AATCC Review
Items in this Collection
- 18Davies, Nicola
- 13Musante, Glenna B.
- 11Le, Kilara
- 8Pelc, Corrie
- 7Wojciechowska, Iza
- 6Crawford, Craig
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2018-10-01
Textile professionals have been using fabric finishing techniques almost since the beginning of time. However, in the last few years, the purpose and sophistication of these finishes has shifted. "For a long time, people tried to use different fibers or fiber types to affect how fabric is...
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2020-08-01
Emergency room workers, sanitation workers, road construction crews, and plumbers—all these “dirty” jobs now have improved protective clothing to keep workers safe from hazards such as blood, oil, gas, and petrochemicals, among others. The fabrics used for protective clothing and personal...
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2014-12-01
Textiles have a lot to do with keeping us alive and healthy every day. For example, the air you breathe in your home or car is probably kept clean through a fabric-made filter. And that also goes for the water you drink—there’s a good chance the water filtration system in your home or office uses...
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2020-06-01
As a young college graduate, I had no idea that I would spend much of my career moving toward making textiles more “sustainable.” Like many others who were starting their first job after college, I went to work and did what they told me to do. Little did I know that a path was being paved before...
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2019-12-01
The home fabrics and hospitality industries and their use of textiles are significantly different compared to the fashion industry, where consumers’ endless pursuit of new on-trend products has over the last few years become the object of what seems to be an endless stream of negative headlines...
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2018-02-01
The “circular economy” is a new way to look at sustainability and it is taking the textile and apparel industry by storm. It can be broadly defined as an alternative to a traditional linear economy, which relies on the “extract, make, use, and dispose” model, to one in which resources are kept in...
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2018-02-01
Zhou, Jinfeng, Yu, Lingjie, Wang, Rongwu, Xu, Bugao
In an optical lens system, such as an optical microscope or a conventional camera, the depth of field is limited (i.e., only the objects within its depth range can be captured sharply). To capture focused images for objects out of the depth of field, focal positions must be adjusted. This is the...
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2018-08-01
Since the days of Leonardo da Vinci’s groundbreaking work on the effects of lighting on color in the late 1400s, artists, designers, colorists, and scientists alike have contributed to a large body of work on the topic. This work ultimately led to the establishment by the International Commission...
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2015-12-01
Hales, Michael, Johnson, John David, Asbury, Gary, Evans, Nicholas
The older adult (65+ years old) population faces various risks when performing activities of daily living. Individuals capable of walking are susceptible to falling or slipping, and individuals that ambulate using a manual wheelchair have a high incidence of upper extremity injuries and are...
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2015-04-01
Toshikj, Emilja, Demboski, Goran, Jordanov, Ignor, Mangovska, Biljana
In the garment manufacturing industry, manufacturers of dress shirts are faced with increased pressure to remain competitive in worldwide global markets. The ability to compete depends mainly on productivity and quality. Manufacturers establish quality standards of a particular level for dress...