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Fenomén soudobého populismu a Donald Trump
SOUKUP, Karel
First of all in my bachelor thesis I will focus on elucidaing the term contemporary populism. I will introduce political definitions and concepts of this term. Then I will describe populism in different stages: populism in pre-election campaigns, in government or eventually after the end of mandates. I will describe the features, populist rhetoric, argumentation, behavior and many other aspects that populist politicians adopt. I will describe some features on world, European and Czech politicians. In the second part the thesis, I will try to analyze the policy of Donald Trump, and I will apply the theories studied in the first part of my work with an example of his political activity.
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Biochars as effective sorbents for pollutant removal.
Spáčilová, Markéta ; Krejčíková, Simona ; Čárský, Milan ; Soukup, Karel ; Šolcová, Olga
Contaminants in water, various drugs, detergents or microplastics, have been a constant problem. One of the effective methods of their removal is sorption by various active sorbents such as biochar. Four various sorbents were tested in this study. Three biochars prepared from different waste plant biomass (sunflower husks, seaweed and microalgae) and commercial activated carbon - Supersorbon. The effectiveness of the sorbents was tested by diclofenac (active substance) and triclosan (disinfectant) removal. The concentration 1 ppm, which corresponed to the commonly occurring concentration was chosen for tests.\nBased on obtained results, it was found that all biochar sorbents were comparatively effective as activated carbon and thanks to their lower price, also economically advantageous.\n
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Biochars - effective sorbents for pollutant removal.
Spáčilová, Markéta ; Krejčíková, Simona ; Čárský, Milan ; Soukup, Karel ; Šolcová, Olga
The growing amount of contaminants in the water has been a serious problem. Sorption is one of the effective methods for removal of various contaminants, such as drugs, detergents, or microplastics. Various sorbents are applied, whether commercial or laboratory prepared, as zeolites, bentonites, activated carbon and, more recently, various types of biochar, which are prepared by pyrolysis from variety of biomass residues. Their surface varies according to the preparation conditions (max SBET around 300 m2 / g) and there are tested under various conditions on variety of contaminants. Comparative studies of different types of biochar are rather lacking, similarly as their comparisons with commercial sorbents such as activated carbon.\nFor these reasons, this study aims to compare the sorption properties of three biochars prepared from different types of plant biomass (sunflower husks, seaweed Ecklonia Maxima and freshwater microalgae Chlorella Vulgaris), whose sorption properties were compared with commercial activated carbon, Supersorbon. The effectiveness of sorbents has been tested on diclofenac (a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic drug) whose consumption is enormous worldwide and it is commonly found in water, owing to that most wastewater treatment plants do not capture it. All sorbents showed considerable efficiency, with the best results being obtained using a biochar prepared from freshwater microalgae (95%). Its high effectiveness has been verified in removing the contaminant triclosan (antibacterial and antifungal disinfectant). The concentration of contaminants (1 ppm) was chosen for testing, which corresponds to the concentrations commonly found in wastewater. Based on the result, it was found that all prepared sorbents are comparable effective with activated carbon, however, their preparation is more economically advantageous, because the price of activated carbon increases the need for subsequent activation. \n\n
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Amine-functionalized Porous Polymers for Selective CO2 Adsorption.
Setničková, Kateřina ; Jeřábek, Karel ; Strašák, Tomáš ; Soukup, Karel
Porous materials have always attracted high scientific interest because of their outstanding performance and potential applications in various fields, including adsorption and gas separation. Hyper-crosslinked polymers (HCLPs) have several advantages over other porous materials, they show extremely high surface areas and porosity, low density, outstanding adsorption properties, high chemical, and thermal stability.\nHerein, we reported a synthesis, characterization, and the CO2 (and other gases) adsorption performance of series of novel styrene-divinylbenzene based HCPs. The material was prepared in two steps. The first step involved the radical copolymerization of divinylbenzene (DVB) and 4-vinylbenzyl chloride (VBC), under solvothermal condition to generate porous polymers with high surface area above 700 m2 g−1. In the second step, various polyamine species were applied to react with the alkyl chloride groups and functionalize the pore surface\nto improve the CO2/N2, CO2/CH4 and CO2/H2 selectivity.
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Preparation of Chitosan Based Films for Food Packaging Applications.
Soukup, Karel ; Cruz, G.J.F. ; Hanika, Jiří ; Jandová, Věra ; Hejtmánek, Vladimír ; Šolcová, Olga
In the present study, the effect both of the botanical source and proportion of starch produced from agricultural surplus on the microstructure properties of starch/chitosan/glycerin films was tested. Effective gas transport properties gas diffusion transfer was performed. Starch/chitosan/glycerol biodegradable films were obtained by casting method from giant squid (Dosidicus gigas) pen chitosan mixed with glycerin and starch. Four starch samples were prepared using exceeding or low quality biomass including broken rice grains, hard yellow corn surplus, banana surplus form exportation activity and low quality cassava in three different weight proportion (chitosan/starch) corresponding to 1/1, 2/1 and 5/1. Extraction of starch from the raw material was carried out by mixing it with a water solution of sodium disulfite (5 wt.%). Afterwards, the obtained suspension was filtered and then decanted at 5°C for 24 h. The obtained starch was washed repeatedly with distilled water and ethanol (96 vol.%). Finally, the starch samples were dried at 55°C for 48 h, crushed and sieved. It was found that the gas diffusion transport properties significantly depend on the starch source used. Differences in diffusion transport rates through the films prepared with different starches are related to the size and distribution of granules of starch in the films and/or the amylose conten.
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