009853   Singh P;Raghuvanshi R;Verma S;Jantwal C (Home Science Extension Dep, College of Home Science, G B Pant univ of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145) : Assessment of nutritional status of adolescent girls in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhnd. Int J basic appl agric Res 2015, 13(1), 120-3.

A cross-sectional study of 567 adolescent girls of district Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand was undertaken to assess the nutritional status of the adolescent girls. The subjects were classified into seven age groups with one-year intervals. Various anthropometric parameters were used to pinpoint nutritional status of adolescent girls. Anthropometric measurements were made by measuring height, weight, mid upper arm circumference, waist circumference, hip circumference and waist hip ratio. BMI Z-score was used to classify nutritional status of the adolescent girls. In the present study it was observed that the 72.49 per cent of adolescent girls were normal whereas the per cent of overweight was 2.47 among the sample group. The per cent of moderate and severe under nutrition was observed to be 19.05 and 5.99 per cent respectively. The mean BMI of the adolescent girls was 18.25<60>±6.32 Kg/m^{2. Age was found to be positively correlated with all the anthropometric parameters except for BMI and waist hip ratio at 1 per cent level (p<60>0.01) of significance. It was observed that all other anthropometric parameters were positively correlated with each other. Mean MUAC and waist hip ratio were found to be 23.19<60>±3.73cm and 0.81<60>±0.05, respectively. The present study revealed that different grades of malnutrition are prevalent among the girls in our study area. All these observations suggest that school going adolescent girls need better nutrition to combat the problem of under nutrition.}

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009852   Singh P;Raghuvanshi R S;Verma S;Jantwal C (Home Science Extension Dep, College of Home Science, G B Pant Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145) : Impact of nutrition education on knowledge levels of adolescent girls in district Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. Int J basic appl agric Res 2015, 13(1), 124-6.

Present research work was undertaken to study the knowledge of adolescent girls about nutritional awareness and health care. Also to evaluate knowledge increment of subjects due to nutrition education imparted to them. About 1015 adolescent girls, in the age group of 13 to 18 were selected of class 9th to 12th from a government school of district Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. The sample group was pretested on their level of general awareness which focused specifically on nutrition and health aspects. A nutrition programme was developed for a period of six months on the aspects including health, nutrition, healthy cooking methods, and personal hygiene etc. The intervention was given to the girls through lectures and discussions. Post testing was done on the girls after the period of intervention. Analysis of variance (one way ANOVA) was used for statistical analysis of data. Results showed that there was 44.23% increase in the knowledge level of girls regarding nutritional aspects that improved significantly after teaching sessions. Thus, informative and educable intervention seems to have a positive effect on awareness levels which would eventually encourage expansion of knowledge and positive nutrition and health habits.

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009851   Singh A;Sethi N (Extension Education & Communication Management Dep, CCS Haryana Agricultural Univ, Hisar-125 004, Email: singh.hau@gmail.com) : Gender differences in education and school dropout. Ann Agri Bio Res 2015, 20(1), 131-3.

Girls and boys have the same rights to a quality education. But the 'gender gap' becomes painfully evident when looking at who is in the classroom. India leads the world in the number of children not in school, and the majority of these are girls. One of the major problems of Indian educational system is the massive wastage and stagnation, generally termed as dropout, children particularly in rural areas prone to drop school immediately after admission in the school. Dropout rate of female child was more as compared to male child. Keeping this in view, an effort was made to find out gender differences in education and school dropout in Hisar and Jhajjar districts of Haryana state. One block from each district was selected randomly (Hisar-I from Hisar and Bahadurgarh from Jhajjar) and one village viz., Dahima from Hisar-I and Sankhol from Bahadurgarh was selected randomly. Total samples of 320 families were selected randomly including 80 families from both the villages and districts. Total number of male and female children was calculated for each family. Thus, number of rural male children was found 362 and female children were 287, on the other hand, total number of urban male children was found 276 and female children were 194. Percentage of children left school was calculated from total number of male and female children in both rural as well as urban area. Whereas level of school dropout and reasons of school dropout of children were calculated from the number of children left the school. Dropout rate was more in female children as compared to male children as well as dropout rate was found more in rural area as compared to urban area. Reasons behind school dropout were lack of interest and lack of resources among male children and lack of resources, early marriage and lack of interest among female children. School dropouts were significantly associated with family education status, caste, family income and family occupation. Dropout rate was found more in schedule caste as compared to other castes.

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009850   Nirmala;Singh C K;Dhanda B (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, CCS Haryana Agricultural Univ, Hisar-125 004, Email: chandrak_singh@rediffmail.com) : Influence of preschool programme and language stimulation environment on language development of preschoolers. Ann Agri Bio Res 2015, 20(1), 162-6.

Study was carried out in rural and urban areas of district Hisar to assess the influence of Preschool Programme and Language Stimulation Environment on language development of preschoolers. A total number of 120 preschoolers of age group 4 to 5 years were taken. Two villages, namely, Kaimari and Mangali were taken as rural location and for urban the Hisar city was selected for collection of data, out of which 60 children were from urban and 60 formed rural areas. Reynell Developmental Language Scale (RDLS, 1985) was used to test the language development of children. Self-developed language stimulation environment checklist was used to judge the language stimulation environment of preschools which included availability of material in preschools and teacher interaction with preschoolers. Preschool programme evaluation sheet by Verna Hilderbrand (1981) was used to examine the quality of preschool programme. The results revealed that preschool programme was highly associated with verbal comprehension A (χ^{2=35.29), verbal comprehension B (χ2=22.46) and expressive language (χ2=17.84) of preschoolers. On the basis of availability of materials in preschools, these were highly associated with verbal comprehension A (χ2=30.48*), verbal comprehension B (χ2=24.81 *) and expressive language (χ2=17.84) of preschoolers at P<60>0.05. Teacher interaction was also highly associated with all three components of the language development of preschoolers.}

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009849   Narayana M D;Satyanarayana J (NO, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Sri Venkateswara Veterinary Univ, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh-522 034) : Women participation and constraints in adoption of scientific dairy practices. Indian J soc Res 2016, 57(2), 283-8.

The contribution of rural women through dairying to household income is of more significance. Women plays a major role in both agriculture and dairying and their contribution to income helps women to improve nutritional security, health of children, paying school fees and meeting other expenses, which itself brings a greater change in rural households. But these subsidiary incomes increases and sustains when women have access to scientific information on their livelihoods and affordability to technology. Besides all these there are still lots of barriers like poor access of financial inputs, family crisis, middlemen, decision making in the hands of men, lack of women participation in meetings and focusing more on men farmers to disseminate the technologies. All these are contributing to lack of women friendly technologies. Hence the present review was taken to analyse the different roles of women in dairying and constraints faced by women in adoption of technologies, from the review it can be concluded that in most of the reviews constraints in adoption of scientific dairy practices are related to lack of knowledge or ignorance, non availability of resources, lack of grass root helpers etc. These can be reduced when women participate rate in trainings, animal health camps, skill development programmes and intensive approach to bring women in forefront makes their livelihood more profitable as they are involved in each and every activity.

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009848   Naik S;Itagi S K (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, College of Rural Home Science, Univ of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-5) : Impact of socio-economic status on nutrition status of lambani school children. Indian J soc Res 2016, 57(2), 257-63.

A study on influence of socio-economic status and nutritional status of 135 lambani school children was conducted at Hoovinahadagali taluk, Bellary district during 2012-13. All the children of 9-11 years of age studying in 4th and 5th standards were selected from 5 government primary schools. The nutritional status was assessed by using anthropometric measurements (height and weight), Socio Economic Status by Agarwal scale. The results revealed that there were highly significant differences found in mean height and weight of children with respect to their NCHS (National Council for Health Statistics) norm values in both groups by age and gender Then the nutritional status of the children was assessed by Waterlow classification. Height-forage and weight-for-height were used in Waterlow classification. In young age group 22.22 per cent of children from 9 year age group fell in normal category while 37.03 per cent of older children belonged to stunted category indicated that prevalence of malnutrition in older group than younger children. In case of socio-economic status none of children belonged to upper high, high, upper middle and very poor status categories. 89.6 per cent children fell in lower middle status and 10.4 per cent in poor middle status. There was positive and highly significant difference found between nutritional status with socio economic status. Hence increase in the Socio economic status improves the nutritional status of children.

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009847   Meghwal J;Singh V (Foods and Nutrition Dep, College of Home Science, MPUAT, Udaipur-313 001) : Food consumption pattern and dietary intake of Kathodi tribe of Udaipur district, Rajasthan. Indian J soc Res 2016, 57(2), 272-81.

Kathodi is one of the primitive tribe of Rajasthan. The present study was planned with the objective to assess the food consumption pattern of Kathodi tribe of Gogunda and Jhadol panchayat samiti of Udaipur district, Rajasthan. In each panchayat samiti, two villages namely Ogna and Ambain from Jhadol panchayat samiti and two villages namely Samija and Kookdakheda from Gogunda panchayat samiti were selected randomly from the list of villages where Kathodis are rehabilitated by Government of India for the study. Thirty families from each village of both panchayat samities were selected making a total of 120 families. Food frequency questionnaire was used to assess the consumption pattern of Kathodi tribe. 24 hour recall method of diet survey was carried out for one day to assess the food and nutrient intakes of all the individuals who had taken meals on that day. Food intake of the families was affected by seasonal variations like the consumption of maize and green vegetables was higher during the period of data collection i.e. November to February. Monthly expenditure on food stuffs were found more in Jhadol panchayat samiti. Consumption of cereals is high in Kathodi diet and maize and wheat are their staple food. Intake of pulses, roots and tubers, other vegetables, fruits and fats and oils consumption was lower than Recommended Dietary Intake (RDl) in both panchayat samities. The mean intake of protein per ACU/d was 95.51 g/d in Gogunda and 82.84g/d in Jhadol, fat (43.05 g/d in Gogunda and 37.32 g/d in Jhadol), energy (2873.61 Kcal/d in Gogunda and 2475.20 Kcal/d in Jliadol), iron (30.44 mg/d in Gogunda), and zinc (19.15 mcg/d in Gogunda and 17mcg/d in Jhadol) was adequate whereas intake of calcium (506.67 mg/d in Gogunda and 425.34 mg/d in Jhadol), carotene (1897.47 mcg/d in Gogunda and 1628.83 mcg/d in Jhadol), ascorbic acid (35.06 mg/d in Gogunda) and folate (15.76 mcg/d in Gogunda and 13.21mcg/d in Jhadol) was lower than Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA).

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009846   Dutta A;Shukla P;Tiwari N;Singhal P (Foods and Nutrition Dep, G.B. Pant Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand)) : Determinants of socio economic status of the rural population in Uttarakhand. Indian J soc Res 2016, 57(2), 223-9.

Present investigation was undertaken in 90 families selected from two villages namely Fatehpurmalla and Dogra in Nainital district of Uttarakhand State. Out of 90 families, 30 families belonged to high income group, middle income group and lower income group respectively. Information on socioeconomic status was obtained using structured interview schedule. Majority of LIG respondents (26.66%) were in lower caste while HIG category was found as upper caste. Majority of high income group was found to have higher level of education. Among the total 90 families 33.33 per cent had no land possession and 46.66 per cent had 1- 2.5 acres land, in which majority of LIG category (53.33%) had no land followed by HIG (26.66%) and MIG (20.00%). Regarding farm assets, tractor was only possessed by HIG families (16.66%). Other farm assets like thresher and winnower was also possessed by MIG and HIG families (6.66%). All the three class (HIG, MIG, LIG) had an access to households assets like sanitary latrine, handpump etc. This observation gives an indication of influence of SES on land possession, household and farm assets.

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009845   Desetty R;Patnam V (HD&FS Dep, College of Home Science, VNMKV, Parbhani-431 402) : Problems encountered by rural teachers in mainstreaming mentally challenged students in normal schools and suggested measures. Indian J soc Res 2016, 57(2), 301-5.

Two hundred randomly selected teachers of Zilla Parishad elementary schools of 80 villages of Parbhani and Hingoli districts, of Maharashtra were personally interviewed for understanding the problems encountered by them in mainstreaming mentally challenged children in normal schools and their views & suggestions for promoting mainstreaming mentally challenged (MC) children. All the sample rural teachers of elementary schools encountered many types of problems due to mainstreaming of mentally challenged students in their normal schools. The suggested measures by majority of them for promotion of mainstreaming mentally challenged children in normal schools were appointment of special teachers and assistants in each school, workshops to guide parents and teachers for educating mentally challenged children, early assessment of child development for initiating family intervention, fellowships for mentally challenged students and incentives for committed teachers of them.

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009844   Admankar S N;Sarambekar H L (Family Resource Management Dep, College of Home Science Marathwada Agricultural Univ, Parbhani, Maharashtra) : Teenagers opinion regarding existing school furniture and musculoskeletal problems. Indian J soc Res 2016, 57(2), 169-75.

Teenagers spend a large part of their school days in the classroom, and yet the effect of the design of school furniture on their behavior and health has received comparatively little attention. The desk height, desk depth, length of desk, chair depth, chair breadth for girls and combined group was noted to be less than required. Inclusive of these dimensions the backrest height and breadth was less than required by the boys resulting in uncomfortable feeling and pain due to use of furniture. The furniture used by teenagers was opined as comfortable and uncomfortable the results of these opinions am, given in the Fig. 1and Fig.2. It is clear from the fig. that 47.3 and 50 per cent girls and boys felt that the desk height was comfortable while (52% to 49%) girls and boys said that they experienced uncomfortable due to desk height. The table No.1 depicts the frequency of musculoskeletal problems faced by the teenagers. It is clear from the table that 62.7 per cent boys and 46.7 per cent girls never experienced fatigue. While, the fatigue was rarely felt by 47 per cent girls and 34 per cent boys, frequency of fatigue experienced sometimes was at par in girls and boys (3.33per cent). Frequent fatigue was felt by of meager per cent of girls (2.2).

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008819   Bhandari B;Singh S J;Saroj S;Rose N M (Textile and Apparel Desiging Dep, College of Home Science, CCS Harayana Agricultural Univ, Hisar, Haryana) : Sericin pre-treatment for color fastness properties of Manjistha dyed cotton fabric. Man Made Text India 2015, 43(3), 110-13.

Modification of the fabric is one of the best routes to improve the affinity between dye and fabric. In this paper research work has been presented wherein sericin treatment was given to cotton fabric using optimized variables. Treated and untreated fabrics were dyed using natural dye manjistha (Rubia cordifolia). Colour fastness properties were evaluated employing BIS standard tests. Effect of sericin treatment on hue, value and intensity of the colour of dye was investigated by calculating CIE LAB values. The cotton fabrics treated with sericin not only provided better depth of shade but also provided better fastness ratings than the untreated fabrics when dyed with Manjistha.

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008818   Arora R;Sakshi;Pal G (College of Home Science, G. B. Pant Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar) : Quality characteristics of silk based union fabrics. Man Made Text India 2015, 43(4), 138-41.

Silk has always been considered as the most cherished and exclusive fashion fabric for high-class society owing to its natural sheen and softness. Handle and draping qualities of silk are superior to many other textiles. The cost of pure silk fabric is very high, compared to other fabrics. Keeping this in view, the present study was planned with objective; to develop different union fabrics of mulberry silk using wool, cotton, polyester and viscose blend (p/v) in weft and to check the physical properties of mulberry silk based union fabrics. The woven samples were then tested for various physical properties. The result of study showed that difference was found in the thread count of weft direction, as all weft yarn had different yarn count. Abrasion resistance of silk x polyester was quite high. Fabric made from silk and wool showed higher clo value i.e., it has ability to hold heat in the fabric for longer duration. Maximum tearing strength was found in silk x silk and silk x polyester. Similarly, the results indicate that maximum tensile strength was observed in silk polyester fabric.

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007827   Das P;Srivastav A K (Biotechnology Dep, BIMS, The Univ of Burdwan, West Bengal) : Comparative study on nutritive values of several vegetables from West Bengal, Eastern India. Int J pharm Res Biosci 2015, 4(1), 381-90.

Investigation was carried out with ten green vegetables with their popular varieties most commonly grown in Eastern India to determine their biochemical composition. The nutritive value such as crude protein, total sugar, vitamin C and amino acid content of the selected vegetables were analysed. Among the vegetables Spinacia oleracea, Daucus carota, Trigonella foenumgraecum, Raphanus sativus, Allium cepa, Solanum tuberosum, Capsicum annum, Pisum sativum, Phaseolus, Lycopersicon esculetum were selected. The study result showed that nutritional potential of the vegetables were as follows. The soluble sugar concentration and free amino acid concentration was maximum in potato and in onion, the protein content was highest in methi (460 μg/ml). The vitamin C concentration was high in green chilli and in onion.

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006853   Verma V;Paul V;Sheikh S;Paul A (Food and Nutrition Dep, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Incorporation of water chestnut and soya bean flours for preparation of value added snacks. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 71(1), 86-8.

Present study was carried out with the objectives to determine the organoleptic attributes and nutritive value of biscuit prepared by the incorporation of Wheat flour, water chestnut flour and soya flour at difference levels. Biscuits were prepared by incorporation of Wheat flour, Water chestnut, and soya flour in three different treatments T₁ (70% wheat flour, 15% water chestnut flour and 15% soya flour), T₂ (60% wheat flour, 20% water chestnut flour and 20% soya flour) and T₃(50% wheat flour, 25% water chestnut flour and 25% soya flour) respectively. All the treatments replicated four times and data obtained was statistically analyzed by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and critical difference (CD) techniques. Nutritive value was calculated by using the food composition table Gopalan (2007). On the basis of findings, it was observed that among all the treatments, treatment T₂ (60% wheat flour, 20% water chestnut flour and 20% soya flour) is most acceptable in the term of taste, flavour, texture and overall acceptability. In terms of nutritive value of prepared product, it was found that treatment T₂ was rich in energy (425.8kcal/100 g) and protein (16.36 g), treatment T₁ in calcium (83.9 mg) and treatment T₃ in iron (3.76 g) and fat (17.4 g). The cost of all treatments of prepared product were also calculated in which the cost of treatment T₀, T₁, T₂, T₃ were Rs.4.06, Rs 5.88, Rs 6.5, and Rs 7.12 respectively. Water chestnut flour, soya bean flour and incorporated products can enhance the nutrient intake of the community.

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006852   Ravi U;Menon L;Hapzibah A M;Saha S (School of Food Science, M O P Vaishnav College for Women (Autonomous) No. 20, IV Lane Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 034) : Flour pretreatment on the quality characteristics and oil absorption of traditional South Indian festive snack. Indian J Tradl Knowledge 2015, 14(1), 139-43.

This study aims to determine the impact of pretreatment of rice flour on the quality characteristics and oil absorption of the deep fried South Indian festive snack item namely, "Seedai". Products were prepared using untreated rice flour (control) and dry heat treated rice flour. The experimental product had higher sensory scores over the control product. Fat absorbed by the control was 29%, but pretreating the rice flour (dry heat treated) decreased it to 22%. Similar results were seen in case of "oiling off" values. Free Fatty Acid, water, and crude fat were lower in the experimental product when compared to that of the control product. Therefore, the study revealed that dry heat as a method of pretreatment for rice flour was found to improve the quality of Seedai, a traditional South Indian festive snack.

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006851   Raj A;Sharma P (Highland Agriculture Research and Extension Station, Zanskar, Kargil-194 103, Email: arajleh@yahoo.con.in) : Fermented milk products of Ladakh. Indian J Tradl Knowledge 2015, 14(1), 132-8.

Ladakh, situated in the western Trans Himalaya, is a high altitude cold arid region of India. It is one of the remotest and least accessible regions in the world. The area remains cut off from rest of the country for about five months in a year. Meagre precipitation and extremely low temperature during winter months results in a very short growing season. Limited availability of vegetables and fruits is a major concern for the general health of the local inhabitants. Thus, milk and fermented milk products are very crucial for nutritional security of the local people. Being pastoralist by tradition, Ladahkis have developed various methods of fermenting and preparing ethnic milk products. Milk of female yak and yak-cattle crossbreds (zho) is the main substrate used for preparing fermented milk products. Jho, tara, labo, chhurphe, maar and thuth are the such important ethnic products relished by the local people. These products not only supplement their nutritional intake but also augment their income.

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006850   Pujar S M;Hiremath U S (Extension and Communication Management Dep, College of Rural Home Science Univ of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad-580 005, Email: pujarsuman8@gmail.com) : Impact of gram panchayat schemes on women beneficiaries. Karnataka J agric Sci 2015, 28(2), 260-3.

Panchayat programmes and schemes are implemented to provide the standard of living by creating livelihood opportunities for women and they can be achieved through micro credit and self help groups (SHG) which are considered as better source to bring change and improvement in their life style. Hence, the study was undertaken to know the impact of selected housing and employment schemes implemented by Gram Panchayat on women beneficiaries. The data was collected from 160 women beneficiaries selected from four villages of Uppin-Betageri Gram Panchayat of Dharwad taluk of Dharwad district. The selected schemes were Aashrya Vasati Yojane (AVY), Indira Aawas Yojane (IAY) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojane (SGSY) and Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojane (SGRY). The overall knowledge level of women beneficiaries about housing schemes was high (46.25%) and low (46.25%) in employment schemes. More than fifty per cent of women beneficiaries became the member of the SHG group (85.00%) followed by member of NGO's (59.37%). Majority of beneficiaries had high economic change by housing schemes (81.25%) followed by employment schemes (25.00%). After availing benefit from the schemes, the beneficiaries improved socially and economically.

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006849   Dubey R P;Shikha S;Sheikh S (Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Developement food product of ragi flour and flaxseed powder in wheat flour. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 71(1), 74-8.

Ragi is considered to be one of the most important sources of Calcium and Iron for poor women and children living in rural and slum areas. Ragi has best quality protein along with the presence of essential amino acids, vitamin A, vitamin B and phosphorus. Thus Ragi is a good source of diet for growing children, expecting women's, old age people and patients. Flaxseed has come into the spotlight recently for consideration as a functional food since it is high in protein, vitamins, minerals, soluble fiber, omega-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid, and phytochemicals such as lignans. The Present study entitled "Developement food product of ragi flour and flaxseed powder in wheat flour"was carried out in order to find out the feasibility of preparation and nutritional aspects of products prepared by incorporation of Ragi flour and flaxseeds powder in wheat flour, to determine the sensory and chemical properties of the prepared products and to calculate the cost of the cost of the developed products. Idli was prepared with using Ragi flour, wheat flours and flaxseeds powder. The product prepared there was one control and there were 4 treatments i.e. T₁, T₂, T₃, and T₄ at 50, 30, 20%, 50, 35, 15%, 50, 40,10% and 50, 45, 5% respectively. The prepared products were organoleptically evaluated using Nine-point hedonic Scale. Proximate analysis of Ragi flour and roasted flaxseeds powder was analysed using AOAC (2005) Standarized methods. The nutritional content of the products were calculated using the Food Composition Table Gopalan, (2004). Treatment T3 (50, 40, 10%) was best in Idli in the overall acceptability. The cost of Idli T₄ was lowest i.e. (3.44 Rs/100g) as compared to experimental Idli samples, T₁ (3.75 Rs/100g), T₂ (3.64 Rs/100g) and T₃ (3.55 Rs/100g). due to the addition of flaxseed powder which is comparatively high in price compared to Ragi flour and wheat flour. Gutta was the cheapest products. So it was concluded that the products formulated by incorporation of Ragi, wheat flour and flax seeds powder at different levels were at par with control, While improving the iron, calcium, protein and omega 3 fatty acid content.

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005867   Thilagavathi T;Banumathi P;Kanchana S; Ilamaran M (Food Science and Nutrition Dep, Home Science College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural U, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)) : Effect of heat moisture treatment on functional and phytochemical properties of native and modified millet flours. Pl Archs 2015, 15(1), 15-21.

Millets are one of the oldest foods known to humans and cultivated since time immemorial. Millets are termed as nutricereals since, they are nutritionally superior to major cereals with respect to protein, energy, vitamins and minerals. The functional properties and phytochemical components of native and modified millet flours were studied. The functional characteristics such as water absorption index (WAI) and water solubility index (WSI) were maximum in native flour than modified millet four. The data projected for water absorption capacity (WAC) and oil absorption capacity (OAC) of modified millet flour was high when compared with native flour. The soluble, insoluble and total dietary fibre content was observed to be high in modified millet flour than native flour. Among the native flours, little millet contained higher proportions of polyphenols (373.67 ± 12.16 mg GAE/100 g), antioxidant activity was 83.27 ± 2.28 mg AAEAA/100g in pearl millet, phytate content was 35.17 ± 0.63 mg/100g in kodo millet (35.17 ± 0.63 mg/100g) and tannin content was 22.67 ± 0.21 mg TAE/100g, respectively in proso millet flour followed by other millet flour.

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005866   Mamta;Anita Rani;Gahlot M (Clothing and Textiles Dep, College of Home Science, G.B. Pant Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, Email: mamtagbpuatpantnagar@gmail.com) : Knowledge level of young adult students on green apparel and textiles: a comparative study. Ecol Envir Conserv 2015, 21(1), 581-4.

The study was conducted in an agricultural university of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand to compare the knowledge level of young adult female students towards green apparel and textiles. Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar was selected purposively because of easy accessibility of researcher to this place. Total 60 students were selected from three colleges as respondents, out of which 30 were Ph.D. and 30 were M.Sc. students. The findings of the study revealed that the pre and post knowledge level regarding the green apparel and textiles was more among Ph.D. students than M.Sc. students. The students of both, Ph.D. and M.Sc. had medium level of pre-knowledge whereas the post-knowledge level of students had high because of awareness communication by researcher among students.

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004866   Pimple S;Maurya P;Singh R;Joshi A;Gurjar M; Shah M (Formulation and Development (R&D), Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Bhosari, Pune, Maharashtra) : Impact of croscarmellose sodium from different manufacturer on in -vitro analysis of s(-)pantoprazole tablets. Int J pharm Res Biosci 2014, 3(4), 358-65.

Pivotal objective of this study was to investigate the effect of manufacture specific Croscarmellose sodium on disintegration and drug dissolution parameters of S (-) Pantoprazole tablet. The study of Croscarmellose sodium was done, by considering two suppliers, FMC Biopolymer and DFE (Previously known as DMV Fonterra) in the formulations. The dissolution was carried out in USP apparatus II at 75 rpm in 0.1N HCl followed by 6.8 phosphate buffer as dissolution medium. The dissolution rate of the S (-) Pantoprazole was found highly dependent on the manufacturer of Croscarmellose sodium when used in same concentration. No effect of the diluents on the disintegration of tablet observed. Different formulations in which Croscarmellose sodium added intra or extra granularly have no significant effect on disintegration time and dissolution of S (-) Pantoprazole tablet. However when Croscarmellose sodium of different supplier in same concentration used shows drastic change in disintegration time and dissolution of S (-) Pantoprazole tablet. Similarity factor was calculated between % drug release of formulations of both suppliers and these results indicate that the dissolution of the formulation containing same concentration of Croscarmellose sodium of different supplier having remarkable change in rate of drug release from S (-) Pantoprazole tablet.

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003962   Oluwatayo I B (Agricultural Economics and Animal Production Dep, Limpopo Univ, Sovenga 0727, South Africa, Email: isaacoluwatayo@yahoo.com) : Healthcare service delivery system and households' welfare status in urban southwest Nigeria. J hum Ecol 2015, 50(2), 181-7.

This study examined available health care services in urban southwest Nigeria, the problems inherent in them and households' welfare status. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select 450 respondents comprising households and health care service providers. The results of the data analysis showed that the respondents are young with a mean age of 42 years. Average household size of respondents was 8. However, available health care services in the study area include hospitals/clinics, local doctors, spiritualists, patent medicine stores and self-medicators. The study found that majority of the respondents rely on local doctors, spiritualists, and patent medicine stores for health care. Meanwhile, respondents' age, income, educational level and asset value were positively related to respondents' welfare status but household size, location, primary occupation and gender of respondents were negatively related to it. It is therefore recommended that considerable investment in human capital should be made since education enhances human wellbeing. Also, sensitisation on family planning technique should be intensified because increased household size translates to lowered income per capita which in turn leads to reduced well-being.

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002958   Yadav N;Paul V;Chandra R;Khandelwal M S (Warner School of Food and Dairy Technology, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Impact of various coagulation temperatures and levels of salt on lactose and energy content of chhana spread. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 75-9.

Among milk products Chhana is gaining momentum in its production and consumption. Chhana is heated and acid coagulated indigenous milk product which forms the base of several popular Indian sweets like Rasogulla, Sandesh, Rasamalai and Chumchum etc Chhana or paneer, means the product obtained from cow or buffalo milk or a combination of them by precipitation with sour milk, lactic acid or citric acid. It shall not contain more than 70% of the moisture, and the milk fat not be less than 50% of the dry matter (PFA, 1976). The present study was undertaken with the objectives, to optimize processing parameters for the manufacturing of chhana spread, to evaluate the sensory, physico-chemical and microbiological qualities of chhana spread., to determine the shelf life of chhana spread at different storage periods, to find out the consumer acceptability of chhana spread, to find out the cost of manufacturing chhana spread. Three different type of milk Cow, Buffalo, Admixture milk as M₁ M₂ M₃ were used for making chhana spread and three different coagulant temperature 60°C, 65°C, 70°C as T₁, T₁, T₃ and three salt levels 1%, 1.5%, 2% as S₁, S₂, S₃ were used for making chhana spread and 27 treatment combinations used in the study. The different treatment combinations were compared with each other The experiment treatment combination (M₁T₁S₃) The highest percentage of lactose (3.08). The highest energy value of (303.71) was found in the treatment combinations (M₂T₂S₁).

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002957   Verma A;Neeru Bala;Sheikh S;Das A R (Foods and Nutrition Dep, EthelindSchool of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Preparation and storage quality of low cost weaning food. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 109-12.

Present study was carried out with the objective to prepare the weaning food by using different flours and evaluate the organoleptic properties of the reconstituted prepared weaning food, to calculate the nutritive value as well as to study the storage quality and to calculate the cost of prepared weaning food. Three treatment combinations T₁ (wheat flour 35g,lentil flour 25g, potato flour 20g, carrot flour 15g and sesame seeds flour 5g), T₂(wheat flour 35g, lentil flour 20g, potato flour 15g, carrot flour 25g and sesame seeds flour 5g) and T₃(wheat flour 35g, lentil flour 15g, potato flour 25g, carrot flour 20g and sesame seeds flour 5g) were prepared and reconstituted with milk and water. Sensory evaluation of the weaning food reconstituted with water and milk was carried out by using the 9 point hedonic scale. The nutritive value was calculated by using the food composition tables. Microbial analysis and peroxide value was determined with the help of standard procedure. The cost of the product was also calculated. The experiment was replicated four times and the data obtained during the investigation were statistically analyzed by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and critical difference techniques. Sensory score of reconstituted weaning food with water and milk scored highest in T₁ (wheat flour 35g, lentil flour 25g, potato flour 20g, carrot flour 15g, sesame seeds flour 5g and jaggery 35g) in relation to colour, taste and flavour and overall acceptability. The prepared weaning food are rich in carotene, calcium, phosphorus, energy, fat and iron thus the prepared weaning food are nutritious and useful for infants health. No microbial growth (yeast-mold count) was found till 14 days. In prepared weaning food T₃ (wheat flour 3Sg, lentil flour 15g, potato flour 25g, carrot flour 20g, sesame seeds flour 5g and jaggery 35g) was found cheaper (26.20Rs./Kg.) than other treatment combination. So it was concluded that weaning food can be prepared using wheat flour, lentilflour, potatoflour, carrot flour and sesame seeds flour to improve the health of infants.

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002956   Singh A;Sethi N;Singh A (Home Science Extention & Communication Management Dep, ESHS, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Inter-gender participation in agriculture and allied activities. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 117-19.

Women have always played an important role in agriculture, undertaking a wide range of activities relating to food production, processing and marketing. Beyond the farm, women play a key role in land and water management in all developing countries. Rural women often manage complex households and pursue multiple livelihood strategies. Their activities typically include producing agricultural crops, tending animals, processing and preparing food, working for wages in agricultural or other rural enterprises, collecting fuel and water, engaging in trade and marketing, caring for family members and maintaining their homes.Therefore, a study was carried out to find inter-gender participation in agriculture and allied activities in Hisar and Jhajjar district of Haryana state. One block from each district was selected randomly (Hisar-I from Hisar and Bahadurgarh from Jhajjar) and one village viz., Dahima from Hisar-I and Sankhol from Bahadurgarh was selected randomly. Total sample of 160 respondents were selected randomly including 80 respondents from Dahima and 80 from Sankhol. Major findings revealed that agricultural activity such as irrigation, selection of crop, field preparation, hoeing and marketing of vegetable and wholesale products were performed by adult males, whereas activities like taking food to farm, weeding, harvesting and storage were performed by adult females. Study further unveiled that activities related to animal husbandry were mainly performed by adult females such as preparation of animal food, milking, collection of animal dung, cleaning of animals and their habitat, taking care of sick, pregnant animals and new born calves, where sale and purchase of animals was mainly done by adult males.

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002955   Shukla S;Prasad R;Tiwari A (Foods & Nutrition Dep, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Dietary pattern of obese young women in semi urban area of Allahabad district. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 69-71.

Study pertaining to the "Dietary pattern of obese young women in semi urban area of Allahabad district" was conducted in Allahabad District. This was a cross-sectional study were 150 semi urban young women aged between 20-40 years were selected randomly from Gangotri Nagar and Friends Colony Naini, Allahabad. For the data collection, a structured interview schedule was developed and data was collected by face to face interview. The anthropometric measurements (Height in cm. and weight in kg) of the respondents were recorded. The nutrient intake of the subjects was calculated on the basis of 24 hours dietary recall method. Results of the study indicated that, out of 150 respondents the majority of women (87 per cent) of semi urban area of Allahabad District, were in Grade Π obesity and remaining respondents were in grade I (35 per cent) and grade III (28 per cent) obesity. The mean nutrient intake of the respondents regarding Energy, Protein, Fat, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin C and β-carotene were more than the RDA, except for Iron intake among women between 30-35 and 35-40 years, Calcium in women aged 30-35 years and Vitamin C in women between 25-30 years which were lesser than RDA. The dietary pattern, such as type of cooking oil, type of milk used, consumption of fast/ junk food, methods of cooking, also contributed to obesity in women.

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002954   Shubrata;Anshu;Mathur A (Home Science Dep, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Cross cultural study on gender differences in emotional well being of adolescents. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 113-16.

Cross cultural study on gender differences in Emotional well being of Adolescents was conductedwith the following objectives: To find the status of emotional well being of adolescent girls and boys residing in cities. To find the status of emotional well being of adolescent girls and boys residing in rural areas. To find gender based differences of emotional well being of adolescents cross culturally. To find the effect of culture on emotional well being of adolescents. The sample of the study comprised a total of 100 students, 50 adolescents (25 boys and 25 girls) from the rural background and (25 boys and 25 girls) from the urban areas, were selected using random stratified sampling techniques from various colleges of Allahabad city and neighboring village Indalpur General well-being scale devised by Kalia and Deswal (1971) and Socio Economic Status Scale by Kuppuswami (1962) were used for the assessment of emotional well-being and socio economic status of the adolescents. Data was analyzed by frequencies / percentages,mean,standard deviation and t-test. Results revealed that almost all adolescents have good emotional well-being irrespective of gender and cultural settings. also revealed that rural boys and girls were significantly better in their emotional well being (P≤0.05) than their urban counterparts and boys were found significantly better (P≤ 0.05) than their girl counterparts in their emotional well-being. It is concluded from the results that culture has an impact on emotional well-being of adolescents.

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002953   Sheikh S;Gupta A;Vetolu;Sahai R (Foods and Nutrition Dep, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Sensory evaluation and nutritional compositioin in utilization of multi-flour mix in the preparation of gluten free snacks. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 103-8.

Gluten is a special type of protein that is commonly found in rye, wheat, and barley. Gluten provides many additional important qualities; it keeps the gases that are released during dough fermentation. By employing the multi-flour mix, four products were developed namely Laddoo, Cheelay, Namakpara and Chappaties. The four treatments were made of all the products with the different percent of incorporation of different flours. In the T₁ treatment 70% Bengal gram flour was incorporated with 10% Soya bean flour, 10% Buckwheat flour and 10% Flaxseeds flour for making the products i.e: Laddoo, Cheelay, Namakpara and Chappaties respectively. In T₂ treatment 55% of Bengal gram flour was incorporated with 15% of soya bean flour, 15% of Buckwheat, 15% Flaxseeds flour for making the products. In T₃ treatment 40% of Bengal gram flour was incorporated with 20% of soya bean flour, 20% of Buckwheat flour, and 20% of Flaxseeds for making the products. In the T₄ treatment 25% of Bengal gram, was incorporated with 25% of soya bean flour, 25% of Buckwheat and 25% of Flaxseeds flour for making the products. Organoleptic qualities of the products were judged by the five panels of members by 9 point hedonic scale. All the products were acceptable with the different treatments. In laddoo T₂ treatment was the best (8.7±0.44), T₁ treatment was best in the Chappaties (8.5±0.34). T₂ was the best treatment in cheela (8.4±0.27) following with the other treatments. In the fourth product, namakpara T₁ treatment has the highest score (8.9±0.45).

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002952   Shakti;Dubey R P (Foods and Nutrition Dep, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Assessment of nutrients intake of school going children (7-9 years) of Faizabad district. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 87-8.

School children may be at increased risk of nutrients deficiencies owing to increase energy expenditure combined with decreased meal frequency, reduced maternal attention and parasitic infections. Under nutrition reduces immunity and infections, reduce appetite, impair absorption and lead to catabolic losses of precious nutrients. The aim of research is to study the "assessment of nutrients intake of school going children". Four hundred samples were selected from different schools. Dietary survey was done by questionnaire-cum-interview method. Finding revels that the most of the respondents were 7 year of age group. Most of respondents were from hindu religion. The nutrients consumption of respondents were lower than the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA). Nutrient intake of children was inadequate and anthropometric measurement (mean height and mean weight) were significantly (P<60>0.05) lower than the reference value.

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002951   Nasreen F;Dubey R;Sheikh S;Prasad R (NO, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Preparation of spirulina based nutritious namakpara flavoured with thyme and oregano. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 97-9.

With the current trend in nutritional and health awareness, the consumers demand for high protein, high fiber and calcium products with acceptable sensory characteristics. The present study was carried out with different levels (5%, 10% and 15%) of spirulina, (90%, 85% and 75%) whole wheat flour and (5%) each of thyme and oregano, to assess the organoleptic and nutritive value of the prepared products namely "Namakpara" and which were served as treatments T₁, T₂ and T₃ respectively, without incorporation of "Spirulina, Thyme and Oregano" (T₀) served as control. They were replicated five times for all 2 products and organoleptic evaluation was carried out using the nine point hedonic scale. Nutritional composition was calculated using the food composition table, data obtained during investigation were statiscally analyzed by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and critical difference (CD) techniques. On the basis of findings, it was concluded that in case of Namakpara 15 percent incorporation level treatment (T₃) was the best with regard to colour, treatment (T₁) and (T₂) was best scored with regard to body and texture, treatment (T₁) for taste and flavour and treatment (T₂) for overall acceptability.

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002950   Jyoti G;Alka G;Sarita S (Foods and Nutrition Dep, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Development of value added food products by incorporation of the coarse grain and whey. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 100-02.

Coarse grains are the name referred to the millets along with maize and sorghum, which constitute the food of the economically weaker sections of the population of India. The present study was undertaken with the objectives to determine the nutritive value of different food products by the utilization of coarse grains and whey at different levels, to assess the organoleptic evaluation of the prepared food product. Products like "Sev", and "Cheela", Incorporated with whey at the level of 10 percent, 15 percent and 20 percent and served as treatments T₁, T₂ and T₃ respectively. Treatment T₀, without incorporation of whey served as control. The replicated three times for all two food products and data obtained from investigation were statistically analyzed by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and critical difference (CD) techniques. Sensory evaluation was carried out by using nine point Hedonic scale., it was observed that in case of "Sev" (T₃) coded the best regard to colour, Body and texture, and overall acceptability, (T₂) Coded the best regarded to taste and flavour. In case of "Cheela", (T₃) coded the best colour, body and texture, and overall acceptability and (T₂) was best in taste and flavour. "Cheela" rich in nutrients. On the basis of finding we concluded that coarse grain and whey can be incorporated in the preparation of different food increased their nutrient content. Cost of the prepared product on the basis of raw material was decreased with incorporation of coarse grain and whey.

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002949   Gupta A;Sheikh S;Mishra J;Gupta S (NO, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Sensory evaluation of the products incorporated with oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) flower. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 72-4.

Mushrooms are gaining popularity in the world today as one of the most important vegetable of the twentieth century. They are consumed as a delicacy and appreciated for their good taste, ample nutrition and enticing flavour. They are considered to be healthy food that can reduce malnutrition and help the country deliver the global commitment of achieving the Millennium Development Goals on health, poverty and hunger (United Nations, 2000). Pleurotus species (Pleurotus ostreatus) commercialized in India were evaluated for consumer acceptability. Basic sensory methods for food evaluation and hedonic tests to measure degree of likeness were adopted for this research.Three products were prepared viz. Pakora, Mushroom Potato vegetable and Mathri at 10-80 percent level. Sensory evaluation revealed highest score for Overall acceptability of Pakora in treatment T₂ (8.49 ± 0.63) followed by Mathri in treatment T₁ (8.38 ± 0.62) and lowest for Mushroom Potato vegetable (7.84 ± 0.60). It can be concluded that Oyster mushroom based products being good sources of minerals and energy may be incorporated in daily diets. If mushroom consumption is popularised, the support for food nutrition security is substantial.

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002948   Dey A;De P S;Gangopadhyay P K (NO, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Regional Research Sub-station and Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ratua, Malda-732 205, Email: avijitcirb@gmail.com) : Influence of enzyme supplementation on growth performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chicken fed corn-soybean meal based home made diet. Indian vet J 2015, 92(4), 88-91.

To study the effect of enzyme supplementation on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chicken fed corn-soybean meal based diet (CON), 160 day-old commercial broiler chicks randomly divided into two equal groups containing 2 replicates of 40 chicks were offered either a control diet (CON) or enzymes (K-Zyme powder, 50g/ 100 kg feed) -supplemented diet (KZM). Feeding of KZM improved (p<60>0.05) the body weight and feed efficiency. The weight of gizzard and intestine was reduced, which ultimately improved (p<60>0.05) dressing percentage of KZM birds. Therefore, enzyme supplementation to home-made diet improved performance and net profit of broiler production.

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002947   Chandra N;Parvez R (Home Science Dep, Family Resource Management, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Ergonomic approach to improve work efficiency and work environment in garment manufacturing units. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 61-4.

A present study on male and female workers between 30-35 years of age was conducted regarding ergonomic intervention to improve the work environment in garment manufacturing units. One male and female garment industries was selected for the study. The total sample size was 110 which comprised of 55 men and 55 women. The work environment in the garment manufacturing units is unhealthy and unsafe for the workers, resulting in several health problems. Analysis of garment manufacturing units using a combination of techniques revealed that the congested work area, improper ventilation, dust, unergonomic workstations, excessive noise and non-use of personal protective equipment were the major constraints faced by the workers in these units. Based on the study, interventions to improve the work environment, safety aspects and work methods have been suggested which could be adopted on a wider scale.

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002946   Bhawna;Virginia P (Foods and Nutrition Dep, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Dietary pattern, food frequency and complications developed in menopausal women suffering from osteoporosis. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 89-92.

Osteoporosis is a disease of the skeleton in which the bone loses calcium and its density. After age 80, up to 70% of women develop osteoporosis. Health status of the respondents is measured by comparing weight for height of the respondents, of which maximum (40%) respondents were overweight whereas minimum (3.33%) respondents were severely obese. Osteoporosis is asymptomatic disease but as disease becomes severe, maximum patients complain various problems like loss of mobility, pain in climbing stairs; some had severe backache & some of them complained of pain during bed time & were unable to do heavy work. Most of the respondents consumed 2 cups of tea/ coffee daily. Daily intake of milk was maximum (12) among elderly women. Consumption of green leafy vegetables was highest. There was daily consumption of pulses by the respondents as most of them were vegetarian. It is concluded that dietary pattern of menopausal women suffering from osteoporosis, indicates that about 70% of the respondents are vegetarian, 20% non-vegetarian & about 10% ovetarian, which was comparable to standard values. Calcium intake was low and below ICMR recommended dietary allowances. Disease and its complication lead to loss of appetite and poor health status. Excessive intake of tea/ coffee and table salt by females led to more complications. Milk and milk products consumption was also very less by the females.

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002945   Bhavna G;Prakash D R (Foods and Nutrition Dep, Ethelind School of Home Science, SHIATS, Allahabad-211 007) : Preparation of value added food products by incorporation of carrot flour in wheat flour. Allahabad Fmr 2015, 70(2), 93-6.

Wheat belongs to the genus- Triticum and there are 30,020 species. The kernel of wheat is usually 1/8 - 1/4 inches long. Wheat is consumed mostly in the form of flour obtained by milling the grain. Wheat flour is an excellent source of complex carbohydrates. In addition, wheat flour contains B-vitamins, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, minimal amounts of sodium and other trace elements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wheat. Carrot is the richest source of beta-carotene among all the root vegetables; therefore it holds an important position among vegetables. Its common Hindi name is Gajar. Carrot can also promote colon health as it is rich in fiber. Vitamin A deficiency remains widespread in many countries in South Asia and contributes to a significant proportion of preventable blindness (Bloe, 1997) Vitamin A. The objectives of present research were to evaluate the sensory attributes of prepared products and to assess the nutritional quality of the prepared products. Carrot flour were incorporated in wheat flour recipes viz- Ladoo and Cookies with one control (T₀) and four treatments for each products T₁, T₂, T₃ and T₄ at different percentage incorporation levels with Carrot flour for all two products using their standard ingredients and method of preparation. Sensory evaluation of the prepared products was done by 9 point hedonic scale. The nutritive value of prepared food products was calculated by using the food composition table (Gopalan, 2007). Result showed that based on the expert panel evaluation of two products, showd that the highest overall acceptability was found in T₃ (30%) in case of Ladoo and T₂ (20%) in cookies. All the experimental prepared products were fond to be acceptable. Significant Difference (P≤0.05) in flavour and taste, body and texture and colour and appearance between various treatment combinations was found. The prepared products were found to be low in calories and carbohydrate but high in fibre, calcium, iron, phosphorus, sodium potassium and carotene content. It was concluded from the results that the products formulated by incorporation of Carrot flour in wheat flour at different level can improve the nutritional quality of products as well as variety in the diet.

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000990   Vasishtha H;Srivastava R P (Basic Sciences Div, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur-208 024, Email: rpsrivastava1208@rediffmail.com) : Effect of soaking and cooking on dietary fibre, protein and lectins of rajmash (Phaseolus vulgaris) beans. Indian J agric Biochem 2014, 27(2), 219-22.

The cellulose, lignin and pectin of rajmash seed did not change significantly during soaking and cooking. However, a reduction of 31.3% in hemicelluloses content of seed was observed during cooking. The soluble protein content of seed did not change significantly during soaking, but a marginal increase was observed in soluble protein of seed during cooking. Soaking caused a reduction of 6.5% in lectin content (HA activity) of seed, whereas a remarkable loss of 91.4% in haemagglutinating activity was recorded during cooking of grain. The pressure cooking of soaked seed completely destroyed HA activity of seed.

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000989   Saradha Ramadas V;Joseph E (Food Service Management and Dietetics Dep, Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education for Wome, Univ, Coimbatore-641 043) : Consumption trend and quality assessment of street food in Coimbatore city. Res Highlight 2014, 24(3), 165-72.

Street foods form a significant part of the daily diet of students and working community thus has a major influence on health and wellbeing. Hence it is imperative to assess the consumption trend of street food, hygienic food handling practices and food safety to ensure quality food to the consumers. A total of 100 street food vendors from five areas were selected from Coimbatore. A total of 500 consumers constituting 200 higher secondary school children, 200 college students and 100 adults visiting street food outlets were selected. Food handling practices and, their knowledge on food and food safety aspects were assessed using a check list and questionnaire. The microbial analysis of 12 food samples were undertaken to find out the good safety. Findings revealed that the majority of 54 percent of street food vendors aged between 36 and 55 years. Most of the 61 per cent of vendors had the opinion that street food vending is the easy way to earn livelihood. It is noted that among the street food consumers 32.5 percent school students and 39 percent of college students and 34 percent adults had street food twice a week. After the education majority of the vendors (86.6%) started to check the health care information regularly. The education helped the vendors to create awareness on contamination need for personal hygiene and its ill effects. The improvement of personal hygiene of the vendors product. A noticeable improvement in the food handling practices were observed. The education helped the vendors to create awareness on contamination of food, need for personal hygiene and its ill effects. This study recommends that every vendor or helper should undergo a basic training in food hygiene.

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024265   Nti C A;Pecku E;Opare-Obisaw C (Family and Consumer Sciences Dep, Ghana Univ, P.O. Box LG 91, Legon-Ghana, Email: cnti@ug.edu.gh) : Nutrition knowledge, meal patterns and nutritional status of energy drink users in a Ghanaian university. J hum Ecol 2015, 49(1-2), 1-7.

A cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the nutrition knowledge, meal patterns and nutritional status of energy drink users in the Methodist University College, Ghana. One hundred and twenty (120) energy drink users were purposively selected and interviewed using a combination of methods, including a structured questionnaire, anthropometry and dietary assessment methods. Data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software (Version 16). Most of respondents (76%) had poor to fair nutrition knowledge and majority (80%) ate 3 times a day. Female respondents met 97 percent of energy requirement while the males met only 66 percent. Energy drinks did not make much contribution to energy intake among the respondents. The mean BMI of males and females were 23.52 kg/m^{2 and 24.2 kg/m2 respectively. About two-thirds had normal BMIs and a third were either overweight, obese or underweight. No significant relationships were observed between frequency of consumption of energy drinks and nutrition knowledge, diet quality and nutritional status.}

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023291   Sukhpreet Kaur;Aggarwal P (Food Science and Technology Dep, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana-141 004, Email: sukhpreetnagra1@gmail.com) : Development and evaluation of nutritionally enhanced potato rice papads (Indian cookie). J appl nat Sci 2015, 7(1), 242-8.

The present study was carried out to develop papads (Indian cookie) from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and rice (Oryza sativa) blends and to analyze them for organoleptic, physicochemical, phytochemical and shelf life quality. Two processing cultivars (Kufri Chipsona-1, Kufri Chandramukhi) and one commonly grown cultivar (Kufri Pukhraj) were evaluated for processing into papad. Based on preliminary sensory trails, papads with boiled potato mash (60%) and gelatinized rice (30%) level of supplementation were found to be most acceptable and these papads were subjected to nutritional evaluation. Results were compared with rice papads (control). Protein content and yield was significantly (p<60>0.05) higher in control papads compared to potato supplemented papads. Oil uptake significantly (p<60>0.05) increased on supplementation with potato. Bioactive compounds including ascorbic acid, total phenolics and total antioxidant activity measured as DPPH radical scavenging activity increased significantly (p<60>0.05) on incorporation of potato. Between the cultivars, papads enriched with Kufri Pukhraj, a table variety which is considered unfit for processing, displayed the highest phytochemical content and total antioxidant activity. Sensory evaluation indicated higher overall acceptability scores of potato enriched papads compared to control. During storage of papads at room temperature for up to 3 months, significant (p<60>0.05) changes in the moisture content, phytochemical content and antioxidant activity were observed. Storage studies showed that the potato supplemented papads can be stored safely for 3 months of storage at ambient temperature.

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023290   Pandey K;Vinay D (Family Resource Management Dep, College of Home Science, Govind Ballabh Pant Univ of Agriculture & Tec, Pantnagar-263 145, Email: kumkum.pandey.unique@gmail.com) : Quantification and classification of low back pain severity based on aberdeen low back pain scale. J appl nat Sci 2015, 7(1), 92-7.

Occupational low back pain (LBP) remains the leading safety and health challenge for many industries. The present study was focused to evaluate the physical demands of the manual material handling task in terms of back pain to assess the potential risk of injury. This investigation measures the prevalence of low back pain of rice mill workers in Rudrapur block, District Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttarakhand. Sixty workers, extensively involved in manual material handling (MMH) task (including, loading, unloading, stacking, filling carrying of rice or paddy sack etc.) were investigated for the presence of low back pain and associated personal and workplace risk factors and symptoms. The severity, intensity; frequency, duration and medication of low back pain was assessed utilizing the 'Aberdeen Low Back Pain Scale' developed by Ruta and Garratt (1994) on the basis of scoring in terms of light, moderately light, heavy, very heavy and extremely heavy back pain. The interpretation of scores revealed that 18.33% respondents were falling under the category of moderately light pain (M), 66.66% respondents were under heavy back pain (H), only 15% were under the category of very heavy back pain (V), whereas none of the respondents were under the category of light pain (l) and extremely heavy pain (E). It was concluded that there remains an interest in developing integrated models to predict LBP among Rice mill workers using ergonomic and psychosocial factors as well as control strategies to reduce risk of injury.

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023289   Naz H;Kwatra S;Ojha P (Family Resource Management Dep, College of Home Science, G.B. Pant Univ of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, Email: ojha.pragya063@gmail.com) : Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among handloom weavers of Uttarakhand : an ergonomic study. J appl nat Sci 2015, 7(1), 102-5.

Long hours of static work with awkward working postures at traditionally designed looms can cause high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among handloom weavers. Because of incompatible working situations handloom weaver in textile industries are confronting with many work related musculoskeletal problems related to pain and discomfort in upper and lower extremities. Keeping this in view, the present study was planned to assess the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and postural discomfort among handloom weavers. For this study, 64 (male and female) handloom weavers aged 20-55 years were selected randomly from Almora and Nainital districts of Uttarakhand state. To collect the information, standardized Nordic questionnaire was used to assess pain and discomfort in different body regions of handloom weavers. It was observed that those workers worked continuously in awkward postures during weaving activities. Consequently they suffered from high discomfort in their different body parts. High rate of pain and musculoskeletal disorder was most prevalent in right wrist, left wrist, hip/thigh, neck and lower back of the workers. The data reveled that since last 12 months, total 76.56 percent workers were suffered with pain and discomfort in right hand and 73.44 percent workers had pain and discomfort in both elbows. During last month, 73.44 percent workers were suffered with pain and discomfort in upper back because of awkward working postures whereas during 7 days, total 59.38 percent workers had pain in lower back. The study indicates that the traditional handloom weaving demands immediate ergonomic intervention in the workstation and process design.

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020403   Bhosale B P;Chogale N D;Dhamagaye H B;Bhatkar V R;Bondre R D (NO, Marine Biological Research Station, Peth Killa, Ratanagiri-415 612, Email: bhosalebp@yahoo.co.in) : Preparation of Bombay duck chutney from dried Bombay duck fish Harpodon neherus. Asian J Adv Basic Sci 2014, 2(2), 66-71.

A method for preparation of chutney from dried Bombay duck fish has been developed. The recipe, ingredients for the product has been standardized through taste panel studies. Besides, a treatment of antioxidant has been tried to assess the effect on shelf life of the product. The proximate composition, bacteriological and organoleptic changes in treated and untreated chutney has been studied during storage at room temperature. The quality of treated and untreated have better keeping quality and from organoleptic point of view both the chutney retain acceptable quality upto 90 days at room temperature in airtight polythene bag.

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019375   Yadav P;Annamma Kumar (Foods and Nutrition Dep, College of Home Science, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Email: poonamazam13@gmail.com) : Nutritional adequacy of mid day meal in Allahabad schools. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 655-7.

A study was undertaken with the aim of nutritional evaluation of mid day meals served in Allahabad schools. A survey was carried out among 103 girls (age 5-12 yrs) studying in two government primary schools. Weekly menus and nutritive value of mid day meals served in the schools of the district were analyzed in terms of calories, protein, fat, CHO, iron, calcium, folic acid, vitamin C and β-carotene. The mean values per serving were; kcal 463, protein 14.01, fat 6.24g,CHO 88g, iron 4.30mg, calcium 67.23mg, vitamin C 6.11mg folic acid 32.68 μg andβ-carotene 11μg. The recommendation of experts that one third RDA of nutrients must be provided by the MDM, was met in the case of protein of 5-9 yrs age group but not in the 10-12yrs age group. Energy and iron were below 1/3 RDA in case of all the children surveyed. In general, micronutrients were low in the MDM.

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019374   Yadav L;Maurya P (Foods and Nutrition Dep, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, Email: a.lata27@gmail.com) : Epigenetics: new relation of health and nutrition. Asian J Bio Sci 2014, 9(2), 288-92.

Development and maintenance of an organism is orchestrated by a set of chemical reactions that switch parts of the genome off and on at strategic times and locations. Epigenetics is the study of these reactions and the factors that influence them. The nutrients we extract from food enter metabolic pathways where they are manipulated, modified and molded into molecules, the body can use. One such pathway is responsible for making methyl groups - important epigenetic tags that silence genes. Familiar nutrients like folic acid, B vitamins and SAMe (S-Adenosyl methionine) are key components of this methyl-making pathway. Diets high in these methyl-donating nutrients can rapidly alter gene expression, especially during early development when the epigenome is first being established. Nutrients can reverse or change epigenetic phenomena such as DNA methylation and histone modifications, thereby modifying the expression of critical genes associated with physiologic and pathologic processes, including embryonic development, aging, and carcinogenesis. It appears that nutrients and bioactive food components can influence epigenetic phenomena either by directly inhibiting enzymes that catalyze DNA methylation or histone modifications, or by altering the availability of substrates necessary for those enzymatic reactions. As we better understand the connections between diet and the epigenome, the opportunity arises for clinical applications. Enter the future field of nutrigenomics, where nutritionists take a look at your methylation pattern and design a personalized nutrition plan. While we're not quite to that point yet, your doctor can already tell a lot about your disease risk by looking at your family health history. In this regard, nutritional epigenetics has been viewed as an attractive tool to prevent pediatric developmental diseases and cancer as well as to delay aging-associated processes. In recent years, epigenetics has become an emerging issue in a broad range of diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, inflammation and neurocognitive disorders.

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019373   Verma S;Paul V;Paul A;Sheikh S (Foods and Nutrition Dep, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences (D.U, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Email: sneha.verma303@gmail.com) : Development of nutrition education material to impart nutritional awareness among tribal adolescent girls of Ranchi district. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 388-93.

The study was performed as per the following objectives to assess the nutritional awareness related to dietary practices, to develop a film strip for nutrition education of selected tribal adolescent girls and to determine the gain in nutritional knowledge of selected adolescent girls through the developed film strip. For the present study adolescent girls of (13-16 years) were selected and divided into two groups, group A consisting of (13-14 years) age and group B consisting (15-16 years) age from 'Doman Dih' village of 'Rahe' block, 'Ranchi' district, state Jharkhand (N=60). The film strip entitled "LADKIYON MAIN POSHAN" was developed for providing the nutritional information and knowledge to the adolescent girls regarding the importance of iron, vitamin A, iodine and their role in our body. In the present study, the nutritional status of adolescent girls and the impact of communication methods on their knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) were studied as pre-exposure data and post-exposure data. There was the positive impact of the film strip shown, as all the results showed significant p ≤ 0.5 which means the nutrition education imparted was fruitfully conducted and knowledge was gained in a better way. About 21.7 per cent of the respondents knew about balanced diet and after imparting nutrition education it raised to 66.7 per cent, 58.3 per cent of the respondents knew about the sources of calcium and after the film strip which was shown, it rose to 86.6 per cent, 66.7 per cent of the respondents knew about the deficiency of anaemia and after providing nutrition education, it rose to 78.3 per cent. 38.3 of the respondents knew about vitamin A but after providing nutrition education, it rose to 56.7 per cent.Knowledge level scores of the respondents was also increased after providing nutrition education, 3.3 per cent of the respondents scored very good and after providing nutrition education, it raised to 51.7 per cent. About 11.7 per cent of the respondents scored good and after providing nutrition education, it rose to 26.6 per cent which showed a positive impact of the adolescent girls towards knowledge.

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019372   Verma R;Mamta Kumari (Human Development Dep, Ethelind School of Home Science, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agricul, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Email: missmamtu@gmail.com) : Anxiety level of college going students across the gender. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 658-9.

Anxiety is a common condition noticed in people of all age groups. It may be caused by a physical condition, mental condition, effects of drugs or due to a combination of these. The concept of anxiety is characterized most commonly or a diffused, unpleasant vague sense of comprehension, often accompanied by autonomic symptoms such as headache, perspiration, palpitation tightness of the chest, mild stomach discomfort, and restlessness, indicated by an inability to sit or stand still for a long time. (Sadock and Sadock, 2007). The study aimed to assess the anxiety level of college going students across gender. Two colleges namely, Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences College and Ganpat Sahay college were selected from Sultanpur city. For the collection of information, 60 students were selected randomly from that college. These 60 college going students were divided into two categories in which 30 boys and 30 girls were included. The questionnaire schedule was used to elicit the general information pertaining to respondents. For specific information, Sinha's Comprehensive Anxiety test (1971) developed by A.K.P. Sinha and L.N.K. Sinha was used in this study. The results were carried out through the frequency and percentage method. The findings of study concluded that most of the respondents (63.33%) had extremely high anxiety.

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019371   Vaishnav S;Srivastava M (Textiles and Apparel Designing Dep, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap Univ of Agriculture and Techn, Udaipur, Rajasthan, Email: meenuclt@yahoo.com) : Profile of warli artisans of Maharashtra. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 491-5.

Tribal art generally reflects the creative energy found in rural areas that acts as an undercurrent to the craftsmanship of the tribal people.Over the years they have found worldwide appreciation and admiration from art connoisseurs. Warli painting is the famous folk art of Maharashtra.Warli is the name of the largest tribe found on the northern outskirts of Mumbai, in Western India. The present explorary study was conducted in Maharashtra as the higher concentration of the warli artisans found in Dhanu, Jawahar, Manor and Cosbad Villages of Thane distt. to assess the socioeconomic profile of warli artisans.

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019370   Uma M;Uma Devi L (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, College of Home Science, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural Univ, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) : Relationship of emotional intelligence of adolescents with selected personal social variables in authoritarian parenting style. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 345-51.

The study was taken up to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and selected personal social variables in authoritarian parenting style. The sample comprised of 40 parents adopting authoritarian parenting style and their children between the age range of 15-17 years from the city of Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh. The parental interactional style questionnaire developed by Vivekan Reddy (1996) was used to know the authoritarian parenting style adopted by the parents. Emotional intelligence inventory developed and standardized by Uma Devi (2003) was used to find out the emotional intelligence levels of the adolescents. Results of the study revealed that in the authoritarian parenting style, most of the adolescents had average levels of emotional intelligence. It was interesting to note from the co- relational analysis resulted that social variables like mother's education, income and the child's age were found to have positive and significant relationship with the dimensions of emotional intelligence like impulse control and optimism. Surprisingly variables like family type, family size, caste, mother's income and child's birth order had significant but negative relationship with the emotional intelligence dimensions such as assertiveness, self actualization, empathy, reality testing and happiness.

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019369   Talukdar P;Sarmah J (Extension Education Dep, College of Home Science, Assam Agricultural Univ, Jorhat, Assam, Email: nimitalukdar@yahoo.co.in) : Assessment of nutritional knowledge of nurses regarding diet in some diseases. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 352-6.

Nutrition is involved in taking in and utilization of food substances by which growth, repair and maintenance of the body are accomplished. The nurse plays a key role in patient care. She is often the closest professional to the patient, spending most of the time with him. The present study was conducted to assess the existing knowledge of nurses on nutrition along with some background characteristics. One hundred and twenty nurses from three government hospitals and three private hospitals of three different districts were administered a questionnaire comprising of questions related to nutrition.Findings revealed that half of the total respondents (50%) belonged to younger age group (20-30 years), 49.2 per cent had diploma in nursing and 49.1 per cent had 1-5 years of professional experience.Majority (91%) of the respondents had medium level of mass media exposure. Around 61.7 per cent had medium level of nutritional knowledge. There was a need for increasing the nutritional knowledge of nurses, so proper training on nutrition education should be conducted frequently.

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