Effects of Shoe Midsole Hardness on Lower Extremity Biomechanics during Jump Rope in Healthy Males by Hai-Bin Yu, Wei-Hsun Tai, Jing Li, Rui Zhang, Wei-Ya Hao, Jian-Zhi Lin

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Health education via “empowerment” digital marketing of consumer products and services: Promoting therapeutic benefits of self-care for depression and chronic pain by Jade L. Huntsman, Grzegorz Bulaj, Grzegorz Bulaj

“…Creating associations between health-related benefits of these activities with products (outdoor and yoga apparel, audio equipment) and services (music streaming services, music mobile apps, eco-tourism, yoga studios) that support them expand their value proposition, thus incentivizing profit-driven companies to engage in public health campaigns. …”
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US Army Aviation air movement operations assignment, utilization and routing by Russell Nelson, Russell King, Brandon M. McConnell, Kristin Thoney-Barletta

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On the Use of Wearable Face and Neck Cooling Fans to Improve Occupant Thermal Comfort in Warm Indoor Environments by Bin Yang, Tze-Huan Lei, Pengfei Yang, Kaixuan Liu, Faming Wang

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Sustainable augmentation in lyocell knitted sportswear functionality by in-situ synthesis of biogenetically reduced silver nanoparticles by B.H. Patel, Tasnim N. Shaikh, S.B. Chaudhari

“…The biogenic fabric can potentially be utilized for hygienic apparel textiles.…”
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Transparent Ultraviolet (UV)-Shielding Films Made from Waste Hemp Hurd and Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) by Yi Zhang, Rechana Remadevi, Juan P. Hinestroza, Xungai Wang, Maryam Naebe

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Investigation on the Flammability and Washing Durability of Trevira CS and Its Blends with Cotton, Modal, and Acrylic Fabrics by Bharani Murugesan, Asaye Dessie Wolela, R. V. Mahendragowda

“…Since the conventional textile substrates are flammable and combustible, the development of flame-retardant apparel from pure Trevira CS fabrics as well as its blends with cotton, modal, and acrylic in certain proportion was carried out in this study. …”
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Characterizing the effects of controlled temperature and relative humidity on liquid water transport behavior of cotton/lycra elastic woven fabric by Yong Wang, Qifan Qiao, Jiqiang Cao, Chao Zhi, Changlong Li, Yuan Tao

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Enhancing circular economy via detecting and recycling 2D nested sheet waste using Bayesian optimization technique based-smart digital twin by Amira M. Eladly, Ahmed M. Abed, Moustafa H. Aly, Wessam M. Salama

“…Deep Learning (DLs) models are used to detect (i.e., segmentation) and categorize (i.e., classification) waste area sizes to enhance the circular economy via recycling procedures. Moreover, the apparel industry for having huge 2D nesting waste is implemented in this paper. …”
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Effects of Jump-Rope-Specific Footwear Selection on Lower Extremity Biomechanics by Hai-Bin Yu, Jing Li, Rui Zhang, Wei-Ya Hao, Jian-Zhi Lin, Wei-Hsun Tai

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Influence of polyester fabric with infrared emissive additives on cell metabolism by He Peng Fei, Veerakumar Arumugam, Aleksander Góra, Vitali Lipik

“… Functional fabrics with effects of influencing the metabolism and energy supplying are of great interest and may extensively be applied in wellness and sport apparel. In this work, three different combinations of additives such as silicon oxide doped with 10% of iron oxide III, 10% of graphene and 10% calcium hydroxyapatite were prepared, each combination was compounded separately with polyester, and pellets were extruded with additive weight around 4%. …”
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Fluorine-Free Hydrophobic Modification and Waterproof Breathable Properties of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibrous Membranes by Ling Zhang, Junlu Sheng, Yongbo Yao, Zhiyong Yan, Yunyun Zhai, Zhongfeng Tang, Haidong Li

“…Based on these testing data, the modified nanofibrous membranes had excellent waterproof and breathable properties, which has future potential in outdoor sports apparel.…”
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Enhancing antibacterial properties of organic cotton fabric using mahogany wood waste by Rony Mia, Sudipta Das, Burhan Uddin Banna, Taosif Ahmed, Md Abu Bakar

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Competitiveness of the Garment Industry on the Basis of the Industrial Cluster Establishment by Tatiana Dmitrievna Sinyavets, Larisa Aleksandrovna Rodina

“…The results of the study are the evaluation of the competitiveness and prospects of the garment industry in Russia and the Siberian Federal District (a low level of development and competitiveness); the evaluation of the development level of the garment industry in the Federal District, which have showed the demand for apparel products from the population and enterprises, as well as the conditions for the provision of clothing manufacture with natural fabrics and synthetic materials, labor resources and research and development achievements; also the justification of the existing potential for development of a sectoral cluster by means of pooling together the productions and economic communications of the Novosibirsk and Omsk regions at the initial stage.The obtained results should be used to strengthen works for the development of regional industrial cluster (with a creation of a working group at the regional governments, the garment industry development programs, and practical measures for its realization), as well as a creation of conditions for stimulation of investment activity of entrepreneurs. …”
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Measurement-Driven Synthesis of Female Digital Mannequin Using Convex Sub-Volumes by Samuel Velez-Sanin, Juan Gutierrez, Jorge Correa, Carolina Builes-Roldan, Oscar Ruiz-Salguero

“…In the context of computer-aided apparel-fitting simulation, the problem of generating (a) simulation-inexpensive and (b) tailor-measurement-driven digital mannequins is central. …”
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Mosquito Blood Feeding Prevention Using an Extra-Low DC Voltage Charged Cloth by Kun Luan, Marian G. McCord, Andre J. West, Grayson Cave, Nicholas V. Travanty, Charles S. Apperson, R. Michael Roe

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Carbon Nanotube Sheet-Synthesis and Applications by Megha Chitranshi, Anuptha Pujari, Vianessa Ng, Daniel Chen, Devika Chauhan, Ronald Hudepohl, Motahareh Saleminik, Sung Yong Kim, Ashley Kubley, Vesselin Shanov, Mark Schulz

“…Applications for CNT sheet include air and water filtering, energy storage applications, and compositing CNTH sheets to produce apparel with anti-microbial properties to protect the population from infectious diseases. …”
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Clustering Approach for Detecting Multiple Types of Adversarial Examples by Seok-Hwan Choi, Tae-u Bahk, Sungyong Ahn, Yoon-Ho Choi

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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Drivers of Chinese Industrial Virtual Water in International Trade by Jianyue Ji, Chengjia Wang, Jinglin Zhou

“…The main VW export sectors in China were the manufacture of textiles and wearing apparel, paper products, and chemical products, which had the characteristics of high water consumption, high pollution, and low added value, respectively. (2) The net exports of industrial VW from China mainly went to the US, EU, ROW (rest of the world), and Japan. …”
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A Study on the Impact of Linguistic Persuasive Styles on the Sales Volume of Live Streaming Products in Social E-Commerce Environment by Hanyang Luo, Sijia Cheng, Wanhua Zhou, Sumin Yu, Xudong Lin

“…Interestingly, the same linguistic style has different effects for different types of products: the linguistic style of appealing to exaggeration has a negative effect on the sales volume of apparel products, but it has a positive influence on the sales volume of digital electrical products. …”
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