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Study of chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols
Gazdošová, Lucie ; Čáslavský, Josef (referee) ; RNDr. P. Mikuška, CSc. (advisor)
Atmospheric aerosols play an important role in various atmospheric issues (effect to the radiation budget of the atmosphere, visibility reduction, smog production, destruction of stratospheric ozone, …). Epidemiological studies proved a correlation between increased mortality and high concentration of ambient particulate matter. Over the past decade, a growing attention has been focused on the organic compounds that are constituents of aerosol particles. Although organic compounds comprise often up to 60% of the total aerosol mass, their composition, concentration and formation mechanisms are not well understood. Diploma thesis will deal with the study of chemical composition of organic compounds bound to atmospheric aerosols with focus on polyaromatic hydrocarbons and sugars. Atmospheric aerosols will be sampled on filters and filter extracts will be analysed for content of studied organic compounds by means of GC, GC-MS or LC, respectively. Development and optimalization of extraction methods (PSE, …) and detection of compounds of interest. Concentration of studied organic compounds in aerosol size fractions PM 10, PM 2.5 and PM 1 will be compared.
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Properties measurement of solid fuels
Blabla, Ondřej ; Štelcl, Otakar (referee) ; Moskalík, Jiří (advisor)
The bachelor thesis deals with the properties measurement of solid fuels. The theoretical part deals with the basic division of solid fuels with a focus on biomass and the subsequent dismantling of various methods for measuring energy characteristics. In the practical part, the basic methods will be laboratory tested and described.
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Measurement of the properties of solid and liquid fuels (biofuels)
Horák, Jakub ; Štelcl, Otakar (referee) ; Moskalík, Jiří (advisor)
Nowadays there are large numbers of standard methods for measuring the properties of fuels. With the increasing number of new methods to an already confusing issue of measurement of fuel becomes even more confusing. This thesis therefore deals with the measurement of the energy properties of solid and liquid fuels (biofuels). The introduction is carried out searches of solid and liquid fuels (biofuels). Search is focused on the description of each type of fuel, their properties and adjustments to the final form suitable for combustion. The next part deals with the sampling of fuel, which divides the sampling and preparation of samples for laboratory testing. The last section describes the methods of measurement of selected energy fuel properties and selects appropriate methods. Methods of measurement of selected properties is then checked in the laboratory.
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Chromium and chromium species cycle in environment
Nevrlá, Jana ; Sommer, Lumír (referee) ; Dočekalová, Hana (advisor)
This work focuses in the first theoretical part mainly on the possibility of entering various forms of chromium into the environment, their accumulation and transformation in environmental compartments. There are also described methods of sampling for analytical determination of chromium, the type of treatment of these samples and the most analytical methodologies for the determination of chromium in the oxidation stage III and VI. The experimental part is focused on the quantitative determination of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in waste water, taken from the neutralizatoin station of the Chemical faculty of Brno University of Technology, by using selected spectrophotometric methods and the obtained results are compared with the results of analytical determination of total chromium by atomic absorption spectrometry.
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Transport of selected metals from the soil to the plants
Šilerová, Iva ; Sommer, Lumír (referee) ; Dočekalová, Hana (advisor)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the soil, contamination of selected heavy metals and transport of heavy metals from soil to plants. The entry of heavy metals, their reactions in the soil and their transport into the plant material are described here. Lead, cadmium and copper have been selected as the studied toxic metals. There are also described methods of soil sampling, sample preparation for analysis and determination of heavy metals in the sample.
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A Comparison of Adaptive Sampling and Interpolation of 2D BRDF Subspaces
Vávra, Radomír ; Filip, Jiří ; Somol, P.
This report comprises overview of interpolation and sampling methods of Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF). We analyzed 2D BRDF subspaces of eleven materials. We compared performance of five interpolation methods, three different sampling patterns, and compared twelve adaptive sampling strategies. Finally, based on knowledge of entire data we estimated sub-optimal sampling patterns and as a reference compared them with other tested sampling approaches.
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Sampling of biological material in outpatient health care facilities viewed by a nurse.
SRBOVÁ, Kateřina
Sampling of biological material is one of the most frequent duties of nurses working in outpatient health care facilities. The nurse takes biological samples daily and has to respond to possible problems. Sampling of biological material is an important component of the patient´s examination and therefore it must be carried out correctly and properly. The quality of the procedure is affected by the nurse´s experience, skills and knowledge. It is important for a nurse working in an outpatient health care facility to master the sampling technique so that patients were satisfied and the samples did not get devaluated. The objective of my research was to give an account of the most frequent problems occuring when samples of biological material are taken in outpatient health care facilities, and to find out if nurses give patients enough information before the procedure. I set three hypotheses: the H I - nurse do not use protective aids while taking samples of biological material, the H II {--} nurse do not follow the recommended standards, the H III {--} nurse do not inform patients about preparations before taking samples of biological material. To achieve the objective and to verify the hypotheses the questionnaire method was used. Questionnaires were addressed both to patients and nurses. The research sample included 103 outpatients and 73 nurses from outpatient health care facilities in the South Bohemian and the Central Bohemian regions. The obtained data analysis showed that the H I {--} nurse do not use protective aids while taking samples of biological material {--} was not confirmed. H II {--} nurse do no follow the recommended standards {--} was not confirmed. The H III {--} nurse do not inform patients about preparations before taking samples of biological material {--} was not confirmed either. The results of my research reflect the fact that the most common problem is communication between a nurse and the patient. But there is more to be improved - patients education, the fixed placement of aids and the early transportation of samples to laboratories. I would like to make use of these conclusions and pass them over not only to nurses who took part in the research but also to the hospital managements. I intend to give a presentation on my research conclusions to nurses working in outpatient health care facilities.
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Nová metoda vzorkování fytofilních bezobratlých ve vynořené litorální vegetaci
Sychra, Jan ; Adámek, Zdeněk
The aim of the study was to design the sampling method for collection of phytophilous macroinvertebrates associated with submersed parts of hard emergent littoral vegetation in still waters, which will join technical sampler unpretentiousness, sampling simplicity and maximal quantitative accuracy. For these purposes, we developed a modified Gerking´s frame box sampler with movable cutter for sampling of animals in the littoral macrophyte beds and a new type of core sampler for collection of animals inhabiting the root zone of emergent plant beds. Both sampling devices are suitable for studies targeted on macroinvertebrates monitoring. The comparative sampling using frame box sampler and benthos handnet was performed in the littoral of three carp ponds. The sampling procedure utilizing the frame sampler was more labour demanding however it enabled significantly (P < 0.05) more efficient collection of slowly moving or sedentary animals.
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