The agronomic characteristics of Ramie and Spanish Broom were investigated for seven years in the pedoclimatic conditions of Central Italy. The chemical, physical and mechanical properties of these fibres were also examined in order to evaluate the feasibility to use them in composite materials. Results demonstrate that Ramie grown in the temperate environment can be harvested three times a yea...

Colorectal cancer is the third most prevalent cancer worldwide and the most common diet-related cancer, influenced by diets rich in red meat, low in plant foods and high in saturated fats. Observational studies have shown that fruit and vegetable intake may reduce colorectal cancer risks, although the precise bioactive components remain unclear. This review will outline the evidence for the rol...

A cohort study among 4734 employees at an English glass fibre plant previously reported no excess of lung cancer mortality either overall or when examined in broad occupational groups. To investigate occupation in more detail, and to test the hypothesis that processes producing or using finer (respirable) fibres may be related to a higher risk of lung cancer, a nested case-control study has now...

The application of melt spinning processes for the production of cellulosic fibres would be a significant sign of progress for economic and environmental reasons. A process for melt spinning of trimethyl-silycellulose (TMSC) was developed. Bis(trimethyl-)silylcarbamate (BSC) was found to be excellent for the silylation of cellulose due to good swelling and penetration into cellulose. The synthe...

This paper presents the limitations and potential of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy applied to study cellulosic textile collections The technique helps differentiate natural fibres according content lignin, pectin, hemicellulose, wax, although some problematic issues should be considered. spectral differences derived from environmental humidity uptake plant composition are reviewed discussed in light ne...

Microscopic animal and plant fibres detected in archaeological contexts are a valuable source of information regarding textile production, use-histories artefacts studying mortuary practices. At the same time, recent research on microplastic pollution has revealed ability to move even long distances accumulate various terrestrial aquatic contexts. In this paper we discuss accumulation 100–1000-...

Developing sustainable and environmental-friendly buildings is a common motivation for engineers researchers towards green, clean, resilient world all. The problem arising from excess waste disposal non-biodegradable materials have recently raised concerns governments, industrial sectors on the usage of these types synthetic materials. One approaches ventured use renewable that are biodegradabl...

Cotton fibres were subjected to cleaning process and then characterized for maturity. Decrystallisation and swelling processes with caustic soda, ethanol, propan-2-ol and Trichloroethene on the native fibres were carried out. The effects of these on the strength and moisture regain were investigated. The activation energies of the dyeings were also analysed with Durazol Scarlet Red 4 BAS. The r...