The year 2007 proved to be yet another historic year of watershed events for the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) firstly, due to the...

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a key technique in modern reproductive medicine. Originally developed to help couples who were at risk of transmitting single-gene genetic abnormalities to their children, the development of the FISH technique broadened chromosome analysis to include detection of more complex inherited abnormalities....

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Unifying Theories of Programming, UTP 2010, held in Shanghai, China, in November 2010, in conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2010. The 12 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks were...

This book concentrates on the last twenty years of research in the area of goal setting and performance at work. The editors and contributors believe goals affect action, and this volume has a lineup of international contributors who look at the recent theories and implications in this area for IO psychologists and human resource management...