019368   Suryavanshi N;Parvez R (Family Resource Management Dep, Ethelind School of Home Science, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agricul, Technology and Science, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Email: suryavanshi_59@yahoo.co.in) : Posture gives feel of pain to rose and marigold harvesters. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 607-10.

This topic describes the study of rose and marigold flower harvester's as the same is also known as drudgery prone activity which affects their body as well as feel some kind of painful posture in Allahabad city. We have collected required data during survey and presented here in table and graph in part of result and discussion. This topic explain the postural problem while doing rose and marigold activities. The harvesting processes of rose and marigold crops are very drudgery prone. Since India being an agricultural country, where both men and women work very hard in the fields also majority live in the rural areas. The harvesting of rose comes under the severe drudgery prone activity (Ergonomic practices, 2003) and marigold is an annual flower plant. The harvesting of the marigold flower is painstaking as the severe most drudgery prone activity (Ergonomic practices, 2003) where women have to keep their posture in bending position from the back facing the ground for the harvesting of flowers found that rose and marigold are the main cash crops of Allahabad that involves farmers at great number.

2 illus, 2 tables, 11 ref

019367   Surinderjit Kaur;Saggu H K (Family Resource Management Dep, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, Email: sjk2961@rediffmail.com) : Scenario of consumer awareness among rural women of Ludhiana district and suggestions for their empowerment. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 465-9.

The present investigation was carried out to know the awareness of rural women regarding labels on packed food and textile items, quality assurance marks and consumer protection rights. The study was conducted on 120 rural women from four villages of Ludhiana district. Purposive sampling technique was used for sample selection and data were collected through an interview schedule. The results indicated that majority of the respondents had no knowledge about care symbols on textile goods, nearly 1/3rd of respondents looked for Maximum Retail Price (MRP), manufacturing date and expiry date while purchasing packed food items. Almost all the respondents never looked for other details on labels. More than 90.00 per cent of respondents were unaware of Agmark, FPO, ISO and ECO mark, whereas more than 80.00 per cent of women were aware of ISI and Woolmark, but all of them were unable to distinguish between original clone ISI mark. Upto or less than five per cent of respondents had knowledge about Consumer Protection Rights and Act. So, there is a strong need to create consumer awareness among rural women through extension training programmes, consumer clubs and electronic media to avoid exploitation of rural consumers.

5 illus, 4 tables, 5 ref

019366   Singhal P;Raghuvanshi R S (Foods and Nutrition Dep, College of Home Science, G.B. Pant Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, Email: psinghal160@gmail.com) : Body composition in relation to economic status among adult females. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 357-62.

This cross-sectional nature of research investigation consists of assessing nutritional status and body composition of 629 young women in the age range of 18-28 years. Mean BMI and waist hip ratio was revealed 20.3±3.4 and 0.83±0.05, respectively. Fat per cent showed an increasing trend in accordance with income slab. A decreasing trend was observed for fat free mass (%) and total body water (%) in relation to income range. Mean observations for fat (%) have been found to be 21.27±6.55,22.74±6.77 and 23.91±6.86 at three corresponding income ranges. FFM (%) and fat (%) had significant difference (p<60>0.01) at 1 per cent level for the groups viz., low income group-middle income group and middle income group-high income group. Anthropometric characteristics such as weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, triceps, biceps, sub-scapular and sum of skin fold thickness had rising trend with advancing income ranges while height, MUAC, WHR and supra-iliac revealed no such trend.Waist circumference showed to have significant difference (p<60>0.05) at 5 per cent level for the groups viz.,low income group-middle income group and low income group-high income group. Waist hip ratio revealed significant difference (p<60>0.05) at 5 per cent level for the group low income group-middle income group.

3 tables, 20 ref

019365   Singh R;Raghuvanshi R S (Food Science and Nutrition Dep, College of Home Science, C.S.A. Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Email: rashmi_csau@yahoo.co.in) : Effect of household storage practices on iodine content of iodized salt. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 481-3.

Iodine deficiency is amongst the most widely prevalent nutritional problems of Indian peninsula. India is one of the major iodine deficient countries in the world. Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of preventable mental retardation and brain damage. It causes goitre and decreases the production of hormones vital to growth and development. In India it is estimated that about 200 million people are at risk for iodine deficiency disorders. Iodized salt is undoubtedly the strategy for the country still iodine is not fully utilized by the people because of improper handling, usage and storage practices and the data regarding its losses in iodized salt during storage at household level are not available. Keeping the above facts in consideration, the present study was planned with the objective to determine the effect of storage place, duration, type of storage vessel on the iodine content of the salt.

4 tables, 7 ref

019364   Singh M;Srivastava S (Home Science Dep, Allahabad Univ, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Email: manusingh.singh9@gmail.com) : Ergonomic saree design for geriatric women. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 641-3.

The human life span is increasing. The average in 80's was 48, in 90's increased to 59, in 2000 it was 66 and increases to 78 in 2010, bringing about a host of other related problems of care, food and clothing. Clothing is the second skin of human beings. It is an important issue throughout human life because of its protective and aesthetic functions. Clothing needs change at all ages. Due to advancement in technology the life span of human beings has been increased. Clothing needs have to be altered as per needs of the geriatric population of 70 to 85 years. Noticeable degenerative changes are visible in human body and mind during this age span. To name a few reduced mobility, stiff joints, weakness and many other diseases such as arthritis, incontinence, Alzheimer's, short term memory loss, organ failure, paralysis etc. Yet the desire to be looking and feeling normal can be resurrected with similar looking aesthetic clothing which is more functional in design and easy to wear and maintain. Saree has been redesigned for the older women having more functionality, with added comfort features.

2 illus, 2 tables, 6 ref

019363   Singh G;Singh A;Singh P (Family Resource Management Dep, College of Home Science, Chandra Shekhar Azad Univ of Agriculture and, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Email: arch_knp@yahoo.co.in) : Training package on macrame for skill development. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 660-1.

Macrame is delightful hand knotted craft employed to make several useful and decorative products. The role of textile handicraft industry in rural economy of India is increasing steadily. Therefore, the present study explored the potential of this traditional beautiful craft in developing training package on macrame products to encourage women for skill development.

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019362   Sharma N;Gulati J K (Human Development Dep, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, Email: sh.neha.83@gmail.com) : Self-esteem and social support as predictors of happiness among adolescents living in socio-economic hardship. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 402-8.

The present study was investigated to assess the level of happiness among rural adolescents experiencing persistent socio-economic hardship and to examine the contribution of attributes like self-esteem and perceived social support on happiness of rural poor adolescents. The sample included 360 adolescents (15-18 years of age) belonging to intact two parent families and living in conditions of socio-economic hardship. The results revealed that despite of living in conditions of socio-economic hardship, majority of rural adolescents perceived high degree of happiness. Female adolescents perceived significantly more happiness in their life as compared to their male counterparts. Males manifested significantly greater self-esteem than females. Correlation analysis revealed that self-esteem and social support were significantly positively correlated with happiness. Regression analysis revealed that social support emerged as the strongest protective factor.

6 tables, 41 ref

019361   Sharma M;Rao U (Home Science (Clothing and Textiles) Dep, Banasthali Univ, Banasthali, Rajasthan, Email: urmilarao91@gmail.com) : Indo-western garments with banni embroidery having persian motifs. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 514-18.

This problem was undertaken by investigator to add new and interesting idea which can break monotony and give a touch of novelty in construction of indo-western garments with Banni embroidery having Persian motifs. A pre- market survey was conducted to asses the present availability of various embroidered indo western garments through net, magazine, books etc. For this survey was carried out on Faculty members of Clothing and Textiles and 50 graduate students of Department of Mathematics, Banasthali University were selected for doing Banni embroidery on different garments and consumer preferences. After this Persian motifs were collected from primary and secondary sources and then investigator developed 25 design sheets. These design sheets were further evaluated by using 5 point scale method and 5 most preferred design sheets were converted into prototypes. These all are constructed according to the preferred design sheets and then developed prototype further evaluated on the basis of colour combination, placement of motifs, marketability and over all. Majority of the products were found to have high marketing and acceptability.

11 illus, 1 table, 10 ref

019360   Shahi V;Balda S;Kaushal S (Home Human Development and Family Studies Dep, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural Univ, Hisar, Haryana, Email: skaushal53@gmail.com) : Temperament of school going children. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 496-9.

Temperament is a core element of the human's personality. Child's temperament might be involved in the child's social relationship and affect his or her social development. This study aims to investigate temperamental dimensions of children studying at schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education and Haryana Board of Secondary Education. From Hisar city, two schools affiliated to CBSE and two schools affiliated to HBSE were selected at random. From each school 40 children were randomly selected. Total sample comprised 160 children (84 boys and 76 girls). Malhotra Temperament Schedule (Malhotra and Malhotra, 1988) was used to assess mothers' perception of their children's temperament. Results revealed that there were no differences between boys and girls in sociability, emotionality, distractibility and rhythmicity but boys were more energetic than girls.

4 tables, 13 ref

019359   Sangwan S;Davar V;Muraal S (Home Science Dep, Kurukshetra Univ, Kurukshetra, Haryana, Email: vintidavar@gmail.com) : Impact of health education on rural adolescent girls of Haryana. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 431-5.

Adolescence is a period of rapid physical and biological changes and prime time for health promotion and to encourage adolescents to establish healthy patterns of behaviour that will influence their development and health in later years. In this context a health education programme was structured and charts, posters and other education material were prepared. A pre-test post-test experimental design was employed and the study was a cross-sectional study. From two stratified areas of Rohtak and Bhiwani districts of Haryana, a total sample of 300 adolescent girls in the age group of 13-19 years were selected by random sampling from two villages each Kanni and Shangi and Mehraa and Badeshra from each district, respectively. Assessment was done by self-structured knowledge inventory. Knowledge towards health education was divided into seven major sub-aspects i.e. personal hygiene, nutrition and health, family planning, maternal and child care, HIV/ AIDS and physical and emotional health. Pre and post testing performances of experimental and control group respondents were compared using t- test. The messages through prepared charts, posters, leaflets and pamphlets were found most appropriate according to the title/slogan, clarity of picture, colour combination, attractiveness, usefulness, selfexplanation, relevance of graphic/text of the topic and general get up. A significant positive impact (P<60>0.01) of educational programme on the knowledge of experimental group respondents was observed. Improvement has been noted in the respondents from low and moderate categories to high level at post testing stage of imparting health education.

1 illus, 3 tables, 8 ref

019358   Rawat S;Singh N (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, School for Home Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Univ, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Email: bhu_ns@yahoo.co.in) : Risk of maternal condition among obese and non-bese women. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 568-71.

Obesity is a growing global health problem. In India, more than half of the adult women are overweight and almost 30% are obese. The problems which are associated with obesity are Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, high LDL (bad) cholesterol, stroke, hypertension, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis (degeneration of cartilage and bone of joints), sleep apnea and other breathing problem, some forms of cancer (breast, colorectal, endometrial and kidney).Obesity represents a major risk factor in pregnant and lactating women and has documented maternal effects on both pregnancy and the fetus. Alarmingly 35% of the women died from maternal death had a BMI <62>30. According to the results and discussion of the study following broad conclusion was drawn according to anthropometrics measurement. The majority of maternal women belonging to this phase showed the maternal obesity in obese and non-obese women in the study by using previous WHO criteria and proposed Asian criteria. The anthropometric measurement obese and non-obese problem in Lucknow city was assessed on body mass index, the objective of the study was to know nature and extent of maternal condition during the study, to determine obese and non-obese women according to anthropometry measurement. To assess metabolic aberrations in women through biochemical parameters and investigation of the risk of maternal obesity condition women. The study was carried out in urban area of Lucknow city using retrospective study (case-control study) after applying screening technique to drawn the sample size (n=120). For this study, 120 women belonging to reproductive age group (15 to 49 years) in four mohalla of Lucknow city by adopting multistage random sampling procedure. The tools in the study were pre- designed and pre-tested schedule comprising of family and individual schedule, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference/ hip circumference. Metabolic syndrome (MS) 10.00 per cent, metabolically healthy but obese (MHO) 41.67 per cent, metabolically obese normal weight (MONW) 48.33 per cent women and results are given 120 women according to her age (55.81%) women were metabolically normal weight (BMI>18.5) according to (BMI>30).

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019357   Rathour S;Duhan K;Chaudhary K (Human Development Dep, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab) : Family ecology: context of adolescents' personality from disorganized families. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 394-401.

This study investigated the role of socio-economic variables on personality of adolescents from disorganized families. Multidimensional Assessment of Personality Series (MAP Series Form-T) form for Teens had been used for the said purpose. Test contained 20 dimensions and 7 items for each dimension to objectively assess the personality of adolescents. A list of adolescents of urban disorganized families was prepared from five randomly selected city schools of Hisar city. A sample of 45 urban respondents was randomly selected from the prepared list. Following the same procedure, a sample of 45 rural adolescents was taken from the list of f rural disorganized family's adolescents of purposively selected villages in Hisar-I block. The findings indicated significant association between personality of adolescents and personal and socio-economical variables. Age and area of belonging had significant association with adolescent's enthusiasm, boldness, guilt proneness, leadership, maturity, mental health, self-control, self-sufficiency and tension. Parent's occupation and family income had significant association with general ability, guilt proneness, leadership, mental health, self-control and social warmth of the respondents.Family size had a significant effect on boldness, general ability, innovation and self-control while parent's education was significantly associated with guilt proneness, leadership, maturity, self-control and tension, further sex of parents was significantly associated with self-control level of adolescents. There was a significant association between caste and adolescent's mental health, self-control and self-sufficiency while family type was associated with enthusiasm, general ability and individualism of respondents.

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019356   Rathore M K;Sangwan S (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, I.C. College of Home Science, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural Univ, Hisar, Haryana, Email: manjurathore23@gmail.com) : Academic performance of adolescents: an outcome of parental encouragement. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 484-90.

Earlier in a child's educational process parent involvement begins, the more powerful the effects will be. Educators frequently point out the critical role of the home and family environment in determining children's school success. Parental encouragement has great significance in developing psychological as well as academic behaviour of a child. Present study was conducted to assess the impact of parental encouragement on academic achievement of adolescents. The sample comprised of all the adolescents of 13-15 years admitted in four selected Government Senior Secondary Schools of rural and urban areas of Hisar. The adolescents were tested to assess the level of their academic achievement and parental encouragement received by them. Findings disclosed that half of the respondents were average and only one-third were good in academics and majority of the respondents had received high level of parental encouragement. The study also revealed significant differences in academic achievement of adolescent's on the basis of academic class, paternal occupation and parental encouragement received by them. Higher level of parental encouragement contributed towards enhancement of academic performance of adolescents. Non-significant differences were found for academic achievement of adolescents from various categories of age of the respondents, their gender, residential area, maternal age, paternal age, maternal education, paternal education and maternal occupation. There was no significant difference in academic achievement of boys and girls as well as in rural and urban area's adolescents.

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019355   Rakesh Kumar;Sharma S;Brar A P S (NO, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Faridkot, Punjab) : Edible colours and their scope. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 615-19.

In the present era of life, most of the peoples are busy in jobs and have very little time for preparation food for their family and hence, dependent upon the processed food products i.e. ready to serve meal. In such type of food products, the natural ingredients undergo processing which impact upon the appearance of the food. Moreover, the consumer goes for shopping on less frequent basis therefore the shelf-life of food products becomes a key consideration. To restore the originality of the food products, the manufacturers are using food colours. These colours can be artificial or natural. Many types of natural and artificial colours are being used by the manufactures to maintain the particular shade of a product for the duration of shelf-life. Despite, widespread use of colourants (synthetic) in food products, repots of allergic reaction, indigestion have been reported from additives. Very few report for turmeric, carmine, annatto and saffron were reported, though nobody gave conformity. Thus, it may be concluded that natural colours are safe and could be used into processed foods in place of synthetic ones to enhance the appeal of the processed food.

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019354   Rajdeep Kaur (NO, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (P.A.U.) Ferozepur, Punjab, Email: msrajdeepct@pau.edu) : Study on the selection of trouser designs by youngsters. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 624-7.

Designers are ever evolving new styles for fashion conscious people. In the present scenario, western dresses are on the mind of young people and adolescents. Trousers, the western garment, were first adopted by Indian males. Though in the recent past, it is gradually becoming popular among the educated young females, thus making a unisex garment. The study was conducted in Ludhiana city of Punjab state in 2003 and ten years later, in 2013 to find the change in selection of different kinds of designing in trousers from the youngsters. It was found that 92 per cent of the respondents preferred trousers for both formal and informal wear in 2003, after ten years it was observed that all (100%) of the respondents preferred for both formal and informal wear. None of the respondents preferred to get his trouser stitched either at home or from a tailor as per the study during the year 2013. But all of them (100%) favoured the readymade trousers as against 5 per cent who preferred tailormade trousers and 3 per cent who preferred homemade trousers in 2003. Cotton fabric remained the most preferred over the years. The respondents' response on preferences regarding colours indicated that blue (54%) was the most preferred colour, followed by black. A few respondents preferred red and maroon colour in 2013 which was not chosen in 2003.

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019353   Priya Kumari;Pujar L (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, Rural Home Science College, Univ of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, Email: priyakumari044@gmail.com) : Problem solving and creative thinking ability of high school children. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 594-7.

The study was conducted to know the problem solving and creative thinking ability of High School children. Sample of 300 High School children from teenage group 13-16 years of both sex, studying in 8th and 9th standard were selected from government and private schools of Dharwad district. General problem solving ability of the students was assessed by using check list and mathematical problem solving ability of children was assessed by Problem solving ability inventory developed by Dubey (2010).Creative thinking scale developed by Mehdi (1989) was used to assess the creative thinking ability of children. Results revealed that majority of the children had medium level of general and mathematical problem solving ability and high level of creative thinking ability. Gender has significant influence on problem solving ability however girls performed better in general problem solving ability than boys, whereas boys performed better than girls in mathematical ability.

2 tables, 16 ref

019352   Pradhan D (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, College of Home Science, Orissa Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Email: dibyapradhan@rediffmail.com) : Parental involvement in sharing childcare activities among agricultural labourer households. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 542-5.

In the Indian family setting, the sharing of childcare responsibilities between husband and wife is not widely accepted. Parental role and their involvement in childcare are very important for the overall development of the child. For the first time, an attempt has been made to quantify the percentage of involvement of both mother and father in childcare activities separately. A study was conducted on 160 agricultural labourer households having at least one child in the age group of 1-5 years from 8 villages randomly selected from four blocks, which were purposively selected from four districts of Orissa. Majority (78.05%) of mothers were found to be involved in cleaning baby's mouth whereas least (3.65%) in getting play materials for the child. As high as 44.27 per cent fathers were involved in giving moral teaching to the child and a minimum (1.04%) in introducing pre lacteal feed. The percentage of share of fathers, mothers and other relatives in childcare was 19.92, 52.84 and 27.24, respectively indicating that mothers took care of their children more than two times than that of fathers and even members other than parents has more involvement than the fathers.

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019351   Pradhan D (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, College of Home Science, Orissa Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Email: dibyapradhan@rediffmail.com) : Factors affecting involvement of gender in childcare activities of agricultural labourers. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 370-4.

Parental role and their involvement in childcare are very important for the overall development of the child. Here attempt has been made to quantify the percentage of involvement of both mother and father in childcare separately. Further to find out the correlation of parental involvement with different independent variables a study was conducted on 160 agricultural labourer households having at least one child in the age group of 1-5 years from 8 villages randomly selected from four blocks, which were purposively selected from four districts of Orissa. The percentage of share of fathers, mothers and other relatives in childcare was 19.92, 52.84 and 27.24, respectively indicating that mothers took care of their children more than two times than that of fathers and even members other than parents has more involvement than the fathers. The parental involvement was found to be positively correlated with their attitude, knowledge, skill and education whereas negatively correlated with number of children, family type and family size. Except family size, all the independent variables under the study were significantly correlated with parental involvement in case of both men and women. Regression analysis showed that the independent variables like attitude, skill, number of children and family type contributed significantly for the involvement of the women agricultural labourers in childcare.

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019350   Navdeep Kaur;Saini H K (Apparel and Textile Science Dep, College of Home Science, Punjab Agriculural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjan, Email: harsaini67@yahoo.com) : Consumers preferences for developed designs of one piece dresses inspired from architecture and evaluation of constructed designs. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 442-5.

The investigation entitled was carried out in Ludhiana city. An interview schedule was prepared for the purpose of collecting data from 90 college going girls between the age group of 18-22 years selected randomly from three college of Ludhiana city. The results of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were from the age group of 18 to 20 years, in their second year of graduation, belonged to nuclear families, urban background and had family income ranging between Rs. 41, 000 to 80,000. Preferences regarding the developed designs of one piece dresses showed that design A₂, B₂, C₁, D₁, E₂, F₁, G₂, H₁, I₂ and J₁ got the first rank. The preferences of the respondents for ten selected first ranked designs of one piece dresses were again taken. On the basis of the preferences, five top ranked designs of one piece dresses were constructed. Design A₂ was most preferred design with mean score of 4.7 and design D₁ with mean score of 4.2 was given second rank. Design B₂, J₁ and C₁ were given third, fourth and fifth ranks, respectively. Developed designs of one piece dresses were evaluated by a sub sample of 30 respondents about the design, suitability of colour combination, silhouette, comfort and overall appearance of the dress. It was found that design D1 was given first rank on the basis of design, suitability of colour combination, silhouette and overall appearance of the garment. Whereas design C₁ was given first rank on the basis of comfort.

1 illus, 7 tables, 3 ref

019349   Nagarkoti V;Maurya S P (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, College of Home Science, G.B. Pant Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, Email: vineetanagarkoti@gmail.com) : Basic health awareness and concerns prevalent among Indian hill farm women. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 413-16.

Women have always been a part of the active work force in Uttarakhand, although their work remains unrecognized and formally unorganized. Health allied issues pertaining to women have always been a remarkable area for researchers and much has been explored. However, minimal research in this perspective has been conducted on women folk belonging to hilly regions. This paper is therefore, an attempt to unveil at least the basic health awareness and concerns prevalent among hill farm women. With ex-post facto research design the study was taken up in Dotiyal gaon of Takula block in Almora district. Sample size consisted of 50 hill farm women. Results signified poor health awareness and concerns among hill farm women, as in majority women were not aware about their blood group and the dietary differences of normal and pregnant women. They were suffering from different ailments as a result of their work culture. Concerted efforts by the medical community, government, NGOs and learned people willing to help is ardently entailed to create awareness and enlightening hill farm women for what is the basis of life i.e. health.

6 tables, 10 ref

019348   Mishra M;Jain S (Foods and Nutrition Dep, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap Univ of Agriculture and Tech, Udaipur, Rajasthan, Email: maanvi29@gmail.com) : Assessment of consumer acceptability and market potential of convenience foods developed from buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum). Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 584-6.

Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is a broad-leafed herbaceous annual. It belongs to the family Polygonaceae, which is generally referred to as the buckwheat (Soral-CEmietana, 1987). Buckwheat has gained an excellent reputation for its nutritious qualities in the human diet. Its renewed popularity stems from its many bioactive components, which have been shown to provide various health benefits much sought after in natural foods (Eggum and Kreft et al., 1981). Convenience foods are a class of foods which impart convenience to the consumers by way of little or no requirements of major processing or cooking before their consumption. In the present study, consumer acceptability and market potential of convenience foods were assessed. Biscuit, Namkeen, Papad, Pasta, Idli mix were prepared through incorporation of buckwheat whole flour. Consumer acceptability and market potential were assessed through interview schedule. It was found that ready to eat foods as Biscuit and Namkeen were preferred more by consumers and shopkeepers as compared to ready to cook food and Idli mix.

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019347   Mesaria S;Jaiswal N (Family and Community Resource Management Dep, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences, The Maharaja Sayajirao Univ, Vadodara, Gujarat, Email: sweta_mesaria@yahoo.com) : Designing colonial theme restaurant reflecting the British era of Kolkata. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 620-3.

The present design project was undertaken with the objectives, (a) to identify the famous historical monuments of British era in Kolkata, (b) to study the design elements used in the interiors of these selected historical monuments, (c) to design a colonial theme Restaurant reflecting British era of Kolkata in Vadodara city. and (d) to estimate the cost of the design developed for the theme project. The observation sheets were used to gather the details for developing case studies on the existing interior features of the wall and its treatment, floor and its treatment, ceiling and its treatment, furniture and furnishings, lighting and accessories of the selected British colonial monuments of Kolkata and the existing status of the restaurant "Trident" of the Revival Lord's Inn at Vadodara. The proposed design project included the schedule of two dimensional drawings made with the support of "AUTO CAD" version 2005-06. The three dimensional drawings were created from new software called "Autodesk Inventor" version 2009. Based on the developed case studies on colonial British era monuments of Kolkata, the flooring, walls, ceiling, lightings and accessories of the selected restaurant at Vadodara was designed. The designing of the present project would be useful as a resource material for the staff, students and institutions pursuing interiors as one of the subjects in their curriculum. It would also be useful for the professionals in the field of Interiors.

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019346   Maurya S;Sharma S (Textiles and Apparel Designing Dep, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Email: srishti.maurya@gmail.com) : Fashion awareness and peer pressure among adolescents. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 375-9.

In seeking to expand our understanding of fashion, present study examines the relationship between personal characteristics. The result clearly indicated that female respondents were perceived to be more fashion conscious than males and also females shopped more often than males. The awareness of fashion trends and brand conscious was also high among female whereas male are more affected by peer pressure. But common governing factor among all the respondents was the economic status of the families corresponding to their family size. The study thus indicated that the correlation between adolescents, fashion, brand, and peer pressure was found to be affective in Indian scenario as well.

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019345   Manhas S;Dogra P (Home Science P.G. Dep, Jammu Univ, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, Email: pdpoonam05@gmail.com) : Study of female foeticide and sex determination in Jammu. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 446-51.

The present study was conducted to know the perception and awareness of family members about sex determination and female foeticide on a sample of 200 respondents through random sampling technique. Interview schedule and interview guide were used as a tool for data collection. The sample was selected from ICDS projects of Jammu district. Findings revealed that respondents were aware about sex determination tests and female foeticide through T.V, newspapers and their surroundings.Economic pressure, dowry, cost of marriage were the factors responsible for female foeticide and sex determination. Respondents were found less aware about the legal implications of female foeticide and sex determination tests.

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019344   Manhas S;Asmat S (Home Science P.G. Dep, Jammu Univ, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, Email: sareeka.manhas@gmail.com) : Attitude of female adolescents of purig tribe towards menstruation. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 611-14.

Aim of the study was to assess the attitude of female adolescents towards menstruation. The sample for the study consisted of 32 adolescent's girls in the age group of 14 to 18 years studying in class 9th to 12th currently enrolled at Government Middle, High and Higher Secondary schools of Kargil block, J&K state. Random sampling technique was used to select the sample females from Purig tribe, a predominant Muslim tribe of the area. A standardized scale on Adolescent Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire (AMAQ) developed by Morse et al. (1993) was used to assess the required attitude. The results revealed that on an average girl held more negative attitude towards menstruation then being positive attitudes towards it. The samples adolescent had accommodated living with menstruation and were open towards it however they had lesser acceptance of menarche. Most of the girls had faced menstrual symptoms but continued to visualize it with negativity.

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019343   Mandeep Kaur;Bains S;Grewal S K;Grewal N (Apparel and Textile Science Dep, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, Email: mandeepfd@gmail.com) : Traditional and modern expressions of Phulkari. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 460-4.

Handicrafts offer reflections to the artistic creativity rendered by the people of a region producing a traditional masterpiece even though moulded with the winds of time. These crafts serve as the roots of the ethnic fashions that shape the trends and innovations of the coming future. Phulkari craft is from the land of five rivers - Punjab which has experienced such transformation emerging out of the changing times and trends. The artefact being an important element of the cultural heritage of Punjab needs to be revitalized. The various traditional aspects of the craft need to be compared with its modern form to review all transformations. Documentation of both traditional and contemporary articles worked with Phulkari embroidery was undertaken to study the historical aspects and the modifications. The work was an attempt to preserve the essence of the craft serving the interest of the future generations.

1 illus, 6 tables, 5 ref

019342   Lenka C (Home Science Dep, R.D. Womens College, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Email: 1966chandrashreelenka@gmail.com) : Nutritional and social constraints of child labourers: a study in Bhubaneswar city. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 422-6.

Child labour is one of the serious problems of the present society which ultimately harms the child physically, mentally, morally, educationally as well as socially. The present investigation was designed to study the socio-economic condition, problems of child labourers and nutritional status of child labourers working in Bhubaneswar city. Data on one hundred child labourers (8-14 years) were collected randomly with the help of personal interview-cum-questionnaire method. The results of the present investigation showed that majority of the respondents were male and 80 per cent respondents were ST, SC by caste. Most of the respondents belonged to nuclear family but having more than 6 family members. None of the respondents was illiterate and earning about Rs. 1000-2000 per month. Most of them were working for more than 8-10 hrs per day and 70 per cent of them were working because of poverty and parental force. Majority of them were non-vegetarian and were taking diet rich in calorie and low in other nutrients. Mean height and weight of the respondents was found to be less than ICMR standard irrespective of all age groups.

5 tables, 8 ref

019341   Johry A;Srivastava S (Home Science Dep, Allahabad Univ, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Email: anshujohry@ymail.com) : Media influence on dietary practices of college going girls. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 628-32.

This study aimed to research into the effects of media exposure to slimming and fitness advertisements on body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptomatology and weight loss behaviour and the relations between body dissatisfaction and extreme weight loss behaviour. A random sample of 250 students all of them belonging to Allahabad university completed a set of questionnaire body shape questionnaire, eat-26 and weight loss behaviour scale result indicates that fashion or beauty magazines, social comparisons, overall appearance dissatisfaction and critical body image processing are important predictors of body image and eating disturbances for adolescent girls the result highlights the need for media activism to help change the current normative body discontent of women in India.

3 illus, 1 table, 26 ref

019340   Jadhav H;Deshmukh G (NO, Junagadh Agricultural Univ, Junagadh, Gujarat, Email: 251girish@gmail.com) : Time utilization and spending pattern of fisher women in house hold task and subsidiary occupation. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 473-6.

The extend of participation of women in fish related activities varies from country depending on the local conditions, level of literacy, social customs and economic conditions of states generally involves fish drying, processing, loading and unloading, retail marketing and net making. Marketing is one of the important aspects in fisheries, which is basically looked after by fisherwomen. Time is a unique and valuable resource. Women spend a lot of time not only in managing their homes but also managing their farms and animals, but most of the time their contribution remains unrecognized. Therefore, an attempt was made to know the time spent pattern of fisher women in fishing operation. The data in this regards were collected through interview using 24 hours recall method. Ten different house hold activities were identified related to household work in which fisher women were engaged daily, weekly and seasonal work.

1 illus, 3 tables, 5 ref

019339   Garg M;Karush J (Human Development Dep, College of Home Science, C.S.A. Univ of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Email: mukta.garg@yahoo.com) : Effect of teaching learning material on reading writing skills of primary school children. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 519-22.

The present study was conducted in 1st and 6th zones of Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh during the year 2013-14. Eighty respondents of pre-primary school children from four schools of 5-6 years age group were randomly selected for this purpose. A scale of reading writing skills designed by Narendra Singh and self-prepared questionnaire were used to find out the effect of teaching learning materials on reading writing skills of the children. Vocabulary, visual perception, auditory discrimination and copying were the elements for measuring the reading writing skills. A major finding revealed that a positive significant relationship was found at 5 per cent level of significance between the three dimensions of reading writing skills (VPT, ADT, CT) and teaching learning materials.

4 tables, 8 ref

019338   Dolly Rani;Arora M (Home Science Extension Education Dep, Institute of Home Science, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Univ, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Email: savidoll12@yahoo.co) : Study of HIV/AIDS awareness and educational characteristics of adolescent girls. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 590-3.

Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection and to the impact of HIV/ AIDS. Around half of all people living with HIV/AIDS in the world are females. According to NACO (2005), India is the second largest population infected with HIV/AIDS. Over 35 per cent of all reported AIDS cases are among 15 to 24 years. Girls are not so much aware about this concept being contracted with the disease and its after effect, which creates the problem. This makes adolescence a crucial period in her life time. Education is a key to an effective response to HIV/AIDS. Studies show that educated women are more likely to know how to prevent HIV infection, to delay sexual activity and to take measures to protect themselves. Education also accelerates behavioural change among young people, making them more receptive to prevention messages. Universal primary education is not a substitute for expanded HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, but it is a necessary component that complements these efforts. On the basis of the above point of view the present study was conducted among 200 adolescent girls of Agra district to find out the level of awareness regarding HIV/AIDS according to their educational characteristics. It is concluded from the study that level of awareness regarding HIV/AIDS of most of the respondents was at medium level. The study further indicated that respondents, who were from English medium, studying in C.B.S.E. and I.C.S.C. Board, from science and commerce streams and having high family education status along with highly educated father and mother had better awareness regarding HIV/AIDS than the other respondents.

2 tables, 5 ref

019337   Dixit R;Surinderjit Kaur;Bakhshi R (Family Resource Management Dep, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, Email: shilpitheangel.dixit@gmail.com) : Study on homemakers' preference for ceramic surface cleansing agents in Ludhiana city. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 523-6.

Detergent cakes and washing powders have become an inseparable part of every homemaker's life (Vajpeyi, 1999). The market offers a variety of cleansing agents. A variety of cleansing agents such as synthetic cleaners, detergent powders, acidic and alkaline cleaners are available in the market. Different methods of cleaning are followed in each household and accordingly the preference for cleansing agents varies. The present study was conducted to know the consumption pattern of cleansing agents among respondents and problems experienced while using these. The study was conducted on sample of sixty respondents from two localities of Ludhiana city, selected by using simple random sampling technique. The data were collected through personal interview using interview schedule. The results of the survey revealed that commercial liquid cleansing agents were found to be the most popularly used cleansing agents for household cleaning. The average quantity of commercial liquid cleansers being used was 1.76 l / month and average monthly expenditure on these cleaners was Rs. 102. Floor tiles and toilet bowls were washed daily by more that 50 per cent of respondents. As high as 80 per cent of respondents faced the problem of dryness of skin by using detergent powder, around 22.0 per cent respondents reported breathing problems by using commercial liquid cleansing agents.

2 illus, 2 tables, 5 ref

019336   Chawla A;Vig D (Human Development Dep, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab) : Academic anxiety among urban adolescents: a study of gender differences. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 598-600.

Present study was an attempt to investigate the gender differences in academic anxiety of urban adolescents. Gender differences in academic anxiety have been highlighted by many researchers. The total sample for the present study consisted of 100 urban adolescents studying in 10th standard in various public schools of Ludhiana city. The study was evenly distributed over two sexes i.e. 50 boys and 50 girls. The result of the present study revealed that 42 per cent of the boys and 74 per cent of the girls were found to have medium level of anxiety. Further, it was found that urban girls showed significantly more academic anxiety than urban boys. The result emphasises the need to teach simple strategies to adolescent girls for managing their anxiety effectively. Parent education programme can also be initiated so that parents can guide and provide practical support to girls on issues related to academic performance.

2 tables, 11 ref

019335   Charu;Sandhu P (Family Resource Management Dep, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, Email: charumakhija86@gmail.com) : Evaluation and acceptance of kitchen aid for the standing type of kitchen. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 456-9.

Excessive standing causes the joints in the spine, hips, knees and feet to become temporarily immobilized or locked. Thus, the present study was conceptualized to devise some aid for helping the women who work in the kitchen in a standing posture for longer duration. The study was conducted in Ludhiana city in 2013. Based on the anthropometric measurements of 200 surveyed respondents and their suggestions, a kitchen aid was developed and evaluated using physiological parameters like average heart rate, energy expenditure and physiological cost of work. The result showed significant reduction in average heart rate, energy expenditure and PCW. The respondents also appreciated the idea of sitting aid with steps for reaching out to higher shelves.

4 tables, 15 ref

019334   Bhuyan B;Kalita M (Family Resource Management Dep, College of Home Science, Assam Agricultural Univ, Jorhat, Assam) : Human and physical factors involved in indigenous processing for value addition of rice. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 633-5.

In Assamese culture, many bi-products of rice are prepared with indigenous techniques and are under women's work domain. Preparations of these products are highly skillful and are labour intensive. These ready to eat nutritious products from modern 'health food' viewpoint are highly acceptable but quality is observed to be not always satisfactory. This could be due to paying of less attention to economic use of human factors and comfort in the work place. These aspects of work provide comfortable work condition and consequently promote health and efficiency of the worker that help to maintain quantity and quality of products. In this context, the study was undertaken to analyse human factors and physical factors in work place involved in processing of aforesaid products. Study revealed that 86 per cent of the workers complained of high to medium discomfort in the lumbo sacral region, which might be due to adoption of awkward postures. Rating perceived exertion of the workers was reported as 'high' indicating the work to be fatiguing, the reason might be low level of illumination in the kitchen, time consuming aspects/factors at work and need to attend to other household tasks simultaneously. In all, the physical conditions in the work place were found to be less conducive to workers. To improve human and physical factors for economic upliftment of rural women involved in self-help groups in Assam in particular, proper interventions could be planned.

1 illus, 1 table, 4 ref

019333   Batra P;Verma S K;Sabharwal K (Home Science Dep, Extension Education and Communication Management, C.C.S. Haryana Agric, Hisar, Haryana) : Feasibility of food processing as an enterprise for rural women. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 452-5.

It was found that the sample in Siswal village food processing was perceived very easy to understand and use, most profitable, somewhat compatible, somewhat observable and most triable. In Dhani Premnagar village, food processing was perceived very easy to understand and use, most profitable, somewhat compatible, somewhat observable and most trialable. Maximum number of respondents in pooled sample perceived the food processing technology as simplicity (mean score 4.50, 1st rank), relative advantageous (mean score 4.32, 2nd rank), triability (mean score 3.78 3rd rank) observability (mean score 3.00, 4th rank) and cultural compatibility (mean score 2.96, 5th rank). Thus, it can be concluded that most of the respondents considered food processing as simplicity, relative advantageous, triable, observable and cultural compatible.

1 illus, 2 tables, 4 ref

019332   Barooah N;Barooh M S;Neog N (Food Science and Nutrition Dep, Faculty of Home Science, Assam Agricultural Univ, Jorhat, Assam, Email: nimibarooah23@gmail.com) : Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents (13-15 years) in Jorhat town. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 363-9.

The prime objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity and thereby correlate it with life style factors of adolescents of Jorhat town, Assam. Body Mass Index [BMI] criteria was used to screen out the overweight and obese samples from 1007 adolescents belonging to seven High Schools of the town area. Standard techniques and structured, pre-tested schedules were used to elicit information on different parameters of the screened samples. The survey revealed the prevalence of overweight and obesity to be 4 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively. Percentage distribution of overweight and obesity according to gender showed 1.6 per cent and 0 per cent among boys and 2.6 per cent and 0.4 per cent among girls. Majority of overweight and obese were from the 15 years age group, the prime cause being physical inactivity. Positive association between BMI and fast food consumption was obtained for both boys (r=0.5422) and girls (r=0.0097). Boys spent an average of 17.5-19.5 hours in sedentary activities while girls spent more hours in sedentary activities (18-20 hours). Mean physical efficiency index (PEI) of boys ranged from 38.10-47.28 and that of girls ranged from 37.49-41.08 for different age groups, exhibiting a very poor physical efficiency. Correlation between BMI of screened samples and affluency also showed a positive association both for boys (r=0.2748) and girls (r= 0.1758). Increasing prevalence of obesity in a population, particularly among children and adolescents is an early indicator of emerging health burden due to non-communicable diseases which needs to be addressed. Formulation of need based govt. and non-govt. programmes could help to provide appropriate measures to combat the menace along with school and college campaign focusing on allied aspects of overweight and obesity.

1 illus, 9 tables, 13 ref

019331   Baljit Kaur;Devinder Kaur (Apparel and Textile Science Dep, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, Email: baljitbrar46@yahoo.com) : Designing and development of eco-fashion accessories. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 535-8.

The design development of eco-fashion accessories from leftover/ waste of zari/brocade fabrics was carried out in Ludhiana city. The general aim of the present paper was to the design, colour, embellish and development of eco-fashion accessories. Three coloured combination followed by multi and two coloured combinations were preferred by the respondents. Patchwork, applique, bead, mirror work were the most preferred decorative material to be used for the development of eco-fashion accessories.On the basis of colour combinations, embellishments and design features twenty designs were developed on Corel Draw (X₄) and shown to panel of judges for final selection. The most preferred five designs were used for preparing handbag, shrug, footwear, clutch bag and stole. Suitable statics analysis was used.

2 illus, 4 tables, 3 ref

019330   Bajaj S;Saini H K (Apparel and Textile Science Dep, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, Email: harsaini67@yahoo.com) : Consumers' preferences for smocked utility articles. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 505-8.

The present investigation was carried out in Ludhiana city. An interview schedule was prepared for the purpose of collecting the data from 90 female respondents between age group of 20-40 years selected randomly from three localities of Ludhiana city. The results of the study revealed that among the identified utility articles for smocking, cushion cover was the most preferred article (15.49) followed by handbag (14.36), bolster cover (13.21), folder (12.69), lampshade (12.46), footwear (12.33), pillow cover (11.66), jewellery box (11.61), curtain canopies (11.50) and trimming for bedsheet (9.98). Plain fabric without design was most preferred. Single coloured fabric was the most preferred followed by two coloured combination. Cotton yarn was most preferred by the respondents for smocking stitches followed by blended fabric. In case of embellishments, laces and beads were preferred the most. Pillow cover was the most preferred article on the basis of suitability of yarn and utility. Cushion cover was preferred the most on the basis of design, colour and overall impact and jewellery box was the most preferred article on the basis of embellishments used.

7 illus, 2 tables, 6 ref

019329   Badami S;Patnam V (Human Development and Family Studies Dep, College of Rural Home Science, Agricultural Sciences Univ, Dharwad, Karnataka, Email: badami.sumangala8@gmail.com) : Postgraduate students attitude about dating and wedding ceremonies. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 477-80.

Three hundred Maharashtrian postgraduate students (21-26 yrs) were chosen at random from purposely selected seven colleges of Parbhani town, Maharashtra state. The data were collected personally interviewing the P.G. students based on the interview schedule cum checklist. Irrespective of SES, 45 per cent P.G. boys and 32 per cent P.G. girls opined to have traditional-cum-registered method of wedding ceremony for the reason that, it is a safe method and also helps in maintenance of Indian culture.Significantly a higher percentages of P.G. boys desired to have traditional-cum-registered wedding ceremony as compared to their counterpart P.G. girls. Irrespective of SES, 73-77 per cent P.G. boys and girls wanted to date with fiancee/fiance for different reasons. No significant differences were found in the views of P.G. boys and girls about dating with fiancee and fiance and in the reasons for it, respectively, based on their socio-economic status. Irrespective of SES, 83-89 per cent P.G. boys and girls opined that there should be time gap of 1-2 yrs between engagement and marriage ceremonies for different reasons. No significant differences were noticed in the opinions of P.G. boys and girls about time gap required between engagement and marriage ceremonies.

3 tables, 3 ref

019328   Babel S;Rajvanshi R;Sharma S (Textiles and Apparel Designing Dep, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap Univ of Agriculture and Techn, Udaipur, Rajasthan) : Mewar paintings: an exploratory study. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 636-40.

Mewar painting has its distinct and unique style whilst representing the hills, colours and palaces of Rajasthan. The objective of present study was to know about type of colours or pigments thickening or binding agents used for making different types of traditional painting of mewar and the problems faced by the artisans making different types of paintings. Thirty artisans were purposively selected for the purpose The results revealed that majority of the artisans were making paintings from more than a decade. Themes commonly used in Mewar paintings are based on Ramayana, Krishna Lila, Choura Panchasika, Ragamala series and Gita Govinda. The pigments used in paintings are sendur (Mercuric-Sulphide), Hinglu (Cinnabar-Mercuric Sulphide) Rav Sena (yellow-ochre), Jangal (verdigriscopper acetate), Safeda (Zinc White), Neel (Indigo), Geru (red ochre), Syahi(lamp Black),Asmani/ Lazvardi(lapis lazuli) and precious stones, conch shells, pure gold and silver. It took as long as several months to prepare the colours and prepare one painting, Only few artisans are using traditional method of preparing colour, new entrant in the field are using readymade colours. Problem faced by them were mainly related to eye irritation, pain at shoulder, back, fingers, wrist and skin allergy at hands.

1 illus, 2 tables, 5 ref

019327   Babel S;Rajvanshi R;Sharma S (Textiles and Apparel Designing Dep, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap Univ of Agriculture and Techn, Udaipur, Rajasthan) : Occupational hazards faced by spinning mill workers. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 572-5.

Yarn spinning is a process of making or converting fibre materials into yarns for making textile fabric or products. In spinning mills, the fibres pass through various processes to convert them into yarn. Every spinning mill has different sections like opening, where the bails are opened. After that, fibres are fed to machines which pass through carding, combining machine finally twisting is done to convert into yarn. Every department has different number of workers to carry or supervise the work. All these processes lead to fibre dust and its quantum vary from section to section. Opening section has maximum fibre dust and it is minimum in spinning section. The workers engaged in spinning mills encounter different occupational health problems and for identification of their health problems, a questionnaire was developed. Thirty respondents were interviewed and observation of work environment was made. The results revealed that spinning mill workers were facing the problems related to coughing and sneezing, eye irritation, breathlessness due to presence of dust in the work environment. Sweating was due to work pressure. Workers were taking no precautionary measures to avoid the inhale the fibre dust. This being the predisposing factor causing health problem. Hence, the need arises for the use of appropriate protective clothing for preventive them to exposed to fibre dust.

1 illus, 4 tables, 13 ref

019326   Asnani B;Singhvi R (NO, Polytechnic in Home Science (J.A.U.), Amreli, Gujarat, Email: bhawana_asnani@yahoo.com) : Improving indoor oxygen in residential buildings using houseplants. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 500-4.

Cities need more trees and plants. People are getting tired of cities without them. They want pretty flora that will attract fauna. Plants growing should be made a legal commitment for industries as well as household level. Everyone should involve and encourage population, to generate love for the plants and trees. Cool greenery pleases the human eye and soothes the mind. Moreover, the cleansing of the environment needs the planting of trees, shrubs and plants as these replenish oxygen in the atmosphere, so essential for human life. Though it is not possible for everyone to plan something for global environment, but small contributions should definitely be made by individuals. So, the study was carried out to aware the people that plants help in maintaining the purity of indoor environmental status by enhancing the oxygen level. Results entailed that houseplants performed their best, whenever they were utilized, either indoor or outdoor by releasing O₂ and making the IAQ fresh and pure. However, plants perform better in enclosed and air tight chambers, as the rooms without any ventilation require fresh air, which plants do by releasing O₂.

3 tables, 4 ref

019325   Amanpreet Kaur;Saggu H K (Apparel and Textile Science Dep, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, Email: amudhillon@gmail.com) : Preferences of college girls for fabrics, colours, designs, length, flare and other designing features in one piece dresses. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 576-9.

For this study, a total of 90 respondents (college girls) were selected through purposive random sampling technique. Preferences of college gilrs for fabrics, colours, designs, length, flare and other designing features in one piece dresses were taken. The data collected revealed that majority of the respondents preferred georgette and satin fabric of off white colour for one piece dresses. Medium length of one piece dresses was preferred by maximum number of the respondents. It was observed that embroidery was preferred as surface embellishments by the respondents. For flare in one piece dresses pleats were given first rank by respondents.

2 illus, 11 tables, 3 ref

019324   Acharya S (NO, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (O.U.A.T.), Angul, Odisha, Email: sumitaacharya75@gmail.com) : Knowledge on health and nutrition among self-help groups affects the nutritional status. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(2), 530-4.

The study addresses the knowledge on health and nutrition among self-help groups affects the nutritional status in Gajapati district of Odisha. Three of the tribal blocks i.e. Nuagada, Rayagada, R. Udayagiri consisting of 150 SHG members among tribal farming community were selected for the study. Respondents were also selected based on the criteria such as rural women only who were involved in agricultural activities having land holding of their own. The required information was obtained with the help of pre-tested schedule using personal interview method. Among all the respondents, 92.00 per cent were under poor knowledge level on health and nutrition before joining the SHG and which was not remarkably changed after joining SHG i.e., 86.33 per cent. So the study areas of Gajapati have more percentage of malnourished women indicating chronic nutritional deficiency. Low education, derisory employment, scanty income, deficient savings, and meagre assets were all illustrative of this. Government, private organisations and Mass media should also help the tribal women for easy understanding of the need and importance of good health and nutrition condition of the family.

1 illus, 4 tables, 13 ref

018375   Verma A;Singh V (Food Science and Nutrition Dep, M A B College of Home Science, C S Azad Univ of Agriculture, Kanpur, Email: anjali190191@gmail.com) : Nutritional value and organoleptic evaluation of mushroom powder fortified Indian recipe: Besan laddu. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(1), 78-81.

Mushroom one of nature's greatest wonder foods has already found its place of pride in the kitchens of the educated and the elite all over the world. In India it is yet to be commonly used by all and sundry in everyday meals.Mushrooms are highly nutritive, low calorie food with good quality protein, vitamins and minerals which are of paramount importance in the present age. Mushrooms are an important natural source of foods and medicines.A wide range of activities including antitumour, cardio-vascular are reported in mushrooms. Because of having high fibre, low fat and low starch, edible mushrooms have been considered to be ideal food for obese persons and for diabetics. They are also known to possess promising, cardio-vascular, hypercholesterolemia, antimicrobial, hepato-protective and anticancer effects.Biochemical analysis of prepared product revealed that T₄ (20%) mushroom (oyster mushroom) fortified laddus contained high amount of protein and fibre, low fat and carbohydrate than control sample and organoleptic evaluation of prepared laddus revealed that T₃ (15%) fortification of mushroom powder in besan laddus was liked very much. The fortified laddus had better quality with respect to nutritive value and organoleptic acceptability.

2 illus, 1 table, 4 ref

018374   Valentina L;Gulati J K (Human Development Dep, Punjab Agricultural Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, Email: valentinalaitonjam.5@gmail.com) : Gender differences in emotional autonomy profile among adolescents. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(1), 54-9.

The present study was designed to assess the gender differences in emotional autonomy profile of urban adolescents.A sample of 200 adolescents comprising of 100 boys and 100 girls of age group of 16-18 years was drawn from four Government schools of Ludhiana city.Emotional autonomy was measured by using emotional autonomy scale developed by Steinberg and Silverberg (1986).Results revealed that majority of both male and female adolescents were moderately autonomous and gender differences in emotional autonomy among adolescents were non-significant.

3 tables, 14 ref

018373   Surekha N;Naik R S (Foods and Nutrition Dep, College of Home Science, Marathwada Krishi Vidhyapeeth, Parbhani, Email: surkhan_1980@rediffmail.com) : Development of value added Khakara from barny ard millet: consumer acceptability, nutritional and shelf-life evaluation. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(1), 60-5.

Barnyard millet is one of the important underutilized nutritious minor millets.It is also called as Japanese Barnyard millet, Ooda, Oodalu, Sawan and Sanwank.In developing countries like India with increasing urbanization, the demand for ready-to-eat food is increasing popularly.Khakara is one of the famous traditional Gujrathi snacks commonly prepared from wheat flour and most preferred food item among all age groups.Hence, an attempt was made to develop value added barnyard millet Khakara. Three types of Khakara namely, plain, pulse and vegetable Khakara were developed. Trials were conducted by incorporating wheat flour, soybean flour and green gramdal flour and dehydrated carrot powder to barnyard millet flour at different levels for developing plain, pulse and vegetable Khakara, respectively. Consumer acceptability studies were also conducted for the best accepted Khakara. The nutrient composition and shelf- life evaluation of the developed Khakara were estimated by following standard procedures. The findings indicated that plain Khakara repared with 40 per cent incorporation of wheat flour to barnyard millet, pulse Khakara with 10 per cent incorporation of soybean flour and green gram dal flour and vegetable Khakara with 10 per cent incorporation of dehydrated carrot powder were best accepted.Forty per cent of the consumers liked extremely plain Khakara. There was significant increase in the macro and micronutrient composition of Khakara in pulse and vegetable Khakara when compared to plain Khakara. The developed Khakara had a shelf life 45-60 days. The moisture and free fatty acid content of the stored Khakara were within the BIS specification.

6 tables, 16 ref

018372   Sultana S;Prakash C (Home Science Dep, Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, Chennai Tamil Nadu, Email: rafiq.sajida@yahoo.in) : The ergonomic perspective of the homemakers in using kitchens. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(1), 25-8.

Ergonomic plays a vital role in designing a kitchen area free from fatigue, reduction of unnecessary movements and excessive expenditure of human energy and time. The perception of giving importance to the kitchen at the time of building a home is changing drastically. The main aim of the study was to analyse the usage of ergonomically designed kitchens among the home makers in Chennai.Ex post facto research design was used for this study.A sample of 1000 homemakers from Chennai city were randomly selected for survey with 500 using ordinary and 500 using modular kitchens. Questionnaire was used to collect the information from the home makers and the data were collected, tabulated and analysed statistically.Statistically significant association was observed between the ergonomic benefits in the kitchen and the characteristics of the home makers like education, employment status and the type of kitchen used at p <0.01 level of significance, because as the level of education increased the homemakers adopting to the use of modular kitchens also increased due to more knowledge and awareness on the use of ergonomically designed kitchens.

5 tables, 6 ref

018371   Srivastava M (Textiles and Apparel Designing Dep, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap Univ of Agriculture and Techn, Udaipur) : Efficacy of developed gender specific training module on care of clothing and renovation. Asian J Home Sci 2014, 9(1), 82-5.

Effective training is the key to the success of rural development programme in any country and its main purpose is to help rural women to acquire latest knowledge about techniques and technologies to develop skill to change their behaviour and practices in order to increase productivity. The present study has been an attempt to develop training module on "care of clothing and renovation" for rural women and judging its efficacy by extension personnels followed by training to rural women to judge their knowledge gain. Findings showed significant improvement in the knowledge of respondents as a result of exposure to training module as the pre-test scores increased from 35.29 to 73.03 with the gain in knowledge of about 37.74 per cent.

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