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Free Trade’s Looming Threat to the World’s Garment Workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In this working paper, the authors challenge the ideology of free trade. The paper focuses on the damaging effects of one particular free trade policy – the phase-out of textile and apparel quotas – and its impact on the global garment ...
Bas, Nikki Fortunato, Foo, Lora Jo
core   +1 more source

Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Soft Actuators

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) can be actuated via electromechanical, electrochemical, or electrothermal effects. a) Electromechanical effects include Maxwell stress, electrostriction, and the electroclinic effect. b) Electrochemical effects arise from electrode redox reactions.
Yakui Deng, Min‐Hui Li
wiley   +1 more source

The Korean Textile Industry: Still Competitive, After All These Years? [PDF]

open access: yes
Although a vital part of the economy, the Korean textile industry has been challenged by the recent reduction of international trade barriers, particularly as this industry was fully integrated into GATT in 2005.
Lila J. Truett
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DTI Economics Paper No. 2: A comparative study of the British and Italian Textile and Clothing Industries. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Commissioned by: Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry Conference, Hucknell, Nottingham, February 2004 During the 1990s the Italian clothing and textiles industry grew while the British, French and German textile and clothing ...
Cannon-Jones, Alan, Owen, Nicholas
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Intellectual Capital Performance of the Textile Industry in Emerging Markets: A Comparison with China and South Korea

open access: yesSustainability, 2019
In this study, the Value Added Intellectual Capital (VAICTM) and Modified Value Added Intellectual Capital (MVAICTM) models are utilized to analyze intellectual capital (IC) performance of the textile industry in China and South Korea during 2012–2017 ...
Jian Xu, Binghan Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Microplastics from Wearable Bioelectronic Devices: Sources, Risks, and Sustainable Solutions

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioelectronic devices (e.g., e‐skins) heavily rely on polymers that at the end of their life cycle will generate microplastics. For research, a holistic approach to viewing the full impact of such devices cannot be overlooked. The potential for devices as sources for microplastics is raised, with mitigation strategies surrounding polysaccharide and ...
Conor S. Boland
wiley   +1 more source

RETRACTED: Development of a transformation assortment based on ecological and health-safe leather research [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
See the retraction notice E3S Web of Conferences 538, 00001 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf ...
Khojiev Abdurakhim, Turdiyeva Ugiloy
doaj   +1 more source

The Textile - Garments Industry: A Call for Restructuring [PDF]

open access: yes
The textile-garment industry is a classic example of the challenge for Philippine agroindustrial restructuring. While the garment industry has been one of the major export industries in the country, the textile industry has been import-oriented and less ...
Intal, Ponciano Jr. S.
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Laser‐Induced Microfabrication of Carbon Nanostructure: Processing Mechanism and Application for Next‐Generation Battery Technology

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The article reviews laser‐processed carbons from various precursors, processing mechanism and their application in advanced batteries. The laser process is chemical free, fast, and scalable, enabling improved battery performance and stability for Li, Na, and Zn battery technologies.
Sujit Deshmukh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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