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Auyer, Jonathan P. "Illusion in the commonplace| Reinterpreting Ernst Gombrich's concept of illusion." Thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3565358.
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In the dissertation I analyze and interpret Ernst Gombrich's book Art and Illusion, focusing on his view that illusion is involved in pictorial representation. Since Gombrich never gave a concise, systematic account of illusion, my goal will be to fill this void by using the text of Art and Illusion as well as Gombrich's subsequent writings in order to present a coherent account of how illusion might play a role in a picture's representing an object.
My goal is not to present an unassailable account of pictorial representation. Instead, I offer a version of Gombrich's theory that pushes readers towards a better comprehension of what a Gombrichian theory of illusion involves. In the process I introduce and defend a number of terms and concepts in the service of filling in those places where Gombrich is silent. Among other things, in response to Gombrich's notion of visual substitution I elaborate upon the claims that representational pictures function as relational models and afford recognition of the objects they represent; I reply to Richard Wollheim's "twofoldness" objection to Gombrich; and I contend that Gombrich's use of the notion of illusion is not open to the objections commonly made against it (e.g., that normal picture perception does not involve illusion because "illusion" is synonymous with "delusion").
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Lincoln, Lucy, and lucy lincoln@bigpond com. "Light and Illusion." RMIT University. Art, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090306.145318.
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This project is an investigation of visual illusions created through the interaction of light on different surfaces and structures. Illusion implies deception - an optical illusion, in a sense is misunderstood information that creates a 'false' visual reality. This project incorporates macro and non-macro photography to generate illusion through scale and shape. Through deliberate acts of deception the images play on the human desire for mystery. It is through the 'eye of the imagination' that the images reveal themselves. The photographic images are of dioramas created on the top of a light box, using everyday substances and materials such as glass, felt, coloured transparencies, detergents and liquids of varying consistencies. This project reveals the extraordinary in the ordinary. The outcome of this project is a photographic body of work, the product of my experimentation and research, in which the ambiguous content of the composition, compels the viewer to their own interpretation. Translating some of the resulting images into a three-dimensional light based installation of an illusory nature invites people to take on a participatory role, furthering their experience with the artwork. This project makes us aware of our role within the experiential process, ma king us appreciate and question its very nature.
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Aasen, S. "Thought without illusion." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1459420/.
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This thesis targets the part of Gareth Evans’s and John McDowell’s view of singular thought which involves the claim that there can be illusions of thought. Singular thought is, according to Evans and McDowell, an object-dependent thought-content; such thought-content could not be entertained unless the object it is about exists. Nevertheless, in a case of perceptual hallucination, where a subject mistakenly takes it that there is an object in front of him or her, Evans and McDowell think that it can seem to a subject exactly as though he or she is having an object-dependent thought, although the subject is in fact not thinking at all due to the absence of any object to think about. The thesis argues for a rejection of this idea of illusions of object-dependent thought. It is further argued that the idea of illusions of thought can be eliminated from Evans’s and McDowell’s view without abandoning their fundamental insight about how singular thought-content is object-dependent. Following specifically McDowell’s development of the view, it is suggested that singular thought is about the world in virtue of how things cognitively appear to the subject. It is suggested that in an alleged case of illusion of thought, the subject has an object-dependent thought about an object whose existence in part is due to the mind’s directedness in that very episode of singular thinking. Furthermore, Evans’s and McDowell’s respective views of acquaintance are criticised, and an idea about acquaintance as awareness of a wider range of objects than just perceivable objects is put forward. In general, the thesis outlines a revised version of Evans’s and McDowell’s view, a version according to which singular thought, although externalistically individuated, is transparent to the thinker.
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brålander, emma. "illusion färg komposition." Thesis, Konstfack, Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-5873.
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By working with color and composition I convert flat surfaces to three-dimensionality and the other way around. By distorting the space, my aim is to confuse the viewer of what they perceive. I want to blur the borders between color and object to evoke a curiosity to experience my space.
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Pinar, Abuzer. "Essays on fiscal illusion." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1998. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11496/.
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The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between taxation and public spending in the UK, utilising public choice theories that the level of government spending should reflect voter-taxpayer's demand for public goods. Such theories argue that certain features of the tax structure affect voter's perceptions of their tax burden so that they underestimate how much they are paying for public goods. Fiscal illusion is investigated as a key issue in a time series analysis of general government expenditures, and a cross-section analysis of local government spending. Also survey data from British Social Attitudes is employed to analyse the relationship between tax perceptions and preferences for public spending. The time-series results show quite consistent evidence that low visibility of taxed and deficit financing are associated with increased levels of spending, but for various reasons measures of tax elasticity and complexity performed less well. Closer examination suggests that deficit financing is less an illusory plan to hide expenditure increases from voters and more a short-term necessity when shock cause (trends in) spending and revenue to diverge. The cross-section results suggest fairly strong support for the "flypaper effect" that central government grants increase spending by more than would an equivalent increase in local income. Measures of local accountability appeared to have similar effects, while evidence on renter illusion suggests different outcomes in the two alternative tax regimes (community charge and council tax). Evidence from the micro-data analysis suggests some forms of fiscal illusion, though the influence of tax misperceptions on the demand for public spending is ambiguous. Overall, the evidence is consistent with the tendency to use invisible taxes to support increased spending, however, the use of this evidence, per se, may be misleading in drawing future prospects for tax and expenditure policies. Micro data analysis of fiscal perceptions offers a potentially important means of determining policy instruments. Moreover, if governments aim at increasing local accountability, inter-governmental fiscal relations should be reconsidered.
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Poulet, Regis. "L'Orient, généalogie d'une illusion." Lyon 3, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000LYO31013.
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Comprendre ce que l'Orient représente dans l'imaginaire occidental exige de remonter à l'Antiquité grecque. Il accompagne la naissance de l'idéalisme et de la métaphysique. Très tôt, la temporalité de la décadence le caractérise, de la Rome impériale jusqu'à la fin du XXe siècle. Peurs de la barbarie, de la corruption et du déclin témoignent de l'angoisse de l'Occident face au devenir de la nature. Construit sur une pensée de l'être, c'est à dire du manque, l'Orient incarne dès la fin du XVIIIe siècle le rêve d'une androgynie spirituelle synonyme de régénération. Politique, religion et arts sont à divers degrés influencés par cette illusion. Mais un boulversement intervient avec Nietzsche, boulversement dont on tente de tirer ici les conséquences. En tant qu'illusion, l'Orient collabore à l'introduction de la décadence de la vie : c'est le nihilisme. Caratéristique du monde moderne, le nihilisme se traduit par l'uniformisation et la globalisation planétaires où l'Occident perd l'Orient qu'il s'est créé. Mais en révélant qu'il n'est possible de construire que sur le néant (l'Etre étant inaccessible et insuportable) le nihilisme laisse entrevoir une sortie. Pour que le néant devienne positif, il est nécéssaire que le "logos" et la "phusis" se réconcilient. L'attention à la corporéité de la pensée ainsi que la nature esthétique de l'Etre font alors du simulacre et de l'artificiel des viatiques où l'Orient n'a plus sa place mais où l'Asie peut jouer un rôle.
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Svensson, Anton. "Tiden är en illusion." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22934.
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Serieforskning som tvärvetenskapligt fält avancerar framåt ur såväl ett internationellt som nationellt perspektiv och syftar ofta till att synliggöra mediets meningsbyggande funktion, något som är intressant inte minst ur en kommunikativ aspekt. Den vetenskapliga litteraturen på området har stor spridning över olika forskningsfält och det saknas väl etablerade teorier och metoder för att analysera tecknade serier. Syftet med studien är att undersöka och analysera skildrandet av tidsförlopp i tecknade serier utifrån sidlayout och seriens system. Avsikten är att utforska hur den formmässiga kompositionen och förhållandet mellan strukturella element påverkar uppfattningen av tidsförlopp i tecknade serier. Undersökningen baseras på teori som behandlar den tecknade seriens system, dess meningsbyggande funktion, anpassningen av verbalt narrativ till visuellt medium och illusionen av tid. Tillsammans med bildanalyser av produktionsreferenser i form av kanoniserade tecknade serier och en egen mediaproduktion i en metodologisk triangulering för att ge en heltäckande bild av problemet ur olika perspektiv, samt att kunna jämföra och analysera resultaten på ett djuplodande sätt. Studien belyser och problematiserar förhållandet mellan seriestrukturen och det bildmässiga innehållet i skildrandet av tidförlopp i tecknade serier.
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Hayden, Alexander. "No Love for Illusion." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3097.
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I remember being young and being told that birds had special pads on their feet which prevent them from getting electrocuted when they sit on electrical lines. I was told on a different occasion not to put my finger into electrical sockets, so, one day I tried a key. I do not have special pads on my hands. In middle school science class I explained the fascinating pad theory to my class only to find out that I was wrong, and if I aim to be so serious sometimes, perhaps I could at least be funny.
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Amato, Angela. "An illusion of reality /." Online version of thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10307.
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Lovrič, Sara. "Illusion in Puppet Theatre." Master's thesis, Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Divadelní fakulta. Knihovna, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-202410.
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Tématem této práce je studium iluze v loutkovém divadle. V první části se pokusím objasnit pojem iluze v umění všeobecně. Hlavním předpokladem je, že umění a iluze jsou dva neoddělitelné pojmy. Iliuze není výsldkem neby výplodem umění, nýbrž nevyhnutelným prostředkem k analýze věcí. Ona neskutečným způsobem pomáhá k prožitku skutečného a neskutečného světa. V tomto prožitku kromě umělce působí také pozorovatel, na jehož schopnosti vnímat umělcovy iluze závisí také samotný účinek této iluze.V divadelním umění se iluze děje v okamžiku a prostoru před očima diváka. Zázrak iluze se uskutečňuje před námi a zapomínáme, že je tady.V loutkovém umění má loutka, jako uměle stvořená scénická postava, již v samé své podstatě iluzorní charakter. Právě potřebě člověka tvořit a jeho pokusům měnit skutečnost dluží loutka svůj původ. Již v prehistorii byla loutka prostředkem pro navazování kontaktů s Bohem. V romantismu umělci probudí tento metaforický vztah a pozvednou loutkové divadlo jako umělecky hodnotnou formu. Období modernismu přináší nové úvahy o teorii loutek. Modernisté začínají v loutce poznávat nové, symbolické možnosti. Tyto úvahy o loutkách přispěly k vývoji loutkového divadla, které vyžaduje svůj vlastní jazyk iluze. Loutka již nenapodobuje skutečnost, nýbrž vytváří novou skutečnost. Další vývoj loutkového divadla se vydává směrem k experimentování s různými loutkářskými možnostmi vyjadřování. Odhazuje se paraván, loutka a animátor se objevují společně na scéně. Iluze je zpochybněna kvůli prezentaci reálnosti tvorby. Při hledání poetického jazyka vyjadřování se v loutkovém divadle začínají animovat části těla, materiály, předměty? Skutečné předměty dostávají neskutečný význam a iluze metamorfózy se děje před našima očimaNa konci práce se ohlédnu i na loutkové divadlo v Chorvatsku. V tomto krátkém ohlédnutí se pokusím nastínit přehled vývoje loutkářství a jeho iluze a objasnit vlivy, které přispěly k tomuto vývoji.
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Larsen, Ellinor. "Is Time an Illusion?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-162361.
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The purpose of this essay was to see whether our idea of time might be an illusion, and inorder to find out, I look both at what modern philosophy says about the concept of time aswell as what modern physics says. I want to see if there is consensus between the two fields inorder to find a unified definition of time; and using this definition I want to see whether timemight be an illusion. As it turns out, time is an elusive concept that is difficult to define, andeven though most, if not all, researchers in both philosophy and physics agree that time exists,there is little else they agree on when it comes to explaining what time in fact is. Inphilosophy, there is also disagreement within the field and the discussion centers on time asquality, while physics focus on time as quantity – used to measure the world around us. Giventhe different accounts of time, it seems that each of us are left to make up our own mindsabout how to define it. Whether or not time is an illusion depends on how time is defined.And until there is a clear definition of time it also becomes impossible to say for certainwhether time is an illusion.
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Inglis, Kelly. "Conscious will : illusion or reality? /." Thesis, View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B35881549.
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Sundberg, Martin, and Nikolai Nyqvist. "Illusion av val i spel." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2812.
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Vad är val? Är de val vi har våra egna? Spelutvecklare idag kämpar med spelares fria vilja då detta kan orsaka problem. Till exempel när spelare gör val som spelutvecklare inte har räknat med, vilket som följd kan skapa frustration hos båda parter. Problemet med spelares oförutsägbarhet i sina val är något som spelutvecklare ständigt har försökt lösa. Idag finns det flera tekniker som syftar till att diskret manipulera möjligheten till val inom spel och samtidigt låta spelare vara ovetande om detta. I följande kandidatarbete eftersträvar vi att belysa dessa tekniker för kontroll och manipulation inom spel, samtidigt som vi utforskar nya alternativ för hur spelutvecklare kan manipulera spelare utan att deras känsla av frihet påverkas. ---- What is choice? Are our choices entirely our own? Game developers today struggle with the problem of players free will. For example, when players make choices that the game developer had not accounted for, which can cause great frustration from both parties. The problem with players unpredictability in their choices is something that game developers have continuously tried to solve. Today there are multiple techniques whose purpose is to manipulate the possibility of choice within games, while still keeping the players none the wiser. This thesis persues to shine a light upon these techniques for guidance and manipulation within games, while also exploring new options for how developers may controll players without having them lose their sense of freedom.Detta är en reflektionsdel till en digital medieproduktion.
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Smilansky, Saul. "Free will, justice and illusion." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305685.
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Helgesson, Anna. "Constructing Reality : a textile illusion!" Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-10637.
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This bachelor degree work explores textile print with illusionary qualities, and aims to challenge the viewers visual perception and ideas of reality. With focus on creating three-dimensional illusionary prints the motive is to question how we evaluate design in relation to society and expected imagery. By working with the techniques of weaving, digitally developed print and transfer printing techniques this work strives to create an opportunity for the viewer to expand their idea of reality.
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Bencheikh, Farid Zine Eddine. "La criminologie : l'avenir d'une illusion." Paris 2, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991PA020118.
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La criminologie se propose comme tache d'etudier scientifiquement le phenomene criminel. Elle est de ce fait la science du crime. Son objectif est de combattre les concepts juridiques de responsabilite penale et de volonte libre qu'elle qualifie de scolastiques et de metapphysiques. Elle se veut autonome et independante, mais a quel point peut-elle se defaire de l'emprise de la psychiatrie ? peut-elle definir son objet sans se referer a la notion de l'interdit qui est purement juridique ? que restera-t-il du projet criminologique sans le savoir psychiatrique et les definitions juridiques du delit en tant qu'objet de cette pretendue science ? la criminologie n'est qu'une psychiatrie extra-legale. Le droit penal continuera a regner dans le domaine de la criminalite parce qu'il est le representant social de la vie psychiqueThe criminology has as ambition the scientifical study of the criminal phenomenon. It is therefore the science of crime. Its purpose is to combat the juridical concepts of penal responsibility and free will which it qualifies as being scolastical and metaphysical. It pretends to be independent and autonomous, but can it dispose of the psychiatrical ascendancy ? can it define its object without referring to the notion of forbidden which is purely juridical ? what will remain of the criminological plan without the psychiatrical knowledge and the juridical definitions of the crime being an objectif of this pretended science ? the criminology is only an extralegal psychiatry. The penal law will continue to reign the field of criminality because it is the social representative of the psychic life
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Andersson, Bastian, and Magnus Jansson. "Likvärdig bedömning – Illusion eller verklighet?" Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-35849.
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Syftet med detta examensarbete är att studera några vanliga strategier för bedömning hos verksamma lärare, samt att undersöka hur väl dessa strategier fungerar om man strävar efter att uppnå en likvärdig bedömning. Med detta examensarbete ville vi fördjupa vår förståelse för hur man kan arbeta för att nå fram till rättvisa och likvärdiga betyg. För att komma åt vad som ligger bakom ett rättvist och likvärdigt betyg har vi studerat vilken typ av bedömningen som läraren bygger upp sin bild av elevens måluppfyllelse kring. Vi har genomfört sex kvalitativa intervjuer med lärare, samt två med rektorer, verksamma på högstadiet och gymnasiet. Det är deras uttalanden och relevant litteratur som har legat till grund för detta examensarbete. Vi har funnit att lärares arbetssätt kring bedömning går att kategorisera, samt att man utifrån denna indelning kan resonera kring deras förutsättningar för likvärdig bedömning och betygsättning.The purpose with this paper is to study some strategies for assessing students, used by teachers working in Swedish secondary schools. The strategies are studied with the intention to find out if they can produce comparative results, when putting the emphasis on the result being equal between schools, teachers and years. We have looked at how the teachers assemble their view on a student, and how they later on link this to the grade that they will present to the student. We have interviewed six different teachers, three men and three women, working at both lower and upper secondary schools. We also interviewed two headmasters from the schools the teachers worked at. We have made use of the statements from the teachers and literature relevant to fair and equal assessing in this document. We have shown that the strategies the teachers were using are possible to place in categories, and that from these categories we are able to debate their strengths and weaknesses in regard of producing equal assessments and consequently equal grades.
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Semtner, Alexis. "Magic, Mystery, Illusion and Magic." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1072.
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Sheahan, M. A. (Margaret Ann) 1933 Carleton University Dissertation Social Work. "Training programs - the great illusion." Ottawa.:, 1989.
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Flannery, Denis. "Henry James : a certain illusion /." Aldershot : Ashgate, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38817265w.
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Grier, Michelle. "Kant's doctrine of transcendental illusion /." Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2001. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40196532z.
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Wong, Souk Yee. "Plato's illusion : republic of Singapore." Thesis, View thesis, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/27293.
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This essay attempts to explain and justify the style and structure of the novel within the traditions of contemporary literary writing. It will discuss realist conventions and devices applied in the novel, such as plot and character, and examine their effectiveness, or limits, in telling a story. The writing of this novel was prompted by the relentless stream of political events that has flowed through the recent history of Singapore. Since the island's independence from British colonial rule in 1965, a small ruling elite embarked on a ferocious nation-building programme that has not always recognised its citizens as individuals, but rather more collectively as workers, managers, professionals, housewives and students: each group expected to perform a specific role in society. State apparatuses such as law enforcement, the civil service and the mass media are engineered to direct the conduct of citizens from cradle to grave. This instigated, and provided the background to, the writing of Plato's Illusion. An objective of this novel is to document as well as imaginatively capture life in Singapore under its prevailing authoritarian rule. The writing strategy adopted is to represent politics in terms of individual 'common' experience, for almost every aspect of the private citizen's life has been politicised in Singapore. Government intervention and manipulation are situated in the personal affairs of attending university, getting a job, finding a husband and having children. In other words, by portraying the process and effects of those interventions on the characters in the novel, the body politics will simultaneously take on a more concrete shape with a face and an attitude. This strategy, used in the development of plot and characters, would be a good representation of life in Singapore, if the effects of government policies and the personal psyche were thoroughly explored and articulated.
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Wong, Souk Yee. "Plato's illusion : republic of Singapore /." View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030911.110049/index.html.
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Thesis (M.A.)(Hons.) -- University of Western Sydney, Nepean, 1999.A novel and an essay submitted to the University of Western Sydney, Nepean for the degree of Master of Arts (Honours). References p. xx.
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Pasquinelli, Elena. "An analysis of the notion of illusion and illusory phenomena : illusions in haptic, dynamic, kinesthetic touch." Paris, EHESS, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006EHES0118.
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Le but de la thèse est de montrer qu’une théorie de la perception ne peut pas renoncer au concept d’illusion sans risquer de perdre une partie de son pouvoir d’explication. La caractérisation de la notion d’illusion proposée ici se base sur certaines caractéristiques de l’expérience avec des phénomènes d’illusion : la violation de la cohérence qui avise le sujet de la présence d’une erreur quelque part, la robustesse de l’expérience illusoire et la présence d’une réaction de surprise. La description d’un groupe de phénomènes perceptifs illusoires caractérisés par ces trois éléments enrichit les études sur la perception d’un instrument utile pour un meilleur accès aux mécanismes de la perception. La notion d’illusion présente donc une valeur heuristique aussi en ce qui concerne les approches à la perception (e. G. Approche sensorimoteur et approche écologique) qui sont critiques envers une caractérisation classique de la notion d’illusionThe aim of this thesis is to show that a theory of perception cannot easily renounce to the concept of illusion without loosing a part of its explanatory power. The proposed characterization of the notion of illusion is based on some characteristics of the perceptual experience with illusory phenomena: the existence of a violation of coherence which alerts the subject to the presence of an error, the robustness of the illusory experience and the presence of a reaction of surprise. The description of a special group of illusory perceptual phenomena that are characterized by those three elements provides. The studies on perception with an instrument for acquiring an insight on perceptual mechanisms. The notion of illusion hence presents a heuristic value also in relationship to views of perception (e. G. The ecological and sensorimotor approaches) that criticize the classical characterization of the notion of illusion
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Thibierge, Stéphane. "Généalogie et analyse critique du syndrome d'illusion de Frégoli : contribution à la question des troubles de la reconnaissance et de la nomination en psychopathologie et spécialement dans les psychoses." Paris 13, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997PA131027.
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Ce travail porte sur les troubles de l'image du corps abordes a partir de la clinique des psychoses, et en particulier d'un syndrome identifie par l'ecole francaise de psychiatrie en 1927: le syndrome d'illusion de fregoli. Premiere partie : genealogie du syndrome d'illusion de fregoli, et comment il a ete decouvert a la suite du syndrome d'illusion des sosies, de capgras et reboul-lachaud. Principaux aspects epistemologiques de sa decouverte. Deuxieme partie : discussion a laquelle a donne lieu le syndrome de fregoli en psychiatrie. Analyse de la serie: syndromes de capgras, de fregoli et d'intermetamorphose. Troisieme partie : contributions neurologiques a la problematique clinique que permet de degager ce syndrome, en particulier concernant la disjonction qu'il fait apparaitre entre l'image du corps et le nom. Quatrieme partie : apports de la psychanalyse, et en particulier de j. Lacan, a cette problematique clinique et a son unite d'un point de vue doctrinal. Comment ce que lacan a ete amene a ecrire i(a) - l'image i en tant qu'elle tient sa consistance d'un objet refoule, note a, qu'elle recele et habille a la fois - pour rendre compte de ce qui se produit dans le registre speculaire, se revele, dans le syndrome d'illusion de fregoli, separe en elements disjoints: l'image d'un cote, de l'autre le retour recurrent d'un objet identifie et nomme par le sujet toujours a l'identique. Enfin, analyse du syndrome de fregoli: 1) comment sa decomposition structurale permet de ressaisir sous quelques traits elementaires la diversite clinique revelee par les syndromes psychotiques de fausse reconnaissance; 2) d'une facon plus generale, comment cette analyse peut confirmer egalement la validite des coordonnees que nous relevons ici pour l'approche de toute une serie de troubles interessant la clinique et la psychopathologie de la reconnaissance et de l'identification. Sont ajoutees, en annexe, l'observation du cas princeps et deux observations cliniquesThe present work focuses on disorders of the body image and is based on the clinical study of psychosis with special reference to a particular syndrome, first identified by the french school of psychiatry in 1927 and known as the fregoli delusion syndrome. Part 1 examines the genealogy of the fregoli syndrome and the way it was discovered in connection with the capgras syndrome. An outline of the main epistemological aspects of the discovery. Part 2 recalls the discussion of the fregoli syndrome in the field of psychiatry, including an analysis of the series it seems to fit in with quite naturally and which also includes the capgras syndrome and the syndrome of intermetamorphosis. Part 3 examines the neurological contribution to major clinical issues that can be assigned to the fregoli syndrome, especially as far as the disjunction between name and body image is concerned. Part 4 deals with the contribution of psychoanalysis to the above mentioned clinical issues, with an emphasis on the work of jacques lacan which allows us to underline their unity from a theoretical point of view. Lacan's formula, which he writes i(a), shows the image of the body, i, as based on the repression of an object, a, which the image both conceals and clothes. In the case of the fregoli syndrome, the formula will be split asunder, with the image on the one side, and the object on the other, but always with the same name for the patient. The final section deals with a structural analysis of the fregoli syndrome which makes it possible to caracterize with a remarkably small number of items: 1) the clinical varieties shown by the delusional misidentification syndromes; and 2) a wide range of identification and recognition psychopathological disorders. Appended, the full princeps observation of the fregoli syndrome by courbon and fail, and two clinical observations
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Gordon, Stephani Rae. "Film and the illusion of experience." Thesis, Montana State University, 2010. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2010/gordon/GordonS0510.pdf.
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Thesis (MFA)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2010.Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Dennis Aig. Chasing birds in Beringia is a DVD accompanying the thesis. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 34-39).
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Johansson, Ewa. "Livets resa - En illusion eller verklighet." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Humanities, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1401.
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Flannery, Denis James Martin. "Henry James : the value of illusion." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306722.
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Marshall, Joe. "Creating illusion in computer aided performance." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2009. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10890/.
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This thesis studies the creation of illusion in computer aided performance. Illusion is created here by using deceptions, and a design framework is presented which suggests several different deception strategies which may be useful. The framework has been developed in an iterative process in tandem with the development of 3 real world performances which were used to explore deception strategies. The first case study presents a system for augmenting juggling performance. The techniques that were developed to control this system demonstrate how deception may become useful even when the core of the performance is not deceptive in any way. This is followed by a magic performance called the Cup Game, which was designed to explicitly test the strategies of deception described in the framework. The final case study is an interactive art installation which presents the illusion of a pet rock that lives in a cage. This demonstrates the usefulness of suspension of disbelief in the creation of illusions. It also demonstrates interesting social effects that are used to strengthen this suspension of disbelief. The idea of creating the impression of a false situation is inspired particularly by previous HCI work on public interaction. This work demonstrated the usefulness of hiding interface use or computer outputs from some people in a situation. The creation of deliberately ambiguous computer interfaces, which allow for a wider variety of interpretations to be made by the user has also been described. The work here goes beyond these techniques to use technology to actively create false impressions. The techniques used in this process are guided by the work of magic performers, and by psychological studies of how magic performance works. As well as artistic performance, it is envisaged that this work may prove applicable to more traditional situations. In addition to the framework itself, the development of the case studies has created several useful algorithms which have wider applications. The case studies are also useful guides for those creating performance systems, or other systems where deceptive techniques may be useful.
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Lindstedt, Moa. "Hållbart mode : Illusion eller framtida norm?" Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för mediestudier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-131054.
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Hållbart mode ansågs länge tråkigt och komplicerat, i rak motsats till modeveckornas flärd. Numera har begreppet blivit moderiktigt och spelar en central roll i det paradigmskifte modevärlden står inför tack vare ny teknik och digitala plattformer. I en reportageserie har jag undersökt modeindustrins hållbarhet ur tre olika perspektiv; produktion, design och framtidsspaning. Vad är innebär begreppet hållbart mode? Hur ser industrin ut i dagsläget? Vad kan en på individnivå göra? Och hur ser framtidens mode ut? Genom att förankra resonemang och frågeställningar i tidigare forskning och litteratur har jag djupgående granskat ämnet för att kunna besvara frågan om en industri som bygger på konsumtion och en växelverkan av trender kan bli hållbar? Eller är hållbart mode en paradox. Reportageserien genomfördes i New Delhi, Stockholm och Borås i form av kvalitativa intervjuer med experter och ett wallraffande. I reflektionsrapporten förankras det journalistiska arbetet i etiska diskussioner kring journalistisk metod, genre, etnocentrism och källkritik. Syftet med studien var att lyfta fram hållbarhetsproblematiken och ge en mångfacetterad och realistisk bild över modeindustrins hållbarhetsutveckling, både på materiell- och humanitär nivå.
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Barker, Bernard Christopher. "Transforming schools : art, science or illusion?" Thesis, University of Leicester, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/30838.
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This ethnographic case study of Hillside School's two years in special measures investigates a number of theoretical perspectives derived from a substantial review of the literature on effectiveness, improvement and leadership. The claim that appropriately trained heads can motivate teachers and students to achieve ever more challenging targets, and transform the education and prospects of the next generation, is tested against the experience of two headteachers in the field. Repeated participant interviews, a contemporary diary and extensive documentation are used to examine how the heads built the school's capacity and raised its effectiveness in terms of OFSTED inspection criteria. Using authoritative and coaching styles appropriately, the new leaders enhanced the performance of their colleagues and created a resilient culture for continued improvement, despite adverse circumstances that included social disadvantage, the school's proposed closure and an ineffective local authority. But closer enquiry reveals that governors, parents, teachers and students were also motivated by beliefs, values, perceptions of interest and micro-political concerns that are inadequately explained by recommended models of school effectiveness and improvement. At Hillside, the heads mobilised all the available sources of moral, political and professional authority to resolve conflicts and dilemmas at micro, meso and macro levels. There are no neat, transferable lessons because variations in the combination of context, leaders and followers seem more significant than the common elements emphasised in popular models. Although high levels of effectiveness were achieved, examination and test results appeared unchanged, suggesting that student intake mix may have shaped performance more than the organizational characteristics influenced by the headteachers. As few schools achieve a step change in performance, the policy conclusion is drawn that new, qualitative measures of improvement are required as a framework for understanding change. A modified theoretical viewpoint is developed that acknowledges and explains the 'messy reality' of school life.
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Webster, Shelley. "Stalking the illusion : space in glass." Thesis, Royal College of Art, 2013. http://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/2829/.
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The visual system generates the perception of a world of meaningful three - dimensional objects from a stream of retinal signals – in the psychologist Richard Gregory’s words ’images in the eyes’. When this perception is consistent with information from other sources such as the ears and the muscles that guide movement, all is well and we are almost entir ely unaware of this process. But when it is not, we see illusions. To adopt Gregory’s phrase, ‘strange phenomena that challenge our sense of reality’ 1 . The project is inspired by the work of the German artist Ludwig Wilding (1927 – 2010), who refined appr oaches to the everyday phenomenon of moiré interference patterns to generate dramatic illusions of depth and movement in shallow box frame structures. 1 Gregory Richard L. 1990. Seeing Through Illusions . Oxford: Oxford University Press. p186 Based on the principle that the intersection of two sets of parallel lines generates the appearance o f a third set of lines, or moiré bands, Wilding’s innovation lay in the discovery that, by introducing a shallow space between the two layers of printed lines and by tilting and rotating them , the size and orientation of the se moiré bands can be manipulate d to produce converging contours and texture gradients that are perceived by the visu al system as forms in depth. This thesis builds on these observations to investigate the potential of the material and optical qualities of glass in combination with moiré interference effects to generate inconsistencies between th e images in the eyes and the objects that produce them, creating illusions of space.
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Ischenko and Korotya. "THE NEW WORLD: SAFETY OR ILLUSION?" Thesis, Київ 2018, 2018. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/33716.
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Harders, Steven. "Staging The Illusion Director as Magician." VCU Scholars Compass, 1996. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4906.
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This thesis serves as an examination of the process I underwent to arrive at answers to those questions. Chapter I examines differences between Pierre Corneille's seventeenth century L'Illusion Comique and Kushner's modern-day adaptation. Chapter II takes a closer look at textual analysis specific to Kushner's adaptation. Chapter III documents pre-rehearsal and designer collaboration. Chapter IV follows the production process from casting to performances. This chapter also includes many of the problems encountered and solutions reached. Chapter V, the summary, includes an assessment of the entire process, including; rehearsals, production, and my role as director. A summary of audience evaluations also is included in this chapter. The appendixes follow with a transcription of the audience discussion, backward analysis, floor plan, photos, and the playbill.
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Landriaux, Jo-Anne. "False illusion : animals, nature and consumerism /." Online version of thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11296.
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Joseph-Lester, Jaspar. "Space and illusion : a practical and theoretical investigation into the critical status of illusion in social space." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.445897.
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Wolf, Werner. "Ästhetische Illusion und Illusionsdurchbrechung in der Erzählkunst : Theorie und Geschichte mit Schwerpunkt auf englischem Illusionsstörenden Erzählen /." Tübingen : M. Niemeyer, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb355870426.
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OHYA, Kazuo. "Measurement of the Kanizsa Illusion Using Stereopsis." School of Letters, Nagoya University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/12956.
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Rahman, Md Shaifur. "The illusion of creation of the text." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Engelska, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-1461.
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Is it really possible to create a (literary) text? It is actually impossible as to create an authentic text we need an authentic context which is impossible to create. So all the literary txets we have are not authentic and are not created authentically.
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Moisan, Geneviève. "La coopération triangulaire : potentiel ou illusion d'efficacité?" Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31969.
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La coopération triangulaire (CTr) est une modalité novatrice de coopération internationale pour le développement. En intégrant la participation de donateurs du Nord et du Sud dans un même arrangement, incluant les puissances émergentes, la CTr vient altérer les dynamiques des axes traditionnels Nord-Sud et Sud-Sud, dites verticales et horizontales, pour représenter et intégrer une plus grande variété d’intérêts. En s’appuyant sur une étude de cas d’une CTr réalisée au Mozambique par des acteurs non-gouvernementaux canadiens et brésiliens, cette étude se penche sur l’impact de la modalité de coopération triangulaire sur l’efficacité d’un projet. Il démontre que ce type de coopération apporte plus d’avantages que d’inconvénients face à l’efficacité du projet. Cependant, un grand éventail de facteurs tels que la flexibilité des partenaires, le degré d’appropriation de chacun et une division claire des rôles influencent l’efficacité du projet, rendant son atteinte complexe.
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Chambers, Christopher D. (Christopher David) 1977. "A psychophysical investigation of the octave illusion." Monash University, Dept. of Psychology, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8303.
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Sulcs, Sue 1952. "Maxwellian Renaissance and the illusion of quantization." Monash University, School of Philosophy and Bioethics, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8536.
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Haug, Alfred A. (. "Ricardian equivalence or debt illusion : empirical studies /." Connect to resource, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1267621324.
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Bodkin, David Bradley. "Color, tilt, and the Hermann grid illusion /." Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view document, 2008. http://library.neco.edu/theses/BodkinThesisApr08.pdf.
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Koohnavard, Saina. "Made You Look : Investigating illusion through garment." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-523.
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Visual dominance. Our human perception, that with great authority, powerfully influences and controls all of our senses. In turn, our minds try to acquire and maintain meaningful perceptions in what we are experiencing, may that be in a chaotic world, a cacophony in colour or vibrations in patterns. This project explores disturbances in pattern and colour and how these elements can deceive the eye. Playing with elements such as opacity, layers and transparency the nine outfits presented in this project attempt to explore the principles of Gestalt psychology to create disorder and confusion. Significantly, the project discusses our perception of pattern and colour and how with small measures these components can outsmart our senses, highlighting the importance of psychological methods and techniques in design rather than scientific or mathematical.
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Karmacharya, Rabi. "Audiogravic illusion induced by acceleratory force fields." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43513.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 50).
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Swett, Karen. "Image & illusion : Los Angeles Film Center." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77683.
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Thesis (M. Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-122).
To think about Los Angeles is like sitting in front of the television and switching the channels while keeping track of an the shows. It is a complex place: it has many divergent styles and images trying to make up a whole. Los Angeles is about images and imagery; its tradition and commitment to the movie industry and other media makes Los Angeles a logical place for a film center: a center for the moving i~age. Presently there is neither a location for the film festival nor a public building to study and to learn about the motion picture. This thesis explores through design the possibilities for the Los Angeles Film Center located in the existing Pan Pacific Auditorium. Because of the expanding use of visual communication from the media, film and video, I am interested in adopting an architectural form which can display and preserve an infinite amount of visual information. Los Angeles establishes a framework for the film center which is layered with meanings and interpretations. The city evokes a multitude of images visualized and understood at many different levels by many different people. Not only are varied images important, but over time their associations vary and adopt new meanings. The Los Angeles Film Center must be adaptable to) variations and perceptions, yet be an element of the city which maintains its presence. This design therefore acknowledges the larger scale of the city. The existing Pan Pacific facade is already established as a "set piece" in the Los Angeles fabric. The inner structure, the new film center is designed to evoke emotion, to set standards into conflict, as well as to be inspiring and challenging for the visitor. In the design, the existing facade of the Pan Pacific is a linear registration for the activities introduced on the site. The larger city scale, the vastness of Los Angeles is introduced on the site by the automobile ramp which sweeps and rises in front of the entrance. The scale is referenced by maintaining the general direction of Los Angeles, but the steel towers positioned on a shifted grid establish a separate order for the Film Center. There are three basic territories which help to define the Film Center: first the display, projection area with the theatres, exhibitions and other public facilities, second, the library, archives and study building set in the park, in front of the facade and finally the third is the administrative, loading, shipping and receiving area closest to the street The parts of the building are set both to operate as a whole as well as independently from each other. A microcosm of Los Angeles itself, the Film Center is a layering of simultaneous events which offer a multitude of images both real and imagined, perceived and interpreted at varied levels.
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Baillie, Carole. "Revealing the multiculturalist's illusion : a liberal critique." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6332/.
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Multiculturalism has become a hot topic in political philosophy. This thesis investigates the philosophical foundations of multicultural theories through examining the key concepts commonly relied upon. A careful examination of each concept and the way in which they are interconnected, reveals an interesting strategy that the multiculturalist employs. It is my contention that the multiculturalist relies on a complex web of nebulous concepts which fools the reader into thinking that their theory rests on strong foundations. However, when we clear away the fog of confusion, we can see that the multiculturalist has presented us with an illusion, and none of the concepts remain strong enough to hold any of the normative weight they need them to. Multiculturalism relies on grandiloquent rhetoric and muddled thinking, and will ultimately fail to achieve the liberal goals it purports to.
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Tahchi, Mario El. "Facteur d'idéalité d'une jonction : réalité ou illusion ?" Perpignan, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001PERP0449.
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Ce travail propose un modèle permettant une description des phénomènes de transport des protéines dans une jonction, caractéristiques de la structure de chaque zone du point de fonctionnement qui impose un régime d'injection. Il introduit une tension de transition mesurable simplement sur les caractéristiques courant-tension et qui montre l'apparition d'un régime de forte injection localisé dans une partie du composant. La mesure de cette tension de transition, sur les caractéristiques I-V des jonctions émetteur-base des transitions bipolaires a été réalisée tout au long d'un viellissement imposé par une forte contrainte électrique. Notre modèle conduit à une description de la dégradation du transistor par la formation des défauts localisés au voisinage de la zone de charge d'espace. Outre l'évolution de la densité de défauts, leur localisation est discutée puisque nous prouvons l'évolution vers le haut de la bande interdite de leurs niveaux d'énergie.
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Haug, Alfred A. ""Ricardian equivalence or debt illusion : empirical studies"." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1267621324.
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