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Identification of Cashmere and Wool by DNA Barcode

Journal of Natural Fibers, 2023
In the textile market, it is common to use wool instead of precious cashmere, and it is difficult to identify those accurately by traditional methods such as appearance identification.
Xiaying Zhang, Xiaofeng Wu, Hailiang Yang, Hailing Zheng, Yang Zhou   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Realizing the unexpected: How cospecialization supports the serendipity journey in SMEs' digital transformation

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Although innovation is often portrayed as arising deterministically from deliberate strategy and calculated decisions, many significant breakthroughs emerge not from planning but serendipitously. Building on this insight, this paper bridges the literatures on dynamic capabilities and serendipity to examine how SMEs realize serendipitous value ...
Marco Balzano, Riccardo Rialti, Stefano Romito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variation in the whiteness and brightness of white Australian cashmere associated with farm of origin and fibre attributes

, 2012
While white cashmere is preferred by processors, its whiteness and brightness is affected by country of origin, amino acid composition, nutrition and cashmere production of goats.
McGregor, B.A.
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Accurate identification of cashmere and wool fibers based on enhanced ShuffleNetV2 and transfer learning

Journal of Big Data, 2023
Recognizing cashmere and wool fibers has been a challenging problem in the textile industry due to their similar morphological structure, chemical composition, and physicochemical properties.
Yaolin Zhu, Ran Liu, Gang Hu, Xin Chen, Wenya Li   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genetic Parameters and Genome‐Wide Association Studies for Fertility and Reproduction Traits in U.S. Katahdin Sheep Based on the Single‐Step GBLUP Methodology

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sheep production contributes to a secure and diverse food and fibre supply in the United States, with growing ethnic diversity strengthening demand. Katahdin is a composite hair‐type sheep breed developed in the United States that has become the most popular breed in many regions of the country and the first one to have genomic selection ...
Alejandra Toro Ospina, Ronald M. Lewis, Bradley A. Freking, Joan M. Burke, Thomas W. Murphy, Carrie S. Wilson, Luiz F. Brito   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polymorphisms Analysis of BMP15, GDF9 and BMPR1B in Tibetan Cashmere Goat (Capra hircus)

Genes, 2023
The Tibetan cashmere goat is a prolific goat breed in China. In sheep breeds, natural mutations have demonstrated that the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) super family ligands, such as growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9), bone morphogenetic ...
Tian-zeng Song, Yacheng Liu, Renqing Cuomu, Yao Tan, Cuoji A. Wang, J. De, Xiao-han Cao, Xi‐Lei Zeng   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Value Chain and Marketing of Iranian Cashmere

Media Peternakan, 2014
Iran together with Afghanistan is the third largest producer and exporter of cashmere in the world, after China and Mongolia. This paper assesses the status of cashmere marketing of Iran in order to evaluate sustainability, and to identify some ...
H. R. Ansari-Renani
doaj   +1 more source

The making of style: On the entanglement of algorithms and aesthetics

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract The global fashion industry is changing with the integration of digital technologies. Designers now employ digital design software, tools and technology to develop innovative designs, purchase fabrics and materials and market their new designs.
Heather A. Horst
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of states of water in cashmere fibers and utilizing water as molecular probe for pore size distribution

Polymer Testing, 2021
Fundamental understanding of cashmere–water interaction is a critical part both for the manufacturing of cashmere processing and the development of cashmere-based heat-moisture management textiles.
Liuxiang Zhan, Yuling Li, Feng Ji, Ni Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Potential of Large Ring Lasers

, 2007
We describe a new ring laser with area A = 833 m^2 and update performance statistics for several such machines. Anandan & Chaio 1982 judged ring lasers inferior to matter interferometers as possible detectors of gravitational waves. However, we note that
Anandan, Anandan, Avenel, Blair, Brodin, Chaboyer, Chaio, Chaio, Clauser, Corbitt, Cuise, Dunn, G.E. Stedman, Gustavson, Hasselbach, Herrera, Igel, K.U. Schreiber, Lenef, McGuirk, Michelson, Neutze, R.B. Hurst, Rowe, Schreiber, Schreiber, Schreiber, Sorge, Stedman, Stedman, Stedman, Stedman, Tinto, Vallisneri, Ziyuan   +34 more
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