Deepfake Dilemmas: Imagine Tomorrow’s Surveillance Society through Three Scenarios by Fatma Doğan Akkaya

“…Drawing on sociological insights enriched by the literature on virtual reality surveillance, this study explores the social landscapes that may emerge with the widespread adoption of deepfake avatars in the near future. …”
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Med det förflutna för ögonen by Samuel Rubenson

“…But contrary to what we normally think – that we have the past behind us and the future in front of us – all of us in reality look at the future through the past. What we see is not what will happen but what has happened, and, moreover, as interpreted by our experiences of what has happened earlier. …”
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The Understanding of the Meaning of Intercultural Communication by Non-philological and Philological Students of Business English Courses at the University of Presov by Lucia Dančišinová

“…The aim of the paper is to analyse and compare the process of definition of intercultural communication in university textbooks with the definitions by philological and non-philological students of Business English courses at the University of Presov, to illustrate the possible problems with understanding the meaning as a result of different purposes and contexts of educational reality. The comparative analysis of definitions of intercultural communication by philological and non-philological students of Business English courses showed that philological students defined the concept in a more complex way, revealing a more developed linguistic competence in accordance with the definitions of intercultural communication in the analysed university textbooks. …”
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Digital and circularity in building. KETs for waste management in the European Union by Marina Rigillo, Giuliano Galluccio, Federica Paragliola

“… The article analyses the potential and limitations of using enabling technologies of the digital transition for construction and demolition waste in construction management (BIM, GIS, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Digital Manufacturing, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Digital Twin, Artificial Intelligence) in the context of the European Union. …”
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Gothic Sounds and the Foreshadowing of Victorian Soundscapes by Lucie Ratail

“…Through the definition of both generic and specific gothic soundscapes, it analyses the impact of sound theories on reality and fiction.…”
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Punishment or mercy? Tripartite game between the State, offenders, and victims in China’s environmental crime governance by Xinrui Zhang, Jiashu Zhang

“…However, a discrepancy remains between the ideal and the reality of environmental restorative justice (ERJ), particularly in balancing mercy or punishment. …”
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Human dignity, speciesism, and the value of life by Grzegorz Hołub

“…He argues that natural species play quite important roles in the existing reality. The author further tries to prove that the realm of life should be associated with a so-called intrinsic value. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM: REASONS, TENDENCIES, PERSPECTIVES by Irina V. Veshneva, Rustam A. Singatulin

“…Application of virtual reality technology enables to enhance the training effectiveness by dozens of times. …”
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Ukryte w języku aspekty przygotowania dzieci do szkoły by Grażyna Szyling

“…The theoretical basis for the conducted analyses is the linguistic theory also known as the Sapir- Whorf hypothesis, which is complemented by the psychological concept of cognitive schemata and their role of in the process of discovering reality. The data was collected through group interviews conducted with kindergarten children focused on the issue. …”
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Des données textuelles et planimétriques à l’analyse des dynamiques paysagères et foncières. Le cas de Blandy-les-Tours (Seine-et-Marne) du XVIe au XIXe siècle by Albane Rossi

“…However, each document describe a different space reality, depending on the relevant period. By working both with a micro historical scale and the long-term perspective, it’s the daily practice as well as the actors’ perception, the research for potential breakdowns in the land use along with the space management that will be considered. …”
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Le récit de vie comme trajectoire. Une comparaison des (auto)biographies de Jean Paul et de Stendhal by Aurélie Moioli

“…We argue that the overlap of heterogeneous life trajectories create a tension between reality and fiction into the narrative. The ambiguity of memory appears: remembering the past can’t do without the creative activity of imagination and without imagining the future. …”
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YOUTH INITIATIVES IN TOURISM IN THE ERA OF DIGITALIZATION AND PANDEMIC by N. A. Zamyatina, A. V. Zbarskaya

“…There is a need for long-term planning and the formation of a global system of universal values and human understanding of their place in the “new reality”. This vector of development will lead to a new level of humanity in the future 5–10 years.…”
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New types of physical and sports activities as a means of increasing motivation for physical education and sports by Yani, Artem Valerievich, Moldovan, Vitaly A., Kudryashova, Evgeniya D.

“…The study provides detailed information on new types of activities, including virtual reality and immersive fitness classes. Conclusions based on the work done are presented.…”
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Manipulating Disclosure to Repair Corporate Image After an Environmental Disaster: A Study of the Impact of the Dam Failure on Samarco’s Sustainability Reports by Fernando César Bezerra de Amorim, Maria Tereza Saraiva de Souza

“…We found that the environmental accident severely impacted the company’s environmental disclosure, modifying reporting patterns based on deterrence strategies with a view to omitting, and at the same time repairing the objective reality. Thus, the company resorted to defensive arguments through which it sought to evade responsibility, with the manipulation of negative environmental disclosure, in order to divert the outside public's attention from adverse information.…”
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La variation toponymique dans l'oraliture comme pratique infrapolitique : études de cas à Uchon et Paris by Jean-Baptiste Bing

“…The second part then shows how tales, legends and oral narratives help to maintain a departure from the norm and standardisation and enrich everyday reality. Finally, the third section looks at the power of oral narratives to encapacitate a subaltern group in a power struggle. …”
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Simulation research on dynamic characteristics of scroll compressor with flexible clearance. by Haifei Qiu, Zhang Yifan, Li Feiyang, Chen Xiandong

“…The study indicates that simulation results for flexible and rigid bodies are vastly different, and the former is closer to reality. Compared with the case in an ideal state (0mm), clearance at 0.01mm and 0.04mm can cause an enormous impact on the critical bearing components of the spindle, such as the orbiting scroll, cross-slip ring, and support bearing, which results in unexpected vibration and noise. …”
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“Invisible” and “unheard” children in fragile contexts – reflections from field research among the Ba’Aka in the Central African Republic by Urszula Markowska-Manista

“…This is due to a number of external and internal factors which shape the contemporary reality of the formerly colonised country. Despite the fact that the Central African Republic broke free from colonial oppression, since 1960s it has been experiencing internal colonisation and civilising missions by the countries of the Global North so as to be “fruitfully” written in the narrative of national development. …”
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تأثیر فعالیة ادارة الوقت على التحصیل الدراسى لطلاب التدریب المیدانى فى أقسام المکتبات by د.عماد عبد الستار زیدان

“…Acorrelation was also established between the ability to manage time and theability of students to attain field training.It aims to identify the reality of time management for field trainingstudents and its impact on academic achievement, identify behaviors thathelp field training students increase their awareness of the importance oftime, increase their ability to plan and organize time and identify behaviorsthat hinder field training students in managing their time.The most important results of the study is that there is no difference inthe ability to manage time according to gender and place of residence. …”
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Investigation of Different Components of Steel Metal Utilizing Artificial Intelligence by Zainab L. H, Fatima Abd Naji

“…Due to the reality that the investigation and plan of structures are based on tried-and-error strategies and the utilize of auxiliary examination program for this reason required a huge sum of time for computing in computers, so utilizing surmised methods that have the correct accuracy can be valuable. …”
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La presse et ses passeurs méconnus, intermédiaires indispensables à la circulation de la littérature américaine en France dans les années 1940 by Anne Cadin

“…On the contrary, the French press scrutinized this American literary “moment” and addressed some fundamental questions, such as the reality of the American literary input or the advent of a literary massification caused by American influence.…”
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