Today, laypersons often consult the Internet to inform themselves about health-related issues. However, the competent use of these often complex and heterogeneous information provisions cannot be taken for granted, because many Internet users are lacking the necessary metacognitive prerequisites. Therefore, we developed the metacognitive computer-tool met.a.ware, which supports laypersons’ Inte...

The prioritisation of the coronavirus pandemic in public sphere has resonated field sciences, with Covid-19 occupying interest many researchers various disciplines. This article aims to analyse features interpersonal and institutional discourses, published data, author’s observations reflect critically upon impact on academic life sketch some trends sciences. analysis demonstrates that serves a...

The Yakhot and Orszag RNG theory of turbulence has generated a number of scaling law constants in reasonable quantitative agreement with experiments. The theory itself is highly mathematical, and its assumptions and approximations are not easily appreciated, particularly since several rather unconventional artifices are employed. The present paper reviews the RNG theory and recasts it in more c...

Results of an analogue functional analysis indicated that noncompliant vocal behavior exhibited by a young girl with autism was maintained by negative reinforcement. Follow-up analyses suggested that the immediate escape contingency assessed in the demand condition did not appear to maintain the behavior. Instead, noncompliant vocal behavior occurred in response to directive prompts. Nondirecti...

Objectives To determine whether postal prompts to patients who have survived an acute coronary event and to their general practitioners improve secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting 52 general practices in east London, 44 of which had received facilitation of local guidelines for coronary heart disease. Participants 328 patients admitted to ...