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Fasting and its importance for spiritual and personality development
POCHOPOVÁ, Veronika
The thesis deals with the influence of fasting on the personality development of man. The theoretical part characterizes diet and fasting. It looks at fasting through the eyes of the world´s most important religions, explains their motivation, practices and goals. Furthermore, it describes the mental and spiritual development of personality from the perspective of psychology and philosophy, putting it in context with the teaching profession. The practical part confirms the influence of fasting on the respondens. They prove the positive impact of fasting not only on health, the maturation of the human personality and transcendental beliefs, but also on the acceptance of everything that surrounds us and what we are a part of.
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miRNA analysis of small extracellular vesicles isolated from plasma after diet intervention
Kratochvílová, Michala ; Koc, Michal (advisor) ; Šrámek, Jan (referee)
The aim of this thesis was to establish a protocol for the isolation of small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) from human plasma. Plasma samples were collected from 44 healthy women who underwent a 60-hour dietary intervention in the form of fasting as part of a clinical trial. These women were divided into two groups based on their BMI - lean and obese. Plasma was collected from each participant before and after the dietary intervention and sEVs were isolated using the polyethylene glycol precipitation method. Each sample was then characterized by the size of sEVs and their concentration. The amount of sEVs in plasma before the dietary intervention was the same for both groups and did not change with dietary intervention. However, the 60-hour fasting resulted in a change in sEVs size in the lean group. Another goal of this thesis was to analyze miRNA expression in sEVs. There were differences found in the expression of certain miRNA between the two groups. More specifically, differences were observed in the expression of hsa-miR-17-5p, hsa-miR-20a-5p and hsa-let-7b-5p. The 60-hour fasting period resulted in an increased expression of hsa-miR-5100 in the lean group and hsa- miR-27a-3p and hsa-miR-27b-3p in the obese group. However, these changes induced by the dietary intervention were not evaluated...
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Muslim holidays
Kuchlerová, Tereza ; Dvořáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Lánský, Ondřej (referee)
The thesis called "Muslim holidays" provides the reader with an overview of selected Islamic holidays that are frequently celebrated in the Islamic society. Its primary goal is to look into the lives of young Muslims and to compare how this generation perceives these celebrations, especially the feast of Ramadan, what factors influence their behaviour and to which extent they stick to the traditional teaching of Islam. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part is a theoretical part and focuses on the origin of Islam religion and its main principles. Also, public and family holidays of Islam are introduced. Nevertheless, the main focus is on the feast of Ramadan and different aspects of its celebrations. The second, practical part comprises of qualitative research. The main methods and objectives of the research are defined in this part and also, the criteria for the choice of respondents and the respondents themselves are introduced. In the conclusion, knowledge that has been achieved is described.
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Jesus and Fasting
Rožánková, Andrea ; Ryšková, Mireia (advisor) ; Hřebík, Josef (referee)
This work deals with the topic of fasting and integrates fasting into context of the Holy Scriptures. It seeks to bring an overview of the fasting passage in the Old and New Testament. It names the reasons and uncovers the internal and external motivations of the fasting. It follows fasting as a line running from Old Testament to New Testament times, continues in the time of the apostolic church. It mediates the experiences of fasting practice of the churchs' Fathers in the time of patristic period in reference to the present time. The focus of the work is on the fast of Jesus. Selected extracts are submitted and commented with the help of professional literature with the intention of restore the perception of the fasting as one of available means of deeping the spiritual life.
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Long fasting and its effects on athletic performance
Uher, Vít ; Dlouhý, Martin (advisor) ; Kašpar, Ladislav (referee)
TITLE: Long fasting and its effects on athletic performance AUTHOR: Vít Uher DEPARTMENT: Katedra tělesné výchovy SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Martin Dlouhý, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The main purpose of this these is to introduce the reader to the issue of long fasting with zero calorie intake and to find out how a ten-day fasting period will affect athletic performance. I did the experiment on myself, especially by monitoring the best possible performances in the chosen exercise disciplines. In the second part of the research, I focused on the analysis and comparison of these results with the performance before the start of fasting. The result of the experiment was an average affect on athletic performance in the range of 4.93 %, except for the flexibility rate, which increased by 100 %. KEYWORDS: Fasting, effect, athletic, performance, sport
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Muslim holidays
Kuchlerová, Tereza ; Dvořáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Lánský, Ondřej (referee)
The thesis called "Muslim holidays" provides the reader with an overview of selected Islamic holidays that are frequently celebrated in the Islamic society. Its primary goal is to look into the lives of young Muslims and to compare how this generation perceives these celebrations, especially the feast of Ramadan, what factors influence their behaviour and to which extent they stick to the traditional teaching of Islam. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part is a theoretical part and focuses on the origin of Islam religion and its main principles. Also, public and family holidays of Islam are introduced. Nevertheless, the main focus is on the feast of Ramadan and different aspects of its celebrations. The second, practical part comprises of qualitative research. The main methods and objectives of the research are defined in this part and also, the criteria for the choice of respondents and the respondents themselves are introduced. In the conclusion, knowledge that has been achieved is described.
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The Self-imposed Starvation
FICENECOVÁ, Lucie
This bachelor's thesis deals with different approaches to starving diet of women who follow cleansing fasting procedure and women suffering of mental anorexia. The aim of this study is to ascertain the motivation for starving diet, the reactions of other people and the behavioral changes of fasting and starving women. Data for this research were gathered by unstructured interviews. Furthermore, the bachelor's thesis focused on the use of free time both groups of women acquired. In the theoretical part, the bachelor's thesis refers to fasting procedure, its origin and its impact on psyche. It presents the results of the research on the impact of experimental fasting on psyche. The empirical part of this bachelor's thesis was based on qualitative research. Unstructured interviews were conducted with four women following cleansing fasting procedures and three women suffering of mental anorexia. This research responds to issues of motivation for fasting and starving, the reaction of other people and behaving towards other people. It was concluded by this investigation that women who follow cleansing fasting procedure and women suffering of mental anorexia evince some similar signs in their motivation however they differ in many of them. The theme of weight loss appeared in both groups of interviewed women accept one as a motive leading to starving diet. Furthermore the research reveals the urge to inspire other people to follow the starving diet. This fact does not encounter positive acceptance. On the contrary this causes strong negative response to both fasting and starving.
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Fasting for health
ĎURČOVÁ, Iveta
This work introduces the reader to the therapeutic possibilities of fasting. The theoretical part it is consideres how and where this unorthodox method is used. It focuses on short-term (1 day) and medium-term (5 to 7 days) fasting. The content of this work arose from the consultations with the supervisor. The subject of the research are the health effects of the short-term and medium-term fasting. The aim of this work is to analyze these effects in 5 to 6 chosen individuals. The medium-term fasting is observed and examined in order to find out whether it causes any mental or physical changes or undesirable compications. This data and the results of the conducted qualitative research are analyzed and explained. Furthermore, this work focuses on of similarly oriented research and a discussion based on comparing the results is raised. In conclusion the findings of this work are particularized and shaped into recommendations for those who are interested in this kind of cleaning of organism.
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