The current study explored the benefits of adding booster sessions to a validated and successful self-management intervention for type 2 diabetes patients (i.e. Beyond Good Intentions). Although the addition of booster sessions to self-management interventions is often recommended, it has not been empirically established to what extent booster sessions are in fact appreciated by participants. P...

The Covid-19 pandemic has left an impact on the semiotic landscapes of both rural and urban environments. present study analyses two corpora signs which emerged as a direct result in environment Krummhörn, municipality northern Germany, city Essen (Ruhr Metropolis) between March July 2020. In addition to regulatory informative signage, data revealed high proportion affective were displayed main...

The paper presents a novel test method to address non-calculative failure modes in wind turbine gearboxes through metrological robustness evaluation. is exemplarily shown for the evaluation of mode “fretting corrosion” which caused by ring creep at roller bearings. was also verified smearing and rehardening. Through proposed gearbox test, it first time possible against relevant establish baseli...

This study compares metadiscourse markers in result and discussion sections of literature and engineering research papers. To this end, 40 research articles (20 literature and 20 engineering) are selected from two major international journals. Based on Hyland’s (2005) model of metadiscourse, the articles are codified in terms of frequency, percentage, and density of interactive and interactiona...