We describe two mechanisms, rendering task scheduling and the render cache, used to optimize graphics rendering in a scenegraph to provide continuous visual feedback and high interactivity in large-scale sketch-based user interfaces. We have implemented these mechanisms in SATIN, a toolkit to support development of sketch-based user interfaces. Our experiments with DENIM, an early-stage web sit...

The unexpected opening of Emma Rice’s 2016 production Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream established the setting performance in an intriguing way. woman dressed denim overalls l...

Retting of flax was the first biotechnological application in textile processing. More than 2000 years ago, micro-organisms grown on flax were used to achieve partial decortication in the extraction of linen fibres from flax stems. Amylases were the only enzymes applied in textile processing until the 1980’s. These enzymes are still used to remove starch-based sizes from fabrics after weaving. ...

Several groups have notably contributed to existing desktop and browser based tools that can aid in participatory electronic knowledge elicitation. Examples include the GUIR team at Berkeley, who has produced tools such as Denim and Silk that are used for eliciting knowledge in prototyping fidelity development and NIST’s Web Metrics suite of tools [2] were constructed for web based usability te...

The present experiments were studied on bioremediation of denim industry wastewater by using polyurethane foam (PU foam) immobilized bacterial cells. About 30 indigenous adapted bacterial strains were isolated from denim textile effluent out of which only four isolates were found to be efficient against crude indigo carmine degradation using broth decolorization method. The selected bacterial s...

The environmental impacts of the fashion industry have been aroused wide concerns. globalization and fragmentation textile system led to uneven distribution consequences. As denim is fabric jeans that representative fashion, this study assessed virtual carbon water flows embodied in global denim-product trade, footprints production were quantified by life-cycle assessment footprint . Results in...