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Turnover of aboveground biomass of the dominant of a sedge fen
MEJDOVÁ, Markéta
Annotation This thesis is part of Project of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic No. P504/11/1151 (Role of plants in the greenhouse gas budget of a sedge fen) aims at estimating the turnover of aboveground biomass of Carex acuta L. in a flooded part of the Wet Meadows near Třeboň. The biomass turnover was estimated using both destructive and non-destructive types of measurement and was assessed separately for generative and vegetative tillers, which markedly differ in their life cycles. Vegetative tillers last throughout the vegetation season. Generative tillers have a fast development at the beginning of the vegetatin season but die out soon after seed development. They disapper from the stand in mid-July. Vegetative shoots reached their maximum aboveground biomass at the end of June. The average dry weight of all leaves produced so far was 1,51 g per tiller and the average dry weight of all aboveground biomass produced per tiller was 2,28 g. The turnover coefficient was 1,39 year-1 and 1,01 year-1 for leaves and whole tillers, respectively. Also generative shoots reached their maximum aboveground biomass at the end of June. The average dry weight of aboveground biomass produced so far was 1,95 g per tiller. The turnover coefficient was 1, 38 year-1and 1,10 year-1.
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The ongoing changes in the category of identification in contemporary standard and non-standard Czech
Dobiáš, Daniel ; Zikánová, Šárka (referee) ; Čermák, František (advisor)
While the category of in/definiteness in Czech and other Slavonic languages (except Bulgarian and Macedonian, cf. Corbett - Comrie, 2002) is not expressed by articles, the present paper is concerned with the observation that in contemporary spoken nonstandard Czech a) the demonstrative pronoun ten is developing functions of a definite article, and b) the indefinite pronoun nějaký is developing functions of an indefinite article (alongside with the numeral jeden). On the basis of quantitative analysis, I will demonstrate that this development is ongoing predominantly in spoken non-standard Czech, in which speakers mark identification even if it is obvious from other means (e.g. functional sentence perspective), whereas in standard Czech this tendency is still avoided. Methodologically this paper starts from grammaticalisation theory, according to which frequently used expressions are in certain contexts syntactically and morphological1y reanalyzed, and after having grammaticalised, they continue to develop new grammatical functions (cf. Traugott 1995). The general trend in the field of grammaticalisation is that new means are first very productive in spoken language and pervade standard language only after that. As will be shown later, the development of ten / nějaký in Czech is at a stage in which these...
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Teaching, training and testing applicants for a license from the perspective of examiners
Rada, Josef ; Světlíková, Daniela (advisor) ; Pavla, Pavla (referee)
This thesis finds out current state of preparation and final exams of driving applicants. It is based on the needs of increase competence especially of young drivers. Before obtaining a driving license, every applicant has to go through education and training, which can be in Czech Republic done only by driving schools. When finished education and training the applicants have to pass final exam before driving examiners eyes.
The goal of this thesis is suggesting improvements, which would positively influent readiness of beginning drivers. The analysis of the legislation of the European Union and the Czech Republic are defined on the possible changes in the preparation and testing of applicants for a driving licence. uropean Union and Czech Republic.
By interviewing professional public came out consequences of previous legislative changes. To get required data a questionnaire was used driving examiners. The driving examiners judge the competence of driving applicants, so they can point out the drawbacks in drivers preparation. This information is taken to meet targets of this thesis. Biggest drawbacks came out in qualification of driving instructors. This thesis suggests improving preparation, continuous educating and regular examining of driving instructors.
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Media review of environmental activism during the D8 motorway building
Součková, Kateřina ; Macků, Lucie (advisor) ; Šoltys, Otakar (referee)
Master thesis Media review of environmental activism during the D8 motorway building focuses on media review of longlasting dispute about building the D8 motorway. Using content analysis, it aims to describe how the activists are presented and reviewed by media. Theoretical part focuses on theory of mediation, media effects, news values and construction of reality. Then it concerns with environmental journalism as a branch of journalism practice. Historical overview of D8 construction is also mentioned. The practical part implements the main research - content analysis of the 10 years long period, with regard to 2003 - 2005 and 2011 - 2013 periods. The research has shown that media coverage was really strong during these periods. Media seek for objectivity but nevertheless, the final review is barely negative.
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The Social Skills of Children with Mental Disabilities
Hrušková, Hedvika ; Hadj - Moussová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Duplinský, Josef (referee)
The present thesis focuses on social skills of children with intellectual disabilities (mental retardation), whereby the acquisition of such skills by these children can have a fundamental influence on their integration into society. The notion of social skills was developed on the basis of unstructured participating observation of interactions among children with intellectual disabilities. A group of children without disabilities was used for comparison. The theoretical chapter is aimed at discussing two topics: "social skills" and "intellectual disabilities". Their joint treatment in literature is difficult to find, thus the main information was drawn from the two separate topics. At first the thesis deals with the theoretical definition of social skills and their significance for the individual. The definitions and specific examples facilitated the formation of a notion of which areas are encompassed by this term. The connection between specific manifestations of social behaviour and prior personality development proved to be of great importance. The evolutionary perspective has confirmed such a connection, while at the same time a general idea emerged of what social skills necessary for social interaction a young child at an early school age should master. Social skills play an important role at school...
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Solution of optimization problems with non-decreasing constraints.
Pavlíček, Ondřej ; Zimmermann, Karel (advisor) ; Palata, Jan (referee)
The content of this work is a presentation of algorithms solving optimization problems with a max-separable objective function of the form f(x) = maxjJ fj (xj), where fj are continuous unimodal functions. The optimization problems are solved under constraints, which are described by a system of (max,+)-linear equations and inequalities with variables occurring on both sides of the constraints. In Chapter 6, a modification of this problem with different variables on each side of the constraints is studied. Chapter 7 deals with problems, in which the constraint coefficients may be infinite. The work is based on results contained in previous publications, in which was shown that if the set of feasible solutions of the optimization problems considered here is nonempty, it has always the greatest element. The algorithms suggested in this work begin with this greatest element and decrease step by step the objective function without leaving the feasible set. The method proceeds in a certain sense by analogy with the method of feasible directions. Proofs of correctness of the algorithms and some results concerning computational complexity, as well as a computer implementation are included in the concluding part of the work.
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About the world of novels by Josef Škvorecký
Miklošková, Alica ; Pešička, Jiří (referee) ; Kramářová - Hezinová, Jitka (advisor)
Content of this work is characterization of Josef Škvorecký`s life, his bibliography, significant writings and first of all characterization the main components of his writings with accent on captive of his literary evolution. The work is structured to separate chapters, which talks about author`s life, chronologically bibliography, analysis of the most significant novels and characterization of author`s literary evolution. The chapter of Škvorecký`s novels is divided into free subchapters, where are discribed the most significant novels divided by creative period with target to established typical signs of each creative period. The chapter about himself describes author`s life from his own perspective and perspective of his readers. The conclusion summarizes knowledge about author`s writings.
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Characterization of peptide proteinase inhibitors isolated from boar seminal plasma
Jelínková, Petra ; Tichá, M. ; Jonáková, Věra
Most of proteins of boar seminal plasma are present in this medium under physiological conditions in the form of aggregates and not of monomers. In the present communication we have shown that not only spermadhesins, but also proteinase inhibitors participate in the formation of associated complexes. Proteinase inhibitors were found after gel chromatographic separation mainly in the fraction with the lowest relative molecular mass. Two different types of serine proteinase inhibitors were isolated from boar seminal plasma ů (i) glycosylated inhibitor with Mr 12 kDa, (ii) non-glycosylated sperm-associated acrosin inhibitor with Mr 8 kDa, and a new type of low molecular weight protein that is probably composed of two subunits coupled by the -S-S- bridge. The proteinase inhibitor with Mr 8 kDa was proved to form a heterodimer with AQN 1 spermadhesin under physiological conditions, whereas inhibitor with Mr 12 kDa forms homodimers.
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Dopad Implikované Volatility na FX Carry Trade
Varga, Lukáš ; Witzany, Jiří (advisor) ; Baran, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis aims to back-test the ability of implied volatility carry trade strategies to outperform the carry trade strategies in the FX markets. Recent research has shown that the profitability of the strategies is partly attributable to the market mispricings of the forward volatility agreements and a tendency of the forward implied volatility to overestimate the future spot implied volatility. This thesis uses a similar approach to construct portfolios containing 10 developed as well as 9 emerging market currencies. Our approach is based on the assumption that Uncovered Interest rate Parity (UIP), Forward Unbiasedness Hypothesis (FUH) and Forward Volatility Unbiasedness Hypothesis (FVUH) do not hold and therefore providing investors with several opportunities to construct trading strategies taking advantage of these market mispricings. In this thesis, we show that the foreign exchange carry trade strategy composed of the specific developed and emerging country's currencies can be outperformed by portfolio consisting of the implied volatility carry trade strategies in the FX market over the analysed period. The portfolios are adjusted to the riskiness which is accounted for by the VIX and VXY-G7 index for developed and VIX and VXY-EM index for emerging economies. The strong performance of the strategies outlined in this thesis can be of significant value to FX traders and portfolio managers.
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The issue of the establishment of sheltered housing in the transformation Home Pístina
KUBEŠOVÁ, Stanislava
Sheltered housing is under the act n. 108/ 2006, about social services, defined as a residential service which is provided to people with reduced self- sufficiency because of disability or chronic illness including mental disability whose situation needs help of another person. Sheltered housing can be in a form of group or individual housing. At the beginning of the theoretical part is briefly described mental illness, its causes and classification. Another part is focused on social service system and specification of sheltered housing. The final part of the theoretical part is devoted to transformation process of social services, its present development, financing, criteria and possible risks. The objective of this bachelor´s thesis was to find out and compare approaches of addressed representatives of chosen municipalities to sheltered housing building within the process of transformation The Home of Pístina. The first sub-objective was to find out what problems can arise while looking for new locations for sheltered housing. The second sub-objective was to find out whether the public is informed enough concerning providing social service and about clients and their integration into society. To determine the set objective was used a qualitative research. Data was obtained by interviewing using a structured interview technique with open questions. Sample consisted of two types of respondents - representatives of communities A,B,C and a worker of South Bohemian Regional Authority. The research showed very different opinions and approaches of representatives in individual communities to sheltered housing building and to its clients as well. In the community A, where municipal authority understood the change of social service system in form which will not separate users of these services from the other inhabitants, all negotations about realization of this change proceeded without problems. Certain worries were mentioned by representatives about free movement of people with mental disability for reason of their abuse and ability to adapt to the new environment. In the community B, the situation was completely different. Municipal authority did not show any interest in building of sheltered housing.The problems arose at the very beginning with purchase of land. There was a lack of awareness about the process of social service transformation and about people who will use this service. Awareness of people about this issue led to worries about unsuitable behaviour of mentally disabled people in public. The research indicates the need to increase awareness of general public about facilities providing social services and about their clients. In case the county does not get this possibility from the community, it should explain the issue to the inhabitants itself in another suitable way and help people with mental disability to integrate in the society of selected location.
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