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Food vs. Fuel: The Role of Bioenergy
Filip, Ondřej ; Janda, Karel (advisor) ; Pertold-Gebicka, Barbara (referee)
Bibliographic entry Filip, O. (2015): "Food vs. Fuel: The Role of Bioenergy." (Unpublished master's thesis). Charles University in Prague. Supervisor: prof. Ing. Karel Janda M.A., Dr., Ph. D. Length: 121,976 characters Abstract This thesis studies the relationship between the first generation biofuels and selected commodities and assets in the USA, Europe, and Brazil. It is the first attempt to combine the taxonomy and wavelet analyses in a single research application. Our unique dataset comprises 32 weekly price series covering the 2003-2015 time period. First, we employ a method of minimum spanning trees and hierarchical trees to model a biofuel-related price network. We demonstrate a development phase shift between Brazilian and the US/EU biofuel industries. We reveal a strong and stable connection between Brazilian ethanol and its main production factor, local sugarcane. We further find that US ethanol is closely linked to corn. In the contrary, European biodiesel exhibits only moderate ties to its production factors. Subsequent wavelet analysis scrutinizes the identified price connections both in time and frequency domains. Both Brazilian and US ethanols are found to be positively related to their respective feedstock commodities. In particular, feedstock proves to lead the price of the biofuel and not...
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Frustrated sensibilities in the context of the conventions of the New York elite of Wharton's fiction
Křenková, Markéta ; Quinn, Justin (referee) ; Roraback, Erik Sherman (advisor)
The following essay examines Wharton's fiction within the context of a set of societal conventions in which her writing is framed and the ways in which these conventions work to frustrate the natural development of the individual life-narrative. The frustrations depicted in the following works here looked at result from the specific societal conditions in which her characters find themselves. The old New York aristocracy to which Wharton's parents belonged, with its conventional morality and inflexible standards of "scrupulous probity in business and private affairs", 1 is represented by Wharton as having a numbing effect on the moral and sexual development of her female protagonists. The foregoing will form the focus of my analysis in the sections dealing with frustrated moral integrity and frustrated femininity. Also to be found in this chapter is an examination of the specific manners on the basis of which this society operated, and the way in which these manners, as the physical manifestations of strict conventions, compound these individual frustrations. The social elite of New York changed with the impact of a newly emerging industrial society in the 1880s. Wharton focuses on the transitional stage between the merging of these two societies and exposes the damaging consequences of the materialism that...
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Later and Foreign Works of Josef Mach
Havlátová, Bára ; Wiendl, Jan (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
The monographic thesis mainly solves poetry and prose of Josef Mach, the Czech writer, journalist and clerk. It watches literary progress of his poetics according to the era context, influenc of places, historical and social events and inspirations of other artists who surrounded him. The work look into the texts and lyrics by a diachronic and synchronic way. The section about his original works is followed by a chapter about translations of several novels, because he acted even on this literary field. Then the general outline of the reception of Mach's personality and works since the time of his life until today. The whole thesis is introduced by Mach's biography to which it returns in many topics because his works have an empiric character and it is closely connected to the life. The object of the thesis is to sum information about all these topics and give it as a base for future expert research.
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Influence of Director Replacement on a Nursery's Company Culture
Prokopová, Jana ; Trunda, Jiří (advisor) ; Trojanová, Irena (referee)
Title: The Influence of Director Replacement on a Nursery's Company Culture Subtitle: The character of the employees' expectations regarding the new director Author: Jana Prokopová Department: The Education management centre Supervisor: Mgr. Bc. Jiří Trunda Summary: This Bachelor Thesis is focused on studying the influence of the replacement of a kindergarten's director on its culture and on the character of the employees' expectations regarding the new director. In its theoretical part the thesis is aimed at describing and defining its main topics, i.e. school culture and the influence of management replacement on school culture. School culture does not change only with time or with the changes of the outside environment. The replacement of the director may significantly change both the internal and external views of the school's existing culture. The degree of the organization's employees' satisfaction as well as their opinions, procedures, working conditions, etc. are important parts of the school's culture, which change when the management is changed. The research part of the thesis describes the employees' expectations after the director of the observed nursery has been replaced and their attitude to the change. There is also a results analysis which describes the common aspects brought by the change.
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ACTING IN THE LIFE AND THE LIFE IN ACTING
Müller, Richard ; PLEŠTILOVÁ, Miroslava (advisor) ; ŠIKTANCOVÁ, Jaroslava (referee)
This thesis deals, in general, with the topic of theatrical experience of a young person, and examines everyday life influences on his artistic life and on the development of art within the person self. It poses questions and looks for answers to some of those questions in the specialist literature, or by deducing from personal experience.First, numerous influences that affect a person during his studies are presented, the importance of a person’s psychological profile, as well as his understanding of himself, and of the world around him. Later on, personal experience from professional carrier is described. I am disclosing character work in the DISK theatre and I am trying to find reasons for my feelings, both, good and bad, during the rehearsing processes, and the cause of my successes and failures. Acting, on stage as well as in front of the camera, is described from an unusual point of view, focusing greatly on details that are oftentimes overlooked.The new perspective from which I am trying to present acting and the life of an artist consists not only of the professional tools for mastering the craft - such as learning new parts, adopting the technical skills, etc. - but emphasizes humanity, underlines its importance, and searches for a threshold between professional and personal life of an actor.
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Construction of Czech national identity in Czech print media : a qualitative analysis of Mladá fronta/MF Dnes and Rudé právo daily newspaper in the years 1989 and 1992
Šenkýřová, Lenka ; Šoltys, Otakar (referee) ; Jirák, Jan (advisor)
The bachelor thesis "Construction of Czech national identity in Czech print media: a qualitative analysis of Mladá fronta/Mladá fronta DNES and Rudé právo daily newspapers in the years 1989 and 1992" deals with the media constructing of Czech national identity in the content of Czech print media. The selected newspapers are in 1989 Rudé Právo and Mladá fronta and in 1992 Rudé Právo and Mladá fronta DNES. The periods under examination are the same for both years - from 17th November until 31st December. The qualitative analysis of the content is used for the study of the construction. The analysis is conceived as an interpretative study of the text. The study analyzes and interprets the found constructions. It examines what identity and character and which traditions and attributes are given to the Czech nation by selected newspapers. The thesis notices differences between both newspapers and distinctions which happened between 1989 and 1992. The analytical part of the work is complemented by the theoretical part and the methodology. The methodology describes the technique of the analytical work. The theoretical part includes description of the period situation, the media situation of the era and definition of the concepts of national identity, media construction and social construction of reality. These...
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The Aims in Life of Secondary School Students
FILIPOVÁ, Gabriela
The bachelor thesis "The Aims in Life of Secondary School Students" has a theoretical and empirical character. The theoretical part describes important life areas in which young people, on the basis of their views and attitudes, specify aims in life. The empirical part explores what plans and goals the secondary school students in the region of Tabor have, what their attitudes to education, lifelong learning, career, travelling, relationships and parenthood are and finds out whether young people use help of professionals when they make decisions. At the end of the thesis, a recommendation for pedagogical workers and parents concerning development of positive attitudes of the young generation is given.
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To the Surname in České Budějovice
KOPTYŠOVÁ, Jana
Subject of this thesis falls under the onomastic section, more precisely under its sub-section, antroponomastics, which is a branch specializing in origin, creation, distribution and character of names of people. In this thesis that is divided in two sections, I will research into types of surnames in the town of České Budějovice. The first section is theoretical and shortly introduces the development of surnames since their origin. The second section is practical ? investigative and addresses their concrete zoning in České Budějovice. As a part of the practical section there is also a synopsis of surnames divided in several groups based on a variety of criteria. At the end of the thesis there is an index of surnames in alphabet order containing also the exact pages with their appearance.
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Dance and it´s influence on mental and physical health of adolescents.
BLAŽKOVÁ, Klára
Bachelor thesis examines the impact of dance on adolescents. The goal of this work was a realization of dancing intervention program and verifying its psychological and physical effect on the selected group. This research involved 25 senior students from High School and Business College Marianske Lazne. Before the start of the program, students were tested using the Iowa-Brace tests, test of balance on beam, Jacík´s motoric tests, Poms questionnaire and the test of coloring characters. In addition, their blood pressure was measured and an author-made questionnaire was given them for filling in. The intervention program was carried out for four months and culminated with a public performance as a dance show in their prom. After completion of the intervention program students underwent the same tests as before, with the exception of the questionnaire. The evaluation of the results showed that there was an improvement in all the tests and thus the research assumptions were confirmed.
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Space Virtualization in the course of internet sales apartments
Farlík, Jan ; Hubík, Stanislav (advisor) ; Mucha, Ivan (referee)
This master's thesis is concerned with space virtualization in relation to internet apartment sales as represented by the developer company Finep CZ a.s. . Through an analysis of works of the representatives of the philosophy of media it aims to describe the unequal character of the interaction between the web designers and the web users, when the first one, designing virtual spaces, structures the experience of the second, as the designed virtual spaces embody assumed images of what the potentional clients would like rather than the "real" space.
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