1358. Using natural language processing to optimize case ascertainment of acute otitis media in a large, state-wide pediatric practice network

Evaluation of Iranian pediatric specialists’ attitude and knowledge regarding approach to patients with acute otitis media

 Background: The ministry of health and medical education of Iran and many other countries advice physicians to use this guideline for diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media (AOM), but there is not any evaluation of effectiveness and obedience of this guideline, so the aim of this study was to evaluate the attitude of pediatricians, the most important group that interfere with these pati...

critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...

Using natural language processing to construct large - scale hypertext systems

theory of how texts are connected (a theory of text association) and partial theories of what the text is describing (domain theories). However, systems built in this way, such as ASK Systems [Ferguson, et al . 1992], are difficult to build even when the domain theories and a theory of text association are in place . Natural language understanding technologies that take advantage of underlying ...

Using Finite State Technology in Natural Language Processing of Basque

This paper describes the components used in the design and implementation of NLP tools for Basque. These components are based on finite state technology and are devoted to the morphological analysis of Basque, an agglutinative pre-Indo-European language. We think that our design can be interesting for the treatment of other languages. The main components developed are a general and robust morph...

A case of intractable otitis media: eosinophilic otitis media.