Advances in Design, Music and Arts II(Imported)

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the dependability challenges in today’s advanced computing systems. It is an in-depth discussion of all the technological and design-level techniques that may be used to overcome these issues and analyzes various dependability-assessment methods.

With access to all the material records of the project, this book responds to that debate by presenting multi-faceted narratives from a wide range of writers that have been invited to reflect both positively and negatively on what the buildings represent and how they have performed. Using the buildings as the central case study, it situates them in a broader cultural context, revealing the breadth of conversations and issues engaged by architecture.

A practical workbook containing over 200 up-to-date soft furnishing ideas for the home, ranging from simple yet stylish curtains and cosy cushions to elegant bedspreads and imaginative lampshades. Includes 32 inspirational projects, each one beautifully illustrated and complete with step by step instructions on fold out pages. A comprehensive techniques section clearly demonstrates all the necessary basic sewing skills.

This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 2, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. It reports the outcomes of the most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence shaping the changing nature of ageing and its consequences for individuals and society.