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- Geometrical and Handle Properties of Banana Blended Textiles
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P. Aparna
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A. Sharada Devi
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1 Department of Apparel and Textiles, Acharya N.g. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, A.P., IN
1 Department of Apparel and Textiles, Acharya N.g. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, A.P., IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 8, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 65-68Abstract
In India, demand for textiles and readymade garments is continuously increasing with the increase in population and spending power of consumers. Banana fibre has high potential as a textile fibre besides being eco-friendly. Among popular varieties of banana, Pusavalli variety is found to have better physical characteristics than the other varieties of banana found in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The fibre was treated with eco-friendly enzymes for softening and then blended with jute in two ratios. Six types of fabrics were developed and the fabric properties were assessed. The objective evaluation on geometrical and handle properties of the fabrics revealed that banana-jute blend (60:40) was better in all its characteristics. Fabrics can be produced with banana and banana blends by softening with enzymes for better acceptability.Keywords
Banana Fibre, Fabric Properties, Eco-friendlyReferences
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- Geometrical and Handle Properties of Banana Blended Textiles
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P. Aparna
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Sharada Devi
1
Affiliations
1 Department of Apparel and Textiles, College of Home Science, Acharya N.g. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, A.P, IN
1 Department of Apparel and Textiles, College of Home Science, Acharya N.g. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, A.P, IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 8, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 183-186Abstract
In India, demand for textiles and readymade garments is continuously increasing with the increase in population and spending power of consumers. Banana fibre has high potential as a textile fibre besides being eco-friendly. Among popular varieties of banana, Pusavalli variety is found to have better physical characteristics than the other varieties of banana found in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The fibre was treated with eco-friendly enzymes for softening and then blended with jute in two ratios. Six types of fabrics were developed and the fabric properties were assessed. The objective of evaluation on geometrical and handle properties of the fabrics revealed that banana-jute blend (60:40) was better in all its characteristics. Fabrics can be produced with banana and banana blends by softening with enzymes for better acceptability.Keywords
Banana, Jute, Blended TextilesReferences
- Angappan, P. and Gopala, Krishnan R. (1997). Textile testing. SITRA Publications, Coimbatore (T.N.) INDIA, 100:152.
- Arora, Charu (1999). Different types of fabrics woven for apparels using banana fibre. Indian Textile J., 109 (5-8): 66-70.
- Gulrajini and Shailaja (1995). Enzymatic processing of waste silk fabric. Indian J. Fibre & Textile Res., 20(4): 192-195.
- Hatzed (1998). Enzyme application: An over view. Man Made Textiles, 17(10): 231-234.
- ISI (1982). Hand book of textile testing. Indian Standards Institution, NEW DELHI, INDIA.
- Automated Psychology Assessment of Personality Traits
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1 Department of Medical Electronics, BMSCE, Bangalore, IN
1 Department of Medical Electronics, BMSCE, Bangalore, IN
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Artificial Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning, Vol 1, No 6 (2009), Pagination: 163-169Abstract
Psychology is defined as a discipline involving the scientific study of human mental function and behaviour. Personality psychology looks at the patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviour that make a person unique. The Personality Factor Questionnaire is a multiple-choice personality questionnaire which was scientifically developed over several decades of research. The test is useful in predicting a wide variety of behaviours, such as creativity, academic success, cognitive style, empathy and interpersonal skills, leadership potential, conscientiousness, self-esteem, frustration tolerance, coping patterns, marital compatibility, and job performance. Automated psychology assessment through personality traits is a technique of automating the manual testing process currently in use.This requires a formalized “manual testing process", to currently exist in the company or organization. Automation is the use of strategies, tools and artefacts that augment or reduce the need of manual or human involvement or interaction in unskilled, repetitive or redundant tasks.Keywords
Psychology, Personality Traits, Personality Factor, Automated Psychology Assessment.- Evaluation of Three Tyne Wheel Hoe for Reducing Drudgery in Vegetable Crops
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P. Aparna
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G. Prasad Babu
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Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Banavasi (A.P.), IN
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Banavasi (A.P.), IN
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International Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Vol 11, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 379-384Abstract
Women constitute a major task force in agricultural operations in India. Therefore, it becomes necessary to study the ergonomics of women operators involved in weeding. Weeding is a main drudgery prone activity mostly performed by farm women and to resolve this problem Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Banavasi conducted front line demonstrations on the performance of improved weeder that is three tyne wheel hoe in reducing drudgery among women engaged in weeding activity in vegetable crops. Twenty farm women were selected randomly for the study. The results showed that the overall discomfort rate of hand hoe and three tyne wheel hoe was 8.1 and 4.7 (Table 4) i.e. more than moderate and light discomfort, respectively. Musculo-skeletal problems were decreased with improved weeding tool induced moderate to light discomfort/pain in shoulders, hands and arms compare to traditional method. Moderate drudgery index score of 53 per cent was recorded compare to traditional practice 72 per cent recorded as maximum. In the recommended weeding practice i.e. with three tyne wheel hoe, the same amount of work could be done in almost half of the time and work efficiency was increased by 93.3 per cent than normal weeding. Improved technologies for weeding activity for farm women is recommended so they can increase their efficiency, reduce the drudgery with time saving while performing weeding activity.Keywords
Drudgery, Wheel Hoe, Weeding.References
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- Goel, A.K., Behera, D., Behera, B.K., Mohanty, S.K. and Nanda, S.K. (2008). Development and ergonomic evaluation of manually operated weeder for dry land crops. CIGR J. Agric. Engg. Internat., 10: 1-11.
- Kumar, Bharat P., Govinda, P., Gowda V. and Khandekar, Neeta (2011). Time utilization pattern and drudgery of horticulture farmers. Internat. J. Engg. Manage. & Sci., 2 (2): 93- 96.
- Manjunatha, K., Shirwal, S., Sushilendra and Vijayakumar, P. (2014). Development and evaluation of manually operated sprocket weeder. Internat. J. Agric. Engg., 7 (1):156-159.
- Shekhar, S., Chandra, S. and Roy, D.K. (2010). Performance evaluation of different weeding tools in maize. Indian J. Weed Sci., 42 (1&2): 95-97.
- Verma, Shilpi, Gupta, Shobhana and Pachauri, C.P. (2013). An ergonomic study on evaluation of single wheel hoe in reducing drudgery. Agric. Update, 8(4): 665-669.