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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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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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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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…The subject was presented with a so-called Hobson’s choice, in which there is the illusion of free choice but ultimately there is no real choice as only one outcome, the acceptance of the experimental xenograft, is permitted; access to other choices, such as pursuing standard of care waitlisting, have been removed.…”
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