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Bird diversity and diversification: Different processes converging to the same pattern?
Černá, Vladimíra ; Storch, David (advisor) ; Hulva, Pavel (referee)
Latitudinal diversity gradient is one of the oldest known trends in the distribution of life on the Earth. Scientists have been trying to find causes of its formation for more than two hundred years. There are several hypotheses suggested to explain this gradient. Recently, it is one of the main themes of discussion among ecologists and evolutionary biologists. By this Thesis, I will try to contribute to understanding of processes that generate the latitudinal diversity gradient. Particularly, I study if there is a relationship between ambient temperature and diversification rate. Is this relationship different for individual groups of animals? I choose birds as a model group. Specifically, these six families of birds: Accipitridae, Columbidae, Furnariidae, Picidae, Psittacidae and Strigidae. These groups include more than 1500 species. Each of them has the same universal gradient of diversity, with the highest diversity concentrated in the tropics. My objective was to find out, whether the universal gradients of bird's diversity had been shaped by the same historical processes. Or alternatively, whether different evolutionary trajectories had converged to the same gradients. The main outcome of my work is a discovery that some of the selected families diversified faster in warmer climates...
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International assessment of higher education systems and institutions
Bartušek, Aleš ; Koucký, Jan (advisor) ; Ryška, Radim (referee) ; Šťastná, Věra (referee)
International assessment of higher education systems and institutions DISSERTATION (2022) Ing. Aleš Bartušek ABSTRACT The dissertation responds to a relatively new phenomenon related to significant transformations of higher education systems in recent decades. The gradual globalization, massification and diversification of higher education have undoubtedly led to a shift from the traditional concept and increased the global need for the availability of understandable and comparable information. That is why the first international assessments of higher education institutions began to appear. The aim of the dissertation was to analyse these newly emerging initiatives and contribute to the correct understanding and interpretation of published data. This has been achieved by monitoring major trends in broader context and by analysing the methodologies and results of the most significant global initiatives led by Academic Ranking od World Universities (ARWU), QS World University Ranking (QS) and THE World University Ranking (THE). Despite many limitations and criticisms, published international assessments of higher education institutions are the first efforts to identify and measure quality at a global level. They are also valuable in that they stimulate discussion on this issue. By discussing the significance,...
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The Issue of the Diversification of Tertiary Education
Koziolová, Jana ; Vlk, Aleš (advisor) ; Basl, Josef (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is to describe the issue of diversification of the Tertiary Education in the Czech Republic and to highlight the difference of the tertiary education of the Czech Republic and the tertiary education in developed countries. Therefore this thesis has sought to compare the system of tertiary education of the Czech Republic with the systems of tertiary education of developed European countries, those whose rates in the competitiveness report were very high, Denmark and the Netherlands. This work is based on the characteristics of systems of tertiary education of all three countries which were analysed to learn the extent to which the systems of their tertiary education are diversified. The goal of this thesis is to answer the main research question which is: To which extend is the diversification of tertiary education of the Czech Republic comparable with the diversification of the tertiary education of developed countries, those that rate in the competitiveness reports high. The results of the comparison of the case studies of the countries show that the system of the tertiary education of the Czech Republic is not sufficiently diversified, due to the lack of the professional study programs, which currently represent in the European Western countries an important sector of...
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Investment portfolio and its creation
Ryba, Jan ; Širůček,, Martin (referee) ; Ptáček, Roman (advisor)
The task of the thesis is to elaborate on investment opportunities, wchich are described in detail and to determine the ideal portfolio, that will be financed by dollar-cost averaging. The main investments include stocks, bonds, precious metals, mutual funds and more. Subsequently, the state of individual investments, their opportunities, but also the risks associated with them will be evaluated.
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Investment portfolio and its creation
Ryba, Jan ; Širůček,, Martin (referee) ; Ptáček, Roman (advisor)
The task of the thesis is to elaborate on investment opportunities, wchich are described in detail and to determine the ideal portfolio, that will be financed by dollar-cost averaging. The main investments include stocks, bonds, precious metals, mutual funds and more. Subsequently, the state of individual investments, their opportunities, but also the risks associated with them will be evaluated.
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Income seasonality and its impact on farmer´s livelihood: a case study of the Agogo township
Amoako, Ellen
Real income is an essential component that constitutes to the well-being of individuals and households. The welfare of every household relies heavily on the level of income generated at a particular season. For farmers to survive and to get out of poverty it is imperative that they earn a good and stable income. The income of farming households in Agogo Township has seasonal patterns. The thesis examines the implications of seasonal incomes on household expenditure. Primary research was conducted on households in the Agogo Township in Ghana. Data was collected to determine the seasonal patterns of income on expenditure. The findings showed that seasonal incomes of the farmers have an impact on expenditure. It was discovered that household income becomes unstable, mostly throughout the lean seasons where limited farming activities occur. During this season most farmers survive on the little amount of money that has been saved or the least amount of crops left in storage for sale. Furthermore, lack of storage facilities to store produce after harvesting, fluctuating market price, bad weather and high transportation cost are some the major problems that cause income variation among households. However, as a result of income seasonality, households encounter challenges with consumption, household expenditure and farm extension. Due to the seasonality of income, some households have adopted other non-farm activities to supplement their income.
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Financovanie a využívanie LNG terminálov s dopadmi na európskeho spotrebiteľa
Janovská, Eva
The bachelor thesis is focused on the issue of LNG import into the European Un-ion which relates to the inefficiency of LNG facilities due to creation of the price arbitrages on more price attractive markets. The author of the thesis looks at the annual utilization of the European facilities over the past seven years and also points to the arguable funding of these facilities from European Union sources because of their low utilization. The main objective of the thesis is speculate about possible negative impact liquefied natural gas re-export on domestic consumers. Using the correlation coefficient, directly proportional relationship between coun-try's natural gas price and its reexport volume is examined.
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Tři loukotě českého investora
Rozsypal, Tomáš
The three spokes rule poses a diversified investment and divides it into three sec-tors: real assets, real estate and products of financial market. The issue of holding property with relation to economic cycles is composed from the perspective of a do-mestic investor. In this thesis, there are four models. Each of them is composed of different proportion of assets. The examples are described in horizons of 5, 10 and 15 years. The resulting comparison is made by Sharpe ratio. The results of this bach-elor thesis recommend, how to choose the structure of portfolio of Czech investor for a timeline.
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Diverzifikace v odměňování mužů a žen
Šáchová, Pavlína
Šáchová, P., Diversification in the rewarding of Men and Women. Diploma Thesis. Brno: Mendel University in Brno, 2019. The theme of this diploma thesis is the diversification of the rewarding of men and women in two companies. First company is focused on automotive industry. The second company is focused on agriculture. The subject of investigation was accounted average gross wages and hourly wage tariffs. Based on data, which was provided by the companies has been done analysis, which was fucused on monthly and annual wages. According to lenght of employment, gender, age, and education has been done evaluation of the possible existence of wage diversification. Investigation was focused to incentive wage components too. At the end of the thesis were defined suggestions, which can be helpful for inequalities in rewarding.
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