|
The impact of the credit crunch on the cost and profit efficiency of the banks: an international comparison
Babin, Adrian ; Marková, Katarína (advisor) ; Pečená, Magda (referee)
This thesis documents, using an unbalanced panel of Top 1000 World banks with observations for 2005 - 2009, three main aspects related to cost and profit efficiency in banking. First, it established that there is no correlation between a bank's rank in the Top and its rank given by the efficiency scores. However, the size of the banks plays a positive role on the cost efficiency of the institution, big banks having higher cost efficiencies than small banks. Conversely, the profit efficiency is equal across different sizes. Second, it verified that for 2005 - 2009 there is no evidence that banks from the developed countries are more efficient than banks from emerging economies. This finding is further supported by the third aspect, which shows that banks originating in the developed economies, with large exposures to more sophisticated banking products, have been hit the hardest by the financial crisis. However the banks managed to shrink their cost inefficiency while losing efficiency on the revenue side. The post crisis, 2009, proved to be a year in which banks across countries and regions converged in terms of efficiency and plateaued at about 10% and 25% for cost and profit inefficiency respectively.
|
|
Crime in the housing estate Portyč in Písek from the perspective of the majority and Romanies population
Slancová, Jana ; Temelová, Jana (advisor) ; Jíchová, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis deals with the research of crime and safety in the housing estate Portyč in Písek, where in addition to the majority population there is a large Romanies minority. The aim of bachelor thesis is to determine safety and crime of the housing estate and how it is perceived by these two different groups of inhabitants and the aim is also to find out of what crimes are people afraid of the most. The emphasis is given on comparison of thoughts of these two groups. There is also the endeavour to establish the arguments which accompany to higher number of crime in the housing estate. To obtaining of these information was used the method of questionnaire investigation and an interview. The results showed that majority population feels more in danger than Romanies. The reason for the anxiety is Romanies minority. They are afraid the most of violent and property crime. Romanies sees the problem in living together with the majority population and especially the women are afraid of racist attacks.
|
|
Dance therapy
Menšíková, Marcela ; Fričová, Marie (advisor) ; Kolbová, Kateřina (referee)
Title: Dance therapy Aim: The main aim of this report was to evaluate the level of knowledge that the general public has about dance therapy and the professionalization of dance therapists. Techniques: Two different questionnaires were used in order to assist with the completion of this report. The questionnaires were sent to 15 specialist institutions and to 25 members of the general public. The first questionnaire, directed to specialist institutions consisted of 13 open questions where dance therapists could share their opinions and point of views. The second questionnaire, directed to the general public consisted of 3 closed and 1 open question. Findings: Since its inception, dance therapy is still developing. The progress is most apparent in the programme structure and content in which patients contribute themselves. Dance therapy has been slowly shifting into a scientific field. The other positive development is noticeable with patients who regularly attend dance therapy classes. The most visible improvements are in establishing contacts, patient self-esteem, perception of own body and a save release of emotions. The Dance Therapy Association endeavours to provide useful information that will bring awareness to this type of therapy so it can be used by more people. Key words: emotions,...
|
|
Late Silurian and Early Devonian Environmental and Biotic Changes
Manda, Štěpán ; Frýda, Jiří (advisor) ; Vašíček, Zdeněk (referee) ; Štorch, Petr (referee)
The mid-Ludfordian crisis (Kozlowskiii/Lau Event) was studied in detail. The extinction coincided with short-term shallowing, which reflected short glacial periode, as well as with incipient increase of organic carbon δ13 C in sediments. As suggested by many authors, this crisis affected especially graptolites and conodonts, but new data illustrate that all benthic groups were affected by the extinction. In addition, the structure of communities distinctly changed during the event. Recovery of ecosystems was accompanied by large-scale immigration of new fauna, contemporaneously with shallowing. The post-extinction interval took place during high stand and anoxic period. Extinction intervals coincide with sequence boundaries associated with gaps in sedimentation. So far poorly studied cephalopods were chosen as a model group for examination of trends in macroevolution and global change of ecosystems during the Silurian and Devonian. New established cephalopod groups that differ in embryonic strategy and mode of life of early hatched specimens and adults were used in study of biodiversity and selectivity of extinctions. The early ontogenetic strategies and size of eggs (incubation time) of the cephalopods significantly influenced survival and diversity during extinction intervals. It was documented...
|
|
August Brömse. The artist and his paintings
Kašková, Gabriela ; Prahl, Roman (referee) ; Wittlich, Petr (advisor)
The work is based on the estate of August Brömse in the Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, which contains over 1050 letters from the period between 1902 and 1910, and a large collection of sketches and pictures. The structure of the work is determined by this material. The first part is focused on the period up to 1910. On the basis of his correspondence it investigates the artist's life after his studies in Berlin up until his establishment as Professor of Graphics at the Academy of Arts in Prague. The text not only provides a biographical study, but also gives an insight into the cultural life of "Czech Germans" in the specific context of the struggles between Czechs and Germans in Bohemia. Of special interest is the "fight" for the two posts for German professors at the Academy, which lasted four years and was very important for Brömse. The second part is devoted to Brömse's paintings from the period after 1910, which have not yet been treated adequately in research on the artist. It ties in with the first part, which shows the starting points of Brömse's painting and also comments on important pictures in the context of the artist's work. The second part offers an analysis of selected significant paintings. After 1910 Brömse concentrates on religious themes in his work. Two thematic issues have...
|
|
Community Aproach to the People with Mental Health Problems As Alternative to the Institucional Care
Strnadová, Dagmar ; Klimešová, Anna (advisor) ; Sivek, Vojtěch (referee)
In the history the care of people with a mental health problems was going through a lot of changes. Most of the people were accepted as a part of a society. The family and a local community had been taken care of them. Only a small part of people with a mental health problems had been banished or kept in prison. With the beginning of a modern period the people with a mental illness have devoted and segregated in a large extent. The psychiatri and care for disordered people occured rapid developement in 20th century. In the 50's the psychiatric institution had been closing down in a many advanced countries. Institutional care was replaced with a out-patient and comunity care services. The main target of a community care is to help to the people with a mental illness so they can live in a naturally neighbourhood. The Great Britain has ranked among countries with a along tradition of community care. The broad range of services in the domain of living, employment and a leisure time arised here. The attitude to disordered people was also changed. In the Czech republic the community work set up to apply in 90's. Since the time the big progress was reached. Nevertheless the institutional care is still being preferred. The community care concur at traditional community values and it is established on esteem to...
|
|
The transformation of the structure and distribution of retail and services in post-socialist city - case study of Chodov
Žemličková, Barbora ; Temelová, Jana (advisor) ; Syrovátková, Marie (referee)
This thesis deals with transformation of the structure and distribution of retail and services in the post-socialist city. The aim of thesis is to detect changes in the structure and distribution in retail and services on the case study of Chodov. With the economic transformation after 1989 was changed the structure and distribution markets and services in the city. The topic has been previously studied on the example of large cities. It has been shown, that even in a small town like Chodov, the structure of retail and services was changed, number of establishments increased and new were founded. The distribution of retail and services was also changed in Chodov, retail and services began to be decentralized and they expanded into all parts of the town, in the town center number of retails and services further increased. The reason for these changes could have been change in the ownership mode of the businesses, a price liberalization, the growth of private businesses, an arrival of foreign investors and the change of consumers' behaviour. Key words: retail and services, transformation, post-socialist city, city centers, Chodov
|
|
Perception and Interpretation of Fractions by Pupils in the 5th Grade of Primary School
Vašíčková, Jana ; Tichá, Marie (advisor) ; Macháčková, Jana (referee)
The essential part of this diploma thesis is a classification of works obtained from an investigation aimed on determination of conceptions of fractions by pupils in the fifth form of the primary school. The experiment consists of four tasks, which were given to children in four different classes. I have classified produced works according to bases of division, which I had established. Mainly concerned classifications are the thematic classifying, classifying in accordance with the "type of children's works" and classifying based on occurred interpretations of fractions. I was trying to find such criterions that would state in evidence of what conceptions and knowledge of fractions do the pupils in the fifth form have. According to gained results I think that I fulfilled this goal. When I was sorting the works of children, I found out that there is a huge amount of large-scaled works that can become basis for another research.
|
|
The use of multichannel flow cytometry in biomedicine and experimental biology
Kideryová, Linda
Linda Kideryová USE OF MULTICHANNEL FLOW-CYTOMETRY IN BIOMEDICINE AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY SUMMARY Flow-cytometry is a process on which large numbers of single cells are quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed. This method gives information about size, granularity surface or intracellular markers of every single cell in suspension. In modern biology is worthy to perform quick, objective multiparametric analyses of cell phenotype. This project was focused on cells, which analyses are complicated by extreme rareness or lack of clearly identifying specific markers. Analysis of stromal cells of the investigated tumors (histiocytoma and tumor fibroblasts originating in squamous epithelium: basalioma (BCCF) and spinalioma (SCCF) elucidated alteration of gene expression induced by tumor cells. Tumor-derived stromal fibroblasts acquire distinct properties to shape a microenvironment conducive to altering the phenotypic characteristics of normal epithelial cells in vitro. Reproducible, quick and highly sensitive method of detection extremely rare non-haematopoetic cells (EPC, CEC) was established. Numbers of CFU-En correlate neither with circulating endothelial progenitors nor with matured endothelial cells detected by flow-cytometry. These colonies are formed in cooperation of CD14 + and CD4+ cells. Numbers of...
|
|
Business Plan
Štencl, František ; Daněk, Petr (referee) ; Veselý, Josef (advisor)
This master’s thesis deal with processing of business plan for the establishment of boulder&bar. Prospectus project results from accumulated information, analysis of present state of specialization and arises from finding of market opportunity.
|
guest ::
