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Are Sharks Worth More Alive Than Dead? A Stated Preference Study on Shark Ecotourism in Costa Rica.
Berrios, Alicia Maria ; Ščasný, Milan (advisor) ; Červinka, Michal (referee)
i Charles University Faculty of Social Sciences Institute of Economic Studies MASTER'S THESIS Are Sharks Worth More Alive Than Dead? A Stated Preference Study on Shark Ecotourism in Costa Rica. Author: Bc. Alicia Maria Berrios Supervisor: Mgr. Milan Ščasný PhD. Academic Year: 2016/2017 ii Declaration of Authorship The author hereby declares that he compiled this thesis independently; using only the listed resources and literature, and the thesis has not been used to obtain a different or the same degree. The author grants to Charles University permission to reproduce and to distribute copies of this thesis document in whole or in part. Prague, January 01st , 2017 Signature iii Acknowledgments With boundless appreciation, I would like to extend my gratitude to Mgr. Milan Ščasný PhD., for his incredible support in writing this research. He spent a countless number of hours on this thesis work, and ultimately, this research wouldn't have been possible without him. I would also like to express my gratitude to Carlos Avila, for his generosity in helping me conduct the in-person interviews. I would also like to express my gratitude to Prof. Melville Saayman, who helped tremendously in the experimental design of this work. Thank you to Mgr. Martin Kryl for programming the survey instrument. Lastly, I would like to...
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Personalized Metasearch Engine
Ciml, Jaroslav ; Galamboš, Leo (advisor) ; Kopecký, Michal (referee)
There are many search engines designed to help find information stored n the Web. Different search engines often return completely different result lists for the same query. It can be useful to see the results from more of them. Furthermore the right choice of the search engines may vary from user to user. A meta-search engine is a tool that accpets a query from user, chooses the most suitable search engines and sends them the query. After the search engines return their responses, the meta-search engine combines these results into a single list that is displayed to the user. The objective of this work is to design and implement a meta-search engine with a user profile support.
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Personality profile of Czech hooligans
Jiřička, Václav ; Slaměník, Ivan (referee) ; Janoušek, Jaromír (referee)
Mladí fanoušci a diváci tvoří pevnou a již dávno zcela neodmyslitelnou součást moderního profesionálního fotbalu. Stali se součástí hry, jednak nepostradatelní pro hráče jako motivující podpora z hlediště, avšak právě tak potřební pro média coby platící spotřebitelé nejen fotbalového, ale v podstatě jakéhokoliv průmyslového zboží. Ať už ale budeme návštěvníky stadionů označovat jakkoliv, je jisté, že se v žádném případě nejedná o homogenní masu, nýbrž o řadu oddělených skupin, lišících se motivy i projevy chování. Fenomén kultury fotbalových fanoušků se dostává do popředí zájmu médií a potažmo široké veřejnosti zejména tehdy, dojde-li formy násilných výtržností. Agresivně vedené bitky uvnitř i vně stadionů, právě tak jako útoky na hrací plochu včetně hráčů, provázejí fotbal2 od samých počátků (Pearson, 1983, str. 28). Již ve svých počátcích, jež se dají vysledovat až do 1 O. století po Kristu (Macho, 1996, str. 11 ), byl tehdejší fotbal bojovnou lidovou hrou bez jasného rozlišení mezi hráči a diváky, na níž se mohlo podílet 500 až 1000 aktérů (Schulze-Marmeling, 1995, str. 11 ). "Lidový fotbal byl nanejvýš drsnou a brutální událostí, při níž pravidelně docházelo k těžkým zraněním a ojediněle dokonce k úmrtím" (Schulze-Marmeling, 1992, str.15). Ne technika, ale síla a hrubost byly odměňovány úspěchem. Ve 20....
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Tax reform in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in view of flat tax
Formánek, Jan ; Zeman, Karel (advisor) ; Krebs, Vojtěch (referee)
The bachelor thesis will be aimed to analyze the tax systems in the Czech Republic and Slovakia before tax reforms as well as after them. I chose this topic because of its recency and personal interest. First, theoretical part of the thesis will be a general outline of tax problems, will define taxes in historical and contemporary view and also overview of legislative background of tax systems. After that I'm going to focus on tax systems which were functional in both countries mentioned above including their mutual comparison. In the analytical part I will focus on reforms themselves, their results in legislative plane. That will be followed by numeric comparison aimed on revenues and expenditures of the state and impacts against tax-payers -- individuals. Not only financial but review non-financial impacts like simplification of the system. In the last part I'm going to figure out hypotetical analysis of impacts of the "Modrá šance", if it was accepted in original proposal. The objective of the thesis is to impartially compare positive and negative effects of tax reforms, which were realized in countries stated above.
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Sport-hotel Frýdlant
Bartoš, Jan ; Svoboda,, Petr (referee) ; Müller, Jan (advisor)
In my thesis I will deal with the draft project documentation for sport hotel. This object is located in the quiet southeastern part of Frydlant with city views and easy access to the nearby sports facilities. It is an object of part two storey and a basement. The building is set into the sloping terrain, so the underground floor extends on to the ground. The building is based on foundation walls and footings that are made of reinforced concrete. Load-bearing walls of the underground floors are designed as reinforced concrete. Ceiling structure of the building is made as reinforced concrete beam ceiling and in other structure parts as a crosswise reinforced concrete plate. Perimeter bearing walls and two floors, are designed from the acoustic sand-lime bricks Silk. External walls are warmed by a contact insulation system. Flat single shell roof was chosen over part of the restaurant. Double-layer roof with a supporting truss structures above the main part of the building. The building is divided into functional parts. Accommodation capacities are mostly on the second floor. On the ground floor there is a restaurant with a kitchen and space for staff. In the basement there is a functional part of the wellness and gym with common dressing rooms. The only entrance path allows convenient control of customers. The building is wheelchair accessible.
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Clinic for infectious diseases
Dvořáková, Tereza ; Peterka, Tomáš (referee) ; Müller, Jan (advisor)
In this thesis, we address the petition of new infectious clinic at the documentation for construction. Location the building is designed in the northern outskirts of Šumperk. The building is an irregular shape with 3 storeys with 1 basement. Developed building area is 1180,08 m2. The building is a movement divided into three parts, and to: object A- communication area for meals, object B- children's department, object C- building department for adults. The supporting structure is made of masonry materials. Ventilated facade to the building is from the outside, lined with stone lining- slate / wood lining- Siberian larch. Draft internal layout reflects the requirements of standards for hospital then submitted demands to avoid danger to persons health due to the occurrence of infectious diseases. The thesis also includes two special projects: Design of reinforced concrete slabs petition air conditioning. Projects are handled over selected parts of the Clinic of Infectious Diseases.
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Approaches of Innovation Performance Increasing in Manufacturing Companies
Žižlavský, Ondřej ; Vaculík, Josef (referee) ; Koráb, Vojtěch (referee) ; Zámečník, Roman (referee) ; Solař, Jan (advisor)
Innovation is one of the most important elements concerning higher performance in company efficiency. This methodical definition takes a look at the main benefits of on innovation on efficiency and hence on the efficiency and performance on the company as a whole, presenting the possibility of measurement of innovation efficiency and establishing defined methods for its improvement exploiting the development of innovation potential This particular issue is topical not only by reason of competitiveness of our companies but also maintaining share market and surviving the current economic crisis. Well managed and successfully introduced innovation into the market represents the tool for the companies, by means of which they can reach competitive advantages, enabling their prosperity in this slump. Every company has a certain innovation potential which should be explored, supported, utilized and systematically developed. The doctoral thesis focuses on the achievement of two basic goals, the cognitional and the inventive goal as well as confirmation or disconfirmation of set hypothesis. The first cognitional goal analyzes the present situation of solved questions, where current opinions and theories of our local and foreign experts are presented concerning innovation and company development. Basic definitions dealing with solved problems are described here as well. Various factors of innovation performance development are being carried out with the help of secondary and finally also primary research in Czech companies. The second related inventive goal is focused on design of methodical approach of increasing innovation performance that can be used in Czech companies. Contributions of the academic dissertation for theory and its contribution for corporation development and managerial practice are emphasized in the end part thesis.
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Consumer protection in the European Union
Vyleťalová, Tereza ; Němcová, Ingeborg (advisor) ; Hnát, Pavel (referee)
This thesis is focused on consumer protection in the European Union with a special emphasis on online shopping. The first section defines the term 'consumer protection', its development, institutional support, instruments and financing. Also, this part describes the digital market of the European Union, hindrances to the growth of online shopping as well as strategies which are created in order to form a digital single market in the European Union. The second section focuses on protection of personal data, alternative dispute resolutions, current legislation regarding consumers rights on internet and new proposals from the European Commission. The new proposals dominate the second part of this thesis and are discussed with an expert. A survey has been conducted to find out more about the Czech experience with problem solving when shopping online. Moreover, this thesis does not leave out court orders from the European Union´s Court of Justice which have led to the uniform application and interpretation of the consumer protection in the European Union.
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The Register of Population Act No 133/2000 statute book, focussing on permanent residency and issues connected with so-called official addresss in the course of administering civil services and civil proceesings
Cibulková, Pavlína ; Kadlecová, Eva (advisor) ; Pavla, Pavla (referee)
The diploma thesis The Civil Registration under the Act 133/2000 Coll., focusing on the place of residence and the issue of official addresses in the exercise of state administration and civil proceedings is dealing with the population register since the origin of the right of domicile till the current legislative framework.
In the first part the terms are defined in theoretical level relating to the administrative procedure, records of citizens and legal framework of examined issues.
In the practical part there is the analysis of undertaken questionnaire surveys. Respondents were people with an official address and a questionnaire survey examined the experiences of citizens with address of permanent residence at the headquarters of the registration office.
Another method of exploring the issue were structured interviews. Interviewees were persons with an official address, clerks of municipal office and clerks of the court mailroom.
Through evaluating the data obtained various aspects of the institute of official address have been explained. Their effect has been assessed not only to people who are registered on an official address, but also to other citizens and public administration.
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Social and legal status of persons with health disabilities
Bezručová, Lucie ; Hájková, Ivana (advisor) ; Zdeněk, Zdeněk (referee)
The very thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part of the thesis at the very beginning focused on the social history of people with certain disabilities. Continues thesis definition and characteristics of disability and its exact breakdown. The next chapter deals with the analysis of contemporary society in the area of discrimination against persons with disabilities and points to the possibility of employment in the labor market just people with disabilities. A relatively large part of the thesis is devoted to the concept of disability, then the conditions for entitlement to a disability pension and social benefits, especially for people with disabilities. The next part refers to various non-profit organizations Conclusion itself thesis is devoted to legislation related to social assistance to disabled persons. The practical part is based on a questionnaire survey forms and personal interviews. The text part is supported by graphs, tables and streamline the survey results further illustrative photographs of people with disabilities.
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