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Japan-affiliated telco InfiniVAN’s Submarine Cable Network project with Globe and Eastern Communications marks new milestone


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Following the landmark Subic Cable Loading Event in July, InfiniVAN, Inc. in a joint-build project with two other Philippine telcos, completed the Siargao landing of a segment of the Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN) in the Municipality of Dapa, Siargao Island on September 22.

InfiniVAN, Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed IPS, Inc. (TSE: 4390) took part in the ceremonial cable pulling event of fiber optic cables that is part of the ongoing cable laying phase of PDSCN. Five (5) of the 24 segments have already been completed to date.

The cable-pulling ceremony was witnessed by Dapa Mayor Elizabeth T. Matugas, Vice Mayor Gerry Abejo and municipal officials along with representatives from InfiniVAN, Inc., Globe Telecom, and Eastern Communications. Once completed, the $150-million joint project that spans around 2,500 km will provide ultra-fast and reliable connectivity across the country.




 
InfiniVAN, Inc. Chief Technology Officer Alberto “Abet” Espedido said that aside from connecting major islands in the country, the project is designed to bring connectivity to tourist destination islands to further boost tourism and other industries in those places.

“We see this as an opportunity to fulfill our objective of providing connectivity to far flung areas. We hope that the project does not only provide good communications infrastructure to Siargao but also help pump-prime the island’s economy,” he said.

Espedido shared that the fiber optic cable technology used in the country’s biggest and longest submarine cable installation is “future-proof.” This means unrepeatered 96- core fiber cables used in the project can handle large data throughputs that can be further expanded through advances in terminal equipment over the next 20 to 25 years.

This InfiniVAN-initiated submarine cable project is a cost-effective solution to building a massive and extensive transmission network through a joint-build arrangement with Globe, the Philippines’ leading digital solutions platform and Eastern Communications, premier telecommunications and ICT solutions provider.

“We consider it an achievement, as a new entrant in the market, to be working with well-established partners on this project that will really make a difference in the next few years. It is gratifying to have so-called industry competitors join hands to provide a very precious resource to our countrymen and the country as a whole, in a most unselfish manner,” Espedido added.

The Express and Western routes connecting Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be ready by December this year and the remaining Eastern routes will be completed by April 2023.

Know About The Types Of Asthma Attacks


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Asthma is a long-term illness of the lungs. Click here to learn about different types Asthma. To know more about chronic asthma and its…



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Asthma is a long-term illness of the lungs. It makes breathing difficult by inflaming and constricting your airways. Speaking and moving might be difficult when asthma is severe. Your doctor might refer to it as a persistent respiratory condition. Asthma is known as "bronchial asthma."

Asthma can’t be cured but the symptoms can be controlled. This article will cover what asthma is and types of asthma. Different types need different ways of treatment. This is why you need to read this article till the end point. So, keep on reading to know what types of Asthma.


 
What Is Asthma?

Asthma is a condition when a person’s airways become narrow and inflamed. In this situation, lungs produce extra mucus that is the reason for difficulty breathing.

Asthma is a serious disease. Recent medical report of America shows that 25 million Americans and 1.6 million emergency occupied hospital rooms every year.

Until now, medical science failed to treat it permanently but still if you check it properly, medicine and proper treatment can control your asthma symptoms.

Asthma is marked as inflammation of the bronchial tubes. People feel shortness of breath and wheezing, coughing. Asthma can need little medical treatment or no treatment. However, it has a life-threatening risk.

So, let’s move on to the types of Asthma. Scroll down.

 
 
What Are The Types Of Asthma?
 

Medical experts classify Asthma into four types. They determine the types of Asthma by severity and frequency of your asthma symptoms. Besides this, a patient's medical report and test defines which type of Asthma they have.

Asthma attacks are short lasting. Keep reading to learn different types of Asthma.



 
Chronic Asthma Classification


Chronic asthma is classified by four categories. These four types of chronic asthma did not change, according to NIH.

● Mild intermittent asthma.

● Mild persistent asthma.

● Moderate persistent asthma.

● Severe persistent asthma.
Acute Asthma Terminology

Acute asthma is also called an “asthma attack”. It refers to a sudden asthma attack. Here are the types of acute asthma.

● Acute severe asthma.

● Life threatening asthma.

● Near-fatal asthma.
Common Asthma Subtypes

These asthma symptoms are common. Here are the subtypes of Common asthma.

● Nocturnal asthma.

● Occupational asthma.

● Allergic (atopic or extrinsic) asthma.

● Nonallergic asthma.

● Child- vs. adult-onset asthma.

● Seasonal asthma.

● Exercise-induced asthma (also referred to as exercise-induced bronchoconstriction).

● Eosinophilic asthma.

 
Classification Of Chronic Asthma


Asthma itself is taken into consideration as a persistent, or long-term, lung disease, where signs might also additionally come and go. However, persistent bronchial allergies describe instances wherein you experience bronchial allergies signs greater regularly.

 
Signs Of Chronic Asthma

● Mucus in airways.

● Coughing...

● Whistling when breathing.

● Swollen airways.

A medical doctor will decide the severity and management of your bronchial allergies based on how regularly you've got signs and symptoms and in your lung function, primarily based on the consequences of spirometry and top waft meter tests. Asthma can exceed from one class to another.

Chronic bronchial allergies are assessed into four categories, following the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2007 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of AsthmaTrusted Source. While those hints were obtained and replaced in 2020 Trusted Source, the bronchial allergy severity category has no longer changed.

 
 
Mild Intermittent Asthma


As the least excessive sort of chronic asthma, having slight chronic asthma means you have signs and symptoms extra than two days consistent with week, however now no longer daily. Night-time signs and symptoms can arise in 3 to 4 instances consistent with the month.

In slight chronic asthma, a person's height expiratory rate (PEF), a degree in their most pace of expiration, is extra than eighty percent in their expected or non-public first-rate in the first 2nd of respiration out, as measured with a height waft meter. This check is achieved while they're asymptomatic.


 
Moderate Persistent Asthma

With slight chronic bronchial allergies, you'll probably revel in signs daily. Asthma flare-ups might also additionally final numerous days, truly restricting your participation in each day's activities. Those with slight chronic bronchial allergies can revel in sleep interference at night at least as soon as in step with week, even though now no longer nightly.

In untreated slight chronic bronchial allergies, a person's PEF falls within 60 to eighty percent, as measured throughout the primary 2d of expiration, using a height float meter.
 

 
Severe Persistent Asthma


Severe chronic bronchial allergies is the maximum serious, however least not unusual place shape of persistent bronchial allergies. With this sort of bronchial allergy, you enjoy signs at some stage in the day.

Night time awakenings can arise as regularly as 7 instances in keeping with the week. You may also enjoy excessive obstacles in your everyday activities.

When untreated, chronic bronchial allergies can cause a PEF of much less than 60 percent of anticipated or non-public best, measured throughout the primary 2d of expiration with a height go with the drift meter.

Most humans with bronchial allergies will no longer develop persistent obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and many humans with COPD don’t have bronchial allergies. However, it’s possible to have both.

Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) occurs when a person has those situations simultaneously.

 
 
Bottom line


These are the types of Asthma. After doctors diagnose and the result of numerous tests can determine which types of Asthma you have.

As we previously said, Asthma can’t be cured permanently, but medicine and proper way of treatment can control the symptoms. However, it is impossible to cover all the types and subtypes of Asthma. If you want to know more about them and what are the symptoms of Asthma, you can visit our website.

You can comment below to ask about health and diseases. Our experts will be there to reconnect with you; till then, stay healthy and happy.



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Photographing Africa’s ‘Big Five’


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Surrounded by a sea of wildlife, we eye the horizon for giants.


Our open-topped Land Rover stops by the banks of Lake Magadi inside Tanzania’s famed Ngorongoro Crater. Pronounced ‘en-goro-engoro’, the 12-mile wide caldera is a solid contender for the greatest wildlife destination on Earth.

With our motley array of cameras, we have vowed to photograph – blurry or not – Africa’s Big Five. Coined by trophy hunters during the Victorian era, the Big Five are supposedly the deadliest animals in Africa – the lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and Cape buffalo (no question about the last one). Though hunting is still allowed in parts of the continent, most visitors will only ever shoot with shutters, not triggers.

Soon after descending down the crater, we encountered prowling lions, stately elephants and inscrutable, mud-encrusted Cape buffalo.

As our Rover lurches to a halt, I clutch my lucky scarf to ward off dust and the late afternoon chill. Ngorongoro stands at an altitude of 6000 feet – as tall as many Philippine mountains. Its foreboding crater walls rise another 2000 feet in all directions, hemming in almost 30,000 large animals – from crafty packs of hyena to skittish herds of antelope.

Unlike the sprawling Serengeti Park where animals move back and forth to chase the rain, Ngorongoro’s wildlife have lived contentedly inside the caldera for millions of years. “The animals can actually climb up those slopes, but with ample supplies of grass and water, why would they leave?” explains Ray Shirima of Top Climbers Expeditions, an outfitter which also guided us to the summit of Africa’s highest mountain, snowcapped Kilimanjaro.

 

This afternoon’s quarry is the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), rarest of the Big Five. A potent blend of outdated beliefs and human greed caused the global population of these horned giants to plummet by 98% from 1960 to 1995. Almost 9000 African rhinos were killed for their horns from 2006 to 2015 alone, with Vietnam as the world’s top consumer.

Their horns – which can grow three feet or longer – are coveted as trophies and medicine. A 16th century Chinese pharmacist named Li Shizhen claimed that the horns, when ground as a tea, “Can cure hallucinations, carbuncles, headaches and possession by ogres and devils.”

In reality, rhinoceros horns are mostly made of keratin, so if you want all the benefits claimed by Li Shizhen, then just chew your fingernails.

Fortunately, anti-poaching drives and rigorous conservation have allowed black rhinoceros populations to recover from an all-time low of 2500 animals to almost 6000 heads today. The conservation organization where I started out, WWF, jumpstarted the global conservation movement by protecting black rhinos in 1961. My own organization, Best Alternatives, works to dent the rhino trade by pushing for environmentally-sound alternatives to wildlife products, such as keratin pills.

“Over there, beside the elands,” says Ray, pointing at a cluster of either very still buffalo or big rocks.

After a few moments, I finally discern two giants grazing alongside a herd of motionless buffalo. Black rhinos. Two of them, one with its tail up. Slowly, I raise my battered camera and snap blurry photos of the magnificent animals. The pictures – definitely not magazine-quality – are merely for proof, the moment forever seared into my memory.

The day’s mission accomplished, our Land Rover climbs the caldera rim en route to our campsite. The Savannah Gods have blessed us with four of the Big Five in one afternoon. Enough adventure for one day.

“Responsible tourism is the key to keeping our animals alive. If people keep visiting our national parks, then there will always be strong incentives to keep poachers away,” explains African wildlife guide Joseph Laiza.

That evening, the forest ringing our camp erupts with the symphony of life. Baritone elephant growls, haunting baboon barks and defiant lion roars meld seamlessly with human laughter. Wildlife pilgrims come to Africa’s Garden of Eden to see the uncensored spectacle of nature, to see how life was long before we started transforming our planet. A last glance at the crater miles below and I retire for the night, praying that Ngorongoro and many of the planet’s wild places stay this way, forever.



Stealthiest of the Big Five is the leopard (Panthera pardus), a camouflaged ambush predator which waits for hours to sneak up to spring-heeled antelope like gazelle and impala. To protect its kills from roaming hyenas, lions and jackals, it hauls kills up trees, where it spends most of its time. This one was spotted by our expert guide, Ray Shirima in the adjoining Serengeti National Park. It was lazily basking on a tree, curiously watching our every move.


Known as Black Death, Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) are considered the most unpredictable and dangerous of the Big Five, said to pretty much be unstoppable when enraged. Nothing short of a direct heart shot will drop them as their thick skulls and horns are rock-hard. By moving slowly and mindfully, I was able to approach and photograph quite a few of the giant grazers at close range.


Stealthiest of the Big Five is the leopard (Panthera pardus), a camouflaged ambush predator which waits for hours to sneak up to spring-heeled antelope like gazelle and impala. To protect its kills from roaming hyenas, lions and jackals, it hauls kills up trees, where it spends most of its time. This one was spotted by our expert guide, Ray Shirima in the adjoining Serengeti National Park. It was lazily basking on a tree, curiously watching our every move.



I saw this southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) grazing beside Lake Nakuru in neighboring Kenya. Next to the African elephant, it is the world's largest land mammal. Largely due to conservation efforts, populations of the southern white rhino are hanging on. Sadly, populations of the northern white rhino have been completely decimated due to poaching. Northern white rhino are now extinct in the wild, prime examples of why we need to protect the world’s endangered species. 


The King of Beasts and Africa's most famous animal, lions (Panthera leo) hunt alone, in pairs or as a pride. Simba, the name of our hero from The Lion King, is the Swahili word for lion. In olden times, man-eaters were rightfully feared: in a nine-month period in 1898, two male lions killed as many as 135 people in the Tsavo region of Kenya. Lion attacks are now exceptionally rare, with less than 50 recorded attacks in the past century.


Typical open-topped Land Rover trundles slowly along a well-maintained dirt track inside Ngorongoro Crater. The crater rim, which rises 2000 feet, can clearly be seen at the back. Africa’s wildlife safaris are usually highly-organized, with well-tended roads, campsites and lodges. For those interested in going on an African safari, contact Ndurumo Safaris and Top Climbers Expeditions to get started. September through November are fine months to go, especially since two million migrating wildebeest shall brave the deadly Mara River, crossing from Kenya to Tanzania. 


Filipino explorer and environmentalist Gregg Yan spent several weeks on the African continent, visiting numerous national parks and communities to document wildlife, scapes and indigenous cultural practices. Read more of his adventures online. 


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African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) are the world's largest land animals, reaching nearly 12 feet at the shoulder. Though many herds have been decimated by poachers for their ivory tusks, over 400,000 of these gentle giants are still hanging on in the National Parks and Game Reserves of Africa. Readers can help save them by getting in touch with nonprofits like WWF.

written by Gregg Yan
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