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The renovation of historical parks near the small feudal residences on the example of the study of the renovation of the castle garden in Doudleby nad Orlici in Eastern Bohemia.
Faltysová, Lenka ; Buttry, Ivana (advisor) ; Jakub, Jakub (referee)
The aim of this work is the processing methodology and presentation process how to restore monuments of garden art. On the example of the revitalization of the castle garden immovable cultural monument Castle Doudleby nad Orlicí, based on the study of literature, similar interventions and the analysis and interpretation of various types of archival material the current quality of historic garden was evaluated. It is based on field survey, which consists of dendrological research, analyzing the authenticity of trees and appreciation of all the collected documents, historical sources and professional literature. Concept recovery of castle garden is based on the expert authority´s binding point of view of the state care of historical monuments. Renaissance castle in Doudleby nad Orlici is located in the eastern part of the town on a slightly raised hill on the right bank of the River Divoká Orlice. There was a wooden medieval fortress with the farmyard on this place in the 13th century. Sr Mikuláš from Bubno started to build a hunting lodge in the Renaissance style as villa in 1588, which was finished in 1590. The significance of Renaissance residence, which complement the early Baroque elements from the late 17th century, is enhanced by the opulent and impressive sgraffito - carpet pattern covering all external and internal frontage, restored in 1886 by Kirchner. The tall chimneys are the part of decoration in the courtyard decorated with sgraffito as well. The chateau complex is formed along its circuit of farm buildings and residential buildings. Building of castle itself is separated by a park with old trees and newer lawns (Hieke, 1984). Castle park in Doudleby nad Orlicí was founded in 1809 in compositional continuity of the Renaissance castle building. The park forms one organic complex with the castle. The promoter strived, like in the castle rooms, to demonstrate here his wealth, his sense of art and his botanical-dendrological knowledge. The park is designed as a narrow disposition in landscape style and it is composed as a long vista to the castle. The area of the landscape park is 3.76 hectares nowadays. The literature search is especially dedicated to the Renaissance and its relationship to the garden art. The monument care in the Czech Republic and the activity of professional organization of the monument care of the National Heritage Institute in Josefov is introduced in this section. The methodological guide describes the used bolsterings and resulting outputs on the basis of them are implemented of such measures, which will help to improve the health and vitality of existing promising trees and new plantings of trees, which are consistent with the original composition with emphasis on the rehabilitation and upgrading of historical value of the object. Treatment of trees and supplementary planting will be done within the frame of total revitalization of the castle park. The practical unit describes the current status of vegetation monuments of garden art. The inventory trees is the essential tool for analyzing the current status of vegetation monuments of garden art. Inventory, which should provide quality base for a draft recovery, should also be addressed in certain parts with characteristics of individual species (Krejčiřík, 2015). The results of field investigation were completely recorded in the graphical output.

Headscarf blue
Holečková, Michaela ; Vermachová, Martina (referee) ; Hrdličková Kučková, Štěpánka (advisor)
The aim of this work was to prepare and dye a cloth by a cornflower blue due to recipe from the 15th century. Introductory section summarizes the theoretical knowledge about plant dyes and dyeing plants, including the studied cornflower. In the experimental section the "headscarves" blue was obtained and a white cloth was successfully dyed by this blue. A test for confirmation of the presence of anthocyanine dyes contained in cornflowers was also performed. The dyed cloth will serve to expand the collection of reference samples that will be used for identification of natural organic dyes in the future.

The possibilities of using local recipes (a case study of one rural locality) Podorlicka
Rojková, Soňa ; Lošťák, Michal (advisor) ; Markéta, Markéta (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on the possibilities of using local, traditional and unusual recipes in the region of Podorlicko and if this recipes can get through the menus in the local restaurants. The thesis is divided into two main sections, the theoretical and the practical one. The first part concentrates on theoretical background, basic information about food and gastronomy in general, how globalization affects the development of the regions, on the sustainability of farming in the regions, on the innovations, on the theory of transition, the brief history about Czech gastronomy and Czech cooking books as well. It also mentions one of the most famous Czech cook of the 19th century of Mrs. Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová who in Podorlicko especially in Rychnov nad Kněžnou spent the best part of her life and wrote here a cook book which was called Domácí kuchařka aneb pojednání o masitých a postních pokrmech pro dcery české a moravské. This book became a bestseller of the 19th century and was published for another following 100 years. The second part, the practical one represents a sociological research which was conducted through a several research techniques such as questionnaire survey, study of documents, interview and focus group. By using these techniques were investigated information concerning the collection of special and traditional recipes for this area Podorlicko, if residents of Podorlicko know these kinds of recipes, if these recipes can be offered on the menus in local restaurants, if the owners of the restaurants could be willing to offer these kinds of dishes on the menus more frequently than before.

The Chosen Destination Question on the Tourist Industry Market in the Czech Republic - Sevilla
Žídková, Denisa ; Navrátilová, Miroslava (advisor) ; Hricová, Daniela (referee)
The subject of the thesis is an analysis of the selected tourism destination, in this case the city of Seville on the Czech market. The first part deals with theoretical approaches concerning the issue. Furthermore, a brief characteristics of the territory in several respects are described. The following chapters deals with the research itself. Within the tourism destination there are discussed various specific factors which are creating a significant influence.In the following chapter the behavior and preferences of tourists are analyzed based on the survey. The survey of the market of the Czech Republic is made following the replies of the respondents. Offers from various travel agencies are summarized at the end of this work. The result is an evaluation of the status of the selected destination on the Czech market, and the proposal of possible recommendations for tourism businesses which are operating in the given destination.

Spanish Real Estate Market Analysis
Melnikova, Yulia ; Procházka, Petr (advisor) ; Václav, Václav (referee)
At the beginning of 2000-ies the real estate market of residential property in Spain considered to be one the most popular and fast-growing real estate market in Europe, which attracted a great number of investment into the country and thus contributed greatly to the development of the national economy of Spain. However, because of the economic crisis in the country, residential real estate market collapsed significantly. At the present time, the Spanish real estate market of residential property market is recovering from the recession to the pre-crisis level as the prices for residential real estate property has started increasing due to the high demand for it. All this factors positively affect the national economy of Spain. In order to obtain the major aim of the thesis, it is crucial to conduct a retrospective overview of the residential real estate market of Spain before the crisis and provide a bene-ficial real estate market analysis of the current situation on the market of residential proper-ty.

Military Memorial Places in Czechia: Territorial Differences and Changes in Their Perception in the Context of Political Development
Sládek, Petr ; Havlíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kučera, Zdeněk (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with military memorial places and their spatial information. The work is processed within the new defined geographic direction Necrogeography and continues on discussion about taboo subject of death, cemeteries and military places. It is also a continuation of similar work on the theme of small religious monuments in Czechia. The work has several aims: It rates the role of military memorial places in the formation of regional and local identity. The other aim is to rate the territorial differentiation of military memorial places and how the form of military commemorative locations differs within Czechia. For the purpose of the work a typology of military memorial places was created which allows data to be compared and concluded. The aim of the research part of this diploma thesis is addition of spatial information of the current inventory of military commemorative places in Czechia and evaluation of territorial differentiation between the years 1918 - 1938 in model areas. Only the existing memorial places are taken to account because of inaccurate records of past memorial places in model areas (inability to capture every single military memorial place in the history of 20th century). Territorial differentiation of military places is analyzed through field research in model...

Effect of Exchange Rate Hedging on the Performance of Collective Investment Fund
Pfeiferová, Daniela ; Valder, Antonín (advisor) ; Jiří, Jiří (referee)
Collective investment is among the fastest growing areas of investment in financial markets. Its importance within each economy is influenced by the level of development of the capital market. The beginnings of collective investment in the Czech Republic are associated with the coupon privatization in the 90s of the last century. The basic advantages of this method of investing can include risk diversification, professional portfolio management, liquidity of the investment, regulation and tax benefits. The theoretical part describes the historical development of this business in the financial market. The systematization of collective investment was proposed according to the subject of investing, the method of returns distribution to investors, the terms of investment strategy, the investor's investment profile and according to the existing legislation. Transparent classification schemes were created for particular perspectives. The analytical part of the thesis analyzes the processes used to measure the performance of mutual funds, characterization of the risks associated with collective investment and the possible ways to hedge the foreign currency exchange rate risk. The outputs of the thesis respond to two hypotheses: H1: The monthly cost to hedge the foreign exchange risk affects the monthly performance of the mutual fund on the basis of the correlation in time series. H2: Is the information on the costs of exchange rate hedging required for quality decisionmaking for a small investor (consumer).

Factors affecting the properties of glued joints for glues used in the wood industry
Boška, Pavel ; Böhm, Martin (advisor)
Dissertation focuses on the influence of selected factors on the properties of the bond glued by acetate polyvinyl adhesives. Factors such temperature and moisture content of the environment, the pressing pressure and cyclic stress. Despite the same type of adhesive, the properties may vary for different producers of adhesives and according to which the product is not intended. Influence will be compared to the test samples of dried beech timber with regard to shear bond strength. They will be compared properties of adhesives from different manufacturers and different destination. Test samples and test progress carried out in accordance with current standards, or largely based on. This research should help users streamline the process of adhesive bonding and reduce the production costs of the bond.

Subsidies of the Czech Food Sector in a Context of the European Funds and Their Impact
Náglová, Zdeňka ; Rosochatecká, Eva (advisor) ; František, František (referee)
Dissertation deals with the food industry. First, the economy of the sector in the branch structure and size of businesses is evaluated. The main attention is paid to the drawing subsidies by the food industry in the context of EU funds. The main objective of this thesis is to evaluate the effect of the subsidies on the economy of the food business. For the analysis fixed effect model was used. According to the results, there are significant differences in the impact of subsidies on the individual branches of the food industry. In most fields was demonstrated their ineffective use to increase business performance.

Ecology of Eurasian sparrowhawk in urban and rural areas
Kunca, Tomáš ; Šálek, Miroslav (advisor) ; Bohuslav, Bohuslav (referee)
Urban environments provide suitable habitats for species that are ready to adapt to the specific conditions. One of such species is Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) that has adapted to the Prague city environment. This dissertation explores and describes selected aspects of sparrowhawks ecology in urban and rural environment. It focuses on comparison of selected aspects of sparrowhawk ecology between urban and rural study areas.