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Adaptable Architecture: Theory and practice / Robert Schmidt, Simon Austin, James Pinder

provides thought-provoking and inquisitive insights into how we can prolong the useful life of buildings by designing them ...

Advances in Production Technology

This edited volume contains the selected papers presented at the scientific board meeting of the German Cluster of Excellence ...

Ambient Intelligence in Everyday Life

Originating from the Workshop on Ambient Intelligence in Everyday Life held at the Miramar Congress Center, San Sebastian, ...

Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities / Charlotte Bates, Rob Imrie, Kim Kullman

Connects the study of design with care, and explores how concepts of care may have relevance for the ways in which urban ...

Cities for people / Jan Gehl

Presents latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses ...

Comparative Evaluation of XML Information Retrieval Systems

This book covered methodology and seven additional tracks on ad-hoc, natural language processing, heterogeneous collection, ...

Comparative Evaluation of XML Information Retrieval Systems

This book covered methodology and seven additional tracks on ad-hoc, natural language processing, heterogeneous collection, ...

Corporate Sustainability as a Challenge for Comprehensive Management

Sustainability has become a topic of global relevance: Corporations and other economically acting organizations increasingly ...

Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings : Human Factors and Team Psychology in a High Stakes Enviroment

This book addresses all issues relevant to error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health-care setting. ...

Designing Human Interface in Speech Technology

Designing Human Interface in Speech Technology bridges a gap between the needs of the technical engineer and cognitive researchers ...

Human Factors and Voice Interactive Systems

Human Factors and Voice Interactive Systems, Second Edition provides in-depth information on current topics of major interest ...

Human and Organisational Factors Practices and Strategies for a Changing World

This book addresses several questions regarding the implementation of human and organisational factors (HOF) so that recent ...

Machine Learning for Multimodal Interaction : 4th International Workshop, MLMI 2007, Brno, Czech Republic, June 28-30, 2007, Revised Selected Papers

This book contains a selection of revised papers from the 4th Workshop on Machine Learning for Multimodal Interaction (MLMI ...

Materials and Meaning in Architecture: Essays on the Bodily Experience of Buildings / Nathaniel Coleman

Interweaving architecture, philosophy and cultural history, Materials and Meaning in Architecture develops a rich and multi-dimensional ...

Mobile Virtual Work

This is a book about mobile virtual work. It aims at clarifying the basic concepts and showing present practices and future ...

Nature by Design: The Practice of Biophilic Design / Stephen R. Kellert

Describes the basic principles, practices, and options for successfully implementing biophilic design. He shows us what is—and ...

Safer Healthcare : Strategies for the Real World

The authors of this book set out a system of safety strategies and interventions for managing patient safety on a day-to-day ...

Street-Level Architecture : The Past, Present and Future of Interactive Frontages / Conrad Kickert, Hans Karssenberg

Provides the tools to maintain and rebuild the interaction between architecture and public space. Despite the best intentions ...

Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management

Implementing safety practices in healthcare saves lives and improves the quality of care: it is therefore vital to apply ...

The Architecture of Persistence : Designing for Future Use / David Fannon, Michelle Laboy, Peter Wiederspahn

Why do some buildings last for generations as beloved and useful places, while others do not? How can designers today create ...

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