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Modern methods of control of heating systems
Machala, Martin ; Weismanová, Júlia (referee) ; Štětina, Josef (advisor)
The aims of the thesis are modern methods of control of heating systems. Basic principles of regulations are explained and methods of control of heating sources and exchangers are explored. Heating system of family building is projected with two types of control – equithermal regulation with thermostatic heads and individual room control (IRC). Both variants are simulated in program TRNSYS 16.1. From the results are concluded advantages and disadvantages of examined systems of control.
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Toxic responses in human lung epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) exposed to particulate matter exhaust emissions from gasoline and biogasoline
Závodná, Táňa ; Líbalová, Helena ; Vrbová, Kristýna ; Sikorová, Jitka ; Vojtíšek-Lom, M. ; Beránek, V. ; Pechout, M. ; Kléma, J. ; Cigánek, M. ; Machala, M. ; Neča, J. ; Rössner ml., Pavel ; Topinka, Jan
Motor vehicle emissions substantially contribute to air pollution worldwide and cause serious health problems. While the deleterious effects of diesel exhaust particulate matter (PM) have been widely studied, much less attention is paid to toxicity of PM emitted by gasoline engines although they also produce considerable amount of PM. The primary objective of this research was to assess toxic potencies of exhaust PM released by conventional gasoline engine fueled with neat gasoline (EU) or gasoline-ethanol blend (15% ethanol, v/v, E15). Despite a similar particle mass (mu g PM/kg fuel) produced by both fuels, PM emitted by E15 contained higher amount of harmful polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) as suggested by chemical analysis. To examine the toxicity of organic PM constituents, human lung BEAS-2B cells were exposed for 4h and 24h to a subtoxic dose of E0 and E15 PM organic extracts. We used genome scale transcriptomic analysis to characterize the toxic response and to identify modulated biological process and pathways. Whereas 4h exposure to both PM extracts resulted in modulation of similar genes and pathways related to lipid and steroid metabolism, activation of PPAR alpha, oxidative stress and immune response, 24h exposure was more specific for each extract, although both induced expression of PAH-metabolic enzymes, modulated metabolism of lipids or activated PPAR alpha, E15 additionally deregulated variety of other pathways. Overall, the PM mass produced by both fuels was similar, however, higher PAH content in E15 PM organic extract may have contributed to more extensive toxic response particularly after 24h exposure in BEAS-2B cells.
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Factors Affecting Metabolism of Anthelmintics
Forstová, Veronika ; Skálová, Lenka (advisor) ; Machala, Miroslav (referee) ; Chládek, Jaroslav (referee)
Nowadays, anthelmintic therapy is the main method in the fight with parasitic worms. Anthelmintics, as well as other xenobiotics, undergo structural changes by effect of biotransformation enzymes, when lipophilic substances are transformed to polar substances more easily eliminable from the organism. Generally, biological effects of metabolites and parent compound are different. Activity of biotransformation enzymes is thus the fundamental factor influencing velocity of detoxification and elimination of the compound from the body and duration of drug effect as well. Modulation of biotransformation enzymes' activities can lead to changes in pharmacokinetic parameters of drug itself as well as other xenobiotics and thus to the risk of decrease in desired effect and/or increase in adverse effects with corresponding impact on the quality of drug therapy. In addition, possible risk of drug residues' presence in animal products has to be considered in farm animals. Biotransformation of xenobiotics is affected by many physiological as well as pathological factors. These factors can be divided into inter-individual (species, gender, genetic polymorphism) and intra-individual (age, diet, medication, disease, etc.). All these factors cause wide variability in occurrence and activity of biotransformation...
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Oxidative damage by organic extracts from urban air particulate matter
Hanzalová, Kateřina ; Rössner, Pavel (advisor) ; Machala, Miroslav (referee)
The aim of this master thesis was to investigate the ability of selected individual carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (c-PAHs: benzo[a]pyrene, B[a]P; dibenzo[a,l]pyrene, DB[a,l]P), an artificial mixture of c-PAHs (c-PAH mix) and extractable organic matter (EOM) from urban air particulate matter (PM) to induce oxidative damage in vitro. Two cell lines (human hepatoma cells, HepG2, and human diploid lung fibroblasts, HEL) were treated for 24 h and 48 h with various concentrations of compounds or mixtures. The studied oxidative stress markers included 8-oxodeoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) as a marker of oxidative DNA damage, 15-F2t-isoprostane (15-F2t-IsoP) as a marker of lipid peroxidation and protein carbonyl groups as a marker of oxidative damage to proteins. The response of the cell lines to the tested compounds and mixtures differed substantially. In summary the results demonstrate the ability of EOM to induce oxidative damage to DNA and lipids after 24 h of treatment and to proteins after 48 h, in HepG2 cells. The effect of c-PAHs was substantially less. The induction of oxidative damage by c- PAHs and EOM in HEL cells was weak. Since c-PAHs had lower ability to cause oxidative damage that was limited only to longer incubation periods, it is probable that other components of EOM are responsible for...
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The metabolism of anthelmintics for helminth
Cvilink, Viktor ; Skálová, Lenka (advisor) ; Holčapek, Michal (referee) ; Machala, Miroslav (referee)
Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biochemical Sciences Candidate: Mgr. Viktor Cvilink Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Lenka Skálová, Ph.D. Title of Doctoral Thesis: METABOLISM OF ANTHELMINTICS IN HELMINTHS Anthelminthic drugs are presently the principal method for the control of helminth diseases. Knowledge of detoxification mechanisms that helminths possess is important for understanding the processes that affect the drug concentration within a helminth organism and may be crucial in the treatment efficacy. When the drug concentration in a target organism does not reach the therapeutic level, it results in a decreased efficacy of pharmacotherapy which may further lead to the induction of helminth biotransformation enzymes and eventually issue in resistance development to the administered drug. Present knowledge of helminth biotransformation enzymes is insufficient. Often it is not known whether a given individual helminth species possesses such enzymes or whether it is capable of employing them in treatment evasion. In the presented thesis, the objective was to investigate the biotransformation pathways of selected anthelminthics in model helminth species, identify the formed metabolites and characterize biotransformation enzymes of the studied parasites. Our...
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Regulation of Human Carbonyl Reductase 3 (CBR3) Expression
Malátková, Petra ; Wsól, Vladimír (advisor) ; Pávek, Petr (referee) ; Machala, Miroslav (referee)
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biochemical Sciences Candidate Mgr. Petra Malátková Supervisor Prof. Ing. Vladimír Wsól, Ph.D. Title of Doctoral Thesis Regulation of Human Carbonyl Reductase 3 (CBR3) Expression The regulation of human carbonyl reductase 3 (CBR3) expression has been complete mystery until recently and is still not well understood. Because the transcriptional regulation of a gene is closely related to the function of encoded protein, the elucidation of the regulation of CBR3 might help to understand its physiological role which has not been elucidated up to the present. The promoter of CBR3 has been described in 2009. The CBR3 promoter contains several putative binding sites for various transcription factors. In 2010, we have shown that CBR3 is regulated via the Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway. This was the first study about the transcriptional regulation of CBR3. The involvement of Nrf2 in the regulation of CBR3 has been recently confirmed by another research group. The functional antioxidant response element (ARE) is located at 2698 bp upstream of the translation initiation codon of CBR3 (−2698ARE). However, the analysis of CBR3 promoter encompassing 2500 bp indicated the presence of cis regulatory upstream element in sequence between...
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METABOLISM AND EFFECTS OF NEW ANTHELMINTIC DRUG IN HELMINTHS AND ITS HOSTS
Stuchlíková, Lucie ; Skálová, Lenka (advisor) ; Kučera, Radim (referee) ; Machala, Miroslav (referee)
Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biochemical Sciences Candidate Mgr. Lucie STUCHLÍKOVÁ Supervisor prof. RNDr. Lenka SKÁLOVÁ, Ph.D. Title of Doctoral Thesis METABOLISM AND EFFECTS OF NEW ANTHELMINTIC DRUG IN HELMINTHS AND ITS HOSTS Diseases caused by helminths, called helminthoses, are one of the most serious problems in veterinary and human medicine. These diseases are treated by anthelmintics but their effectiveness is often not sufficient due to resistance of helminths against common anthelmintics. The global anthelmintic resistance encouraged the developing of new drugs with a different mode of action. Monepantel (MOP) belongs to a new class of anthelmintic drugs known as amino- acetonitrile derivatives (AADs) that act on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. In 2011, MOP was approved for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases caused by nematodes in the veterinary practice in the Czech Republic. It is produced commercially under the trade name Zolvix® (Novartis AG). The aim of this doctoral thesis was to study metabolism and effects of MOP and other AADs in order to contribute to the global research in this field. For this purpose, adults nematodes Haemonchus contortus (the sensitive strain ISE and the resistant strain WR) and its hosts Ovis...
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Design of Application for Assessing the Height of Trees in Forest Stands Based on Images from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Machala, Martin
Various remote sensing methods are being utilized to assess fundamental properties of forest stands, such as the height of trees, already for decades. Nevertheless, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the combination with Structure from Motion software for these purposes, experiences its boom right now and thus not many pertinent studies exist yet. Such system producing image-based point clouds was utilized in this work to gain the canopy elevation data. To identify individual trees and to extract their height from these remote sensing data, a unique software tool called 'UAV Forest Explorer' was developed. Twenty forest study plots was established to acquire the field measurements ground truth data about almost 1 500 trees to thoroughly test the tool and calculate demanded statistics. The research proved, that the tool is fully applicable on all types of forest stands.
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Design of production control for LEAN manufacturing
Machala, Miroslav ; Knoflíček, Radek (referee) ; Hromková, Ivana (advisor)
This bachelor theses deals with theoretical principles of lean manufacturing, consequently about its successful implementation into two real companies and their mutual comparison. At the beginning of these thesis the publication research is done as well as history summary, method descriptions, foreign applications and comparison of selected approaches. In the sec-ond part of the work the implementation into two Brno real companies is described. Both companies use chip forming cutting process but they have different type of production and batch size. It is designed innovative shop floor layout, innovated processes and new proce-dures in order to increase efficiency of each company.
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