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Development of electroanalytical methods for detection of cholesterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol and cholecalciferol
Benešová, Lenka ; Schwarzová, Karolina (advisor) ; Navrátil, Tomáš (referee) ; Šelešovská, Renáta (referee)
Steroidival substances are an integral part of the human organism, such as bile acids, steroid hormones, vitamins. The most important sterol in whole organism is cholesterol, which is cornerstone of the all cell membranes. It is involved in important processes in the body, but its storage in blood vessels in the formo f low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is crucial of reason serious health diseases as atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and others. 7-dehydrocholesterol is a precursor of cholesterol and another sterol compound studied by me, cholekalciferol, also known as a vitamin D3. Deficiency of 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase is the main indicatior of the possible genesis of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. One of the goals of this thesis was developed a suitable electrochemical method to facilitate the diagnosis of this syndrome from plasma and amniotic fluid in the prenatal and postnatal phases of pregnancy. Within the framework of this thesis were developer electrochemical methods in a batch and flow arrangement for detection of the above-mentioned sterols, namely cholesterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol and cholekalciferol. It was wokered in the medium contain perchloric acid or its salt sodium perchlorate in acetonitrile as supporting electrolyte. It was worked in the wide range of working disc...
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Mercury dynamics in soil systems: A comprehensive study on natural and anthropogenic sources using elemental and isotopic analysis
Domingues Vieira, Alda Maria ; Vaňková, Maria (advisor) ; Navrátil, Tomáš (referee) ; Doušová, Barbora (referee)
Human activities (in)directly affects the biogeochemical cycle of mercury (Hg) in the environment. However, many aspects of Hg behaviour remain poorly understood. In this thesis, three different case studies addressed two main themes: i) the influence of climate change on Hg re-emissions from fire-affected soils and ii) the fate and behaviour of Hg in soils contaminated by non-ferrous ore mining and smelting. The first study investigated total Hg concentrations in uncontaminated soil profiles and Hg pools in organic horizons to estimate the fire-induced Hg emissions from the soil during a wildfire in Portugal. Fire-undisturbed soil profiles displayed higher Hg concentrations (156 μg kg-1) in the organic horizons, decreasing with depth in the mineral horizons. The Hg pool in these organic horizons was estimated at 10.6 g ha- 1. We calculated the wildfire released up to 133 g of Hg from the forest floor within the 12.5 ha burned area, emphasising its dual role in Hg (im)mobilisation in a region increasingly affected by extreme fire-prone weather events. In the second study, Hg stable isotope ratios and solid phase speciation data were determined in soil profiles contaminated by historical Hg-Fe mining and smelting in Czechia (Jedová Hora). The total Hg soil concentration reached up to 17.8 mg kg-1....
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Applications of Machine Learning in Predictive Maintenance of Industry 4.0
Navrátil, Tadeáš ; Richter, Miloslav (referee) ; Horák, Karel (advisor)
The thesis develops machine learning algorithms for use in the Industry 4.0 concept. The main focus is on predictive maintenance and visual inspection. In the theoretical part, the thesis focuses on a literature search of machine learning methods in the field of anomaly detection in time series and image data. The practical part deals with the reimplementation of the selected methods and their evaluation using the confusion matrix and metrics based on it
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Elimination Voltammetry with Linear Scan: Advantages and Disadvantages
Navrátil, Tomáš ; Trnková, L. ; Hrdlička, Vojtěch ; Li, X.
Elimination voltammetry with linear scan (EVLS) represents an almost traditional\nmathematical method that helps to obtain additional and detailed information about the recorded\nelectrochemical signals and therefore, to better understand the analyzed systems. Although it\nhas been substantially developed and expanded during its existence of more than a quarter of a\ncentury and has found many areas of application, like any other mathematical and experimental\nmethod, it exhibits several advantages and disadvantages. In this contribution, we summarize\nits strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, as well as threats.\n
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Analytical Derivatization for Identification of Electrochemical Oxidation Products of Fentanyls
Barták, P. ; Skopalová, J. ; Jerga, R. ; Štolbová, D. ; Navrátil, Tomáš ; Langmaier, Jan
Analytical derivatization and GC-MS analysis were employed for the identification of main\nproducts from the electrochemical oxidation of fentanyl derivatives. Chemical derivatization\nprovides proof of the chemical reactivity of functional groups in oxidation products and serves\nfor the chemical conversion of target compounds into the second series of derivatives to confirm\nthe identification of particular products. Using the direct GC-MS analysis of oxidation products,\nderivatization of aldehydes with cysteamine and derivatization of amides by acidic hydrolysis\nand subsequent reaction with ethylchloroformiate, phenylacetaldehyde, and Nphenylpropanamide\nwere unambigously identified as oxidation products from fentanyl,\nthiophen-2-ylacetaldehyde, and N-phenylpropanamide from sufentanil, and\nphenylacetaldehyde and 2-furanilid from furanylfentanyl.
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