The traditional shirt (“ie”) is the most well-known element of Romanian anonymous textile art. Apart from aesthetic and utilitarian roles, it has strong symbolic significance, mainly through colours used for decoration. Very recently, with decoration over shoulder (“ia cu altiță”) was introduced as a identity part UNESCO heritage. Depending on ethnographic area, acquired special expressive part...

The number of tick bites received by individuals wearing either permethrin-treated or untreated summer clothing (T-shirt, shorts, socks, and sneakers) was compared during a controlled indoor study. Pathogen-free nymphal Ixodes scapularis Say were placed on the left shoe, right leg, and left arm of 15 (5/treatment group/d) human volunteers wearing untreated outfits or outfits treated with permet...

Nanocomposites, where nanoscale inclusions are embedded in a matrix material, have attracted increasing research attention in recent years. Here, we limit our focus to polymer nanocomposites. Nano-reinforcements (for instance, nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanotubes) have largely disappointed us in manufacturing lightweight, high-strength, and high-toughness polymer composites because of their ...

Large amounts of textile waste are generated every year and disposed through landfill or incineration, leading to numerous environmental social issues. In this work from Yixiang Wang Chufan Zhou, the dissolution three typical cotton fabrics (t-shirts, bed sheets jeans) in NaOH/urea aqueous solution, H2SO4 LiCl/DMAc solution was demonstrated. It proves feasibility recycle into biodegradable cell...