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Existential meaning in senior age
Hrdličková, Vladimíra ; Šulová, Lenka (referee) ; Drlíková, Eva (advisor)
This dissertation deals with the meaning of life for the seniors. The theoretical part deals with the phenomenon of old age and the phenomenon of meaning of life in general in its first two chapters. The other two chapters are focused on description of senior population in the Czech Republic and the fin-dings in the area of studying the meaning of life for people in senior age. The empirical part is focused on understanding the meaning of life for seniors, students of the University of the Third Age Courses of Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague. There is a rightful expectation that the examined phenomenon will be highly fulfilled in this group. A narrative design of the re-search was used for understanding and description of the meaning of life for seni-ors. A story of looking for and finding the meaning of life in the senior age was created on the basis of analysis and interpretation of written texts. The story shows that seniors head for past, present as well as future when looking for the meaning of life. They try to connect their life to past to make one meaningful complex. If they succeed the past becomes an important source of meaning for them. At present seniors focus on meaningful use of their free time, on keeping their autonomy, op-timalization of the social network and on...
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Comparative psychopathology of captive great apes: towards understanding psychological disturbances in captive orangutans
Odzganová Leskovská, Linda ; Špinka, Marek (referee) ; Fraňková, Slávka (advisor)
The purpose of this paper is a qualitative insight into the problem of psychopathological phenomena in captive orangutans. The theoretical part deals with the elementary zoology of genus Pongo, and offers philosophical and ethical considerations of "animal kind", "captivity", "norm and psychopathology" as well as some methodological aspects of animal study. The aim of my empirical research design was to gather as much information as possible about the phenomena in question. This study is meant to provide preliminary ideas for further research and by no means aspires to cover the topic to the full. There are 5 zoos in Czech Republic and Slovakia that have orangutans, and I have visited 4 of them. Each group of orangutans was reported on by at least 2 people in direct contact with these animals (caretakers, veterinarians or curators). I have attempted to objectify my findings by individually interviewing 10 professionals, all of whom have provided their reports independently and confidentially. The caretakers reported on a total of 16 animals in their custody, out of which, there were 7 adult males, 5 adult females, 3 sub-adult males and 1 male infant. Of these, 8 were Sumatran orangutans, 6 Borneans and 2 crossbreeds. Three animals that entered the record were no longer present at the zoo by the time...
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Early mediaeval stronghold of Libice nad Cidlinou and its hinterland
Mařík, Jan ; Sláma, Jiří (advisor) ; Macháček, Jiří (referee) ; Moždzioch, Slawomir (referee)
Early medieval strongholds (fortified centres) were dominating elements in early medieval society. They usually served as multi-functional centres of political power, administration, trade, cult, military organization, etc. There were many people residing in such strongholds who did not take part on agricultural production, for example the ducal family, soldiers, and craftsmen. Strongholds played an important role in the process of the formation of early medieval Czech state in the 9th and the 10th century. The early medieval centre is assumed to have been a great consumer of food (non-productive elites), human labour (construction of fortification), raw materials (wood, iron ore), etc. The needs of early medieval strongholds are usually characterised as "very large", but always without any proper context of comparison. It is impossible to understand the economy of a centre without a knowledge of its needs and capacity of its hinterland. The centre and its hinterland is one indivisible system, which has to be balanced.
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How to Prepare a Stage Game for the Integrated Group of Children
Kleinová, Jana ; Ortová, Marie (advisor) ; Růžička, Vít (referee)
In this seminar I give examples of how to prepare a summer camp for integrated groups of children. There are three parts. In the first part you can find general information on how to prepare a summer camp, more specific information being in the section on specialized literature. The second part deals with the special needs of handicapped children, how to build a suitable environment to meet their physical and mental development needs, which will allow for growth and expression, as well as for non- handicapped children, and allow for friendship and positive interaction between handicapped and non- handicapped children. In the third and main part of this seminar, I describe, day by day, a multi-stage game for integrated groups of children. In this game handicapped children can show their abilities, knowledge, and are given the chance to gain self-confidence. To children without handicaps the game brings knowledge of handicapped children's lives, and helps to develop understanding. Also, it focuses on the physical development of the children, and helps build awareness of life in their country. This helps to decrease the distance between handicapped people and the rest of society. Public attitudes towards people with handicaps are full of misunderstanding and apathy. The purpose of integrated summer camp is...
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Understanding of pain in the Old Testament
Pitterová, Jana ; Hřebík, Josef (advisor) ; Brož, Jaroslav (referee)
UNDERSTANDING OF PAIN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT The work deals with pain from the point of wiew of terminology, from the perspective of life of the People of God, and according to the contents of the Old Testament books. Finally it touches on the development of the understanding of pain in the Old Testament. - Bible - Old Testament - Hope - Pain - Sin - Suffering
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Education towards respect to the elderly
Klevetová, Dana ; Pelikán, Jiří (advisor) ; Votavová, Milada (referee) ; Lorenzová, Jitka (referee)
We have been on the threshold of 21 century, where the structure of population is to be changed because of the decrease in natality, longer life expectancy and increase in number of advanced age people. For the first time in humankind history there are going to be four age categories, which have not realised their mutual roles yet. Contemporary family has been changing its structure and mutual family relationships. The state has taken control of some family functions so senior population has released its juniors from duties and the middle age generation neither feel the responsibility to prepare for their own old age or induce their children to respect the great age. There is a character of current society of hard individualism, the wish to get graduated, having their own life styles. The ability to understand people his or her need to live with somebody has disappeared. Hence it is quite difficult to achieve good relationships. The love for a man and understanding of the differences of the others has faded out somewhere. The old people are losing their dignity and feeling endangered of the time where they live. They stress inconvenient society nature and instructional patterns for contemporary youth. The upbringing is one of the basic social functions that are based on forming individuals and their...
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Applications of psychology of decision-making
Bahník, Štěpán ; Sirůček, Pavel (advisor) ; Džbánková, Zuzana (referee)
This work summarizes the basics of the heuristics and biases approach. It is a psychological approach to the study of decision-making and judgment stemming from works of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. Not only did it contribute to understanding of numerous cognitive processes, which people use for deciding and making judgments, but it has many applications in various fields including economics as well. There are mentioned examples of application besides theory in this work. In particular, the covered fields are negotiation, investment decision making and marketing. Critics of depicted approach and its implications are briefly described at the end of the work.
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The role of growth factors in the pathogenesis of papillary thyroid cancer
Veselý, David ; Betka, Jan (advisor) ; Nečas, Emanuel (referee) ; Slípka, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the role of growth factors in the pathogenesis of thyroid gland tumors. There exist a lot of studies describing growth factors production or occurrence directly in the thyroid tissue. The aim of this thesis was to find possible differences in serum concentrations of growth factors in patients with thyroid adenoma and papillary cancer and in healthy people. The finding of suitable peripheral marker could be used in thyroid tumors diagnosis in the future. There was also detected growth factors production by normal thyroid gland and papillary thyroid cancer in a dynamic model of flow tissue culture, under the influence of stimulating substances. The aim was a more detailed understanding of particular growth factors role in a process of thyroid oncogenesis. Growth factors are polypeptides, proteins and glycoproteins with an informative and regulatory function. They have mainly local effects in tissues - autocrine and paracrine. They form an extensive cytokine network in the organism, with complicated synergic and antagonistic linkages. They are not specific for concrete cells, tissues or pathological processes. Many growth factors are products of oncogenes and take part in a process of tumors origin and growth. The most frequently refered growth factors related to thyroid gland tumors are...
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Reflections on the Chechen War in Czech documenatary film
Chaloupka, Zdeněk ; Kratochvíl, Jaroslav (advisor) ; ŘEZNÍČEK, Martin (referee)
Bachelor thesis deals with the image of the Chechen conflict in the Czech documentary film in the 90‘s and tries to understand the environment in which this image was created. Much of the work is devoted to the social and political context of the time. This is especialy a formation of institutions after Velvet revolution such as People in Need and Epicentrum agency, which significantly contributed to the media interpretation of the conflict. Thesis also analyzes the television documentaries reflecting Chechen war in terms of content and tone. Finally considers to what extent was the message of the documentary film makers influenced by ideological attitudes and social order. The aim is to determine what factors influenced the final form of films and on what basis it was biasd to the on side of the conflict.
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Specifika úrovně štíhlosti ve vybrané společnosti
Lesňák, Martin ; Martínez, Felipe (advisor) ; Mejdrech, Vlastimil (referee)
The Lean concept arises from Toyota Production Syste (TPS). Then, the concept of leanness includes Value, Waste and Continuous Improvement. An organization with high level of leanness creates higher value to customers with lower level of waste within a continuous improvement environment. The examination of these diploma theses determines a new approach of lean measurement. Although, the use of ethnography is new in Lean management, it opens new possibilities to understand the behavior of the people about the organizational leanness.
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