The excessive focus on water mounts a challenge to the sustainable development. Energy is another aspect that should be taken into account. Nexus approach is characterized by an equal emphasis on energy and water spheres. In arid areas, like the city of Kashan, Iran, non-conventional waters (e.g. desalinated and recycled waters) have been considered as an alternative resource of water. Nexus wa...

The ability to adapt to new challenges is critical to success in rapidly advancing fields. However, educators and researchers struggle with how to measure and teach for adaptive expertise. This study used a design scenario to assess how undergraduates approach novel design challenges. A scenario presents individual students with a short realistic description of a complex, open-ended design prob...

BACKGROUND Deficits in cognitive and/or affective perspective-taking have been implicated in Conduct-Disorder (CD), but empirical investigations produced equivocal results. Two factors may be implicated: (a) distinct deficits underlying the antisocial conduct of CD subgroups, (b) plausible disjunction between cognitive and affective perspective-taking with subgroups presenting either cognitive ...