INTRODUCTION Tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and ehrlichiosis are a significant concern for many thousands of workers who have frequent and unavoidable exposure to tick-infested habitats. Many North Carolina state employees with outdoor occupations report multiple tick bites each year, indicating that existing tick preventive strategies may be underutiliz...

Occupational population-based epidemiological data relating to occupational contact allergies in the Chinese clothing industry are limited. To investigate the prevalence of occupational allergic contact dermatitis (OACD) and to identify the causative allergens among clothing employees in China, a cross-sectional study was conducted in 529 clothing employees at 12 clothing factories in Beijing. ...

In this research, we extend a model of transdermal uptake of phthalates to include a layer of clothing. When compared with experimental results, this model better estimates dermal uptake of diethylphthalate and di-n-butylphthalate (DnBP) than a previous model. The model predictions are consistent with the observation that previously exposed clothing can increase dermal uptake over that observed...

The issue of the right to freedom expression and pornography needs be studied from a human rights perspective in terms universalism particularism. Pornography has potential have different standards depending on time place person’s use clothing extent which law restricts pornographic behavior. This study aims unravel digital space Perspective Human Rights Particularism. research method used is n...

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the clothing of women depicted by artists under timurid and safavid dynasties is well represented in the surviving illustrations of shahnameh baisonghor and shahnameh of shah tahmasp. a descriptive-analytical survey of the related historical documents and a comparison of the illustrations of these two shahnameh books will contribute to answering the following questions: from which aspects do th...

INTRODUCTION Clothing can be a cause of occupational dermatitis. Frequent causes of clothing-related dermatological problems can be the fabric itself and/or chemical additives used in the laundering process, friction from certain fabrics excessively rubbing the skin, or heat retention from perspiration-soaked clothing in hot working environments. To the best of our knowledge, these are the firs...

abstract the move toward modernism along with the cultural globalization and the rise of consumer culture make fashionism and also permanent surveillance and focusing on the visible characteristics of the body a common phenomenon in contemporary societies.nowadays, modern people with the use of fashionable things and through paying extreme attention to cloth and appearance construct personal im...

Cooling of thermosensitive patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) can improve clinical symptoms. In order to study the effectiveness of an advanced lightweight cooling-garment technology based on aquatic evaporation, a single-blinded balanced crossover study was performed on 20 patients with an Expanded Disability Status Scale score < or =6.5. The results using a tight-cuff cooling-garment proto...