Title: The use of plasma treatment in Textile Finishing. Plasma technology is explored in the field of textile processing as an unconventional process. It is a “dry” technology and is intrinsically ecological and environment friendly. The conventional wet treatments applied in textile processing for fibre surface modification and others are associated with many constraints. These treatments mainly concern with energy‚ cost and environmental issues. Application of Plasma technology at low temperature
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novel‚ it was also “a turning point” in Maya’s life. And the additional scene to the chapter is when Mrs. Flower had a lesson about living to Maya. As the adding scene extended further the process of “lesson in living”. Since the Maya underwent sexual harassment by her mother’s boyfriend‚ it will be helpful if there would more detail in the “healing process” of Maya. The chapter emphasized and elaborated one of the major themes in the novel‚ when a person is in the toughest part of their
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Sandra Cisneros has spent a lifetime trying to discover her own literary voice‚ only to be drowned out by the mostly white and mostly white voices that she imitated but never identified with. The only daughter in a family with six sons‚ Cisneros was often the "odd-woman-out-forever" early on in life. It was not until she was enrolled in the Iowa Writers Workshop that she finally discovered that her experience as a woman and a Chicana in a male dominated world was the voice that was uniquely hers
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Maya Angelou‚ who was the first African-American to work in the San Francisco streetcars‚ accomplished many things in her life. This fact proves that Angelou was a woman who believed in doing what needs to be done in order to accomplish her goals. Angelou made an impact on the world by creating books for children that could relate to most of their situations‚ but most importantly she fought for African American rights in the early and middle 1900s. Maya Angelou’s early life helped lead to her need
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Grandmothers” by Maya Angelou Image (Imagery) – Descriptive poetry flourished. One basic meaning for ‘image’ is provided by that context‚ but other‚ looser and more treacherous‚ meanings have accreted: any sensuous effect provoked by literary language; any striking language; metaphor; symbol; any figure. Maya Angelou’s poem‚ “Our Grandmother’s‚” vividly exemplifies a sense of imagery that is brought to life. The most effective way that‚ Maya Angelou
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Color Divide In Still I Rise by Maya Angelou‚ race reveals the harsh treatment towards African Americans through power struggles in which black people are pushed out of authority positions and attempts to bring down a person’s spirit‚ indicating a global society of hatred due to fear of one’s skin color. In the poem‚ the idea of a colored person with power is seen as a threat by certain people‚ indicating the discrimination towards black people with authority. Angelou questions the attitude of others
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She was an author‚ actress‚ screenwriter‚ dancer and poet. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson‚ Angelou had a difficult childhood that later became the inspiration for many of her autobiographies. Angelou’s early career was in the theater‚ and she co-wrote Cabaret for Freedom to raise funds for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ for which
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Magnetic Abrasive Finishing (MAF) Surface roughness of parts produced by conventional machine tools‚ depends n the machine tool system and the cutting process. It is difficult to produce a smooth surface on complicated profiles at an economic cost by using conventional machining processes. This and the advent of new ‘ difficult-to-machine’ materials like hardened steel‚ nickel‚ cobalt‚ titanium alloys‚ ceramics‚ glass‚ etc.‚ have necessitated the need for
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Maya Lin was born on October 5‚ 1959 in Athens‚ Ohio. Her parents fled from China in 1948 when the Communist took over. She is the daughter of Henry Huan Lin and Julia Chang Lin. Her father was a ceramicist and the Dean of the School of Fine Art. Her mother was a poet and a literature professor at Ohio University. Lin says that she was in her father’s studio “making art as long as she can remember.” (Falconer “Maya Lin Biography‚ Art‚ and Analysis of Works”). When Lin started Yale her major was zoology
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Mysterious Maya The Mysterious Maya by George E. Stuart and his brother Gene S. Stuart is a 200-page nonfiction novel. The Maya people mysteriously disappeared from the planet. The only history we know is where they lived and how they lived. Two brothers try to expand the knowledge of the present day people by going on a trip to Mexico to visit Maya villages. This book review includes a summary of the book‚ an as much information on the Maya people‚ and important character analysis. George E
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