With growing environmental awareness, ecological concerns and new legislations, natural fiber-reinforced plastic composites have received increasing attention during the recent decades. The natural fiber composites have many advantages over traditional glass fiber composites, including lower cost, lighter weight, environmental friendliness, and recyclability. This article reports the findings of the studies done on a new fiber, hitherto unexplored, extracted from Saccharum munja grass. The extracted fibers were further treated using sodium hydroxide to improve its performance in composites. Both treated and untreated fiber-reinforced composites were prepared by hand lay-up process using unsaturated polyester resin. Mechanical properties and thermal behavior of the composites were evaluated. The improvement in properties was found for alkali-treated fiber composites. V C 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 40829.
The role of demographic factors (age, gender, income, education, and occupation) and various apparel product categories on the online impulse buying behaviour (OIBB) of apparel consumers is investigated in this research. Data was collected using a convenience sampling (non-probability) method. The 404 apparel customers in Delhi (NCR) participated in the survey using a structured questionnaire. Multiple regression, percentage analysis, and chi-square tests were performed for data analysis. The multiple regression results revealed that gender, age, education, and occupation were significantly and inversely associated with the impulse buying behaviour of apparel consumers. Further, the results indicated that income was significant and directly associated with the OIBB for apparel consumers. ANOVA findings indicated that apparel consumers’ demographic factors (age, gender, income, education, and occupation) have a significant simultaneous impact on the OIBB of apparel consumers. It was found that the T-shirt was the most popular online apparel product category for the impulsively purchased item (32.43% out of 11 apparel product categories). The research findings provide recommendations for e-retailers to improve marketing strategies to enhance online buying among apparel consumers.
Aim:This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cigarette smoke on the surface roughness of two commercially available denture base materials.Materials and Methods:A total numbers of 40 specimens were fabricated from two commercially available denture base materials: heat-cured polymethylmethacrylate and flexible denture base materials (20 for each). The specimens for each type were divided into four subgroups: subgroup I, heat-cured denture base material specimens (control group); subgroup II, flexible denture base material (control group); subgroup III, heat-cured denture base material specimen exposed to cigarette smoking group; and subgroup IV, flexible denture base material specimens exposed to cigarette smoking. The control groups were used for immersion in distilled water, and the smoke test groups were used for exposure to cigarette smoking. The smoke test group specimens were exposed to smoking in a custom-made smoking chamber using six cigarettes for each specimen. The surface roughness was measured using a profilometer, and the measurements were considered as the difference between the initial and final roughness measured before and after smoking. Paired t test and independent t-test were used to interpret differences in initial and final roughness values within and between groups respectively.Results:Paired t-test showed a significant difference between initial surface roughness and final surface roughness within each subgroup.Conclusion:The surface roughness of the specimens fabricated from the flexible denture base material was found to be more compared to heat-cured denture base specimens after exposure to cigarette smoke.
The aim of this research was to identify the impact of store ambience on apparel consumer impulse purchase behaviour. In this paper, the influence of window display (WD), promotional offers (PO), store layout (SL), back¬ground music (BM) and fragrance of store (FOS) on consumer impulsive buying behaviour (IBB) for apparel was evaluated. The study was performed among 210 consumers in Delhi (NCR), at the DLF Mall of India, using a questionnaire developed based on existing literature. The research data was analysed using the factor analysis, and correlation and linear regression tests. According to the research findings, store features such as window display, promotional offers and fragrance have a significant effect on impulse purchase behaviour. The current study makes some suggestions for retailers to improve the ambience of their stores in order to boost impulse buying among apparel buyers.
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