Metacognitive Therapy. The CBT Distinctive Features Series

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

The nature of distinctive features

Distinctive and compact features

We consider the problem of extracting features for multi-class recognition problems. The features are required to make fine distinctions between similar classes, combined with tolerance for distortions and missing information. We define and compare two general approaches, both based on maximizing the delivered information for recognition: one divides the problem into multiple binary classificat...

Gorham’s Disease of the Maxilla and Mandible With Distinctive Cone Beam Computerized Tomographic Features

Gorham’s disease is a rare and atypical disorder epitomized by progressive osteolysis of bone with eventual total disappearance of bone. The etiology is poorly understood with variable clinical presentation. Most times it is initially misdiagnosed as temporomandibular joint dysfunction, periodontal disease or odontogenic tumors clinically and radiographical...

Distinctive Features and the Liquids in Picard

The class of liquid consonants, which traditionally groups laterals and (most) rhotics (Catford 1977:237), has been called into question by recent research examining phonological features. The primary issue with defining the class based on a shared feature [liquid] is that unlike [nasal], for example, there is no agreed upon measurable phonetic correlate to the phonological feature. Dickey (199...