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State vs. Market in Provision of Health Insurance
Janíčková, Martina ; Chalupníček, Pavel (advisor) ; Běláčková, Vendula (referee)
The present work deals with the health insurance, the views of how health insurance is provided and with the related problems. The objective is to outline theoretically and from the aspect of insurance the principles of insurance, to define the estate of health and its specificity and the problems associated with insurance. The next theoretical part deals in general with the arguments favouring the interventions by the government and with the government failures. In the analytical level, there is the effort to describe how the health insurance system in the U.S.A. is working, namely in the country the health system of which is the closest to the market model, and to compare it with the European systems. The main problems of the health care systems in the U.S.A., namely the high prices, number of uninsured persons that are attributed right to the market failures, are viewed from the perspective of government failure and regulations. A historical view of the operation of fraternal societies is included. Such societies successfully operated without any government interventions and their original legacy was practically destroyed through government interventions.
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Analysis of the impacts of internet on society from generational perspective
Bašus, Martin ; Pavlíček, Antonín (advisor) ; Toman, Prokop (referee)
The work deals with generational aspects of information society. The first part describes the information society through five criteria. Furthermore, the issue of digital divide is discussed, focusing on generational type. More details are addressed about four types of access to information and communication technologies and field of digital exclusion. The third chapter describes the concept of the net generation and changes that theorists credited to this group as a result of rising in information society. It describes changes in five areas: thinking, learning, working, consumption and culture. Social network sites are taken into account, specifically their effects on the younger generation and the related issue of misuse of personal information. Furthermore, the work focuses on the implications of the emergence of the information society for seniors, which are further analyzed in the fourth part. Benefits that ICT brings to seniors are described. It also discusses barriers to the use of these technologies. In the last part the questionnaire is analyzed.
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E-Learning support of teaching seniors computer courses at the University of the Third Age
Kuchařová, Hana ; Benáčanová, Helena (advisor) ; Seghmanová, Michaela (referee)
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to introduce the term e-Learning to the reader and using e-Learning as a part of teaching computer courses at University of the Third Age. The thesis goes from purely theoretical topics to more practical ones. In the introduction I outline the aims of my thesis and reasons for choosing the topic. I continue with describing what e-Learning means, from its history, to definition, participants of creation and users, its advantages and disadvantages, standards and supporting systems. The next part deals with education in later life and its government support. I focus on practical creation of an electronic course for the University of the Third Age on University of Economics in Prague too. In the concluding part I comment contribution and the possibilities which this field offers.
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Lifelong learning: diagnostics
Míka, Jan ; Večeřa, Ivo (referee) ; Beneš, Milan (advisor)
The present thesis attempts to find a general model for tailerod education of adults. The author start s off by defining the recipients in the current education landscape. Thereafter, he provides a comprehensive overview of both well- and less-known typologies (MBTI, Keirsey, Kolb, LS). Based on a critical assessment of the instruments in view of their appropriateness for the categorization in lifelong learning, the author concludes that the existing approaches, while offering valuable insight, may be less than optimal for the education of adults, the reason being the complexity of application. The thesis concludes with a proposed approach drawing on Jung's personality theory, outlining a general method for the education in differentiated groups that could prove useful. The thesis can serve as either a starting point for further empirical research to validate the practical approach towards the differentiated groups determined with the empiricaltheoretical model, or as a guide for junior practitioners.
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António de Andrade and his activity in Tibet
Černohorská, Soňa ; Binková, Simona (advisor) ; Dufková, Vlasta (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce the personality of the portuguese jesuit António de Andrade and his journey to Tibet, where he entered as the first European across the Himalayas and where in the 17thcentury established the first missionary station. My aim is to outline the perspective from which the christian world of that time was looking at oriental cultures as well as the reasons that led jesuit missionaries to undertake such long and dangerous journeys. Several letters from his legacy have been preserved and I will study their contents in detail. They include a description of Andrade's voyage to Tibet, the course of missionary activities in Tibet and a description of Tibetan realia. To conclude, I will sum up the results achieved by Andrade and review his role as an explorer.
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The impact of territorial disputes of Japan on its position within the region of East Asia
Palivcová, Petra ; Andělová, Petra (advisor) ; Bláha, Petr (referee)
This paper deals with causes and implications of territorial disputes between Japan and its neighbouring countries, i.e. People Republic of China, Chinese Republic on Taiwan, Republic of Korea and Russian federation. It outlines historical ground for Japanese position in the region of East Asia, historical origins of the territorial disputes as well as contemporary situation among the parties concerned. The author reveals the economical, political and strategical importance of the contentions and focuses on resulting reasons of (un)solvability of the disputes and its impact on the region and mutual cooperation of participants mentioned above. The role of the territorial disputes is also judged from the perspectives of development of the position of Japan in East Asia and ensuing impact on its politics towards its neighbours. As a conclusion the paper brings enumeration of so far executed solutions to the conflicts as well as several other resources to solve the disputes in order to maintain peace and stability in the area of East Asia. As an important factor and possibility, the role of involvement in common institutions of regional and global importance is highlighted. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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perspective of information retrieval on the internet
Janovský, Lukáš ; Sklenák, Vilém (advisor) ; Pinkas, Otakar (referee)
The aim of this work is to introduce to the problems of information search on the internet and at the same time outline the development of this branch to the future. The reader can find here the description of chosen techniques that are used for automatic indexing that is important for submission of documents. After I survey to the possibilities of advanced queries that can make the queries more definite and that impact the result of found publications. This work also deal with modern trends as perfection of position in the search engines. The reader can find here problems that can ensue by searching. In the last chapter there are described some of modern trends of information searching. In this work I use some of practical examples of whole searching and their results. With regard to dynamism of this branch it is possible that in the future will be results different.
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Nigeria in Historic Perspective, its Foreign Policy and Current Problems
Kozlová, Tereza ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
The thesis "Nigeria in Historic Perspective, Its Foreign Policy and Current Problems"describes a historic development of Nigeria including current political and economic situation after parliamentary and presidental elections in spring 2007. Historical outline forms the introductory part of the thesis, which is followed by general analysis of Nigerian foreign policy and its activity in chosen African and other international organizations. The other part of the chapter contains an analysis of mutual relations between Nigeria and its surrounding states -- Benin, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Next chapter characterizes the oil conflict in the Niger Delta and possible suggestions for its solutions. The closing part presents summary of discovered information.
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Legal and economic aspects of termination
Pelantová, Marie ; Vondráček, Jan (advisor) ; Mikulová, Magdalena (referee)
This thesis focuses on the institute termination of employment from the legal and economic point of view. From a legal perspective, it is mainly about the presentation of the most common ways of termination of employment, including acquainting the reader with a steady legal interpretation. From a microeconomic point of view, the termination of employment relates to the consequences for employers and employees and from a macroeconomic perspective, with consequences for the whole society. This is followed by a practical part which connects the foregoing and the current example of OKD Inc., which employs nearly 10 thousand employees and currently finds itself in serious financial difficulties, the state estimates the costs associated with the mass redundancies at different alternatives. These variants are bankruptcy or reorganization provided financial assistance to the state. At the conclusion of the two calculations are compared and outlines a list of partial measures to mitigate the effects of similar events in the future.
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