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McGregor, B. A., and W. D. English. "Gross margins in Australian mohair enterprises and relationships with farm inputs, productivity and mohair quality." Animal Production Science 50, no. 6 (2010): 573. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/an09224.

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In the absence of financial information on Australian mohair enterprises we aimed to determine the gross margins (per dry sheep equivalent, DSE) and their relationships with farm inputs, productivity and mohair quality in Australian mohair enterprises. Using established Victorian Farm and Sheep Monitor Project protocols we collected data for the financial years 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07 from farmers in south-eastern Australia and made comparisons with data from wool enterprises of similar farm area. Over 3 years the financial returns from mohair exceeded that from wool in terms of $/DSE ($23.0 v. 11.3) and $/ha ($132 v. $116). This result was achieved despite the mohair enterprises grazing their goats far less intensively compared with the grazing intensity of sheep (5.9 v. 10.3–11.1 DSE/ha) and by using far less phosphate fertiliser than used in the wool enterprises (2.2 v. 4.6–6.1 kg P/ha). These differences were counterbalanced by higher prices for mohair compared with fine wool ($13.15/kg v. $8.35/kg clean fibre). Gross margin for the mohair enterprise did not increase as stocking rate increased. Income from mohair sales declined as the proportion of does in the flock increased. Increasing the proportion of does in the flock was associated with a decline in the average price of mohair ($16/kg greasy at 42% does to $8/kg greasy at 83% does in the flock). This decline was closely associated with the increasing proportion of the total amount of mohair coarser than 34.0 µm (either fine hair or hair) plus stained mohair. The variation in profitability between farms indicates significant scope for many mohair enterprises to increase profit. A focus on producing finer quality mohair will increase mohair profitability.
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Broadbent, J. S., and D. Pullar. "Relationships between fleece characteristics and body weight in male angora goats." Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) 1990 (March 1990): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s030822960001850x.

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The principle sale product from Angora goat flocks is mohair. Weight of fleece and its fineness and uniformity all influence the cash value of a fleece. The price of mohair is very variable but the highest quality (finest) mohair always commands a premium. Fineness is particularly important when mohair is in over-supply (Figs 1 and 2). In extreme years there is no market for coarse fibre.
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McGregor, B. A. "Influence of stocking rate and mixed grazing of Angora goats and Merino sheep on animal and pasture production in southern Australia. 3. Mohair and wool production and quality." Animal Production Science 50, no. 3 (2010): 168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/an09186.

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The effects of animal species (AS; Angora goats, Merino sheep, mixed-grazed goats and sheep at the ratio of 1 : 1) and stocking rate (SR; 7.5, 10 and 12.5 animals/ha) on fibre production and quality were determined in a replicated experiment on improved annual temperate pastures in southern Australia from 1981 to 1984. Separately grazed sheep produced the most total clean fibre/ha at each SR. Mixed-grazed treatments produced amounts of clean fibre/ha similar to the arithmetic mean of sheep and goat treatments at 7.5/ha (21.9 versus 21.3 kg/ha), 10% more at 10/ha (28.3 versus 25.3 kg/ha, P < 0.05) and 7% more at 12.5/ha (31.6 versus 29.6 kg/ha, P < 0.10). Clean wool production/head was affected by AS and SR but not year. Clean mohair production was affected by SR and year but not AS. Variation in mean fibre diameter (MFD) accounted for 67 and 71%, respectively, of the variation in clean wool and clean mohair production/head. There was an AS × SR interaction for clean fibre production/t pasture. Growth rate of mohair was highest in autumn and least in summer. In each season, an increase in the SR reduced the clean mohair growth rate. Growth rate of wool was highest in spring and least in summer. Wool and mohair MFD were affected by an AS × SR interaction. Mohair MFD was also affected by year and season. At 10/ha, wool from mixed-grazed sheep had a greater MFD than wool from separately grazed sheep (20.2 versus 18.9 μm) and mixed-grazed goats grew mohair 1 μm coarser than separately grazed goats. At 12.5/ha mixed-grazed goats grew mohair 1.9 μm finer than separately grazed goats. Mohair MFD was predicted by a multiple regression that included average liveweight for the period of fleece growth, season of growth (summer 1 µm finer than winter) and year (range 1.27 µm). Mohair MFD increased 4.7 µm/10 kg increase in average fleece-free liveweight (P = 6.4 × 10–14). Fleece-free liveweight alone accounted for 76.4% of the variation in mohair MFD. There was an AS × SR interaction for the incidence of kemp and medullated fibres; under severe grazing pressure their incidence was suppressed. This experiment indicated that the principles associated with the effects of SR on wool production on annual temperate pastures apply to mohair production. Mixed grazing of Merino sheep and Angora goats produced complementary and competitive effects depending on the SR. Angora goats should not be grazed alone or mixed-grazed with sheep on annual temperate pastures at SR greater than that recommended for Merino sheep.
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Deaville, E. R., and H. Galbraith. "Effects of dietary yeast and protein supplementation on growth and fibre characteristics of british angora goats." Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) 1990 (March 1990): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0308229600018511.

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The growing need to diversify animal production in the UK has Increased the interest in indigenous fibre production. Mohair production from Angora goats 1n this country dates back as recently as 1981 with the Importation of 15 Angora does and 3 bucks from New Zealand (Ryder, 1987). To date this production remains a very small enterprise producing less than 0.2% of the world's mohair production (Fisher, 1989) and is compared with an estimated 40% of the world's mohair Imported annually in the UK, valued at approximately £35 million (Fisher, 1989).There is relatively little information available concerning the nutritional requirements of British Angora goats in relation to mohair production. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of feeding basal diets supplemented with Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Yea -Sacc, Alltech, Europe) and additional protein on growth performance, selected blood metabolites and fibre (mohair) growth 1n Angora goats.
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Lupton, C. J., F. A. Pfeiffer, and N. E. Blakeman. "Medullation in mohair." Small Ruminant Research 5, no. 4 (September 1991): 357–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0921-4488(91)90073-y.

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McGregor, B. A., and K. L. Butler. "Contribution of objective and subjective attributes to the variation in commercial value of Australian mohair: implications for mohair production, genetic improvement, and mohair marketing." Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 55, no. 12 (2004): 1283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ar04107.

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A database collected in the years 1998–01, from 2 mohair-selling agents in Australia, was analysed using multiple regression analysis to determine the effect on commercial sale prices of year, selling season within year, agent, mean fibre diameter (MFD), coefficient of variation of fibre diameter [CV(D)], vegetable matter base (VM), Schlumberger dry yield, visually assessed staple length, visually assessed fibre style, incidence of kemp, other faults, and interactions of these effects. The database consisted of 557 objectively measured lots. The weighted means ± s.d. of attributes analysed were: MFD, 30.9 ± 3.7 μm; CV(D), 29.1 ± 2.6%; VM, 1.0 ± 1.0%; Schlumberger dry yield, 84.0 ± 2.7%; lot weight, 1186 ± 938 kg. The final model for the price of greasy mohair had fixed terms involving a combination of selling agent, selling period, MFD, VM, and visual classing grades. This model accounted for 98% of the variation of the logarithm of greasy mohair price. Agent and selling period combinations accounted for 22% of the variation. Terms involving MFD accounted for 59% of the variation not accounted for by agent and period combinations. Although the response of greasy mohair price to MFD differed greatly with period, in the second quarter of 1999 the maximum relative price of greasy mohair was reached at a MFD of about 25 μm. The relative price typically declined to about 50% of the maximum at 30 μm and to a price of 10% of the maximum at 36 μm. The increase in relative value from poor to superior style mohair was about 43%. There were large discounts for length (up to 48%), kemp (up to 87%), and light stained mohair (70%). Deviations due to length differ with time and MFD. The discount for fault lines was proportionally higher when MFD was low, and proportionally less serious when the mohair MFD was high. The discount was proportionally greater the more serious the fault. There was a curvilinear response to the presence of VM in mohair and an interaction of VM with MFD, but these terms only accounted for the last 0.5% of the variation. After allowing for the effects of selling, agent, visual attributes, MFD, and VM, neither Schlumberger dry yield nor CV(D) was related to greasy mohair price. CV(D) was related to length, kemp, fault, and MFD. Apart from the current practice of price reporting on a greasy basis, the information supplied by agents provides transparency in mohair transactions as the current objective measurements and visual appraisal explain 97% of the variation not explained by agent and period of sale.
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McGregor, B. A., K. L. Butler, and M. B. Ferguson. "The allometric relationship between mean fibre diameter of mohair and the fleece-free liveweight of Angora goats over their lifetime." Animal Production Science 52, no. 1 (2012): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/an11086.

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As mean fibre diameter (MFD) is the primary determinant of mohair price we aimed to quantify the lifetime changes in mohair MFD as Angora goats aged and grew. Measurements were made over 12 shearing periods on a population of Angora goats representing the current range and diversity of genetic origins including South African, Texan and interbred admixtures of these and Australian sources. Records of sire, dam, birthweight, birth parity, liveweight, fleece growth and fleece quality were taken for does and castrated males (wethers) (n = 267 animals). Fleece-free liveweights (FFLwt) were determined for each goat at shearing time by subtracting the greasy fleece weight from the liveweight recorded immediately before shearing. A restricted maximum likelihood growth curve model was developed for relating MFD to FFLwt, age and other measurements. A simple way of describing the results is: MFD = κ (FFLwt)β E; where κ is a parameter that can vary in a systematic way with shearing(age), breed, weaning weight, sire, dam and individual; β is a parameter that is the same for nearly the whole study; and E are independent errors from a log-normal distribution. The analysis shows that = 0.34, with s.e. () = 0.021. Thus, mohair MFD was allometrically related to the cube root of FFLwt over the lifetime of Angora goats. However, the allometric proportionality constant differed in a systematic way with age at shearing, genetic strain, weaning weight, sire, dam and individual. For Texan-breed goats, MFD decreased as weaning weight increased (P = 0.00016). The findings indicate that management factors that affect liveweight and weaning weight have lifetime effects on mohair fibre diameter and therefore the value of mohair and the profitability of the mohair enterprise.
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Balasingham, T. G., N. A. Robinson, and B. A. McGregor. "Implications for the conservation of genetic diversity in mohair goats from a comparison of a relic island population with breeds farmed in Australia." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 39, no. 4 (1999): 411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea98061.

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The genetic relationships between an abandoned population of mohair-style, fibre-producing goats from the remote semi-arid Faure Island, Western Australia and 3 modern breeds of Angora goats (Australian, southern African and Texan) were investigated. Faure Island goats originated from stock introduced in the 1890s, reputedly from South Africa. Farmed Faure goats were abandoned on the island about 1918, but their fine mohair fleece has since generated commercial interest within the Australian mohair industry. Nineteen microsatellite loci were used to compare Nei’s genetic distance between and variation within the breeds. Faure Island goats are more similar to southern African and Texan Angoras than to Australian Angoras. Genetic variability was lower in Australian Angoras than in Faure Island, southern African and Texan Angoras (lowest proportion of polymorphic loci, mean heterozygosity and mean number of alleles). Current Faure Island mohair-style goats are more closely related to modern southern African Angora goats than to traditional Australian Angora goats, while the reduced variability in the latter may have resulted from inbreeding. These results have implications for the genetic improvement of fibre-producing goats and for the conservation of genetic material from island populations of goats.
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McGREGOR, B. A., and K. L. BUTLER. "Frequency of shearing increases growth of fibre and changes objective and subjective attributes of Angora goat fleeces." Journal of Agricultural Science 146, no. 3 (December 17, 2007): 351–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021859607007599.

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SUMMARYThe impact of genotype and of frequency and timing of shearing, on mohair attributes and production of modern Angora goats was studied. Goats in the southern hemisphere grazed pastures between February 2004 and 2006. There were seven shearing treatments by three genetic strains with four or eight replicates of individual goats. Treatments were: three different 6-month shearing intervals and two of 12-month shearing intervals with different months of shearing, a 7-month winter shearing interval and a 3-month shearing interval. Genetic strain was based on sire line: 1·0 South African; 1·0 Texan; and Mixed 0·5 South African and 0·5 Texan. Annual greasy mohair production was 5·08 kg, and average clean fleece production was 4·37 kg. The Angora goats produced an annual clean fleece equivalent to 0·122 of their mean fleece-free live weight which was equal to 0·34 g/kg/day. Measurements were analysed over the period of spring 2004 shearing to spring 2005 shearing, excluding the June–December shearing treatment. Increased frequency of shearing increased fleece growth and affected 13 objective and subjective attributes of mohair that were evaluated including clean washing yield, fibre diameter and fibre diameter variation, incidence of medullated fibres, staple length, fibre curvature, crimp frequency, style, staple definition, staple fibre entanglement and staple tip shape. The direction of these effects were generally favourable and for most attributes the magnitude of the response was linear and commercially important. Each additional shearing resulted in an additional 149 g of clean mohair representing 0·034 of the annual clean mohair production. This increase was associated with a 0·6 cm increase in staple length and 0·32 μm increase in mean fibre diameter. In conclusion, Angora goats shorn less frequently grew less mohair that was more likely to be entangled in spring. Managers of Angora goats should take note of these findings.
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Boguslavsky, A., A. Botha, and L. Hunter. "Measuring Medullation in Mohair with near Infrared Reflectance Analysis." Textile Research Journal 62, no. 8 (August 1992): 433–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004051759206200801.

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Existing methods of measuring medullation in wool and mohair have certain shortcomings, such as testing time, cost, and variability, especially at low levels of medullation. A new method using near-infrared analysis (NIRA) is proposed. The main difference between the new method and the conventional NIRA method involves the immersion of the mohair sample in a liquid with a refractive index similar to that of mohair. All the calibration and validation statistical parameters improve significantly compared to the conventional NIRA method. The standard error of prediction for the new method is 0.31%. There is a high reproducibility of single measurements, especially at low levels of medullation. The main factor limiting the precision of conventional NIRA estimates of medullation is considered to be the influence of the light signal reflected from fiber surface.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Mohair"

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Jordaan, Daniel du Plessis Scheepers. "A critical analysis of the South African mohair marketing system in the evolving global agribusiness environment." Pretoria : [s. n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10162007-111447.

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Norton, Eustace Herbert Fraser. "A critical analysis of the marketing of mohair in South Africa with special reference to the period 1963 to 1989." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002755.

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The objective of the research was to determine the extent to which marketing in general, and the Mohair Scheme in particular, played a part in the re-emergence of South Africa as the world's leading mohair producer. The two major components of the Scheme, the 'voorskot', or initial payment, and reserve prices were analysed separately. In an adaptive expectations, distributed lag model of supply adjustment, only the weighted rainfall and the average real net price of mohair during the previous season, were found to be important determinants of mohair production. The significant negative correlation between the average real net 'voorskot' price and mohair production was contrary to expectations, and probably due to the 'voorskot' always having been set well below the market price. The 'voorskot' may nevertheless have played an important part in making the Scheme as a whole acceptable to producers. As no record is kept of the reserve price, its influence was tested indirectly in two stages. In the first, its influence on price stability was determined by a comparison of ranges, standard deviations and variances, and by several multiple linear demand regressions. Three of the four models showed clearly that price stability was increased by the Mohair Scheme. In the second stage, formulae and diagrammatic analyses were used to assess the welfare gains and losses resulting from the Mohair Scheme. There was a welfare gain to local producers and most of the welfare costs of the Scheme were borne by foreign consumers. With this gain to producers and the more stable price, it was concluded that the reserve price had stimulated mohair production. It was therefore established that the Mohair Scheme had played a major part in the re-emergence of South Africa as the world' s leading mohair producer. Nevertheless, in view of the massive stockpiling in recent seasons, because the reserve price was set too high, the result was a substantial loss to the Scheme; it was therefore recommended that the Mohair Scheme be discontinued or, at least, that the reserve price should be set at a much lower long-run, market clearing level.
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Ndlovu, Ntombizikhona Beaulah. "Mohair and wool fibre surface structure and lustre determination." Thesis, Walter Sisulu University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1006641.

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Textiles have always been one of the essential materials for people and have a great variety of uses such as in clothing, agriculture, medical, automotive and aerospace applications. The sort of properties needed for any type of fabric basically depend on the structure of the fibre surface. Of many geometric attributes that can be used to describe the surface appearance of a fibre, yarn, or fabric sample, one of the more common is lustre. Mohair and wool fibre surface structure have been studied using optical microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Optical microscopy was also used to take fibre diameter measurements. Another technique, goniophotometry, was used to make quantitative lustre measurements of mohair and wool fibres. The surface structure of mohair has got a faint pattern of scales where the scales are generally unpronounced or flat and relatively long. Wool has got a scaly surface structure where the scales overlap leading to interlocking of fibres. The scale configuration on the surface of mohair and wool fibres also differs. A qualitative connection between fibre lustre and the fibre surface structure was found. Because of its smooth surface relative to that of wool, mohair reflects a greater amount of incident light specularly whereas wool reflects most of the incident light diffusely. In general, mohair fibres have a higher lustre than wool due to its less prominent cuticle structure found on its surface. Furthermore, mohair fibres with the smallest diameters give an even higher lustre.
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Rapakgadi, Jim. "Detection of contaminants in wool bales using nuclear techniques." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/993.

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To improve the quality and the marketability of wool and mohair, it is important to encourage, ensure and preferable certify that the baled fibre is free of contaminants. Anything other than the fibre that is within the bale can be classified as contaminants; this may be in the form of metal and wooden objects, plastic materials, paints, and vegetable matter such as grass and seed. The internationally accepted method for detecting and classifying these contaminants are highly labour intensive and costly. The ultimate goal of the present research is to develop a non-invasive and nondestructive technique that can be used to detect contaminants, particularly plastic (polymer) materials within wool and mohair bales. Such a technique can be implemented in the wool industry and also could be applied to other fibres, such as cotton. The immediate objective of this study was to evaluate the capability and the limitation of X-rays as a technique to detect such contaminants. It was found that X-rays were suitable for detecting foreign objects, or contaminants, such as metals, but not for detecting plastic materials, such as polypropylene and polyethylene.
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Tahmasbi, Abdol Mansour. "Role of biotin in the regulation of ovine and caprine hair follicle activity." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327426.

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Jordaan, Daniel Du Plessis Scheepers. "A critical analysis of the South African mohair marketing system in the evolving global agribusiness environment." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28740.

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The primary marketing of South African mohair has been the topic of much discussion and it has become a contentious issue since producer prices became unusually unstable, producer returns increasingly uncertain, and production consequently began declining. This dissertation has aimed to structure these discussions and issues and to critically analyse the South African mohair marketing system in the evolving global agribusiness environment. It is widely documented that the intangible attributes of products are growing in importance as retailers and consumers become increasingly interested in and concerned about safety, provenance, welfare, society and sustainability. Marketing systems are consequently compelled to convey not only objective but also subjective product quality attributes. Mohair is an exclusive product with niche market appeal and the central question of this dissertation is whether mohair is inherently suited to the current fifty-five year old commodity-based marketing system in a marketing environment that requires marketing systems to convey far more information than commodity-based systems do. This, in effect, boils down to the question whether the mohair clip can be considered a commodity or a niche product. Historically, mohair has been considered a commodity and the marketing system for mohair has been structured accordingly. Mohair is, however, one of the scarcer animal fibres globally, diverse in its physical properties and is suitable for use in many products all of which have different market and demand characteristics. It is therefore argued that mohair currently boasts with the characteristics of a product despite its historical development as a commodity. Mohair’s unit type (whether it is a product or a commodity) informs two theoretical frameworks used to determine an appropriate governance structure for the exchange between producers and processors. Both these frameworks reveal that the exchange between mohair producers and processors should be governed by more intensively coordinated governance structures than the current spot market. This is in accordance with global trends where there is a shift away from open market trading to more stringent coordination of the supply chain. In view of this it is proposed that the spot market, which this dissertation contends to be a “value bottleneck” in some instances, be augmented by a number of hybrid governance structures like long term contracts, cooperation agreements or some form of vertical ownership to offer additional exchange structures, where necessary, to transmit all of mohair’s attributes more effectively between producers and processors and ultimately the whole mohair supply chain when required to do so. It is proposed that these additional options should function in tandem with the current spot market which continues to be a critical exchange mechanism for mohair that is used as a generic input to the production of multi-purpose blended fibres where price and availability are the major determinants of demand and not the type of fibre or its intangible attributes. In such instances the conveyance of any attributes other than price and quantity (within the respective classing standards) is superfluous and a spot market to facilitate the exchange would suffice since it provides sufficient coordination control for the specific transaction. The discontinued or diluted use of a spot market as proposed is, however, not without pitfalls. The spot market price for mohair is the only public price forming mechanism. If the use of the spot market were to be discontinued or diluted there would be no reliable yardstick to use for negotiating prices for mohair that is exchanged by means of other governance structures and alternative mechanisms would need to be developed to determine such prices. In an attempt to keep up with global trends in agricultural marketing a South African mohair producer group recently established an “innovative” approach to the marketing of mohair. This innovation in marketing is, however, not quite complete although the producer group have instinctively made huge strides in the right direction. The producer group also continues to make use of a spot market to exchange their niche quality mohair, resulting in relatively high transaction costs that could be reduced by more coordinated governance structures. Over and above the theoretical arguments to this effect, mohair producers are also demanding vertical coordination structures that require increased levels of coordination to govern the exchange between themselves and mohair processors. The implementation of such strategies would be best undertaken by brokers or producer groups given the superior levels of trust that producers have expressed in brokers and the fact that the levels of transaction costs are the lowest between parties where the greatest levels of trust are exhibited. The inefficiencies created by an inappropriate or incomplete marketing system for South African mohair are expected to lead to a loss of consumer value and a loss of potential profit throughout the mohair supply chain. In anticipation of the ever changing, and now consumer driven agricultural marketing environment the South African mohair industry would therefore be well advised to collectively consider and to encourage the creation of exchange mechanisms that offer greater coordination within the mohair supply chain to function in tandem with the current spot market exchange mechanism and to embrace these developments in a practical and mutually inclusive manner to the benefit of the whole South African mohair industry – a challenge that would compel the industry to shake off its reputation as a sluggish adapter to the dynamic changes in world markets.
Dissertation (MSc (Agric))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Ribera, Landivar Luis Alejandro. "Econometric model of the U.S. sheep and mohair industries for policy analysis." Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2277.

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The U.S. sheep industry has been declining in size for many years. Many factors have contributed to the decline of the sheep industry including declining consumption of lamb and mutton, the growth in manmade fiber use, scarcity of labor, and predator losses. In an effort to slow the rate of decline in the U.S. sheep industry, the U.S. Congress passed the Wool Act of 1954. In 1993, Congress passed a three-year phase out of the Wool Act incentive payments with the last payments occurring in 1996. The 2002 Farm Bill included a marketing loan program for wool. The loan rates are set to $0.40 per pound for un-graded wool, $1.00 per pound for graded wool. In recent years exchange rate changes have had a large impact on the industry affecting lamb and wool trade. The U.S. is the second largest producer of mohair and Texas accounts for over 85 percent of the U.S. mohair production. Mohair also received incentive payments through the Wool Act. Mohair payments were also phased out along with the wool incentive payments. Moreover, the 2002 Farm Bill reinstated support for the industry by implementing a loan program with loan rates of $4.20 per pound of mohair. This analysis uses capital stock inventory accounting methodology to model the supply side of the sheep industry. Demand is incorporated using traditional single equations and complete demand system estimation methods. OLS, 2SLS, and 3SLS models are developed and tested for the single equations estimation methods. The OLS model is used to model the impacts of three different levels of loan rates for wool. Also, an OLS mohair model is developed and used to examine the impacts of three different levels of loan rates for mohair. Results indicate that the sheep industry will continue to decline even with the marketing loan program for wool in the 2002 Farm Bill. However, a higher loan rate for wool would reduce the decline rate of the industry. The Angora goat industry will continue to decline in size, but with a higher loan rate for mohair, the number of goats clipped would increase.
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Zhang, Yuping, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "The Tensile behaviour of non-uniform fibres and fibrous composites." Deakin University. School of Engineering and Technology, 2001. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051017.143549.

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This work investigates the tensile behaviour of non-uniform fibres and fibrous composites. Wool fibres are used as an example of non-uniform fibres because they're physical, morphological and geometrical properties vary greatly not only between fibres but also within a fibre. The focus of this work is on the effect of both between-fibre and within-fibre diameter variations on fibre tensile behaviour. In addition, fit to the Weibull distribution by the non-brittle and non-uniform visco-elastic wool fibres is examined, and the Weibull model is developed further for non-uniform fibres with diameter variation along the fibre length. A novel model fibre composite is introduced to facilitate the investigation into the tensile behaviour of fibre-reinforced composites. This work first confirms that for processed wool, its coefficient of variation in break force can be predicted from that of minimum fibre diameters, and the prediction is better for longer fibres. This implies that even for processed wool, fibre breakage is closely associated with the occurrence of thin sections along a fibre, and damage to fibres during processing is not the main cause of fibre breakage. The effect of along-fibre diameter variation on fibre tensile behaviour of scoured wool and mohair is examined next. Only wet wool samples were examined in the past. The extensions of individual segments of single non-uniform fibres are measured at different strain levels. An important finding is the maximum extension (%) (Normally at the thinnest section) equals the average fibre extension (%) plus the diameter variation (CV %) among the fibre segments. This relationship has not been reported before. During a tensile test, it is only the average fibre extension that is measured. The third part of this work is on the applicability of Weibull distribution to the strength of non-uniform visco-elastic wool fibres. Little work has been done for wool fibres in this area, even though the Weibull model has been widely applied to many brittle fibres. An improved Weibull model incorporating within-fibre diameter variations has been developed for non-uniform fibres. This model predicts the gauge length effect more accurately than the conventional Weibull model. In studies of fibre-reinforced composites, ideal composite specimens are usually prepared and used in the experiments. Sample preparation has been a tedious process. A novel fibre reinforced composite is developed and used in this work to investigate the tensile behaviour of fibre-reinforced composites. The results obtained from the novel composite specimen are consistent with that obtained from the normal specimens.
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Loots, F. A. "Business plan for Fiber Traders International (FTI)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6425.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A virtual monopoly has existed in the mohair processing industry for decades. As a result of 25 years of regulated marketing, producers lack marketing experience. This “monopolistic” situation has led to stagnation in production and eventually to alarming decreases world-wide. The aim of this research report is to provide a business plan for a company (Fibre Traders International (Pty) Ltd) that can capitalise on the opportunities in the market for mohair products in order to secure the funding needed to take advantage of these opportunities in a manner which would eventually also empower suppliers and clients.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die bokhaar-bedryf gaan reeds vir dekades gebukkend onder ‘n monopolistiese markomgewing binne die eerste vlakke van verwerking. Hierdie situasie is vererger deur produsente se gebrek aan bemarkingservaring asook 25 jaar se beheerde bemarkingsregulasies. Die gevolg was ‘n konstante afname in bokhaarproduksie oor ‘n tydperk van 20 jaar – en die bedryf verkeer tans op die rand van waarskynlik totale uitwissing. Hierdie situasie het Fibre Traders International Pty Ltd (FTI) laat besef dat daar groot geleenthede in die mark ontstaan het vir bokhaarprodukte en die maatskappy het dit ten doel om hierdie geleenthede op sodanige wyse te benut dat produsente en verbruikers uiteindelik ook voordeel daaruit kan trek. Die doel van hierdie besigheidsplan is dat FTI dit kan gebruik om die nodige kapitaal te genereer om hierdie geleenthede te benut.
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Rantlo, Montoeli Ashby. "Integration of small-scale mohair farmers into the commercial agricultural economy in Lesotho: a new institutional economics approach." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/62275.

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Agriculture continues to be a strategic sector in the development of most low-income countries like Lesotho where small-scale farming is the dominant livelihood activity that provides income and employment to the people. Smallholder farmers' integration into the commercial agricultural markets is a crucial element for economic development and has become a part of development strategies for developing countries and the objectives of international development institutions. The integration of the smallholders into these markets is dependent upon a number of factors including formal and informal institutions. Factors like population growth and demographic changes, technological change and introduction of new commodities, development of infrastructure and market institutions, development of the nonfarm sector and broader economy, rising labour opportunity costs, and macroeconomic, trade and sectoral policies affecting prices and other driving forces determine market participation. In addition, development of input and output markets, institutions like property rights and land tenure, market regulations, cultural and social factors affecting consumption preferences, production and market opportunities and constraints, agro-climatic conditions, and production and market related risks are other factors that affect the commercialisation process. On the other hand, factors like smallholder resource endowments including land and other natural capital, labour, physical capital, and human capital among others are household specific and considered internal determinants of market participation. Nevertheless, the decision to participate in agricultural markets lies with the individual farming household. Under the New Institutional Economics (NIE), this decision is influenced by institutional factors such as risk and preferences, factors which affect household production and the level of costs associated with market transactions. These market transactions are commonly referred to as transaction costs. The study focused on investigating the institutions that limit the integration of small-scale mohair farmers into the commercial agricultural economy in Lesotho. The documentation and evaluation of the institutional structure of the mohair industry is performed whereby the institutional factors influencing participation of small-scale mohair farmers in formal, informal and illegal markets in Lesotho and factors contributing to transaction costs associated with the integration of small-scale farmers into the commercial mohair sector are investigated. Therefore, the investigation will help to address the institutional problems hindering the development of an effective marketing structure for the commercialisation of small-scale mohair producers in Lesotho. The results of the study show that the small-scale mohair farmers that use the formal markets are integrated into the commercial agricultural economy and these farmers' integration into the mainstream economy is influenced by access to government support in the form of shearing sheds, transport subsidies and advisory services. They also have access to market information, marketing infrastructure, knowledge of grades and standards and secure property rights. Other factors that helped their integration into the commercial economy is their contractual agreements with mohair buyers, path dependent based decision making as well as the collective approach to mohair farming. The small-scale mohair farmers using the informal markets do not receive the advantages received by the famers in the formal markets. These small-scale mohair farmers are not integrated into the commercial markets and their only option is the informal markets and their participation in these markets is enhanced by their marketing arrangements with the informal traders, culture influenced decisions, social capital and prompt payments. Despite integration into the commercial agricultural economy, small-scale farmers that use formal markets face the challenges of power imbalances, mistrust and conflicts which may affect this integration into the commercial markets if left unchecked. The study concludes that in the face of institutional challenges, the small-scale mohair farmers using the formal markets are integrated into the commercial agricultural economy and there is potential for improvement of their integration as well as the integration of the small-scale mohair farmers that use the informal markets if institutional challenges are addressed.
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Debby, Robinson, ed. Knitting with mohair. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.

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Smuts, S. Medullation in mohair. Port Elizabeth: Sawtri, 1987.

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Coss, Melinda. Knitting with mohair. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988.

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United States. Farm Service Agency., ed. Mohair Recourse Loan Program. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, 2000.

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Forest, Violaine. Le manteau de mohair. Montréal: L'Hexagone, 2002.

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Jackson, Jean. Mohair wigmaking for dolls. Beckenham: Dolly Daydreams, 1991.

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SOCIETY, BRITISH ANGORA GOAT, FOOD FROM BRITAIN, and PROSPECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, eds. Prospects for UK mohair production. Ripon: Prospect Management services, 1988.

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Ffrench, Angela. Knitting and design for mohair. London: Batsford, 1987.

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Knitting and design for mohair. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987.

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Webb, Jacky. Mohair: From goat to garment. Chiddingly, E. Sussex: The Mohair Centre, 1992.

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Gooch, Jan W. "Mohair." In Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers, 467. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_7594.

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Amarnath, K., R. Venumadhav, and E. Sreedhar. "Experimental Investigation of Mohair Fibrous Composite Material on Mechanical Properties." In Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 239–46. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7557-0_22.

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Novikova, Kateryna. "“Mohair Berets”: Media Representations of Elderly Right-Wing Women and Aestheticization of Age in Poland." In Gender and Far Right Politics in Europe, 207–19. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43533-6_14.

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Biénabe, Estelle, Danie Jordaan, and Cerkia Bramley. "Private Versus Public Quality Schemes for Origin-Labelled Products: Insights from the Karakul Pelts and Camdeboo Mohair Industries." In Developing Geographical Indications in the South, 73–93. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6748-5_4.

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"Mohair." In Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers, 627. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30160-0_7468.

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"Mohair." In The Visual Dictionary of Fashion Design, 172. AVA Publishing SA Distributed by Thames & Hudson (ex-North America) Distributed in the USA & Canada by: English Language Support Office, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781474218573.0160.

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Hunter, Lawrance, and E. Hunter. "Mohair." In Silk, Mohair, Cashmere and Other Luxury Fibres. CRC Press, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781439823095.ch2.

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"mohair." In The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion. Fairchild Books, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781501365287.1770.

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"mohair." In The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Interior Design. Fairchild Books, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781501365171.2548.

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"mohair." In The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. Fairchild Books, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781501365072.10357.

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Franklyn, C. B., Gy Török, Marianne E. Hamm, and Robert W. Hamm. "Use of Small Angle Neutron Scattering to Study Various Properties of Wool and Mohair Fibres." In APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES: Eleventh International Conference. AIP, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3665301.

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Shahen, Jonathan, Jianwei Niu, and Mahesh Tripunitara. "Mohawk+T." In SACMAT '15: 20th ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2752952.2752966.

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Saunders, Will, Greg Smith, James Gilbert, Rolf Muller, Michael Goodwin, Nick Staszak, Jurek Brzeski, Stan Miziarski, and Matthew Colless. "'MOHAWK: a 4000-fiber positioner for DESpec." In SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, edited by Ian S. McLean, Suzanne K. Ramsay, and Hideki Takami. SPIE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.925724.

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Floess, Carsten H., and Francis Griggs, Jr. "Civil Engineering in the Hudson-Mohawk Section." In Third National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40594(265)39.

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V Sankar, Dhanya. "Memory, Materiality and Imagination in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West." In 13th International Conference on Humanities, Psychology and Social Sciences. Acavent, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/13th.hpsconf.2021.11.307.

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"Warren White Award - Professor Ram Mohan Narayanan." In 2017 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf17). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/radar.2017.7944145.

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Redwine, Joanna, and Kenneth D. Adams. "­A LONG-LIVED LAKE HISTORY IN MOHAWK VALLEY, NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA." In GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016. Geological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2016am-287297.

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Austin, A., A. Chopra, K. Neu, E. Tobin, S. Gilroy, and R. J. Blinkhorn. "The Mohawk Valley and Blastomycosis: Increasing Incidence in Albany, New York." In American Thoracic Society 2019 International Conference, May 17-22, 2019 - Dallas, TX. American Thoracic Society, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2019.199.1_meetingabstracts.a7062.

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Smith, Jacqueline A., Emily Caruso, and Nicholas Wright. "MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION IN TRIBUTARIES OF THE MOHAWK RIVER, NEW YORK STATE." In GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018. Geological Society of America, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018am-319620.

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Smith, Jacqueline A., James L. Hodge, Bradley H. Kurtz, and John I. Garver. "PERVASIVE MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION FOUND IN THE MOHAWK RIVER, NEW YORK STATE." In GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017. Geological Society of America, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2017am-301199.

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Peart, Charity. The Mohawk Dress. Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-1062.

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YUMA PROVING GROUND AZ. Environmental Assessment for Mohave Drop Zone. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, September 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada414674.

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Schuller, Reid, and Cheshire Mayrsohn. Mohawk Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 45. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-876.

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Goldman, C. A., J. F. Busch, E. P. Kahn, S. S. Stoft, and S. Cohen. Review of integrated resource bidding at Niagara Mohawk. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/7001368.

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Goldman, C. A., J. F. Busch, E. P. Kahn, S. S. Stoft, and S. Cohen. Review of integrated resource bidding at Niagara Mohawk. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10179892.

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Roberts, Peter Morse. New Seismic Monitoring Station at Mohawk Ridge, Valles Caldera. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1394947.

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McKenzie, S. P., and M. S. Uziel. Radiological Survey Results for the Niagara Mohawk Right-of-Way, Tonawanda, New York (TNY004). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), November 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1699.

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Marley, J. L., and R. F. Carrier. Results of the radiological survey at the Niagara-Mohawk property, Railroad Avenue, Colonie, New York (AL218). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/6466886.

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Jiménez-Parra, José Francisco, Sixto González-Víllora, and Alfonso Valero-Valenzuela. The evolution of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility from a contextual to a transcontextual model. A systematic review. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, April 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.4.0031.

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Review question / Objective: The aim of this research was to identify and analyze the advances produced during the last 6 years in intervention studies based on the Model of Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) both in the subject of physical education and in any other area of knowledge within the school context. To conduct this study, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed (Moher et al., 2015) and the question was elaborated in the PICO format: (P) Participants or Problem (eg children, adolescents, Elementary, secondary, country), (I) Intervention (eg units, lessons, quantitative, qualitative or mixed research), (C) Comparators (“Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility”, “Education”), and (O) Outcomes (eg personal and social responsibility, motivation, prosocial behaviors, basic psychological needs, perception of students and teachers).
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Wintergerst, Gary L., Danny N. Burgess, Joshua L. Merritt, and Paul E. Senseny. Axisymmetric Compression of a Mohr-Coulomb Medium with Arbitrary Dilatancy. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, November 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada242674.

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