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The Lysis as a search for a rational world picture
Hobza, Pavel
Unlike in the early dialogues, which are constituted as the confrontation between two different kinds of thought or value systems, in the Lysis Plato attempts to establish a new conceptual frame in which to describe the world. Whereas in the early dialogues Socrates accepts the traditional world picture resting on men's inability to seize the region of gods, he is now trying to conceptualize the world in terms of good and evil, in which men are given the middle position between good and evil.
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Henri Pourrat's Gaspard des Montagnes
Tučková, Lucie ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
The diploma thesis introduces in detail the chiefliterary work ofHenri Pourrat Gaspard from the Mountains. After the introduction ofthe author's individuality and after highlighting the main sources of inspiration of Pourrat 's work, the thesis is devoted to a thorough analysis of "Gaspard from the Mountains" in terms ofhow it was created in accordance with the oral folk tradition, an analysis which has not been attempted to by anyone tilI this time. This has been proved on the theme of the work itself and on its episodes, structuring of Gaspard from the Mountains into individual part s corresponding with particular evenings which as ifthey were spent together with a woman-narrator ofthe story, on the inserted humour, and last but not least on the way ofhow language devices typical for oral expression are employed. One whole chapter ofthe thesis has been devoted to individuallanguage levels ofthe work. Next, the spiritual part ofthe literary work which basically determines the direction ofthe main story line is stressed because faith underlies all actions of Anne Marie, the heroine ofthe story. The lyrical as well as the spiritual parts also display Henri Porraťs extraordinary poetic capacity. The last chapter ofthe thesis provides the first critical evaluation ofboth Czech translations of Gaspard .from the...
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Design of Digital Piano
Sikora, Halina ; Sládek, Josef (advisor)
This master’s thesis deals with the design of a digital piano. This increasingly popular musical instrument offers possibilities not available in an acoustic piano (outputting sound into headphones, utilizing sample libraries, recording, use of sheet music in digital form and more). From technical standpoint, it attempts to closely mimic the qualities of traditional instruments, both in its tactile feedback and sound quality. The aim of this work was to design a solution which would starkly differentiate from the very conservative classical design without being overly extravagant. The main focus is therefore on aspects of visual appearance, with emphasis on ergonomics, and an outline of the technical solution.
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The Speech of Orthodox Icons: Icon as the Way to Christ
Drahotová, Hana ; Kraus, David (referee) ; Milfait, René (advisor)
The Bachelor thesis with the title: The Speech of Orthodox Icons: Icon as the Way to Christ deals with the topic of orthodox icons and their specific speech. It sets itself a goal to answer a question whether icons can talk to present man living in Western Christian tradition or to human in general as approximation of the centre of Christian message. It results from Orthodox Creed and makes an attempt to interpret sense, language and message of icons in the light of Christian message. The thesis is composed of four chapters. First chapter is more generalized. It tries to understand man as the general human being and thanks his manner of cognition the world to show the importance of existence of symbol in human life. It moves to insurmountable real symbol of Orthodox Christianity F to the icon. This is followed by the chapter about meaning of icon for the orthodox Church, about its theological sense and about icon as the highest artistic symbol of spiritual reality. The chapter about symbolical language of icons attempts to explain what is the real meaning of some symbolical meanings which icon uses for expressing its speech. The last part of the thesis, the chapter about what is the icon's message, tries to be an answer of the aim question of the thesis. Here it is dealt the joyful Christian message in the...
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Forming the "cosmoworld" and finding its essence
Horáková, Klára ; Šmídová, Olga (advisor) ; Petrusek, Miloslav (referee)
This dissertation thesis on the issue "How Cosmoworld Forms and What It Is" deals with the formation and content of a magazine for young women named Cosmopolitan. The aim of this work is to ascertain, whether the type of the woman constructed by this magazine is the emancipated one, to uncover how the magazine defines itself or, put more aptly, how it helps to maintain traditional stereotypes attributed to womanhood. In the introduction, the author pursues the basic theoretical concept and methodological tools suitable to apply in analysing media like Cosmopolitan. The very research into the process of production of the magazine and its content is covered in the second part of the thesis. Using the means of discursive analysis, the author attempts to resolve the type of womanhood re/constructed by the magazine and to work out what are the backdrops or frames which the magazine sets womanhood in. Further, we see the author researching the very creation of the magazine (the ethnomethodological observation in the editorial office), identifying the rules followed in writing articles for Cosmopolitan. Having analysed the content of Cosmopolitan and the process of its production, the author has come to the conclusion that Cosmopolitan re/produces a woman who sees her liberation and emancipation in sexual freedom...
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The Primary Art School in Strakonice
DRÁBKOVÁ, Lucie
Primary art schools enjoy a long tradition in our country. The Primary Art School ``Kochana z Prachové{\crqq} in Strakonice celebrates already the 70th anniversary of its foundation. It is surprising that nobody has attempted to elaborate a comprehensive work concerning its history for the whole period. With respect to the fact that I have been teaching the piano playing here since 2006 and therefore I have become a part of it, I have chosen just the history thereof as the subject of my thesis. The Primary Art School participates in many cultural activities of the town of Strakonice and it is an important educational institution because it provides education to 750 pupils in four subjects - the musical, graphic, dancing and literary-dramatic ones and it prepares talented pupils for the study at secondary schools, colleges and universities focused on arts.
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Integration as a Service
Paluch, Juraj ; Burkoň, Lukáš (advisor) ; Feuerlicht, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the integration of applications provided as a service (Software as a Service), with emphasis on the possibility of providing integration as a service (Integration as a Service). The paper explains the various concepts such as SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, Cloud Computing, as well as their subsequent use in a possible way of doing the integration itself. The final section presents one of representatives of the integration as a service - Boomi and its integration platform. Aim of this paper is to introduce possibilities for integration between SaaS applications as well as integration with traditional on-premise applications. The paper attempts to summarize and analyze the processes, opportunities, advantages, disadvantages and possible obstacles to such integration, while the purpose of this analysis is to clarify issues and to bring technical solutions and integration capabilities as a service.
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The Economics of Wind Energy
Ryvolová, Ivana ; Zemplinerová, Alena (advisor) ; Žák, Milan (referee) ; Štěpán, Vladimír (referee)
The presented work examines the special characteristics of electricity produced by the wind as a renewable resource into which considerable hopes are being placed. Production of electricity from wind, as well as from other renewable sources, is a subject of many legislatively enshrined preferential rules. These subsidies and regulatory provisions help the energy producers but represent additional costs to every final customer and tax payer. The aim of this work is to analyse the key arguments of wind energy advocates, which are 1) economic advantage of this production due to zero costs for 'fuel' and 2) negligible burden on the environment due to zero carbon dioxide emissions. The work takes into account all aspects of wind energy production, including their financial and extra-financial implications, and shows their indefensibility in economic terms and in terms of environmental protection. Besides, I have attempted to identify institutional aspects and forms of government which is known to give interest groups a chance to succeed in their rent-seeking activities and as a result allow prosperity of the above-mentioned ineffective energy production. Attention is also paid to the observation that, given the specific technological features of electricity production from the wind, it is not possible to fully apply the conclusions of a traditional theory of economic regulation onto the current position of key players in the electricity market.
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New Phenomena and Trends in the International Procurement
Donskikh, Viktoriya ; Chylíková, Hana (advisor) ; Nedvídek, Karel (referee)
The thesis provides further details related to the company purchasing activities (procurement). Using both theoretical and practical knowledge it gives further details on new phenomena related to purchasing process. The thesis is made of three main parts. The first one explains terms further used in the thesis. The next section provides more details on the most obvious trend which is movement from traditional understanding of purchasing to the attempts to build a relationship with the supplier. Besides this key phenomenon there are further examples/trends given. The last section relates to the explanation of how the proper purchasing process should be set-up in the global corporation.
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Development of the Czech pension system after 1989 and its future direction
Langrová, Hana ; Krebs, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Brabec, Petr (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is an analysis of the development of the pension system in the Czech Republic since 1989. The emphasis is placed on reform provisions and on their impact on public budgets. Future direction is discussed next. The demographic development raises concerns about the financial sustainability of pension systems. The changes in the structure of the system were made after several years of discussions and a number of parametric adjustments. The question of sustainability is not closed yet. Recent changes are canceled and the system returned to the previous state. The reason was a lack of political and general agreement about this type of reform. The theoretical part deals with the definition of public budgets with a focus on social security. The importance and the function of pension systems are characterized in the next section. Pension systems are classified by the operator, by the method of calculating pension benefits and by the type of funding. Each pension system is based on tradition and is influenced by the development of society in the political, economic and social fields. In the practical part is performed the analysis of the pension system structured according to the periods. The impact of the reform provisions is illustrated on the state of public budgets. The thesis concludes that the initial efforts to change the system fundamentally will be replaced by attempts to implement minor adjustments. In the case of structural reform in the future it could be considered the application of modern pension theory, which recommends Pan-European pension system.
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