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We suggest to discuss these issues under a new angle, namely by considering such systems as certain exotic thermodynamic states. These include the finite-size systems and the negative absolute temperatures. The present work gives a concise overview of the fundamentals and applications of these basic notions of physics, including the new developments on this issue. Heat, entropy and temperature are the key fundamental concepts of thermodynamics.

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