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- Guidelines for designing class room furniture
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Purva Jaggi
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Rupa, Bakhshi
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1 Department of Family Resource Management, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
1 Department of Family Resource Management, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 8, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 24-27Abstract
The task performance gets influenced to a great extent by the design and dimensions of the physical facilities provided at workplace. A total sample of 10 colleges was randomly selected for this study. Two class rooms from each college, making a total of 20 class rooms were selected for taking the measurements of existing furniture and 320 users were selected for recording anthropometric measurements, based on which guidelines were formulated for designing class room furniture. The results revealed that desk/ table height of the existing furniture was 77.304.67 cm as against the formulated dimension of 76 cm and seat height was 43.251.65 cm as against the formulated dimension of 44.00 cm. The height of the backrest was 41.205.75 cm as against the formulated dimension of 54.803 cm and the slope of backrest was 104.301.34 degree, whereas it should be 103.00 degree according to the formulation. The differences between existing and formulated dimensions were statistically significant.Keywords
Class Room Furniture, Anthropometric Measurements, Formulated Dimensions
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- Awareness among Women Regarding Deforestation and Fuel Wood Saving Practices Followed by Them
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Affiliations
1 Department of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
1 Department of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 8, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 242-244Abstract
The present investigation was undertaken to know the awareness of rural and urban respondents regarding deforestation, its causes and effects and to study the firewood saving practices followed by respondents. The study was conducted on 60 rural and 60 urban respondents of Ludhiana district and the results showed that only 10 per cent of rural and 88.33 per cent of the urban respondents were aware about deforestation. As regards energy saving techniques while using fuel wood about 60 per cent rural respondents used to follow such practices. The urban households were not found to be using firewood at all.Keywords
Deforestation, Fuel Wood Conservation, Causes of Deforestation, Effects of DeforestationReferences
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- FSI (1988). State of Forest Report 1987. Present survey of India, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Dehradun (UTTARAKHAND) INDIA.
- Jarju, A.K. (2008). Fuel wood project: Effects of consumption and production on the general population and natural resources of The Gambia. National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI).