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Valuable Consideration in Takeover Bid and Settlement by Unwilling Reducing of Shareholder’s Share
Koranda, Vladimír ; Kříž, Radim (advisor) ; Chára, Petr (referee)
This work deals with valuable consideration when changes of ownership of equity securities occur in connection with corporate changes in joint-stock company, especially with unwilling changes -- rise of registered capital with excluding the priority subscription right (§ 204a/5 of the Commercial Code), unwilling transfer of shares on the major shareholder (§ 354 of the "Act on the changes of commercial companies and associations") and squeeze out (§ 183i of the Commercial Code). Valuable consideration defines relatively in detail the Takeover Bid Act. This framework could be to certain extent analogically used for valuable consideration in unwilling transaction. However, its definition itself offers a considerable room for interpretation, so is also seized as the independent secondary topic (chapter 1). The main topic concerns two basic aspects. The first is a company evaluation. In this aspect we will take a look only at the dependence of the expert providing the evaluation on major shareholder (chapter 5). Work aims at the second problematic aspect of unwilling transaction - a premium over the valuable consideration for the infringement of right (chapter 2, especially section 2.4.). The work also deals with unevaluated risks of minority shareholders in the period beginning the day to which the company was evaluated to time of the pay out of ownership (chapter 4).
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European Union 2004 Eastern enlargement: introduction of new procedures?
Šelepová, Eva ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (referee)
The Bachelor's thesis "Eastern Enlargement of the European Union: Implementation of New Procedures?" examines the changes to criteria for new member accession, particularly members from Central and Eastern Europe. Enlargement to the East was the fifth sequential enlargement of the EU although due to the large number of applicants from post-communist states it was necessary to implement further procedures, to change pre-accession strategy and to state further conditions for candidates in order to become full-value members of the European Union. The thesis first addresses the history of EU enlargement in the 1970s and in the early 1990s. The second part, the largest part of the thesis, examines the process of Eastern enlargement of the European Union and describes the first interaction between Central and Eastern Europe and the European Community through signing association agreements, implementation of the Copenhagen criteria, opening of accession discussions up to the accession of ten new EU members in 2004 and a further two in 2007. The final part of the thesis is the analysis of the question of why these changes have to take place and the identification of fundamental differences.
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Interactive Influence of Genetic Effects and Effects of External Environment on Properties of Large Arteries in Relation to Sodium Management
Seidlerová, Jitka ; Filipovský, Jan (advisor) ; Widimský, Jiří (referee) ; Segers, Patrick (referee) ; Herijgers, Paul (referee)
In line with Guyton's work, the goal of our research was to explore in three European populations whether the properties of large arteries are associated with renal sodium handling, which itself changes with environmental factors and with variation in a large number of genes. Before engaging in the genetic analyses proper, we first studied the familial aggregation and the heritability of arterial properties. In all our analyses, we accounted for relatedness among participants and for covariables and confounders. In a first study, we compared the arterial characteristics and blood pressure (BP) in normotensive offspring of two normotensive parents (OFF/NT) and normotensive offspring, who had at least one hypertensive parent (OFF/HT). We measured peripheral pulse pressure (PPp) by conventional and 24-h ambulatory BP. A SphygmoCor device was used to determine the central (CAIx) and peripheral (PAIx) augmentation indexes, central pulse pressure (PPc), and aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV). Compared with OFF/NT (n=59; 16 to 34 years of age), the OFF/HT (n=174; 17 to 40 years) had higher (0.14<P<0.0007) BP and PPp on conventional measurement (121/75 vs. 114/71 mm Hg and 46 vs. 42 mm Hg) as well as on 24-h ambulatory monitoring (118/70 vs. 114/67 mm Hg and 48 vs. 47 mm Hg). OFF/HT, compared with OFF/NT, also had...
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Experimental Investigation of selected supramolecular systems by NMR spectroscopy
Šoltésová, Mária ; Lang, Jan (advisor) ; Kříž, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis describes investigation of two selected supramolecular systems by means of NMR spectroscopy and hydrodynamic calculations. The first system studied was inclusion complex of cryptophane-C with chloroform. Initially, the kinetics of complexation was determined. The measurements of longitudinal relaxation and heteronuclear Overhauser enhancement on carbon-13 nuclei revealed very large motional coupling between the host and the molecular guest bound inside the cavity. Hydrogen bonded clusters of ethanol in a non-polar solvent were the second system addressed. The diffusion coeffcients of ethanol were measured in a broad temperature range (180 - 330 K) by means of NMR spectroscopy. The average cluster sizes dependent upon experimental conditions were determined. At low temperature (around 180 K), the cluster sizes vary from hexamer (0.16 M sample) to octamer or larger structures (1.4 M sample). On the other hand, the average cluster size at ambient temperature corresponds to trimer (1.4 M), pure monomer occurs in the less concentrated sample above 308 K. Experimental results for monomer are in excellent agreement with the calculated values.
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Assessing the state of Business Intelligence and proposals for its improvement
Švec, Richard ; Přibil, Jiří (advisor) ; Zelená, Veronika (referee)
This thesis analyzes the situation in the area of Business Intelligence at O2 Czech Republic. It focuses on identifying key issues and finding solutions to the overall improvement of the service within the company. It can be a guide for managers on how to proceed in the analysis of the BI environment, finding opportunities for improving organization setup and technical aspects, especially in the data warehouse solution. Here one can also find recommendations on how to proceed with the definition of development methodologies and how to effectively set the tools and processes associated with the development of the data warehouse. This approach results in an efficient, clearly documented and sustainable development concept of the data warehouse in a large company.
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Learning with Regularization Networks
Kudová, Petra ; Neruda, Roman (advisor) ; Andrejková, Gabriela (referee) ; Hlaváčková-Schindler, Kateřina (referee)
In this work we study and develop learning algorithms for networks based on regularization theory. In particular, we focus on learning possibilities for a family of regularization networks and radial basis function networks (RBF networks). The framework above the basic algorithm derived from theory is designed. It includes an estimation of a regularization parameter and a kernel function by minimization of cross-validation error. Two composite types of kernel functions are proposed - a sum kernel and a product kernel - in order to deal with heterogenous or large data. Three learning approaches for the RBF networks - the gradient learning, three-step learning, and genetic learning - are discussed. Based on the se, two hybrid approaches are proposed - the four-step learning and the hybrid genetic learning. All learning algorithms for the regularization networks and the RBF networks are studied experimentally and thoroughly compared. We claim that the regularization networks and the RBF networks are comparable in terms of generalization error, but they differ with respect to their model complexity. The regularization network approach usually leads to solutions with higher number of base units, thus, the RBF networks can be used as a 'cheaper' alternative in terms of model size and learning time.
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Securing accounts receivable in association with accounting
Dvořáková, Zuzana ; Procházka, David (advisor)
This bachelor degree thesis is concerned with security for accounts receivable in association with accounting. The introductory part explains the origin, functions and principles of accounts receivable, shows the necessity of their competent managment and evaluation in middle and large companies and describes modes of debt representation in accounting. The fundamental part of this thesis analyses and gives details of several options for securing againts risks associated with accounts receivable ownership. It describes in sum twenty methods and instruments and in the light of their specific characteristic shows their possibilities of securing for a different types of risk.
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Monitoring of selected parameters in the wastewater treatment process in the various WWTP
Dalajková, Nikola ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (referee) ; Repková, Martina (advisor)
This work is focused on wastewater treatment, specifically the WWTP Brno Modřice. Described herein are the general technological parameters of large and medium-sized wastewater treatment plants and wastewater treatment process in the WWTP Brno Modřice. The greatest emphasis is on biological phase of waste water treatment. Purification employs chemical, biological and physical cleaning processes. To determine the effectivness of the treatment plants various indicators are used such as COD, BOD, Ntotal and Ptotal whose the maximum permissible values are established in accordance to norm. The basis of biological treatment is the activated sludge containing microorganisms, by which the effectiveness of the cleaning process is determined. These microorganisms are determined qualitatively and quantitatively. To compare the efficiency measurements of activated sludge were also made at two other wastewater treatment plants. These values were then compared in the experimental part of the work.
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Development of thermal insulating materials based on waste textile fibers
Přikrylová, Pavlína ; Peterková, Jitka (referee) ; Zach, Jiří (advisor)
The increasing quantity of waste represents serious environmental, social and economic problem. Wastes produced from industry and households. A large part of the economy transforms a certain amount of raw materials to waste in their production, because it is currently emphasis is placed on finding sustainable sources of raw materials. One of the suitable secondary raw materials can be discarded textiles or waste from the textile industry. These kinds of textile waste often ends up in landfills or incinerators, so it is from an ecological and environmentally advantageous to their further use. The diploma thesis deals with the study and development of thermal and acoustic insulation materials based on textile fibers. It focuses on the legislative requirements for waste management for the sorting of textile wastes and their subsequent modification before reuse. Further it contains kinds of textile fibers and bonding technologies thermal and acoustic insulation materials. Finally, an evaluation of thermal insulation, acoustic and mechanical properties of fibrous insulation materials.
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Condition dependence of secondary ornamentation and mate choice in Grey Partridges
Gabrielová, Barbora ; Albrecht, Tomáš (advisor) ; Sedláček, Ondřej (referee)
This study focuses on relationships between individual condition, measures of ornament expression and mate choice in the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix). It is based on the correlative data as well as results of manipulative experiments. I found positive correlation between the size of melanin- and carotenoid-based ornaments in partridges. The size and the redness of the carotenoid skin patch, and the size of the melanin-based feather ornamentation were associated with several measures of immunity and overall body condition (complement activity, ratio of immature erythrocytes, heterophil/leucocyte ratio, response to novel antigen). Furthermore, data from natural populations indicate that the expression of carotenoid-based ornamentation is associated with sexual attractiveness (measured as the ability to obtain a social mate) in partridges. Data from captive individuals indicate that carotenoid supplementation improves the redness of carotenoid-based ornament, while the stimulation of the immune system under increasing concentrations of supplemented carotenoids has no measurable effect on condition and physiological state. This seems to contradict predictions of the 'Carotenoid maintenance hypothesis'. Overall, results better understanding the role of carotenoid and melanin-based ornamentation in signaling...
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