Media reports: call for a working party is unrealistic

NLP and CALL: integration is working

In the first part of this article, we explore the background of computer-assisted learning from its beginnings in the early XIX century and the first teaching machines, founded on theories of learning, at the start of the XX century. With the arrival of the computer, it became possible to offer language learners different types of language activities such as comprehension tasks, simulations, et...

What is unrealistic optimism?

Here we consider the nature of unrealistic optimism and other related positive illusions. We are interested in whether cognitive states that are unrealistically optimistic are belief states, whether they are false, and whether they are epistemically irrational. We also ask to what extent unrealistically optimistic cognitive states are fixed. Based on the classic and recent empirical literature ...

Isbt Ttid Working Party

ISBT Infectious Diseases Working Party

Is Cholesteatoma a Risk Factor for Graft Success Rate in Chronic Otitis Media Surgery?

Introduction: In developing countries, chronic otitis media (COM) and cholesteatoma are relatively prevalent.  Within the field of otology, COM surgery remains one of the most common surgical treatments. Most recent studies evaluating the potential prognostic factors in COM surgery have addressed graft success rate and types of middle ear and mastoid pathology. There has been much controversy a...