Clothing Research Articles

Clothing, identity, and acculturation: The significance of immigrants’ clothing choices.

Clothing, identity, and acculturation: The significance of immigrants’ clothing choices.

Benefit risk and cost ratios in sustainable food and health policy: Changing and challenging trajectories.

There is benefit, risk and cost in all that we do, but when it comes to food, we expect that it will benefit our health, be available, safe to eat and affordable. But as climate change and demographic shifts through displacement and ageing gather momentum, the emphases on each of benefit, risk and cost will alter. That we are ecological beings whose health and wellbeing are ecosystem-dependent, must now be the underpinning framework for risk management. Loss of natural environment and biodiversity represents reduced nutritional and health resilience, which will need to be factored in to risk assessment and management with climate change. This is proving a problematic risk communication challenge. Previously desirable food and food pattern recommendations will be tempered by substantial sustainability, availability, safety, affordability, equity and ethical considerations. Future workforces will need to ensure basic livelihoods (food, water, shelter, clothing, healthcare, education, communication, essential transport, resource management and effective governance) and with risk minimisation. Cost appraisal will have less to do with monetisation and more to do with resource management in accordance with equity and ethical principles. Communities could adopt Liveability Units (LU) for traceability and community-based transactions, as a currency for a more sustainable future, encouraging and enabling food and health system viability. Open source food and health systems, supported by LU matrix (bar code or QR) scanning with smartphones could be widely available for individual, household and community benefit, risk and cost management. The risk is remoteness from food's origins and megadata commercialisation.

Профессиональное выгорание, симптомы эмоционального неблагополучия и дистресса у медицинских работников во время эпидемии COVID-19

The article presents the results of a synthesis by Australian and Canadian scientists (Kisely et al, 2020) of 59 reliable studies of the effects of work during various epidemics, including COVID-19, on mental health and well-being of medical workers in different countries The research includes the level of professional burnout, symptoms of emotional ill-being, and distress data based on the analysis of a data sample from 248 involved healthcare professionals of Russian medical institutions They anonymously and voluntarily filled up the Google-form that contained a methodical complex during the COVID-19 epidemic The complex included: A Beck Depression Scale, A Beck Anxiety Scale, J Goland Distress Rating Scale, K Maslach Professional Burnout Inventory The research showed that during the epidemic, most healthcare professionals experienced evidence of the professional burnout (60% complain of emotional exhaustion), moderate and severe indicators of depression (23%), moderate and severe anxiety indicators (25%) Also, a suicidal trend was found (10%) Negative emotions (fear of infection, loneliness and isolation sense), organizational problems (personal protective equipment deficit), physical discomfort (inconvenience of protective clothing, lack of sleep), and communicative difficulties have a great influence on the emotional distress of healthcare professionals Information noise and personal protective equipment deficit often performs as a problem area Healthcare professionals involved in supporting COVID-19 patients have higher rates of professional burnout, depression, and anxiety At the same time, high professional responsibility and motivation are maintained by the majority of specialists providing care to patients with COVID-19 Region healthcare professionals differ from Moscow healthcare professionals by higher rates of depression and anxiety and frequently complain about personal protective equipment deficit, leadership mistrust, or disagreement with them

Central Venous Catheter bundle: professional knowledge and behavior in adult Intensive Care Units.

To evaluate knowledge and behavior of professionals in Intensive Care Units regarding the actions recommended in the bundle on preventing central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection. Cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study, conducted in three Intensive Care Units. The data were collected through a face-to-face questionnaire applied to health professionals. The software R 3.3.1 was used for data analysis. Two-hundred and ninety-two professionals participated. Regarding knowledge, the hand hygiene item presented a higher level both for the insertion (92.46%) and maintenance (97.27%) moments. Usage of chlorhexidine as an antiseptic, followed by alcohol (47.94%) and providing a date for hub or connectors (19.87%) were the least known items. As for behavior, the professionals reported: using always the correct attire for catheter insertion (84.25%), never waiting for the antiseptic to dry before catheter insertion (25.34%) and never cleaning hub or connectors with 70% alcohol (23.86%). Results show that the professionals' knowledge and behavior regarding the central venous catheter bundle present deficiencies, revealing the importance of promoting training programs for this knowledge domain.

Sales forecasting by artificial neural networks for the apparel retail chain stores-An application

Sales forecasting by artificial neural networks for the apparel retail chain stores-An application

재실자 착의량 산출을 위한 선행 연구 및 기술 분석

재실자 착의량 산출을 위한 선행 연구 및 기술 분석

남성복 디자인 아웃소싱을 위한 기획 프로세스 제안

남성복 브랜드에서 운용하는 프로세스는 1980-90년대 대량 생산과 성장기에 구축된 시스템에서 큰 차이를 보이지 않고 있으며 이는 새로운 글로벌 경쟁 구도 속에서 변화의 필요성에 대한 성찰이 요구된다고 할 수 있다. 이 연구는 급변화 된 패션 비즈니스 환경에서 경쟁력의 대안으로 통합형 디자인 기획 조직을 통한 디자 인 아웃소싱 프로세스를 제안하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 연구의 방법은 주제와 관련된 문헌 연구를 통하여 관련 주제에 대해 고찰한 후 이를 토대로 남성복 기획 디자인과 아웃소싱 관련 전문가와의 심층 면접으로 진행하였다. 조사 결과 현재 남성복 브랜드의 어려움과 위기는 소비자 니즈의 다양화, 글로벌 SPA의 위협, 온라인 편집 매장의 성장, 가격 경쟁력 확보와 원가 절감 압박을 들었다. 이를 타개하기 위한 대안으로 남성 복 디자인 기획 조직을 디자이너와 머천다이저의 업무와 역할이 결합된 통합형 디자이너로 조직 운영의 변 화를 주어야 하고 외부의 전문화된 디자인 아웃소싱 업체와의 상호 협력의 파트너십을 유지할 필요가 있다. 남성복 디자인 기획은 통합된 조직을 통하여 아웃소싱 업체와의 통합 프로세스로 운영되어야 하며 이를 위 한 인력 양성에 관심을 가져야 한다. 새로운 프로세스의 성과 도출의 핵심은 디자이너와 머천다이저의 시각 을 균형 있게 볼 수 있는 역량과 감성을 갖춘 통합형 디자이너의 운영이라 할 수 있다. 통합된 조직과 프로세 스는 정보 처리 과정이 단순화되면서 빠른 의사결정의 장점이 있으며 각각의 담당별로 책임과 권한의 범위 에 따른 성과가 달라질 수 있다. 디자인 아웃소싱의 역할은 디자인과 생산 경쟁력을 갖추기 위한 연구개발에 적극적으로 투자해야 하며 국내 시장에서 벗어나 적극적으로 해외 시장 바이어 개척을 통하여 디자인과 생 산 경쟁력을 키워나가는 것이다.

Maintenance to Muslim Divorced Women: An Overview

In common parlance the term Maintenance implies basic necessities of life which a person requires for the survival. Under the Muslim Law, the term ‘maintenance’ is called as ‘Nafaqa’ in Arabic terminology the term maintenance stand for the very word nafaqa which includes food, clothing, dwelling and other necessary articles, necessary for the livelihood and comfort of a woman. Under other personal laws a divorced wife is entitled to maintenance until her remarriage or indulgence in post-divorce adultery. But the Muslim law does not provide for any maintenance to a divorced wife after the period of Iddat. In case of Shah Bano when the controversy regarding the maintenance of divorced wife after iddat period is arose and Protection of Muslim Women Rights Act ,1986 was enacted in which there was a provision to pay a handsome and reasonable amount to a divorced wife by a hasband till the compilation of iddat period. The said provision backed by the holy Quranic provision in which the term “MATA” is used which implies handsome and reasonable amount for a divorced wife so that she can live her life after divorce in a dignity full manner. With respect to maintenance of divorce wife under the Muslim Law, the right of maintenance commences on divorce or when she comes to know of the divorce and ceases on the death of her husband, as her right of inheritance supervenes. In other cases where husband is alive and has divorced the wife, she can claim maintenance only during the Iddat period and not beyond that. The widow is therefore, not entitled to maintenance during the Iddat period commencing after death of the Husband. This rule has been a bone of contention and on this count there has been a debate in a society as to uniformity of the personal laws. Before the enactment of Protection of Muslim Women Rights Act ,1986 in Muslim law it was very easy for the husband to get or to give divorce to the Muslim wife, he can very easily escape the liability of providing maintenance to the wife. As mentioned above it is no longer obligatory for the erstwhile husband to provide maintenance beyond Iddat period. In this paper explain and clarify Muslim women maintenance under Muslim Personal law.

PREVALENCE AND DIVERSITY OF CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER SPECIES IN MAIN CITRUS GROWING AREAS OF MALAKAND IN NORTHWEST PAKISTAN

Malakand Division in northwest Pakistan is known for delicious sweet orange, locally called Malta (Citrus sinensis). However, both quality and quantity of the citrus produce has seen a decline over the past few decades. Among production constraints, Huanglongbing (HLB) caused by phloem-limited alpha proteobacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) -an endosymbiont of Asian Citrus Psyllid (Diaphorina citri), is of great economic significance. Therefore, we assessed HLB incidence through symptom-based surveys in major citrus growing areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Northwest Pakistan. The presence or absence of CLas in the collected citrus samples was confirmed by PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) using three set of primers (LSS/LAS606, OI1/OI2C “16S rDNA” and MH353/MH354 “operon “nusG-rplK”). An average disease incidence of 92% and severity of 34% were recorded from main production zones in district Swat, KP. Likewise, in district Lower Dir, HLB had disease incidence and severity of 64% and 24%, respectively. Molecular diagnostics using 16S rDNA-specific primer LSS/LAS606 and OI1/OI2C, yielded characteristic bands of 500 bp and 1160 bp, from all five pooled samples from Swat district, while only two samples of Dir tested positive for both primers. Using an alternative primer MH353/MH354 (nusG-rplK) showed positive amplification for four samples from Swat and two samples of Dir with an amplicon of 631 bp. To assess the molecular diversity of the CLas, Sanger sequencing was carried out based on16S rDNA gene. Sequence analysis of 16S rDNA gene from all samples revealed maximum similarity with C. Liberibacter asiaticus. Among studied isolates, SwKjuPk-5 (MH374503) and SwMtaPk-2 (MH374500) isolates appeared to be more divergent and grouped in separate clad as compared to remaining isolates of Swat and Dir.

Wpływ działań CSR w przemyśle odzieżowym na akceptację wyższej ceny przez konsumentów pokolenia Z

Celem artykułu było zbadanie, czy stosunek młodych konsumentów do zakupów odzieży wytwarzanej przez firmy prowadzące działania społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu (CSR) może wpływać na akcentację wyższych cen tych produktów. Badanie zostało przeprowadzone na próbie 150 respondentów, reprezentujących pokolenie Z. Do weryfikacji hipotez badawczych zastosowano jednoczynnikową analizę wariancji. Wyniki badania pokazują, iż istnieje związek pomiędzy pozytywnym stosunkiem pokolenia Z do zakupu odzieży produkowanej zgodnie z zasadami CSR a wysokością akceptowanych przez nie cen. Konsumenci o pozytywnych postawach akceptują wyższy poziom cen ubrań produkowanych społecznie odpowiedzialnie. Wyniki badania są istotne dla polskiej praktyki gospodarczej i mogą być zachętą do podejmowania działań z zakresu CSR przez przedsiębiorstwa. Ma to szczególnie duże znaczenie obecnie, kiedy to głównie duże przedsiębiorstwa wdrażają omawianą koncepcję. Artykuł wypełnia lukę w badaniach zachowań polskich konsumentów pokolenia Z na rynku odzieży produkowanej zgodnie z zasadami CSR. Przyczynia się także do zrozumienia działań społecznie odpowiedzialnych, zarówno przez młodych konsumentów, jak i przez firmy odzieżowe. Wskazano jednak konieczność prowadzenia dalszych badań nad omawianym tematem.

THE IMPACT OF MARKETING STRATEGY IN EVENT TO ATTRACT FASHION CUSTOMER’S BRAND AWARENESS

The growth of Small Medium and Enterprises Business is one of the main keys to an economy’s vitality. SMEs are known to have a major role in creating wealth, given their place in the economy. According to Chugtai (2014) SMEs business is growing rapidly and have a big strategies role to develop the economic growth in a city. Fashion business is the one of the potential aspects that Bandung’s have supported by availability of the raw material of products, social networking through the fashion community, and also the human resources that develop the fashion industry. As time goes by, many ways are done by the company to promote their products. The one of innovation that a company do to introduce product and create an awareness among the target market is by event marketing strategy. Event marketing is an activity that have been planned and organized by a company with the intent to introduce a brand of the company that have three critical elements that make the event marketing strategy success i.e. entertainment, excitement and enterprise (Hoyle, 2002). The marketing event is an opportunity for the company to reach a bigger market and establishing real and direct contact with consumers during events such as festivals, fairs, or sporting events, can produce a memorable brand experience for everyone (Zarantonello, 2012). SME business can use this marketing strategy to increase their brand awareness. Hopefully, they can understand how to design the strategy of event marketing to attract customer awareness, so that they can implement this event marketing strategy in their business. Research Aims: Analyse the impact of event marketing strategy to brand awareness customer apparel industry Design/methodology/approach: Judgement sampling method with respondents completing a fivepoint Likert scale close-ended questionnaire Research Findings: The result shows that event marketing has a positive impact on brand awarenessand also event marketing should be design well to make memorable memory for the customer

The GDC: A wolf in grandma's clothing

The GDC: A wolf in grandma's clothing

La vulva de Atis = The vulva of Attis

Resumen: La iconografía de la vestimenta de Atis es muy variada. Uno de los tipos más característicos es la imagen del dios con el vestido abierto mostrando, con frecuencia, el sexo. La forma en la que se abre la túnica no deja lugar a dudas: representa una vulva. Es sugerente imaginar que esa forma alude al momento del mito en el que se produce la eviración. El Carmen 63 de Catulo es un buen material propedéutico para el problema. Más allá de la constatación de la ambigüedad sexual del dios cercenado, lo interesante en este caso es que la ambigüedad se resuelve mediante un mecanismo ideológico de oposición de contrarios: lo que no es claramente viril, aparenta femenino. En consecuencia, la representación de la vestimenta es aprovechada para resolver un conflicto de los observadores que soportan mal la indefinición genérica: la pérdida del sexo masculino se reviste con la marca genital femenina.Abstract: The iconography of Attis’ clothing is varied. One of the most characteristic types is the image of the god with the open dress showing often his sex. The way the tunic is opened leaves no doubt: it represents a vulva. It is suggesting imagining that this form alludes to the moment of the myth whereby the castration takes place. Catullus’s Carmen 63 is a good propaedeutic material for the problem. Beyond the verification of the sexual ambiguity of the emasculated god, the interesting point in this case is that the ambiguity is resolved by means of an ideological mechanism of opposition of opposites: what is not clearly virile, seems feminine. Consequently, the representation of the clothing is used to resolve a conflict generated in the observers who badly endure generic lack of definition: the loss of the male sex is clothed with the female genital mark.Palabras clave: Androginia, Atis, Cibeles, Frigia, vulva.Key words: Androgyny, Attis, Cibeles, Phrygia, vulva.

Dress Profesh: Deconstructing Power through the Clothing

Dress Profesh: Deconstructing Power through the Clothing

Self-management and the influencing factors of discharged patients with cancer after 125I seeds implantation

Objective To investigate the status of self-management of discharged patients after radioactive 125I seeds implantation and analyze the possible influencing factors, so as to provide reference for postoperative continuous nursing guidance. Methods From March to April 2018, convenient cluster sampling was used to select out of hospital tumor patients who met the inclusion criteria after 125I seed implantation in the Department of Radiation Oncology of Peking University Third Hospital within half a year. The self-designed Radiation Protection Knowledge and Self-management Behavior Evaluation Questionnaire was used to collect data through telephone follow-up and medical record review. In the self-designed part of the questionnaire, 2 particle group doctors and 2 deputy directors and 1 associate professor was invited to evaluate the content validity of the questionnaire. The total number of questionnaires was 72 and 72 valid questionnaires were collected. SPSS 21.0 statistical software was used for data entry and analysis. Results After 125I seed implantation, the patients' knowledge score of radiation protection outside hospital was (3.33±1.22) with a full score of 5; the self-management score of radiation protection was (27.40±9.47) with a full score of 44; the total self-management score of patients with lead-free clothing was higher than that of patients with lead-free clothing (t=5.51, P<0.001) ; the self-management level of radiation protection of medical insurance patients was higher than that of self paid patients (t=2.15, P<0.05) ; family economic pressure was the influencing factor of self-management of radiation protection (F=-4.41, P<0.05) ; the knowledge of radiation protection was positively correlated with self-management behavior of radiation protection (r=0.544, P<0.001) . Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that, the family economic incorne, the total score of radiation protection knowledge, and whether they have their own lead clothing were the main influencing factor of discharged patients with cancer after 125I seeds implantation (P<0.05) . Conclusions The knowledge of radiation protection outside the hospital and the ability of self-management of radiation protection of the patients after 125I seed implantation are medium level. The important factors influencing the self-management of radiation protection of the patients after seed implantation are whether they have their own lead clothing, family economic income, and the cognitive level of radiation protection. In order to achieve better self-management level of radiation protection, medical staff should educate patients about the hazards and protection of radiation, improve patients' awareness of radiation protection, and encourage patients to buy lead clothing. Key words: Neoplasm patients; Radioactive seeds implantation; Radiation protection; Self-management

An experiment to create Zero Wastage Clothing by stitching and slashing technique

An experiment to create Zero Wastage Clothing by stitching and slashing technique

Meeting the Basic Needs of the Family: The Changing Economic Role of Wives and Daughters in the Villages of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka

Women fulfill several important roles during their lifetime but in recent years, the productive role of rural women has assumed greater importance. Traditionally, their economic role was confined to work within their homes, home gardens, farma and villages. Today there is an increasing tendency for women to engage in full-time or part-time non-farm occuapations. The objective of this paper is to assess the extent to which incomes of women in traditional tank villages contribute to the provision of food, clothing,shelter, health and educational requirements of their children through in situ and ex situ non-farm employment; highlight some of the conflicts faced by wlmen when they attempt to balance the demands of their multiple roles; identify major issues and suggest suitable recommendations. The sample selected from three traditional villages included: a male headed households in which the husband and wife spend an equal proportion on basic needs facto and de jure female headed households and households with unmarried employed women Accepted ethmographic techniques were used to collect data. Thte study highlighted the urgent need to support diversification of economic activities of rural woman,combat domestic violence, facilitate them to obtain micro credit, acquire skills, and gain access to new opportunities.

Approaches to the certain meanings of garments’ ripped outlooks

When we consider garments as communication tools, we realize that they reach from an idea or a thought to a representative form of existence. Garments that contain a specific notice or an expression in themselves, are re-shaped within a design phenomenon through various stylistic applications. Even though many styles of garments evoke traditional and usual styles, they don't refrain from telling other things by re-emerging at different times and extensions. It is possible to express about garments that our motive to create a common language within a social structure fuelling with cultural values, is one of the most basic purposes that serve to non-verbal communication. Periodic references belong to different styles, different shapes that are created on the material surfaces and any kind of formal images that serve to appearance, constitute iconic or symbolic indication styles that serve to garments' taking on a meaning process. Although the message wanted to be given by a garment varies from an era to era and from condition to condition, it becomes an integral part of a meaningful whole, as long as it is understandable from the viewpoint of the society. This is a descriptive research that is about analyzing every kind of alterations of garments’ ripped outlooks of traditional eras including postmodern era, and also this research is done in order to reveal which idea did these consciously or unconsciously created “ripped” outlooks on garments that distinguish wholistic coinciding with political, social and cultural values, based on. Moreover, this research is done to learn by the way of which outlooks did this fact is provided. In the research, stylistic and thematic specifications of “ripped” outlooks are made, garments' explanation styles and ripped outlooks' questionings related to cultural memory are tried to be explained with sufficient and equivalent examples during the process. It is concluded that ripped outlooks, which are pictographic representation devices of various cultural values of garments from past to present, undergo lexical changes depending on time and extension, moreover, these lexical changes are shaped associating with a lot of social, cultural, economic and/or psychologic communal characteristics. &#x0D; ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.&#x0D; &#x0D; Özet&#x0D; Giysileri bir iletişim aracı olarak düşündüğümüzde, bir fikir ya da düşünceden temsili bir varoluş biçimine uzandığını görürüz. Belirli bir bildiri ya da bir söylemi içinde barındıran giysiler, çeşitli biçimsel uygulamalarla tasarım olgusu içerisinde yeniden şekil alır. Bazı giysi biçimleri geleneksel anlamda alışılagelmiş stillere çağrışım yapsa da farklı zaman ve uzamlarda yeniden ortaya çıkarak başka şeyleri söylemekten geri kalmazlar. Giysilere ilişkin, kültürel değerlerden beslenerek toplumsal yapı içerisinde ortak bir dil yaratma güdümünün, sözsüz iletişime hizmet eden en temel amaçlarından biri olduğunu da ifade etmek mümkündür. Farklı stillere ait dönemsel göndermeler, malzeme yüzeylerinde oluşturulan farklı biçimler ile görünümüne hizmet eden her türlü şekilsel görüntüler, giysilerin anlamlandırılma sürecine hizmet eden görüntüsel ya da sembolik gösterge biçimlerini oluşturmaktadırlar. Giysi ile verilmek istenen mesaj, her dönemde ve koşulda değişkenlik gösterse de toplumsal açıdan aynı oranda anlaşılabilir olduğu sürece anlamlı bir bütünün parçası haline gelmektedir. Bu araştırma, giysilerdeki yırtık görünümlerin geleneksel dönemlerden postmodern dönemi de kapsayan sürece kadar geçirdiği her türden değişimleri incelenme konusunda, giysilerin yüzeylerinde bilinçli ya da bilinçsiz oluşturulan ve bütünseli ayıran “yırtık” görünümlerin siyasi, sosyal, kültürel vb. değerlerle örtüştürülerek hangi düşüncenin temeline yaslandığını ve hangi görünümlerle bunu sağladığını ortaya çıkarmak amacına ulaşılmak üzere yapılmış betimsel bir araştırmadır. Araştırmada günümüzde bir tasarım unsuru halini alan giysi yüzeylerindeki “yırtık” görünümlerin süreç içerisinde biçimsel ve izleksel tanımlamaları yapılmış, bu görünümlerle giysilerin anlamlandırılma biçimi ortaya konulmuş ve yırtık görünümlerin kültürel belleğe ilişkin sorgulamaları yeterince karşılık bulunan örneklerle açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır. Geçmişten bugüne giysilerde çeşitli kültürel değerlerin görüntüsel bir temsil aracı olarak ifade bulan yırtık görünümlerin zaman ve uzama göre türlü anlamsal değişimlere uğradığı, bu anlamsal değişimlerin sosyal, kültürel, ekonomik ve/ya psikolojik birçok toplumsal niteliklerle ilişkili olarak biçimlendiği sonucuna varılmıştır.

Comparative study of stainless steel AISI 431 coatings prepared by extreme-high-speed and conventional laser cladding

High quality 431 steel coatings were prepared on a 27SiMn substrate by extreme-high-speed laser cladding (EHLA) and conventional laser cladding (CLA), respectively. The cladding speed of the EHLA process was 150 m/min, and the surface rate could reach up to 1.14 m2/h, which is four times higher than that of the CLA process. The microstructure of the coatings was investigated in detail. The microstructure of both coatings was dominated by dendrites. Benefitting from the ultrahigh cooling rate, the dendrites of EHLA coatings were more refined than that of CLA coatings. The element distribution between dendrites and interdendritic regions was more uniform. The corrosion resistance was evaluated by electrochemical tests. The results indicated that the EHLA coatings performed better corrosion resistance due to the fine uniform microstructure.

Fashion and history: There is no doubt that clothes matter

Fashion and history: There is no doubt that clothes matter