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An Annotated translation of chapter 4 entitled "Laurence Sterne" from the book "The English novel: an introduction" by Terry Eagleton. (Eagleton, T. (2013). The English novel: an introduction. Wiley-Blackwell. Chapter 4. Wiley E-books.)
Schwarz, Šimon ; Brotánková, Šárka (advisor) ; Šťastná, Zuzana (referee)
The practical portion of this bachelor's thesis is a translation of the chapter "Laurence Sterne" form Terry Eagleton's book The English Novel: An Introduction from English to Czech. The theoretical part is concerned with analyzing the original text stylistically and with the categorization of the translation shifts that occurred in the translation. In terms of stylistic analysis, the text is an example of English essayistic style, relying on the authority of the author rather than scientific sources, utilizing humor, creative and expressive language and having a tendency to make authoritative statements. In terms of lexis, the text utilizes expressive language, but also, as the text is still scientific to a degree, it makes use of scientific terms, particularly from the area of literary theory. The syntactic structure of the text is largely simple. All the aforementioned aspects of the text needed to be present in the translation as well. At the same time, the translation has to work with the reality that Czech readers will likely be less aware of Laurence Sterne and his work. As such I had to localize certain aspects of the original text to make the translation more reader-friendly. Nevertheless, this tendency had to be minimized, due to the scientific and didactic nature of the text changing the...
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Annotated translation: Ashley Jackson, The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2013, 3. kapitola a část 6. kapitoly.
Očenášková, Veronika ; Ešnerová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Kalivodová, Eva (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to introduce a Czech translation of an extract from the book The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction, written by British historian Ashley Jackson and published at Oxford University Press. This thesis consists of two parts. The first part presents a Czech translation of Chapter 3 and an extract from Chapter 6 of the book. The second part contains a commentary on the translation, including an analysis of the source text based on Christiane Nord's analysis model, a description of the method of translation, examples of parts that were problematic and interesting in terms of grammar and syntax, lexis, or pragmatics, as well as a typology of translation shifts. Key words: British Empire, colonialism, post-colonialism, pre-translation text analysis, translation procedures, translation shifts
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Global Gateway as a Counterweight to the New Silk Road:Namibia
Trávníček, Jiří Daniel ; Krulichová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Menclová, Barbora (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses the media image of the European Union and China in Namibia, in the context of the Global Gateway and New Silk Road strategies. The aim of the thesis is to examine how the two superpowers are represented in the Namibian media, and whether these strategies have an impact on this media image. The research uses data from Namibian newspapers The Namibian and New Era, where articles from 2013 to early 2024 are analysed. The research is conducted through content thematic analysis and qualitative comparative analysis. The articles are, according to the prevailing themes, divided into three categories: economic, political, and social. The results show that the European Union is presented as a promoter of sustainable projects and technological innovation but faces criticism of imbalanced win-win benefits. China is portrayed as a major investor in extractive industries and infrastructure, but this raises concerns about Namibia's economic dependence. On political and social issues, China has a more positive media image than the European Union. The Global Gateway Strategy and the New Silk Road are presented in the media image in Namibia as initiatives with both positive and negative aspects. The influence of Global Gateway is less significant, the New Silk Road is more significant.
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The evolution of ideological position of ANO 2011 between the years 2013 and 2021
Kočvara, Adam ; Hájek, Lukáš (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the change in the ideological position of ANO 2011 between 2013 and 2021. ANO 2011 is understood as a business-firm party, which adjusts its ideological position based on voter demand. It describes the development of the ideological position on the left-right cleavage and on the cleavage of the relationship with the European Union. This analysis is based on CVVM opinion polls and the Chapel Hill Expert Survey. The evolution of the ideological position is also examined in relative terms, i.e. how the ANO 2011 movement is evolving in relation to the poles of the cleavage lines represented by KSČM and TOP 09. The results show that on the left-right cleavage line, the absolute and relative ideological position of ANO 2011 has shifted towards the political left. On the cleavage line of the relationship to the EU, the absolute position of ANO 2011 is stable, while the relative position has shifted towards euroscepticism.
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Independent predictors of prognosis in patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Kroupa, Josef ; Moťovská, Zuzana (advisor) ; Ošťádal, Petr (referee) ; Duška, František (referee)
The dissertation refers to the up to date topic of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA). The clinical research is divided into two parts. 1. Characteristics and Survival Determinants in Patients After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in The Era of 24/7 Coronary Intervention Facilities Background. Survival rates and outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remain low despite investments of time and money. The goal of this analysis was to identify variables related to survival of patients transferred to our coronary care unit (CCU) after an OHCA. Methods. 102 consecutive OHCA patients, mean age 64.6 (SD 13.3), 70.6 % men, between January, 2011 and December, 2013, who were transferred to our tertiary care CCU, were studied. Results. Cardiac-cause OHCA was present in 84 patients (82.4 %). Of these 60.7 % had an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) - STEMI 35.7 %; NSTEMI 23.8 %. Coronary angiography was performed in 73 (71.6 %) patients - 81.0 % with cardiac- and 31.3 % (5/16) with a non-cardiac cause. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was performed in 50 patients (68.5 %), 49 with cardiac-cause, and succeeded in 92.0 %. In-hospital mortality was 38.2 %, one-year mortality was 51.5 %. In-hospital and one-year mortality were related to age (p = 0.002 resp. p = 0.001), first ECG rhythm (p =...
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Communication and panic action
Čižinská, Kateřina ; Vinopal, Jiří (advisor) ; Šafr, Jiří (referee)
Crisis communication in today's world is influenced by globalisation and the interconnectedness of the world. People around the world access information quickly and from the comfort of their homes. Research focusing on crisis communication is gradually revealing the underlying models influencing crisis communication (risk perception theory, mental noise, negative dominance, trust determination, and emergent norm theory). Crisis communication can actively influence a person's resulting emotions. Sometimes it is important to make an apathetic audience more active and sometimes the goal is to calm the audience down again (Sandman, 2003). The form of the message or the setting of the audience itself can also play a role (Bier, 2001). There are more vulnerable populations who may find the message itself harder to understand, harder to adapt to change and/or may be more prone to panic behaviour (Lead, 2008, Mallon et al, 2013). The research itself focuses specifically on the effects of communication styles on populations at risk of an emergency. This is a secondary analysis of CVVM data from 2023 (N=861) and the primary method chosen is multiple regression. The communication styles selected are: sharing even less likely scenarios, differences in the role of the communicator of a given message, framing...
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Assessment of training and performance development of the athlete
Takácsová, Markéta ; Vostatková, Pavlína (advisor) ; Kaplan, Aleš (referee)
Title: Assessment of training and performance development of the athlete Objectives: The aim of this study is to analyze and evaluate the performance development of a sprinter who switched to athletics from another sport at the age of 17. The work focuses on the analysis of sports preparation, the evaluation of performance development in the athletic disciplines of 60 m and 100 m and the identification of key factors influencing his sports success. Methods: The study used the method of content analysis of training diaries from the YTC, in which the assessed sprinter achieved a personal best in the 100 m run. This is YTC 2012/2013. The previous YTC 2011/2012 was also evaluated as part of the analysis. General training indicators and special training indicators for sprints in athletics were obtained from the training diaries and subsequently evaluated. These training indicators were compared with the recommended values for the male category according to Kampmiller et al. (2002) and the values found in other athletes in individual studies. Results: The analysis of the training diaries showed that the monitored sprinter P. B. exceeded the recommended values for the volume of strengthening with loads and several times also for rebounding exercises. As part of the comparison with other studies, the...
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Czech Debt Relief Policy from the Perspective of the Theory of Social Construction of Target Populations
Hanzlíková, Eliška ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Ochrana, František (referee)
The bachelor thesis Czech Debt Relief Policy from the Perspective of the Theory of Social Construction of Target Populations deals with the development of policy design of Czech debt relief policy between 2013 and 2023, using the perspective of the social construction of target populations theory. The premise of this theory is that the perception (social construction) and power of the target population influence the configuration of policy design. Thus, the main objective of this thesis is to investigate how the policy design of the Czech debt relief policy has changed between 2013 and 2023. In line with the theory, this objective is followed by two sub-objectives, namely to identify the direction of changes in benefits and burdens resulting from legislative changes for the target population and to identify how the frames in which the target population was embedded in policy discourse and media discourse differed. A study of legislation, explanatory memoranda to legislative proposals, and a framework analysis of stenographic records from the lower house of Parliament and selected media content are used to accomplish these objectives. The social construction of debtors is not straightforward and is on the borderline of the construction of the dependents or deviants. The characteristics of the policy...
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Analysis of product placement in Czech films from 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022
Holan, Ondřej ; Kruml, Milan (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
The aim of this thesis was to confirm the assumption that with the advent of streaming services, Czech filmmakers will be forced to use product placement more often to increase their budgets after many viewers will go to the cinema less often. It was assumed that the products would be shown in the films in connection with the main character, who would actively use the item for a long time. The defined period for the research was between 2010 to 2022 in order to examine the effect of the enactment of product placement in Czech law and also to examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the film industry. The given time span was divided into five consecutive periods each three-years apart. Due to the number of films planned for analysis, the method of quantitative content analysis was used. A significant number of hypotheses have not been confirmed. Only the assumptions that there will be a noticeable increase in the frequency of product placement, an increase in the frequency of unique brands, an increase in the percentage ratio of dominant shot to the remaining shots, and a higher frequency of unique brands in films with lower budgets have been confirmed. The main reasons for the non-confirmation of hypotheses include a small research sample, comparing several periods at once, the situation...
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The impact of AI tools on higher education students
Lacina, Ondřej ; Soukup, Petr (advisor) ; Remr, Jiří (referee)
In the world of rapidly evolving technologies, the last two years have seen a massive expansion of artificial intelligence. We are therefore all encountering emerging AI tools in our everyday lives. The thesis titled The Impact of AI Tools on Higher Education Students focuses on the ways in which students of Czech universities approach these new emerging technologies. After explaining the notion of artificial intelligence, the fundamental breakdown of the tools is outlined. The possible good and negative elements of these new instruments are also discussed. For the research, a mixed research design is adopted, which separates the analysis into two sections using the explanatory sequential design's processes. In the first step, a quantitative questionnaire survey was undertaken, with respondents divided proportionally into ten quotas based on the ISCED-F 2013 category. Semi-structured interviews were used in the second stage to augment the questionnaire survey. The analysis resulted in the key trends in the use of AI tools among students of Czech universities. High focus is given on the frequency of use, preferred tools, usual purposes of usage in academic, private, and professional life, faith in the generated information, and worries about potential negative consequences. The usual user groups for...
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