Abstract This study presents a novel stress index for clothing using physiological signals to estimate induced by battle dress uniforms (BDU) during physical activity. The approach uses fuzzy logic-based nonlinear mapping compute the from signals. Ten healthy men performed battery of activities in controlled environment. Heart rate (HR), respiration (RR), skin temperature (ST), and galvanic res...

Research Question As a clothing and accessories retailer, Zara launches 11,000 designs on store shelves every year. There are over 200 distinct items in a given Zara store with a one-week inventory turnover. A retailing chain like Zara usually maintains a wide variety of products at its warehouse, but only displays a much smaller set of products at a given store due to space constraints. Even s...

The aim of this study was identification of fungi in indoor and outdoor of asthmatic patients home environment. Opened plates (containing of Malt extract agar media) were used for isolation of fungi in the air of indoor (n=360) and outdoor (n=180) of 90 asthmatic patients home living in the city of Sari at the level of breathing height. Plates were incubated in room temperature for 7-14 days. T...

Background: The use and effectiveness of traditional lead gonad shields in pediatric pelvic radiography has been challenged by several literatures over the past two decades. The aim of this study was to develop a new radioprotective gonad shields to be use in pediatric pelvic radiography. Materials and Methods: The commercially available 0.06 mm lead equivalent bismuth garment has cropped squar...

Underlying fabrics can change the appearance, function and quality of the garment, and also add so much longevity of the garment. Nowadays, with the increasing use of various types of fabrics in the garment industry, their resistance to bagging is of great importance with the aim of determining the effectiveness of textiles under various forces. The current paper investigated the effect of unde...

The meaning of the word katela was in question by Rabbis Middle Ages. search for its revealed an unknown breast cover, used women to emphasize their breasts. This has led a fascinating new perspective on Jewish women's life On cover:Late Roman wall, portion immediately south West Gate (Porta Oea) with re-used blocks from first-century mausolea (Drawing Francesca Bigi) and Tombstone Regina South...

Globalization and its impact on wage inequality between skilled-unskilled and male-female laborers have become a crucial research issue over the recent past. It is expected that with increased trade due to globalization developing countries will specialize in producing and exporting unskilled and/or female labor-intensive products and wage rates of unskilled and/or female labor will rise. The o...

This paper introduces a new automatic technique for garment retexturing using a single static image along with the depth and infrared information obtained using the Microsoft Kinect II as the RGB-D acquisition device. First, the garment is segmented out from the image using either the Breadth-First Search algorithm or the semi-automatic procedure provided by the GrabCut method. Then texture dom...

BACKGROUND Concerns about the nutritional status of Cambodian garment workers were raised years ago but data are still scarce. The objectives of this study are to examine the nutritional, hemoglobin and micronutrient status of female workers in a garment factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and to assess if body mass index is associated with hemoglobin and/or micronutrient status. METHODS A cross...

Purpose – The aim of this paper was to explore the use of objective fabric parameters in 3-D virtual garment simulation. Design Method – Two methods (FAST and Browzwear’s fabric testing kit) of obtaining objective fabric measurements and the derived parameters for virtual garment simulation were studied. Three parameters (extension, shear and bend) were investigated to establish if the selected...