Common Problems Related to Podiatry

India is a developing country and lacks many things including Podiatry as subspecialty of Diabetes. There are no Podiatry Collegesnor provision for regular training of young physicians in podiatry. Missing job opportunity, kills interest of physicians in Podiatry. Most physicians have acquired some degree of skill by self-reading or doing observer ship abroad and by attending a few International conferences on Podiatry.

Syndicate Marriage or Trafficking? The Travails of Asian Migrant Women

Migration is a phenomenon that has come to stay. It cuts across all nations in the world. People migrate for different purposes such as education, marriage, labour, job opportunity or employment and shelter for refugees. Migration occurs through various mediums which could be self, family members, friends, or other intermediaries such as brokers. This research applied the pure library-based research method to highlight the activities of brokers in migration in Asia and examine the ordeals of women victims in cross-border migration. It was discovered that activities of these illegal brokers, that is also known as syndicates, are not different from human trafficking. The women victims, whose desires are to change their status, soon got trapped in uncertainty with shattered dreams, hence the suggestion that Asian countries enter into bilateral agreement to enable favourable and a less strict migration procedures for their member states. In addition, the contracting states should enact strict legislation to curb syndicate marriage and check the accesses of these illegal brokers. Received: 13 October 2021 / Accepted: 21 November 2021 / Published: 3 January 2022

WHAT DRIVES CITY BRAND ATTRACTIVENESS? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON SOME PROVINCES IN INDONESIA

Current study is aiming to investigate the key determinant factors of city attractiveness. Research background was triggered by, firstly, the lack of literature focused on this phenomenon. Secondly, the concern of people to live in environmentally friendly place and the local plan to complete city management in order to increase economics performance and international competitiveness by using visibilities and economics benefit globally. This research took sampling with specific target (600 respondents) from local potential talents, such as young entrepreneurship, international business, high educated persons with age range 25 until 45 years old. A ten likert scale is used to evaluate city brand which is considered as a key factor to influence city attractiveness. A structural equation modeling is deployed to analyze the city attractiveness driven. Those driven factors such as environmental outlook, responsive social service, tourism and cultural tangible, education and job opportunity, safety and health, international level and city attractiveness performance. Statistical outputs demonstrated that all hypotheses (H1 until H5) have shown significant antecedents of city attractiveness. H6 stated that international level is insignificant as a driver for city attractiveness performance.

Livelihood pattern and food security of tribal people in a selected area of Bangladesh

Asset’s possession and food consumption level of tribal people in Bangladesh express their socioeconomic status. The study was conducted to analyze the socioeconomic characteristics, measure the livelihood assets, and determine the calorie intake level of the sample households. Primary data were collected through field survey using an interview schedule from 60 tribal households. Tabular analysis and capital asset pentagon from DFID livelihood framework were used for data analysis. Household consumption data were converted to per person per day calorie intake level. The major findings of the study were that about 41.67% of the respondents were being 15-29 years of age, 30% respondents’ education was in the secondary level, average family size was 5.81, 40% of the respondents were occupied with agriculture as their primary occupation, average annual income and expenditure were Tk. 258560 (US$3015.28) and Tk. 242373.50 (US$2826.51), respectively. The livelihood assets were moderate. About 83.34% of the respondents belonged to the poor category and rest 16.67% of the respondents belonged to non-poor category. About 98.33% and 96.67% respondents suggested that, if job opportunity increases and ensure proper education; then their socioeconomic improvement will be faster. So, government and other organizations need to come forward to create more employment opportunity and education facilities for improving their livelihood pattern and food security status.

Study of Forest Land Function Transfer and its Role in Labour Absorption, Economic Growth and Increase in Human Development Index in West Kalimantan

Timber forests have many functions and play an essential role in human life. This means that the existence of timber forests provides many benefits for human life. Economic development activities actively implemented throughout the province of West Kalimantan have resulted in more and more areas of timber forest and rubber plantation areas being converted into oil palm plantations. The rampant development of oil palm plantations carried out by investors and those carried out independently by each resident, in essence, provides a significant enough job opportunity for the population in each area that continues to grow. Job opportunities created through economic development offer opportunities to every working population to earn income, fulfilling various life needs is mainly directed to fulfilling family nutritional consumption. If the family's nutrition is guaranteed, then the average life span of the population can be longer. In addition to meeting his family's needs, this income can also be used to finance children's education belonging to the school-age group. If the income earned by each family is large enough, then the family should be able to live in prosperity. This means that timber forest and rubber plantation areas privately owned by the community have been converted into oil palm plantations, significantly contributing to the economic growth of districts/cities in West Kalimantan province and improving the community's welfare.

MEMBIDIK BEASISWA LUAR NEGERI

Abstrak Kuliah di luar negeri adalah impian banyak orang. Kuliah di luar negeri merupakan sebuah prestise yang dapat memuluskan jalan menuju peluang kerja yang mapan. Salah satu kesempatan untuk kuliah diluar negeri bisa didapatkan lewat jalur beasiswa. Saat ini, sistem informasi dan komunikasi berkembang pesat dengan akses internet yang semaking mudah diakses oleh siapa saja. Dengan demikian, informasi mengenai peluang beasiswa luar negeri bertebaran di media masa dan media sosial. Pada kenyataannya, pesatnya akses informasi ini tidak berbanding lurus dengan jumlah pelamar maupun tingkat keberhasilannya. Sesi informasi dan motivasi beasiswa luar negeri menjadi sangat diminati karena banyak orang ingin menggapai impian tersebut. Tulisan ini merupakan sebuah catatan deskriptif dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat yang dilakukan sebagai bagian dari tridharma perguruan tinggi, yaitu memberikan pelayanan kepada masyarakat berdasarkan bidang keahlian. Dalam hal ini adalah sebagai narasumber kegiatan sosialisasi beasiswa luar negeri. Tugas sebagai narasumber ini bukan hanya sebagai sumber informasi namun juga sebagai motivator. Pengadian masyarakat ini dilaksanakan atas undangan dari Jurusan Sosial Ekonomi Pertanian Program Studi Agribisnis. Metode pelaksanaan kegiatan ini adalah secara online yang meliputi tahapan persiapan, pelaksanaan dan keberlanjutan program. Hasil dari pengadian ini adalah termotivasinya peserta kegiatan serta beberapa pikiran dan saran bagi mereka yang ingin mengejar beasiswa luar negeri. Kata Kunci: Beasiswa, Studi Luar Negeri, Persiapan Studi, Informasi dan Motivasi Beasiswa. Abstract Study abroad in a foreign country is the dream of many people. It is a prestige that helps open doors for a better job opportunity. With the fast-growing information and communication system, it becomes increasingly easy for people with access to internet to access scholarship information. The information is scattered on the social media and printed media. However, increasingly easy access information does not equal the increase in the number of applicants and the success rate. Therefore, scholarships information and motivation sessions attract many hopefuls trying to realize their dream. This paper is a reflective and descriptive note on the community service activity as part of the TriDharma or three academic pillars where the academia gives back to the community by sharing from their field of study and expertise. This community service activity was conducted based on the request for speaker/presenter from Agribusiness Program, Socio-Economy Agriculture Department of University of Pattimura. The scholarship information and motivation session were conducted online and the process covers the preparation, action/implementation and recommendation. The result of this community service is seen in how motivated the participants become. This paper also includes thoughts and suggestion which will benefit those seeking to get scholarship to study abroad. Keywords: Scholarship, Study Abroad, Study Preparation, Scholarship Information and Motivation.

BRIDGING MOUNTAINOUS DIVIDE THROUGH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: A STUDY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Digital technology is impersonating as an essential part in transforming the attitude and panorama of society towards women. In the hilly state, like Himachal Pradesh, the women have less access to digital technology due to geographical disadvantages. resulting in economic dependence and lack of market intelligence. Women are the backbone of the national rural economy. They play an important role in household and agriculture activities. So, there is a need to empower them with knowledge and capacity building programmes. The provision of training women towards the digital technological sphere can encourage them to attain socio-economic mobility as training promotes skill development while intensifying the capacity of women to earn a livelihood. Therefore, the present study was conducted to examine the mountainous divide, digital astuteness, and capacity building of rural women in Himachal Pradesh. The present paper is an attempt to evaluate the effects of mountainous divide and constraints to digital technology in Himachal Pradesh. The study reveals that mountainous divide hinder access to New Technology, Internet, latest Information, job Opportunity, establishing and running business, infrastructure development for digitization, women empowerment and benefits of programmes and schemes. But majority of women believed that the spread of digital technology can help them a lot.

Sustainable Engagement with Indigenous Settlements in Prohibited Areas: Case Study of Karen Tribe Villagers in the Kaengkrachan Forest Complex, Thailand

Cultural Housing Network Project under collaboration by The Department of National Park, Pidthong Foundation and Chulalongkorn University has been initiated as a social engagement to solve conflicts between the Department of National Park and Primitive Karen tribe villagers in this prohibited area. Treatment bamboo for multi-utilizing and pre-establishing of village working group for cultural promotion has been raised as the key success factors, in parallel with trial and error activity for natural and cultural tourism. These were engaged to reconstruct the village pride of their local wisdom and widen up the job opportunity for their next generation, under restricted regulation by the Department of National Park and long-term distrustful conflicts between both sides. Chulalongkorn University and Pidthong Foundation, as the academic and NPO sectors, have to retain their neutral stances by following up a consensus roadmap of sustainable engagement plan, to counter measurement with any unexpected emerging pressures from both sides.

Multinomial Logistic Regression to Estimate and Predict the Job Opportunities for People with Disabilities in Chile

In Chile there is a growing interest from society in improving the access of people with disabilities to the labor market. However, applied research on this topic is not abundant. The purpose of this research is to estimate the job opportunities of people with disabilities in Chile. For this, the data from the second Chilean national disability study were used to make a Multinomial Logistic Regression Model that would help to predict the probability of certain variables that influence job opportunity. For the generated model, variables related to the additional income of people (subsidies or extra income), educational level attained, pursuit of studies, and the degree of disability itself were found. It was determined how some variables affect the employment opportunity, particularly, variables related to continuity and access to studies.