soil bacterial communities at different illegal waste dump sites. Results sho...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,611 Views
20 Pages

Functional Profiling of Kiwifruit Phyllosphere Bacteria: Copper Resistance and Biocontrol Potential as a Foundation for Microbiome-Informed Strategies

  • Vinicius Casais,
  • Joana Pereira,
  • Eva Garcia,
  • Catarina Coelho and ,
  • Daniela Figueira,
  • Aitana Ares,
  • Igor Tiago and
  • Joana Costa
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Bacterial canker, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) is a major threat to global kiwifruit production. Copper-based bactericides remain widely used, but increasing resistance highlights the urgency of developing sustainable alternati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Pathogens: Monitoring, Identification and Biological Control, 2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,725 Views
17 Pages

Catering Information Needs from Global to Local Scales—Potential and Challenges with National Forest Inventories

  • Annika Kangas,
  • Minna Räty,
  • Kari T. Korhonen,
  • Jari Vauhkonen and
  • Tuula Packalen

12 September 2019

Forest information is needed at global, national and local scales. This review aimed at providing insights of potential of national forest inventories (NFIs) as well as challenges they have to cater to those needs. Within NFIs, the authors address th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forest Resources Assessments: Mensuration, Inventory and Planning)
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,858 Views
19 Pages

Forest Inventory Data Provide Useful Information for Mapping Ecosystem Services Potential

  • Edgars Jūrmalis,
  • Arta Bārdule,
  • Jānis Donis,
  • Linda Gerra-Inohosa and
  • Zane Lībiete

26 September 2023

The ecosystem services framework is a convenient approach for identifying and mapping nature’s contributions to people, and an accurate assessment of ecosystem services potential is the first step in the decision support process of well-informe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current and Future Trends of Socio-Economic Values in Terrestrial Ecosystem Services)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,984 Views
26 Pages

Information Theoretic Causal Effect Quantification

  • Aleksander Wieczorek and
  • Volker Roth

5 October 2019

Modelling causal relationships has become popular across various disciplines. Most common frameworks for causality are the Pearlian causal directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) and the Neyman-Rubin potential outcome framework. In this paper, we propose an i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information Theoretic Learning and Kernel Methods)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
384 Views
14 Pages

Reconsideration of Information-Theoretic Principles—Perspective from the Dual Probability Distribution

  • Yoshikazu Ohtaki,
  • Tomomi Nakamura,
  • Hiroshi-H. Hasegawa and
  • Tatsuaki Wada

12 June 2026

We reconsider information-theoretic principles, such as the maximum entropy principle/minimum Massieu potential principle, from the perspective of the dual probability distribution. This is introduced through Sanov’s Lemma for the multinomial d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue SUURI of Information Geometry: Dedicated to SUURI Engineer Professor Shun’ichi Amari on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday)
  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
6,776 Views
14 Pages

Investigating the Potential of Using the Spatial and Spectral Information of Multispectral LiDAR for Object Classification

  • Wei Gong,
  • Jia Sun,
  • Shuo Shi,
  • Jian Yang and ,
  • Lin Du,
  • Bo Zhu and
  • Shalei Song
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

2 September 2015

The abilities of multispectral LiDAR (MSL) as a new high-potential active instrument for remote sensing have not been fully revealed. This study demonstrates the potential of using the spectral and spatial features derived from a novel MSL to discrim...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,524 Views
18 Pages

25 August 2023

The rural landscape is an integrated system of tangible and intangible cultural heritages in rural areas, which includes multiple attributes in terms of culture, spirit and nature. The multi-dimensional, holistic protection and promotion of the rural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
14,788 Views
25 Pages

Revolutionizing Construction Safety: Unveiling the Digital Potential of Building Information Modeling (BIM)

  • Bilal Manzoor,
  • Rabia Charef,
  • Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari,
  • Khalid Saqer Alotaibi and
  • Ehsan Harirchian

The construction industry is facing issues worldwide, particularly worker fatalities and injury rates. Construction safety requires careful attention and preparation across the project’s entire lifecycle, from design to demolition activities. I...

(This article belongs to the Collection Buildings for the 21st Century)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
12,461 Views
21 Pages

Assessing Rainwater Harvesting Potential in Urban Areas: A Building Information Modelling (BIM) Approach

  • Ahsen Maqsoom,
  • Bilal Aslam,
  • Sharjeel Ismail,
  • Muhammad Jamaluddin Thaheem and ,
  • Fahim Ullah,
  • Hafiz Zahoor,
  • Muhammad Ali Musarat and
  • Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

15 November 2021

Water scarcity has become a major problem for many countries, resulting in declining water supply and creating a need to find alternative solutions. One potential solution is rainwater harvesting (RwH), which allows rainwater to be stored for human n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Disruptive Technologies in the Built Environment: A Step towards Industry 5.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,315 Views
18 Pages

Unification of Quantum and Gravity by Non Classical Information Entropy Space

  • Germano Resconi,
  • Ignazio Licata and
  • Davide Fiscaletti

4 September 2013

A quantum entropy space is suggested as the fundamental arena describing the quantum effects. In the quantum regime the entropy is expressed as the superposition of many different Boltzmann entropies that span the space of the entropies before any me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
6,988 Views
19 Pages

National Mineral Waste Databases as an Information Source for Assessing Material Recovery Potential from Mine Waste, Tailings and Metallurgical Waste

  • Gorazd Žibret,
  • Bruno Lemiere,
  • Ana-Maria Mendez,
  • Carlo Cormio and ,
  • Danielle Sinnett,
  • Peter Cleall,
  • Katalin Szabó and
  • M. Teresa Carvalho
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

16 May 2020

We examined the national mine waste registries from seven European countries, created to fulfil the requirements of the “Mine Waste Directive” (2006/21/EC), for their potential use as an initial source of information for the valorisation...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,125 Views
14 Pages

19 January 2020

We present the quantum-like model of information processing by the brain’s neural networks. The model does not refer to genuine quantum processes in the brain. In this model, uncertainty generated by the action potential of a neuron is represen...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,757 Views
25 Pages

2 July 2015

In this paper I give a new information-theoretic analysis of the formalisms and interpretations of quantum mechanics (QM) in general, and of two mainstream interpretations of quantum mechanics in particular: The Copenhagen interpretation and David Bo...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Theory and Methodology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,192 Views
16 Pages

Any piece of information is a selection from a set of possibilities. In this paper, this set is called a “domain”. Digital information consists of number sequences, which are selections from a domain. At present, these number sequences ar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Future of Healthcare: Telemedicine, Public eHealth, and Big Data)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,653 Views
38 Pages

BIM as a Tool for Developing Smart Buildings in Smart Cities: Potentialities and Challenges

  • Carlos Eduardo Gomes de Souza,
  • Christine Kowal Chinelli,
  • Carlos Alberto Pereira Soares and
  • Orlando Celso Longo

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has established itself as a strategic and indispensable tool for designing and implementing smart buildings within the context of smart cities. This study explores the potentialities and challenges of using BIM acr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Shaping Architecture with Computation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,448 Views
15 Pages

10 March 2025

The objective of this study is to develop a mathematical model capable of correctly displaying the dynamics of an individual’s cognitive activity under conditions of external information influence of different modalities. The adequacy of the mo...

(This article belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,164 Views
14 Pages

11 November 2022

The goal of this research is to design a model of cognitive activity in the human brain. The fundamental component of such a model is the mathematical apparatus of self-oscillating quantum mechanics considered through the theory of information images...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modeling in Biophysics, Biochemistry and Physical Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,521 Views
20 Pages

20 February 2021

Distractions external to a vehicle contribute to visual attention diversion that may cause traffic accidents. As a low-cost and efficient advertising solution, billboards are widely installed on side of the road, especially the motorway. However, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art Sensors Technologies in Ireland 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,303 Views
20 Pages

25 October 2022

With the rapid development of the energy industry and the growth of the global energy demand in recent years, the development of the photovoltaic industry has become increasingly significant. However, the development of the PV industry is constrained...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing Based Building Extraction II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
7,245 Views
19 Pages

An Innovative Decision Support System to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Buildings in Urban Areas

  • Małgorzata Sztubecka,
  • Marta Skiba,
  • Maria Mrówczyńska and
  • Anna Bazan-Krzywoszańska

11 January 2020

Improving in the energy efficiency of urban buildings, and maximizing the savings and the resulting benefits require information support from city decision-makers, planners, and designers. The selection of the appropriate analytical methods will allo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Renewable Energy Mapping)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,836 Views
22 Pages

GIS-Based Analytical Hierarchy Process for Identifying Groundwater Potential Zones in Punjab, Pakistan

  • Maira Naeem,
  • Hafiz Umar Farid,
  • Muhammad Arbaz Madni,
  • Raffaele Albano and ,
  • Muhammad Azhar Inam,
  • Muhammad Shoaib,
  • Muhammad Shoaib,
  • Tehmena Rashid,
  • Aqsa Dilshad and
  • Akhlaq Ahmad
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

The quality and level of groundwater tables have rapidly declined because of intensive pumping in Punjab (Pakistan). For sustainable groundwater supplies, there is a need for better management practices. So, the identification of potential groundwate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,712 Views
22 Pages

Geospatial Assessment of the Energy Potential of Agricultural Residual Biomass in Cordoba, Colombia: A Technical Basis for a Decentralised Energy Transition

  • Jesus D. Rhenals-Julio,
  • Stiven J. Sofán-Germán,
  • Mirna P. Iriarte,
  • Jorge I. Martínez and ,
  • Taylor De la Vega González and
  • Jorge M. Mendoza-Fandiño
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This study examines the potential of using agricultural residues for energy production in the Córdoba department of Colombia in response to the need to diversify the energy matrix and reduce inequality in energy access. The aim was to estimate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,695 Views
14 Pages

Global Quantum Information-Theoretic Measures in the Presence of Magnetic and Aharanov-Bohm (AB) Fields

  • Collins Okon Edet,
  • Emmanuel Benjamin Ettah,
  • Syed Alwee Aljunid,
  • Rosdisham Endut and ,
  • Norshamsuri Ali,
  • Akpan Ndem Ikot and
  • Muhammad Asjad
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

10 May 2022

The global quantum information-theoretical analysis of the class of Yukawa potential (CYP) in the presence of magnetic and Aharonov–Bohm (AB) fields has been examined both analytically and numerically in this research piece. The energy equation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Mechanics: Concepts, Symmetries, and Recent Developments)

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