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Primary field data measurement
Kasíková, J. ; Novák, P. ; Nováková, L. ; Michálková, J. ; Vaněček, M. ; Vanerová, Z. ; Semíková, H. ; Zuna, M. ; Skřipko, J. ; Nováková, Lucie ; Plšková, M. ; Vojtěchová, A. ; Sosna, K. ; Kocourek, R. ; Záruba, J.
The report delineates drilling and well logging including acoustic borehole imaging applied in 2011 in the project. Description and interpretation of the data is given subsequently.
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PDS 2004 - Proceedings of the works of the PhD students of the Electron optics department
Müllerová, Ilona
The electron microscopy and optics have long term tradition in Brno and now the development and production of microscopes in Brno rapidly increases. So, strong need arises for education of a new generation of specialists. Experience had shown that there have to be a high proportion of workers with scientific education and scientific approach to solve the problems in the electron microscope industry. These are the reasons, why the Electron optics department of the Institute of Scientific Instruments educates students of postgraduate study in a number nearly equal to a number of scientific workers. In 2002 the board of the Electron optics department decided to organize annually the Seminar of postgraduate students, where the works of PhD students in all stages of their study will be orally presented. Moreover, it decided to publish these works in a special volume in the form of extended abstracts of two- to four-pages. Now, third volume of this proceeding, PDS 2004, has been published.
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Financial analysis of the Vinium Company
Chlubnová, Lucie ; Špička, Jindřich (advisor) ; Kubíček, Aleš (referee)
The aim of the Bachelor thesis is an evaluation of the financial situation of the Vinium Company from an owners' view. Financial analysis will be performed for the periods of 2009-2013 using vertical and horizontal analysis, the financial ratio, solvency and bankruptcy models. In the next step, I will make an intercompany rating with similar companies. The annual reports 2009-2013 were used as a starting material for evaluation. In the conclusion of the thesis is a recommendation for the owners, they should focus on decreasing the share of interest expenses, which would help to generate profit and improve the resulting value of the financial ratio. A lower debt would also lead to the fulfilling of balance sheet rules and better results when analysing solvency and bankruptcy models, at the moment the company is in the bankruptcy zone. The overall financial health of the company isn't very good, because it didn't give any economical added value in any of the years to its owners. Vinium is dependent on financial help from its parent company České vinařské závody a.s. and the companies in the group Prosperita. The strong side of the company is its trade deficit, when Vinium a.s. uses interest-free loans from its suppliers.
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An analysis of crime in Prague in 2014 and its impact on economy
Dragounová, Jana ; Barák, Vladimír (advisor) ; Štípek, Vladimír (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is the mapping of crime in the capital city of Prague in 2014 and its impact on economy of stakeholders. The theoretical part defines the concept of crime, describes factors which increase the probability of occurrence and development of crime and its economic consequences. In addition to this, some important theories dealing with crime and methods by which crime is reported are mentioned. Considerable attention is paid to the security situation in the Czech Republic in 2014. In the practical part, an analysis of expenditure on security is carried out. Preventive policy of Prague is also discussed and grant and subsidy programs, which are the source of its funding, are analyzed. Moreover, the criminality in Prague is analyzed not only globally, but also in the territory of Prague 1, 5 and 11 which show an increased incidence of crime.
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Problems of the tick encephalitis
NUSLOVÁ, Aneta
Problems of tick encephalitis The subject of this degree work is the analysis of some indexes as to the incidence of the tick encephalitis in two regions of the Czech Republic for the period of the years 1996-2006. The tick encephalitis is a grave common tick-borne neuroinfection. It occurs permanently on territory of the Czech Republic. Some localities of the Czech Republic are notable natural seats of the tick encephalitis even within the bounds of the Central Europe. The most effective protection against this grave illness is vaccination performed in due time. The aim of the work was the comparison of the incidence trends in the South Bohemian Region considering the character and area of the natural seats. The work analyses the occurrence of this illness in connection with the age, sex, domicile and the place of getting ticks as to cases reported in the districts of České Budějovice and Příbram during the judged period. The necessary documents were put at disposal by epidemiological departments of the Regional Hygienic Station for the South Bohemian Region with the seat at České Budějovice and of the Regional Hygienic Station with the seat at Prague and that of its territorial establishment in Příbram. The data analysis showed that the occurence of the tick encephalitis varied relatively greatly in the particular years of the investigated period. The highest number of cases reported in the South Bohemian Region was registered in the year 2000 where 232 persons altogether fell ill. The highest number of cases reported in the Central Bohemian Region was registered in the year 2006 where 113 persons altogether fell ill. It was established on the basis of the analysis in relation to the sex of patients that the men affected by this disease absolutely prevailed both in the district of České Budějovice and in the district of Příbram in the examined period. On the basis of the analysis in relation to the age of the patients the highest incidence was found in the age group of 55-64 years in the district of České Budějovice and in the age group of 45-54 years in the district of Příbram. The people living permanently in town are affected by the tick encephalitis predominantly on the both districts. The significant localities where ticks can be got are as cases reported in the district of the České Budějovice in an absolute majority part of suburban holiday areas situated in the valleys of Vltava and the tributaries thereof. It concerns for instance the localities of Borovany, Boršov, Kamenný Újezd, the area along the Rančický creek or the holiday area of Mrhal and Štilec. The lokalities of Trhové Sviny, Nové Hrady and Zliv are situated in the seat of the infection too. In district of Příbram it is especially the bank area around the artificial reservoir Orlík. The differences in the total incidence are determined by the different character of natural seats in the both investigated district. The South Bohemian seat can be classified as a large-area one. It is situated at an optielevation above sea level and has optimal hydrological and biological conditions that enable nearly a permanent circulation of the virus in the seat. The Central Bohemian natural seat covers a smaller area and depends of fluctuation of temperature and other climatic effect.
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How quickly do resolutions subside? Case of the fitness attendance after the New Year's Eve
Adamcová, Barbora ; Rotschedl, Jiří (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
Aim of this thesis was to investigate the effect of New Year's resolutions on the gym attendance and period, during which people abandon their set resolution. Analysis was performed by ordinary least squares method using data obtained from Hamr -- Sport, a.s. and it proved a positive effect of the resolutions on the attendance of the fitness center situated in Záběhlice compound. The thesis also analyzes influence of the weather, precipitation, days of week and moths of the year on the level of attendance. According to the results of the econometric model estimation, New Year's resolutions last on average for three months. In order to verify this period a robustness test was conducted, which confirmed the result. In a questionnaire survey respondents most frequently reported, that they managed to follow their latest resolution for three months (40 %). The questionnaire also revealed that people seem to leave their long term plans most often due to their own laziness and lack of willpower, but most of them do not use any motivational tools to solve the problem of self-control (or they just rely on their will and abilities).
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Genetic Diversity of Semi-captive Population of Western Derby Eland (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus) in Senegal and Phylogenetical Relationships between Western Derby Eland (T. d. derbianus) and Eastern Giant Eland (T. d. gigas)
Zemanová, Hana ; Lukešová, Daniela (advisor) ; Jarmila, Jarmila (referee)
Representatives of family Bovidae are subjects of many studies concerning with their phylogeny, phylogeography, time of divergence or genetic diversity. Taxonomy is solved by comparison of morphological characteristics or by genetic approaches, genetic diversity could be solved by pedigree or by genetic analyses too. Tragelaphinae number nine species of two genera, Tragelaphus sp. and Taurotragus sp. The antelopes of the genus Taurotragus (T. derbianus and T. oryx) belong to the largest antelopes of the world. Derby eland (Taurotragus derbianus) has two subspecies, Western Derby eland (T. d. derbianus) and Eastern Giant eland (T. d. gigas), which are distinguished on the basis of morphological characteristics. Western subspecies (T. d. derbianus) is classified as critically endangered. There lives the only population in Niokolo Koba National Park in Senegal, which numbers fewer than 200 individuals. For the conservation, the semi-captive breeding programme has been established in 2000. It was created by six founders (one male and five females), which are presumed to be non-related. The population within this programme had 95 living individuals in 2013, living in seven herds in Bandia and Fathala reserves in Senegal. The population is under breeding management, which efforts to minimize kinship of the individuals. Studbook was established for the Western Derby eland (T. d. derbianus) in 2008 and is published annually. It acts about small population with low number of founders and no gene flow, which is threatened by inbreeding and genetic drift. Genetic diversity of the population was evaluated by means of microsatellite markers and the results were compared with the results of pedigree analysis. Pedigree analysis showed the highest genetic diversity in the generation of founders (FOUNDERS). It decreased in the generation of founders' offspring (OFFSPRING 1; born in season 2007/2008), due to the fact, that the only male took part in the reproduction. And it increased again in the generation of offspring of founders' offspring (OFFSPRING 2; born in the season 2009/2010), because more individuals were included into the reproduction. Fifteen individuals and five polymorphic microsatellite loci (from the total number of 13 tested loci) were chosen for the genetic study. The parameters of genetic diversity (HE and HO, Ar and deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and FIS and FST) were evaluated. Not any deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were found out. The results of genetic analysis confirmed the highest genetic diversity in the population of founders (Ar = 2.79; HE = 0.664; HO = 0.750; FIS = --0.154). In both generations of offspring values of allelic richness and observed and expected heterozygosity decreased (Ar = 2.15; HO = 0.580; HE = 0.586 in OFFSPRING 1 and Ar = 2.14; HO = 0.370; HE = 0.480 in OFFSPRING 2). Contrary to the results of pedigree analysis, there was not been observed any improvement in OFFSPRING 2. The resultant values of genetic diversity parameters were quite satisfactory, despite of the low number of founders and mating of related individuals.
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Effect of climatic and environmental variables on changes in numbers and migratory behaviour of wintering and migrating waterbirds.
Adam, Matyáš ; Musil, Petr (advisor) ; Bejček, Vladimír (referee)
Waterbirds with their specific habitat and food requirements varying during their annual cycle (Riffell et al. 2003; Taft and Haig 2006) are able to indicate the wetland diversity and quality due to their rapid responses on changes in environment (Delany 1999; Fernández et al. 2005; Amat and Green 2010). Remarkable land cover changes and climate warming led to significant shifts in distribution and abundance of many waterbird species across Europe in recent decades (Delany et al. 2006; Fox et al. 2010; Lehikoinen et al. 2013; Pavón-Jordán et al. 2015). To understand the dynamic of migratory birds in space and time and to assess effects of global conditions as well as local conditions of individual sites during their annual cycle there is need of international monitoring and research. Since the start of International Waterbird Census in 1967 both increasing and decreasing trends have been recorded in nearly fifty percent of waterbird species in Western Palearctic (Delany et al. 2006, Wetlands International 2016) and they consequently have affected trends in particular countries, including the Czech Republic. Wetland sites in the Czech Republic are generally situated on the edge of wintering range of most waterbird species (Gilissen et al. 2002), however the prevailing increase in abundance of waterbird species has been recorded here in recent decades (Musil et al. 2011). Though, the considerable growth of winter temperatures has not been noticed in the Czech Republic (Klein Tank et al. 2002; Musilová et al. 2009; Dušek et al. 2013), and the accessibility of the wetland sites, due to their freezing, varies year to year. Hence, we can assume that waterbirds have likely began using the alternative habitats with available food resources, i.e. cold-weather refuges, probably regardless of their conservation status (Musilová et al. 2015). Special protection areas were implemented to Czech legislation in 2004 to protect migratory birds (Birds Directive 2009/147/EC). So far there has not been tested the effectivity and impact of legislative protection on wintering waterbird species. Moreover, some previous studies indicated that SPA network do not match the species distribution pattern (López-López et al. 2007; Briggs et al. 2012; Albuquerque et al. 2013), so this issue urgently calls for scientific research.
The second part of the thesis focused on Greylag Geese, whose abundance has rapidly grown across the Europe in recent decades (Madsen et al. 1999; Fox et al. 2010), and that have become ideal model species to observe their responses to habitats and climate changes as well as their reactions to human disturbance (Fox and Madsen 1997; Ramo et al. 2015). This requires appropriate knowledge of geese distribution, abundance and their behaviour. Since 1930s, when the geese started to be ringed in the Czech Republic, the ringing intensity have markedly varied and have been reflected in numbers of recoveries. In last ten years the intensity have increased (Podhrazský 2010). However, complex of the historical data until 2002 (Cepák et al. 2008) and recent data have not been analysed so far. In the light of recent shifts in wintering ranges and migration phenology of many goose populations these analyses require increased attention. Furthermore, the satellite monitoring of geese is coming to detect more detailed information about behaviour of individuals.
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Assessment of ambient ozone pollution in the Šumava Mts.
Fišer, Michal ; Hůnová, Iva (advisor) ; Matějíček, Luboš (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on a comprehensive assessment of ambient ozone concentrations in the Šumava Mts. Meteorological station Churáňov showed spring and summer maxima. The highest values were recorded between April and June each year. Second maximum appears in August. Minimal values were recorded during autumn and winter months, the lowest values appeared between November and January. Data from the 15-year period 1995 - 2009 were compared. The annual averaged concentration of ozone was 79,4 µg.m-3 . The highest AOT40F values within the entire measuring period were recorded in 2006 (34,9 ppm.h) and 2003 (32,9 ppm.h), the critical level for forest is 5 ppm.h. In this thesis the dependence of surface ozone at selected meteorological factors (temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind speed and solar radiation) and polution factors (NOx and NO2) such regression. The non-parametric Mann-Kendall test has been developed for detecting and estimating monotonic trends in the time series and applied in our study at annual values: mean, 98th percentile and median. Trend in the annual value ozone 98th percentile was determined as statistically significant at Churáňov site during the 1995-2009 period. Trends in the annual ozone mean and median were determinated as statistically not significant. The thesis...
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