Plastics are an organic polymer of natural materials with a high molecular mass of lightweight, so generally, the peoples owe for this usage. It was invented using cellulose by Alexander Parks in 1862 and kept first at a London exhibition. Plastic is the material that people use almost every day and everything which pollutes the environment. Perhaps it is the most harmful type of waste because it does not readily break down in nature. It is estimated that 8 million metric tons of plastics end up in the ocean every year, according to the research last 2015. In 2016, the world generated 242 million tons of plastic, according to the World Bank Group.
Biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) is a film used in food packaging. It replaces cellophane in applications such as snack and tobacco packaging due to its favorable properties and low cost. BOPP Films are the preferred substrate for food packaging globally because of their inherent moisture barrier seal-ability, properties, high clarity, graphic reproduction, and shelf appeal. The best possibilities of the pack are a monolayer or homogeneous structure. For food packaging, it is prominently used as the co-extruded heat-sealable reverse printable film. The demand for biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) has grown 3.5% per annum over the last five years (to the end of 2019). The industry is worth around US$14 billion, supplying around 8.3 million tons last year (Moreira, 2020).
Bricks are a widely used construction and building material around the world. A brick is a kind of block that is usually used in building walls and partitions of the building, pavements, and other masonry construction elements. The term "Bricks" usually refers to composition majorly consisting of red soil once. However, now it is made using a proportioned mix of clay-bearing soil, sand, lime, or concrete materials. They can be joined together using mortar, adhesives, or by interlocking them. Bricks are of various types categorized under several methods, usage, and place of origin. Interior walls and partitions made of bricks help adjust the room and building's temperature as they store the heat and cool air. Houses made entirely out of bricks cost less in the long run because they need less energy for heating.
The "Eco-brick" is the recycled product that mainly makes use of the wasted plastics with a proportioned mix of cement and waste plastics (Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP)). The bricks make us of a wide variety of natural and artificial created resources like cement, sand and stones, dust, and fly ash. To overcome the extinction of natural-based resources and reduce plastic wastes, people have to use those harmful products in the development of commercial activities. Hence in this research, the researchers use the harmful plastics as alternative sand of the brick to retreat the effect of degradation problems.
Green Antz Builder finds a way of incorporating plastic to create their sustainable and eco-friendly brick. They encourage people around their community to collect plastic sachets and bring them to the hub. The process includes first the shredding of plastic and mixes it with cement and sand to produce eco-bricks. They proved that their eco-bricks are 5 to 6 times stronger and 15% to 30% cheaper than those typical hollow blocks. Technically they say it could be a replacement for CHB Concrete Hollow Blocks. The use of plastic waste also plays as a raw material for insulation. They have already built a daycare center, parking area, and even a park in BGC using those eco-bricks.
It is concluded that the recycling and use of plastic waste for construction are found to be effective as it will serve as a reliable source of materials for construction purposes. Recycling plastic waste will help lessen the contamination in the environment. However, it will also add value to the plastic trash by incorporating it as a partial or complete alternative for sand in creating a brick. The possible use of these construction materials will improve sustainability processes and practices of construction. The innovative and sustainable use of plastic waste in construction will provide alternative materials that will meet the construction industry's demand.
According to Dionisio (2018), Compared to the standard hollow block with only 150 PSI, or the resistance to downward force in pounds per square inch, cement eco-bricks are heavier, sturdier, and more compact. Depending on the shredded plastics mixed with them, cement eco-bricks have up to 670, 770, and 870 PSI. This means that the structures built with them are four times stronger. He added value to plastic trash when integrated into the economy from the collection of plastic wastes to cement eco-bricks' actual production; people from rural communities are provided with jobs. Cement eco-bricks are currently priced at P24, sixty percent more expensive than the regular hollow blocks. To help in marketing, Dioniso introduces cement eco-bricks to real estate companies. The private sectors have financial capacity, knowledge, and access to production to push these kinds of environment-friendly endeavors. If the proposal goes well, he is hopeful that the Philippines will soon develop its recyclable construction industry.
According to Green Antz Builders (2019), A social enterprise produces eco-friendly construction hollow blocks in the Philippines. The Ecobricks are different from ordinary building blocks and resemble lego blocks. The plastic laminates act as an insulator that locks out the heat passing through regular hollow blocks making eco-bricks more relaxed and durable. The EcoBricks are aesthetically superior, more robust, and cost-effective than standard hollow blocks, and at the same time, addressing a waste management problem.
According to Adewumi, Branko, Suvash & Vivi (2018), plastic waste is the most abundant substance present in the environment; therefore, this plastic pollutes our rivers, land, and ocean. The versatile nature of plastic-like being lightweight, flexible, firm, rigid, moisture-resistant, and cheap can be an alternative to current composite materials like concrete. Many researchers from the past years have already used plastic waste as a replacement for aggregate in concrete. The result shows that due to plastic incorporation, the mechanical properties and durability of concrete changed. Still, it meets the requirements for many engineering utilizations.
Svenmyr & Wandsö (2019) study revealed the possible use of recycled plastic as a substitute material for Columbia construction for low-income housing. The materials used in the building are assessed base on their physical properties, cost, and their effect on the structure's indoor temperature. To lessen the impact on climate by the extensive energy use, there is a need to develop an alternative way like increasing the re-use of produced products made from the organic substance.
There are several types of plastic. Each has a different life cycle, which makes it difficult for them to collect. These plastics have other properties and can be taken to create something sustainable to generate housing for vulnerable people with limited resources. Since plastic is removed from the environment, it will develop a system for sustainable construction.
Godwin (2019) found that plastic is the most significant thing that causes the production of waste. It is the material people frequently throw away. Since most plastic is singled use, people see it lays around in all areas in our surroundings and will take more years to decompose. This opens a way to explore the efficient utilization of recycled plastic waste in the construction field. Plastic bricks may be used as pavements on the side of the road, sidewalks, and even bricks used in grounds of open areas.
ECO-BRICK UTILIZING BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE (BOPP)
THE USE OF HYDROPONICS SYSTEM IN GROWING PLANTS
Plants needed sources of food and energy such as sunlight, air, water and soil to be able to grow efficiently. The macronutrients and micronutrients nutrients coming from these sources help plants to flourish. Those nutrients are all can be found in soil but not in water. As it generally knows, plants grow most efficiently and effectively in soil. Soil is an essential element that the plant needs to survive. It is rich in nutrients which are the key elements in plant's growth and helps to increase vigour and disease resistance of the plant. Water, on the other side, has also an important role in flourishing plants. Without the presence of water, plants might droop and with too much amount of water, plants might drown and die. According to Science Buddies (2020), plants can survive without being planted in soil. Plants can also grow not in soil but in nutrient-rich water. The process of growing plants in water is called hydroponics. It comes from the Latin words "hydro" which means "water" and "ponos" which means "work". In this research, the researchers will use hydroponics system to inspect its effectiveness and productivity in growing variety of plants. The researchers will also use the traditional way of growing plants to show its comparison and differences.
According to Szczepanski (2015), Hydroponics is the act of growing plants without the use of soil. When growing plants in soil, water serves to make nutrients in the soil soluble and provides oxygenation for the plant's roots. In Hydroponics, however, the nutrients are instead made available directly in the water. In the most abstract sense, a hydroponics system requires a nutrient rich water supply, a means of oxygenating the water supply, and a means to transport the water to the plants. Since nutrients can be expensive, typical hydroponics systems are recirculating – the runoff from transporting water to the plants returns to the original water source. In the following, we discuss the main parameters that should be considered in a hydroponics system. This description is not intended to be complete, but rather gives an overview of the parameters that are most likely to affect a hydroponics system.
Harvey added that there is disclosed a structure for supporting the growth of plants, comprising a flexible tubular element in the wall of which slits are provided. Closure means define with the tubular element an elongated enclosed area that is filled with a fluid and root permeable material for supporting the roots of plants. A fluid nutrient is supplied by a pump to the material. The tubular element may be suspended from one of its ends and supplied at the upper end with the fluid nutrient to support plant growth through the perforations from the particulate material (1991).
According to King (2013), Hydroponics is a strategy for developing plants by giving mineral supplements from mineral supplement answers for plant roots rather than from soil. By and large, there are two primary sorts of aquaculture—arrangement culture aqua-farming and medium culture tank-farming. Arrangement culture aquaculture doesn't utilize a strong medium or substrate for the roots, though medium culture tank-farming incorporates a strong medium or substrate for the plant roots. Strong medium societies are for the most part classified by the sort of strong medium utilized, which comprehensively incorporates sand culture, rock culture, and rock fleece culture. Commonplace media utilized for strong medium aqua-farming societies incorporate the accompanying: (I) Diahydro, which is normal sedimentary stone that involves fossilized remaining parts of diatoms; (ii) Expanded dirt, which contains mud pellets that are discharged in furnaces to venture into permeable particles; (iii) Coir or coco peat, which is the extra material after the filaments have been taken out from the peripheral shell of the coconut; (iv) Mineral fleece, which incorporates strands produced using minerals or metal oxides, including fiberglass, fired filaments, and rock fleece, otherwise called stone fleece, which is an inactive substrate made by turning liquid stone or magma into masses of fine, entwined strands; (v) Perlite, which is volcanic stone that has been superheated into exceptionally lightweight, extended glass rocks; (vi) Vermiculite, which is another mineral that has been superheated to grow it into light stones; (vii) Sand; (viii) Gravel; (ix) Brick shards; and (x) Polystyrene.
Hydroponics development frameworks are a helpful stage for concentrating entire plant physiology. Nonetheless, they found through testing frameworks as they are depicted in the writing that our analyses were much of the time puzzled by factors that influenced plant development, including algal defilement and hypoxia. They likewise found the manner by which the plants were developed made them ineffectively agreeable to various normal physiological examines. They present an enhanced plant aquaculture culture framework that can be rapidly and inexpensively built, and delivers plants with comparative development energy to soil-developed plants, yet with the benefit of being a flexible stage for a bunch of physiological and atomic natural estimations on all plant tissues at all formative stages. They present 'tips and stunts' for the simple selection of this tank-farming society framework (Conn et al., 2013).
According to Trellez & Merino, Hydroponic crops harvest creation has altogether expanded lately around the world, as it permits a more proficient utilization of water and composts, just as a superior control of atmosphere and vermin factors. Moreover, aqua-farming creation builds crop quality and efficiency, which brings about higher intensity and financial earnings. Among factors influencing aqua-farming creation frameworks, the supplement arrangement is viewed as quite possibly the most significant deciding elements of harvest yield and quality. This section expects to disclose angles identified with plant nourishment and its impacts on creation of aquaculture crops, considering fundamental viewpoints, for example, supplement arrangements and their improvement as the years progressed; parts of supplement arrangements (large scale and micronutrients), considering models of nutrimental centrality in higher plants and their characterization, just as a concise portrayal of their capacities in plants; we characterize the idea of beneficial component and its grouping, and refer to certain instances of their expansion to supplement arrangements. The idea of pH of the supplement arrangement is additionally characterized, just as its impact on nutrimental accessibility; osmotic capability of the supplement arrangement and its relationship with electric conductivity are talked about, other than their pre-owned units and their equivalences, and the impact of the two elements on the supplement take-up in plants (2012).
According to Gabriel et al., (2018). The development of new technology for food production is essential to sustain man’s needs for survival. The use of farmlands for food production and industrial purposes goes beyond the carrying capacity of the environment. The study determined the applicability of Vertical Farming using Hydroponic Technology to onion production in Nueva Ecija, Philippines. The country is known as the onion capital of Southeast Asia. The study measured the technology’s sustainability and acceptability to onion farmers. By using experimental method, interview, and Focused Group Discussions (FGD), the study established its viability. Three phases of field experiments were conducted in August 2016, May 2017 and July 2017 using the Vertical Farming and Hydroponics Technology and Single Factor Analysis of Variance. The results showed that there is significant difference in the growth of onion bulb per week and the suitability and comparability of the technology to conventional farming. The study concluded that the VFH technology is acceptable to most onion farmers except the aspect of the cost of initial investment which requires government subsidy for the ordinary onion grower to avail of this new and sustainable technology in onion production.
There has been huge exploration done on aquaculture as a horticultural creation procedure for vegetable creation. The University of the Philippines in Los Baños has accomplished momentous work in aqua-farming, and there are various Filipino analysts that are pioneers in the field. What has not been done, and where this examination is intensely important, is in the use of tank-farming to metropolitan housetops and the utilization of a serious plan of action connecting nearby creation to on location usage, lessening the expenses of the food store network. This model gives a reasonable answer for horticulture as well as gives a financially feasible plan of action. The examination falls under the classification of manageable agribusiness. The worldwide populace is assessed to contact seven billion individuals in 2012. How might every one of these individuals be taken care of while ensuring and protecting the worldwide environment simultaneously? Food creation devours a lot of normal assets, that is, water, land, and minerals. Additionally, mechanical farming practices dependent on synthetic pesticides and herbicides, despite the fact that it builds yield, have caused general wellbeing dangers and environment contamination (Calleja et al., 2016).
According to Ordoñez (2017), Hydroponic methods water (hydro) should work (ponics) for you. Tank-farming is the technique for developing plants in supplement advanced water rather than soil. In soil, natural disintegration separates natural issue into the essential supplement salts that plants feed on. Water breaks down these salts and permits take-up by the roots." The upside of aquaculture is that the water utilized contains just the most fitting essential supplement salts for a given plant. This ideal mix is seldom found in soil.
Additionally, creation is contained in a little thought zone. The water is utilized again and again, with a new blend of supplement salts for each creation cycle. Climate change has made the growing of food risky. This is because you cannot predict the timing or severity of its occurrence. Hydroponics is the answer to this. When there is too much water because of a sudden storm or too little water because of drought, hydroponics conducted in the safety of a greenhouse can produce the highest quality product.
BANANA (Musa acuminata) LEAVES AS PAPER ART MATERIALS
Researchers discovered a simple and innovative way this product might be useful in terms of nature preservation for it is eco-friendly.
This method is so simple and can be use in many ways it helps us to make an alternative way of making a paper so we no longer need to cut down trees to provide papers for our work and studies. We can simply use the method of recycling and experimenting so that we can provide a product that is safe and useful.
This research will help us understand how nature works and how it contributes in our daily needs, it also gives us knowledge on what other things can nature provides us, in what way can we preserve them and how to use it properly. Paper can be standard such as how they use it. The customer knows what is good for their needs. The brand depends on the price. Paper must have stall image for the customer to have a good perception about the business.
Paper design is one of the attributes that influenced the buyer to buy it. In order to achieve this, it must possess the characteristics that will attract the buyers to buy this product, it may vary in the quality, price, appearance and compatibility for many artistic purposes. Emplacement or positioning of the paper is equally significant, as if many other customers and students have their own paper that is the reason why almost all of the people are buying lowed price and within their financial means.
In order to make this research possible, researchers must conduct a survey in the schools, then see if the students will favor this particular product. It is also important to know if this product would be effective and useful for the student. This would only last for just a couple of months until they got the results. More over this product is significant especially for the future needs of the students. This study will make them not only understand and evoke their creativity, but also change their perception towards the alternative things that nature can make specifically to banana leaves.
Once their perception has changed because of this study, many will benefit from it and as a result, we will also understand the importance of nature and how to manage the production of trees and other plants regularly, this will also help us to discover the alternative way to create things in an eco-friendlier way. This will also educate everyone to see the value of our nature and the beauty that it brings by this will help the growing economy to create a product that is not harmful in our environment and to produce other products in an alternative way.
Lastly, the importance of banana leaves in making paper art materials is to help us save money, because we do not need to spend more expensive products in the market to decorate our house, school projects and especially if we have an event. It is helpful to lessen the waste of banana trees when it‘s leaves dried out, instead of throwing and burning them, we can use them to create paper art materials. This method will make us more creative as an individual. This study will also educate or inspire everyone to try new things and to explore what else we can make with the things that we never imagine that have the capability to create some basic needs of most of us.
The future of the new generation starts with a single step. If we learn to try new things and work on something that might have been able to create tools such as this paper, maybe we can create more that can be useful even in our household or create modern products to make our lives easier, safe, and healthy.
According to Gail Cohen, natural banana leaves make perfect raw materials for crafting because they can be dried, woven and used for myriad art projects while making terrific ecological statements about putting every bit of post-harvest banana tree material to good use.
According to the study, Banana fiber is a natural fiber with high strength, which can blend easily with cotton fiber or synthetic fiber to produce composite material. In the fiber extraction process, a substantial amount of lignocelluloses wastes has been generated, disposal of which creates problems in the adjacent area. In this paper, extracted banana fiber (EBF) and waste banana fiber (WBF) are characterized in terms of chemical and morphological properties to produce handmade paper.
WBF was characterized with lower α–cellulose, lignin content and longer fiber length. Pulping of EBF and WBF has been carried out with varying active alkali and cooking time at boiling temperature. Pulp yield of WBF was 35.9% after 120 min of cooking with 8% alkali charge. In the unbeaten state the degrees of drainage resistance i.e. SR values were 65 and 71 for EBF and WBF, respectively. The tensile, burst and tear indices of WBF were 23.7 N.m/g, 2.2 kPa.m2/g and 5.0 mN.m2/g, respectively; these were much lower as compared to EBF. These values however, meet the requirement for handmade paper.
To understand how this particular product works, we need to dive in more precise and accurate study about the banana tree it-self. The study regarding to this topic will also help us understand the uses and to gain more knowledge about banana tree.
One of the largest misconceptions about bananas is what happens to the plant after the fruit is harvested. Unlike apple, pear and other varieties of hardwood fruit-bearing trees, banana plants only fruit once in their lifetime and then they naturally die and decay away.
Without going into a full anatomy lesson, bananas are much different than anything we are accustomed to. The stem of the plant is what looks like the trunk of the ‘tree’, but it is actually tight packed leaves that overlap as it grows. The most fascinating aspect though has to be the creeping underground stem and root system. It allows five or more generations for fruit-bearing banana stems to grow simultaneously at once.
The plant is categorized as a “tree-like perennial herb” because the parent stem dies naturally after it bears the fruit and a new “sucker” takes over as the parent plant. This is sometimes hard to visualize, but this image shows the smaller offshoots already emerging from the soil waiting for their turn to bathe in the sun.
Producing banana fiber and paper from waste by Goutham Veerabathini natural fibers can be defined as substances that are obtained from plants such as agave, banana, jute, cotton, etc., which can be spun into filaments, threads or ropes and can be woven. According to Goutham Veerabathini, once the fruits are collected, the plant stem is cut-off and thrown away. Such wasted stems usually lay in the field, and on average clearing out of the land would cost a farmer nearly Rs. 3000. Now a new technology plant has managed to produce environmentally friendly banana paper out of these banana stems.
Banana Pseudo – Stem Fiber: Preparation, characteristic and applications by Asmanto Subagyo and Achmad Chafidzbanana is one of the most well-known and useful plant in the world almost all the parts of this plant, that are, fruits, leaves, flower bud, trunk, and pseudo-stem, can be utilized. According to Asmanto Subagyo and Achmad Chafidz, banana fiber resetting is defined as the separation of the fiber bundles from the cortex or wood that affects the partial digestion of the cementing material (such as lignin and hemicellulose) betweenthe bundles ' fibres.This loosening of the fiber bundles is also due to the removal of various cement tissue components.
ReadersDigestVersion (2017), banana leaves tenderize meat during the cooking process. The practice, common in Asian countries, is to wrap the food in the banana leaf and tie it with string before grilling, baking or steaming the dish. In some countries, people use banana leaves for lining cooking pits and for wrapping food, according to Purdue University. The banana foliage also becomes makeshift plates.
The study aims to banana leaf anatomy as well as the length, width, and thickness of the leaf and the number, diameter, and tensile strength of leaf fibers. Samples were collected in Dampit, Wajak and Batu, Malang. Indonesia. The criteria for banana leaf samples were that they were fresh, mature, and not torn. Brawijaya University (2013).
Banana leaves can be used to clean iron plates. This study evaluated the cleansing action of banana leaves by subjecting iron surfaces to a sliding regime on prepared leaves. University Kebangsaan Malaysia (2016).
Philippine culture, some meals are served buffet-style, or salo-salo, on full-size banana leaves. Sometimes growing up to nine feet in length, these fronds have no problem covering an entire table of food. Traditionally, these family-focused feasts are to be eaten with your bare hands, truly involving all the senses. Kamayan is a very specific technique. Chaser (2019)
Banana leaves can be used in Hilot, or massage, uses banana leaves to detect congestion in the body. spreading oil evenly over the body, pressing a banana leaf over the skin to target inflammation, then massaging out the affected area. When done properly, goodbye stuffy nose and painful aches! Your cold symptoms should be immediately relieved you're welcome, flu season sufferers. Chaser (2019)
According to study in Philippine culture, banana leaves can be used to wrap a food which is exactly what Filipino chefs do with these leaves for certain dishes. Foods can be placed in the center of a piece of banana leaf, then folded up and wrapped securely. Not only does this hold the ingredients together, but the banana leaf provides an extra flavor that is infused into the dish when steamed and eaten straight away. Chaser (2019)
According to the Indian journal of biotechnology, banana leaves can be used for the production of Amylase through the use of Aspergillusniger. Indian Journal of Biotechnology (2012)
Banana leaf is also excellent for steaming, as it allows the steam to penetrate the food inside or on top of it. You can use banana leaf to line a steamer, or to wrap your food and then steam it. Dalal (2018)
Banana leaves contain a substance known as allantoin. It is capable of accelerating the healing process acting as an astringent. Small ailments that are caused by poor immune are treatable by the help of banana leaves. Since we do not eat banana leaves directly, we can make and drink banana tea or decoction. Gikunda (2019)
Banana leaves can be used for crafting sustainable fabric to make organic clothes like barongs because banana leaves have a fiber. These pieces of formal wear have always been associated with elite members of society. Today, this fabric is still being used in high fashion collections, but with a modern twist. Filipina designer Dita Sandico-Ong uses this material in all of her major designs, and they are gorgeous. Sandico-Ong (2013)
Banana leaves contain a large amount of Polyphenols such as Epigallocatechin Gallate or EGCG which has very strong antioxidant properties and that is also found in Green Tea. ” EGCG is supposed to be the active compound that is responsible for antioxidant properties of green tea and possibly fat burning properties. Adman (2017)
Banana leaves also have medicinal properties that can relieve poisonous insect bites, bee stings, spider bites, rashes, skin irritation. The leaves are popularly known as a natural eraser. Banana leaves also have Allantoin that can be used for cosmetic creams and lotions. Allantoin helps faster healing, kills germs and stimulates new skin cell growth. Adman (2017).
SAFETY KNIFE SET HOLDER FOR HOMES
Safety knives are an essential part of occupational health and safety, helping to prevent injuries in the workplace, from minor cuts to the more severe. It’s important to ensure that a person is able to carry out their roles with as little risk as possible, making safety cutters a solid investment.
The design of a safety knife usually consists of a body, a blade, and a button or switch. The blade can come out of the body of the knife by means of an appropriate mechanism or be completely concealed to make cutting injuries as good as impossible.
The first thing that you should know about a safety knife is that it is specifically designed with safety in mind. These knives tend to have a smooth handle that houses the blade that will be used. There is often some sort of cover that can snap in place over an exposed blade to reduce the chance that something will come in contact with it at an unwanted moment. The handle makes it easy to grip, and the blade is usually positioned in such a way that you need to be safe when there are children around the vicinity of knives.
Home safety refers to the awareness and education of risks and potential danger in and around a home which may cause bodily harm, injury or even death.
Cuts are all too common but serious in commercial kitchens because knives and other cutting implements are constantly in use. These cuts, and the seriousness of the cuts, however, can be held to a minimum by using ordinary good sense, by paying attention to the proper safety rules, and by practicing proper cutting procedures. Once the skill of using a knife is developed, accidental cuts should not occur very often. However, when and if they do occur, they should be treated properly and without delay. If infection sets in, it can result in more serious consequences and the loss of many working hours.
Did you know that about 4.5 million children are injured at home every year?
The Injury Prevention Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles sees many families and patients who have come in for injuries suffered at home and helps to educate them. The parents always mention that they did not expect the injury to ever happen because they have eyes on their children at all times. Unfortunately, even to children of the most watchful parents, injuries sometimes only take seconds to occur. However, it is important to remember that they are preventable, and an easy key step is to childproof your house. These accidents do not only happen to children, it can also happen to adults inside the kitchen. Some people tend to underestimate the dangers of using a kitchen knife because they think that it is too easy to use.
The researchers conducted this during a month of February where this month said that the number of casualties suddenly increased. However, it is unusual that children are most affected on the said incident
To conduct this study, the researchers interviewed some children who got an injury about knives such as cuts, lacerations, abrasions, or stabbings. Moreover, the researchers will analyze the benefits that they can get if you have a safety knife set holder at Filipino homes.
The purpose of this study is to keep your home free of dangers and equipped with home safety equipment that can prevent mundane accidents and can protect you from emergencies like abrasion and lacerations.
It can be all too easy to accidentally cut one’s self when dealing with a lot of exposed blades. A safety knife reduces those chances. Safety knives make handling a blade a lot safer while still preserving the functionality to use it for whatever project you need.
Home is supposed to be a place where you go to feel safe and secure. Unfortunately, home is where many accidents occur as well. The main cause of death in children and young adults is injury. Accidental injuries that occur at home account for around 45 percent of these deaths
While the younger population might have no trouble completing kitchen tasks, those who are aging or have other physical disabilities might have problems using certain kitchen tools to prepare the way they want to. (Gustafsson, 2002)
Cooking in the kitchen is a necessity for many people, and making tools and tasks easier or less time consuming can have a significant effect on the person’s ability to complete them (Ritzel& Donelson, 2001 & Bowers, 2000)
Although there are many different variables in the knife market (type of knife, material, and sharpness being the three main ones) there is research done on the consumer level to see if these variables affect the user’s ability. (Stone, 2018)
One study interviewed 48 older people between the ages of 60 and 90 about food preparation of the participants, 19 percent had trouble completing tasks related to food preparation, or had modifications for ways they could accomplish tasks. One of the participants felt pain while peeling and chopping, and another said she didn’t have enough strength in her hands to be able to do certain food preparation tasks. An alternative suggestion was buying prepared meals or pre-sliced vegetables instead of doing the work yourself. (Maguire et al., 2014)
Every day, millions of Americans spend time at home preparing food to eat or to serve their household. In 2014, the US department of labor reported 56.3% of the population engaged in food preparation and cleanup averaging 1.04 hours daily spend on this activity(bureau of labor statistics, 2014)
Consumers will not be using a knife for a long length of time and preparing a meal and are not going to dedicate a period of time to learning .The proper way to cut each type of food with accuracy. (Stone,2014)
According to the theory of L. Brennan et. al (2009) about weapons and violence, weapons are used to protect yourself in incidents or sometimes can be used for violence. Homicides are caused by having a weapon in a household or of an individual in the United States and United Kingdom. On the other hand, this research conducted shows that having a weapon, like a knife, can be used as self defense. Due to high cases of crimes, weapon carrying is implemented for the safety of an individual. Based on L. Brennan et. al using weapons to protect yourself is right
According to US National Library Medicine (2014) 452 sixth-graders students (50% girls; 96.6% African American; mean age 12.0 years) from urban middle schools. A total of 18.4% carried a weapon in the prior 12 months, with boys more likely to carry weapons than girls (22.5% vs. 14.2%, p=0.2) of the youth, 78. 4% reported aggressive behaviors with no significant differences found between girls (81.3%) and boys (75.5%). Carrying weapons can determine the behavior of an individual. Youth are the ones who engage in this situation because of their unsaid thoughts. Bringing weapons at school is one of each institution because of the students behavior.
CORN CHAFFED ABSORBENT TILES
Most tiles used today are made up of manufactured pieces of hard wearing materials such as ceramic, stone, metal or even glass. These corn chaffed absorbent tiles are made up of wastes from corn which is a very helpful way to recycle and create a useful and environment-friendly product instead of adding them to environment waste.
The uncontrollably increasing amount of the environment’s waste is being a problem not just in this country, but around the world. Since Filipinos are known as economical and strategic people, every member prefers to save on expenses. Corn chaffed tiles are types of blocks that can be applied to flooring at home or even outdoors.
Aside from being an environment-friendly product, these corn chaffed tiles are budget-friendly, too. The proper mixture and process can easily be acquired with reading and analyzing procedures. In addition, it does not cost much money because its main ingredient can be recycled. Doing this at home can save money but will require a huge amount of effort.
Moreover, these corn chaffed tiles can absorb water which will be a very great help to establishments like households, schools, churches, coffee shops, fast food chains, fine dining, hotels, and more to reduce the risk of being flooded with water in times of calamity.
It can also help the community, especially the government to use these tiles as a product to the main roads. Hence, it is cheaper than the cement actually used by the workers and can save the taxes paid by the people and use them as a fund to raise more establishments to make the environment better.
To make corn chaffed tiles, start by recycling corn seeds. They will be dried, crushed and cemented. With this, people can easily produce corn chaffed tiles. The crushed part of the corn will serve as a lump to mix with the cement. The good part and the reason why these kinds of tiles are very useful for everyone is because these corn chaffed tiles can absorb water above it and the water helps the tiles to make it more durable. These tiles are a good product to use in places where they commonly experience floods. It can be used at home or even in buildings. The process is relatively easy if the people do so.
Corn chaffed tiles will help us in numerous developmental materials. They can suck waters over its surface with corn chaffed tiles blended in with concrete in that specific surface. These tiles can be blended in with concrete to assemble streets, floors, highways, dividers or materials that have the answer for the entering of waters on a messed up or destroyed material or divider.
Corn chaffed tiles are exceptionally valuable to places where there is flooding or spillage since it can suck all the waters with the goal that it wouldn't be difficult for individuals to dry or suck the waters left by the flood or the spilling of water. It is likewise helpful on streets and parkways that are inclined in floods and furthermore on structures or houses that have spillage in their materials or dividers. Corn chaffed tiles are useful for groups who have issues on their continuous cleaning of the spilling water. The corn chaffed tiles will then do its job to absorb or dry the water.
This product can replace your usual tiles at home and is more efficient than the others. It can absorb water because of the corn chaffed ingredient that will be used. In that way, it can prevent hazards at home especially in your kitchens and bathrooms. These kinds of tiles can be made in one to two days. Corn chaffed tiles are thin objects usually square or rectangular in shape.
Some engineers find their own ways to save more money on different kinds of projects. These corn chaffed tiles can help some companies to save more. It is very convenient for us Filipinos, to make these kinds of tiles or blocks that we can use inside our house or even in buildings.
The researchers will conduct a solution for many problems of flooding in cities, it is naturally resourceful, eco-friendly and easy to make. The corn chaffed tiles are very useful to mankind because it will help us prevent floods from heavy rains or typhoons because it absorbs water above its surface.
The purpose of this study is to reduce the cases of flooded houses, villages or subdivisions as well as saving money and budget.
Corn chaff is a kind of dry, scaly protective casings of the seeds of cereal grain, or similar fine, dry, scaly plant material such as scaly parts of flowers, or finely chopped straw. Chaff is indigestible by humans, but livestock can eat it and in agriculture it is used as livestock fodder, or is a waste material ploughed into the soil or burned. The seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain. The scales borne on the receptacle among the florets in the heads of many composite plants.
Tiles are a thin rectangular slab of baked clay, concrete, or other material, used in overlapping rows for covering roofs. Thin square slab of glazed ceramic, cork, linoleum, or other material for covering floors, walls, or other surfaces or maybe a thin, flat piece used in Scrabble, mah-jongg, and certain other games. Ceramic floor tiles are generally used on the bathroom and toilet floors, because of their ability to withstand stains, odors, allergens, or bacteria. Ceramic wall tiles are used in bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms and outside walls. They are also used for outdoor applications. Ceramic tiles is a tile made from clay that has been permanently hardened by heat, often having a decorative glaze.
In oat crops like rice, grain, oats, and wheat, the seed — the piece of the plant that we eat is encompassed by a husk. This waste material has been called refuse since the twelfth century in any event, yet the word has a long history as a similitude signifying “articles and thoughts of practically zero worth,” too.
Tiles have been utilized for a considerable length of time as ornamental contacts both inside and outside of structures of numerous types, including homes, organizations, spots of love and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Earthenware tiles are perhaps the most established structure utilized for enhancing workmanship; they’ve been cherished for quite a long time because of their sturdiness and shocking magnificence. Carefully assembled and hand-painted clay tiles have been utilized since old occasions all around the globe. Dirt, a characteristic substance, was anything but difficult to discover and process into enlivening tiles. The subsequent tiles were tough and appealing—similar characteristics that attract us to artistic tiles present day times. The most punctual utilization of beautifying tiles was found in Egypt, dating from around 4000 BC. Tiles were likewise made by the Assyrians and Babylonians.
Romans and Greeks also favored decorative tiles; you’ll find examples of beautiful tile work in mosaics, murals and more. Artistic tiles are a blend of dirt and other common materials like corn teases, for example, sand, quartz and water. They are basically utilized in houses, eateries, workplaces, shops, etc. as restroom dividers and kitchen floor surfaces. They are anything but difficult to fit, simple to spotless, simple to keep up and are accessible at sensible costs. For ground surface, vitrified tiles are the best wagered since they are tough and can withstand substantial traffic. For dividers, you can pick either clay or porcelain tiles as they are non-permeable or don't ingest stains. For outside, it's ideal to choose either matt completion or hostile to slide tiles to maintain a strategic distance from slips.
According to Tochukwu, V., Hadiza, I., & Dennis, O. (2017), Corn mill wastes (CMWs) are an extra result of corn plant enterprises. Well known among the CMWs is the refuse (dry, layered covering of corn seeds with pieces of cotyledon and endosperm) which is the buildup from processing corn seeds into powder. CMWs among other agro wastes (grain waste, cassava waste) are regular feeds utilized for poultry domesticated animals in country zones. However, these feeds are modest, they are wholesome shortfall of required protein quality to help winged creature ideal development and meat yield. Teases are commonly low in protein (~2.5%), however for the most part enhanced with plant proteins and utilized as feeds for ruminants just as poultry and different domesticated animals.
According to Jude et al. (2011), Maize, the Native American word for corn, suggests genuinely that which proceeds with life. It is, after wheat and rice, the most noteworthy oat grain on earth, offering enhancements to individuals and animals and filling in as a key rough material for the production of starch, oil and protein, blended refreshments, sustenance sugars and, even more starting late, fuel. In Africa, maize has become a staple sustenance crop that is known to the least lucky family. It is used in various structures to help hunger, and such structures join pap or ogi, maize flour, etc. It is an immediate aftereffect of the essentialness spot of maize that its dealing with and defending to an activity condition must be analyzed.
According to Cruz et al. (2012), Usually, the corn cob is viewed as a farming waste. This normal and natural waste material might be utilized in the business, as a rule, and in the structure business, specifically. The work introduced in this paper was created to give a commitment to the information on this material, by endeavoring to depict and survey its macrostructure and microstructure, rudimentary synthetic synthesis, thickness, water retention, imperviousness to fire and warm protection limit.
These properties of the corn cob were contrasted and the related ones of the most widely recognized warm protection items applied in the Portuguese structure industry, which are expelled polystyrene (XPS), expanded polystyrene (EPS), plug and extended mud. A few likenesses were discovered when looking at the properties of these materials, specifically between the corn cob and the stopper, which recommends that the corn cob might be utilized as a crude material to handle warm protecting items, light segment dividers, roof covering, indoor entryways and furniture, among other potential applications.
According to Hybrids (2018), In 2016, expanded dampness at more profound profundities of the dirt profile were seen when tile was utilized with a dribble water system. Furthermore, tile took into consideration better seepage in the spring, bringing about expanded stands. Further testing is necessary to completely comprehend what water the board practices will ascend to the top in PFR. In any case, following two years of testing, Beck's PFR group is beginning to increase a superior comprehension of how dampness changes all through the dirt profile with the different medicines. For a long time in succession, seepage just as the water system extraordinarily impacted harvest yields. Stay tuned for refreshes on this task as it enters its third year of testing in 2018.
THE EFFECT OF CLASSICAL AND ROCK MUSIC ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SILI PLANT (Capsicum frutescens)
Classical music is much effective than the rock ones because the vibrations that the classical music gives to the plant make it to be encourage the plant to create more nutrients by causing movement in the plant cells, unlike the vibrations created by rock music create more pressure, which isn't good for plant development and also it can destroy or kill a plant. Which means the plant likes the classical music more than the rock music.
The researchers conclude that playing music besides the plant will make the plant grow faster, but not all of the music genres are capable of making the plant grow faster.
A plant is a living thing that grows on the ground and has a stem, leaves, and roots. When anyone plants land with a particular type of plant or crop, they plant plants, seeds, or young trees in order to grow them there. It improves a person's life by providing safe fresh air, relaxation, and the reduction of illness, among other things. Plants, like humans, have senses, and it is this that we are interested in.
Birds chirping and waves lapping against a coastline, as well as cars honking in traffic, are both sounds that surround us. However, sounds are often purposefully combined in order to create a certain mood or to convey ideas or emotions. Music is the term for a set of well-organized sounds.
A selection of orchestrated sound or sounds is referred to as music. Making music entails arranging sounds and tones in a specific order, often merging them to form a cohesive composition. People who compose music use sound to achieve a specific effect, such as a Beethoven symphony or a Duke Ellington jazz album. Sounds, movements, and quiet moments make up music, and it doesn't always have to be loud.
Music is a form of art that employs the use of time-ordered sound. Music is also a type of entertainment in which sounds are combined in a way that people like, find interesting, or dance to. Individuals sing or play musical instruments with their voices, such as the piano, guitar, drums, or violin, in the majority of music. Music gave us a sense of peace, inspiration, and everything else.
According to Chowdhury and Gupta (2015) music has a profound influence on people, but it is also a living object that breathes and grows. Some scientists believe that since plants lack a nervous system, they are incapable of understanding or responding to music. There are, however, a few studies that indicate music can have a distinct impact on plants. SirJagdish Chandra Bose was a pioneer in the field of plant behavior in response to different stimuli. Music is a symphony of different frequencies and vibrations that is harmonious and coherent. It is thought that noisy and inharmonious sounds will affect a plant's mood and health. Soft, rhythmic music, on the other hand, is better for their development and can speed up the rate of growth and size of the plants.According to the research of Reddy et al.
Indian classical ragas have a positive effect on overall plant protein production in plants such as wheat, spinach, horse gram, and others. Seed germination of "okra" and "zucchini" is aided by musical vibrations. Music not only promotes growth, but it also has an impact on the concentration of various metabolites such as chlorophyll and starch.
Chivukula and Ramaswamy's experiments revealed that calming vibrations in the form of vedic chants and Indian classical music aided rose (Rosa chinensis) development, while rock music stunted it. Plants exposed to western music were mostly similar to control plants, with the exception that the density of thorns in these rose plants was significantly higher. In comparison to control plants, Zhu and colleagues discovered that when plants were exposed to musical acoustic frequencies, their IAA content increased in six vegetable plant species. According to Yi and colleagues, sound stimulation increased root metabolism and thus chrysanthemum growth. Various frequencies and types of sounds (classical music, rhythmic rock music, and non-rhythmic traffic noises)
In a fascinating experiment, plants are harassed every day by having pre-recorded average phrases repeated to them. The harassed plants have shrunk significantly in comparison to the celebrated ones. Plants prefer classical music over rock music because rock music kills them while classical music keeps them alive. It’s unknown what causes music's impact on plants. Plants are thought to have "mechanoreceptors" that respond to pressure. Compressed air molecules make up sound waves. In humans, mechanoreceptors in the ears can sense and distinguish sound waves when they penetrate the inner ear in the form of pressure. If they have similar recognizably, plants can respond to changes in sound waves, such as music waves.
According to the study of Sharma (2020), SirJagdish Chandra Bose, an Indian scientist, researched the effects of the atmosphere and music on plants. Their reactions to light, cold, heat, noise, darkness, and a caring attitude were discovered.
The electrical and mechanical pulses of living cells induce the ascent of sap in plants, according to his essential theory of 1927. The plant stimuli were also confirmed by Dixon and Joly's theory.
Canny discovered that plant and animal tissues are the same in 1995 using a Cresco graph. Plants' responses to different stimuli are identical to the nervous systems. He verified that music promotes plant growth while noise inhibits it. He revolutionized biophysics by demonstrating that plant stimuli are caused by electrical conduction rather than chemical conduction.
According to Wildon, microwaves, temperature, and chemical inhibitors influencing plant stimuli caused changes in cell membrane. He demonstrated that plants are aware of pain and love.
According to RedaHassanienof China Agricultural University in Beijing, sound waves increased the yield of sweet pepper, cucumber, tomato, spinach, cotton, rice, and wheat. In greenhouse conditions, pests such as spider mites, aphids, gray mold, late blight, and virus diseases of tomatoes decreased with sound care.
It's incredible what plants can do with only a little water. “As the world's population grows, scientists and researchers are challenged to look at the possibilities of using modern and green technology to boost food production.” Hassenien adds, "By enhancing the plant immune system with sound waves technology, many issues associated with environmental contamination and the economic costs of chemical fertilizers can be avoided (Hassanien 2014).
Nature by Numbers - Fibonacci Sequence
Its stunning, mathematics and geometry can be seen in an amazing sequence of numbers. The Fibonacci sequence is unbelievably presenting the patterns and orderliness of nature itself.
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