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Impacts of drug trade in select states of Latin America
Kmetíková, Nina ; Písař, Pavel (advisor) ; Lipka, David (referee)
In the introduction of my thesis, devoted to the drug trade in select states of Latin America, I will address the topic of cocaine and its history. This is important for understanding the significance of the drug in the world, and -- especially in Latin America -- for comprehending that in these countries cocaine has such a strong tradition that attempts to prevent the cultivation of coca and subsequent trade with the drug will probably never succeed. I will further examine the economic and social situations in countries of Latin America and emphasize the fact that people there often have no other alternative than to engage in criminal activities, again for the most part related to cocaine. I will evaluate anti-drug policies in select Latin American countries and their effectiveness -- or rather ineffectiveness -- and conversely attempt to describe how great an influence the narco-mafia has on the economics and politics of given states and on their representatives. I intend to focus my thesis primarily on three Latin American states: Colombia, as the largest supplier of cocaine; Mexico, which is the primary transit country, through which drugs travel from Colombia to the United States, and Brazil, where children's gangs connected with drugs form.
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Technologie výroby a hodnocení jakosti šunek
Nezvalová, Klára
The name of the Bachelor's thesis is the Technology of production and quality evaluation of hams, and it focuses primarily on cooked hams. Nevertheless, other types are characterized and described, too, especially the dried cured ham, which is popular abroad. All issues connected to the product are included, from its classification with the meat products, definition, ingredients, and technology of production, to the evaluation of its quality using laboratory methods. The Prague ham is now the most famous Czech ham, typical for its ingredients and technology of production. Nowadays, some attempts develop to put it on the list of guaranteed traditional specialities. The source rump plays the most important role in the production of soft smoked ham, while its quality is influenced not only by the feedstuff of the livestock, but also by manufacturing of meat itself. Moreover, the appropriate ratio of additives plays a significant role, together with the proper storage in the right temperatures. These aspects then affect the resulting quality of the product, which is checked by sensory analysis and laboratory methods.
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Peter Singer's ethics as a challenge to traditional morality
Šestáková, Kateřina ; Čapek, Jakub (referee) ; Dvořák, Petr (advisor)
This essay chietly discusses the most controversial consequences of Peter Singer's preference utilitarianism in these three areas: 1) Singer's critique of human attitude towards animals and his demand of vegetarianism; 2) Singer' s rejection of sanctity of life ethics and his advocacy of abortion, infanticide and eutanasia; 3) Singer's conviction that we have a moral obligation to help financially poor people in third world countries to such an extent that giving more would cause us comparable amount of suffering as that we are trying to reduce. I also attempt to summarize main arguments of Singer' s critics. In my own criticism I tend to be quite generous to Singer and attack his opinions from within in most cases. I do my best to share not only my own arguments and examples, but also my personal experience and emotions, because this topic deserves nothing less in my opinion.
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Design of Digital Piano
Sikora, Halina ; Chorý, Tomáš (referee) ; 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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Purpose of epicentrum agency and marketpace for a new agency after its closure
Kohout, Jan ; Trunečková, Ludmila (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
This thesis recapitulates activities of Epicentrum agency which was reporting from the crisis places in the world and due to its termination of activities it attempts to define the meaning of Epicentrum. There is no doubt that Epicentrum was unique, but the important thing is to understand the causes and circumstances of its establishment and actions and to describe the way Epicentrum worked, including the both positive and negative aspects. Since the days of Epicentrum the world of media has changed fundametally (although it has not been that long). There is the phenomenon of media internetisation which the traditional media do not know how to deal with. Consequences of digitization have meant significant changes in journalists' work and the theme of this thesis is how could similar agency operate in these days. Today the proccess of producing the reports from the field is faster and cheaper which is advantage, on the other hand it is much easier to gather the large amount information for free these days and it is hard to convince media to buy it from such an agency. Therefore the integral part of this work is also a reflection on the value of on-the-spot reporting and its subsequent application possibilities on the market.
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Dualistic vision of the world in prosaic works by members of Scapigliatura movement
Pletichová, Markéta ; Flemrová, Alice (advisor) ; Pelán, Jiří (referee)
Abstrac After the long period of Risorgimento and several attempts of unification of Italy, the expectations of the Italian nation finally materialized when the Italian state was solemnly declared on 4th March 1861. However the territories of Veneto and Rome were annexed only several years later, even though not in such a heroic way as the Italians hoped for. Despite the great effort of Garibaldi the final unification took place only after the French loss in Prussian-French war of 1870, which was difficult to bear for the pride of Italians. Another disappointment was the organization and functioning of the new state, which didn"t work smoothly. In some cities the artistic circles started to build groups of dissatisfied intellectuals, one of these groups was the "milanese scapigliatura ", which reached it"s heyday between 1860- 1880. Their poetics, or the way of their artistic expression, was closely related to their humor. They lead a dubious way of life, trying to escape the reality through the drugs and alcohol. They were strongly influenced by the romanticism and the positivists. They aimed to show the truth in their works. They refused the traditional, stereotypical literary form and were trying to reach stylistic and linguistic progress. Among the main protagonists were Camillo Boito (1836-1914),...
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Terrorism as a crime under international law
Hromek, Vojtěch ; Bílková, Veronika (advisor) ; Šturma, Pavel (referee)
Terrorism as a crime under international law The purpose of this thesis is to assess the possibility of prosecuting terrorist attacks as crimes under international law and analyse the feasibility of their prosecution before the International Criminal Court. The reason for this research is is twofold. First, compared to the international academic scene, Czech research related to this topic is relatively sparse. Second, the international terrorism has grown into a massive issue of international significance and its global aspects leave the traditional national judicial mechanisms somewhat lacking with regards to the efficiency in its prosecution. The author has therefore attempted to examine the possibility of using the only permanent global judicial body available in today's world, the International Criminal Court. The thesis is composed of six chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of prosecuting the terrorism as an international crime. Chapter One is introductory and defines basic thoughts upon which this thesis builds. It also presents the structure of the thesis with regards to possible issues which may arise during its course. It also explains the reasons for said research as described in the first paragraph of this abstract. Chapter Two is concerned with the term terror and...
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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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Traces of/in the text
Mihálik, Jakub ; Bílek, Petr (advisor) ; Holý, Jiří (referee)
The author describes and critically reflects on some features of the discussions concerning the relation between the text and its interpretation that have been held mainly in the USA since the 1960s. The core of the essay is a critical evaluation of some theories of Stanley Fish (1938). Fish's insights are seen against the background of the more traditional - "formalist" and "new critical" models of interpretation. The author poses the question to what extend can the text and its meaning be conceived as something objectively given and to what extend should they, on the other hand, be seen as products of culturally or institutionally based interpretive strategies. The first two chapters look at two attempts at challenging the "new-critical" method of analysis according to which the exclusive object of critical attention should be the text itself. The first attempt (S. Fish) consists in turning the attention of the critic from the text towards the reader and her consciousness. The author sees this theory as problematic owing to the fact that the experience of the reader who reads in the way suggested by Fish will always be to a great extend a product of Fish's method. The description of her reading experience would then be no more than a description of one specific mode of reading. The second attempt (E.D....
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