There are many kinds of lace curtains with the heat-blocking effect against sunlight in the market. Since the index and evaluation method is not established for heat-blocking effect of lace curtains, some inspection institutes and companies conduct tests using different own methods. In order to the consumers get correct information on heat-blocking effect of lace curtain, the unified standard is needed. In this study, we have developed the test device and the evaluation method for heat-blocking effect of lace curtains, and the availability were researched using 30 kinds of over-thecounter lace curtains of the various patterns. The solar light similar to the sunlight were used as a light source, heat flow through lace curtains were measured by temperature increase of a black copper plate in the test box. Results by using our method indicated high precision and repeatability, therefore we have concluded that this is a high-reliable method to evaluate the heat-blocking effect of lace curtains.
The purpose of this research is to quantify relevancies between the economic index and the number of transactions in the Business to Business (BtoB) networks of Japanese textile and apparel industry. The BtoB networks of Japanese textile and apparel industry were analyzed based on the supplier datasets of the department of total-apparel companies (about 200 companies for 2005~2010). Regression analysis between network indexes of the hub companies and the exchange rate of USD/JPY was used in this research. As a result, a regression equation indicating positive correlation on degree centrality of a trading company was found. This tendency was represented behavior as an international trading company in the BtoB networks.