Thermal Comfort Analysis of the Fused Liner

Thai handwoven fabrics are not woven as tightly as machine-produced woven fabrics, resulting in fraying during construction process. Local tailors iron fusible polyester lining onto the back of handwoven fabric before cutting to make it stiffer and easier to cut and sew. This study investigated thermal comfort values of a fusible liner in a hot climate. Two different 100% handwoven cotton fabrics were selected as the surface fabrics and tested in three different conditions; 1) cotton surface only (CO), 2) cotton surface with 100% polyester fusible liner (COFL) and 3) cotton surface with 100% polyester regular non-fusible liner (CONFL). ANOVA test was employed. Rct values show that COFL produces better dry thermal resistance than other fabric combinations. Ret values show is no significant difference among three fabric conditions. In conclusion, COFL transfers heat well from body to outside and produces better thermal comfort for the wearers. Further findings are discussed

Evaluating Thermal Comfort of Sweat-Management Fabrics for Sportswear

Exercise and fitness are essential elements of health and well-being. With increased attention to living a healthy lifestyle, people tend to allocate more time to exercise and are participating in sport and leisure activities more often. To accommodate people\u27s desire to be kept dry, comfortable, and moving freely, while enhancing athletic performance, the production of sweat-management fabricated (SMF) apparels have accelerated (Davis & Bishop, 2013). Numerous manufacturers and retailers have paid attention and developed lines of fabrics used to make shorts, shirts, socks, pants and more. Despite these trends, research related to the thermal comfort of SMF apparels, especially determining appropriate fabric or fabric combination for SMF apparels, is scant. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the thermal comfort of sweat-management fabrics to reveal their suitability for sportswear. This study examined several types of sweat-management fabrics to compare their usefulness in terms of thermal comfort

Positive and Negative Advertising Images as Effective Sustainable Consumer Stimuli

Ha-Brookshire and Bhaduri (2014) found that the apparel business’ distrustful messages affect more consumer’s purchase intention that trustful messages. Dam and Jonge (2015) reported similar findings. Negative messages on labelling more directly influenced consumers’ attitudes toward products than positive messages. Authors concluded that this might be because consumers are willing to spend their money in order to avoid challenging ethical issues. As these two studies are limited to using messages in their studies, the purpose of this study is to examine whether positive (or negative) images were more effective at retaining consumers’ attentions

Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors: A Report on a Patient Treated with Sorafenib

A 31-yr-old man with abdominal pain was diagnosed with a pancreatic endocrine tumor and multiple hepatic metastases. Despite optimal treatment with interferon alpha, a somatostatin analog, local therapy with high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation for multiple hepatic metastases, and multiple lines of chemotherapy with etoposide/cisplatin combination chemotherapy and gemcitabine monotherapy, the tumor progressed. As few chemotherapeutic options were available for him, sorafenib (800 mg/day, daily) was administered as a salvage regimen. Sorafenib was continued despite two episodes of grade 3 skin toxicity; it delayed tumor progression compared to the previous immunotherapy and chemotherapy. Serial computed tomography scans showed that the primary and metastatic tumors were stable. Thirteen months after beginning targeted therapy, and up to the time of this report, the patient is well without disease progression. We suggest that sorafenib is effective against pancreatic endocrine tumors

Thermal Comfort Analysis of the Fused Liner

Thai handwoven fabrics are not woven as tightly as machine-produced woven fabrics, resulting in fraying during construction process. Local tailors iron fusible polyester lining onto the back of handwoven fabric before cutting to make it stiffer and easier to cut and sew. This study investigated thermal comfort values of a fusible liner in a hot climate. Two different 100% handwoven cotton fabrics were selected as the surface fabrics and tested in three different conditions; 1) cotton surface only (CO), 2) cotton surface with 100% polyester fusible liner (COFL) and 3) cotton surface with 100% polyester regular non-fusible liner (CONFL). ANOVA test was employed. Rct values show that COFL produces better dry thermal resistance than other fabric combinations. Ret values show is no significant difference among three fabric conditions. In conclusion, COFL transfers heat well from body to outside and produces better thermal comfort for the wearers. Further findings are discussed.</p

Evaluating Thermal Comfort of Sweat-Management Fabrics for Sportswear

Exercise and fitness are essential elements of health and well-being. With increased attention to living a healthy lifestyle, people tend to allocate more time to exercise and are participating in sport and leisure activities more often. To accommodate people's desire to be kept dry, comfortable, and moving freely, while enhancing athletic performance, the production of sweat-management fabricated (SMF) apparels have accelerated (Davis & Bishop, 2013). Numerous manufacturers and retailers have paid attention and developed lines of fabrics used to make shorts, shirts, socks, pants and more. Despite these trends, research related to the thermal comfort of SMF apparels, especially determining appropriate fabric or fabric combination for SMF apparels, is scant. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the thermal comfort of sweat-management fabrics to reveal their suitability for sportswear. This study examined several types of sweat-management fabrics to compare their usefulness in terms of thermal comfort.</p

Utilizing Physiological Measures for Understanding Sustainable Consumers' Emotional Responses

This study attempted a new methodical approach to examine consumers' responses to images in advertisements and to suggest effective advertisement development in ethical apparel products. It seemed that including images, especially irritable and cruel images rather than clean and optimistic images, would stimulate consumers' physiological responses, such as heart rate and skin conductance, and lead attention to encourage ethical product consumption. Marketers should put their efforts into creating valuable advertisements and campaigns to increase consumers’ interest in ethical apparel products.</p