______________________________________________________________________________________________ Background: Jute industry workers constantly exposed themselves to jute dust and are at risk of impairment of lung function. Investigation on various studies revealed the effects of exposure to jute dust but limited studies so far undertaken regarding its bearing on pulmonary function of jute workers ...

Natural fiber composite is the novel materials in recent decades having a high strength to weight ratio and light are widely used for structural unstructured applications. Jute one of most common biodegradable natural fibers which successfully replaced synthetic also glass where not obliged. grown tropical countries strongest bast with low cost. has several attractive advantages over like as pr...

Jute is an important crop of the Indian subcontinent and comprises tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius) and white jute (C. capsularis). The yield and fi ber quality of this crop remained stagnant for many years and could not be improved through conventional plant breeding. Also, no effort has been made to develop molecular markers on a scale required for marker-assisted selection (MAS) to supplemen...

Natural fibers, including mineral and plant fibers, are increasingly used for polymer composite materials due to their low environmental impact. In this paper, thermographic non-destructive inspection techniques were used to evaluate and characterize basalt, jute/hemp and bagasse fibers composite panels. Different defects were analyzed in terms of impact damage, delaminations and resin abnormal...

The advancement in science and technology has led to luffa sponge (LS) being widely used as a natural material in industrial application because of its polyporous structure and light texture. To enhance the utility of LS fibers as the reinforcement of lightweight composite materials, the current study investigates their water absorption, mechanical properties, anatomical characteristics and the...

Jute is a bastfibre and is obtained from the stems of the two cultivated species of the genus Corchorus, viz., C. capsularis and C. olitorius, of the Tiliaceae family. C. capsularis is commonly called white jute and C. olitorius is commonly called tossa jute, though the two species from which the jute fibre is obtained are similar in general appearance. Jute ranks next to cotton as the most imp...

This paper presents an experimental study on the microstructure and performance of stabilized earth bricks prepared from the Yellow River sediment. The sediment is modified by inorganic cementitious material, polymer bonding agent, and jute fibre. The results show that the sediment is preliminarily consolidated when the mixture ratio of activated sediment/cementitious binder/sand is 65/25/10. C...

Although skin changes in workers associated with the manufacture of various textiles, especially cotton, have been the subject of numerous communications (e.g., Southam, 1927; Brockbank, 1941) there are few references in the literature to dermatoses in jute workers. Henry (1947) refers to one case of scrotal carcinoma in a jute worker out of a total of 1,421 notifications to the Factory Inspect...

This present study was elucidated the cytological effects of maize due to ageing (storage) in different packaging material. This study revealed that the cytological anomalies in somatic cells of maize inbreds (CM-138 and CM-142) due to storage in jute and plastic bags. For the cytological impact of storage, inbreds were stored in jute and plastic bags for different periods i.e. 4, 8 and 12 mont...