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Imaginary Elsewhere: The "West" in Czechoslovakian society in the time of Perestroika
Andělová, Kristina ; Pullmann, Michal (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
In societies of state socialism the image of West was usually characterized by high degree of ambivalence. On the one hand the West was a space where negative social and politic phenomena could be displaced - as negative film should the official image of evil West full of social insecurity, criminality and poverty, reassured Czechoslovakian citizens of rightness of building socialism. On the other hand entirely opposite scenes were part of the public meaning- unconcealed admiration of fashion trends inspired by western mass culture (films, music). There was not only the fascination with consumer commodities of the western World, but also an admiration of lot of nonmaterial aspects (freedom of press, traveling, ecologic, feministic, pacifistic movements etc.). The West became gradually something mystical- it was at the same time "familiar and inaccessible, real and abstract, mundane and exotic". This ambivalence and inaccessibility was transforming the West in some mysterious and dreamlike place where instead of evil, the promise of happiness could be projected. Despite the official ideology and censoring attempts that limited the information about life behind the Iron Curtain, citizens in Czechoslovakia had an opportunity to create their own, quite clear image of West. At the same time I am trying to...
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Texture-Based Object Recognition
Hutárek, Jiří ; Švub, Miroslav (referee) ; Španěl, Michal (advisor)
Main subjects of this thesis are texture classification and texture-based object recognition. Various texture features are being explored, including several variants of local binary patterns (LBP). A novel modification of LBP (weighted spatial LBP) is proposed, with intention to improve on the spatial coverage of the traditional LBP. Rarely used color texture features are being discussed as well. Artificial neural networks and support vector machines are used to classify all the aforementioned features. Using these methods, framework for the texture classification and image segmentation is implemented. Comprehensive texture database is employed to test its performance under different conditions. In the end, the system is applied to solve a real-world problem - the segmentation of aerial photos.
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The dissolution of the workers'party perceived through the čt 24 channel
Štěpán, Petr ; Lokšík, Martin (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
This thesis analyses how the Czech Television informed about the second trial with the extremist Czech Workers' Party (Dělnická strana), which ended up dissolving the party. The first part of the thesis deals with far-right extremism studies and the history of Czech far- right-wing extremism from the first Czechoslovak republic up to present day. It also deals with the history of the Workers' Party and its successor, the Workers' Party of Social Justice. The following chapter of the thesis is introduces the evidence that the Czech government mentioned in its charges against the WP. The second part of the thesis analyses how the reporters of the Czech Television informed about the Workers' Party, its members and supporters. The thesis analyses the language of reports, the work of cameramen, and how important this topic was for the Czech Television.
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Prague Illustrated Courier: The Prague Penny-press as a Window into the World of Commeon Men.
Machek, Jakub ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Mocná, Dagmar (referee) ; Holubec, Stanislav (referee)
- Jakub Machek Prague Illustrated Courier. The Prague Penny-press as a Window into the World of Common Men. This work is dedicated to early sensational pictorial press (Pražský Illustrovaný Kurýr and its less successful predecessors) and its urban readers, as an example of the rising Fin de siècle popular culture in the Czech lands and its significance for revealing fundamental social and political changes that took place at the turn of the 20th century. During this era, even the members of lower social classes broadened their economical and cultural potency and thus capacity to absorb the development of new common culture generated by the rapid industrialization and urbanization. Production and reception of emerging popular press is analysed as a marker of the new modern urban experience and its social influences. Global pattern of successful mass daily press was, however, modified for Prague audience, its specific local beliefs, values and desires, distinctively different from those of western urban centre dwellers.
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Physiotherapeutic procedures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with maximum difficulties in the joints of the hand area
LEDVINOVÁ, Eva
This bachelor thesis is focused on physiotherapeutic methods used in patients with rheumatoid arthritis whose difficulties are mainly in the joints of their hand. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory joint disease in most cases with a protracted course and it may cause joint deformations. These lead to handling issues which complicate normal daily activities of the patients. Thus this disease causes both physical disability of the patient and as well significantly disrupts their social and psychological life. In the first part, which is concerned with theory, I briefly outlined the functional anatomy and kinesiology of the upper limb and shoulder girdle. Furthermore there is a detailed description of rheumatoid arthritis, definition of the disease, its causes and occurrence, clinical features, laboratory and x-ray examination, differential and functional diagnosis and all the treatment possibilities. In the conclusion of theoretical part there is the prognosis of the disease and practical difficulties during the care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The aim of this thesis is to map the possibilities of physiotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the use of physiotherapeutic procedures and methods in individual patients with this disease. The qualitative research method, in which three patients treated in Berta Spa in Třeboň participated, was used for the practical part of the thesis. The therapy was initiated by an entrance kinesiological analysis, including the specific examination such as the examination of joint-play in small joints of hands, examination of the gripping, palpation of muscle tonus in muscles of the upper limbs and goniometric examination of joints of the upper limbs. This was followed by nine individual therapies, during which we focused mainly on upper limb joints. At the last session an output kinesiological analysis was conducted and the patients were taught about the necessity to comply with regime measures. At the end they spoke about their subjective feelings connected with the therapy and with their Balneotherapy stay in the spa. The results of the treatment were recorded for each individual case. This bachelor thesis may serve as an educational material for students in medical fields, general public to increase awareness of rheumatoid arthritis and last but not least for patients themselves or their families.
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What forms the image of nursery school in the eyes of parents
Šebestová, Jana ; Opravilová, Eva (advisor) ; Loudová Stralczynská, Barbora (referee)
The choice of a nursery school is a first life step into the world. A daily schedule, age composition of educationalists, size of the facility or reachability from home are some of many criteria influencing parent's choice of the nursery school for their child. The diploma thesis "What forms the image of nursery school in the eyes of parents" is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part describes and characterizes individual elements of image in connection with the preschool institution during particular time period and shows first moments before entering nursery school. The practical part describes the realization of the research focused on nursery school choice criteria, parental expectations about the nursery schools and their view of the preschool education but also educationalists' opinion about the image. The chapters in the practical part are also focused on individual nursery school characteristics, detailed data analysis as well as data summary and evaluation of three distinct questionnaires. The thesis conclusion contains overall summary of all gained data and knowledge and final suggestions for creation of nursery school image.
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Business Plan and its analysis
KAPACH, Natallia Ivanovna
This bachelor's paper "Business Plan and its analysis" is focused on the importance of small and medium businesses in Czech economy, their advantages and disadvantages. The goal of this paper is based on a new buisness in the area of service, setting a start up budget and evaluating the effectiveness of the business enterprise. First, market and competition will be analyzed. Then follows a financial plan for the cost of starting a business and the sources of coverage. Further, a calculation of estimated costs, revenues and results of the operation of the enterprise will be performed. Finally, the return will be carried out to illustrate the effectiveness of the company.
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