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Programs and Algorithms of Numerical Mathematics 15
Vejchodský, Tomáš ; Chleboun, J. ; Přikryl, Petr ; Segeth, Karel ; Šístek, Jakub
The book contains papers presented at the international seminar Programs and algorithms of numerical Mathematics 15 (PANM 15), held in Dolni Maxov, Czech Republic, June 6-11, 2010. It is the fifteen volume in the series of the PANM proceedings. The topics of contributions include numerical methods for fluid flow modelling, the finite element method, a posteriori error estimates, topics from numerical linear atgebra, etc.
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Programy a algoritmy numerické matematiky 12
This book contains more than 30 papers presented at the seminar Programs and Algorithms of Numerical Mathematics held in Dolní Maxov, Czech Republic, June 6-11, 2004. The contributions deal mostly with the finite element method and its applications. Other subjects, as spline construction, numerical linear algebra algorithms, or optimization, for example, are also covered.
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Life of Indians in the west as reflected in short stories by Sunita Jain
Bočanová, Petra ; Kostič, Svetislav (referee) ; Marková, Dagmar (advisor)
The main goal of the thesis is to evaluate the contribution of the short stories written by Hindi writer, Sunita Jain concerning the cultural differences between the Western and the Indian cultures and the lives of Indian people within the diaspora in the United States. The thesis opens with a brief introduction of the history of the Indian immigration to the United States of America and to England. This historical background is necesarry for understanding the basic elements of what follows. The thesis continues with the description of the main differences between the Western culture and the Indian culture. The content is focused towards the observations highlighted in the selected works by Sunita Jain. The chapter also raises questions on what it means to be an Indian in the world today and how the Indians deal with the balance of spirituality and materialism on home soil. The penultimate chapter, chapter three, looks at the life of Sunita Jain and describes the crucial moments that have affected her writings. The final chapter describes the life of the heros in Sunita Jain's short stories, that are placed in USA or after they returned to India from USA. The chapter also examines the cultural differences as they were grasped by the author, it deals with the common life they lead and compares it to the one...
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Literary tradition and the contemporary region of Benešov
Kartusová, Jitka ; Stejskalová, Anna (advisor) ; Hrabáková, Jaroslava (referee)
The rigorous work of "Literary Tradition and the Contemporary Region of Benešov" is trying to map the development of literature in this area from the Baroque period to the present. It also aims to define terms "region" and "regional" and is also looking for links and relationships between the socalled regional literature on one hand and nationwide literature on the other. Writing is based on findings from scientific literature as well as from belles-lettres and from valuable yet less used sources (e.g. urban memorial books, parish records and other archival materials). The work is documenting the rich literary life of the region and provides a comprehensive overview of the authors, whose efforts laid the foundation of local literary tradition. It also presents overview of authors who with equal effort in their work continue successfully in developing the tradition. This composition deals with three authors more in depth. It regards Karel Nový, Vladislav Vančura and Jan Morávek. The selection of these three writers was not a random act. All of them entered the Czech literature in the interwar period and Benešov in their work has become indispensable and supporting element. Two of the authors were born in the county and permanently kept returning to this region which became a constant source of inspiration to...
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Cleanthes' hymn to Zeus in its archaic Greek context
Svoboda, Vojtěch ; Jirsa, Jakub (referee) ; Kratochvíl, Zdeněk (advisor)
In its general part, this study tracks archaic motives in the Stoic (and at the first place Kleanthes') cosmology, in particular in respect of his conception of tonos. It concerns the relationship between the Stoics and the pre-Socratic philosophers as such, namely their attitude to Heraclitus. The study examines the transition of the text of Heraclitus' book to the Stoa and the role of different interpretations of Heraclitus as to the Stoic reception. In its special part, I concentrate on the place of the Hymn to Zeus in the hymnal tradition, especially on the influence of Aeschylus who carries many archaic elements. The final passage contains, hopefully, a complete list of parallels between the extant fragments of Heraclitus and the Hymn of Cleanthes.
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Czech translations of Lorca's Gypsy ballads
Řádková, Jana ; Uličný, Miloslav (advisor) ; Forbelský, Josef (referee)
There is no doubt that Federico García Lorca is one of the most famous Spanish poets and dramatists in the world. There are some factors which contribute to his fame: his personality, character of his poetry and dramas and violent death on the crest of his creative wave in 1936. This thesis deals with his collection Gypsy Ballads (Romancero gitano) and compares three different Czech translations. The collection was first published in 1928 and it is considered the best of Lorca's work. He transformed the original form of folk Spanish ballads and enriched it with completely new and original elements. This thesis includes a chapter dedicated to the poeťs life and work. It also presents comprehensive characteristics of the book of poetry itself with description of its contents, language and form, with the emphasis on the translatological aspects of the transfer of Spanish assonance verse into Czech. The basis of this study consists of translatological analysis of the first selection from Gypsy Ballads by Ilja Barta (193 7), first fu ll Czech publication by František Nechvátal and first full Czech publication with assonances by Lumír Čivrný (1956). The analysis of the original and translation is based on the translatological model by Rosario García López, presented in her book Guía Didáctica de la traducción de...
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A proposal to govern a problem managment using the methodology of ITIL in selected company
Drga, Jaroslav ; Bruckner, Tomáš (advisor) ; Vodenka, Marek (referee)
Nowadays, ITIL represents intensely extended methodology for managing ICT services in the corporate services. This whole methodology contains 26 processes in a total of 5 books covering the life cycle of ICT services. One of the processes is also a problem management which is arranged in the book of Service operation. The goal of this dissertation is to design a complex model for the problem management at Vodafone Czech Republic a.s. In the opening of this thesis, the context of the ICT services in the corporate environment is defined. The following part presents basic information which provides the methodology in general. However, it is obvious that this information is insufficient for the real usage in the corporate environment. By combinig the knowledge gained from the methodology with knowledge about other ICT corporate services and business environment, the model itself has been established. Firstly, the chosen corporation was briefly introduced and the key aspects of ICT services were defined. Secondly, the weaknesses of the current state were identified. These inputs were applied in the design of the model. The first element of the model contains a vision and strategy of problem management. Subsequently, an analysis of the interested parties from the perspective of a problem manager was presented. The tools to support the work of a problem manager were briefly outlined and also the responsibilities of each roles -- what is a problem and what is not -- were determined. This model prevents possible misunderstandings and reduces friction surfaces. The main part of the entire model is the proces itself in which were identified 4 basic phases. For the purpose of information transmission in and out of the process was designed a method of communication and escalation matrix. Draft of the model is enclosed by showing key performance indicators. The last part of this thesis contains a design of database of known errors and a discussion of current challenges in the area of the problem management. The author of this thesis is a problem manager in previously described company and therefore he was able to insert his own recommendation from practise in every model supported by casual explanation.
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Roots of Moravian Urban Structure
Mohelník, Ladislav ; Löw, Jiří (referee) ; Prokeš, Oldřich (referee) ; Hrabec, Josef (referee) ; Koutný, Jan (advisor)
The thesis has been written on the basis of main architectural concepts and their application in real life within a historical context investigation. Main architectural concepts are represented in a harmony of architectural composition that deals with relations among form, structure and space in the unique art work. Genius loci play very important role in the architectural creation - it represents a special and extra-ordinary urban locality and its architectural value in the historical, geographical and cultural context. The origin of Ostravice village within the historical frame concept of Moravia domain is the topic of this thesis. Other historical documents gave information about Bruneswerde as the Brno Castle. That means Brno Castle had to be founded not in Brno (as it has been consid-ered for many years) but it was located in Beskydy at Ostravice. The sacred city – Civitas Dei had been located in Bruneswerde region in early ages as the centre of European culture, education and spiritual life. Civitas Dei – divine Jerusalem in the transcription of St. Augustine's book De civitate Dei – is not only glorification of God and religious fantasy. It is also one of significant clues for recognition of historical architecture. The depiction of unknown settlement from the book of unde-fined origin is a superb testimony about extinct architectural works. They are legible from cadastral maps. Brno Castle - residence of nobility and power served shelter to St. Vojtěch, St. Prokop, St. Václav and St. Ludmila as it is obvious for the mentioned picture. Three major temples, three com-position axes symbolized by three towers on coins are in analogical relation to Brno triangle of four saints - the Saint family of Brno temples. Powerful ambitions of Brno City principals and clergy are inscribed into the urban structure in the way of composition relations which are legible to them who devoted themselves to the mystery of harmony. The absence of historical continuity affects personal attitudes and also identity of the whole community. The architecture truly reflects the past state of polis and it is eloquent even after its death. The architectural composition relations influence the natural environment for long time, longer than the architectural work existence. The geometric order of Renaissance Brno existence has not been in attention of architects so far. The features were discovered in characteristic paintings by Albrecht Durer. They are evidently secret works of the genius. A meaningful collaborator and follower in the extensive project was also his friend Jan Čert from Brno and lately from Vienna. His noble genealogy played a significant role in history of Silesia and Moravia for centuries. It is tendency to consider him as Austrian or even German architect. It is because of the fact that the genealogy tree of his noble family had roots in Moravia. It is supposed that Durer with Jan Čert´s support created the extraordinarily monumental architectural and urban works in Brno. A remarkable consensus in the urban composition of two squares and transition of traditional urban structure of Ostravice Civitas Dei into the modern Brno is also confirmed due to the identification of noble creators and owners, who were at the foundation, transformation and extinction of elements of the Moravian urban structure.
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Multi-storey Wooden Building
Macháčková, Eva ; Havířová, Zdeňka (referee) ; Lavický, Miloš (advisor)
Master’s thesis deals with complete project documentation of newly built object of library and mediatheque located on the site in České Budějovice. It is a three-storey building divided into three parts, one-storey, two-storey and three-storey. It is partly basement. The underground part is devoted to main storage spaces of library services, management offices and social facilities for staff (toilets, changing rooms, washrooms). This part of the building has own entrance for employees. In the 1st floor is located the main library area along with exhibition spaces and the main entrance for visitors with self service cloakroom. In the 2nd floor are designed library spaces for visually impaired persons with fund of audio books, CDs and DVDs, a lecture hall with a projector and own kitchen and space for reading magazines and periodicals. From this floor is possible access to the outdoor terrace, which has own terrace furniture store nearby. In the 3rd floor is located a literary café with its own facilities. In each floor are also designed sanitary facilities for use by persons with limited ability of movement and orientation. All floors are connected by stairs and passenger lifts. In terms of construction, the building is designed as a frame, in the underground parts made of reinforced concrete, the overhead of glued laminated timber elements. The ceiling structure designed over the underground floor is monolithic reinforced concrete slab. The ceilings in the upper part are designed as a wooden beamed made of the glued laminated timber elements. The building has a pent roof created by wooden trusses assembled with punched metal plate fasteners. The foundations are designed as belts and footings. The study, detailed documentation, thermal-technical evaluation of selected structures and fire safety of the building are processed. For processing of the thesis were used software AutoCAD 2010, Teplo 2011, Area 2011, Ztráty 2011 and Fire NX 802 PRO.
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Fiction, biography and documntary in W.G. Sebald's narrative prose
Richterová, Gabriela ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee) ; Stromšík, Jiří (advisor)
This dissertation is devoted to fiction, biographical and documentary work in the prose of the German author W. G. Sebald. W. G. Sebald was a unique character with a distinguished way of storytelling on the post-war German literary scene with. Most topics thet were paid attention to in his books were related to Germany and its history. Sebald was one of the early Germanists, who wrote in German language and who followed the topic of the civil inhabitans' misery during the air raids of the Allies over Germany in World War II. Another important topic in his books was the Holocaust and he also frequently dealt with the relationship between the Jews and non-Jewish people in Germany. W. G. Sebald's books are difficult to be put in a particular category. His work actually breaks boundaries between categories, between non-fiction and fiction. The Author himself denied the categories in literature. He called his prose "the fictional prose". A unique junction of fiction and facts, biographical and autobiographical elements, the books of travel, architecture and country descriptions together with reflections and fictional essays is typical of this author's books. Also characteristic of his texts is the usage of pictures and photographs, mostly black-and-white, scattered freely in a text.
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