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Effect of Rot-Retardant Treatment on Properties of Jute Fibers

Journal of Natural Fibers, 2017
Jute natural fiber is gradually replacing traditional glass fibers as reinforcement in composites due to their higher specific modulus and lower specific gravity.
Sweety Shahinur, Mahbub Hasan, Qumrul Ahsan, Shamina Jafrin   +3 more
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Fleeting Feminism: The Singapore Women's Federation, Singapore Chinese Left‐Wing Feminism and Anti‐Colonial Nationalism, c. 1950s

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1955, two female factory workers and trade union leaders, Tan Lee Eng and Kwek Tai Eng, established the Singapore Women's Federation (SWF) to unite women regardless of race, religion or class for the anti‐colonial nationalist struggle. Singapore Chinese left‐wing feminism emerged at the confluence of the nationalist interest in mobilising ...
Yee‐Ting Leong
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Pretreatment of jute and banana fibre—its effect on blended yarn and fabric

Journal of Natural Fibers, 2020
Jute, a lignocellulosic bast fibre, is mainly utilized for making packaging materials. Whereas, banana fibres are extracted from the sheath of the banana trunk which is underutilized and used for making ropes for domestic purposes. Jute and banana fibres,
S. N. Chattopadhyay, N. C. Pan, A. N. Roy, K. K. Samanta   +3 more
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Tracing Identity in a Fragmented Past: Multi‐Proxy Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains From Dungowan Creek, New South Wales, Australia

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human skeletal remains constitute critical archaeological evidence for reconstructing past societies, yet their investigation requires careful ethical, cultural, and legislative consideration. This paper reports on the discovery, recovery and analysis of a set of skeletal remains encountered during a cultural heritage management (CHM ...
Antonella Skepasianos, Cameron Neal, Sarah Croker, Anthony Dosseto, Michelle Fermor, Steve Talbott, Warren Mayers, Joel Mason, Florian Dux, Luke Kirkwood, Pamela Kottaras, Alan N. Williams   +11 more
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Integrated nutrient management in jute (Corchorus sp) based cropping system: A review

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019
Jute (Corchorus sp) is the single most economically and socially important commercial crop for the livelihood of 40 lakh small and marginal farm families of eastern Indian states like West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Meghalaya and Tripura.
B MAJUMDAR, A R SAHA, S PAUL MAZUMDAR, S SARKAR, R SAHA, D K KUNDU   +5 more
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Indian deindustrialization revisited: New data, estimates, and interpretations

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The fate of the handloom cotton textile industry is one of the most debated topics in the economic history of India. This paper presents novel employment estimates for cotton textile handweaving and spinning in the period 1800–1940. I put together plausible values for labour productivity and combine these with aggregate input usage to generate
Alexander Nagar
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Testing coir (coconut) fiber as a novel, biodegradable material for coral reef restoration: coir interactions with larval and juvenile corals

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Coral populations have declined in recent decades, largely due to anthropogenic climate change. In response, coral restoration projects are being implemented, and rubble stabilization is one such approach. Rubble beds form when dead coral fragments accumulate on the seafloor and can be mobilized by water flow.
Kyle M. Phillips, Carine D. Lefèvre, Carly J. Randall   +2 more
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Forecasting jute (Corchorus spp.) prices and arrivals in West Bengal using ARIMA and advanced machine learning techniques

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
The study aimed to forecast and understand the price movements and volatility in jute (Corchorus spp.) prices and arrivals from 2007–2023 across the markets of four major jute growing districts in West Bengal namely Uttar Dinajpur, Nadia, Coochbehar ...
SOURAV GHOSH, N M ALAM, DEBARATI DATTA, SONALI PAUL MAZUMDAR, BIJAN MAJUMDAR, SABYASACHI MITRA, RITESH SAHA, SANJOY SAHA, GOURANGA KAR   +8 more
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Expert System for Integrated Stress Management in Jute (Corchorus olitorius L. and C. capsularis L.)

International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2023
Jute (Corchorus olitorius L.= tossa jute and C. capsularis L.= white jute) is a traditional crop of nearly 300 years old with annual commercial value and provides livelihood to more than 5 million rural farm-families mostly located in the eastern part ...
A. K. Chakraborty, A. K. Ghorai, R. K. De, S. Chakraborty, S. K. Jha, S. Mitra, K. K. Goswami   +6 more
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Surface modification of ligno-cellulosic fiber(jute) to increase electrical conductivity

Materials Letters: X, 2020
Jute fiber is one of the most convenient lingo-cellulosic natural fibers in South Asia like India and Bangladesh. Though jute has lots of end uses, among them raw jute can also be used and processed to convey electrical conductivity by chemically ...
A.K.M. Nayab-Ul-Hossain, Salma Katun Sela, Mohammad Niam Hassan, Aniruddha Sarkar   +3 more
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