Methods of producing face float stitches in weft knitting are discussed: loop transfer, inlay, and purl knitting. The types of fabric which can be created using face float stitches are briefly described. The inlay method, ...

Hybrid least-squares algorithm MINOPT for a nonlinear regression is introduced. MINOPT from CHEMSTAT package combines fast convergence of the Gauss-Newton method in a vicinity of minimum with good convergence of gradient ...

In this paper, a new air-jet weft-insertion system, which does not require any air-guide, such as a confusor or profiled reed, is discussed. Characteristics of the new double-holed relay nozzles, studied by using Pitote-tube ...

The experimentally observed affine similarity of the time profiles of a longitudinal deformation pulse propagating in a more or less one-dimensional linear viscoelastic body has been used by the authors to develop a pulse ...

The main practical problems caused by multi-collinearity are reviewed. The biased estimators based on the generalization of principal components for avoiding multi-collinearity problems are described. The mean quadratic ...