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Describing Textures in the Wild [PDF]
, 2013 Patterns and textures are defining characteristics of many natural objects: a shirt can be striped, the wings of a butterfly can be veined, and the skin of an animal can be scaly.
Cimpoi, Mircea +4 more
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Guidelines for Scale Development and Validation
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Scales, serving as measurement instruments composed of carefully designed items intended to capture latent constructs, play a critical role in advancing consumer theory and marketing practice. Yet, developing and validating scales poses a formidable challenge due to the diverse methods required to ensure rigor and robustness.
Weng Marc Lim +3 more
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Intra-Industry Trade in the Baltic Sea Region [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to analyse economic integration in the Baltic Sea Region as it has emerged from mid-1990s. More importantly, we seek to assess the quality of integration as conferred by the development of intra-industry trade between the two
Juhan Jüriado, Marek Tiits
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Heat resistant protective hand covering [PDF]
, 1984 The heat resistant, protective glove is made up of first and second shell sections which define a palm side and a backside, respectively. The first shell section is made of a twill wave fabric of a temperature-resistant aromatic polyamide fiber.
Arons, I. J., Sidman, K. R.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research focuses on the connection between ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) factors and financial performance in the fashion industry, grounded on stakeholder theory and signaling theory as its theoretical foundations. By examining 1144 firm‐year observations from 194 publicly listed companies in 24 countries (2013–2023), the ...
Samantha Barresi, Michele Bertoni
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All‐Biomass Tough Aerogel Fiber for Super Thermal Insulating Textile
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.Here, an all‐biomass core‐shell structural aerogel fiber with high mechanical strength and exceptional thermal management performance is fabricated using coaxial wet‐spinning. The improvements in mechanical properties are discussed, the thermal insulation performance is evaluated at both high and low temperatures through experimental tests and ...
Yiling Shi +7 more
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.This stretchable active frequency selective fabric achieves reversible switching between bandstop and transparent states through strain‐induced reconfiguration of its conductive network. Its zero‐power and mechanically tunable characteristics offer potential for wearable electromagnetic functional materials.
Hao Feng +6 more
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Materials & DesignThis research evaluates the electromagnetic shielding efficiency (SE) of weft-knitted and woven fabrics produced from the same conductive yarn containing short stainless steel (SST) fibers.
Brigita Kolcavová Sirková +5 more
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Seed Germination and Seedling Growth on Knitted Fabrics as New Substrates for Hydroponic Systems
Horticulturae, 2019 Vertical farming is one of the suggested avenues for producing food for the growing world population. Concentrating the cultivation of crops such as herbs in large indoor farms makes food production susceptible to technical, biological or other problems ...
Jan Lukas Storck +8 more
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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT What is the role of policy entrepreneurs in promoting the design of public administrative reform? We present a conceptual framework for assessing the influence of policy entrepreneurs on public administrative reform. We start by proposing a typology of the various policy entrepreneurs active in the administrative reform arena.
Nissim Cohen
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