When people learn that I study lethal injection, they are usually curious to know more (or at least they are polite enough to ask questions). Interestingly, the question that arises most often— from lawyers, law students, and laypeople—is why states behave as they do. In the wake of botched executions and ample evidence of lethal injection‘s dangers, why do states fail to address their executio...

A student, supported by his classmates, throws a piece of chalk at the teacher who is writing on the blackboard. The teacher rapidly turns back and promptly catches him in the act. The student blushes and suddenly realizes how bad it was what he did. What happened to the guy? Why did he decide to throw the piece of chalk? And why, after a few seconds, he would have liked that what he did had ne...

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Abstract: Global warming is one of the main causes environmental quality deterioration. This phenomenon closely related to acceleration industrialism and increased uncontrolled energy consumption. The building sector donates for 40% global use responsible 30% greenhouse effect. study discusses implementation bioclimatic design criteria in small buildings with Heinz Frick House Semarang as objec...

Nowadays, university students suffer from a broad range of problems, such as educational underachievement or the inability to control themselves, that lead to procrastination as a consequence. The present research aimed at analyzing the determinants of decisional procrastination among undergraduate students and at assessing a path model in which self regulated learning strategies mediated the r...

Given the environmental and energy crises, European directives are targeting building efficiency. Architects must improve thermal performance of their designs to approach Nearly-Zero Energy Building (NZEB) standards. Energy-efficient experimental buildings from 1970s often held up as inspiring examples energy-conscious architectural design. However, lack quantitative data about performance, mea...