(1 of 6) 1600668 polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films stand out due to their ability to be switched from an opaque to a transparent state with the applied external electric field without the need for polarizers. Since its discovery,[13] researchers have extensively explored the potential applications of PDLCs in the areas of flat panel displays,[14] smart windows,[15,16] microlens,[17]...

Craft villages are Vietnamese rural villages with existing craft and non-farming activities drawing the participation of at least 30 percent of all households and making at least 50 percent of the village's total income. Out of the total of about 1,450 craft villages, 228 are traditional villages that have a long history and make products that are unique and typically Vietnamese. Various enviro...

The present study was designed to gain knowledge of the relationship between employees' perceived opportunities to craft, their actual job crafting behavior and, in line with JD-R theory, subsequently their work engagement and performance. Although scholars have suggested that employees' perceived opportunities to craft their job may predict their actual job crafting behavior, which may have co...

Textile craft and textile design have always had an important social, cultural and economic impact on both individuals and societies. The cultural heritage of textiles does not end with the preservation and collection of costumes and other textiles in museums. It also includes living traditions inherited from our ancestors. Furthermore, understanding craft and craft processes are crucial when c...

High quality craft manufacturers adapting industrialized approaches to design and manufacturing face the challenge of maintaining the unique quality in their craft manufacturing while realizing improvements in efficiency through their industrialization process. We studied how quality is ensured and built into the products of one highly industrialized lean manufacturer and one craft manufacturer...

Solar sailing is a proposed means of space propulsion in which a reflective surface collects momentum from solar photons to accelerate a vehicle. The current trend within the solar sailing community is to increase sail size as solar sailing technologies advance, allowing for larger payloads and higher accelerations. However, with the miniaturization of modern payloads, sail sizes can be dramati...

Various configurations and geometric scales of solar sails are compared with alternate advanced propulsion technologies. The study illuminates certain critical parameters such as the specific stiffness of the structure, a minimum area density, a minimum ‘smoothing stress’, and a need for long duration missions (e.g. > 100 days). As the thrust requirement increases, the geometric scale of the sa...

an art. However, throughout this century the scientific emphasis has been predominant. Technology has been considered as being applied science and craft as being applied art. In medicine we may consider clinical practice as both the applied science and also the applied art of medicine since it combines both the technology and the craft. (Fig. 1). Teaching or researching the craft of medicine wi...

We present a novel idea of the deployment circular solar sail consisting superconducting wire attached to thin membrane. Based on classical electrodynamics and theory elasticity we predict that current in can deploy large size sail. • Deployment using loop. stretching Magnetic force due magnetic field induced by current.

This research seeks to look into a design process of the development of a model for teaching and learning traditional craft courseware called CDTC model. Specifically, this research focuses on analysis and design phase. The model was developed according to an established methodology and it is relied upon a conceptual framework consisting of four development phases starting from Analysis, Design...