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Measurement of Economic Variables
Žlábková, Dana ; Hanousek, Jan (advisor) ; van Ark, Bart (referee) ; Hanushek, Eric A. (referee)
The basic concern of any empirical work is to employ statistical data that correspond to the notion of the theoretical variables in the model. The problems and economic consequences connected with the measurement of selected economic variables are the focus of this thesis. It consists of three chapters that in succession analyze the issues associated with the measurement of economic growth, multi-factor productivity and capital input into production. The first chapter looks into the differences among the growth rates of GDP per capita based on data from the three most commonly used databases, namely International Financial Statistics, World Development Indicators and Penn World Table. Using a wide international dataset, we find significant differences in the growth rates that are mainly due to the adjustment for cross-country comparability of GDP per capita levels. Importantly, these differences are correlated with the level of development. We replicate six recent studies of growth determinants and find their results sensitive to the choice of data. The second chapter analyses the sensitivity of calculated multi-factor productivity (MFP) growth to assumptions of growth accounting, concentrating on the measurement of quantity, composition and the respective shares of labor and capital inputs, and...
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Sport Manager Simulator
Zákutný, Roman ; Semecký, Jiří (referee) ; Novák, Václav (advisor)
The first part of presented work contains a description of the technological structure of the web application - a system for virtual simulation of a sport world controlled by user's active management of a team. The structure is divided into multiple layers - presentation, appliction and database. Use and utilization of particular frameworks on these layers are described in the work. In the second part we examine the implementation of the model used to generate the course of the match taking into account the parameters influenced by the managing abilities of users owning their competing teams. We introduce Markov models, their use in our model, connection between coincidence and observation of the situations and we perform statistical analysis of the results.
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Prostate cancer screening in the Czech Republic - pros and cons
Hájek, Přemysl ; Heráček, Jiří (advisor)
Over the past few decades, prostate cancer has developed into one of the major concerns that health-policy authorities have to deal with. In the western world it is recognised to be the second-leading cause of cancer-death in male population. In Europe itself, an estimated 2.6 million new cases are diagnosed each year, accounting for 9 % of all cancer-deaths among men. The Czech Republic is not an exception in these findings. Since the increase in incidence is likely to be due to longer life expectations, it is understandable that the costs related to this diagnosis will escalate. The urge to develop an effective screening test that would provide a drop in morbidity and mortality rates is more than obvious. The problem is not in finding a method of required efficiency, but a method that could distinguish between the non-life threatening ant the life threatening carcinoma. In considerable number of cases, the cancer progresses so slowly that it remains a pathological diagnosis until the patient dies of other cause. In these cases, the radical intervention, frequently leading to severe complication as urine incontinence and impotence, is more likely to be burdening than life saving. And this is just one of the reasons why there is no widely accepted policy on mass screening for prostate cancer.
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Transport nesteroidních antiflogistik přes hematoencefalickou bariéru in vitro
Nováková, Iveta ; Červený, Lukáš (referee) ; Štaud, František (advisor)
The migration of substances between the blood circulation and the central nervous system (CNS) is regulated by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Small, lipophilic molecules such as carbon dioxide, oxygen or ethanol can pass the BBB by passive, transcellular diffusion, while the paracellular transport of hydrophilic substances is restricted by intercellular tight junctions. Due to accessory transport systems, the BBB is able to regulate specifically the permeation of substances (e.g. nutrients) (Ballabh et al., 2004). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are among the most commonly used substances world-wide, yet little is known about their ability to cross the BBB. Since NSAIDs may exhibit CNS side effects including dizziness, headaches and drowsiness we sought to study the transport of several NSAIDs (celecoxib, diclofenac, ibuprofen, lornoxicam, meloxicam, piroxicam and tenoxicam). Both single studies and group studies were carried out applying either a single substance or several substances simultaneously across the BBB in vitro model based on the human cell line ECV304. The permeability data were normalized to the internal standards diazepam and carboxyfluorescein to account for cell layer's variabilities. According to our studies, it was confirmed that crossing of ibuprofen and...
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SAP Products for Utility Companies
Šafránek, Jan ; Koubský, Petr (advisor) ; Kopecký, Petr (referee)
SAP IS-U is de-facto industry standard for customer information systems for utility companies through Europe -- used in electricity, gas, district heating and water utilities industry. These core modules are needed for invoicing tasks and most classical day-to-day scenarios: * IS-U BF Basic Functions * IS-U MD Master Data * IS-U DM Device Management * IS-U BI-IN Billing Invoicing * FI-CA Contract Accounts Especially for large customers in electricity and gas industry, IS-U EDM Energy Data Management is used for management of interval reading consumption and profiles. As utility industry evolves through market liberalization, unbundling processes are covered by IS-U IDE Intercompany Data Exchange (with PI Process Integration as and integration platform). Additionally, IS-U Work Management can be used to connect IS-U processes with PM Plant Maintenance functionality of SAP ERP and service department processes can be covered through two different products: * IS-U CS Customer Service - Older solution, less robust but fully integrated and easier for implementation * SAP CRM -- Stand-alone product, more robust, full featured solution My diploma theses can be used as a brief introduction into the world of IS-U and I also tried to answer these two additional questions: * Common processes that are not covered by IS-U * Comparison of ASAP and MMDIS methodology
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Causes of the enterprise failure in the case of small-scale and middle sized enterprises.
Nováková, Zuzana ; Křížek, Miroslav (advisor) ; Kešner, Martin (referee)
This bachelor's thesis analyses possible causes of the enterprise failure in the case of small-scale- and middle sized enterprises. Variety of available and relevant researches were used in order to cover this topic properly, mainly the CSO(Czech Statistical Office) and the EC(Economic Chamber). Furthemore the own author's experience in this field was taken into account. This thesis was beeing processed in the time of the World Economic Crisis and therefore it partially also deals with this current issue. Firstly, the intention of this Bachelor's thesis is to avaluate possible causes and secondly to suggest conceivable sollution. However, the main goal is to draw the attention to potential impediments which could be unpleasantly surprising to the starting enterpriser and therefore should be as such bewared for the sake of avoiding needless problems.
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The impact of IMF financial aid on economic growth and inflation
Covalenco, Valeri ; Horváth, Roman (advisor) ; Mejstřík, Michal (referee)
The International Monetary Fund was created to promote financial stability, global monetary cooperation, high employment, international trade and sustainable economic growth. Together with the World Bank, IMF has a "monopoly" on offering loan programs for countries in deep crises or for development projects. In this thesis, we examine the effect of IMF, i.e. loan size and quotas, on the economic growth and inflation rate, by applying a dynamic panel regression on our dataset. In addition, we look at how the IMF Quotas influence the size of the loans. Our empirical results display significant evidence that IMF loans influence the GDP growth in a positive manner, in the medium term. Both Control of Corruption and Voice & Accountability have a negative influence on the economic growth. In other words, less corruption and stronger civil rights will halt the growth level of the economy. We also determined that IMF Quotas is not a robust indicator of the loan size. It is only driven by the past loan levels. Regarding Inflation determinants, IMF loans are not affecting the Inflation in a significant manner, while FDI and Control of Corruption - do. FDI exercises a positive influence on the CPI, while perception of less corruption has a negative effect on Inflation rate. JEL Classification D73, E31, F12,...
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Current political issues of international trade related to the development of sub-Saharan Africa
Rejtharová, Denisa ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
The thesis deals with processes that are under way on the international political scene focused on bringing about change in international trade rules. The aim is to analyze to what extent are taken into account interests and development needs of sub-Saharan Africa. Examination of links between international trade on one hand, and development and poverty alleviation on the other hand, has emerged as one of the top issues of development studies. They consider a more substantial integration of sub-Saharan Africa countries into flows of international trade as one of the forms of efficient support to the African development efforts. Actually, two key trade negotiations are taking place -- the Doha Development Agenda under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation, and the Economic Partnership Agreements negotiations between the European Union and the ACP countries. The negotiations have proven to be politically sensible and up to now have failed in reaching an agreement. The present thesis seeks, therefore, to explore the reasons for the failure.
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Probabilistic analysis of reinforced concrete bridge made of I-73 girders
Nezval, Michal ; Šomodíková, Martina (referee) ; Lehký, David (advisor)
Many older bridges on the highways and roads in the Czech republic and all arend the world have been designed by codes, which are distinct of currently valid codes. Considering current codes, it is possible to set load bearing capacity in few different ways. In presented diploma thesis nonlinear finite element analysis using deterministic methods is compared with fully probabilistic nonlinear finite element analysis. Girder I-73 is analysed. Also the influence of degradation processes and following corrosion of reinforcement is taken into account, when load capacity is predicted for residual service life.
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Forms of electronic money
Malík, Jan ; Rydzi, Daniel (advisor) ; Zaoral, Ondřej (referee)
The intention of this work is to supply compact overview of most used forms of electronic money from the user's point of view. These forms represent kinds of products of payment methods available in the Czech Republic. First part contains facts about the evolution of bank cards in the whole world and about their short history in the Czech Republic. The work explains dif-ferences of various card types in two ways: type of record and the way, how the transaction is carried to account. Next part is focused on payment terminals from merchant angle of view. It contains real data of terminal payment records in a small shop. Based on this real-world example, there are costs necessary for maintaining of the terminal stated. At the end there are on-line payment options available on the Czech internet described. This information can help both e-shop's customers and e-shop itself.
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