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Determination of selected nutritional parameters in the fruit of the plant genus Ribes
Ledvina, Vojtěch ; Diviš, Pavel (referee) ; Vespalcová, Milena (advisor)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the small fruit representatives from the plant genus Ribes L. - currant, gooseberry and jostaberry. The beginning of theoretical part describes history of cultivation and basic botanical description of individual cultivars. The next part describes important substances contained in fruit as well as their importance in human diet and it also describes some basic products made of the Ribes L. genus representatives. The final section of the theoretical part contains basic principal of determination of individual nutritional parameters. In the experimental part several nutritional parameters were determined including dry matter, soluble solids, pH, titratable acids, formol number, reducing sugars and total phenolics. Individual species and cultivars were compared based on the results.
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Business Plan of Healthy Ice Cream Parlor
Ledvina, Vojtěch ; Oulehla, Jiří (referee) ; Poláček, Tomáš (advisor)
The bachelor thesis will deal with the issue of a business plan. Pre-business decision making, such as choosing a form of business entity (self-employed vs. Ltd.), forms of financing (what product will be most appropriate, or use of own-fund finance). In addition, the work will focus on the possibilities of expansion of the company.
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Effect of medium composition on the mass spectra of the yeast species of Cryptococcus laurentii and Cryptococcus flavescens
Ledvina, Vojtěch ; Breierová, Emília (referee) ; Stratilová, Eva (advisor)
Cryptococcus laurentii and Cryptococcus flavescens are nonfermenting yeasts forming extracellular polysaccharide capsule. Both species are mainly saprofytic but Cr. laurentii is also known to be an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. Cr. flavescens used to be considered a synonym of Cr. laurentii but nowadays it is classified as a separate species that belongs to the phylogenetic group I of the Cr. laurentii group. In the experimental part 28 strains of species Cr. laurentii, Cr. flavescens a Cr. victoriae were biotyped using MALDI-TOF MS. The yeasts were cultivated on three different media (Sabouraud, YPD and potato agar) and three methods were used for the protein extraction. The impact of growth medium composition from which the strains were inoculated on the quality of spectra was studied together with the suitability of individual methods for use on different media. Then the impact of growth medium composition on the quality of acquired spectra was evaluated. Finally, all strains were compared mutually and with the type strain of Cr. laurentii CCY 17 3-2. The composition of the medium cells were inoculated from was found to have little impact on the spectra quality. The same result was determined for the composition of the actual growth medium cells were cultivated on. Crucial for the quality of mass spectrum is the method of cells preparation. Best results were acquired when cultivating cells on YPD agar, washing the cells with ethanol and using mix of sinapinic and ferulic acid as a matrix. Potato agar was found not suitable for cultivating yeasts of the Cryptococcus genus due to significant production of extracellular polysaccharides which complicate the protein isolation process. All strains were compared to Cr. laurentii type strain CCY 17-3-2 and MSP dendrograms were created based on the spectra similarity. In the MSP dendrograms all strains were successfully divided into relevant species on all tested media. Finally sequences of D1/D2 domain of LSU gene were compared and phylogenetic tree was created. This tree was then compared to the MSP dendrograms.
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Business Plan of Healthy Ice Cream Parlor
Ledvina, Vojtěch ; Oulehla, Jiří (referee) ; Poláček, Tomáš (advisor)
The bachelor thesis will deal with the issue of a business plan. Pre-business decision making, such as choosing a form of business entity (self-employed vs. Ltd.), forms of financing (what product will be most appropriate, or use of own-fund finance). In addition, the work will focus on the possibilities of expansion of the company.
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A Microfluidic devide for monitoring cell migration
Ledvina, Vojtěch ; Klepárník, Karel ; Legartová, Soňa ; Bártová, Eva
A polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic device for monitoring directed cell migration was developed. The device comprises a main channel barred by pillar arrays with decreasing spacing and utilizes chemotactic movement of cells in the direction of increasing gradient of fetal bovine serum. HeLa cell line transfected with Premo FUCCI Cell Cycle Sensor was used as a model organism. The cells were imaged for several days using a scanning confocal microscope and the rate of migration in different cell cycle phases was evaluated.
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Parallel single-cell analysis of active caspase-3/7 in apoptotic and non-apoptotic cells
Ledvina, Vojtěch ; Klepárník, Karel
Caspases are proteases that play key role in the process of apoptosis, the programmed\ncell death. Among them, caspase-3 and -7 are main executioner caspases that cleave\nmany vital proteins during apoptosis and after their widespread activation, the process\ncannot be reversed. To analyze caspase-3/7 activation within single cells, a miniaturized\ndevice for parallel analysis of eight samples was developed. The assay is based on the\nmodified luciferin-firefly luciferase bioluminescence (BL) system. Individual\nsuspended cells were collected and transferred into detection microvials using a\nmicromanipulator. The bioluminescence was detected using a photon counting head\nwith cooled photcathode. The LOD suitable for detection of active caspase-3/7 in both\napoptotic and non-apoptotic cells was reached.
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Effect of medium composition on the mass spectra of the yeast species of Cryptococcus laurentii and Cryptococcus flavescens
Ledvina, Vojtěch ; Breierová, Emília (referee) ; Stratilová, Eva (advisor)
Cryptococcus laurentii and Cryptococcus flavescens are nonfermenting yeasts forming extracellular polysaccharide capsule. Both species are mainly saprofytic but Cr. laurentii is also known to be an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. Cr. flavescens used to be considered a synonym of Cr. laurentii but nowadays it is classified as a separate species that belongs to the phylogenetic group I of the Cr. laurentii group. In the experimental part 28 strains of species Cr. laurentii, Cr. flavescens a Cr. victoriae were biotyped using MALDI-TOF MS. The yeasts were cultivated on three different media (Sabouraud, YPD and potato agar) and three methods were used for the protein extraction. The impact of growth medium composition from which the strains were inoculated on the quality of spectra was studied together with the suitability of individual methods for use on different media. Then the impact of growth medium composition on the quality of acquired spectra was evaluated. Finally, all strains were compared mutually and with the type strain of Cr. laurentii CCY 17 3-2. The composition of the medium cells were inoculated from was found to have little impact on the spectra quality. The same result was determined for the composition of the actual growth medium cells were cultivated on. Crucial for the quality of mass spectrum is the method of cells preparation. Best results were acquired when cultivating cells on YPD agar, washing the cells with ethanol and using mix of sinapinic and ferulic acid as a matrix. Potato agar was found not suitable for cultivating yeasts of the Cryptococcus genus due to significant production of extracellular polysaccharides which complicate the protein isolation process. All strains were compared to Cr. laurentii type strain CCY 17-3-2 and MSP dendrograms were created based on the spectra similarity. In the MSP dendrograms all strains were successfully divided into relevant species on all tested media. Finally sequences of D1/D2 domain of LSU gene were compared and phylogenetic tree was created. This tree was then compared to the MSP dendrograms.
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Determination of selected nutritional parameters in the fruit of the plant genus Ribes
Ledvina, Vojtěch ; Diviš, Pavel (referee) ; Vespalcová, Milena (advisor)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the small fruit representatives from the plant genus Ribes L. - currant, gooseberry and jostaberry. The beginning of theoretical part describes history of cultivation and basic botanical description of individual cultivars. The next part describes important substances contained in fruit as well as their importance in human diet and it also describes some basic products made of the Ribes L. genus representatives. The final section of the theoretical part contains basic principal of determination of individual nutritional parameters. In the experimental part several nutritional parameters were determined including dry matter, soluble solids, pH, titratable acids, formol number, reducing sugars and total phenolics. Individual species and cultivars were compared based on the results.
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