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Distributed Artificial Life Simulator
Weiss, Martin ; Kočí, Radek (referee) ; Martinek, David (advisor)
Along with the artificial intelligence modelling and related studies, distributed computing ranks amongs the most discussed scientific topics nowadays and one can be certain that it will not fade away anytime soon. This work is also concerned about the above mentioned topics, more precisely its its main goal is to design and implement a distributed artificial intelligence simulator. The mentioned application was realized during as an firm part of this work and some benchmarks were run to determine and observe some properties inherent to distributed systems. The actual realization takes into account different approaches to distributing simulation resources. The final product did not prove as that convenient for simulation of rather simple AI models, which it if fact, even slowed down at times. In the future the project should be aimed towards more computationally challenging problems, that can truly use the capacity and advantages of such a computational system.
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Nationality Policy in Soviet Karelia, 1920-1935
Šebesta, Adam ; Švec, Luboš (advisor) ; Litera, Bohuslav (referee)
Diploma thesis "Nationality policy in Soviet Karelia, 1920-1935 " deals with the bolshevik experiment of governing a multinational empire on the example of eastern Karelia in the inter-war period. The paper examines the specific aspects of Karelia's development in contrast with the central nationality policies. Unique region with Finnish communist emigrants as leaders serves as an essence of understanding the nationality policies of the USSR. In search of a large-scale support of all the Russia's peoples the bolsheviks opted for a pragmatic policy of national concessions. The creation of autonomous Karelia was only possible because of a number of factors. Thanks to the policy of building national cadres, the Soviets were temporarily inclined towards regional administration. The success of Tartu peace negotiations was determined by solving the Karelian question and autonomous Karelia seemed to have been just the answer to Finnish demands. The region was supposed to become a showcase of socialism and friendship of the peoples. The Finnish bolsheviks were up to this challenge. Apart from the actual nationality policy in Karelia, the thesis also deals with the factors determining the level of independence such as economic policies and the dependence on center, language and education questions and challenges to...
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Journal Katolické noviny between 1968 - 1989
ŠIMKOVÁ, Lenka
This thesis describes, on selected themes in Katolické noviny Journal, how communistic behavior in Czech republic tried to controll public oppinion by abusing its contents. In investigated time period between 1968-1989 is shown, how government policies versus church were changing, as well as Czech state versus Vatican. Separate chapter displaying Biscups life, and how this life was reflected in Katolické noviny. Thesis also describes conteporary government founded and well supported {\clq}qstate church institutions`` operated in Czech Republic and their influence on journal content. This thesis tries to sketch out dilema of state between church relations.
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The EU's Foreign Policy - Limits of Conditionality - the Case of EU-Cuban Relationship in 1996-2008
Radačičová, Simone ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Bartovic, Vladimír (referee)
The Master thesis deals with the analysis of the concept of conditionality that is applied in European Union's external relations with Cuba. The theoretical background determinates the conditions that can influence the efficiency of conditionality when applied to the developing countries. The relationship between Cuba and the EU is based on the Common position which was agreed in 1996. It set conditions that Cuba has to fulfill in order to normalize its links with the EU. In the 90s, EU used the positive conditionality with mixed results, but following the events of the spring 2003, the EU member states agreed on a tougher stance, i.e. the adoption of diplomatic measures, in fact the negative conditionality. This approach brought a couple of negative effects and challenged the EU's influence on Cuban politics. Following the review the EU member states suspended the sanctions and in 2008 abolished the remaining diplomatic measures. Despite of its limits, the conditionality applied in the framework of realistic policy remains to be an important element in the relations between EU and Cuba. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Problems of Czech Church Slavonic hagiography: Church Slavonic legend of St. Anastasia
Čajka, František ; Vavřínek, Vladimír (advisor) ; Večerka, Kazimír (referee) ; Konzal, Václav (referee)
The dissertation analyses the Church Slavonic Legend oj St Anastasia published for the first time by A. 1. Sobolevskij in 1903. The first editor himself assumed a Czech origin for the legend, because of some signs. The legend has not been systematically analysed since. Because some writers do not consider the Czech milieu as a likely source of some monuments we inc1uded the problems of Church Slavonic hagiography of Czech Origin into the outline of exploration of Church Slavonic monuments of Czech Origin whose part the legend of St Anastasia forms. In the Introduction chapter we give a sketch of the state of exploration of Czech Church Slavonic monuments. One of the basic types of questions connected to these monuments is proving their attribution. It inc1udes a broad array of linguistic, theoreticalliterary as well as extra-linguistic questions. In the subsequent exposition we evaluated the basic existential conditions for Church Slavonic literature in Přemyslid Bohemia. V. Tkadlčík's essay Otázka kontinuity slovanské bohoslužby v přemyslovských Čechách is one of the works presupposing a continuity of Slavonic literary tradition and liturgy in Přemyslid Bohemia. The essay is a part of the supplement to our dissertation and it brings, apart from other discoveries, a uniquely new approach to the question...
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Spectral properties of the source signal as speaker-specific cues
Vaňková, Jitka ; Skarnitzl, Radek (advisor) ; Volín, Jan (referee)
Despite a continuous development in computer sciences and related disciplines, speaker identification remains one of the most challenging tasks in forensic phonetics. The reason for this is the fact that our knowledge of how identity is reflected in the acoustic signal is still limited. The present study aims to contribute to the search of speaker-specific cues by examining spectral properties of the source signal. Specifically, it examines to what extent three short-term measures of spectral tilt, namely H1-H2, H1-A1 and H1-A3, can discriminate 16 Czech female speakers. It also addresses the influence of vowel quality, syllable status with respect to stress and position of stress group in the utterance on the values of these measures. The results show that these parameters do have some discriminative power, though the contribution of individual parameters differs. The study indicates that discrimination of speakers is the most successful in stressed syllables and argues that individual vowels could differ in their usefulness for speaker identification. The results of LDA based on these short- term measures of spectral tilt were complemented with long-term measures, namely alpha index, Kitzing index and Hammarberg index which quantify the slope of the LTAS. The present study suggests that...
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Spain on the Way to Equal Opportunities of Women and Men
Doubravová, Běla ; Rovná, Lenka (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
Diploma thesis "Spain on the Way to Equal Opportunities of Women and Men" analysis the changes of Spanish society from the point of view of elimination of the "traditional" women's and men's roles in the past 30 years. Spanish Kingdom is known as a country full of machos and oppressed housewives. But today's situation is totally different. Spain is among the states with better than average women's participation in politics and civil service. Spanish homosexuals can get married with the same rights as people of the opposite sex. Not only parit y, but also fight against gender violence and equality in all of the spheres of life has been the priority of ruling party PSOE for the last 5 years. Although the change had started before the arrival of current Prime Minister Zapatero in 2004, mainly thanks to him Spain can be compared to Nordic countries - examples of equalit y. Enforced catholic moral, gender-separated schooling and persecution of homosexuals were replaced with equal opportunit y, reconciliation of work and family and elimination of gender-based violence laws. How did Spain become a country where today gender equality is the government priorit y, after 40 years of regime supporting the strict division of gender roles, family model of man being a householder and women taking care of many children...
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History of the town of Janovice nad Úhlavou till 1848. Historical monograph
Lhoták, Jan ; Maur, Eduard (referee) ; Ebelová, Ivana (advisor)
The offered thesis deals with the history of the town Janovice nad Úhlavou until the year 1848, it is the locality situated in the southwestem Bohernia not far from Klatovy. In the first chapter, the author presents a basic overview of the study of the regional history in the Czech countries and its further prospects, then he expands on the heuristic basis, from which he proceeded when elaborating the monograph. After evaluating the geographical conditions of the locality, a prehistoric development of the Klatovy region is observed, which is up to this day impeded by the lack of executed archeological researches. The second chapter deals with medieval colonization of the whole Klatovy region, in which the accent is put on the significance of historical communications which it also describes and evaluates in the framework of the region being explored. On the basis of acquired facts, it subsequently outlines the basic contours of the settlement progress. The fifth chapter already refers directly to the history of the town in the Middle Ages. The appearance of the surrounding country in the past is observed and especially the medieval history of the knight order of Janovští z Janovic. Both the basic farnily line, which owned Janovice nad Úhlavou and builded here a church and a castle, and main features of...
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Peroperative nurse work demands
VELÁTOVÁ, Simona
My thesis has two parts. Part One explains the concept of "perioperative nurse" and her competences set forth in the Decree no.55/2011 Coll., on the activities of healthcare workers and other professional workers. The following chapters discuss the working environment of perioperative nurses, job principles of perioperative nurses, preparation of the operating room, treatment and preparation of instruments and technical equipment. Theory Part One is concluded by the chapter that explains the concept of perioperative care. Part Two is focused on education and training of perioperative nurses. It provides historical information, conditions and opportunities for specialized training of perioperative nurses. The last chapter deals with lifelong learning. Objectives of the Thesis The first objective was to map the range of activities performed by perioperative nursesduring selected types of surgery. The second objective was to identify differences in perioperative nurses' activities during standard and laparoscopic surgery. The last objective was to identifyopportunities for further training of perioperative nurses. The method of qualitative research was used. Research data were collected from non-standardized in-depth interviews. The research covered perioperative nursesof three operating rooms in the Hospital of České Budějovice a. s., namely surgery, urology and gynaecology. The research was carried out in collaboration with 3 perioperative nurses of each of the above mentioned operating rooms. Responses were recorded in writingand interviews with individual nurses were numbered followed then by verbatim transcriptionof interview data. The evaluation and analysis of interviews were categorized and categories were supplemented with subcategories. The results of research focused on duties of perioperative nurses show that perioperative nurses' workencompasses many duties they have to performandfollow. The duties of perioperative nurses include activities before, during and after surgery. They smoothly follow one after another and have a predefined sequence. The Scrub Nurse and CirculatingNursejointly perform most activities. Checking was identified as the most frequent activity of perioperative nurses. Checking on the patient, checking on instruments, checking on equipment / devices, but no surgery check-listsare used in the workplaces fornow. For laparoscopic surgery, no great differences in activities were mentioned by perioperative nurses. There would only be some additional activities related to deployment, checking and control of devices. The spatial arrangement must ensure safety of the patient as well as personnel. The operation and control of devices and equipment is very challenging for perioperative nurses in terms of their technical skills and competences. The research concerning opportunities for further training of perioperative nurseshas showed that perioperative nurses prefer specialized training. As another method to refresh their knowledge, participation in workshops was mentioned by perioperative nurses. No other activities are pursued. The purpose of my thesis was to describe activities (duties) performed by perioperative nurses in their daily routine work and establish how they learn and addnew information and knowledge. Perioperative nursesmanage theactivities / operation of operating rooms. They are required to be familiar with the technique and operating procedures and faultlesslyhandle various types of instruments. Professional knowledge supports a smooth course and good quality results of surgery. All of that requires continuous control, training and expanding their knowledge. This thesis points out the need for employer'sinvestments in training and more proactive approach of perioperative nurses to lifelong learning. The research results could provide the basis for preparation of a lecture for perioperative nurses.
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