Pakistan lags behind in technical textile

This paper highlights and demonstrates the technical and economical impact of technical textiles in the industrially developed countries and their future contribution to the development of economics of newly developing countries, such as China, South East Asia, and North Africa etc. Pakistan still lags behind in technical textile products as neither the government nor the textile industry has made any serious efforts towards synchronizing textile products with the emerging needs of the world market by developing higher value-added products. Although the textile sector is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy, the Government as well as the textile industry has kept their focus on conventional textiles, ignoring technical textiles and knowledge-based products. A special focus is placed on the application of technical textiles related automotive, medical, construction/civil engineering and sportswear’s fields.

The Reviving Project

When Yushan Cassie Sun arrived in America in 2012, she already had big hopes for the future. A craft and material study major with a concentration in jewelry and metalsmithing, Cassie will graduate this May with some wonderful research experiences under her belt. e summer before she came to VCU, Cassie spent time learning the techniques of three crafts- men in China. As she lived and learned with them, she realized that although her learning was valuable, there were hundreds of other endangered craft techniques in China that she was not learning—and that’s what got her interested in what would later become the Reviving Project

PENGARUH PEMASARAN SOSIAL MEDIA DAN CITRA MEREK TERHADAP NIAT BELI KONSUMEN Caffee de’ Cartel (Pada Caffee de’cartel di Kota Batu Licin)

ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk : (1) mengetahui pengaruh pemasaran sosial media terhadap niat beli. (2) mengetahui pengaruh citra merek terhadap niat beli (3) mengetahui manakah diantara pemasaran sosial media dan citra merek yang memiliki pengaruh paling dominan terhadap niat beli. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis jalur dengan SPSS 26. Penelitian ini menggunakan 170 responden dengan purposive sampling Dari penelitian tersebut diperoleh hasil (1) pemasaran sosial media berpengaruh positif signfikan terhadap niat beli (2) citra merek berpengaruh positif signfikan terhadap niat beli. (3) pemasaran sosial media memiliki pengaruh paling dominan terhadap niat beli

Variational inequations and approximation

The existence and uniqueness of the solution of a variational inequality is considered, and methods of approximation of the solution are given. Some elementary theorems concerning bilinear forms and antimonotone operators are given in the appendix

Commitment and Self-Control

The literature on self-control problems has typically concentrated on immediate temptations. This paper studies a Gul and Pesendorfer (2001, 2004) style model in which decision-makers are affected by temptations that lie in the future. While temptation is commonly understood to give rise to a demand for commitment, it is shown that `temptation by future consumption' can induce its absence. The model also exhibits procrastination, provides an alternative to projection bias as an explanation for some experimental results, and can simultaneously account for myopic and hyperopic behavior. The evidence on preference reversals supports temptation by future consumption, and suggests that it may not be restricted to short time horizons.Self-Control, Temptation, Commitment, Preference Reversals, Procrastination