Month: July 2022

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Internet Society Foundation Announces US$1.5 million in funding to promote Internet resiliency 

RESTON, Va., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Internet Society Foundation has launched a second round of grants through its Resiliency program, which aims to help communities enhance preparedness and build Internet resiliency when faced with adverse events.  This funding will support projects that increase network resiliency in communities prone to natural and climate-related disasters, ensuring these communities are better able to prepare for and withstand the effects of a disaster on Internet connectivity.  A resilient Internet connection is one that maintains an acceptable level of service in the face of faults and challenges to normal operation.

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“Connectivity to the Internet becomes a vital tool when disaster strikes, both for people in need and those responding to the emergency,” noted Sarah Armstrong, Executive Director of the Internet Society Foundation. “Through these grants, we aim to support communities to reduce vulnerabilities and build the capacity and resilience to navigate future emergencies.”

Examples of the types of projects the Foundation will support include: supporting development of  temporary networks for crisis response, protecting data centers and Internet exchange points (IXPs) against environmental threats, fortifying sub-sea cables and/or stations, and supporting Internet service providers (ISPs) to upgrade infrastructure.

Organizations currently implementing projects around the world through the Resiliency grant program include Help.NGO, NetHope, Inc., and Télécoms Sans Frontières.

The Resiliency program will open for applications between 25 July and 19 August. Grants of up to US$500,000 will be awarded for projects lasting up to 12 months.

More information on the grant including the application process can be found at: https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/resiliency-grant-program/

About The Internet Society Foundation:

The Internet Society Foundation was established in 2019 to support the positive difference the Internet can make to people everywhere. Guided by our vision of an Internet for Everyone, the Foundation champions ideas and enables communities to unlock the Internet’s potential to tackle the world’s evolving challenges. Focusing in five program areas, the Foundation awards grants to Internet Society Chapters as well as non-profit organizations and individuals dedicated to providing meaningful access to an open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy Internet for everyone.

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Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group Anuncia a Criação de Instalações de Manufatura de Vaporizadores em Houston, Texas

TEMECULA, Califórnia, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — O Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Grupo), parte da Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japão), tem o orgulho de anunciar outra expansão da sua capacidade de manufatura. Esta expansão é um exemplo do compromisso e do apoio da empresa para com seus clientes de gás industrial e de energia limpa do país.

As novas instalações em Houston, Texas, estão equipadas para fabricar e fornecer vaporizadores ambientais, aproximar seus produtos e dar apoio aos mercados da Costa Leste e do México, permitindo tempos de resposta mais curtos e custos de envio reduzidos para esses mercados em crescimento.

A Nikkiso Cryoquip Houston já está operacional e aumentando a produção total da linha de produtos de vaporizador de ar ambiente, com as entregas para clientes já em andamento.

“Estamos entusiasmados em poder aumentar o nosso apoio a esta importante região e proporcionar benefícios significativos aos nossos clientes”, disse Chris Colizzi, Presidente da Nikkiso Cryoquip. “Esta expansão proporciona uma forte estrutura de suporte para o crescimento futuro.”

A adição da instalação de Houston também permite que as instalações do Grupo em Murrieta, Califórnia, possam ser expandidas em apoio ainda maior da sua crescente base de clientes dos segmentos de mercado de Gases Industriais e Energia.

SOBRE A CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES
A Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (agora parte da Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) fabrica e presta serviços para equipamentos de processamento de gás criogênico projetados (bombas, turboexpansores, trocadores de calor, etc.) e plantas de processamento de Gases Industriais, Liquefação de Gás Natural (GNL), Liquefação de Hidrogênio (LH2) e Ciclo Rankine Orgânico para Recuperação de Calor de Resíduos. Fundada há mais de 50 anos, a Cryogenic Industries é a empresa controladora da ACD, Nikkiso Cryo, Nikkiso Integrated Cryogenic Solutions, Cosmodyne e Cryoquip, e de um grupo comumente controlado de aproximadamente 20 entidades operacionais.

Para mais informação, visite www.nikkisoCEIG.com e www.nikkiso.com.

CONTATO COM A MÍDIA:

Anna Quigley
+1.951.383.3314
aquigley@cryoind.com

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The Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute and the Pasteur Network Partner to Strengthen Global Disease Surveillance

WASHINGTON and PARIS, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute (PPI) and the Pasteur Network have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance early detection and reporting for emerging and reemerging diseases and build a robust decentralized global surveillance network that strengthens local capacity for sharing high-quality data across countries. The collaboration aims to enhance the effectiveness of the Pandemic Prevention Institute and the Pasteur Network’s 33 member institutions in both addressing infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 and monkeypox, and informing interventions against them.

“Our work with the Pasteur Network will undoubtedly make a transformational impact on global health security, leveraging the ability to advance equitable data-sharing practices that will provide key stakeholders and decision-makers with timely, more accurate and relevant information to make critical health and policy decisions,” said Dr. Rick Bright, CEO of The Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute. “Our collective aim is to advance access to pathogen surveillance, genomic sequencing, analytics, and data sharing tools in low- and middle-income countries and to foster sentinel laboratory networks for early disease detection.”

“This MoU is a major milestone in our collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation and the PPI that could lead to significant impact in epidemic and pandemic preparedness. Together, the Pasteur Network and PPI are an effective combination of complementary talents and capacity to address global health threats said Dr. Amadou Sall, President of the Pasteur Network.

“We are proud to support this initiative. This important, historic partnership will provide much-needed support to capacity building and epidemic intelligence,” said Professor Stewart Cole, President of the Pasteur Network foundation that contributes to the Pasteur Network’s development.

Over the coming years, the partnership will focus primarily on the following areas:

  • Advancing global equitable data sharing to provide key stakeholders and decision-makers with an analytical toolset that leverages timely, more accurate and relevant data and information
  • Bolstering epidemiological and genomic surveillance in low- and middle-income countries to track emerging pathogen variants and transmission for real-time analyses, as well as advancing access to pathogen surveillance and analytical tools, such as digital apps
  • Enhancing discovery of emerging and reemerging high consequence pathogens, generating a diversity of essential disease surveillance data streams in areas such as zoonosis, anti-microbial resistance and water borne diseases
  • Building fit for purpose data analytics and disease discovery and forecasting systems, informed by the organizations’ partner networks, that are relevant, sustainable, and equitable at the local, state, and pan-regional level

The partnership will also focus on interdisciplinary research projects addressing the causes of outbreaks and epidemics. The combined networks will maintain local and regional structures to foster a permanent operational force and share technologies, systems, practices, and techniques with their networks.

About the Pasteur Network

Pasteur Network, previously known as the Institut Pasteur International Network, is a worldwide network of members which contribute to global health. This unique model of cooperation brings together, beyond the independent public or private structures that form the Network, a human and scientific community collectively mobilized for both local, regional and global health priorities. The members of Pasteur Network share the same mission to improve health through biomedical research, public health activities, training, and innovation. For more information, visit: https://pasteur-network.org/en/about/who-we-are/ and follow-on Linkedin: Pasteur Network and Twitter:@InstitutPasteur

About the Pandemic Prevention Institute

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute (PPI) is mission-driven to contribute to the crucial work of building systems that detect, prevent, and mitigate pandemic threats, leading to rapid, effective containment. The PPI is pursuing its mission through the integration of cutting-edge technology and analytic approaches that turn data into action that drives life-saving decisions; a federated network of data users and holders with global representation; and collaborative leadership at the global level. For more information on partners, data solutions and more visit www.ppi.org and follow us on Twitter: @PPI_Insights and LinkedIn: The Pandemic Prevention Institute..

About The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on collaborative partnerships at the frontiers of science, technology, and innovation to enable individuals, families, and communities to flourish. We work to promote the well-being of humanity and make opportunity universal. Our focus is on scaling renewable energy for all, stimulating economic mobility, and ensuring equitable access to healthy and nutritious food.  For more information, sign up for our newsletter at rockefellerfoundation.org and follow us on Twitter @RockefellerFdn.

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WHO: People Exposed To or At Risk of Monkeypox Should Be Vaccinated

The World Health Organization is urging people who may have been exposed to or at risk of monkeypox to get vaccinated against the disease as a preventive measure.

Since it declared monkeypox a global health threat last week, the WHO says the disease has continued to spread around the world, with cases topping 16,000 in at least 75 countries.

The WHO says the outbreak is mainly concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners. It warns against stigmatizing a whole group of people, as this could cause the outbreak to accelerate exponentially by driving the disease underground.

The WHO technical leader on monkeypox, Rosamund Lewis, says the outbreak can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups. She says mass vaccination is not required, but the WHO recommends vaccination for those who have been exposed or are at risk.

“When someone is vaccinated, it takes several weeks for the immune response to be generated by the body. So, it is not something you can be vaccinated one day and be protected the next. You need to give it some time,” Lewis said. “So, the folks we are recommending to be vaccinated right now are anyone who has exposure, a contact with someone who may have been confirmed to have monkeypox. And so, that could be family members. It could be other close contacts.”

She says even children are not immune from getting the disease. Between 80 and 90 cases of monkeypox in children have been reported in several countries, mostly in households where someone was infected.

The monkeypox virus is spread from person to person through close bodily contact. It can cause a range of symptoms, including painful sores. Those at higher risk for the disease or complications include women who are pregnant, children and people who are immunocompromised.

European countries have the highest number of confirmed cases. Although monkeypox is endemic in Africa, where it has been present since 1970, the reported caseload is relatively low. For example, Nigeria reports 101 cases, and the Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed 163 cases out of more than 2,000 suspected cases.

Lewis says the number of suspected cases in the DRC is high because the country’s ability to confirm cases through laboratory testing is limited. She says testing needs to be supported and ramped up.

“Suspected cases may be other things. They may even be measles. They may be chickenpox. There is no vaccine for chickenpox being used in that environment. So, it is critically important to support countries to access testing. That is one of the most important things that WHO is trying to do right now,” she said. “At the same time, in the global reports, what we are reporting are confirmed and probable cases.”

For now, no travel-related monkeypox restrictions are in place. However, the WHO recommends anyone with signs or symptoms compatible with the monkeypox virus should avoid travel and isolate for the duration of the illness.

Source: Voice of America

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32 Years After US Disabilities Act, No Plans to Ratify UN Treaty It Inspired

On the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. remains one of a handful of countries that have not ratified the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) — an international treaty the U.S. legislation inspired.

The ADA, signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990, prohibits discrimination based on disability in public accommodations, employment, transportation and community living, and provides recourse for people with disabilities who faced discrimination.

“It’s hard for the newer generation to imagine the injustices suffered before the ADA,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday in a House Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus event to celebrate the ADA’s anniversary. Biden, who is still in isolation from his COVID-19 diagnosis, delivered his remarks virtually.

“If you’re disabled, stores can turn you away, and employers can refuse to hire you. If you use a wheelchair, there was no accommodation to take the bus or train to school or to work. America simply wasn’t built for all Americans,” Biden said.

The administration on Tuesday announced $1.75 billion to make it easier for people with disabilities to get on board the nation’s public transportation systems, including $343 million to help agencies retrofit train and subway stations built prior to the disabilities act.

During the caucus event, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats will not give up trying to ratify the CRPD. A National Security Council spokesperson told VOA the administration “would certainly support its ratification.”

However, with only 48 Democrats and two independents in the 100-seat U.S. Senate, and an urgent legislative agenda in the pipeline, it is unlikely that the Biden White House will take up the matter anytime soon.

Global disability movement

Since its passing, the ADA has inspired disability laws in various countries and sparked a movement for disability rights around the world that culminated in the CPRD. The U.S. also provided technical assistance during the convention’s negotiation and drafting process.

The CPRD came into force in 2008 and was signed by President Barack Obama in 2009. But in 2012, it fell five votes short of the two-thirds majority required for the U.S. Senate to adopt it, largely due to a reluctance to submit to international law on a domestic policy matter.

Out of 193 U.N. member countries, 185 have ratified the CRPD that aims to promote, protect and ensure full and equal enjoyment of all human rights for persons with disabilities.

“We’re always very much open and honest in recognizing we haven’t ratified the CRPD,” Sara Minkara, special adviser on international disability rights, told VOA.

Minkara, who is legally blind, leads the Office of International Disability Rights at the U.S. Department of State, which promotes the rights of persons with disabilities around the world through American diplomacy and development aid. The position was created under the Obama administration, and her office was made permanent by the Biden administration last November.

In various countries, views on people with disabilities often fall between pity or inspiration from their suffering, Minkara said, and those extreme narratives contribute to societies leaving people with disabilities behind.

“We need to normalize disability. We need to change how we look at the word disability. We need to change how we look at disabilities and identities, not from a pity lens but from a strength and value-based lens.”

The administration says it supports “disability-inclusive development and humanitarian action” around the world.

However, there is no mechanism to ensure full disability inclusion in U.S. foreign assistance, said Eric Rosenthal, executive director of the advocacy group Disability Rights International.

“You can offer your assistance and say our assistance is available to all people, but the truth is, people with disabilities have a hard time finding the aid,” Rosenthal told VOA. “There has to be more active outreach efforts.”

People with intellectual disabilities, psychiatric and psychosocial disabilities are particularly vulnerable, Rosenthal said. In many places, they are often stripped of legal rights and put away in institutions.

“There are very serious human rights violations against them in most countries, and the advocacy movements are usually way behind the advocacy movements for other disability groups,” Rosenthal said. “So, that’s an example of a very at-risk group that needs to be targeted for more attention.”

Disability Rights International and other groups have endorsed a concept for a U.S. bill to support the efforts of disability advocates worldwide to stop children with disabilities from being institutionalized, where they often face serious neglect and abuse.

Source: Voice of America

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Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group Announces Addition of Vaporizer Manufacturing Facility in Houston, TX

TEMECULA, Calif., July 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (“Group”), a part of the Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan) group of companies, is proud to announce yet another expansion of their manufacturing capabilities. This expansion represents their commitment to and support of their domestic industrial gas and clean energy customers.

Their new Houston, Texas, facility is now equipped to manufacture and deliver ambient vaporizers, bringing their products and support much closer to the East Coast, and Mexico markets, allowing for shorter turn-around times and reduced shipping costs for these growing markets.

Nikkiso Cryoquip Houston is already operational and ramping up to full production of the ambient air vaporizer product line, with customer deliveries already underway.

“We are excited to be able to increase our support of this important region and provide significant benefits to our customers,” according to Chris Colizzi, President of Nikkiso Cryoquip. “This expansion provides a strong support structure for future growth.”

The addition of the Houston facility also allows expanded capacity in the Group’s Murrieta, California, facility to further support their growing customer base across the Industrial Gases and Energy market segments.

ABOUT CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES
Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (now a member of Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) member companies manufacture and service engineered cryogenic gas processing equipment (pumps, turboexpanders, heat exchangers, etc.), and process plants for Industrial Gases, Natural Gas Liquefaction (LNG), Hydrogen Liquefaction (LH2) and Organic Rankine Cycle for Waste Heat Recovery. Founded over 50 years ago, Cryogenic Industries is the parent company of ACD, Nikkiso Cryo, Nikkiso Integrated Cryogenic Solutions, Cosmodyne and Cryoquip and a commonly controlled group of approximately 20 operating entities.

For more information, please visit www.nikkisoCEIG.com and www.nikkiso.com.

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Anna Quigley
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Huawei lance la solution SOCC, qui protège les transactions stables dans le secteur financier

SINGAPOUR,, 25 juillet 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Récemment, à l’occasion du Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2022, Huawei a publié la première solution de coordination de connexion optique-stockage (SOCC) de l’industrie. Cette solution tire parti des avantages des dispositifs de stockage et des produits de transmission optique pour prévenir les défaillances des transactions financières causées par la nervosité du réseau, assurant des transactions financières stables et fiables.

Dr. Margaret Hu, President of Marketing and Solution Sales, Global Digital Finance, Huawei, launched SOCC solution

La latence du lien de transaction a un impact direct sur l’expérience client. Pour cette raison, les autorités de régulation financière ont des exigences strictes sur la latence du lien de transaction et le taux de réussite de la transaction.

Pour réduire l’impact de la nervosité du réseau sur les transactions financières, la solution SOCC de Huawei permet des poignées de main directes via le canal SOCC entre le dispositif de transmission optique DCI OptiXtrans DC908 et le stockage 100 % flash OceanStor Dorado. Dans cette solution, le réseau optique est utilisé pour détecter les défauts de liaison. Lorsque la gigue de liaison dépasse le seuil, OptiXtrans DC908 avise OceanStor Dorado de changer de canal d’E/S dans les 2 secondes (en baisse par rapport aux 120 secondes précédentes), réduisant considérablement la durée d’exception des transactions financières et garantissant zéro échec de transaction financière.

En outre, la solution SOCC de Huawei optimise le temps de commutation de la liaison optique de 50 ms à 5 ms pour réduire considérablement les blocages d’images des services financiers numériques causés par des pannes de réseau. Grâce à la technologie SOCC innovante, Huawei optimise les performances de protection des aspects des liaisons E/S de stockage et des liaisons optiques, garantissant ainsi une fiabilité du réseau plus élevée.

La solution Huawei SOCC est conçue pour le secteur financier afin de résoudre les pertes de service causées par le changement de lien et d’assurer la stabilité des transactions financières. Avec des technologies et des capacités innovantes de pointe, Huawei continuera à construire d’excellents produits et solutions pour le secteur financier et à permettre la finance verte, numérique et intelligente.

À propos du Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2022

Le Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit est l’événement phare annuel de Huawei pour le secteur financier international. Le HiFS 2022 se déroule du 20 au 22 juillet à Singapour. Avec pour thème « Façonner une finance plus intelligente et plus durable », le Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit réunit des personnalités, des leaders d’opinion, des experts universitaires et des praticiens innovants du secteur financier mondial pour échanger sur la manière de façonner la finance durable et numérique au regard de la future tendance de développement du secteur financier. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur : https://e.huawei.com/en/special_topic/Industry/finance/2022-finance-summit

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Huawei et MuRong lancent ensemble leur solution de paiement mobile et de micro finance

SINGAPOUR, 25 juillet 2022/PRNewswire/ — Au cours du Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2022, Huawei et Murong ont lancé ensemble leur solution de paiement mobile et de microfinance. Cette solution représente l’innovation technologique de pointe pour la finance inclusive qui rend l’inclusion possible afin de répondre aux opportunités et aux défis du secteur financier.

La transformation numérique et l’innovation se développent rapidement. Dans l’ère post-pandémique, les opportunités et les défis se rejoignent : paiement sans espèces, sans carte, sans contact, etc. Le nombre d’utilisateurs de portefeuilles mobiles a augmenté rapidement. Le marché du paiement mobile devrait atteindre 1,3 milliard d’euros d’ici 2023, dépassant les cartes de crédit et les espèces en raison de son adoption fulgurante. Les investissements et l’innovation dans la FinTech augmentent chaque année.

En un mot, l’exigence de la finance mobile et de la micro finance est devenue nécessaire aux individus et à la connectivité de leur mode de vie diversifié.

Huawei et MuRong ont publié en collaboration cette solution de paiement mobile et de microfinance pour aider les banques à mettre en place une solution de bout en bout « 1+4+7 ».

« 1 » désigne une plateforme native du cloud, fournie par Huawei ;

« 4 » représente les quatre types d’applications financières, à savoir la microépargne, le microprêt, le paiement mobile et le marketing numérique. Ces applications sont mises en œuvre sur la plateforme de services MuRong Inclusive Finance ;

« 7 »comprend des produits spécifiques : SuperAPP, la microépargne, le microprêt, l’Open Banking, le paiement numérique, le marketing numérique et l’exploitation numérique.

De plus, « N » signifie que les banques peuvent fournir N types de scénarios financiers, mettre en relation les utilisateurs finaux et aider les commerçants à acquérir des clients, ce qui renforce considérablement l’attrait de la banque pour les commerçants.

Cela indique que grâce à cette solution, la banque commerciale, l’établissement de paiement, l’opérateur de télécommunications et la société Fintech peuvent se connecter et innover ensemble pour se rendre mutuellement service.

Han Yidong, conseiller principal mondial du centre de solutions technologiques de MuRong, a déclaré : « MuRong est le principal fournisseur mondial de solutions informatiques financières numériques. Nous avons coopéré avec Huawei pour intégrer l’innovation technologique numérique afin de découvrir les marchés de la finance inclusive. »

 « Si l’on considère le parcours de la coopération entre Huawei et Murong, nous avons déjà atteint des résultats concrets. Par ailleurs, les solutions innovantes conjointes sont également en cours, nous attendons davantage de coopération avec MuRong pour créer ensemble une nouvelle valeur pour nos clients », a ajouté Song Danping, président de la coopération mondiale de l’écosystème chez Huawei Global Digital Finance.

À l’avenir, Huawei continuera à développer des solutions financières, en recourant à des technologies innovantes et en coopérant avec des partenaires, afin d’accélérer la mise en place de solutions conjointes pour les clients du secteur financier mondial et de favoriser l’émergence d’une finance plus intelligente et plus écologique.

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