improving the accuracy of subcategorizations

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... “O”, which indicates a non-named entity. For 98.0% of the named entities in the training data of the shared task in the 2004 JNLPBA, the label of the preced- ing entity was “O”. In order to incorporate ... of semi-CRFs Since the purpose of the filtering is to reduce the computational cost, rather than to achieve a good F-score by itself, we chose the threshold probabil- ity of filtering so that the ... the upper bound length of entities, N is the length of sentence and K is the size of label set. And that of training in first order semi-CRFs is O(K 2 LN). The increase of the cost is used to transfer...

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... IndianHealthDataCollaborative  Comprehensivedataon the health of AI/ANinWashingtonisseverelylackingasAI/AN raceisoftenunderreportedormisclassified.Estimation of diseaseratesoftenrelieson the use of vitalrecords,includingbirthanddeathcertificates,diseaseregistries,and censusdata.Errorsand/orinaccuraciesoccur whendataforAI/ANcommunitiesare reportedincompletelyorarenotreportedaccurately.  Acloselyrelatedproblemarisesdueto the factthateachdatasystemmayrecordrace differently. The impact of thisdifferentialrecording of raceon the completenessand accuracy of the numbersandrates of healtheventsforAI/ANsisdifficult,ifnot ... impossible,toquantify. The variousentitiesthatmanagespecificAI/ANhealthdata setsoftenemploydifferingmethodsforcollecting,adjusting,anddistributingdata.A greatereffortisneededtocollaborateacrossagenciesandinstitutesthatare conductingresearchandcollectingdatainordertobeginaccuratelyportraying the true extent of Indianhealthdisparities.  Severalagencies,organizations,andinstitutionshaveexpressedarenewedinterestin comingtogethertobeginaconversationonhowthismightbeachieved.Accuratedata isnecessarytosupportassessmentandpolicydevelopmenttoimproveservicedelivery andhealthstatus of Indianpeople.Withoutpaintingamore thoroughpicture of Indian healthinWashingtontoday, the abilitytoplanorimproveservices,monitorquality, andanalyzecostsisseverelyimpaired.  Tribalgovernmentsmustbeintricatelyinvolvedinsucheffortstoassure the use of the dataisculturallyappropriate,acceptable,andmeaningfulin improving the health of theirpeople.Byreinstitutingeffortsthatbeganin1997between the commissionand the WashingtonStateDepartment of HealththroughanAmericanIndianData Committee,anupdatedframeworkcanbedevelopedforaddressingpriorityhealth issuesforAI/AN.  Thereareseveralentitiesthatconsistentlyconductresearchandcollectandinterpret dataonAI/AN.Over the nexttwoyears, the commissionwillpartnerwith the Department of Health, the NorthwestPortlandAreaIndianHealthBoard, the Urban IndianInstitute,andotherepidemiology/research‐basedcenterswithagoal of developingamorecomprehensiveunderstanding of the current‐dayhealth of the AI/ANpopulationandprovidingTribes,Tribalorganizations,and the statemore accurateinformationneededtoaddresspublichealthpolicyissuesimportanttoTribal communities.  C. ... First,aState‐Tribal‐UrbanIndianHealthCollaborativehasbeenre‐institutedata state/triballeaderpolicylevelforaddressingappropriatesystemschangeandpolicy decisionsthatneedtobemadetochangehealthoutcomesforIndianpeople.This group—comprised of tribalgovernments,healthstaff,andstateleadersacross multiplesystemsanddepartments—willbestrategicallyaligningstatewideIndian healthdisparitiesworkwithGovernorGregoire’s5‐PointHealthCareInitiative.Thiswill allow the grouptoleverageexistingresources,maximize the limitedfundscurrently available,andcreate the infrastructurenecessarytofurtherreduceIndianhealth disparitiesin the future.  Second,severalagencies,organizations,andinstitutionshaveexpressedarenewed interestincomingtogethertodevelopamorecompleteset of AmericanIndianhealth statusdata.Accuratedataisnecessarytosupportcommunityhealthassessmentsand policydevelopmenttoimproveservicedeliveryandhealthstatus of Indianpeople. Withoutpaintingamorethoroughpicture of IndianhealthinWashingtontoday, the abilitytoplanorimproveservices,monitorquality,andanalyzecostsisseverely impaired.Tribalgovernmentsmustbeintricatelyinvolvedinsucheffortstoassure the use of the dataisculturally‐appropriate,acceptable,andmeaningfulin improving the health of theirpeople.Byreinstitutingeffortsthatbeganin1997between the AmericanIndianHealthCommissionandWashingtonStateDepartment of Health throughanAmericanIndianDataCommittee,anupdatedframeworkcanbedeveloped foraddressingpriorityhealthissuesforAI/AN.  Third,sweepingnationalhealthreformand the currentadministrationofferaunique opportunityforchangeinhowhealthcareisprovidedtoAI/ANs.AsIndianhealth leadershipsuchas the U.S.IndianHealthServices, the NationalIndianHealthBoard, andmoreregionally, the NorthwestPortlandAreaIndianHealthBoard,strongly advocatesfor the inclusion of Indianhealthreforminnationalreformstrategies, the stateisalsorethinkinghowitprovidesquality,affordable,andcost‐effectivehealth caretoitscitizens. The state,Tribes,and the commissionwillactivelypartnerinthese effortstoaddress the needforAI/ANincreasedaccesstoexistingservices,increased Tribalproviderreimbursementopportunitiesso culturally‐appropriateservicescanbe providedinTribalcommunities,anddevelopmechanismsforevaluatingprogressfor improvedIndianhealthstatus.  SectionIII,2007‐2009Accomplishments,highlightssome of the majorachievements madeforIndianhealthin the statesince the lastplanwaspublishedin2007.Additional partnershipshavebeendeveloped,keypolicyissueshavebeenaddressed,andthere ...

... details of the two parsers. 53 shows that converting gold-standard CCG deriva- tions into the GRs in DepBank resulted in an F- score of only 85%; hence the upper bound on the performance of the CCG ... comparison of the CCG parser with a PTB parser, obtaining competitive scores for the CCG parser on a representative sub- set of the PTB test sections. It is important to note that the purpose of this ... based on the PTB back to the PTB, and we also comment on the (non-)suitability of the PTB as a general formalism-independent evaluation resource. A second contribution is to provide the first accuracy...

... = n(r,f ij ) n(f ij ) , is defined as the ratio between the number of oc- currences of a relation r in the presence of fea- ture pair f ij over the number of occurrences of feature pair f ij in the corpus. The most proba- ble ... the contribution the features exemplified in one baseline and six versions of the SVM model. The baseline is defined only for the English part of the NP feature set and measures the the contribution of the ... EXPERIENCER, THEME, BENEFICIARY. Out of these instances, 74.81% use the preposition of. In CLUVI, 11.71% of the examples were ver- bal, from which the preposition of has a coverage of 82.20%. The many-to-many...

... preventive mission of their home agency, insofar as this may be compatible with the programs of the consultee institution. The terms of the job descriptions of school psychologists ... and the leverage of the consultant-consultee relationship. The consultant seeks to support the professional autonomy of the consultees so that they will real- ize that it is their ... process and the relevance or appropriateness of selected theoretical applications. The Client The nature of the case, the setting in which the client resides or works, the re- sources ...

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