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Private equity fund greenhouse business plan focusing on the financials
Bartoš, Jan ; Krause, Josef (advisor) ; Machek, Ondřej (referee)
The thesis analyses and discusses the creation of a business plan inside a private equity fund. The business plan deals with the development and management of a fully illuminated and heated greenhouse and focuses mostly on the financial part, due to reasons explained in the thesis. In the theoretical section, the author discusses the developments in the entrepreneurship and private equity field and follows by describing the important terms concerning a business plan, its structure and the approach to its creation. The practical section deals with the circumstances in which this business opportunity is considered and covers the business plan itself, specifically the market analysis, marketing approach, operational side and financials in detail. The aim of this exercise is to validate the market expectations and economic rentability of the whole project. To this end the author utilizes several standardized criterions for investment assessment.
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Possibilities of using cloud technologies in the area of shararing economy and FinTech
Chmelař, Ondřej ; Molnár, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Gála, Libor (referee)
This thesis is mapping in a detail and describes the current situation and prediction of the penetration of information technology based mostly on the cloud and blockchain technologies into the real global economy and identifying trends that affect these areas. Focus is primarily on socialization of services, concept of sharing economy and financial-technology (FinTech) companies. Next part describes the process of maturing of information technologies, which enables bypassing of costly intermediaries, who are replaced by other users or advanced algorithms in the fields, which werent fundamentally touched by ICT until now. Work intersects the knowledge of the of the IT industry and minor specialization from FFU VSE.
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Decomposition Methods in Turbulence Research
Uruba, Václav
Nowadays we have the dynamical velocity vector field of turbulent flow at our disposal coming thanks advances of either mathematical simulation (DNS) or of experiment (time-resolved PIV). Unfortunately there is no standard method for analysis of such data describing complicated extended dynamical systems, which is characterized by excessive number of degrees of freedom. An overview of candidate methods convenient to spatiotemporal analysis for such systems is to be presented. Special attention will be paid to energetic methods including Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) in regular and snapshot variants as well as the Bi-Orthogonal Decomposition (BOD) for joint space-time analysis. Then, stability analysis using Principal Oscillation Patterns (POPs) will be introduced. Finally, the Independent Component Analysis (ICA) method will be proposed for detection of coherent structures in turbulent flow-field defined by time-dependent velocity vector field. Principle and some practical aspects of the methods are to be shown. Special attention is to be paid to physical interpretation of outputs of the methods listed above.
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Landscape Development and Spatial Structure analysis of the Olešnice Cadaster
LECHNER, Jan
The aim of my bachelor thesis was mapping of the land cover in Olešnice cadaster and analysing its progression in the years 1949 {--} 2005. Changes of the structure of the landscape and history of the area that led to landscape change were analyzed. There were used methods of geographic information systems. These indices were used for analysis of changes of land cover: Shannon´s diversity index, coefficient of ecological stability, landscape similarity index, index of change and index of progression. The result of this study is the discovery of relative high values of The Shannon´s diversity index and coefficient of ecological stability. It says that in Olešnice there is high quality of the environment. The dominating trend was land consolidation between the years 1949 and 1987 and turning fields to grasslands, between the years 1987 and 2005.
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Student associations in the Netherlands and in the Czech Republic. A cultural comparative analysis
Svobodová, Šárka ; Koťa, Jaroslav (referee) ; Lorenzová, Jitka (advisor)
The main purpose of this study is to map the situation and the social role of student associations in the Netherlands and in the Czech Republic. The main topic is the comparison of student associations in terms of their functioning. This study also attempts to evaluate the extent to which the differing social status of student associations in each country can be attributed to socio-cultural variables. The first part introduces both the countries and their university systems of education in the post-Bologna Process period. Furthemore it outlines the main aims and fields of activities of the student associations. For understanding better the culture and mentality of both nations, the following two chapters are dedicated to the typical characteristics of Czech and Dutch societies. The analysis of these characteristics is grounded on the theory of cultural dimensions developed by the Dutch social psychologist Geert Hofstede. The core of the present work is the description of the structure and the functioning of student associations in the Czech Republic and in the Netherlands. This part focuses on differences in the social roles, cooperation with universities and approach of students to their associations. In its closing part the study deals with international student associations and describes one of the...
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Animal Assisted Therapy in the Czech Republic in Relation to Professional Background and Dog-Handling Skills of the Therapists
SUDOVÁ, Markéta
In this piece I have attempted to perform descriptive quantitative research in the field of Animal-Assisted Activities and Animal-Assisted Therapies in the Czech Republic. I have placed emphasis on the professional background and dog handling skills of the dog-handler. I tried not only to focus on the impact of dogs on humans, but also to emphasize the importance of the personality of the therapist. I also consider the impact of different personality theories on the personality of the handler/therapist, and the importance of theoretical background and preparation in the given area in which the handler/therapist engages with dogs. Based on the positive respondent reactions, I trust that this research will prove to be of use to people involved in human-animal positive interactions.
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Global lighting market and a position of the Czech Republic in this market
Šimetková, Tereza ; Gullová, Soňa (advisor) ; Klosová, Anna (referee)
This thesis is focused on the analysis of the global lighting market and the assessment of the current position of the Czech Republic in this market. The first part is devoted to the theoretical introduction in the field of lighting technology. Furthermore, the thesis deals with the relation between lighting market and energy sector, especially with regard to energy efficiency policy. The market analysis is concentrated primarily on general lighting, which forms the largest and the most important lighting market segment. The development of the Czech lighting market is then discussed in the context of the global as well as the European market. Additionally, the thesis includes analysis of current trends in lighting technology and research conducted among manufacturers of lighting.
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Plasmodiophora brassicae on winter rape
Řičařová, Veronika ; Ryšánek, Pavel (advisor) ; Jaroslav, Jaroslav (referee)
Winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is an important crop in the Czech Republic. Clubroot disease caused by the pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae Wor. is a serious and still-growing problem for oilseed rape growers. Research on P. brassicae in the Czech Republic is therefore important for the development of effective strategies to manage clubroot under Czech environmental conditions.
One of the aims of this study was monitoring of this pathogen. The disease was previously widespread in commercial vegetable production and in hobby gardens. Since 2010, oilseed rape clubroot started to spread across the whole country, whereas it had previously only been observed in the northeast. Clubroot occurrence was monitored for five years by the Union of Oilseed Growers and Processors on the basis of disease symptoms present on oilseed rape fields. The presence of P. brassicae and clubroot symptoms were reported in all regions of the Czech Republic, except the Ústecký Region, and in 31 out of 76 districts. At present, at least 130 fields are known to be infested by the pathogen, but this number is very likely underestimated. Some soil samples were also tested by conventional PCR (polymerase chain reaction) to evaluate the possibility of their usage. All 14 suspected samples tested positive by PCR.
The next aim was to evaluate the pathotype composition of P. brassicae populations from the Czech Republic, according to the three evaluation systems, and to determine soil inoculum loads for representative fields via traditional end-point PCR as well as quantitative PCR analysis. There were considerable differences between the populations of P. brassicae, and the number of pathotypes varied depending on the evaluation system and the threshold used to distinguish susceptible vs. resistant plant reactions. This is the first study comparing the effect of different thresholds. Using an index of disease (ID) of 25 % to distinguish susceptible vs. resistants reactions, there was a total of five pathotypes identified based on the differentials of Williams, five with the system of Somé et al., and 10 with the European Clubroot Differential (ECD) set. However, based on a threshold of 50%, there were five pathotypes according to the evaluation system by Williams, four based on the differentials of Somé et al. and 8 with the ECD set. Changing of the thresholds led to the reclassification of some pathotypes. Pathotypes 7 by Williams was the most frequent in both thresholds. High amounts of pathogen DNA were found in many of the field soils analysed by quantitative PCR.
Experiments with P. brassicae-resistant cultivars of winter oilseed rape were conducted in an infested field and greenhouse. In the greenhouse, six resistant cultivars were grown in infested soil collected from various fields in the Czech Republic and assessed for index of disease (ID %). The best results bring cultivar Mentor (2+- 0.7 %) closely followed by cultivar SY Alister (5+-1.1 %), the highest ID had cultivar CHW 241 (30+-3.8%). In the field experiment, seven resistant cultivars were grown, and disease development was monitored monthly. The lowest index of disease brought cultivar Andromeda (3+- 0.8 %) and PT 235 (4+-1.5 %), the highest ID has cultivar CWH 241(46 +- 6.5 %) in the first season and in the second season any cultivar achieved 25 % ID. Yields were measured at the end of the cropping season. The highest yield was achieved by cultivar SY Alister (6.1 t/ha) in the first season and cultivar PT 242 (5.03 t/ha) in the second season. The inoculum level was measured across the field by (qPCR), and a map of the infestation was created. The highest spore concentration was found on the field entrance. Collectively, the information obtained on the effectiveness of host resistance and pathogenic diversity of P. brassicae populations from the Czech Republic may help to more effectively manage clubroot in this country.
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Pressure influence on the magnetic and transport properties of the f-electron compounds
Míšek, Martin ; Javorský, Pavel (advisor) ; Kamarád, Jiří (referee)
In this thesis, we describe the work with a new pressure cell, its implementation in Joint Laboratory for Magnetic Studies, together with testing measurements necessary for ensuring good environmental conditions control and trouble-free operation. We have chosen a single crystal of the CePtSn compound to be the first representative measurement. We measured electrical resistivity along crystallographic b-axis in conditions: T = 2-300 K, p = 0-2.5 GPa and magnetic field B = 0-14 T applied along b-axis. We observed only minimal pressure influence on temperatures of magnetic phase transitions, however interesting and rather unusual behavior in magnetic fields was revealed. Previous works reported two field-induced transitions at low temperatures and ambient pressure, with values of the critical fields BcLF ~ 4 T and BcHF ~ 11.5 T, accompanied with large magnetoresistence step of -30% and +10%, respectively. With application of pressure, we observed shift of the critical field of low-field transition BcLF to the higher fields, whereas the value of critical field of high-field transition BcHF was unaffected with applied pressure. At a p ~ 1.5 GPa the two transitions merged and only one step was observed. With pressure further increasing above 1.5 GPa, situation with two transitions, similar to the lower pressure...
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