The purposes of this research were to develop and to monitor the antecedent factors which directly affected the success rate of new product development. This was a case study of the leather industry in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 350 leather factories were used as a sample group. The findings revealed that the new product development model was harmonized with the empirical data at the accepta...

Basic chromium sulphate is the most versatile and common tanning agent in the leather industry. Under certain circumstances, the oxidation of the trivalent chromium salts into the hexavalent compounds, which are used in leather manufacture, is a crucial issue. In this study, different proportions of basic chromium sulphate were used in tanning and re-tanning processes according to a commonly us...

Chitosan is a biopolymer that is being increasingly used in distinct areas such as pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetics, food industry and agriculture. Among the interesting biological activities that have been ascribed to chitosan, the antimicrobial activity is probably the one that generates the higher number of applications. Considering that feet present favorable conditions for microorgani...

Abstract A study on deformation and filtration properties of a leather semi-finished product after chrome tanning are presented. The analytical dependences compressive load (recovery) strain moisture content obtained. empirical hydraulic gradient rates determined for various compression ratios the product. It was revealed that with an increase in product, increases. shoulder section is subject ...

Tannery workers are at potential exposure to detrimental agents rendering them vulnerable to respiratory and dermal problems. Thus by performing pulmonary functions among leather tannery workers, we can decipher the effect of chromium and leather dust on lung functions and also the decline of respiratory functions with increasing years of exposure to leather dust. Pulmonary functions were asses...

The leather bass Dermatolepis dermatolepis (Boulenger, 1895) is a poorly known grouper living on coral and rocky reefs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. One of only three species in the genus Dermatolepis (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae), the leather bass distribution ranges from southern California to Ecuador, including the Gulf of California, the Galapagos Islands and other offshore i...

AIM the aim of this study is to measure acceptance of a specific functional food: apple (fruit) leather, based on organoleptic characteristics and to identify consumer types and preferences for natural additives which increase the product's functionality and meet current nutritional needs. MATERIALS AND METHODS a sample of 800 consumers provided an evaluation of apple leather in terms of acce...