Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that prevents the body to utilize glucose completely or partially.It is characterized by raised glucose concentration in the blood and alterations in carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism.The prevalence of diabetes in India is reaching alarming proportions.The present study was design to access the dietary pattern and life style behaviour of diabetic patients.Total 300 diabetes type -2 patients from five hospitals of Ranchi districts were purposively selected.Maximum 51.33 per cent reported diet control is the prime factor for diabetic patients.Diet is the single most important factor in the successful treatment of diabetes.Inspite of all advance medical treatment diet has maintained its supremacy.Despite frequent intake of meals continual loss of weight is the symptom of diabetes.Forty-seven per cent families had strong hereditary tendency to diabetes.The family plays an important role both in health and diseases in the prevention and treatment of individual illness.Health care is the primary necessity of the society.
Domestic Violence undoubtedly a human right issue where it is very important to know what actually leads to act of domestic violence.Exploitation of women for demanding more dowry, discrimination of women, alienation of women's self acquired property fraudulently, torture by husband and in-laws, arguing with the partner, refusing to have sex with the partner, neglecting children, going out of home without telling the partner, not cooking properly or on time, indulging in extra marital affairs, not looking after in-laws, cruelty by husband or in-laws mentally or physically, abusing and insulting by using vulgar language, sexual harassment, molestation, immoral traffic, rape, sodomy and all other inhuman acts are some of the most common causes for women stalking and battering.Present study was carried out in order to find out the reasons of Awareness of Domestic Violence: Need of Hour.The sample was comprised with 240 women from the age range of 24-40 years were selected from 3 district headquarter of Rajasthan.Domestic violence awareness scale was developed to see the awareness level of women.Tool was standardized by the investigator through calculated validity and reliability.The tool covers three major aspects on self aspect, family and social aspect and legal aspect of women.The data obtained were analyzed in the light of objectives set for the present investigation.Percentage was calculated for each part.The research finding also indicates that women were less awareness regarding domestic violence and aspect related to it.
The present study was undertaken to study the preferences of consumer regarding purchase of western dresses.An interview schedule was framed for collecting the preference off respondents and sources of information, factors and various constructional features.The results of the collected data revealed that the most important source of gathering information in dresses was internet followed by television.Most of the respondents preferred to purchase dresses from boutiques and retail shops.The most important factor considered by respondents was price and comfort.
The aim of the study is to do content analysis pertaining to elder abuse.80 articles related to elder abuse were analysed from 2018 to 2019 to study the reasons for elder abuse.The information collected was analyzed using frequencies and percentages.The result revealed that different types of elder abuse were found as physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, financial exploitation, neglect and abandonment.The reasons for elder abuse were found as psychological and emotional abuse (56.25%), abuse by care givers (24.16%) mistreatment by their own children (14.32%) and improper medication (5.27 %).
In India's, old age parents are cared for by their children.They need assistance in daily activities with dignity.Elderly adults are not scared of their death but they fear of losing their independence.It is the responsibility of their children as well as society to provide them security in all aspects e.g.financial, health etc.Even though government has introduced several schemes for elderly people but awareness related to these schemes is very poor.This study assessed the awareness about elderly schemes and benefits (Economic security, Insurance (Health and Pension), Reverse Mortgage, Concessions in travel, Old age homes and Miscellaneous schemes) among senior citizens of Jhansi city.Fifty old age people of Jhansi City of Uttar Pradesh state were randomly selected from Kaimasan Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Duriyapura, Narayan Bagh, and Rajpoot colony.The structured interview schedule was prepared in accordance with methodical procedure.Results showed that education and type of family had significant association with awareness about schemes and benefits of old age.Rest of the variables (age, sex, marital status, number of family members, occupation before retirement, means of income and monthly income) has no association with awareness of elderly schemes.
Academic stress is a mental distress with respect to some anticipated frustration associated with academic failure or even awareness of the possibility of such failure.Selfesteem is that subjective judgment by which people make their potential to face life's challenges to recognize, understand and also solve the problems, and their right to achieving happiness, and be given respect.The study was undertaken in rural and urban area of Haryana state.Hisar district and village Kharkara was taken in order to meet the sample requirement i.e.50 adolescents from rural area and 50 from urban area thus making a total sample of 100 adolescents ranging in 16-18 years of age group.The scale used for the study was academic stress scale by Rao (2012) used to assess academic stress and self-esteem inventory by Prasad and Thakur (1977).The finding elucidates that maximum number of respondents have moderate level of academic stress and found significant difference in both rural and urban area.Data regards to self-esteem found that maximum respondents have positive level of self-esteem followed by balanced level and self-esteem was significantly and negatively correlated with academic stress.
India is one of the biggest rural consumer markets in the world.Indian market have been witnessing several changes following on towards globalization, liberalization and privatization and a large scale entry of multinational company is a major outcomes of new economic order.In the words of Mahatma Gandhi (1890) "A consumer is the most important visitor on our premises; he is not dependent on us.We are dependent on him, he makes favor to us, not we favor on him".This quote expresses the importance of a consumer in the business context.The Consumer Protection Act 1986 provides certain rights to consumers to protect themselves from unfair trade practices resorted by the seller.These rights are well defined by the Consumer Protection Act and there are agencies like the government, consumer courts and voluntary consumer organizations that work towards safe guarding the consumer rights.Each and every consumer should be aware of the consumer rights and responsibilities.For the existing study an attempt was made to find out the awareness level among the rural women.Three villages have been selected randomly from Jorhat sub-division following stratified random sampling method.A total of 120 respondents have been selected for the present study and interview method has been used to collect the data.The result of the study exposes various liabilities of the consumers and it has presented a clear scenario of the consumer's awareness regarding their rights and responsibilities so as to know their demand.The findings of the study revealed that the age is negatively correlated with the awareness level for consumer rights and education and income are positively correlated with the awareness regarding rights of consumer.Majority of the respondents (60.83%) showed average awareness towards consumer responsibilities.
Aptitude is a pronounced innate capacity or ability in a given line of endeavor such as a particular art, subject or vocation. The present study was done by using the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) developed by George et al. (1947). The randomly selected sample consisted of 120 boys & girls from all four basic faculties like Arts, Commerce, Science and Home Science in the age range 15 to 25 years. The findings of the study denoted that the verbal reasoning ability of Science students was comparatively higher than all other faculty students. The numerical ability of Commerce students reflected very low in comparison with the Home Science, Arts and Science students. There was a positive and significant correlation between the faculties of the students and their gender in verbal reasoning ability. The numerical ability of the students in the various faculty had significant negative correlation between the gender (-0.240) and family size (-0.205).
Handloom industry in India is an ancient cottage industry with a decentralized set up. Handloom sector plays a very important role in the country’s economy. Assam is a state situated in the northeast of India and is located just below the eastern Himalayan foothills. Handloom industry is the most important industry in Assam having a glorious past. It is closely associated with art and culture of the society. It is the largest cottage industry next to agriculture and plays a key role in the socio- economic life of the people. Inspite of considerable efforts made to rehabilitate it; handloom weaving units continue to be in the grip of problems. Therefore the purpose of this study is to familiarize with the strength, weakness, opportunities and threat of Handloom weaving units of Assam.
A study was conducted during 2019-2020 in ICAR-KVK, Vamban, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. The people are facing various health problems for high consumption of white sugar viz., obesity, diabetes, dementia, cardiovascular disease, macular degeneration, alzheimer’s disease, increased blood glucose level, kidney ailments, gout, heart problems, hyperactivity, cancer and cavities. Children who eat sweets containing sugar also suffer from health issues. Hence, we have developed cookies with natural sugars and sensory evaluated for the period of 30 days stored in poly ethylene pack at room temperature. The cookies were nutritious and convenient snack for all age groups. The present study was undertaken to develop different cookies with addition of palm sugar, jaggery, white sugar and to evaluate the sensory acceptability, shelf life and benefit cost ratio of cookies through on farm trial for entrepreneurship development programme.
Handlooms are environment-friendly technology as they require no energy in operation except for the machinery that spins the yarn. The handloom sector plays a strategic role in the upliftment of the rural economy of India, with its attractive products shows dexterity and artistic ability of the weavers. Even today, the rural people of India mostly women grossly depend on the handloom which requires minimum capital and less technical skills. The present study is an attempt to develop diversified hand-woven furnishing products that require less time to produce and can have ever-growing market potentials. Different unique and peculiar products were developed by amalgamated woven designs and products were evaluated to assess the consumer acceptability. The study revealed that design innovation has a tremendous effect on consumer choices. Among the developed designs, design no. 3 and 10 got highest (2.96) WMS followed by design no. 6, 11, 12 (2.92) and design no. 1 (2.90), respectively in different developed products. It was found that a healthy handloom industry requires a broad and varied product range, design intervention, and appropriate marketing mechanisms for higher marketability. Hence, the study can help the weavers of Assam towards a new perspective of value-added products for their sustainable livelihood.
There are varied kinds of plant-origin resources, many of which are considered wastes as these materials normally do not find proper economic utilization. Awareness on the utilization of the plant wastes in the household sector is the need of the hour for motivation and impact development among the target group. It can have a great impact on improvement of rural economy in a poor state like Assam. For example - with simple suitable technological intervention the areca palm leaf sheath can be utilized for making biosphere friendly disposable plates and bowls which are biodegradable and have a competitive market edge over paper and other non biodegradable plates made of synthetic materials. Many water bodies like canals, ponds, rivers etc. are choked by the explosive growth of aquatic weed called water hyacinth resulting in enormous direct loss. The prospect of making it an economically blessed weed by properly utilising it as business commodity is getting higher. The opportunity should be trapped by the local or indigenous people by developing adequate entrepreneurship with almost zero raw material cost. A study was under taken with the objectives: To assess the economics of areca palm sheath disposable serving plate making and Assessment of economics of use of water hyacinth for handicraft products. It was revealed that by using 231 numbers of palm leaf sheath per day and an 8 hours of working using two manually operated pressing machines and spending rupees 354 as daily additional cost, a person can earn a profit of rupees one lakh nineteen thousand nine hundred six annually, resulting in a benefit cost ratio of 2.23. On the other hand by making certain utility products using one kg of dried water hyacinth stems @ Rs. 40/- one can earn an average of two thousand nine hundred fifty rupees weekly. The benefit cost ratio was found to be 1.65 which may increase further depending on products of finer quality. Availability of areca plantation and water hyacinth in this part of the country can thus be gainfully utilized as raw material for manufacturing eco- friendly useful biodegradable items with a high potential market face value and thus would help to enhance rural economy.
Academic procrastination is a tendency of delaying academic-related tasks due to one or other reasons until the last minute of experiencing anxiety and stress associated with it. The present study aims to investigate gender differences in the reasons for academic procrastination among University Students. The sample consists of 199 undergraduate’s students who were selected from Assam Agricultural University (AAU) using Solvin’s formula and proportionate allocation. The procrastination Assessment Scale for Students (PASS) (Solomon and Rothblum, 1984) was administrated to collect the data. The difference between male and female in reasons was checked by using Z test and the results revealed that there is no significant difference in reasons of academic procrastination in relation to gender. Procrastination leads to failure of meeting individual’s academic goals so proper recognition to delaying behaviour is very much important in today’s time for a successful and accomplished life.
Epilepsy is considered as a stigma in our society, and PWE’s have to face many social issues. This becomes more prominent among those who are in marriageable age. In this paper21 PWE were interviewed who attended an outpatient epilepsy clinic at a secondary-level hospital in Northwest India between 01.01.2015 and 31.03.2015 formed the case material for this study. Some cases were deeply interrogated and it was found that all of them faced certain kind of social problems while suffering from epilepsy. Half of respondentssaid that main social problem faced by them was related to marriage. Many of the epilepsy patient denied the fact of having epilepsy with their future partner . They also denied of revealing them about taking ADE’S. it was found that PWE’s face many social and psychological problems while marriage negotiations and even after marriage.
Mango the “King of fruits” is the most important fruit crop in India. Harvesting of the mangoes are done with different methods by Indian farmers like manual plucking, tree shaking or local harvesters which are manufactured by the farmers. The tree branches are shaken to speed up the harvesting, which results in post harvest losses due to the physical damage, stem end rot and sap bleeding in mangoes due to absence of pedicel. To overcome these local harvesting methods and to reduce to drudgery of the farmers Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Banavasi has introduced IIHR model for harvesting mangoes and conducted frontline demonstration in farmer’s field. Harvesting efficiency of different harvesters was studied in comparison to manual plucking and local made harvester was compared with that of Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore (IIHR) model. Among all the methods IIHR model is found to have higher efficiency as compared to the local b models.
The rising prevalence of diabetes is closely associated with industrialization, urbanization, socio-economic development and changes in the life style.The rice varieties namely TRY-3, Black Kavuni and Karungkuruvai were selected for the study based on their popularity, nutritional characteristics and other specific characteristics in Tamil Nadu.Initially the non-diabetic participants were screened by conducting glucose tolerance test by administering glucose powder available in the market dissolved in potable water containing 50g of glucose as reference carbohydrate.For the intervention rice varieties viz., TRY-3, Black Kavuni and Karungkuruvai containing 50g of carbohydrate in the form flakes and provided to the healthy participant.The blood glucose level of the participants before administering test food and during 15 th , 30 th , 45 th , 60 th , 90 th and 120 th minutes were noted and taken for calculating the glycemic index.The Carbohydrate and crude fibre content of TRY-3, Black Kavuni and Karunkuruvai were 70.23g and 0.99g, 62.89g and 1.70g and 63.09g and 2.01g, respectively.The Consumer acceptability of TRY-3 was high than Black Kavuni and Karunkuruvai with values are 8.7, 8.1 and 7.8, respectively.The recovery percentage of Black Kavuni was high than Karunkuruvai and TRY-3 with values are 58 per cent, 55.2 per cent and 53.5 per cent, respectively.In the present study the Glycemic index of black kavuni (53.10) is lesser than karunkuruvai (55.50) which are in the low Glycemic foods.TRY 3 has a G.I. of 68.20 which is higher Glycemic index than traditional varieties.
Indian Tie and Dye is the oldest craft tradition initiated before five hundred years ago and is even practiced today. This craft is flourishing with Gujarat and Rajasthan as chief production centers. The paper focuses present status and constraints faced by tie and dye craftsmen of Mewar region of Rajasthan. Study sample consist of craftsmen, who prepare the traditional headgear through tie and dye. Forty five (45) craftsmen from Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Bhilwara city of Mewar Region of Rajasthan were selected by snow-ball sampling method. Structured interview schedule was developed and administered for collecting the data. Study result indicates present scenario of tie and dye craft, production, pattern, design, motifs, finishing, material needed and constraints faced by craftsmen by calculating frequency and percentage.
The present study was conducted with the objective to assess the effectiveness of social advertisements in promoting adoption of selected health and hygiene practices. The study was conducted in purposively selected two districts of Punjab, India i.e. Gurdaspur and Ludhiana. Total eight villages from four selected blocks of selected districts were randomly selected. From each of the selected village 20 rural women were selected randomly. So, in total 160 respondents made a sample for data collection. The most frequently telecasted five government sponsored social advertisements during the month of June, 2017 on Swach Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India campaign), use of ORS/Zinc during diarrhoea, pregnancy check-up, immunization and breast feeding were selected after consultation with experts. Data was collected using pre-tested structured interview schedule. The effectiveness of social advertisement was assessed in terms of adoption stages i.e. awareness, interest and adoption of health and hygiene practices. The findings revealed that the advertisement of Swach Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India campaign) helped 91.25 per cent respondents to adopt the practice of keeping the environment clean. Most of the respondents i.e. 83.13 per cent immunized their children below 5 years of age. Majority of the respondents (66.38%) were at adoption stage of exclusive breast feeding of infants for first 6 months. Nearly half of the respondents (48.13%) were at the interest stage of adopting the practice of check-up of pregnant women. Nearly two fifth of respondents (42.50%) were at adoption stage of using ORS/Zinc during diarrhoea. It can be concluded that social advertisement plays a significant role in influencing people to adopt health and hygiene practices. It is suggested that more emphasis should be given to produce good social advertisement on different issues to promote adoption of better and improved health and hygiene practices.
Smart outfit's development started in military field and still remains a main field.Clothing is the first layer of protection and forms an important protective layer in military operation while combats and environmental hazards.Extended Cold weather clothing ensemble, High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema chambers, Anti-G suits, Flame retardant overalls, Submarine Escape Sets, Chemical warfare protection ensemble, liquid cooled garment for protection against hyperthermia etc., are fabricated from variety of technical textiles having special material properties.Technical and smart textiles are used worldwide to provide protection from the hazards of battlefield to the military and paramilitary forces, as 'man behind the machine' is the most important entity in a war theatre.The design of smart cloth is crucial to obtain the best results.This review focuses a collective account of harsh military environment faced by war fighters during War and Peacetime and desired smart textiles to lower the wear and tear due to harsh surroundings and battle menaces.
Cement and brick manufacturing include emissions of airborne pollution during operation and production which can cause tremendous effect on human health and environment. Thus, this study was undertaken with the aim to study the health condition of the workers working in the cement factory and brick kiln of Bokajan, Assam and their adoption rate of safety measures. A total of 80 workers (40 numbers of workers exposed to cement dust and another 40 numbers of brick manufacturing workers) were randomly selected for the study. Data were gathered by personal interview and observation method. The findings of the study depicted that the workers of the cement factory and brick kiln of Bokajan were exposed to industrial dust and smoke for prolonged period, causing different health problems on them. Adoption rate of the safety measures was very poor among the brick kiln workers, while the cement factory workers fairly adopted few safety measurers provided by the factory. The study recommends proper preventive measures and awareness for health and wellbeing of the workers which would increase work efficiency and productivity.
