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Investigation of Thermo-Physiological Comfort Characteristics of Knitted Fabrics Made from Regenerated Cellulose and Nylon Blended Mélange Yarn

Research Journal of Textile and Apparel
Abstract This study investigates the comfort characteristics of mélange fabrics made from Tencel, Modal, Ecovero, and Bamboo fibers, each blended with 20% virgin nylon. The comfort properties of regenerated cellulosic fiber-blended mélange fabrics were evaluated by analyzing various parameters, including moisture management, breathability, hand
M. Fazley Elahi, Md Anwar Hossain, Md. Atiqur Rahman, M. Rayhan Siddique, Mohammed Rafin Bhuiyan, Habibur Rahman, Md. Reajul Islam, Mohammad Rafiqur Rashid   +7 more
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What does regional trade in South Asia reveal about future trade integration? Some empirical evidence [PDF]

In 1995 the seven South Asian countries-Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka-initiated a multilateral framework for regionwide integration under the South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA).
Pitigala, Nihal
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The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biotextiles: Evolving Textile Design Practices for the Bioeconomy and the Emerging Organism Industry [PDF]

, 2018
This chapter situates emerging practices in textiles within the context of the rising bioeconomy and the organism industry. Arguing for a radical shift in textile design processes and the need to embrace new models of biofabrication to transition towards
Collet, Carole
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Strategic Marketing Tensions in Sustainable Business Models: A Conceptual Approach Through Customer Value Propositions and Stewardship

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable business models (SBMs) inherently involve tensions, which are contradictory or misaligned demands that companies must consider simultaneously. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding the relevance and linkage of these tensions to strategic marketing considerations, including positioning, competitiveness, differentiation,
Päivi Petänen
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable solar surface decoration: the correlation between Anthotype principles with plant extractions as a form of eco-patterning for fabrics [PDF]

, 2016
This paper discusses design research undertaken into the correlation between natural dyes (plant extractions) and the alternative photographic process of Anthotypes discovered in the early 19th Century. The paper explores the relationship between natural
Greger, Ness, Wells, Kate
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Operationalising Sufficiency in an Organisational Context: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficiency‐led sustainability is important but often fails to deliver absolute reductions in resource use, leaving organisations exposed to rebound effects. What remains underexplored is how sufficiency, the strategic limitation of consumption and resource use, is operationalised within organisational contexts.
Shahrokh Nikou, Erik‐Jan Hultink, Nancy M. P. Bocken   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Eco‐Social Lens on Voice for Undervoiced and Unvoiced Stakeholders

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This conceptual paper argues it is important from an ecological–social (eco‐social) whole system point of view for businesses and policymakers to take the interests of and impacts on unvoiced and undervoiced [un(der)voiced] stakeholders into consideration for both strategic and justice reasons.
Sandra Waddock
wiley   +1 more source

Commodity Export Diversification in Rwanda - Many Export Discoveries with Little Scaling-Up [PDF]

Increased diversification of commodity exports, and increased numbers of high-value commodity exports, are needed to generate employment and meet the Government of Rwanda´s targets for poverty reduction.
Chandra, Vandana, Li, Ying, Osorio Rodarte, Israel   +2 more
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