Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has partnered with chemical company Toray Industries to develop Hitoe, a nanofibre-laced clothing line that uses conductive fibres to measure heart rate. Hitoe, which means ‘one layer’ in the ...
Tags: Smart Clothing, Apparel
The exports of apparel earned US$ 5.52 billion for the Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia in 2013, registering a rise of sharp 20 percent over $4.61 billion exports made in 2012, reports xinhuanet.com, citing data from the Ministry of ...
Tags: Garment Exports, Apparel
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) announced today that Rome was chosen as the venue for the ESC Congress 2016. The ESC Congress is the largest cardiology meeting in the world. This will be the first time it comes to Rome. 30,000 ...
Tags: Medicine, cardiologist
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--With little movement, the CME Group corn and soybeans ended higher Monday. At the close, the March corn futures contract closed 2 1/4 cents higher at $4.31. The March soybean futures contract finished ...
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Designed with a strong eco-friendly approach, the M&J Group’s SS15 collection is a sum of the latest trends and the most innovative materials and technologies in the denim industry. With Blue as the leading mood, every piece ...
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This morning represents yet another frigid day in the Arctic saga of the winter of 2014. Yesterday, an intense Arctic cold front plunged south from Canada, dropping temperatures as much as 40 degrees across the Midwest and Plains, ...
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The company behind a revolutionary process which uses 3D printing to produce optics and lenses has secured ‘several million Euros’ worth of funding from three international venture capital funds. Luxexcel announced that ...
Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel(NLMK)has announced its production and sales data for the fourth quarter and the full year 2013.According to the company statement,NLMK's crude steel output in the fourth quarter increased to 4.06 ...
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Due to the positive results for China's domestic auto sales in 2013 (21.98 million units, up 13.9 percent year on year), automotive sales in China are expected to reach 23.74-24.18 million units for 2014, up 8-10 percent year on year, as ...
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LAS VEGAS — Classic Home & Villa Home Collection will host celebrity interior designer Nikki Chu for a presentation Monday at the Las Vegas Market. Chu, also Classic Concepts' creative director of textiles, will share her expertise ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, decoration
This Editorial appears in the Jan. 27 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Perhaps in addition to reviewing trucking companies’ financial performance, it would be worthwhile to measure such things as the ...
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Remedy Informatics,a provider of registry-based clinical informatics software for healthcare delivery and life sciences research,has been selected by the American Society of Clinical Oncology(ASCO)to provide the technology platform for the ...
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US-based Acentia has secured a contract worth $1.25m from the State of Rhode Island Department of Health (DOH) to provide its secure cloud-based national electronic disease surveillance system base system (NBS) for the DOH’s Division ...
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Secondhand smoke is the leading cause of childhood illness and premature death, especially in rural areas, University of Kentucky researchers say. Study co-author Ellen Hahn, a professor at the University ...
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NEW ORLEANS — Navistar Inc. claimed the 2014 heavy- and medium-duty commercial Truck of the Year awards here Jan. 26 during the American Truck Dealers annual convention. Navistar’s International ProStar with the Cummins ISX15 ...
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