This work presents Entropy Guided Transformation Learning (ETL), a new machine learning algorithm for classification tasks. It generalizes Transformation Based Learning (TBL) by automatically solving the TBL bottleneck: the construction of good template sets. We also present ETL Committee, an ensemble method that uses ETL as the base learner. The main advantage of ETL is its easy applicability ...

INTRODUCTION Integrated teaching and problem-based learning (PBL) are powerful educational strategies. Difficulties arise, however, in their application in the later years of the undergraduate medical curriculum, particularly in clinical attachments. Two solutions have been proposed - the use of integrated clinical teaching teams and time allocated during the week for PBL separate from the clin...

In this article we present the application of transformation-based learning (TBL) [1] to the task of assigning tags to postings in online chat conversations. We define a list of posting tags that have proven useful in chat-conversation analysis. We describe the templates used for posting act tagging in the context of template selection. We extend traditional approaches used in part-of-speech ta...

The effect of thaliblastine (TBL, NSC-68075), a plant alkaloid, in over coming multidrug resistance was investigated in doxorubicin (ADR)-resistant murine leukemic P388/R-S4 cells. In the soft agar clonogenic assay, u nontoxic concentration of TBL (2 UMIreduced the 50% inhibitory dose of ADR ( l-h exposure) from 10.8 to 1.4 UMwith a dose modification factor of 7.7. Continuous treatment of P388/...

conclusions meeting the prerequisites to incorporating tbl in the curriculum of medical universities plays a pivotal role in its success. accordingly, in the assessment of the curriculum of medical universities, these requirements should be fully identified and fulfilled so as to be able to devise appropriate plans for the success of teaching methods. context this review study, performed in 201...

This study explores the impact of Task-Based Learning (TBL) and student motivation on reading comprehension abilities eighth-grade students with a moderate level English proficiency. The research aims to assess effectiveness TBL in improving outcomes investigate relationship between TBL, motivation, performance. includes sixty-four participants aged 12-14 from public junior high school Palemban...

My central goal is to compute dialogue acts automatically. A dialogue act is a concise abstraction of a speaker’s intention, such as SUGGEST and REQUEST. Recognizing dialogue acts is critical to understanding at the discourse level, and dialogue acts can also be useful for other applications, such as resolving ambiguity in speech recognition. But, often, a dialogue act cannot be directly inferr...