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Escapism in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
Martinů, Patricie ; Švelch, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Švelch, Jan (referee)
1 Abstract This Master's thesis aims to explore the impact of the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons released in March 2020 for the Nintendo Switch console on players during the Covid-19 pandemic by analyzing forum posts and articles. The thesis further typifies the community of players of the game that post on the forums Animal Crossing Community and The Bell Tree Forums, their motivations for playing, and the ways in which the game provided them with an escape from the reality of the pandemic. Furthermore, the thesis partly focuses on media reflection of this phenomenon through the analysis of articles describing their own experience with the game. This thesis intends to achieve this through qualitative research methods, specifically through a case study using the method of analytical induction. The first chapters in the theoretical part of the thesis show that the existing knowledge about the impact of games and media in general on the mental health of people, and adolescents in particular, is contradictory. However, the research part of the thesis, which is divided into chapters based on the individual research questions, shows that in the case of this particular period, i.e. from the release of the game during the months of the most severe pandemic measures to their temporary easing in the summer of...
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Violence against women in Covid-19 pandemic
Asszonyi, Anna ; Mareš, Jiří (advisor) ; Havigerová, Jana Marie (referee)
Name and surname of the author: Anna Asszonyi Institution: Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové Department of non-medical studies Title: Violence against women in Covid-19 pandemic Supervisor: prof. PhDr.Jiří Mareš, CSc. Number of pages: 87 Year od defense: 2023 The bachelor thesis, "Domestic violence against women in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic", deals in the theoretical part with the issue of domestic violence within families and the possibilities of helping women, its victims. It provides basic information on domestic violence, its forms and causes, dynamics and consequences, not only on women but also on children. A significant part of the bachelor thesis focuses on the necessity of professional approach and procedure of medical and non-medical personnel in the process of interdisciplinary cooperation towards victims of domestic violence. In the research part, the bachelor's thesis tries to delve into the issue of domestic violence from the perspective of five women of different ages who have experienced domestic violence, including during quarantine. Using narrative interviews, it records their life stories and maps the ways in which they themselves try to resolve their situation. Keywords: violence against women, Covid - 19, syndrom, quarantine, domestic abuse,...
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Family life in quarantine
MARCZELLOVÁ, Lucie
This diploma thesis stems from the government directive restricting free movement of people in the Czech republic due to the health risks related to the confirmed cases of coronavirus. The effect of this directive is that people spend most of their time at home with other members of the household. Children don't go to school and parents work from home. The aim of this thesis is to explore and record how parents perceive the time spent together with children. It seeks answers to the challenges of this relationship and how it is being approached and processed. The theoretical part maps the main pedagogical and psychological constructs governing understanding of this challenge (family, institutional influence at family free time, term "scholé", meaning of family time spent together). The empirical part represents my personal research that was conducted through in-depth interviews.
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Fumigation methods of wood to control invasive cermabycid beetles from then genus invazním Anoplophora sp.
Stejskal, Václav ; Hnátek, Jonáš ; Vokněr, Jan ; Vendl, Tomáš ; Kadlec, Jakub ; Aulický, Radek
Longhorn beetles Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora chinensis are quarantine pests of woody plants, which are, among other routes, spread in wooden pallets and packaging. The methodology describes the effective application of EDN(R) (active substance ethanedinitrile) in the treatment of wooden packaging and untreated wood in order to reduce the risk of the introduction of invasive species of wood-destroying pests (Anoplophora spp.) into the Czech Republic. Quarantine fumigation with methyl bromide is banned in the EU, and the alternative method of heat treatment (ISMP 15) is logistically demanding and cannot be performed in containers or under tarpaulin. The specific objective of the methodology is to provide a technical description of the procedure for the effective application (under tarpaulin / in a container) of EDN(R) to control longhorn beetles A. glabripennis and A. chinensis; the methodology is also prepared as a basis for the possible need for a rapid emergency regulation (ÚKZÚZ - CISTA) for the use in the Czech Republic of Anoplophora spp. longhorn beetles. Another goal is to give a brief overview and evaluation of methods and used products for phyto-quarantine wood treatment in comparison with the new procedure. The methodology is based on original experimental data, which was the basis for determining effective doses of EDN; the doses were expressed as the so-called Ctproduct of concentration and time. Ct- EDN products were determined to a large extent on the model species of longhorn beetle Hylotrupes bajulus (so-called adequate / analogous model species), and then validated for both target species of quarantine longhorn beetles A. glabripennis and A. chinensis. The methodology presents technical specifications and the use of application equipment for the application of liquefied EDN from cylinders using nitrogen as a propellant.
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Impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic on mental health
Pospíšilová, Magdalena ; Buriánková, Jitka (advisor) ; Pavlů, Dagmar (referee)
Title: Impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic on mental health Aims: The main aim of the work is to observe what influence the Covid 19 pandemic had on the mental health of the respondents in the 10-80 age range . The aim of the research is to find out which group of the respondents was the most affected by the pandemic and how their lives changed during the ongoing pandemic. Methods: The basis for this work was the quantitative research in the form of a questionnaire survey whose results were processed through descriptive statistics, contingency tables and the regression method, which was used to verify the hypotheses. The questionnaire survey included batteries of questions related to mental health, consultations, well-being, loneliness, employment, lifestyle, the influence of media surveillance, suicidal ideation and socio- demographic indicators. Results: The respondents in the oldest age group, it means 60 years and older, were found to report the worst effects of the pandemic in the field of mental health. The risk of suicidal thoughts was the highest in the youngest category aged 10-19 and also in the oldest one over 60 years. Another finding was that the respondents who watched the media for more than 2 hours a day, were associated with a higher risk of impact on their mental health. Furthermore,...
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Stress between university students of engineering and psychology during the pandemic
Jůvová, Adéla ; Smetáčková, Irena (advisor) ; Valentová, Hana (referee)
The bachelor's thesis focuses on the experience of study stress in university students of engineering and psychology during the COVID-19 pandemic. The theoretical part first deals with the issue of stress - its definition, types, manifestations, stressors and the experience of stress and emotions in students in connection with university studies. The second part of the theoretical work is devoted to general information about the pandemic as an emergency crisis situation in the Czech Republic in the spring of 2020 and the possible psychosocial consequences associated with quarantine and isolation. The research of the empirical part is focused on the differences in the experience of stress from university studies during the pandemic between two different groups - students of psychology and engineering. The design of the research method is mixed. The quantitative research examines hypotheses through data obtained from questionnaires with answers recorded on a Likert scale. The data is evaluated in the STATISTICA 13 program. The qualitative research seeks answers to research questions by evaluating semi-structured interviews with three representatives from each study group. The results are finally compared and interpreted in the discussion. KEYWORDS stress, stress at college, college students, students...
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Risk Analysis, Prevention And Following Crise Measures During A Possible SARS Desease Importation
TOUSECKÝ, Peter
The topic of my bachelor thesis is {\clqq} The Risk Analysis, Prevention and Subsequent Crisis Precaution within Possible SARS Spreading.`` Nowadays SARS {--}Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome belongs to the possible threat to the population and starting with 12 th March 2003 the term SARS was defined as a risk phenomenon by the World Health Organization (WHO). As a matter of fact, SARS at the time of its beginning and spreading all over the world, didn´t occur in the Czech Republic and has been forgotten. More than ever it is necessary to remind the principal aspect of SARS origin and its potential impact on the inhabitants of the Czech Republic and its neighbouring countries in the case of SARS reccurence in the world. Educational training in a form of the anonymous questionnaire consisting of 80 respondents as well as information processing are the parts of my bachelor thesis. To the topic mentioned above I was motivated, at the time of SARS pandemic in the world, by the work in the Security Corps whose aim was monitoring and eliminating refugees inflow toEurope from the region of developing countries. Research data unambiguously prove that the developing countries were the area of SARS origin and occurence. Especially in 2003 in the land register of Strání Květná, district Uherské Hradiště, national border with Slovakia,the inflow more than 1000 refugees was recognized. But the estimates in this region start from the number of 5000 refugees who used this area of national border of the Czech Republic for illegal transferring to the developed European countries, namely Germany, with the help of passers. At that time the members of Force Corps had to face up to refugees drive although they were not trained and protected from SARS infection. I was interested in the problem of the infection transmission and I concluded that the fear in dealing with refugees in this post was wasted. SARS incubation period was maximum 10 days but the refugees´ transit from the country of origin especially from China to the Czech Republic was examined to the period from 1 to 3 months. The necessity to inform inhabitants of possible SARS transmission to Europe and the Czech Republic afterwords results from the mentioned personal knowledge.
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