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The effects of physical stress on short-term memory and attention in soldiers
Kříž, Michal ; Slavík, Radovan (advisor) ; Lukavská, Kateřina (referee)
The subject of this paper is the effects of physical stress on selected cognitive functions (short-term memory and attention) in military professionals of the Czech army. Results of a study conducted in 2019 among 68 Czech soldiers of two military specializations (aviators and paratroopers) is presented. The aim of this study was to verify hypothesis regarding (1) differences in observed cognitive functions in soldiers-aviators and soldiers-fighters (paratroopers); (2) influence of a one-off short-term physical stress on these cognitive functions and (3) differences in the levels of influence of this form of stress between both observed military specializations. Statistical elaboration (descriptive statistics, paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test) was processed on quantitative data collected with the utilization of the attention test d2 and my own short-term memory test. The result of this study are findings, that there are statistically significant differences in distribution of selected cognitive functions and levels of influence of physical stress among both military specializations. Key words: Memory, Attention, Soldier, Stress 1
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Media image of the Czech Republic in British daily newspapers
Kříž, Michal ; Trampota, Tomáš (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
The subject of a Diploma Thesis "Media image of the Czech Republic in British daily newspapers" is the media representation of the Czech Republic in The Guardian and The Times journals. The analysis has been made by combining quantitative content analysis and constant comparative technique of 906 articles mentioning the Czech Republic published in years 1998, 2004 and 2010. The purpose of this Diploma Thesis is to answer questions related to the agenda of topic, occurrence of specific participants, intensity of the subject appearance and its development in time, geopolitics context and attributes, that media assign to the Czech Republic. Diploma Thesis consists of a theoretical part as well as performed research. The theoretical background and previous knowledge of the subject is defined in the introductory chapters. Those chapters reflect the issues of reality representation, stereotypes, agenda- setting as well as factors that impact the media production process. The British media environment together with a detailed description of analysed topics are specified in a separate chapter. Basic information about selected research methods followed by a description of the particular process and all identified outputs are summarized in the second part of the thesis. The result of the quantitative content...
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Změny v krajině ovlivněné různými způsoby hospodaření
Kříž, Michal
The thesis is focused on the changes in the landscape affected by different ways of farming.. It is divided into two parts. The first part concerns a literature review that focuses on two different (conventio-nal and ecological) farming methods. The second part concerns the practical methods. By a comparing method the pre-dominant way of farming was determined in Vysocina region. The thesis implies that conventional farming is still prevalent, but organic farming is on the rise.
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