A new wearable antenna for applications in communication systems used in military and police work has been developed. The proposed modified E-shaped PIFA antenna covers the nominal band of 380–400 MHz, and the functionality is guaranteed independently of the user’s clothing and the presence of lossy materials, such as wet clothing, mud or snow. The design is based on numerical simulations and m...

Lesotho and other least developed African countries responded impressively to the preferences they were granted under the African Growth and Opportunities Act with a rapid increase in their clothing exports to the US. But this performance has not been accompanied by some of the more dynamic growth benefits that might have been hoped for. In this study we develop the theory and present empirical...

Generally, the clothes with novel styles and contemporaries are called fashion clothing. Fashion clothing must be composed of several fashion elements such as fashion style, fashion color, fashion pattern, etc. The fashion of clothing is a kind of social phenomenon and a kind of cultural, economic activity which transcends borders. It expresses people’s favor of some styles, colors, fabrics, wa...

Gait is known to be an effective behavioral biometric trait for the identification of individuals. However, clothing has a dramatic influence on the recognition rate. Researchers have attempted to deal with this issue of clothing by segmenting parts of the gait images based on anatomical proportions. However, the clothing proportion is not the same as the anatomical proportion, as clothing is d...

The present study aimed to investigate and identify factors affecting the intention to buy of Islamic Azad University students to foreign brands of clothing among the students of this university in Tehran has been carried out. In which the impact of individual characteristics (unique needs and brand attitude) and normative characteristics of students (normative influence and brand awareness) on...

Clothing use is an important modern behavior that contributed to the successful expansion of humans into higher latitudes and cold climates. Previous research suggests that clothing use originated anywhere between 40,000 and 3 Ma, though there is little direct archaeological, fossil, or genetic evidence to support more specific estimates. Since clothing lice evolved from head louse ancestors on...

BACKGROUND Clothing has been proposed as an additional source of exposure to mite and cat allergens. Dispersal of allergen into public places has also been attributed to clothing. OBJECTIVES We sought to study the contribution of various types of clothing on mite and cat exposure in a domestic environment. Also, we studied the ability of clothing to transfer allergen in a workplace. METHODS...

This thesis analyzes the reflectance behavior of textiles in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) band (1 – 2 microns) in order to identify/design potential diagnostic tools that allow the remote detection of human presence in a scene. Analyzing the spectral response of fabrics in the SWIR band has gained significant interest in the remote sensing community since it provides a potential path to discr...

Standards for surgical procedures and medical clothing, designed for use in the operating theatre, have been gradually developed with the progress in science and technology. Standard No. EN 13795:2011, determining the requirements concerning materials for production of surgical gowns, was introduced in 2003. It concerns, e.g., resistance to microbial penetration. Little attention is given to th...

the douzlakh salt mine at chehr abad, zanjan province, iran has provided a rare organic preservation of human remains, and associated cloth and clothing. this textile evidence offers a window into a poorly known but pivotal era of textile history. moreover, the context is of accidental burial of miners at work, rather than deliberate burial of elites. at least six bodies have been recovered, on...