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ThesisItem Open Access ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF WORK STATION FOR FEMALES ENGAGED IN COOKING ACTIVITIES(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2010) Kanu PriyaThe investigation entitled ‘Impact of Parental Encouragement on Academic Performance and Academic Anxiety of Rural Adolescents’ aimed to explore the level of parental encouragement of rural adolescents and its impact on their academic performance and academic anxiety. The study was based upon a sample of 200 (100 boys and 100 girls) adolescents in the age range of 13-16 years belonging to Punjabi origin, nuclear and middle socio economic status families. The sample was randomly drawn from four Government High and Senior Secondary Schools selected purposively from rural areas of Ludhiana district. A list of adolescents (both boys and girls) along with their marks obtained in previous examination was prepared from the school records. The respondents were equally divided into two groups of high performers (>70% marks) and low performers (<45% marks). Socio Economic Status Scale by Bharadwaj (2001) was used to judge the socio-economic status of rural families. The Academic Anxiety Scale by Singh and Gupta (1984) was used to assess the academic anxiety and Parental Encouragement Scale by Agarwal (1999) was used to measure perceived parental encouragement by the adolescents. Results indicated a significant association between perceived parental encouragement, academic performance and academic anxiety. Academic anxiety was found to be high for both the performance categories. Further it was found that academic performance and age were significantly associated with parental encouragement and academic anxiety. Non significant age and gender differences for parental encouragement and academic anxiety were found. Further parental encouragement was significantly and positively correlated with academic performance and academic anxiety. As perceived parental encouragement increased, academic performance and academic anxiety also increased. Key Words: Parental Encouragement, Academic Performance, Academic Anxiety, AdolescenceThe investigation entitled ‘Impact of Parental Encouragement on Academic Performance and Academic Anxiety of Rural Adolescents’ aimed to explore the level of parental encouragement of rural adolescents and its impact on their academic performance and academic anxiety. The study was based upon a sample of 200 (100 boys and 100 girls) adolescents in the age range of 13-16 years belonging to Punjabi origin, nuclear and middle socio economic status families. The sample was randomly drawn from four Government High and Senior Secondary Schools selected purposively from rural areas of Ludhiana district. A list of adolescents (both boys and girls) along with their marks obtained in previous examination was prepared from the school records. The respondents were equally divided into two groups of high performers (>70% marks) and low performers (<45% marks). Socio Economic Status Scale by Bharadwaj (2001) was used to judge the socio-economic status of rural families. The Academic Anxiety Scale by Singh and Gupta (1984) was used to assess the academic anxiety and Parental Encouragement Scale by Agarwal (1999) was used to measure perceived parental encouragement by the adolescents. Results indicated a significant association between perceived parental encouragement, academic performance and academic anxiety. Academic anxiety was found to be high for both the performance categories. Further it was found that academic performance and age were significantly associated with parental encouragement and academic anxiety. Non significant age and gender differences for parental encouragement and academic anxiety were found. Further parental encouragement was significantly and positively correlated with academic performance and academic anxiety. As perceived parental encouragement increased, academic performance and academic anxiety also increased.ThesisItem Open Access Sensory and nutritional evaluation of recipes based on maize flour(Punjab agricultural university, Ludhiana, 2007) Kanu Priya; Verma, SubhashniSeven recipes were prepared namely gruel, methi roti, palak poori, pancake, mixed vegetable pakoda, namkeen para and tacos using maize flour as a main ingredient and supplemented with other ingredients viz. bengal gram flour, milk and milk products, green leafy and other vegetables. These products were organoleptically evaluated and then analyzed for proximate composition, selected minerals (iron and calcium) and amino acids (lysine and tryptophan). Sensory evaluation revealed highest score for overall acceptability of pancake (8.6 ± 0.4) and lowest for methi roti (7.3 ± 0.64) on nine- point hedonic scale. On dry weight basis, the crude protein content of products ranged from 6.07 ± 0.01 to 9.31 ± 0.01 %, crude fat from 2.11 ± 0.01 to 37.69 ± 0.18 % and ash from 0.93 ± 0.11 to 1.67 ± 0.03 %. The energy contribution of these products varied form 382 to 561 Kcal per 100g. The calcium content of tacos was highest (187.95 ± 0.66 mg) and minimum was in mixed vegetable pakoda (30.19 ± 0.03mg/100g) while the iron content and ionizable iron was maximum in palak poori (3.23 ± 0.02 mg) and methi roti (2.07 ± 0.04 mg) per 100g, respectively. Lysine and tryptophan content were highest in gruel (3.97 ± 0.01 g/16 g N) and palak poori (3.10 ± 0.13/16g N) respectively. On fresh matter basis, methi roti provided highest percentage of crude protein, ash, calcium, iron and tryptophan content whereas maximum crude fat and energy were provided by mixed vegetable pakodas per 100g. Lysine content was observed to be highest in tacos. When the cost of products was calculated, tacos came out to be most expensive. On protein quality assessment of the products, methi roti when consumed with curd has highest NDpCal% of 9.5. The nutritive value of all the recipes was improved with respect to lysine and tryptophan as well as minerals like calcium and iron.
