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Comfort properties are the very important part for the performance based fabrics. When compared to woven fabrics, knitted fabrics are more suitable for functional wear applications. The bi-layer and multilayered the use of fabrics in utilitarian applications is more appropriate. when compared to single layered fabrics. Performance based fabrics can protect against frozen or warm conditions. It is also found that these fabrics can offer a hygienic barrier, keeping infectious and toxic materials away from the body. The performance based fabrics are unique in certain aspects such as dimensional, physical, moisture and thermal properties. This paper presents a literature review of multilayer, physical, moisture and thermal comfort properties of performance based fabrics.

During the past ten years, the microfinance industry has established itself as a dynamic and fast-growing segment of the region's financial markets. As a result, what once was a relatively obscure grassroots movement has become a topic of major importance in many national development strategies. In developing countries, the costs for supplying financial services for a Micro Finance Institution (MFI) are high in rural areas. Often, these costs cannot be adequately covered through interest charges because usury laws or traditions prevent charging high rate of interest to clients. Therefore, MFIs tend to reduce the quality and quantity of their services, which increases transaction costs for the clients. The article discuss several area specific collection models can be adopted in the MFI operational strategies to reduce transaction costs. Collection risks are to be considered while adopting suitable collection strategies and in optimum utilization of resources. The reduction in operational cost can be transferred to the clients by reducing the interest rate on loan products; thereby the financial services for poor households can contribute to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals.

Silk is the encapsulation of extravagance with regards to texture, whether it's for robes, sheets, or dresses. The costliest silk is Mulberry silk, which is acquired from the case of the Mulberry silkworm. These silkworms are brought up in imprisonment with ideal natural conditions to raise the most beneficial silkworms and produce the greatest silk. Silk creation costs have gone up with the presentation of engineered textures like polyester. Noil is an exceptionally short fiber, "Silk noils" are got from the loss in carding, combing and spinning of silk. At present great financial advantages are acquired by creating mulberry silk noil, cotton and polyester blended yarns by rotor spinning. 13s yarn count were produced in three blend ratios. The yarn produced on the open end system has been tested for quality parameters such as count strength product, yarn imperfections, hairiness, water drying time, evaporation, and absorbency. The goal of the investigation is to decide the appropriateness of mulberry silk noil yarns in home textile applications. In particular this type of yarn is used as weft yarn in towel manufacturing.

The knitwear industry caters to the needs of the modern youth, whose preferences vary according to the trends and tastes of the modern age. This paper endeavors to demonstrate that active wear fabrics made of eri silk have very good physical properties. The main objective of this research is to investigate dimensional and physical properties of plated interlock, mini-flatback rib, and flatback rib structures developed with two different yarn counts (30s and 40s). The dimensional and physical properties of those samples are investigated in terms of dimensional stability, spirality, bursting strength, elongation percentage, fabric areal density, and fabric thickness. Variables such as yarn count and knit structure play a significant role on the dimensional and physical properties of the fabric.