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Blindness and Obsession: Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Laughter in the Dark
Rychnovská, Tereza ; Quinn, Justin (advisor) ; Procházka, Martin (referee)
Many books and essays have been written on the works of Vladimir Nabokov, of which my bibliography contains only a tiny fragment. Yet, most of the studies make comparisons within either Nabokov's Russian works or his American works, while the comparison of the two novels I have chosen, Lolita and Laughter in the Dark, is very rare. Most novels by Vladimir Nabokov display the themes of obsession, blindness, manipulation, freedom, and morality. Most of them also are about games, including language games, and the love of language in general. Nabokov switched from writing in Russian to English and experienced a great deal of pain in relinquishing his native tongue, becoming a phantom in his own prose, as if, he said, he had created the person who wrote in English but was not himself doing the writing. 1 Bearing this in mind, it is also important to state that he had translated two of his Russian novels into English (Laughter in the Dark and Despair) . This split in Nabokov's life into two periods is also why it was of great relevance to me that I should compare two of his novels that were written at different times, in different languages, and with different backgrounds. It might seem more natural to compare two novels originally written in Russian that have quite similar plots and characters, Laughter in the...
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Mixed-use building in Brno
Koždoň, Jakub ; Procházka, Martin (referee) ; Sobotka, Jindřich (advisor)
The subject of this diploma thesis is a newly built mixed-use building in Brno. It is a four-storey building without cellar. The building is located on a corner plot in an urban part of Brno - Židenice. In the 1st floor there are three business units. On the other floors are a total of 11 apartments. One apartment is located in the courtyard. It is designed for people with limited mobility. The vertical structures are of the ceramic blocks Porotherm. Ceiling structures and staircases are cast-in-place reinforced concrete. The building is insulated with contact insulation system ETICS. The roof is warm flat. The project was processed by computer software AutoCAD 15.
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Meatpacking plant
Majtán, Marián ; Procházka, Martin (referee) ; Sobotka, Jindřich (advisor)
The diploma thesis is focused on project documentation of Meat packing plant. Along with meat processing the documentation solve question of accomodation for employees. Building consists of two main sections: The processing – it is structured under requierements of meat packing industry. Second one is residential part set in 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor. Main inspiration for design are meat packing plants in Scandinavian countries, where is often need to provide accomodation to employess because of disadvantageous geographic locality. Building is built of Heluz building system, perimeter walls consists of insulation filled blocks. Building is without basement and it is based on footings of plaint. The roof is flat, partially designed as extensive green roof. Isover system is used to thermal insulation. A part of object is also asphalted plain for transport goods to and from the meat packing plant.
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Residential house in Ostrava
Šponarová, Lucie ; Procházka, Martin (referee) ; Sobotka, Jindřich (advisor)
The subject of this thesis is to design a building with apartments in a high standard of living. The building will be located on sloping land currently accessible from the street Hybnerová in cadastral area of Silesian Ostrava. Construction, surrounding land and fence form a unified aesthetic and functional whole, reflecting the sloping nature of the site. White matter of structure grows continuously from the lowest point and produces fencing which spirals around the property and rise harmoniously into the building itself. Adjusted terrain of land creates platforms for individual gardens for each apartments and produces space for underground garage. The house is designed as a three-storey building with underground garage. The building will accommodate 5 residential units with terraces and technical and storage spaces within the basement. The building is oriented southwest and its location allows splitting the land to the eastern and western gardens. Southwest orientation uses the only unblocked view from the property. Continuously rising fence separates the building from surrounding buildings and offers plenty of privacy for the residents. Concrete fence has also security function.
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Content optimization of ICT knowledge tests in terms of current requirements for students
PROCHÁZKA, Martin
This bachelor's thesis is focused on optimizing the content of information literacy tests regard of requirements on university students. The thesis includes analysis of internation requirements ECDL on basic level and qualitative investigatoin by interview with teacher at university. The collected data servers as a base for creating new or modifying existing tasks for student testings. Tasks are not assembled into fixed versions of test, but they are flexible for assembling into random versions of tests. Thesis also include testing two variants of test on a selected group of students, but not with IT specialization.
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The Bankruptcy of the FEREX-ŽSO spol. s r.o.
Procházka, Martin ; Schönfeld, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Smrčka, Luboš (referee)
This thesis is focused on the solution of the corporate bankruptcy. Its goal is not only to determine the causes of the bankruptcy of FEREX ŽSO spol. s r.o. after successful completion of the reorganization, but also to assess the suitability of the chosen method of solution in terms of the Insolvency Act. The work is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part describes the life cycle of an enterprise, important parts of the insolvency law and financial analysis methods. In order to meet the goals there are used financial analysis, analysis of the insolvency proceedings and comparison with results of researches in the field of insolvency.
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Buckling Analysis of Thermoplastic Pipes
Procházka, Martin ; Kytýr, Jiří (referee) ; Gratza, Roman (advisor)
This thesis deals with buckling analysis of thermoplastic pipes. An experiment was conducted in which the pipes were encumbered in axis. During this experiment, the loading force was monitored and measured at the material stability loss. For these measurements, polyethylene, polypropylene and polyvinylchloride pipes were used. Afterwards, the static and buckling analysis of pipe models were made in the ANSYS programme. The models were created on the basis of the experiment results. The outcomes of the analysis were compared with figures of the theoretical calculations. In the ANSYS programme pipes were strained by external overpressure.
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Kindergarten
Krištofiaková, Nikola ; Procházka, Martin (referee) ; Sobotka, Jindřich (advisor)
The matter of the bachelor´s thesis is the new building of single-storey kindergarden in the city of Litovel. The object is formed by lenghtwise brick supporting systém. Ceiling structure ,which is supporting structure of flat roof as well, is formed by prestressed ceiling panels Spiroll. The roof is flat, green. The object contains one department of the kindergarten for 24 children maximum. The main living room for children is oriented to the southern side.
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Detached House with business activity
Martinek, Viktor ; Procházka, Martin (referee) ; Čuprová, Danuše (advisor)
The theme of bachelor’s thesis is a detached house with business activity. The house is situated in gently sloping terrain in the town Jablůnka. The building is designed as a three-storey. The establishment is a shop and servis PC. The garage for two cars is a component of the object. House is designed for a four – five member family. The building is designed of the construction system Heluz. The cladding is insulated by contact insultion system. The roofs are single-layer and flat.
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Detached House with an estab
Martiš, Patrik ; Procházka, Martin (referee) ; Čuprová, Danuše (advisor)
The aim of my bachelor´s work was to create a project documentation for a new family house with facilities. As a part of facilities I have chosen room for fitness activities. The family house is situated in the land register of Brno. It is a two storey house that is partially with basement. The house is designed into the shape of the letter L and it is suitable for a family made of 4-6 members. The object is based on the concrete boards and it is made of ceramic prophylactic bricks. It is covered by flat roof with Attica. I designed the project with emphasis on disposal orientation according to the cardinal points and constructed arrangements of the building. During the process I tried to use modern methods, common material and I tried to separate space for the family and space for fitness activities.
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