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Ebooks and their creation
Kijkova, Eugenie ; Krejčová, Iva (advisor) ; Vlnas, Pavel (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with area of electronic books. It deals with history of the industry and compares positives and negatives of electronic books versus classic books from the viewpoint of the authors as well as readers. It further analyses most frequently used formats in the Czech Republic and the way DRM is being applied against illegal transmission. It analyses different types of hardware used for reading electronic books and compares advantages and disadvantages of them. Also it informs about programmes suitable for editing, reading and management of electronic library. The practical part introduces tutorial how to work with Calibre software in terms of creation of electronic library, format conversion and synchronization of electronic books into e-reader. The main objective of the thesis is to provide complex insight into electronic books in current Czech market and introduction of effective ways of working with electronic books.

Jerzy Nowosielski's religious works of art
Ostapczuk, Anna ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Guzik, Hubert (referee)
The thesis is about Jerzy Nowosielski's religious works of art and deals to the life and work of the Polish painter Jerzy Nowosielski (1923-2012) one of the most significant contemporary icon painters. The aim of the thesis is to introduce Jerzy Nowosielsky's sacred artwork. Each chapter approaches his life and creative period. Further review will focus on the creation of secular artists. Introduces its abstraction, figurative work, nudes, portraits and impressionistic landscapes. Furthermore, focusing on Nowosielského painting icons. This chapter presents general information about the icon, the most common suggestions from Nowosielského image plate and example of his murals. The thesis offers a comprehensive look at his work while understanding his inspiration and method of formation.


Beginnings of Holy Mountain as a Place of Pilgrimage
Pokorná, Gabriela ; Dvořáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Michaela (referee)
This thesis attends to the Holy Mountain - a place of pilgrimage, mainly to its origins. We can observe the process of an ordinary and uninteresting place becoming the most well- known place of pilgrimage consecrated to the Virgin Mary in Bohemia. At first we go in for general overview of places of pilgrimage that will help us become more familiar with this broad issue, we mention e.g. locations of places of pilgrimage and pilgrims' motivation. Later we focus on the Holy Mountain. We follow its becoming a famous place of pilgrimage in the first centuries of its existence. We allude to miracles that took place here as well as important personages who had crucial influence on development of this place of pilgrimage. We are concerned with first pilgrims coming here, their motives and by the same token we aim at gradual rebuilding of the chapel and later construction work that led to a formation of a beautiful and monumental complex of buildings. Lastly we briefly go through the 20th century approach towards places of pilgrimage and the literary approach towards them in the last decades.


Geopolitical Importance of Turkey: Opportunities and Perspectives of Turkish foreign Policy
Thim, Michal ; Romancov, Michael (advisor) ; Aslan, Emil (referee)
Diploma thesis "Geopolitical importance of Turkey: opportunities and perspectives of Turkish foreign policy" deals with development of foreign policy of Turkish republic from the perspective of geopolitics during two periods: interwar period and new era which has come for Turkey after the end of Cold War. Emphasis is added on the role of geopolitics (i.e. influence of geographic location, regional security, bilateral relations etc.) on foreign policy making. First period is one of formation of foreign policy principles, second of challenges and changes that post-Cold War era pose for these principles. Final analysis examines possible heading of Turkish foreign policy in mid-term period of time perspective.

Symbolism of Christian graveyards
ČERNÁ, Pavlína
This document briefly describes historical evolution of Christianity. It follows up formation of Christianity and events that affected its evolution significantly. It analyzes main Christian symbols like fish, anchor, chalice, dove or lamb. It constructs meaning of the symbols from the beginning of Christianity to present days. The importance of the symbols for believers is demonstrated by frequent quotations from the Bible. It shows the meaning of the symbols for other civilizations and religions. This paper describes evolution of graveyards and methods of burying. Then it focuses on Czech lands. It shows the view of society on dying and the death itself from the Middle Ages to present especially how Christianity affected perception of death and how it cause changes in burying and ordering on graveyards. This document analyzes tomb symbolism - specifically St. Otylie and the cemetery in Mlady, both in Czech Budejovice and also place of final rest in Albrechtice nad Vltavou. It compares frequency of Christian symbols appearing at each cemetery and researches which of the symbols are the most favorite decoration on memorials. The main task of this document is to find out if today?s people incline to modernization of tombs or if they rather keep up to conventional Christian traditions.

The Analysis of IT possibilities and utilization in teamwork on the school projects
Navrátil, Karel ; Střížová, Vlasta (advisor) ; Toman, Prokop (referee)
This thesis "The Analysis of IT possibilities and utilization in teamwork on the school projects" deals with a problem of teamwork cooperation of the students of the University of Economics in Prague. The students worked on school projects, using information technologies. The introduction of the thesis deals with the basic theoretical knowledge of formation, functioning and team communication. Then some specification of collaborative software is given. Fundamental subject matter of the practical part of this thesis shows the outcome of a survey by questionnaire which analyses students' general view on teamwork. It is followed by the team origin aspect, organization of teams and the analysis of information technology possibilities and utilization in the cooperation of students. In conclusion the author makes some suggestions resulting from gained information on the school team creation and on the information technologies utilization in teamwork projects.

Mobile Business Intelligence
Křižka, Radek ; Pour, Jan (advisor) ; Basl, Josef (referee)
Business Intelligence (BI) has now become a core part to many businesses due to the benefits it brings -- the ability to access data in a common format from multiple sources and making decisions that help organization to move closer to its goals. Many workers today spend most of their time away from their office and can't easily access corporate data. The use of the Internet on mobile devices has changed the way people consume information. Embracing mobile computing means having the ability to access information anywhere, anytime and as a result consumers can make decisions faster. Thesis is focused on mobile Business Intelligence and the aim is to provide o comprehensive overview of this area, examine market trends, define critical success factors for implementation projects, and introduce mobile BI platform QlikView. Furthermore it explains the differences between traditional and mobile BI, explores benefits and drawbacks of these tools and the challenges that must be addressed. The reader will learn what types of employees and tasks are suited for mobile BI programs and outlined critical success factors might be valuable information for any company planning implementation of mobile BI tools.

Importance of the exercise of parents and children for the development locomotive skills and social competentences in toddler and early preschool age
Mrklasová, Ivana ; Kuhnová, Věra (referee) ; Dvořáková, Hana (advisor)
The diploma thesis deals with the exercise of parents and children (PACES - parents and children exercise simultaneously) and its effect on toddlers and children of early pre-school age. It examines the development of locomotive skills and social competences of this age category from both theoretical and practical point of view. The introduction of the thesis focuses on the history of such exercise, or on psycho- social and physiological development of children. On this basis it formulates some rules for this type of exercise. The practical part verifies the benefits of the exercise by testing, measuring locomotive skills and comparing them with those of children that do not participate in the PACES. It maps the formation of children's social competences via socialisation games. The opinions of participating parents represent another view on the exercise of children and parents. The conclusion of the thesis puts the results of the survey into a wider context of research and measurement made on this topic in the past. 2