BACKGROUND The number of textile industries in Nigeria with large work force is on the rise. There is thus the need to assess medical challenges of its workers, one of which is respiratory ailments. Although much has been written about the subject globally, only few studies have been done in Nigeria. This study aims to address this gap. OBJECTIVE A cross-sectional study was undertaken to dete...

This mini review aimed at analyzing how mass customization and the Maker movement are modifying the production and consumption of textile and clothing goods. This paper focus on the consumer role in the production and consumption. Both mass customization and Maker movement propose a new role for the consumers, in which they actively participate in the construction, modification and manufacturin...

Three parallel cohort studies of asbestos factory workers were undertaken to investigate the effects of mineral fibre type and industrial process on malignant mesothelioma, respiratory cancer, and asbestosis. This report describes the mortality of a cohort of 2543 men, defined as all those employed for at least a month from 1938 to 1958 in a textile plant in South Carolina in which chrysotile w...

The treatment of textile wastewater for reuse using an electrochemical oxidation step combined with a membrane filtration step is reported in this paper. The electrolytical process is a traditional one, which is easy to scale up and to apply in practice. This paper proposes a modification of the transfer-flow membrane (TFM) module with fibres welded in an arc-shape to enhance the mechanical pro...

In this study, an embedded machine vision system using Gabor filters and Pulse Coupled Neural Network (PCNN) is developed to identify defects of warp-knitted fabrics automatically. The system consists of smart cameras and a Human Machine Interface (HMI) controller. A hybrid detection algorithm combing Gabor filters and PCNN is running on the SOC processor of the smart camera. First, Gabor filte...

To fully participate in societal life, people must possess solid basic skills – knowing how to read, process and analyze information so as to understand the world around them and make informed decisions. Such life skills are crucial for finding a satisfying job, taking care of one’s health, exercising good citizenship, accessing cultural products and enjoying them – in short, to benefit from a ...

More than half of the world’s cotton lint is produced in Asian countries: China contributes 24 percent (6.3 Mt of raw cotton), India 16 percent (4.1 Mt) and Pakistan 10 percent (2.5 Mt) to the total world cotton production (Kooistra, 2006). The cotton-based farming systems differ for management practices and cropping pattern across and within countries, however in common they have the size ofte...

Chlorothalonil (tetrachloro-1,3-benzenedicarbonitrile, CAS 1897-45-6) is a pesticide that has been on the market for many years. It is used as a fungicide in agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture; as a wood preservative; and in paint. We report an epidemic of airborne irritant contact dermatitis, conjunctivitis, and upper airway complaints among seamstresses in a Portuguese trailer tent f...

Noise, as the most common physical agent in workplace, not only causes hearing loss but also leads to various diseases, such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Sound is likely to stimulate and increase the secretion of adrenal catecholamines, and may have an indirect role in the pathogenesis of diseases caused by stress. This study was performed to investigate the effect of noise on ur...