Rational offender models assume that individuals choose whether to offend by weighing the rewards against the chances of apprehension and the penalty if caught. While evidence indicates that rational theory is applicable to acquisitive crimes, the explanatory power for gratuitous non-fatal...

Introduction : understanding offshore construction -- Tendering and negotiating contracts -- Design risk -- Scope of work and interpretation of contracts -- Subcontracting -- Changes to the work -- Defects -- Delay -- Intellectual property rights -- Acceptance and delivery -- Indemnity and...

Intelligent User Interfaces (IUIs) : the next generation of digital communication -- Immersive communication : virtual and augmented realities -- Artificial intelligence, emotions & trust : feeling is believing -- Walk like us, talk like us : listening and learning interfaces -- From talking to...

Acknowledgements -- PR and individuality -- PR and individuality : "roots and beginnings" -- PR, and the inner and exterior lives of individuals -- PR, power and neuroscience -- PR's future : science and the mind -- Choice's infinite variety -- Expanding individuality : from human to machine --...