CONTEXT When elderly patients face a terminal illness such as lung cancer, most are unaware that what we term in this article "the Lake Wobegon effect" taints the treatment advice imparted to them by their oncologists. In framing treatment plans, cancer specialists tend to intimate that elderly patients are like the children living in Garrison Keillor's mythical Lake Wobegon: above average and ...

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Abstract We present some parts of our Maths for Engineers teaching concept: above all, motivation: sometimes mathematics teachers observe that engineering students, example, perceive the maths concepts as a useless evil them and therefore learn with little motivation sustainability. When are later used in other subjects, students do not know how to apply value education very highly. solve probl...