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2021-08-13
Adya Dutt, Dr. Carrie Demmans Epp
A strong vocabulary allows for more understanding. Vocabulary can be categorized into 3 tiers. Tier 1 contains commonplace and basic vocabulary. Tier 2 words are used by mature speakers across a variety of subject matters. Tier 3 contains low-frequency words that are used in specific disciplines....
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Fall 2015
2015 marks the 50th anniversary of Moore's law, which has described the exponential progress in semiconductor patterning technologies, enabling creation of smaller circuitry features at greater densities. These continued hardware developments, economically mass manufactured, have made possible...
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2015-12-01
Many factors, both intrinsic and extrinsic to textile material and its wearers, will influence the flammability and fire incidence potential of fibers, fabrics, textiles, and their usage in wearing apparel. These factors are known contributors to textile flammability, and can be considered singly...
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2017-02-01
If you cringed after reading this article title, you are not alone. Spiders’ signature eight legs, sticky webs, and dropin mentality don’t endear them to everyone. However, beyond the innate fear factor that they conjure in some, spiders have fascinating capabilities and a presence in ecosystems...
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2015-08-01
The use of natural dyes in the textile industry is certainly nothing new. Natural dyes have been used for centuries as a way to color fabric. In fact, indigo—one of the best known natural dyes—was used in a piece of clothing dating all the way back to 2500 BC. The invention of synthetic dyes in...
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2020-12-01
Brands are built on the concept of recognition and differentiation in the marketplace. Today’s branding is made to evoke a ‘je ne sais quoi,” sometimes aspirational, sometimes comforting, sometimes outright outlandish, but nonetheless recognizable and relatable. Product categories and trends come...
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2021-08-16
Saige Burnett, Dr. Lisa Willis, Ronak Patel
The data gap is often used as an example to prove that women today live with the consequences of bias from the past. People today live in extreme poverty, are overlooked for jobs and are paid less for the jobs they do have because of unconscious bias. Unconscious bias applies stereotypes onto...
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2019-02-01
Humans have been creating textiles for over five thousand years, and these textiles are becoming increasingly technical. 1 However, we shouldn't forget the inspiration that comes from nature rather than modern day advances. The materials we see in nature have been developed naturally over...