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Timpani technique by Fred D. Hinger
Zhdanovich, Anton ; MIKOLÁŠEK, Daniel (advisor) ; Holub, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on contemporary problems of primarily orchestral timpani playing. In this thesis, I tried to explain, why a timpani player is often unable to reach the desired quality of sound and tone of the instrument, which make it impossible to reach the right musical character in the context of that particular musical piece.
The goal of this work is to enrich the Czech school of timpani playing and to contribute to the growth of interpretation abilities of beginning and intermediate timpani players. Another goal is to show a different tradition of kettledrum playing with all its details.
I focused on the practical side of the instrument playing and I describe the methods and the process of solving technical and musical problems of interpreters in this paper.
The character of this thesis is completely practical and focuses on the description of one of the many other world traditions of timpani playing.
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M. P. Musorgskij - Pictures at an Exhibition: Piano version in comparison with orchestral version
Milarová, Petra ; Klánský, Ivan (advisor) ; Šimonková, Dagmar (referee) ; Langer, Miroslav (referee)
This bachelor´s thesis presents an analysis of Modest P. Musorgsky´s piano cycle Pictures at an Exhibition. It describes the circumstances of the composition´s creation and the source of its inspiration, namely the pictures and sketches by the artist and architect Viktor Hartmann. The thesis also offers a comparison of the original piano version with the orchestral version by Maurice Ravel and an analysis of style differences between the two composers. Marginally, it refers to orchestrations by several other authors. The analytical part studies in detail the form and character of each piece of Mussorgsky´s composition in comparison with Ravel´s orchestral version. It shows the departures from the original version, variations in tempo and dynamic quality, specific instrumentation and its influence on the character and style of the whole piece.
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Active labour market policy focused on retraining in the Pelhrimov district
Vítková, Šárka ; Vostrovská, Zdenka (advisor) ; Durdisová, Jaroslava (referee)
The thesis deals with the active labour market policy in the Pelhrimov district, particularly it focuses on retraining -- one of the most used instrument of active labour market policy. Participation in retraining affects not only employment but also employability and overall quality of the life of participants. This thesis examines efficiency of retraining implemented in the Pelhrimov district in years 2008-2010 in terms of their impact on the employment of participants. To evaluate the efficiency the method of analysis of gross effects is used. The thesis also describes the nature of the local labour market and evaluates the institutional character of active labour market policy from the perspective of Employment office in Pelhrimov. The thesis also analyses targeting of retraining -- a factor that influences the efficiency of retraining. Simultaneously, the thesis evaluates the view of key employers on the local labour market on retraining and employability of their graduates in the labour market.
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Aplication of magnetic susceptibility in study of soil pollution
Surmová, Petra ; Mihaljevič, Martin (advisor) ; Nováková, Tereza (referee)
The aim of this thesis is briefly summarize the application of magnetic susceptibility in study of soil pollution. The manuscript is based on scientific articles focusing on the above mentioned subject. In each chapter I deal with magnetic properties of rocks and minerals, in particular the magnetic susceptibility. Magnetic susceptibility in a weak magnetic field is one of the most important parameters, which indicates a change in the concentration of ferimagnetics in soils and sediments (Kapička et al., 2004). Main magnetic minerals are described with respect to their occurrence in soils and anthropogenic origin. Both field and laboratory instruments for the measurement of magnetic susceptibility are also described. In the final chapter I deal with two case studies, where magnetic susceptibility measurements were used in environmental study. I compare two different geographical areas in terms of pollution, relatively clean Krkonoše Mountains National Park and industrially polluted Upper Silesia. Keywords: antropogenic ferimagnetics, magnetic susceptibility, magnetic minerals
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The Question of Origins of Value in Naturalistic Philosophy of Irving Singer
Hlávka, Jan ; Dadejík, Ondřej (advisor) ; Zuska, Vlastimil (referee)
Irving Singer's theory of value declares itself a member of american naturalistic and pragmatic tradition. It refuses metaphysical speculation on behalf of empirism and stresses the processual character of every experience, focusing more on its imaginatively-affective rather than rational part. Singer distinguishes two basic types of valuation: appriciation of an object, seen as an instrument for a given function, and spontaneous bestowal of value, which values the object on the basis of its own qualities - generating an affective attachement in the process. In a healthy organism, both ought to cooperate to support the fullness of life-in-the-world. Their harmonization is a matter of aesthetics as recognized in the case of love or works of art. This thesis criticizes Singer's project from its own point of view - the american naturalism. In the first chapter, it describes closely Singer's point-of-departure and places it within historical tradition. The matter of the "intrinsic value controversy" is drawn here as well. Following two chapters probe into the pillars of Singer's systém - the conceptions of appriciation, bestowal, imagination and idealization. In comparison with the doctrines of John Dewey, George Santayana and christian situational ethics, fundamentally eclectical character of Singer's...
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Place of unit linked insurance in the post-crisis development.
Kiovský, Tomáš ; Daňhel, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Polák, Michal (referee)
Introductory chapter of the thesis is devoted to a major milestone in the history of insurance, i will focus on events that have significantly influenced and shaped the character development of insurance as we know it today. We will consider also the insurance situation in the Czech Republic in comparison with the European Union. This comparison should show the reader how much the reserve life insurance market in the Czech Republic, and which direction to go in the coming years. The financial crisis has affected all economic sectors. Unfavourable developments in the real estate market through banking instruments affected also global insurance market. Unit linked insurance is the most advanced form of life insurance. In many based on traditional types of life insurance, which is dedicated a separate chapter The most important chapter of my work is, as already apparent from the title of the thesis, dedicated to the unit linked insurance. We begin with the development and history, become familiar with the functioning and the most important features of unit linked insurance, we will also describe the commission system and system of operation charges, the operation of mutual funds in connection with the insurance and learn about the possible forms of indemnity. The last chapter is devoted to the methodology of Solvency 2, its role is similarly as it was in the banking sector by introducing a methodology of the Basel 2.
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Relationship between individualism and narcissism
Bartoš, František ; Buriánek, Jiří (advisor) ; Havlík, Radomír (referee) ; Šípek, Jiří (referee)
The dissertation thesis focuses on the topic of individualism and non-clinical narcissism. The issue is seen first in the broad context of social sciences and also the results of empirical researches published hitherto are summarized in the first part. Subsequently, based on three questionnaire surveys (two of them have representative character), is researched the incidence of individualism and non-clinical narcissism in the Czech population as well as the interaction between these two phenomena. For the purposes of measuring of their incidence we adopted the scale of individualism and collectivism (INDCOL) and constructed our own valid instrument for measuring non-clinical narcissism. In the text there is also described the process of construction and application of these two instruments. The thesis pursues also wider consequences of non-clinical narcissism, emphasizing one's self-conception, sexual life, partner and other interpersonal relationships, professional life and occurrence of social-pathological behaviour.
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Citizens participation on local government in Ústí nad Labem
Šperlová, Kateřina ; Skovajsa, Marek (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on the subject of participative democracy primarily in relation to the direct and representative form of democracy. It introduces theoretically anchored instruments of civic participation in local government, investigates its implementation and character of participation in Czech Republic in general using results of performed researches. These results are then compared with own survey which was executed in the town Ústí nad Labem. The main methods employed in this thesis were analysis of documents and own empirical research using structured interviews and questionnaires. One of outputs of this work is among others list of recommendations for the local government of Ústí nad Labem on how to improve using participative instruments.
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Possibilities of usage sports nutrition and supplements with weight reduction of competitors in kickbox
Vogt, Petr ; Venzara, Jan (advisor) ; Oponent B, (referee)
Title: Possibilities of usage sports nutrition and supplements with weight reduction of competitors in kickbox The aim of diploma theses: The aim of this diploma theses is to discover and analyze all available methods, which are instrumental to weight reduction for ordinary population and transform it into kickbox. Further we clear up the usage ofnutrition supplements, which are suitable for this sport. Method: To make the theoretic survey in literature dealing with nutrition and describe practical usage of these knowledge \\ith weight reduction of competitors in kickbox. Describe the usage of nutrition before, during and after competition. Choose optimal supplements which are suitable for kickbox competitors with weight reduction. The Method of questionnaire investigation and test of sports nutrition I investigated the sample of 45 kickbox competitors. Weight reduction was judge in practice and theoretical knowledge of sports nutrition. Selected method of questionnaire investigation and theoretical test proveď competent like quick and practical way to earn information, but realized information do not have general character, because they have been discovered by the specific group. Results: With this performed survey it managed to confirm hypothesis about ordinary knowledge of kick boxers in the...
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Orff's Schulwerk in the Preparation Process of Children's Choirs
Kopřivová, Jitka ; Pecháček, Stanislav (advisor) ; Váňová, Hana (referee)
In der Arbeit versuchte ich, die Prinzipien des Orff-Schulwerks in die Kinderchorarbeit zu übertragen. Obwohl wir einige Gedanken des Orff-Schulwerks schon bei Jan Arnos Comenius finden würden, über seinen Anfang und seine Entstehung können wir erst seit den Dreißiger Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts in der Günther-Schule in München sprechen. Über die Zielsetzungen der Schule sagte ihre Gründerin Dorothee Günther folgendes: "Als ich 1924 die Günther-Schule gründete, war es meine Absicht, einen Weg zur Wiederherstellung der naturgegebenen Einheit von Musik und Bewegung - Musik und Tanz - zu finden. Ein Weg, der nicht nur für einige intuitive Künstler gangbar sein, sondern der eine pädagogische Lösung bringen sollte, die es ermöglichte, allgemein im Menschen wieder rhythmische Schwingung, Aufnahme- und Gebefähigkeit, Tanz und Musizierlust zu erwecken. Carl Orff, der Leiter der Musikabteilung, suchte passende Instrumente, die dem Charakter des Tanzes am Besten entsprechen würden und die nicht zu schwer zu spielen sein würden. Für diesen Zweck übernahm er einige klassische Schlaginstrumente und nach dem afrikanischen Vorbild konstruierte neue Xylofone, Glockenspiele und Metallofone, die wir heute unter dem Begriff "Orff-Instrumente" kennen. Die Spieltechnik darauf ist sehr einfach und sie sind für alle ohne...
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