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The change of approach to death, view on death in society through the eyes of gravediggers
Doňková, Eva ; Řezáčová, Vendula (advisor) ; Cirklová, Jitka (referee)
West society development is really fast. Whole culture evolution signifies changes of life style and priorities. One of these changes is also different approach to death and perception of mortality. In this work I'll try to outline changes in society in connection with perception of death. First I'll mention historical context of these issues and also the different priorities of society, mainly the option to choose funeral in the culture context. Whole work should point on human approach to death and mortality in connection with society and culture. This is one of the reasons I choose three gravediggers to make an interview with. The interview had three main zones. In first zone is important general view on functioning of graveyards and gravediggers. Next part is view of gravediggers on death in our society. The emphasis is placed in their view on society and society's relation to death and mortality. Gravediggers have really specific profession so last part is dedicated to their personal view on these issues. Work should bring a new view on society's approach to these issues mainly through the eyes of gravediggers. And it should show the gradual development as well. This development stands behind current approach.
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Anna Regina Husová (1857-1945)
Tůmová, Marie ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee) ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor)
The main theme of the presented dissertation is life's work of Anna Regina Husová (1857 - 1945). The autor, ethnology student Marie Tůmová (Department of Ethnology Charles University in Prague), prowides a comprehensive overview of many aspects of her life which hasn't been mapped in the academic scene of the Czech republic yet. The author proposes first, that she was an outstanding personality in ethnology of our regional history. The work itself is divided into two main sections (life and life's work of Anna Regina Husová) and subsections which analysing the topic in a specific context: a brief introduction, structure, proposition, conclusion and full bibliography. There are also seven appendices (activities, friends, a brief look into her prose and poetry, illustrations, this English summary and CD disk), literature and sources. The methodological backround of the presented thesis was grounded in the professional qualifications, archive's sources, literature and recent literature as well. Cardinal method used in this thesis is a dense and holistic case study: a mohography. Although the thesis of graduate student Marie Tůmová, led by lecturer Irena Štěpánová, concerns many aspects selected regional personality exceeding 180 pages in lenght, it still raises several unanswered questions.
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Consumer society, materialistic value orientation and quality of life
Rendlová, Markéta ; Hnilica, Karel (advisor) ; Soukup, Václav (referee)
Práce je věnována srovnání hlavních pojetí materialismu ve společenských vědách tak, jak byly formulovány v pracích Ronalda F. lngleharta, Russela Belka, Marshy L. Richinsové a představitelů "rochesterské školy" Edwarda L. Deciho, Richarda M. Ryana a Tima Kassera. Ronald F. lnglehart vnesl do západní společenské vědy koncepci hodnotové změny od materialismu k postmaterialismu. K materialismu přistupuje jako k hodnotové orientaci, která se utvářela či utváří během vývoje společnosti, liší se mezi generacemi a na níž má vliv ekonomický růst. Podle tohoto autora dochází u poválečné generace ke změně hodnot, a to směrem od materialistických, jejichž cílem je především zajištění ekonomického dostatku, k tzv. postmaterialistickým hodnotám, které reflektují podmínky ekonomického bezpečí. Výsledky řady provedených mezinárodních srovnávacích výzkumů však nepostihují individuální rozdíly v hodnotové orientaci členů zkoumaných společností. Na rozdíl od R. lngleharta se Russel Belk snaží tyto individuální rozdíly v úrovni materialistické orientaci jedince postihnout. Podle něj se spolu s vývojem společnosti mění také člověk a některé jeho typické sklony reprezentují jeho vztah k materiálním objektům. Materialismus tak připisuje do značné míry vnitřním individuálním rozdílům v osobnosti a chápe jej jako osobnostní rys....
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Women quality of life at the climacterium period
Hvězdová, Alexandra ; Vachková, Eva (advisor) ; Zimmerová, Ilona (referee) ; Machalová, Iva (referee)
Author: Alexandra Hvězdová Institution: Ústav sociálního lékařství LF UK v Hradci Králové, Oddělení ošetřovatelství (Nursing Department.) Name of Work: Women Quality of Life at the Climacterium Period Head of Work: Mgr. Eva Vachková Number of Pages: 88, XI Number of Supplements: 9 Number of used titles 38 Year of Defence: 2010 Key Words: hormone replacement therapy, HRT, climacterium, climacterical syndrome, quality of life, menopause, quality of life measurement, MRS, UQOL The Bachelor Thesis is focused on the problems regarding women quality of life at the climacterium period. It detects how climacterium impacts the quality of life in women who use any form of HRT and how climacterium impacts the quality of life in women who do not use any form of HRT. Theoretical part of the Work draws attention in two chapters, besides definition of climacterium, to classification of climacterium, typical symptomatology, diagnostics, treatment and characteristics of disposed women, formulates quality of life on the one hand and possible ways of its measurement on the other hand, both at the general level, as well as at the climacterium period. Empirical part of the Work is based on the research investigation by means of quantitative questioning methods via MRS and UQOL questionnaires, the versions of which...
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Similarities and differences? Key moments in the history of the 20th century in the Czech and Austrian history textbooks.
HONSOVÁ, Romana
The thesis is focused on the comparison between the Czech and Austrian history textbooks for the second level of the grammar schools. The work is focused on the interpretation of key events connecting the two countries during the 20th century.It summarizes the latest knowledge of the history textbooks used as the basic educational media and compares the methods and contents of teaching history.The work gives an overview of the Austrian and Czech history textbooks for the second level of the grammar schools and shows the divergences and convergences on selected historical events. It also studies if the textbooks fulfil the didactic, illustrations and other supplementary requirements. The work also implemented an empirical survey of selected grammar schools in the South Bohemian region and Lower Austria. The findings obtained from this survey show not only the knowledge of the students at these schools, but also their opinions,prejudices and stereotypes. The research also highlights opinions of the teachers on the current situation of the school system in both countries.
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The Cultivation of Language Utterances and Communication Instruction in School
Hrubá, Hana ; Chejnová, Pavla (advisor) ; Šamalová, Markéta (referee)
This work contains three parts. The first part describes attitudes chosen by various authors towards the subject of communication training in three sets of textbooks for the second grade of basic schools, namely those by Vlastimil Styblík, Balkó and Zimová and Oldřich Uličný. The aim was to establish if there are differences in the attitudes of the individual authors and if so, what they are. The conclusion made is that in all basic principles the attitudes towards the communication training are the same, i.e. communication principle, integrity of texts with real life of pupils and main aim to increase ability of pupils to be able of a cultured and adequate speech. A significant difference is in a different level of the communication training within the subject of Czech language and literature. Although all three authors keep horizontal link between the individual parts of the subject - language, composition, literature, the level of integrity is different. VI. Styblík allocates a separate part to the communication training which includes chapters on individual composition forms. Authors Balkó and Zimová use a principle of integration in composition of their textbooks (i.e. integration of linguistic and composition texts). The composition texts are combined with the linguistic ones thus enabling to use...
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The position and methods of archaeology: the case of Roztoky
Kuna, Martin
The paper discusses the relationship between history and archeology in the reconstruction of early history. The author highlights the potential risks of subordinating archeology to history. Using the case of the Roztoky archeological site as an example, he presents a set of questions that can only be answered using archeological methods, these methods are grounded not in the humanities, but in the natural sciences.
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Statistical image analysis in quality control
Legát, David ; Antoch, Jaromír (advisor) ; Dohnal, Gejza (referee) ; Tunák, Maroš (referee)
Title: Statistical image analysis in quality control Author: David Legát Department: Department of probability and mathematical statistics Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Jaromír Antoch, CSc. Abstract: Currently, necessity to handle unstructured data rises significantly. One important area of unstructured data manipulation is signal processing such as audio and video, for which there exist many procedures. This work deals with the statistical approach to image processing, in which the image is interpreted as a representative of a random field. It describes two problems: removing noise from an image which facilitates better interpretation of the image, and image classification, in which we try to identify and recognize objects displayed. Part of the work aimed at eliminating of noise deals primarily with the use of MCMC simulation methods. These procedures can be tested in software that is included. Part of the work dealing with the classification of the image describes various modifications of classification trees methods. An example of image processing, which is the identification of defects in woven fabrics, is presented at the end. 1
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Marketing research and analysis of consumer perception of private labels
Ziegelbauer, Jan ; Tahal, Radek (advisor) ; Rozsypal, Petr (referee)
The main goal of the thesis is to analyze and evaluate awareness and consumer perception of private labels, consumer attitudes towards them and the influence of private labels on consumer buying decisions. The aim is to find out what is the difference in the perception of national brands versus private brands of selected chain stores, including the extent and frequency of private label goods in the shopping baskets of consumers. The first part is devoted to theoretical perspective of brands, private labels and marketing research. The following part is focused on specific private brands and supply analysis of these brands in the Czech Republic. The third and crucial part of the work itself is dedicated to the marketing research and detailed interpretation of the results.
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The central bank and its function in the economy
Guth, Karel ; Kopecká, Lenka (advisor) ; Soukup, Alexandr (referee)
The following thesis describes the importance of the central bank in the states economy and its position in the structure of the banking and financial system. It deals with its monetary policy and functions such as the role of the state bank, issuance activity or the regulation and supervision of commercial banks. The theoretical part is concluded by describing the Maastricht convergence criteria, which is built on in a questionnaire survey of the practical part.
The practical part is divided into two sections. The first is focused on the exchange rate as a monetary tool of the Czech National Bank. It attempts to compare how successfully CNB has achieved its predictions from 2014 (the year when the foreign exchange interventions were initiated). The second section contains an interpretation of the results from the survey, with the aim of identifying the attitudes of Czech citizens towards adopting the euro currency. Subsequently, testing of a statistical hypothesis for contingency between selected issues was performed and connections within the columnar frequency of the contingency tables were observed and picked out.
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