So, in this new wound dressing, a wax-coated silk fibroin woven fabric functioned as a nonadhesive layer, while the sponge made of sericin and glutaraldehyde-cross-linked silk fibroin/gelatin was used as a bioactive layer.
Look at the property as a whole system rather than considering measures individually and think about their cumulative impact on the way that the building fabric functions.
Each different fabric functions differently for each use -- snowboarding, surfing, chronic condition, etc.
With complete disregard for the fabric of functioning low and moderate income neighborhoods, communities were upended at the same time that larger economies, driven by the steel and auto industries, were booming.
Li & Fung, the world's leading middleman for apparel fabric, has functioned as a reseller since its founding, in 1906.
The invasion of Iraq by United States forces resulted in the overthrow of a tyrannical regime but destroyed the fabric of a functioning society and opened deep fissures between Iraq's ethnic and religious groups.
Through its mission to develop competitive solar technologies, the center's research has yielded the thinnest, lightest solar cells ever produced, effectively able to turn any surface, from fabric to paper, into a functioning solar cell.
"Stick to the three Fs: fit, fabric and function," says Scourfield.
This smart fabric can be used for what Eleksen delicately calls "incontinence detection" in medicine, and to detect moisture in buildings.As well as acting as sensors and switches that gather information, smart fabrics can also function as output devices.
While there, she became interested in technical fabrics able to function across multiple activities.
The strongest direction to forward requires the participation of all communities to reknit the fabric of the lives and kinship ties that were functioning before Ebola.
