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Thermal Comfort Properties of Biodegradable Hemp and Polylactide Fiber Knitted Fabrics. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Padleckienė I, Stygienė L, Krauledas S, Abraitienė A, Sankauskaitė A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis of competitiveness on the textile/garment and leather/shoes industries from an international perspective [PDF]

, 2003
Begaj, Neritana, Skreli, Engjell
core  

Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drug entry into prisons represents a serious issue for both incarcerated people and prison staff. Although substances enter prisons in many ways, staff drug smuggling represents a consistent problem facing correctional institutions globally. We draw on 131 interviews with correctional officers (COs) working in four Western Canadian prisons to ...
William J. Schultz, Sandra M. Bucerius, Kevin D. Haggerty   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pressure and Thermal Behavior of Elastic Polyurethane and Polyamide Knitted Fabrics for Compression Textiles. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Li NW, Kwan MY, Yick KL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Collective identity and the coalescence of an expert occupational community: The case of the Canadian tax profession

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Although the community of tax professionals is a key actor in the tax realm, its nature continues to remain elusive in many countries. Using a qualitatively driven mixed‐methods approach that integrates the insights obtained from in‐depth interviews and the results of a survey of practitioners, we examine the Canadian tax field.
Till‐Arne Hahn, Darlene Himick
wiley   +1 more source

Directionally Oriented Reinforcements of Warp-Knitted Fabrics for Composite Preforms. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Pieklak K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Functional to fashionable: knitwear's evolution throughout the last century and into the millennium [PDF]

, 2007
Power, Jess
core  

The political consequences of Africa's mobile revolution

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What are the political consequences of rising domestic connectivity? I study this question in Sub‐Saharan Africa, asking how mobile technology shapes public opinion in geographically isolated communities. For remote rural populations, mobile devices increase contact with physically distant social networks, through regular phone calls with ...
Alex Yeandle
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing anti-pilling performance of wool knitted fabrics <i>via</i> synergistic treatment with dopamine and silk sericin: a sustainable approach. [PDF]

RSC Adv
Xiao Q, Wang Y, Chen W, Gao Z, Qu J, Peng J, Jia J, Wang W, Jamshaid H.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The geographies of the Information Research Department: Intelligence, diplomacy and the British secret state

Area, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a historical and political geographical analysis of the UK Foreign Office's Information Research Department (IRD). Empirically it is grounded in archival study of IRD files concerning operations in Ghana and South Africa during the Cold War and specifically the 1960s and 1970s.
Ben Gowland
wiley   +1 more source