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Towards a better understanding of ungulate diets: a methodological approach
Holá, Michaela ; Červený, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Stádník, Luděk (referee)
Populations of European ungulates have grown substantially over recent decades, resulting in considerable environmental and socio-economic impacts. Availability and quality of natural and supplemental food sources are among the main factors driving their population dynamics. Detailed knowledge of feeding strategies of management-targeted species is therefore of primary importance for their successful management. Over time, methods to study the feeding strategies of animals have also evolved considerably but each has its advantages as well as limitations. This doctoral thesis uses a combination of traditional methods (i.e. stomach content analysis) and novel methods (i.e. stable isotope analysis, near infrared reflectance spectroscopy) to achieve a better understanding of feeding strategies of two important ungulate species (i.e. wild boar and red deer) in the Czech Republic, where their populations are on the rise and supplementary feeding is rampant. Next, this dissertation aims to introduce and to establish a basis for these novel methodological approaches for the study of free-ranging individuals. In this respect, it also addresses methodological issues related to their application in this field.
The diet composition of wild boar was investigated by examining stomach contents in order to identify their dependence on food resources of human origin (i.e. agricultural crops and supplemental foods). Foods of human origin were the dominant diet type and constituted the bulk of the diet of wild boar throughout the year. A necessary prerequisite for application of stable isotope analysis is the trophic discrimination factor (i.e. systematic difference between the isotopic composition of the consumer tissues and that of the diet), which was experimentally determined for stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, the two most commonly used in ecology, in hair tissue of wild boar and red deer. Furthermore, possible sources of variation (such as sex, age, body weight, and lactation) on isotopic discrimination were investigated. The results of the experiments provide a starting point for the successful use of stable isotope analysis in field studies on wild boar and red deer. Finally, application of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy was proven to be useful in measuring faecal indices of food quality for red deer. The results of this thesis will contribute towards efficient management of wild boar and red deer in the Czech Republic.
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Identifikation of charakteristics mentoring relation ship in doctoral education
Štádlerová, Michaela ; Hron, Jan (advisor) ; Fejfarová, Martina (referee)
The thesis "Identification of characteristics mentoring relationship in doctoral education" is divided into several main areas. The theoretical part of the thesis defines the basic concepts and theories for solving the problems defined dissertation and also deals with the issue of doctoral studies at universities. Based on theoretical assumptions, the research questions, which focused on the evaluation of doctoral studies. Rating is based on the student doctoral program because, as indicated resources are an important component of innovative ideas and have to some degree a significant impact on the level doktorskéhého efficiency program in the Czech Republic. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of the mentoring relationship and consider how they appear from the perspective of the student's doctoral program in a relationship with his trainer, focusing on arts fields of study. In the empirical part was gathered by interviewing primary data, personal interviews and electronic questionnaires. The data were processed using multivariate methods (correspondence analysis, factor analysis), multinomial regression and multiple regression. Based on the above statistical methods were found to have significant dependence between the observed variables and also were overall evaluated factors that are sensitive to the needs of the student's doctoral program depending on the set of predictors. The results of the dissertation was based on a synthesis of knowledge embedded in the context of previous research with potential for further expansion in theoretical and practical.
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Sorting of waste at primary school
Šimandlová, Magdalena ; Mikulová, Vlastimila (advisor) ; Ivana, Ivana (referee)
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This thesis deals with the possibilities of municipal waste separation and the importance of education and awareness at the primary school level. The review part is generally focused on municipal waste issues, basic terms, methods of separation and recycling. In the next part there are the possibilities of elementary schools to participate in programmess with environmental topics, especially with the eventuality of systematic separation of waste within the classroom. It assesses the potential to create internal programmes and involvement in external ones. In the practical part the method of questionnaire survey at a primary school in Chodov near Karlovy Vary is employed. The research was applied there and it aims to determine the influence of education on the attitude of respondents, elementary school pupils. The comparison of the situation before and after completing the educational program of the company EKOKOM Tonda package on the road was carried out. The benefit is the analysis of pupils' awareness accomplished by the comparison of both questionnaires and specific verification of positive impact on the pupils approach to waste separation thanks to the awareness. One part of the thesis is to build an EVVO plan at the selected elementary school together with events focused on waste management.
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Children from minorities and their adaptation on the conditions of Czech primary school
Veselá, Tereza ; Levínská, Markéta (advisor) ; Bittnerová, Dana (referee)
This paper is concerned with pupils-foreigners who attend Czech basic school, specifically pupils of the fifth class. Its focus is to examine the different aspects of the adaptation process of foreign pupils in the Czech curriculum. The goal is to obtain a summary of problems that pupil-foreigner encounters, and conditions that influence the process of adaptation. Theoretical part is dedicated to basic definitions, some legislative issues, possible problems in terms of adaptation process, intercultural competences and also for example Allport's meaning of prejudices and theory of their reduction. The research involved interviews with pupils-foreigners and mapping of structure of relations through the sociometric questionnaire. Results of this paper are data of qualitative character that give us view in enviroment of one multiculture class, with focus on pupils-foreigners positions.
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Financial literacy of elementary school pupils
Čudová, Lucie ; Burian, Stanislav (advisor) ; Stará, Dana (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the topic of financial literacy of primary school pupils after the inclusion of the financial education in the Education Plan of primary schools.
With the use of professional literature, theoretical part of this bachelor thesis defines the Standards of financial literacy and assesses the benefits and issues of financial education of primary school pupils. The conclusion of the theoretical part of this bachelor thesis is dedicated to the history of financial education between 2005 and 2014.
The practical part of the bachelor thesis is dedicated to international survey of PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) and to author´s own testing. With
the use of PISA´s surveys and author´s own testing, the state of pupils´ financial knowledge and skills was analysed during the periods before and after the financial literacy was included in the Framework Education Plan. Fifteen-year-old boys were tested through the PISA project, students of elementary and secondary schools and grammar schools were tested by the author of the thesis. Consequently, the level of knowledge was compared between the secondary school pupils and grammar school students using PISA´s survey and author´s own testing. A survey has been done with the teachers and management of the tested schools as a part of own testing.
Own testing and the survey were done with the help pupils and teachers from primary schools in Čáslav and adjacent villages.
In the final part of the bachelor thesis, an assessment of findings and results was done
in order to improve teaching of financial literacy and a comparison of results of pupils that were tested through PISA and by the author of the bachelor thesis was made.
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Drug prevention at upper elementary school
Anlaufová, Bohumila ; Mrkosová, Eva (referee) ; Šotolová, Eva (advisor)
This bachelor thesi s deals with drug prevention at upper primary schools. In the theoretical part it focuses on basic information associated with drug prevention. Further it mentions general methods, solutions and ways of prevention, and also the system of prevention used in schools. The practical part describes the role that teachers have in the prevention system. The research was realized at three schools in the Pribram region. Teachers from upper primary schools took part in the research. The method of questionnaires enabled monitoring of the teachers' awareness, knowledge and activities in the field of drug prevention. From the acquired data it was deduced how much the teachers are involved in drug prevention.
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Services Marketing
Šutko, Oleksij ; Vokáčová, Lucie (advisor) ; Bejvl, Lukáš (referee)
The Bachelor thesis focused on using of marketing tools in the fitness center Fitness Power. The primary purpose of this study was based on the information gathered leading to formulate proposals and recommendations to increase customer satisfaction. Within the theoretical recourses based on the study and comparison of professional literature and internet sources are describe important theoretical concepts, which are related to marketing services. In the practical part there was investigated using of individual tools and amplification of marketing mix in Fitness Power. An important unit of the practical part was also researching of customer satisfaction with provided services, which was conducted by the survey. Based on the identified informations there were suggested changes and recommendations for improving the quality of provided services.
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Services marketing
Pfefferová, Tereza ; Vokáčová, Lucie (advisor) ; Pánek, Pavel (referee)
The aim of Marketing services thesis is to create an optimal marketing management for english teacher´s start-up business. Theoretical part is focused on marketing mix and its enlargement in area of services, also known as 7P mix. Then, thesis describes environments of business, internal as well as external, and its influencing the business subject. There are mentioned some of the main specifics of B2B market at the end of theoretical part. To create thesis there were used methods like literature review, description, comparison, deduction, interviews, analysis of secondary datas and primary datas and surveys. In practical part of thesis there is enviroments of business analysis. Marketing management was designed based on findings from analysis and theoretical part in order to reach maximum of customers among enterprises. Among concrete proposal of management there are offering options of Skype lesson instead of classic hours. Autor should also buy a car to be more flexible, constantly learn new pedagogical and lingual knowledge, reach C1 english certificate, set price level between 450 and 550 crown per lesson, reach new potencial customers during personal meetings according to B2B market rules, let the customers have a free first hour and have some good references from the other students on her precisely made websites.
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Consumer preferences of parents of primary school children as a part of a healthy lifestyle
Vojtěchovská, Anna ; Šánová, Petra (advisor) ; Hrubcová, Barbora (referee)
The subject of the bachelor thesis is to evaluate consumer parents preferences of primary school children within healthy life style. The aim of the thesis is to determine if parents are interested in healthy life style as well as if they are teaching their children to this life style. Theoretical part includes general characteristics of healthy life style and basic principals of healthy eating focused on primary school children. It defines basic administrative documents relating to school meals, and last but not least the theoretical part concerns with customer preferences. The main research was done by questionnaire survey, primarily focused on achieving the aim of the thesis. The quantitative survey was evaluated and later some recommendations were provided.
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