UNLABELLED In our country quartz is widely used for denim sandblasting and new cases with silicosis are defined. Silicosis is a preventable occupational lung disease caused by inhaled dust containing crystalline silica and no effective treatment for silicosis is available (1). CASE 1: A 23-years old man was admitted to the hospital with dyspnea on effort and cough. He had worked in a denim manu...

BACKGROUND Sandblasting of jeans in small Turkish workshops has recently been recognized as a cause of silicosis. CASE SERIES Between August 2004 and March 2006, we admitted 16 young men with a history of working in small workplaces producing sandblasted jeans. Of these, 14 presented with respiratory symptoms and the remaining two through awareness of their work colleagues. In the first two c...

Background: Silicosis is one of the oldest recorded occupational lung diseases, known since the time of Hippocrates and the ancient Egypt. It is an untreatable illness characterised by irreversible and progressive fibrotic reaction in the lung tissue caused by inhaling silica dust crystals with aereodynamic diameters of 0.5-5.0 micron diameter. It is a significant cause of mortality in the deve...

Natural dyestuffs, which took the place of synthetic dyestuffs in past, have started to be used consciously again thanks increasing understanding 'environmentally friendly textile'. These natural are mostly obtained from plants or food waste. Coffee is most consumed nutrient world after water. Therefore, there a lot waste coffee nature and it contains pigments that give its color. In this study...

The abrasion behavior of denim fabrics could be affected by fabric surface properties (surface friction coefficient and roughness) depending on structural parameters. This study investigated the coefficients roughness woven with different parameters after abrasion. In general, while process reduced during initial cycles, surface's increased as number cycles increased. However, due to there was ...

This research aims to determine the time limit needed and environmental conditions that provide highest success rate in identifying dried blood samples on fabric of stretch denim, ramie black coated dry denim jeans using elution absorption method. Also, evaluate effect fabric, condition, time, interactions regarding group identification. The study was conducted 3 replications for each type whic...