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Virtual University of the Third Age: a comparison of the Czech Republic and selected European Countries
Bízková, Anna ; Dostálová, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Vronský, Jiří (referee)
The thesis will focus on third-age virtual universities located in the Czech Republic. These virtual universities and their teaching methods will be compared with third-age virtual universities in selected countries in Europe, namely virtual education for the older adults in the United Kingdom and France. In the theoretical part, the education of the older adults, including all related aspects of gerontagogy, will be described using appropriate literature. Furthermore, this section will explain the overall issue of virtual education for seniors, what the educational needs of this educational group are and why this form of teaching is suitable for the older population. Within the empirical part, research will be created using the scoping review method. The research will aim to identify, analyze and interpret the research problem and create a comprehensive concept of third-age virtual universities and compare their performance in the Czech Republic with that in selected European countries. Qualitative content analysis will be used for the analytical part. The main finding is that virtual education for seniors is a key component of their continuous development and social integration, as evidenced by the analysis of the situation in the Czech Republic, France, and the United Kingdom.
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Naturalized cacti in Europe and their traits.
BRABCOVÁ, Šárka
Non-native plant species represent one of the many most significant threats globally. This work focuses on cactus invasions in 31 European countries. Cacti are classified based on European databases according to their status as occasional, naturalised, in-troduced, invasive and cultivated. The aim of the work is to compile a species list of the cactus family (Cactaceae), focusing on naturalized cactus species, their use and the identification of their compe-titive ability in new areas. The highest number of non-native cactus species is recorded in the Mediterranean region. The countries with the highest number of species are Spain, Italy and France. The most widespread species is Opuntia ficus-indica. The combination of horticulture based on non-native species, intense human pres-sure on the territory, travel, trade, transport of various materials and climate change have caused conservation problems in recent decades and increased the success of cactus invasions in Europe.
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The Development of the Cult of St. John of Nepomuk to Canonization
Herold, Miroslav ; Petráček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The cult of St. John of Nepomuk was one of the characteristic features of life in the Habsburg Empire and other European catholic countries in the early modern period. The origins of veneration for the medieval martyr were tied to Prague, to his tomb in the cathedral, to the Metropolitan Chapter. The saint became famous above all for the conviction that he gave his life for the preservation of the confessional secret. With his death he preserved the good name of the Czech Queen Joan, who confessed to him; on the other hand, he is said to have punished those who were disrespectful of his own posthumous reputation and grave. He therefore became an immensely popular defender of honour and reputation, values highly valued in the early modern society. Under the influence of the Prague Chapter, St. John's veneration was taken up by the Habsburgs, the Catholic rulers who ascended the throne of John's torturer, Wenceslaus IV, and John's spiritual daughter, Joan. They venerated the saint as one of the patron saints of the Bohemian kingdom, which they ruled. The recatholicization of this kingdom and its associated countries enabled the growth of St John's veneration, which by the end of the 17th century had already begun to spread vigorously beyond their borders. At the beginning of the 18th century, this...
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Evolution of Low Cost Airlines
Baumann, Martin ; Chlebek, Jiří (referee) ; Kujal, Tomáš (advisor)
Over the past 20 years, there were several low-cost airlines identified as the most successful airlines in Europe according to the number of transported passengers. Theoretical part of the thesis has several objectives. It is an analysis of the airlines success it selves as well as an analysis of their gradual development in low cost air travel within Europe and description of the low-cost aviation market in Europe in terms of the history and competitiveness. The practical part which is the main objective of the thesis is an overall analysis of the differences in business models of low-cost carriers and the impact of these differences on the development of their economic and operational performance.
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Waste-to-Energy as a key technology of developed waste management systems
Guštara, Dominik ; Putna, Ondřej (referee) ; Šomplák, Radovan (advisor)
Bachelor thesis focuses on analyzing the current state of European waste management systems and on prediction of its future development with focus on waste-to-energy technology. First part of this thesis serves as an introduction to the waste management issue and describes a computational tool NERUDA. Following is a description of data collection about the current state of waste management in the investigated countries. The final and most important part deals with the explanation of how the future development was estimated and with analyzing the results of optimization.
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Accessibility of Web Technologies and Standards
Konečná, Kateřina ; Trchalík, Roman (referee) ; Očenášek, Pavel (advisor)
This thesis deals with accessibility and web standards. It explains the importance of creating accessible web pages due to disabled users. Individual disabilities are briefly described in a separate chapter. The thesis presents a summary of Web accessibility standards in Europe, America, Australia and Asia. This analysis is completed by comparing the individual countries. The second part focuses on the formalization of different ways, where three methods are applied to three different guidelines.
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Effect of volcanic ash to Air Transport
Soukop, Robin ; Šplíchal, Miroslav (referee) ; Chlebek, Jiří (advisor)
This master's thesis deals with the issue of volcanic ash as a complex and its impact on aviation, including the volcanic activity itself (conditions for its existence, for existence of eruptions and their basic products). In addition, the thesis also deals with effect of volcanic ash on aircraft and airports, possibilities of its detection or monitoring as well as mechanism of its spreading in airspace. The emphasis is laid mainly on air incidents related to volcanic ash and on danger it poses to the airspace of the Czech Republic.
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Transformation of European exhibition and fair areas
Štěpánková, Lenka ; Rak,, Milan (referee) ; Boháč,, Ivo (referee) ; Wittmann, Maxmilian (advisor)
Exhibition centres represent a specific type of urban space within the present-day European cities and their current form results from a long development in the past. While exhibition venues are the subject of study from multiple points of view (e.g. economics, urban policy, leisure studies) their spatial quality and urban characteristics stay somewhat aside and a theoretical frame for their all-encompassing description and assessment of their possible impact on the urban development of cities is missing. Comparison of exhibition centres from various European regions and countries is further complicated by the existence of language barriers which have an impact on the accessibility of relevant and comparable data. The thesis submits information about the previous and current form of European exhibition centres and the processes that shaped their form are described in detail. The FFF theory proposed by the author herself is employed to analyse the relation between form, function and financial subjects with the aim to arrive at conclusions which could be applied within the current conditions in the Czech Republic. Summarized knowledge about European exhibition centres and venues helps to understand the role they play within the cities and the necessity to protect their historical value upon future transformations. It is also needed to predict their possible further development and unfold their urban potential.
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Evaluation design of civil airports effectivity indices
Novotný, Roman ; Janík, Radomír (referee) ; Veselý, Petr (advisor)
Introductory part of this thesis concludes the development of air traffic, division of airports in the Czech Republic according to the Ministry of Transport, according to the Law on Civil Aviation and according to the Coding of the airports (Requirement L 14). The aim was to realize theoretical definition and division of output and economic indicators. After that comes choice of appropriate airports from the European Union. The choice has been made on the basis of the number of check-in passengers at the airport in Prague-Ruzyně. Eight most suitable airports have been chosen from all twenty-seven member countries of the EU. The following step is comparative analysis of these chosen airports on the basis of specified output and economic indicators for the years 2005-2009. The year 2010 has not been included, because the chosen airports did not complete their annual reports, balances and statements of profit and loss. From these sources the values for calculation of individual indicators have been chosen. These indicators have been shown in charts, evaluated by means of graphs in Excel Programme and further they have been characterized in words. The aim of the thesis was also the evaluation and comparison of output and economic indicators of effectiveness and after evaluation, proposal of methods of evaluations has followed.
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