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Regional HR Manager - Loughborough
Regional HR Manager Jobs
Businesses that are nationwide or multi-site need a unified and predictable employee resourcing strategy that ensures staffing is always kept at the optimum level and that the individual HR demands of the industry are met. The regional HR manager operates in the position between a board dealing with national or international HR and HR managers of the various locations within a region. Note that a "region" to a multinational operation can cover anything from a few towns to a few nations.
Regional HR managers work closely with operational managers to implement the company's HR strategy as decided by the board. That includes staffing, projection of new schemes and policies, implementation of new laws and guidelines affecting the industry, and overseeing the HR needs of restructuring, expansion and entering new markets.
Typically, a regional HR manager will have a solid background in managing the human resources of a company, so will have a confident understanding of the general needs of the role. In many ways the job is similar but scaled up, the main difference being that communication tends not to be with individual operational staff at the location but with their HR managers. That requires a different set of communication skills, so being able to demonstrate this ability will be of great benefit to you.
While much of the work of the regional HR manager is carried out at a regional HQ or the main business headquarters, it is likely that you will need to travel to various locations regularly to ensure that HR policies are implemented correctly and that site HR managers are following the company's strategy.
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Regional HR Manager Jobs in Loughborough
Loughborough is a town in the north of Leicestershire, close to the Nottinghamshire border. It has been a market town since the Middle Ages, serving the cities and villages in the vicinity, but it is perhaps best known in modern times for its university. Loughborough is in the middle of a triangle formed by Leicester, Nottingham and Derby (all of which have their counties named after them), which are all roughly 10 miles (16 km) distant. Loughborough is served by the M1 motorway, and the A6 runs through the town on its way to Leicester. The town has good railway links to the aforementioned cites.
Loughborough University is generally regarded as being one of the best universities in the nation, but if its sports and engineering subjects are isolated, it could easily be in the top three or four. Much groundbreaking research has gone on in these fields, and the university attracts sporting coaches and strategists, aerospace engineers and students of certain crossover disciplines such as motor racing. Although best known for these technical disciplines, the university does offer the full range of subjects.
Loughborough is not particularly industrialised, but it does have several technical and research parks that are linked to the university. The town remains a thriving market town and the student population ensures its entertainment and nightlife needs to be kept well stocked. Taken together, this could be promising for anyone seeking Regional HR Manager work in Loughborough itself, but with three quite industrialised cities on the doorstep, the outlook appears even brighter.
Cast UK never stop working with procurement, logistics and supply chain clients and applicants from across the country, and are dedicated to filling each position with the best talent possible.
If you're on the lookout for more information on the Regional HR Manager positions available in Loughborough or anywhere else in the UK, please get in touch so we can talk about what's on offer.
Our regional specialists can provide detailed information about the potential employers, the available job types and the average expected salary.
With a wealth of experience in the fields covered, Cast UK's team of recruitment consultants understands what it takes to be a successful candidate for every vacancy.
To find out more about how Cast UK can help you find and recruit candidates within Loughborough or source a new job in Loughborough then contact one of our consultant team on 0161 825 0825.
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Health Literacy - Impact
What we can do about low health literacy
Health literacy and health inequalities
"Health inequalities are the unfair and avoidable differences in people's health across social groups and between different population groups. They are most commonly associated with socio-economic inequalities but can also result from discrimination"
(NHS Health Scotland)
There are a range of characteristics that can impact on a person's health literacy, these include education, ethnic background, language, age, illness and financial and social resources. However, you should never make assumptions about a person's health literacy level as it is not always apparent. Everyone's health literacy can be affected at any time, for example, when receiving new or distressing
Health literacy is essential for patient safety, self management and effective health and social care relationships with patients, families and carers and is a key determinant of health which can impact on health inequalities. The UCL Institute of Health Equity report that poor health literacy can e linked to unhealthy behaviours and an increased risk of illness and premature mortality. The report which can be found in the related resources below states that improving health literacy has the potential to assist in tackling health inequalities (UCL Institute of Health Equity, 2015).
Health literacy interventions overview
This is one of two evidence overviews produced to support development of the Scottish health literacy action plan.
Health literacy to reduce health inequalities
This report from the UCL Institute of Health Equity is part of a series of papers to support local action on health inequalities.
Making it Easy: A Health Literacy Action Plan for Scotland
The Scottish Government national health literacy action plan.
Tools for practice
NHS Education for Scotland
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As Galen has noted, I've been thinking about some kind of weekly rotating roundup of the general-interest posts in the medical blogs.
He's already got something along these lines, with the "blogosphere rounds." What I'm proposing was first suggested by Mike from Interested-Participant. We were discussing the impact of "Carnival of the Vanities", the weekly link-fest that attracts regular Instalanches and has generated many spinoffs. Could something like that generate new readers for the medical blogs?
And yes, traffic is what's driving this. Even the biggest medical blogs get only a few hundred hits a day, which is paltry compared to many politics, law, and economics blogs out there. I've been so impressed by some of the writing on medical blogs -- from Proximal Tubule, Intueri, Medpundit, Codeblog, and my colleagues at Lingual Nerve, among many others -- it's a shame more people aren't reading it.
Now, a certain fraction of medi-blog posts are too esoteric for the lay reader, but actually not that many. And that's part of the appeal: Each week authors would pick a post that general blog readers could understand and enjoy, and a rotating volunteer blogger would host the links. What gets linked would be at the host's discretion -- hopefully a nice mix of quality patient stories, science news, and policy points.
If we could guarantee some publicity from the heavy hitters, or even The Professor himself, plenty of new readers will visit the cited medical blogs. And they can always skim over the posts on spironolactone and CHF, if they're so inclined.
Let me know what you think! I'd especially like to hear from those who write blogs, or read them, medical or otherwise. Pretty much everyone, in other words.


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Red Sox Exercised Manager Alex Cora's Option For 2 Seasons
By JIMMY GOLEN
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Robert F. Bukaty, ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE - Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora speaks to reporters prior to a baseball practice at Fenway Park, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Boston. The Red Sox have picked up Alex Cora's option for two more seasons, rewarding their manager for taking them to the AL Championship Series in his first year back after serving his one-year sign-stealing suspension. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have exercised Alex Cora's option for two more seasons, rewarding their manager for taking them to the AL Championship Series in his first year back after a one-year sign-stealing suspension.
Cora, 46, is now under contract through 2024. The team could have waited until after the 2022 season to decide on the options, but Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom said on Monday there was no reason to wait.
"We have a lot to be proud of for 2021 and a lot of unfinished business," Bloom said. "He's a tremendous leader, and a wonderful partner for what we're trying to do as an organization."
A former infielder who was a member of Boston's 2007 World Series championship team, Cora is 284-202 in three seasons as manager.
"As a leader, as a motivator, he can really bring the clubhouse to another level," Bloom said. "He's real, and you need that through the ups and downs of a baseball season."
Cora led the club to a franchise-record 108 victories and a World Series title in 2018, his first season as manager. Cora was let go in January 2020 after he was identified as the ringleader in cheating by the Houston Astros while he was bench coach in 2017.
After Ron Roenicke managed the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Cora was brought back to the Boston dugout. The Red Sox went 92-70, then beat the New York Yankees in the AL wild card game and the Tampa Bay Rays in the Division Series before losing to the Astros in the Champsionship Series.
"I am beyond grateful for this opportunity to manage the Red Sox," Cora said. "We experienced so many special moments as a team and as a city in 2021, but we still have unfinished business to take care of."
Also Monday, Bloom said the team is in the market for pitching after left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez agreed to a $77 million, five-year deal with the Detroit Tigers. But Bloom did not commit to replacing him with a front-line starter or bolstering the staff in some other way.
Bloom said it was difficult to let Rodriguez go. The 28-year-old Venezuelan has been one of the rotation's most consistent pitchers, winning 19 games in 2019 before missing all of 2020 with heart problems related to COVID-19.
"We were fighting our emotions on this. He means a lot to people here," Bloom said. "We're happy for him. But we have to be comfortable with how far we're willing to extend."
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Become a change agent: Stop procrastinating
Don't be like the white-haired bride and groom who put off the big event until they could afford it. Now is the time for action, says organizational agility expert Joseph Flahiff.
Joseph Flahiff, Whitewater Projects Inc.
I love this poem.
The Bride, white of hair, is stooped over her cane,
Her footsteps uncertainly guiding
While down the opposite aisle,
With a wan, toothless smile,
The bridegroom, in wheelchair, comes riding.
Now who is this elderly couple thus wed?
Well you'll find when you've closely explored it,
That here is the rare
Most conservative pair
Who waited till they could afford it.
I first heard it recited in the distinctive southern drawl of that legend of sales, Zig Ziglar. Set to music, the cautionary ditty could well be a theme song for many of the work problems I tackle.
As loyal readers know, I help business and IT leaders rip apart their organizations and put them back together -- stronger, better and faster. Improvement is often predicated on adapting an Agile approach to IT and business operations, and it always requires the leader to become a change agent.
The Ziglar poem rings in my ears whenever I hear an executive say, "Let's get together next month and talk about it. Right now, we are really slammed with …"
There are three problems with the not-a-good-time attitude:
There will be another fire.
When there isn't a fire, we create one.
The cost of doing nothing is not nothing.
Let's take them one by one.
There is always another fire
When was the last time there was nothing to do at work? When were you last bored, or had nothing urgent on the agenda? Yah, I didn't think so.
There is always something that needs to be fixed, a fire ready to ignite. If it isn't something big, then it is the day-to-day issues, time sheets, staff meetings, that hard conversation you need to have with a co-worker and a million other little things that fill every waking minute.
Here's a secret that change agents in the organizations I've worked with know instinctively: When work is busy, it's a great time to make changes because you can field test the changes immediately.
Improvement is always going to be disruptive, and there will never be a calm time. Now is the time to be a change agent leader.
When there isn't a fire, we create one
If work isn't slammed with fires, then we tend to believe that we have everything under control. However, if you are anything like me, when it is slow, you feel like you should be doing something more and immediately add things to your schedule, setting the conditions for more fires.
Here's another secret that change agents instinctively know: When work is calm, it's a great time to play a change agent role because you will have the full attention of the team to try new things.
The cost of doing nothing is not nothing
The default option is doing nothing. Deep down, when you put off change, you are clinging to one of the following -- unspoken -- beliefs:
We can just keep doing what we are doing.
We aren't doing badly.
It is the way we have always done it.
Stop procrastinating. Significant change can happen during busy and slow times. Let's consider a client of mine, the Washington State Department of Licensing. They wanted to improve productivity. They had a project that was planned to take 24 months or more. They then learned it needed to get done in less than half that time.
This team decided to bite the bullet and learn a new way of working while they were under this significant time crunch. In other words, they were making an important change during an extremely busy time. They adopted a new process for writing software (Scrum). This involved changing:
How requirements were gathered
How planning was done
The organization's roles and responsibilities
The organization's culture, including the leadership
In the end, the agency took just nine months to complete the full scope of work that was originally planned to take 24 months. That is a 62% improvement. (I have a case study written up that I did with the DOL that we can share.)
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Another client, a publicly traded software company, had a highly matrixed organization that served them well when they were smaller, but they had grown significantly -- from 100 to 800 people -- in the past few years. The matrixed structure was hindering their work. Teams of 12 people would often have as many as 10 managers. Team members didn't know who to talk to if they needed something. Those managers had direct reports on six or eight teams, and they couldn't keep track of all that was going on. A reorganization was necessary. The new structure had two managers per team of 12 and nearly all of the teams remained intact.
The reorg was a huge success. Under this new organizational structure, the managers estimated they were 200% to 250% more effective. That added up to between $14.9 million and $22.3 million in additional revenue.
Many organizations find all sorts of reasons why they cannot embark on organizational change: They are too busy or busy adding more work to their schedules. Let me leave you with another bit of literary wisdom I love -- this hopeful advice from a Chinese proverb.
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Joseph Flahiff is an internationally recognized leadership and organizational agility expert at Whitewater Projects Inc. He has worked with Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, startups and publicly traded firms, where he has been recognized as an experienced, pragmatic and innovative adviser. He is the author of Being Agile in a Waterfall World: A practical guide for complex organizations. Learn more at www.whitewaterprojects.com.
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker is getting a sequel
Digital variations of tabletop RPGs are nonetheless having a heyday, a lot to my private delight. Owlcat Games are persevering with on in that righteous work with a sequel to their 2018 RPG, Pathfinder: Kingmaker. There's little to learn about Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous at this stage, least of all any trace at a launch window, however Owlcat divulges a pair tidbits price realizing with the announcement.
For starters, Wrath Of The Righteous isn't a direct sequel to its predecessor. It's primarily based on an journey path of the identical title from the tabletop Pathfinder. Owlcat say that the digital spinoff will embrace new characters and plots even for many who are conversant in the journey. "It tells the story of a large-scale conflict between mortals and demons where players are invited to immerse themselves in a world under siege from demonic forces," they are saying.
Owlcat point out that a couple of character courses will make their strategy to Wrath Of The Righteous that weren't included with Kingmaker. The Oracle and Witch courses had been particularly talked about, although they are saying extra bulletins will observe within the close to future.
"We laid a solid foundation and are going to push the boundaries of the CRPG genre with our next title," Owlcat say. Based on Giada Zavarise's Pathfinder: Kingmaker review, I hope that Owlcat does discover the energy to push a bit. Although she loved her time with the traditional RPG, Giada discovered Kingmaker's digital DM to be a bit stodgy for being launched so close to to Divinity: Original Sin 2 which is understood for its permissive, chaotic method to game guidelines.
"I've dealt with this kind of DM before," Zavarise mentioned of Kingmaker. "It's the kind of person who spent so much time creating their perfect fantasy world, drawing maps and crunching numbers, they forgot what makes a role-playing game fun: the drama between the party members, the uneffective solutions, the silly shenanigans. At least, that's what makes D&D fun for me."
With that in thoughts, right here's hoping that Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous will be taught to loosen up a bit even because it makes an attempt to "push the boundaries." There's no trailer to be seen for the sequel but, nor any retailer web page to take a look at. For now, you possibly can head over to Owlcat's website and submit your e mail to their publication.
Owlcat Games, Paizo, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous


Available today is a new firmware update for the Z1™ CPAP with a brand new Z-Breathe™ setting that may provide relief to certain Z1™ users that have experienced large swings in pressure while using the Z1™. The new setting, called 'CPAP 3', is the most aggressive setting available for reducing large pressure swings while using the Z1.
Please note: this upgrade is for CPAPs only. DO NOT use it on your Z1 Auto or you will disable the Auto functions and turn your machine into a CPAP only.
We encourage you to experiment with the settings to achieve maximum comfort.
Step 1: If you have not done so you must first download and install the HDM Data Viewer on your PC. Your Z1 has stored all of the sleep data since your first night's use in its flash memory. Syncing your Z1 with the Data Viewer application will ensure that you do not lose existing sleep data.
Download and install the Z1 Data Viewer.
Step 2: Once the Data Viewer is installed follow the instructions to Sync your Z1. Once your Z1™ has synced, follow the instructions to save your data to file. This will save existing data to your PC to prevent its loss during the firmware upgrade.
Step 3: Download and install the Z1™ Firmware Installer.
Step 4: Once the software is installed, reconnect your Z1™ to the PC and follow the prompts to select your preferred upgrade options. Once you have selected your options complete the firmware upgrade.
Typically users experience pressure swings while breathing on a fixed pressure CPAP device. Pressure swings occur as a spike in pressure during exhalation and a drop in pressure during inhalation. Z Breathe is designed to eliminate the spikes and drops while keeping the pressure constant, thereby delivering more comfortable therapy.
Pressure swings can vary between users and this is due to the lung capacity of the person breathing on the machine. Larger individuals will typically have greater lung capacity that will require a more aggressive setting.


Chellie is the author behind the blog Art From My Table, where she shares her passion for celebrating food and life around the table. She believes food is a love language. When she's not developing recipes or writing on the blog, you'll find her spending time with her family, or reading a book.


I was discussing about the skills required in digital analytics with David Iwanow, consultant at amnesia Razorfish in Australia. David, being on the marketing & business side of things, he inquired about ways to filter candidates for a very technical position of implementation specialist for Google Analytics.
Here's how I would do it if I wanted a really good Google Analytics implementation specialist.
There are two schools of thought: Joe Hall at Marketing Pilgrim says "Don't Waste Your Time Learning To Code" while Michael Jaconi explains "Why one company is making all its employees learn how to code" at VentureBeat. See my take at the end!
Step 0: Here, we take for granted the usual HR filtering has been done and there is a good personality and cultural fit, soft skills such as listening abilities, problem solving, and communication have been validated. We are going deep on the technical side.
What is an account and a web property (the UA)? You want someone who don't blindly put tags on a page – but also understand how this code will impact the tool.
How the page is going to be tracked? This is also a good opportunity to ask about other types of Google Analytics calls like events, social, custom variables, cross domain, etc.
What does it implies in terms of performance impact? Does it matter if the code is at the top or bottom of the page?
Why is there http & https in there?
Step 2: Is your pretending hero still with you or ran away screaming? The 2nd test level is more holistic and will stump all but those who really have the right profile. Ideally, you want to give them a specific page that includes jQuery but no GA tags. Ask them a) what they would track and b) how they would do it (the actual code).
Social interactions: How are social media interactions being tracked? You can put addThis, shareThis or similar on your test page.
Cross domain & outbound links: Include a checkout link to a shopping cart hosted on another domain (should identify cross domain issues) or at least a link to a 3rd party shopping cart like Paypal which should be tracked as an outbound link virtual page view or event.
Internal promotions: You could also specify there's click on an internal promo-banner you want to track (an event).
Events and custom variables: You want to track user logins – a simple page view on the logged in page, an onclick event on the "login" button or link, something else?
Limit the time to about 30 minutes, but allow them to use the web and if you can, record the session. Alternatively, simply discuss those points and see how the candidate is able to answer.
Even if you don't have a fully working ecommerce demo with a "thank you" page, ask the candidate about what should be tracked from an ecommerce perspective and conversely, the challenge of tracking 3rd party ecommerce conversions (Paypal or others).
Human skills trump any technical ones.
be aware of problem solving skills – a good developer is a problem solver, someone who is creative enough to find solutions and not merely use Google to search canned answers, such as I highlighted in "Undermining our future as web analysts".
My take: should everyone be a coder?
I get the nerve when I hear non-technical people underestimating the true skills required to do proper analytics implementations. Too often, I see sites that have been tagged by people who lacked understanding of advanced implementation techniques, unknowingly putting the organization at risk of taking disastrous decisions based on bad data.


1The Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
3Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Irimia A., Goh S.Y.M., Torgerson C.M., Stein N.R., Chambers M.C., Vespa P.M., Van Horn J.D. Electroencephalographic Inverse Localization of Brain Activity in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury as a Guide to Surgery, Monitoring and Treatment. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Oct;115(10):2159-65. PMID: 24011495. PMCID: PMC3807758.
OBJECTIVE: To inverse-localize epileptiform cortical electrical activity recorded from severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients using electroencephalography (EEG). METHODS: Three acute TBI cases were imaged using computed tomography (CT) and multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Semi-automatic segmentation was performed to partition the complete TBI head into 25 distinct tissue types, including 6 tissue types accounting for pathology. Segmentations were employed to generate a finite element method model of the head, and EEG activity generators were modeled as dipolar currents distributed over the cortical surface. RESULTS: We demonstrate anatomically faithful localization of EEG generators responsible for epileptiform discharges in severe TBI. By accounting for injury-related tissue conductivity changes, our work offers the most realistic implementation currently available for the inverse estimation of cortical activity in TBI. CONCLUSION: Whereas standard localization techniques are available for electrical activity mapping in uninjured brains, they are rarely applied to acute TBI. Modern models of TBI-induced pathology can inform the localization of epileptogenic foci, improve surgical efficacy, contribute to the improvement of critical care monitoring and provide guidance for patient-tailored treatment. With approaches such as this, neurosurgeons and neurologists can study brain activity in acute TBI and obtain insights regarding injury effects upon brain metabolism and clinical outcome.


EveryWare AG has acquired a majority interest in Safe Swiss Cloud AG as part of a cooperation agreement. In the future, both companies will work very closely together to set new trends as innovation drivers in the Swiss cloud market. At the same time, however, they remain independent providers and will continue to operate under their respective names and brands.
The cooperation between EveryWare and Safe Swiss Cloud is designed to target customers looking for a more agile, dynamic and flexible IT. In the future, around 90 employees will work closely together, pool their expertise and technological know-how and make sustainable use of synergies.
With EveryWare and Safe Swiss Cloud, two major players in the Swiss cloud market, aim to increase the speed of innovation and develop the managed and self-service cloud markets. In particular, the areas of Container-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service and Security-as-a-Service will be expanded. The focus is on IT services with quality at internationally competitive prices that sustainably support companies and their IT to transition to agile and DevOps best practices.
Kurt Ris, CEO of EveryWare AG commented on the reasons for the cooperation: "The professional setup and operation of a cloud requires highly specialized and larger teams. Cloud platforms are only interesting when you reach a certain size, level of competence and specialization."
EveryWare and Safe Swiss Cloud both have a pronounced cloud and IT service DNA. Together, they operate nearly 1,500 physical hosts (servers), thousands of virtual servers and will accelerate cloud innovation in Europe.
EveryWare and Safe Swiss Cloud meet the highest security and compliance standards: FINMA Circular 2008/7 for bank IT outsourcing, ISO 27018, ISO 27001, ISAE 3000 Type 2 Report. In addition, EveryWare has recently been listed as a leader in the Cloud Transformation/Operation Services & XaaS segment in the ISG Provider Lens vendor comparison. EveryWare is in the top of the datacenter ranking list of the Telekom-Rating 2017 balance sheet.
EveryWare is the leading Swiss cloud and IT service provider with its own large-scale data centers and network infrastructure, serving over 3000 business customers. The company operates private cloud and managed IT services on highly scalable and georedundant platforms, to the highest standards of performance, availability and security. It combines 20 years of expertise in the design, development and operation of business-critical platforms with state-of-the-art cloud technologies.
More than 200 successfully completed major projects for companies, including banks and insurance companies, as well as 30 business partners underscore the competence of EveryWare. Its clients include Sanacare, Jobs. ch, Mirus Software and Credit Suisse.
Safe Swiss Cloud is a leading provider of European enterprise cloud infrastructure and managed services in privacy-sensitive business areas such as banking, insurance and health care. Safe Swiss Cloud is also specialized to serve the needs of software vendors and developers. Its agile services are optimized for DevOps processes and are implemented with the help of technologies such as Docker Containers and Openshift.
Banks, FinTech, MedTech, software companies and other companies entrust their mission-critical IT infrastructure to Safe Swiss Cloud.


From publishers Activison, Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is now available on Google Play for $5. In this game, you control a tiny ship of sorts, shooting various shapes that want to destroy you.
When you blow up a ship, they drop emerald green coins, and these coins are used to multiply your score and give you a better weapon. As you progress, the game gets increasingly difficult, with faster enemies, and even bosses.
While the gameplay is nice and notable, it's the graphics and usage of geometry that fans enjoy about this franchise of games. With dark backgrounds and bright ships, everything looks fantastic when being blown into smithereens.
The game will cost you $5 out of pocket, but there are zero ads and zero IAPs. If you like Geometry Wars, it's a must.


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Italeaf: TerniEnergia signed the closing of the sale of 10 photovoltaic plants for a total of 11 MW
PRESS RELEASE 14 SEPTEMBER 2018
Signed an agreement with Sonnedix San Giorgio for the transfer of the share capital of the SPV Sonnenergia Srl, which includes the sold assets
Consideration of the transaction of approximately Euro 5.7 million, Enterprise Value of approximately Euro 31.3 million
The transaction involves the assumption by the buyer of financial debts linked to the plants for approximately Euro 25.6 million
TerniEnergia, smart company listed on MTA of Borsa Italiana and part of the Italeaf Group, and Sonnedix San Giorgio, S.r.l, a company wholly owned by institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, following what was announced on March 16, 2018, has signed today the contract for the acquisition (closing) by Sonnedix San Giorgio of the SPV Sonnergia Srl, which includes the perimeter of the plants subject to the transaction. In particular, the transaction involves 10 photovoltaic plants in Italy with a total installed capacity of 11 MW, owned by the TerniEnergia Group.
The total consideration for the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of the SPV by Sonnedix San Giorgio is equal to approximately Euro 5.7 million. The payment, equal to approximately Euro 4.9 million, made at the time of the closing, was reduced by Euro 0.8 million, taking into account a mechanism for adjusting the price on the basis of the evolution of the Net Working Capital between 31 December 2016 and today. This figure may be subject to further adjustments, in relation to the checks that the parties have undertaken to complete in the next six months.
The transaction also involves the assumption by the Purchasers of financial debts related to the plants for approximately Euro 25.6 million. The Enterprise Value of the assets sold amounts to approximately Euro 31.3 million.
TerniEnergia and the Buyers were assisted by Orrick as legal advisors.
TERNIENERGIA (TER. MI), established in September 2005 and part of the Italeaf Group, is the first Italian global technological enabler, committed to bringing energy solutions and efficient recovery of integrated and sustainable resources to the world. Organized into two strategic business lines (Assets and Smart solutions and services), with about 300 employees and a geographical presence worldwide, with operative and commercial offices, TerniEnergia develops innovative solutions, products and services based on digital and industrial technologies for the energy supply chain, grids, smart mobility, industrial automation and the recovery of marginal resources.
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Rokytne (; ) ist eine Siedlung städtischen Typs und war bis 2020 Sitz einer Rajonsverwaltung in der Oblast Riwne in der Ukraine mit etwa 7000 Einwohnern. Der Zugbahnhof von Rokytne heißt Rokytne-Wolynske, unmittelbar im Norden an die städtische Siedlung Rokytne grenzt das Dorf Rokytne.

Geschichte
Die Siedlung städtischen Typs wurde in den 1880er Jahren im Zuge des Baus der heutigen Bahnstrecke Kowel–Kiew als Bahnhofssiedlung gegründet und ist ein lokales Zentrum in der Oblast Riwne.

Die Siedlung lag zunächst im Gouvernement Wolhynien im Russischen Reich und kam nach dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs im Jahre 1921 zu Polen. Bis 1922 hieß die Bahnhofssiedlung Ochotnikowo (russisch ) und wurde dann nach dem nördlich liegenden Dorf Rokitno (heute Rokytne) umbenannt. Auf Grund der wachsenden Bedeutung und der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Rokitnos wurde dem Ort 1927 das Stadtrecht verliehen, dieser wurde aber nach der Sowjetischen Besetzung Ostpolens im September 1939 wieder aberkannt und der nunmehr Rokitnoje genannte Ort 1940 zu einer Siedlung städtischen Typs degradiert, gleichzeitig wurde er Hauptstadt des Rajons Rokytne. Nachdem er von 1941 bis 1944 von Deutschland besetzt wurde kam der Ort nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges wieder zur Sowjetunion in die Ukrainische SSR und ist seit 1991 ein Teil der unabhängigen Ukraine. Vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg lebten ungefähr 3000 Juden in der Stadt, das war etwa ein Fünftel der Bevölkerung. Sie wurden mit den Juden aus dem Umland am 15. April 1942 in ein Ghetto gezwungen. Am 26. August 1942 kam es zu einer Massenflucht.

Verwaltungsgliederung
Am 12. Juni 2020 wurde die Siedlung zum Zentrum der neugegründeten Siedlungsgemeinde Rokytne (Рокитнівська селищна громада/Rokytniwska selyschtschna hromada). Zu dieser zählen auch die Siedlung städtischen Typs Tomaschhorod und die 23 in der untenstehenden Tabelle aufgelistetenen Dörfer, bis dahin bildete die Siedlung die gleichnamige Siedlungsgemeinde Rokytne (Рокитнівська селищна рада/Rokytniwska selyschtschna rada) im Zentrum des Rajons Rokytne.

Am 17. Juli 2020 wurde der Ort Teil des Rajons Sarny.

Folgende Orte sind neben dem Hauptort Rokytne Teil der Gemeinde:

Literatur
 Rokitno, in: Guy Miron (Hrsg.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5, S. 662

Weblinks

 Eintrag zum Ort in der Enzyklopädie der Geschichte der Städte und Dörfer der Ukrainischen SSR (ukrainisch)

Einzelnachweise

Ort in der Oblast Riwne
Rajon Sarny
Gegründet in den 1880er Jahren
Stadtrechtsverleihung 1927
Stadtrechtsaberkennung 1939
Ghetto

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Die Kieselalgen oder Diatomeen (Bacillariophyta) bilden ein Taxon von Photosynthese betreibenden Protisten (Protista) und werden in die Gruppe der Stramenopilen (Stramenopiles) eingeordnet.

Oft wird die Gruppe mit dem synonymen Namen Diatomea Dumortier bezeichnet, alternativ sind auch die synonymen Namen Fragilariophyceae, Diatomophyceae in Verwendung. Einige Autoren nennen die Kieselalgen Bacillariophyceae, sie ordnen sie also als Klasse in die dann als Phylum aufgefassten photosynthetischen Vertreter der Stramenopiles (Ochrophyta) ein, diese Auffassung wird etwa in den Datenbanken DiatomBase und WoRMS vertreten. Diese Verwendung ist allerdings missverständlich, da andere Taxonomen eine enger abgegrenzte Klasse Bacillariophyceae, als eine von drei Klassen innerhalb der Diatomeen aufführen. Bei Verwendung dieses Namens ist also die jeweilige Auffassung zu kontrollieren, da es sonst zu Missverständnissen kommt.

Man unterscheidet heute rund 6000 Arten. Es wird jedoch angenommen, dass insgesamt bis zu 100.000 Arten existieren. Eine Arbeitsstelle für Diatomeen-Forschung (mit umfangreicher Sammlung und Online-Katalog), begründet von Friedrich Hustedt, befindet sich im Alfred-Wegener-Institut.

Merkmale

Ihren deutschen Trivialnamen verdanken die Kieselalgen der Zellenhülle (Frustel), die überwiegend aus Siliziumdioxid (Summenformel: SiO2) besteht, dem Anhydrid der Kieselsäure (vereinfachte Summenformel: SiO2 · n H2O). Die Kieselsäure wird jedoch im deutschen Sprachraum oft fälschlich mit ihrem Anhydrid gleichgesetzt. Das Siliziumdioxid gewinnt der Organismus aus der Monokieselsäure Si(OH)4.

Die Frustel ist schachtelförmig und besteht aus zwei schalenförmigen Teilen unterschiedlicher Größe, von denen die eine ("Epitheka") mit ihrer Öffnung über die Öffnung der anderen ("Hypotheka") greift. Die Schalen sind in charakteristischen Mustern strukturiert. Aufgrund der Schalengeometrie werden zwei Typen von Kieselalgen unterschieden: Zentrische Kieselalgen (Centrales) haben zumeist runde, bisweilen auch dreieckige Schalen, während pennate Kieselalgen (Pennales) stab- oder schiffchenförmige, mitunter auch bogen- oder S-förmig gekrümmte Gehäuse ausbilden. Die Schalen werden mittels spezieller Peptide angelegt, die als Silaffine bezeichnet werden. Die Silaffine ermöglichen die Ausfällung des Siliziumdioxids in kleine globuläre Siliziumdioxidaggregate, den sogenannten "Nanospheren". Diese haben einen Durchmesser von 30 bis 50 nm und bilden in ihrer Gesamtheit die eigentlichen Schalen aus. Viele pennate Kieselalgen können auf einer festen Unterlage mit Hilfe einer Raphe kriechen. Die Geschwindigkeit beträgt bis zu 20 μm/s.

Kieselalgen sind einzellig und fast stets unbegeißelt. Nur bei einigen Arten besitzen die männlichen Gameten eine Geißel, eine nach vorn gerichtete Flimmergeißel. Die durch sekundäre Endosymbiose mit einer Rotalge entstandenen Plastiden sind braun gefärbt, da das Xanthophyll Fucoxanthin die Farbe der Chlorophylle (Chlorophyll a und c) überdeckt. Als Reservestoff dient Chrysolaminarin.

In der Regel sind Kieselalgen mikroskopisch klein. Zum Beispiel erreicht die Achnanthes eine Länge von 40 Mikrometer. Einige Arten können jedoch bis zu 2 Millimeter lang werden.

Vermehrung

Die Diatomeen sind diploid und vermehren sich hauptsächlich ungeschlechtlich durch Zellteilung. Die Tochterzellen erhalten jeweils einen Schalenteil und bilden den anderen Teil neu; hiervon leitet sich auch die Bezeichnung "Diatomee" (altgriechisch διατέμνειν (diatemnein) = spalten) ab. Der neue Schalenteil ist stets die kleinere Hypotheka, so dass im Generationenverlauf die Zellgröße fast aller Nachkommen fortlaufend schwindet, nur die Tochterzelllinie der Ausgangs-Epitheka behält die ursprüngliche maximale Größe bei. Wird eine Minimalgröße unterschritten, stirbt das Individuum. Bevor eine Minimalgröße erreicht wird, können jedoch Sexualvorgänge stattfinden. Aus den Zellen bilden sich durch Meiose haploide Gameten. Bei zentrischen Kieselalgen wurde Oogamie nachgewiesen: Die Gameten werden frei, nach Verschmelzen eines weiblichen mit einem männlichen Gameten bildet sich aus der Zygote unter Größenwachstum eine Dauerform, eine sogenannte Auxospore. Bei pennaten Kieselalgen wurde Konjugation beobachtet: Zwei Partner legen sich aneinander und bilden eine gemeinsame Cytoplasmabrücke ("Konjugationskanal"), in die jeweils ein haploider Kern und ein Chloroplast der beiden Partner einwandern. Aus der so gebildeten Zygote bildet sich eine Auxospore, in der die Kernverschmelzung (Karyogamie) stattfindet. Aus den Auxosporen der zentrischen und pennaten Kieselalgen wird jeweils eine größere neue Kieselalge mit einer neuen zweiteiligen Schale gebildet.

Vorkommen
Kieselalgen kommen hauptsächlich im Meer und in Süßgewässern planktisch oder benthisch vor, oder sie sind auf Steinen oder Wasserpflanzen (Epiphyten) angesiedelt. Manche Arten brauchen reines und kaum verschmutztes Wasser und sind aus diesem Grunde auch Zeigerorganismen für unbelastete Gewässer. Andere Arten wiederum, die im engl. auch als agricultural guild bezeichnet werden, sind typisch für Gewässer, die durch landwirtschaftliche Einträge, bspw. durch Überdüngung, besonders belastet sind. Zu diesen werden u. a. Navicula radiosa, Melosira varians, Nitzschia palea, Diatoma vulgare oder Amphora perpusilla gezählt. Auch terrestrische Arten finden sich unter den Diatomeen; diese besiedeln Böden, in tropischen Gebieten auch Blätter von Bäumen.

Systematik

Die Kieselalgen wurden traditionell in die radiärsymmetrischen Centrales und die bilateralsymmetrischen Pennales gegliedert. Die Centrales sind jedoch paraphyletisch, eine stabile Systematik auf molekulargenetischer Grundlage hat sich noch nicht etabliert. Nach der taxonomischen Datenbank Diatombase existiert derzeit keine allgemein akzeptierte Gliederung der Kieselalgen in Subtaxa.

Eine weit verbreitete, aber nicht von allen Taxonomen anerkannte Gliederung könnte so aussehen, die höhere Gliederung wurde in vergleichbarer Form in die weithin verwendete Klassifikation der Eukaryoten durch Sina Adl und Kollegen übernommen.

 Unterabteilung Coscinodiscophytina
 Klasse Coscinodiscophyceae
 Ordnung Asterolamprales
 Ordnung Arachnoidiscales
 Ordnung Aulacoseirales
 Gattung Aulacoseira
 Ordnung Chrysanthemodiscales
 Ordnung Corethrales
 Ordnung Coscinodiscales
 Ordnung Ethmodiscales
 Ordnung Melosirales
 Gattung Melosira
 Ordnung Orthoseirales
 Ordnung Rhizosoleniales
 Gattung Rhizosolenia
 Ordnung Stictocyclales
 Ordnung Stictodiscales
 Ordnung Leptocylindrales
 Unterabteilung Bacillariophytina
 Klasse Mediophyceae
 Ordnung Anaulales
 Ordnung Biddulphiales
 Ordnung Chaetocerotales
 Gattung Chaetoceros
 Ordnung Cymatosirales
 Ordnung Eupodiscales (Tricertiales)
 Gattung Pleurosira
 Ordnung Hemiaulales
 Ordnung Lithodesmiales
 Ordnung Thalassiosirales
 Gattung Cyclotella
 Ordnung Toxariales
 Klasse Bacillariophyceae (entspricht weitgehend den früheren Pennales)
 Ordnung Raphoneidales
 Ordnung Rhabdonematales
 Ordnung Cocconeidales
 Gattung Algenläuse (Cocconeis)
 Ordnung Fragilariales (vermutlich paraphyletisch)
 Gattung Asterionella
 Gattung Diatoma
 Gattung Fragilaria
 Gattung Meridion
 Gattung Synedra
 Ordnung Tabellariales
 Gattung Tabellaria
 Ordnung Licmophorales
 Ordnung Thalassionematales
 Ordnung Eunotiales
 Gattung Eunotia
 Ordnung Lyrellales
 Ordnung Mastogloiales
 Ordnung Dictyoneidales
 Ordnung Cymbellales
 Gattung Cymbella
 Gattung Didymosphenia (u. a. Didymosphenia geminata)
 Gattung Gomphonema
 Gattung Rhoicosphenia
 Ordnung Achnanthales
 Gattung Achnanthes
 Ordnung Naviculales
 Gattung Diploneis
 Gattung Gyrosigma
 Gattung Navicula
 Gattung Pinnularia
 Gattung Stauroneis
 Ordnung Thalassiophysales
 Gattung Amphora
 Ordnung Bacillariales
 Gattung Bacillaria
 Gattung Nitzschia
 Ordnung Rhopalodiales
 Gattung Epithemia
 Ordnung Surirellales
 Gattung Cymatopleura
 Gattung Surirella

Bedeutung

Die Kieselalgen sind Hauptbestandteil des Meeresphytoplanktons und sind die Haupt-Primärproduzenten organischer Stoffe, bilden also einen wesentlichen Teil der Basis der Nahrungspyramide. Als Sauerstoff produzierende (oxygene) Phototrophe erzeugen sie auch einen großen Teil des Sauerstoffs in der Erdatmosphäre.

Aus der relativen Arten-Zusammensetzung der Kieselalgenpopulation eines Gewässers kann recht exakt dessen Trophiegrad abgeleitet werden (Diatomeenindex), sowie weitere Gewässerparameter wie pH-Wert, Salinität, Saprobie etc. Diese Verfahren können auch auf Sedimente oder auf Öllagerstätten angewandt werden und geben dann Aufschluss über die ehemals herrschenden Lebensbedingungen.

Zur Identifizierung der Arten wird eine Aufwuchsprobe mit Kieselalgen mit Schwefelsäure, Wasserstoffperoxid, Kaliumdichromat oder einem anderen Oxidationsmittel behandelt und so werden alle organischen Bestandteile der Probe aufgelöst. Es bleiben nur noch die reinen Siliziumdioxid-Schalen übrig. Diese werden in einem Einschlussmedium mit hohem optischem Brechungsindex (z. B. Naphrax™) eingebettet und lichtmikroskopisch mit dem Phasenkontrast-Verfahren bei ca. 1000-facher Vergrößerung identifiziert.

Sterben die Zellen, sinken sie auf den Grund des Gewässers ab, die organischen Bestandteile werden abgebaut und die Siliziumdioxid-Schalen bilden eine Ablagerung, die sogenannte Kieselgur (Diatomeenerde). Dieser Prozess ist, insbesondere im Marinen, erst unterhalb der CCD (Calcit-Kompensationstiefe) effizient genug, um große Vorkommen zu bilden. Die entstehende Kieselgur wird in Technik und Medizin angewendet. Diatomeenschalen finden unter anderem Verwendung als Filter, zur Herstellung von Dynamit, in Zahnpasta als Putzkörper, als giftfreies Insektenbekämpfungsmittel in Form von Ungezieferpuder, sowie als reflektierendes Material in der Farbe, die für Fahrbahnmarkierungen im Straßenbau verwendet wird. Außerdem finden Kieselalgen in der forensischen Medizin Verwendung (Diatomeennachweis). Ihre Aussagekraft für den Nachweis eines Ertrinkungstodes wird jedoch kontrovers diskutiert.

Insbesondere im 19. Jahrhundert dienten Diatomeen zur Anfertigung ästhetischer mikroskopischer Präparate, deren gemeinsame Betrachtung in Salons ein beliebter Zeitvertreib in höheren gesellschaftlichen Kreisen war. Zur höchsten Perfektion in der handwerklich extrem schwierigen Anfertigung solcher Präparate hat es Johann Diedrich Möller aus Wedel bei Hamburg gebracht.

Marine Diatomeen können zu Vergiftungen bei Mensch und Tier führen, da einige Arten, insbesondere Pseudo-nitzschia, Nitzschia oder Amphora Domoinsäure produzieren. In filtirierende Meerwasser-Organismen, wie z. B. Muscheln, oder in sich von diesen Tieren ernährende Arten, wie z. B. Fischen, können sich diese Diatomeen akkumulieren. Kommt es zum Verzehr solcher mit Domoinsäure angereicherten Organismen durch den Menschen, treten Vergiftungserscheinungen auf, die als Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) bezeichnet werden. Als Symptome treten insbesondere Gedächtnisverlust, Übelkeit, Krämpfe, Durchfall, Kopfschmerz und Atembeschwerden auf.

Literatur

 Friedrich Hustedt: Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae). 2. Auflage. Fischer, Jena 1930.
 Friedrich Hustedt: Kieselalgen (Diatomeen). 3. Auflage. Franckh, Stuttgart 1965.
 Kurt Krammer: Kieselalgen. Franck, Stuttgart 1986.
 Kurt Krammer, Horst Lange-Bertalot: Bacillariophyceae in Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa 1986–2000. Fischer, Stuttgart und Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg.
 Band 1: Naviculaceae. 1986.
 Band 2: Bacillariaceae, Epithemiaceae, Surirellaceae. 1988.
 Band 3: Centrales, Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae. 1991.
 Band 4: Achnanthaceae. 1991.
 Band 5: English and French translations and additions. 2000.

 Diatoms of Europe : diatoms of the European inland waters and comparable habitats. Gantner, Rugell.
 Band 1: Kurt Krammer: The genus Pinnularia. 2000.
 Band 2: Horst Lange-Bertalot: Navicula sensu stricto. 2001.
 Band 3: Kurt Krammer: The genus Cymbella. 2002.
 Band 4: Kurt Krammer: The genera Cymbopleura, Delicata, Navicymbula, Gomphocymbellopsis and Afrocymbella. 2003.

 F. E. Ross, R. M. Crawford, D. G. Mann: The Diatom. Biology and Morphology of The genera. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1990.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Dunkelatmung mit Nitrat
 Harnstoff als Anabolikum für Kieselalgen
 Videos zu  Kieselalgen, herausgegeben vom Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film. Bereitgestellt im AV-Portal der Technischen Informationsbibliothek

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