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Interpretation Problem of Photograph
Roubal, Martin ; Fišerová, Michaela (advisor) ; Marcelli, Miroslav (referee)
This dissertation explores technical images (visual products of modern technologies - photographs, television screens and computer monitors). The main theme is the interpretation of the photograph. The forms of exploration used are phenomenological and semiotic. The key philosophers, whose ideas are developed, are Vilém Flusser and Paul Virilio. The main thesis is: Analog photography has, as opposed to other forms of media, a clearly defined and specific denotation but a very undefined connotation. To phenomenologicaly grasp the entity of a photograph means to allow oneself to be vulnerable and experience it deeply. Digital technology has basically changed the realistic principle of photography. Technical images have altered the human perception of the world. Any communication of content remains unsatisfactory from the interprative point of view. No communicator has ever been a one hundred-per-cent reflection of reality. Every form of communication is undoubtedly influenced by the used medium and by human subjectivity. Through excessive use of technical images, the technically realized representations of objects become more real than the objects themselves for some of its users. This dissertation agrees with the above mentioned theses.
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The Use of Genetic Tests in the Insurance Industry. Alzheimerś Disease in Long-Term Care Insurance.
Jaroš, Filip ; Mandl, Petr (referee) ; Bohumský, Petr (advisor)
The dissertation can be viewed at as a contribution to the discussion about using genetic information in the insurance industry. The debate is fully being held in the United Kingdom and other countries. It is only a matter of time when the discussion will be launched in the Czech Republic. Macdonald's and Pritchard's model (2000) of Alzheimer's disease in long-term care insurance is applied to the Czech pattern of mortality. A calculation of the expected present value of benefits is shown on an illustrative example of long-term care insurance. A quantification of adverse selection which is perceived as a reason for differentiation of ratings depending on the genetic profile of a policy applicant is a mathematical conclusion of the study. The appendix deals with the broader ethic and economical matter of the problem discussed.
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Cenová konvergence mezi novými a starými členskými zeměmi EU
Santariusová, Markéta ; Klosová, Anna (advisor) ; Jegers, Marc (referee)
The main aim of this dissertation is to investigate whether the price convergence between new and old EU member countries occurred. According to development of price level index it is shown that new member countries converge towards the EU27 and that old member countries more or less hover around their initial levels. Germany is chosen to be a benchmark country and thus the development towards Germany is also examined. The results reveal that new member states converge towards the benchmark country. However, in the case of old member states both convergence and divergence occurs. Furthermore, factors that may have an influence on such a development are investigated. The empirical research shows that GDP, hiring regulations and minimum wage and business regulation were of significance during the examined period, from 2000 to 2009 respectively.
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Sajat'-Nova. The golden age of Armenian troubadour lyrics
Kohoutková, Petra ; Palek, Bohumil (advisor) ; Vrhel, František (referee)
The goal of this dissertation is to approach the phenomenon of Armenian troubadour lyric poetry as such through a monograph on the poet Sayat' Nova and to introduce him in a European context, i.e. mainly in the light of the traditions of southern France. I have tried to show that the Caucasus region is far from being a region deserving only the marginal interest of researchers. To the contrary, its relative isolation on the one hand and the constant blending of cultures and the emergence of syncretic traditions on the other hand make the Caucasus a fountainhead of topics not only for ethnologists and folklorists, but also for linguists and political scientists. Caucasian troubadour lyric poetry developed in a somewhat different spirit and in a different form from its West European counterparts, but there are far more features in common than it might seem at first glance. In the opinion of many researchers, the troubadours of Provence (minstrels oflove) were influenced by Arabian love poetry that they encountered in Spain and during the Crusades to the Orient. Armenian ash ugh lyric poetry (ashugh is a synonym for troubadour) can also be shown to have developed under the strong influence of Persian as well as Arabian poetry. Armenian folk art tended to take its inspiration . more from local traditions, and...
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Indian painting - a history of cultural dialogues
Vítů, Barbora ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kostič, Svetislav (referee)
This bachelor thesis attempts to dissert about the symbolical (art) reflection of chosen socio-cultural changes indigenous to repetitional situations of acultural process in the historical context of the Indian subcontinent. The changes will be pursued within the temporal range of the Middle Ages, the Colonial Period, the Era of Modern India (since 1947), till the present. The key topics discussed in the thesis are also the postcolonial prospecting of an authentic cultural identity and the cultural challenge of globalization trespassing Indian culture - as well as its art. The thesis will provide the reflection of concrete problems relating religious heterogeneity, social life and social identity, gender and human sexuality, which have been mirroring in fine arts of the historically changing Indian context. The idiomatic dialogue in between single art traditions is also implied within the thesis as a crucial thematic component.
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The effect of headphone and loudspeaker reproduction on classical music mix balance
Hadraba, Jakub ; ZIKMUND, Tomáš (advisor) ; SYROVÝ, Václav (referee)
Primary focus of the dissertation is comparison of loudspeaker and headphone reproduction and its influence on the mix balance of classical music recordings.
A listening test, which represents an essential part of the thesis, was performed on a test group of sound engineers who prepared mixes of selected recordings using both loudspea-kers and headphones. An analysis of the resulting mixes was performed to find out if any systematic changes could be detected between headphone and loudspeaker mixes. The results disclosed a systematic change in preference of reverberation. Individual approaches of the sound engineers are documented by an extensive graphical section of the thesis. Level of stability of the individual models has been examined using repeated testing on selected participants.
Selected headphone and loudspeaker mixes have been further evaluated by a listening group in a second listening test. Differences between the mixes were judged using both loudspeakers and headphones. Answers of the participants were analysed to see if there was an increased preference of headphone mixes when judged using headphones and vice versa. The results didn't show significant preference changes based on type of reproduction. The selected mixes weren't found to be "more optimal" when listened to on their respective reproduction device, nor could they be identified based on the subjective preference test.
A special part is devoted to evaluation of an internet-based survey featuring a statistical documentation of loudspeaker and headphone usage in todays music recording industry. Special look has been taken at the group of respondents who indicated classical music as primary music genre of their profession. Another theoretical part of the thesis covers the artistic and technical approach of sound engineers to classical music sound image creation, including commonly used technical resources and stylization methods.
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The Analysis of the VAT gap
Zídková, Hana ; Pavel, Jan (advisor) ; Kubátová, Květa (referee) ; Nerudová, Danuše (referee)
The dissertation thesis describes the methods of calculation of the VAT gap. VAT gap is the difference between the theoretical VAT liability in the whole economy and the accrued VAT receipts. It is expressed in relative terms to the theoretical VAT liability and it approximates the amount of the VAT evasion. The VAT gap in the Czech Republic in the years 2002 to 2010 ranges in average from 16 to 17 %. It is steadily increasing from 11 % to 26 % during the last 5 years of the relevant period. Furthermore, the thesis also analyses the determinants of the VAT gap in the EU member states in the years 2000 to 2006. The share of VAT on total tax revenues and the Tax quota were identified as main tax factors that reduce the VAT gap. On the other hand, the complexity of the VAT system, expressed by the number of VAT rates, the difference between them and the number of preliminary questions to the European Court of Justice, increases the VAT gap. Further significant factor influencing the VAT gap in the negative direction is the Corruption perception Index.
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Automatic Analysis of Heart Rate Variability Signals
Kubičková, Alena ; Halámek, Josef (referee) ; Lhotská, Lenka (referee) ; Kozumplík, Jiří (advisor)
This dissertation thesis is dedicated to the heart rate variability and methods of its evaluation. It mainly focuses on nonlinear methods and especially on the Poincaré plot. First it deals with the principle and nature of the heart rate variability, then the ways of its representation, linear and also nonlinear methods of its analysis and physiological and pathophysiological influence on heart rate variability changes. In particular, there is emphasis on the metabolic syndrome. In the next section of the thesis there are compared and evaluated different ways of representation of the heart rate variability and further are tested selected methods of heart rate variability analysis on unique data from patients with the metabolic syndrome and healthy subjects provided by the Institute of Scientific Instruments, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic. In particular, they are used the Poincaré plot and its parameters SD1 and SD2, commonly used time domain and frequency domain parameters, parameters evaluating signal entropy and the Lyapunov exponent. SD1 and SD2 combining the advantages of time and frequency domain methods of heart rate variability analysis distinguish successfully between patients with the metabolic syndrome and healthy subjects.
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Internet Tools for Lifelong Learning in the IT Sector
Janková, Martina ; Jašek, Roman (referee) ; Roudný, Radim (referee) ; Slabý, Antonín (referee) ; Rais, Karel (advisor)
In the presented dissertation, there is, based on a given topic “Internet tools for lifelong learning in the IT sector”, expressed an appropriate coverage of created partial research tasks with an active solution of them at the Faculty of Business and Management, Brno University of Technology for branch Company Management and Economics, and that in accordance with the defined areas of research and publication activities. For systemic approach to the whole dissertation, it was defined area of theoretical perspectives and expressed methodology for addressing systemic models of education on Internet means and for that practical research work was chosen adaptable (“learning”) Company 1 as a reference (for solving individual practical research tasks) and a methodology of modern approach to modelling was created (“for modern management and information communication between systems”) and also modelling of a required adaptable (“directly also improving with modelling”) Internet (and intranet) environment of companies and its use in the process of lifelong learning of knowledge workers (“teachers”) of Company 1 and possible additional (“knowledge workers and users”) Company 2, 3, ..., m i.e. “businesses as other customers” and all that to actively create an adaptable and new space with the possible use of an evolutionary (“new and also modern and intelligent and self-learning”) means of information and communication technologies (ICT) both from the world and from the Czech Republic and especially new (and evolutionary perspective) Internet tools and resources for business management, lifelong learning in IT sector and necessary monitoring of demanded company's competitiveness operating in dynamically developing IT. By systemically solved modelling on computers, there is expressed an issue of appropriately selected internet tools in a competitive environment of companies, and also there is addressed by computer modelling a new approach to modelling leading to an anticipated modernization of modern electronic lifelong learning forms built on tools and resources of the Internet. The work also includes a creation of models on PCs allowing comparison of expected changes in competitiveness of companies reacting to the benefits of created methodology and that leads to an anticipated improvement in the quality of management and economics of companies in terms of relative improvement of their competitiveness. Solving of these modern issues is conducted based on an appropriate analysis of selected enterprises, corresponding to the solved topic and solved objectives of the work and also obtained information from publications in world information sources on the Internet and from virtual libraries of the world, publishing, seminars, proceedings and conferences. The results of system analytical approach to solving tasks and activities of the research work have been regularly published in articles of professional and peer-reviewed journals and also in conference contributions. In these research results, there is systematically expressed a new essence of solving interface of social and IT technical system with selected resources of internet tools for lifelong learning companies working in IT sector as a possible contribution into modern creation of self-learning organizations.
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GENRE AND ACTING TOOLS
Nesvadbová, Annette ; PLEŠTILOVÁ, Miroslava (advisor) ; SALZMANNOVÁ, Eva (referee)
In my dissertation called "Genre and Acting Tools", I am focusing on the moments during my studies at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) and at the Disk Theatre that were both significant and crucial to me. I am trying to outline the course of my work on different parts and the obstacles I had to deal with. In this context I am focusing on the differences in the acting tools for different dramatic genres and how they apply to the selection of graduate plays at the Disk Theatre.
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