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Archive+
Domiňáková, Michaela ; Ponešová, Barbora (referee) ; Kristek, Jan (advisor)
The design theme is not just the archive as a repository of past, but primarily center of architecture as a platform for sharing ideas and shifting boarders in architecture. This makes an institution with overlapping contradictory programs at different levels. It is both closed and open. These two counterparts are solved in spatial and material „spiral“. On the one hand, there is the notion of absolute closeness that of archive, on the other there is also the idea of the maximum openness of public space. Closeness and openness are transcribed in mass, materiality as well as programmatic solutions of space. The aim is to modulate the degree of social interaction in each of the spaces according to its function.
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Transparent ceramic materials
Krupa, Filip ; Drdlík, Daniel (referee) ; Maca, Karel (advisor)
This Bachelor thesis deals with processing of transparent cubic ZrO2 ceramic doped by 8 mol% Y2O3. Technology used in this Bachelor thesis are uniaxial pressing, cold isosatic pressing, SPS and hot isostatic pressing. Microstructure, real in-line transparency and hardness were evaluated for sintered transparent materials.
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Sprayable elastic biopolymer hydrogels for wound healing
Waclawiková, Petra ; Nedomová, Eva (referee) ; Vojtová, Lucy (advisor)
Cíle prezentované bakalářské práce jsou zamšřeny na přípravu a charakteristiku sprejovatelných hydrogelů z vhodných netoxických látek, za účelem vyvinutí gelů aplikovatelných pro řízené hojení ran. Teoretická část se zabývá obecnými vlastnostmi hydrogelů, způsoby jejich síťování, a uvádí vybrané přírodní a syntetické materiály používané pro přípravu hydrogelů. Obsahuje také krátký přehled již připravených sprejovatelných hydrogelů, které ale zatím nejsou komerčně využívány. Experimentální část popisuje výběr a použití lehce dostupných netoxických materiálů a měření chemicko-fyzikálních vlastností z nich připravených gelů. Jako strukturní polymery byly zvoleny gum Karaya, poly(vinyl alcohol) a alginát sodný společně s různými fyzikálními síťovadly a aditivy. Polymery včetně aditiv byly podrobeny zkouškám rozpustnosti, a v určitých poměrech byly smíchány a následně síťovány za tvorby přednostně transparentních hydrogelů. Poté byly vyhodnoceny jejich optické a reologické vlastnosti. Z měření optických vlastností vyplývá, že gum Karaya ovlivňuje růst jak žlutosti, tak i transparentnosti připravených hydrogelů. Reologické měření prokázalo že vyšší obsah polysacharidu gum Karaya snižuje mechanickou odolnost připravených hydrogelů. Tuhost hydrogelů byla ovlivněna jak nízkou tak i vysokou koncentrací síťovadla, kde optimální množství vykázalo nejlepší výsledky. Správný poměr a dávkování použitých látek jsou tedy hlavními parametry pro získání nejvhodnějších vlastností hydrogelů pro sprejovatelné obvazy na hojení ran.
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Twenty Eighty-Four
Truncová, Eva ; Sotelo, MArch Verónica Gallego (referee) ; Kristek, Jan (advisor)
The project follows up on the undergraduate work on the issue of control and surveillance in public space. Tendencies of absolute transparency, well-arranged and controllable public premises, supposedly implying security, are present in most of the newly emerging complexes of buildings and urban planning strategies. Whether it is done consciously or as a result of current “trends” and requirements, which only a few question, the space is built to meet these demands for easy controllability. The second method of control, which has also emerged during the era of modernism, is the control of the indoor climate through "mechanical environmental management" or through the use of fossil fuel energy for heating, cooling and ventilation. Current requirements for the comfort of the indoor environment presuppose a constantly, fully and homogeneously tempered environment, regardless of the outdoor climate or the time of year. Both control regimes permeate all measures of the urban environment and have a direct impact on its organization, form and, above all, on the regimes of its usage. Developers and their commissioned architects repeat well-proven business models and forms, without any major focus on the context of the place, and incorporate this "logic of control" into their buildings and surroundings. Housing complexes are planned and built up as one unit with a rigid structure and only a minimal possibility of their later alteration. The domain of control through transparency penetrates from the public space to the entrance door of the apartment unit. Indoor, social control changes to total control of the interior climate of the apartment, where the boundaries between seasons and day and night are blurred. The proposal is investigating alternative ways of urban planning and architecture. The project deals with the relationship between building, its surroundings and applicable regulations, standards and energy efficiency, along with the idea of adaptive living.
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Realistic Visualisation of Alcoholic Beverages
Bartl, Vojtěch ; Kučiš, Michal (referee) ; Polok, Lukáš (advisor)
The object of thesis was to make a simple program for visualisation of alcoholic beverages. There was used a global illumination method raytracing, which serve the purpose to visualize 3D scene in photorealistic quality. The rays sent to the scene reflects and refracts on the interfaces and getting information about color of materials. Finally the ray determine the color of pixel. It's a very complicated process where it is necessary to solve passing rays through different interfaces.
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Socio-cultural centre with townhall for the district Brno-Kohoutovice
Valošková, Tereza ; Pechman, Tomáš (referee) ; Sochor, Jan (advisor)
From a theoretical perspective, concept of City Hall building is built on three values: openness, transparency and community support. I understand these values at two perspektive: literally, as access to buildings not only in the opening hours of the town hall, and figuratively, as openness to other than bureaucratic functions. Town Hall should also promote cohesion and dynamism of the local community. Not just a casual setting where people spend just a neccesary time, but a space where people will want to delay a meeting. The value of transparency in my political and social environment is essential. Town Hall can, and should, give citizens view into the working space officials, as well they should not be cut off from events in the city. Flow of information to and perceptions can be beneficial for both sides.
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Accountability of international NGOs
Staša, Michal ; Skovajsa, Marek (advisor) ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (referee)
Diploma thesis concerns two current issues filling scholarly magazines in recent years. The first one is a discourse about the global civil society, its existence, definition and scope. Thesis maps the basic approaches and creates three groups of authors: globalists, skeptics and empiricists. The second issue is about the need of better accountability which arises after few scandals of global institutions in the early years of new century. The scandals didn't avoid the international non-governmental organizations. The diploma thesis summarizes few types of typologies of accountability and introduces the basic areas divided into the two groups: moral and political accountability and procedural and internal accountability. The research part of thesis comprises the accountability assessment of three branches of international non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Hnutí DUHA - The Friends of the Earth. The goal was to find the appropriate methodology for assessing the national branches and verify it. The main result is the modification of an existing methodology of One World Trust organization and the finding that the organizations have the low rate of accountability.
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Anonymous Private Party Funding in Denmark: How do journalists cover this issue?
Merved, August Kaae ; Shavit, Anna (advisor) ; Turková, Kateřina (referee)
This thesis intends to examine the amount- and reasons for the news coverage related to the controversial party funding system in Denmark. This is achieved through comparisons of other political cases during the Danish 2022 and 2019 elections in a quantitative media analysis. The results are then analyzed and discussed using the data from eight interviewed Danish journalists working on some of the seven most prominent Danish media outlets. These qualitative interview data provide insights into reasons, motives, and causes for the fluctuation and difference in the coverage between the other observed and analyzed political cases in the past two elections. The findings show that the journalists deem party funding a complex and technical subject, but still, a subject deemed important to cover by journalists. However, in a fast-paced news agenda, the non-transparent party funding is covered less in comparison with news topics or cases during elections that are more emotionally charged and personalized, or topics that can provide a more direct influence on society, according to the qualitative data - as opposed to the more complex cases of political funding.
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inprogress.type
Zábojník, Ondřej ; Hojgr, Jakub (referee) ; Kubíková, Zuzana (advisor)
Typography as a discipline is nowadays mostly considered as authorial, and in common practice we usually encounter an approach where the authors of fonts carefully guard and hide their know-how and do not share workflows/"unfinished" files. This creates a kind of mysterious and impenetrable membrane around the whole field, in which there is distrust of others and a pervasive fear of loosing one's own "originality". All of this is done to favour their position on the market and to accumulate financial and social capital. The bachelor's thesis presents various problems pervading typographic practice, draws conclusions on how these problems can be combated, and "humbly" invites typographers to collaborate, be community-minded, share knowledge and ideas, and presents the limits/negatives of existing alternatives. This brings to light the author's motivations for creating the inprogress.type platform and how this tool can help to re-set existing paradigms. Inprogress.type is a platform/online tool for sharing, collectively designing and/or incrementally re-designing open-source fonts, visualizing and archiving the whole process, breaking the boundaries between author, designer and end-user, and creating a digital environment helpful for self-education of students and laics. This tool is based on the lack of alternatives in the online space.
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Data mining and aspects of private law
Procházka, Lukáš ; Kučera, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Zvára, Michael (referee)
Data mining and aspects of private law Abstract Data is the new oil. As oil can be transformed into valuable products data can be transformed into information about our customers, competitors, contractual partners or audience. No matter whether online advertisements, recommender systems, internet search engines, so- called personalisation is ever-present. As of now, neither private nor public law provides throughout regulation of data and its exploitation. Some might say that words, data and information are interchangeable. This applies particularly to older regulations of the European Union such as GDPR. However, data and information are two very distinct yet connected terms. Besides that, in the first chapter we elaborate on the concept of data mining, its methods and utilization. In the second chapter we point out relevant regulation within private law, including regulation of the European Union and its pursuit of fairness in access and use of data. Furthermore, we evaluate suitability and sufficiency of the current state of regulation and suggest changes and amendments. We focus on personal data, intellectual property rights and anti-competitive practices. Some might argue that as of now there are no sufficient provisions ensuring transparent use of data. In the third chapter we evaluate whether current...
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