Textile Shops Research Articles

Employment Generation by Small Businesses in Kolar

With the fast mechanization of agriculture and the slowly emerging picture of traditional methods of agricultural relapsing the vast rural labour force and piece meal workers were left in the lurch without any form of sustenance. In this hauntingly real scenario the emergence of small businesses has come as a whiff of fresh air in a backward and dry Kolar district. With very less construction activity no immediate employment available this gap has been filled up by the mushrooming of these small businesses in Kolar and Bangarapet an adjoining taluk to Kolar. Due to the ripple effect any development in Kolar is felt enormously in Bangarapet. The sample size was one hundred and fifty taken from both Kolar as well as Bangarapet. For the study purpose. Area selected was Kolar town and Bangarapet town and the rural areas in both the talukas was not selected for survey. Tailoring Businesses or Warehouses (garments) only and not leather goods or items) besides textile shops or Clothing showrooms which absorbed most of the women and male agricultural labour was chosen for sampling. Simple random sampling was done and descriptive analysis was followed. Percentage method was used for data classification and tabulation. On the field survey was conducted and interview method was followed. A questionnaire was designed for data collection purposes. Eleven tailoring ware houses were sampled with five done in Kolar and six done in Bangarapet. In the cloth shops totally ten were sampled where five were done in Kolar and other five in Bangarapet. The findings showed that all those working in tailoring shops earned around Rupees 5000 to Rupees 6000 per week both men and women earned the same wages (pay parity prevailed). The proprietor being men for all the large and small tailoring shops in Kolar and Bangarapet . One hundred and thirty employed were women and twenty were men. This revealed that more women were employed in in tailoring shops and in cloth shops as shop assistants. All in all as rural labour absorption was done in Kolar and Bangarapet itself and so there was no rural urban migration to Bangalore. This study concludes with the revelation that small towns itself are capable of absorbing unemployed rural labour. Thus backward districts have started employment generation for poor agriculture labour. But this won’t be possible if the state government and private investors did not earmark many industrial enclaves and started many small scale enterprises, technical and medical colleges for employment purposes.

SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF WOMEN WORKERS IN UNORGANISED SECTOR: A STUDY OF SALES WOMEN IN TEXTILE SHOPS IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CORPORATION

The unorganized sector is a significant and influential component of many economies around the world. Unorganized sector provides income and employment opportunities to the people. A large number of women from weaker sections of the society are attracted to this sector. Despite its importance, the unorganized sector also faces challenges such as lack of legal protections for workers, vulnerability to exploitation, limited access to formal financial services, and barriers to growth and formalization. The socio-economic conditions of women in the textile shops can vary depending on factors such as geographic location, the specific segment of the textile shops, and local regulations. The present study focused on the socio-economic conditions of women in textile shops in Kerala.

MakeTwin: A reference architecture for digital twin software platform

Digital twin is currently undergoing a significant transformation from the conceptual and theoretical research phase to the implementation and application phase. However, a universally adaptable research and development platform for digital twin is critically needed to meet the development requirements. Specifically, a publicly accessible simulation, testing, and validation platform which can support digital twin model building, data processing, algorithm design, configuration, etc., is urgently required for researchers. Furthermore, for developers from the industry, a low-code development platform that can offer a customizable suite of functions such as model creation, data management, protocol configuration, and visualization is urgently needed. Meanwhile, for enterprise users, there is a lack of an application management platform that can be configured and migrated for various application scenarios, functions, and modes. Therefore, based on the system research of digital twin theories and key technologies by the authors (such as the five-dimension digital twin model, digital twin modeling and digital twin data theory, digital twin standards, and so on), a digital twin software platform reference architecture, namely makeTwin, is proposed and designed, as well as its ten core functions. The workflow of the makeTwin and the interaction mechanisms among its core functions are described. Finally, a digital twin application system for a chemical fiber textile shop floor (CFTS) which was developed according to makeTwin, is introduced, which validates the proposed reference architecture.

A hybrid deep learning based approach for the prediction of social distancing among individuals in public places during Covid19 pandemic

Social distance is considered one of the most effective prevention techniques to prevent the spread of Covid19 disease. To date, there is no proper system available to monitor whether social distancing protocol is being followed by individuals or not in public places. This research has proposed a hybrid deep learning-based model for predicting whether individuals maintain social distancing in public places through video object detection. This research has implemented a customized deep learning model using Detectron2 and IOU for monitoring the process. The base model adapted is RCNN and the optimization algorithm used is Stochastic Gradient Descent algorithm. The model has been tested on real time images of people gathered in textile shops to demonstrate the real time application of the developed model. The performance evaluation of the proposed model reveals that the precision is 97.9% and the mAP value is 84.46, which makes it clear that the model developed is good in monitoring the adherence of social distancing by individuals.

Impact of Advertisement and Sales Promotion Techniques Practiced by Textile Shops - A Survey Report

Impact of Advertisement and Sales Promotion Techniques Practiced by Textile Shops - A Survey Report

Dysregulation of butyrylcholinesterase, BCHE gene SNP rs1803274, and pro-inflammatory cytokines in occupational workers

Background.People in different occupations are exposed to a variety of xenobiotics which affect the health and physiological processes of the body. Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), has been reported to play neuronal and non-neuronal roles, though its exact function is yet to be established. This study aimed to find the status and role of BChE in seven different occupational groups; gasoline fillers, auto-mechanics, carpenters, textile shop workers, furniture shop workers, electricians, and office workers.Methods.A total of 400 samples were screened. BChE activity was determined by Worek et al. method based on Ellman's principle. Pro-inflammatory cytokines were determined by ELISA. Genotypic analysis of the K-variant of BCHE gene SNP was carried out by standard molecular methods. Among seven groups, office workers were taken as a control to compare the results with all other occupational groups.Results.The results revealed a significant decrease in BChE activity in gasoline fillers (79.52%) followed by carpenters (73.49%), auto mechanics (39.76%), textile shop workers (18.07%), electricians (10.84%), and furniture shop workers (7.23%). TNF-α, IL-6, and IL1-β were elevated in all groups. IL-6 and IL1-β in gasoline fillers, and electricians were not statistically significantly increased. Binomial regression to determine the odd ratio was found to be significant (p < 0.05) in all groups. However, correlation (Pearson) did not reveal significance between different biochemical parameters. Genotypic analysis of the K-variant SNP of the BCHE gene showed a significant association with occupational groups when compared with control which indicates a possible association with xenobiotics exposure and the physiological role of K-variant in understudied occupational groups.Conclusion.The study concluded that BChE and its gene SNP rs 1803274 and proinflammatory cytokines significantly dysregulates under the exposure to cumulative multiple xenobiotics in different occupational groups which may lead to pathophysiological conditions.

Consumers Knowledge of Symbolic Names and Meanings of Ghanaian Fabrics

Generally, Ghanaian fabrics are unique and authentic, with each bearing traditional riches that express more pride in their national history, physical, material or symbolic gestures to benefit the indigenous Ghanaians. The fabrics have symbolic names and meanings, based upon which this study investigated consumers’ knowledge of symbolic names and meanings of Ghanaian fabrics and their impact on consumer purchase intentions. A quantitative research design was adopted for the study with a targeted population of 3,490,030 that visit the various clothing and textile shops in the Kumasi Central Business District (KCBD). The sample size for the study was 385 participants. Purposive and convenience sampling techniques were used in selecting the respondents. A questionnaire was used as an instrument to gather information from the respondents. The returned questionnaires were coded and keyed into SPSS-23.0. The data gathered were analysed using descriptive statistics in the form of frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that the customers have little knowledge about Ghanaian fabrics’ symbolic names and meanings. It was concluded that Ghanaian fabrics had symbolic value, with names and meanings attached and consumers had little knowledge about the Ghanaian fabrics they use. The study recommended that manufacturers could embark on social, cultural and traditional events as part of their promotional programmes to educate and remind consumers to appreciate their rich culture and the symbolic value of the Ghanaian fabrics.

Burnout Risks among Salespersons Under Job Demand and the Mediating Role of Abusive Supervision.

Context:Salespersons in privately held retail textile shops face physical, emotional, and mental stresses, and most supervisors are untrained and abusive. These stresses may cause salesperson burnout.Aims:To determine the effect of abusive supervision on the connection between job demands and job burnout.Setting and Design:A cross-sectional study.Materials and Methods:The job demand is measured using the Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire. To assess abusive supervision, we used an eight-item scale from Tepper, and the burnout measures questionnaire was used to measure job burnout.Statistical Analysis Used:Direct, indirect, and total effects of variables were analyzed using SPSS Process Macro.Results:Indirect effect showed that the association between job demand and job burnout was mediated by abusive supervision: β = 6.3151, P < 0.001, bootstrap 95% confidence interval (CI) (5.6515, 7.0307). Direct effect between job demand and job burnout β = 1.5382, P < 0.001, bootstrap 95% CI (7.2254, 8.4812).Conclusions:High job demand and job burnout are prevalent among salespersons, and abusive supervision ignites the burnout syndrome of salespersons.

The Impact of Salespersons’ Interaction on Customer Satisfaction of Textile Shops: A Study in Kiribathgoda Area

All businesses are trying to win the market by competing with other rivalries. The Textile industry is not exceptional for that. Textile shops are also one of the well-known retail markets in the industry that depend on customer satisfaction for their success. The main objective of the study is to investigate the impact of salespersons’ interaction on customer satisfaction of textile shops in the Kiribathgoda area since salespersons are the change agents to change the minds of customers. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire among 100 respondents based on the simple random sampling method. Researchers incorporated correlation &amp; regression analyses by using the SPSS version 20.0 software for analyzing the data. Major findings showed that all three dimensions of salespersons’ interaction -Communication skills, Empathy and Trust have a positive relationship with Customer Satisfaction. 61.4% salespersons’ interaction impacted on customer satisfaction and Trust has a higher impact (39.3%) on Customer Satisfaction rather than Communication skills and Empathy.

Research on the Economic Function of Muslim Associations in Germany and Austria

The study deals with the economic function of Muslim organizations in Germany and Austria. Sales and services are a research topic that is associated not only with organized Muslims. Other included participants are individualized and cultural Muslims. The economic activities of these organizations also have an impact on customers from non-Muslim societies. The study is based on a critical reflection of expert discussion, non-participant observations conducted during field research, analysis of photo documentation obtained by the researcher, descriptions of the visited locations, as well as the self-presentation of communities. The economic function is interrelated with other activities of the associations. Primarily, it has an impact on the organization´s educational, leisure-oriented, social, and cultural activities. Financial resources gained from renting or operating shops or services are vital to secure the operation of an association and its development. Based on the analysis of the data obtained during field research, it is possible to design a basic typology of shops and establishments. The first sphere contains groceries, greengroceries, and butcher´s shops. Tea rooms differ from restaurants or cafés in their multifunctionality. The second sphere consists of travel agencies, bookshops, household goods, and textile shops. The third type contains services related to hair care. Last but not least, the paper deals with funeral services focused on Muslim clients. Among the key variables bearing an impact on the functioning of businesses are conveniently chosen business premises and adequately established working hours. Changes in the economic activities of Muslim associations in Germany and Austria show not only the transformation of the community itself but also its immediate surroundings.

AN EFFECTIVE PROCUREMENT AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ABC TEXTILE SHOP

ABC is a retail textile shop is situated in a suburb area of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. They have a routine of daily sales and weekly purchases and have a monthly expense of utility and salary payment for workers who work on sales. For the moment they are running a filebased system like Excel sheet for inventory keeping, purchasing, maintaining vendors’ details and workers details, daily sales and profit margins including number of items on each variety with a custom variety code. Since there is poor network coverage in the area, they are unable to use an open source online inventory system. So, it was decided to implement an inventory management system for them. By developing, “Procurement and Inventory Management System”, they can reduce their time for entering, updating, calculating and retrieving data. Not only that but also, they can avoid data redundancy, data consistency, high data security, privacy, and easy recovery. They can enter memos or special notes and they can filter and search related data. And, they can export grid view data to Microsoft excel sheet. The system built has been able to have a positive and beneficial impact on both organization and consumers. To develop the system, it was used agile software development methodology, the SQL Server 2014 was used as the database, Visual Studio 2010 as developer tools and C# is used as the programming language. The results of this study to get a system that has been developed that can make transactions which generate transaction reports, and which update database and remind notes for consumers thus greatly supporting the activities at the ABC shop.

Impact of GST on Textile Shops in Ernakulam District.

Goods and services tax (GST) is an indirect tax charged on the supply of various goods and services. It principle of destination based taxation consumption. This study looks into the effect of GST on textile shops in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. In India, this tax system plays a significant role not in the ground of textile sectors but also in the field of many other sectors that deals with money matters. The study is done by way of data collection. 50 questionnaires were issued for the collection of data in different textile shops. The conclusion of the study is that there is a makeover in sales volume with respect to GST and a great impact in the cost of textile products after thearrival of GST. At the same time there is a slight change in the profitability of textile shops.

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Indoor Air and Dust from Homes and Various Microenvironments in China: Implications for Human Exposure.

A newly developed solid-phase extraction cartridge composed of mixed sorbents was optimized for collection of both neutral and ionizable per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in indoor air. Eighty-one indoor air samples and 29 indoor dust samples were collected from rooms of homes and hotels, textile shops, and cinemas in Tianjin, China. Fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs) were the predominant PFASs found in air (250-82 300 pg/m3) and hotel dust (24.8-678 ng/g). Polyfluoroalkyl phosphoric acid diesters were found at lower levels of nd-125 pg/m3 in air and 0.32-183 ng/g in dust. Perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs) were dominant ionizable PFASs in air samples (121-20 600 pg/m3) with C4-C7 PFCAs contributing to 54% ± 17% of the profiles, suggesting an ongoing shift to short-chain PFASs. Long-chain PFCAs (C > 7) were strongly correlated and the intermediate metabolite of FTOHs, fluorotelomer unsaturated carboxylic acids, occurred in all the air samples at concentrations up to 413 pg/m3, suggesting the transformation of precursors such as FTOHs in indoor environment. Daily intake of ∑PFASs via air inhalation and dust ingestion was estimated at 1.04-14.1 ng/kg bw/d and 0.10-8.17 ng/kg bw/d, respectively, demonstrating that inhalation of air with fine suspended particles was a more important direct exposure pathway than dust ingestion for PFASs to adults.

The town that disappeared – Dhanushkodi - a Case Study

Danushkodi was a small town at the southern tip of the Rameswaram island, at the eastern coast of theTamil Nadu state of India. Danushkodi island is about 29 km West of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. It was in December 1964 a cyclone wiped out the town of Dhanushkodi , the sea also took away 2000 lives and crippling power supply and communications .Before the 1964 cyclone, Dhanushkodi was a flourishing tourist and pilgrimage town. Since Sri Lanka is just 31 km away, there were many ferry services between Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar of Srilanka , transporting travelers and goods across the sea. There were hotels, textile shops and dharmashalas catering to these pilgrims and travelers. From temples to churches, houses, dharmashalas, roads and railway station, all were destroyed leaving no signs of life. Once upon a time Dhanushkodi was full of flourishing tourist but now it has become Ghost town. However the remains of this town still exist recalling the old memories of the town attracting many tourists, but the remaining structures are currently threatened by erosion and negligence in restoration. The paper reviews the history of the town that disappeared and recalls the memory of the town and also discuss about potential of developing the remains of Dhanushkodi Island as tourist place.

Single-particle characterization of indoor aerosol particles collected at an underground shopping area in Seoul, Korea

In this study, single-particle characterization of aerosol particles collected at an underground shopping area was performed for the first time. A quantitative single-particle analytical technique, low-Z particle electron probe X-ray microanalysis, was used to characterize a total of 7900 individual particles for eight sets of aerosol samples collected at an underground shopping area in Seoul, Korea. Based on secondary electron images and X-ray spectral data of individual particles, fourteen particle types were identified, in which primary soil-derived particles were the most abundant, followed by carbonaceous, Fe-containing, secondary soil-derived, and secondary sea-salt particles. Carbonaceous particles exist in three types: organic carbon, carbon-rich, and CNO-rich. A significant number of textile particles with chemical composition C, N, and O were encountered in some of the aerosol samples, which were from the textile shops and/or from clothes of passersby. Primary soil-derived particles showed seasonal variation, with peak values in spring samples, reflecting higher air exchange between indoor and outdoor environments in the spring. Secondary soil-derived, secondary sea-salt, and ammonium sulfate particles were frequently encountered in winter samples. Fe-containing particles, contributed from a nearby subway station, were in the range of about 19% relative abundances for all samples. In underground shopping areas, particulate matters can be a considerable health hazard to the workers, shoppers, passersby, and shop-keepers as they spend their considerable time in this closed microenvironment. However, no study on the characteristics of indoor aerosols in an underground shopping area has been reported to our knowledge. This work provides detailed information on characteristics of underground shopping area aerosols on a single particle level.

Ornament, memory and the cosmopolitan city

Late modernism frowned on applied ornament, reinforcing the production of plain, monolithic urban architecture. Plunging into one Asian textile shop in Tooting, London, I analysed its contents through drawing them, investigating both functional items that were patterned as a result of structural repetition and ornamental ones such as embroidered saris. The outcome was A Patois of Pattern, an artist’s book. Its collocation of disparate spatial ideas makes visible fundamental discontinuities between world views: between those located in ‘cultural memory’ and ‘identity’ and those which not long ago intended to create a future universal, homogenized utopia through rationalism and standardization. With this focus I suggest that in ‘the imagined city’ more open understandings of ‘culture’ and ‘identity’ might inform the urban environment if architecture were to reflect such varied meaning and memory, folding together a wider, more inclusive range of understandings of time, space, place and pace.

El comercio de los inmigrantes en el centro hist&#243;rico de Barcelona en 2004

In the last decade the increasing number of foreign immigrants in Catalonia has been especially apparent in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, where immigrants’ shops have multiplied. The Ciutat Vella immigrant shops have several features such as small size, a long working day and the presence of employed relatives together with other employees of the same origin as that of the employer. The dominant typologies of the shops are: groceries, tele shops, money transfer (for remittances), basars (general stores), butcher’s shops, retail and wholesale textile shops, bars and restaurants. The dominant foreign entrepreneurs are Pakistanis, Indians, Chinese, Morrocans, Dominicans, Bangladeshis, Filipinos and Algerians. The work shows the geographical specialization by shop typology and geographical origin of the entrepreneurs, the concentration of the shops by zones and by streets and the spatial correlation between retail, residence and religious centres.

(23) Nickel dermatitis—a follow-up study

Nickel dermatitis has become the most frequent allergic contact dermatitis in the region of Erfurt (Germany). Between 1982 and 1986 the incidence in our patch test clinic increased from 13·7% (18·3% female, 5·7% male) to 21·5% (27·4% female, 80% male). Eighty per cent of the female patients were under 30 years of age and 42% under 20 years of age. Primary nickel sensitization was due to fancy jewellery and wrist watches in 62% and dressing buckles in 14%. Nickel sensitivity was occupationally acquired in 25%; half of the workers were galvanizers. Three years after initial patch testing all cases of 2 + and 3 + reactions to nickel sulphate in 5% petrolatum remained positive. Twenty out of 32 patients were free of skin lesions. Eight still had mild eczema of the hands. Twenty-three have changed their job because of the nickel allergy and are now working as secretary, referee, textile shop assistant, telephone operator, woodworker and textile manufacturer. A positive patch test to nickel can become negative but this is rare. Normally rehabilitation is possible by avoidance of numerous and intensive contacts and is easier than in chromate dermatitis. Polysensitization renders or prevents healing and occupational rehabilitation.