Textile Technology Digest

Textile Research Journal, Textile Research Institute, 10 East 40th St., New York, 16, N. Y. (1, 4, 5). Textile Technology Digest, Institute of Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Va. (5). 

In 1944, both Natural a Synthetic Fibers 209) and Textile Technology Digest 214) were started. The former, edited by Harris and Mark, is a loose-leaf literature and patent service with full abstracts of selected articles. The latter, compiled by the Institute of Textile Technology, has relatively short abstracts and covers leading textile journals. 

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Textile Technology Digest, Institute of Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Va. 

Indexes and Abstracts. The literature searcher must learn to use the periodical indexes. Chemical Abstracts (33), British Abstracts (32), and the journals that regularly publish abstracts of articles appearing in other journals. Often material needed can be found only in the most recent journal. The Engineering Index (2 2) and the Industrial Arts Index (22) are excellent sources for current literature. The American Dyestuff Reporter 29) the Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists 35, The Journal of the Textile Institute (33), the Textile Research Journal 39, and the Textile Technology Digest 4-0, publish abstracts and contain patent literature. 

Walker D. (1995), Rags to Riches , Ecotextile 95 Wealth from Waste in Textiles, through Textile Technology Digest. 

Starch is the major carbohydrate reserve in higher plants. In contrast with cellulose that is present in dietary fibres, starch is digested by humans and represents one of the main sources of energy to sustain life. Bread, potato, rice and pasta are examples of the importance of starch in our society. Starch has also been extremely important for centuries in numerous non-food applications, for example, as glue for paper and wood [1] and as gum for the textile industry [2, 3]. Together with wood, natural fibres and leather, starch has been one of the choice materials since the inception of human technology. 

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