Macao à l’ère postcoloniale : espoir et désespoir dans un centre mondial du tourisme et des loisirs by Michael O’Regan

“…Après la rétrocession du Portugal en 1999, le développement des concessions de casino et la croissance consécutive de l’emploi et du produit intérieur brut (PIB) par habitant à Macao ont créé une illusion de prospérité dans un territoire postcolonial de moins de 30 km2. …”
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Principle of Virtual Work as Foundational Framework for Metamaterial Discovery and Rational Design by dell’Isola, Francesco, Misra, Anil

“…The current practice of mechanical analyses based upon moribund classical theories and experimental trial-error campaigns is caught in an inescapable vortex and illusion of inductive reasoning. The needed novel research paradigm is one in which the formulation of theoretical concepts precede their experimental validation. …”
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Search for the turning points in the Soviet Lithuanian historiography: 1956 (?) by Aurimas Švedas

“…This article raises the question: Was the year 1956 the beginning of new discourses, polemics, and "revolt" against old methodological-ideological postulates in the Soviet Lithuanian historiography? The illusion of possible changes in history research in 1956 was created by the Lithuanian Communist Party (LCP) itself, which organized several meetings with Lithuanian intellectuals discussing the short history of Soviet Lithuania prepared by the History Institute. …”
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A Phenomenological Study on the Intersections of High School Students’ Educational Trajectories in Different Types of High Schools in Turkey by Mustafa Sever, Burcu Çıldır, Ayşe Gülsüm Akçatepe

“…As a result of this analysis, we interpreted the essences that cut across the educational trajectories of students positioned in different types of high schools as living with the illusion of school choice, declaring the position with a sense of entitlement, engagement with cultural fields through cultural consumption habits, and utilizing sports for the presentation of self. …”
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When Plasma Streams Tie up Equatorial Plasma Irregularities with Auroral Ones by Irina Zakharenkova, Iurii Cherniak

“…The poleward‐streaming plasma depletions form an illusion of traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) moving in a poleward, northwestward direction—this propagation direction is opposite to typical equatorward propagation of storm‐induced large‐scale TIDs generated in the auroral zone and propagated toward the equator. …”
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Exploring Current Evidence on the Past, the Present, and the Future of the Heart Team: A Narrative Review by Alexandru Burlacu, Adrian Covic, Mircea Cinteza, Paula Madalina Lupu, Radu Deac, Grigore Tinica

“…We underlined the importance of quality of knowledge-sharing and decision-making inside the Team, analyzing bad decisions which did not reflect members’ true beliefs due to “uniformity pressure, closed mindedness, and illusion of invulnerability.” The observation that Guidelines’ indications regarding Heart Team carry a level C indication underlines the very future of this Team: randomized controlled trials proving solid benefits in an evidence-based world. …”
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Event-Related Potentials Elicited by Face and Face Pareidolia in Parkinson’s Disease by Gulsum Akdeniz, Gonul Vural, Sadiye Gumusyayla, Hesna Bektas, Orhan Deniz

“…Pareidolia is a type of complex visual illusion that permits the interpretation of a vague stimulus as something known to the observer. …”
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« L’épopée » des clandestins by Zied Hadfi

“…We are interested obviously to highlight this new culture of migration, based on the dream, the fascination and idealization, nurtured and maintained daily by the illusion and false advertisements. We will identify the act of migration in its entirety, wherever it occurs in time and space by social actors (illegal immigrants) as a turning point that results in a "hijra" (emigration), by both the mind and body. …”
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La ecología política de la crisis global y los límites del capitalismo benévolo by Eduardo Gudynas

“…The environmental dimension is assumed merely as an instrumental adjustment that results in generating the illusion of a benevolent capitalism, which is defended even by progressive South American governments.…”
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Leadership and Nigeria's Regional Hegemonic Quest in Africa: A Critical Discus by GAMBO Nanven Audu, PULDU Samdi Gloria, KUMS Simon Nankap

“…The study concludes and recommends that until Nigeria looks inward by addressing its internal dynamics and/or challenges (unending terrorism, widespread corruption, poor leadership, faulty electoral processes, acute human rights abuses, etc), its quest to become a regional hegemon remains an illusion. …”
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L’Union européenne : un champion en trompe l’œil de l’aide publique au développement by Yann Richard

“…Nevertheless, this status is partly an illusion. The domination of the European Union comes from the artificial addition of the assistance provided by the European Commission (multilateral) and the assistance disbursed by the member states of the former UE 15 (bilateral). …”
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IDEALIZATION OF REALITY THROUGH PHOTOS IN SOCIAL NETWORKS by Svetlana M. Maltseva, Natalia A. Nikitina, Ekaterina S. Surovegina

“…The authors suggest that the illusion of an "ideal life" destroys the natural perception of modern society about the surrounding reality and beauty. …”
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The Philosophical Aspect of the Spatial-Temporal Rhythms of the Social Space of the City in the Documentary: Using the Example of Dziga Vertov’s Screen Chronotope by Julia A. Kirsanova, Irina K. Cherkasova

“…The on-screen chronotope is implemented in various specific techniques to immerse viewers in time intervals and multiple spaces, creating the illusion of continuous time. In these conditions of the space-time rhythms of urban life, the screen text is born, in the continuous movement of the vague boundaries of infinity. …”
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Comparison of Saddle-Shaped Region of Head-Flow Curve between Axial-Flow Pump and Its Corresponding Axial-Flow Pump Device by Dongtao Ji, Weigang Lu, Linguang Lu, Lei Xu, Jun Liu, Wei Shi, Ye Zhu

“…When the flow rate is less than 0.32Qd, the influence range of backflow in the inlet pipe is large, which leads to the high-pressure zone near the wall of the inlet pressure measurement section during the pump performance test, and hence the second saddle-shaped region of the axial-flow pump is essentially a measurement illusion. It is suggested that the inlet pressure measurement section should be set at least 4Dp away from the inlet flange of the impeller when testing the performance of the axial-flow pump under the condition of small flow rate, and the first saddle bottom head of the axial-flow pump or the saddle bottom head of the corresponding pump device can be considered as the control value of the highest head of the pumping station.…”
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Police/Militia in (Post-)Soviet Popular Culture (Towards a Historical Iconography of Power) by D. V. Popov

“…The viewer is no longer included in the imperious project of transforming reality; they are attracted by the illusion, the spectacle. The latest police cinema, overcoming total deconstructionism, is busy reconstructing the spirit of Soviet militia cinema in modern settings. …”
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Grammaire d’une relation amicale asymétrique dans une société d’ordres by Claire Madl

“…Sans leur prêter ni cynisme calculateur, ni illusion naïve, il s’agit de déterminer les conditions de leurs relations qui se jouent à plusieurs niveaux. …”
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Retrospective and Prospective Investigations about “Quatrefoil” Erythrocytes in Canine Blood Smears by Alessandra Gavazza, Marianna Ricci, Martina Brettoni, Biancaurora Gugliucci, Anna Pasquini, Daniela Rispoli, Nicola Bernabò, George Lubas

“…SEM ruled out the possibility of an optical illusion or an accidental overlap. qRBCs are associated with ageing of dogs, total leukocyte and neutrophil counts, and RBC anisocytosis, polychromasia, and Howell-Jolly bodies. …”
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Témoignage. Écrire, trouver-créer, penser. Un moment de respiration trans-formatrice by Françoise Bréant

“…En prenant appui sur la notion de défonctionnalisation de l’objet (écrit), la réflexion porte sur la manière dont le processus de subjectivation se réalise dans l’écriture, en particulier lors des passages entre l’imaginaire nécessaire (illusion, rêve, fiction) et la fonction symbolique du langage (frustration, arrachement, deuil).L’atelier d’écriture, lieu de découverte, d’écoute, d’échange et de coopération, propice à l’accueil de l’incertitude et du doute, pourrait alors constituer un espace clinique de création (de soi, de la pensée, d’objets) dans lequel le travail du groupe peut mettre en œuvre ce que j’appellerais un imaginaire social transitionnel. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Minor Hallucinations in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Min Zhong, Ruxin Gu, Sha Zhu, Yu Bai, Zhuang Wu, Xu Jiang, Bo Shen, Jun Zhu, Yang Pan, Jun Yan, Li Zhang

“…The most frequent MH was visual illusion, especially object misidentification. Three minor phenomena were somewhat consistent in terms of external factors, temporal factors, and content. …”
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The Efficacy of Conversational AI in Rectifying the Theory-of-Mind and Autonomy Biases: Comparative Analysis by Marcin Rządeczka, Anna Sterna, Julia Stolińska, Paulina Kaczyńska, Marcin Moskalewicz

“…The cognitive biases assessed included theory-of-mind biases (anthropomorphism, overtrust, and attribution) and autonomy biases (illusion of control, fundamental attribution error, and just-world hypothesis). …”
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