Data from the US population-based Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted from 1988 to 1994, were used to estimate the population prevalence, prevalence odds ratios, and attributable fractions for the association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with employment by industry and occupation. The aim was to identify industries and occupations at increased ri...

A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is an application of modern manufacturing techniques. Like for other manufacturing equipment, the success of an FMS is very much dependent upon its trouble-free operation. It is crucial to monitor all the possible faults or abnormalities in real time and, when a fault is detected, react quickly in order to maintain the productivity of the FMS. Because of th...

In the recent era of development, global market for sportswear textile manufacturing industries has increased with increase in consumption active sportswear. The manufacturers not only focused on trends but also material diversification technology enhancement. performance characteristics directly influence comfort level and athletic during sports activities. Different types products require dif...

Coloured wastewaters are a consequence of batch processes in both dye-manufacturing and dye-consuming industries. Dyes are widely used in a number of industries, such as textile and leather dyeing, food, cosmetics, paper printing, gasoline, with the textile in‐ dustry as the largest consumer. Dyeing as a fundamental operation during textile fibre processing causes the production of more or less...

Several approaches are possible fol upgrading textile wet processing control systems. To that end, some fundamentat constraints and limitations of present control systems must be alleviated. Considerations for novel control algorithm: are presented as well as specific simu lation and experimental results for fuzzy logic and for adaptive control systems are presented. Introduction Process contro...

During the past 15 years NASA has taken the lead role in exploiting the benefits of textile reinforced composite materials for application to aircraft structures. The NASA Advanced Composites Technology (ACT) program was started in 1989 to develop composite primary structures for commercial transport airplanes with costs that are competitive with metal structures. As part of this program, sever...

â â â  â â  abstract: â  china and asean have been maintaining a relationship both cooperative and competitive in the textile trade. due to its labor intensive feature and high dependence on foreign trade , the textile trade has received much attention after the 2008 financial crisis. the customs data (classified by the hs code) from year 2006-2009 is employed to research the impact of the cris...

We read the report of Too et al with interest. We support the hypothesis of gene–environment interaction triggering an autoimmune response to citrullinated proteins in lung tissue, and feel this study strengthens the concept of inhalation of workplace dust or fumes stimulating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development. It has been hypothesised that cadmium inhalation within dust or fumes may trigge...