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U.S. media before the Iraq invasion. Quantitative analysis of newspaper articles with respect to balance of sources
Navrátilová, Kristýna ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Bečka, Jan (referee)
The role of the media before and during the Iraq war in 2003 in the United States still resonates topic. Journalists are often criticized for failing to fulfill their roles and violations of journalistic standards. This thesis deals with the balance of articles in two national newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post, in the period before the invasion of Iraq, specifically from the August 2002 until the invasion on March 19, 2003. The thesis is a quantitative content analysis of the articles from the front pages of these newspapers. The main hypothesis of the research is that, according to criticism that the media received, there should be more sources supportive of the administration of George W. Bush and almost no opposition. The thesis examines, whether journalists followed the norm of balance of sources, or whether is the criticism justified. The result is, that despite the lack of opposition on the domestic political scene, journalist found the opposition sources abroad. Reporting of these two newspapers were, in terms of used sources, balanced.
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Proposition 8 on Same-Sex Marriages in California in 2008: Campaign and Opinion Polls
Navrátilová, Kristýna ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Schulzová, Helena (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with same-sex marriage in California. In November 2008 Californian voters approved with small margin constitutional amendment called Proposition 8. This amendment defined marriage as union of one man and one woman. There was very intensive campaign by both opponents and supporters of this ballot initiative. In the first part this thesis analyzes the arguments used in the campaign and tries to clarify them using the previous court decisions and valid laws. The most important and used arguments are about upbringing and education of children, religion, civil rights and traditional marriage. The analysis shows that almost all the arguments that opponents of same-sex marriage are using, were rejected by courts in previous cases or the statements don't rely on facts and existing laws. The second part deals with public opinion polls before voting day and hypotheses, why Proposition 8 succeeded even though the polls indicated otherwise. The most probable explanation appears to be that majority of voters still opposed same-sex marriage. Only some of them didn't realized that if they are against same-sex marriage, they should vote for Proposition 8.
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Evaluation of activity of potentional antibacterial substances through the use of microdilution broth method I.
Navrátilová, Kristýna ; Vejsová, Marcela (advisor) ; Křivčíková, Lucie (referee)
Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biological and Medical Sciences Study program: Pharmacy Candidate: Kristýna Navrátilová Supervisor: Mgr. Marcela Vejsová, Ph.D. Title of diploma thesis: Evaluation of activity of potentional antibacterial substan- ces through the use of microdilution broth method I Background Development of new antibacterial agents is still and will be always an impor- tant area of pharmaceutical industry. The need to discover new drugs is growing resistance of pathogenic bacterial strains. Aim of the work was to test new potencial antibacterial active substances on antimicrobial activity. Methods As part of this thesis was by using microdilution broth method tested for antibac- terial activity against eight chosen bacterial strains 106 chemicals newly synthesized by the Departments of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové. The described method is used as a screening for pre-determining of the effectiveness of antimicro- bial agents. Results Substances were divided into ten groups according to chemical structure. The most effective was reflected group of salicylthioamid derivates. These substances belong to this group inhibited bacterial growth of all tested strains by very low concentrations already. For each tested bacterial strain...
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Řízení logistických procesů v automobilovém průmyslu
Navrátilová, Kristýna
The diploma thesis deals with logistics processes that are specific for manufacturing companies in automotive industry. At first was necessary to study domestic and foreign literature and perform secondary data analysis of this industry. On the basis of the knowledge, it was possible to compile a questionnaire that made quantitative research in manufacturing companies in automotive industry. After that was realized qualitative research through in-depth interviews. Based on the analysis of the secondary and primary data and their synthesis, the differences in supply management were defined in manufacturing companies in automotive industry, depending on the characterisics of the enterprises.
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U.S. media before the Iraq invasion. Quantitative analysis of newspaper articles with respect to balance of sources
Navrátilová, Kristýna ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Bečka, Jan (referee)
The role of the media before and during the Iraq war in 2003 in the United States still resonates topic. Journalists are often criticized for failing to fulfill their roles and violations of journalistic standards. This thesis deals with the balance of articles in two national newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post, in the period before the invasion of Iraq, specifically from the August 2002 until the invasion on March 19, 2003. The thesis is a quantitative content analysis of the articles from the front pages of these newspapers. The main hypothesis of the research is that, according to criticism that the media received, there should be more sources supportive of the administration of George W. Bush and almost no opposition. The thesis examines, whether journalists followed the norm of balance of sources, or whether is the criticism justified. The result is, that despite the lack of opposition on the domestic political scene, journalist found the opposition sources abroad. Reporting of these two newspapers were, in terms of used sources, balanced.
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Proposition 8 on Same-Sex Marriages in California in 2008: Campaign and Opinion Polls
Navrátilová, Kristýna ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Schulzová, Helena (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with same-sex marriage in California. In November 2008 Californian voters approved with small margin constitutional amendment called Proposition 8. This amendment defined marriage as union of one man and one woman. There was very intensive campaign by both opponents and supporters of this ballot initiative. In the first part this thesis analyzes the arguments used in the campaign and tries to clarify them using the previous court decisions and valid laws. The most important and used arguments are about upbringing and education of children, religion, civil rights and traditional marriage. The analysis shows that almost all the arguments that opponents of same-sex marriage are using, were rejected by courts in previous cases or the statements don't rely on facts and existing laws. The second part deals with public opinion polls before voting day and hypotheses, why Proposition 8 succeeded even though the polls indicated otherwise. The most probable explanation appears to be that majority of voters still opposed same-sex marriage. Only some of them didn't realized that if they are against same-sex marriage, they should vote for Proposition 8.
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Evaluation of activity of potentional antibacterial substances through the use of microdilution broth method I.
Navrátilová, Kristýna ; Křivčíková, Lucie (referee) ; Vejsová, Marcela (advisor)
Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biological and Medical Sciences Study program: Pharmacy Candidate: Kristýna Navrátilová Supervisor: Mgr. Marcela Vejsová, Ph.D. Title of diploma thesis: Evaluation of activity of potentional antibacterial substan- ces through the use of microdilution broth method I Background Development of new antibacterial agents is still and will be always an impor- tant area of pharmaceutical industry. The need to discover new drugs is growing resistance of pathogenic bacterial strains. Aim of the work was to test new potencial antibacterial active substances on antimicrobial activity. Methods As part of this thesis was by using microdilution broth method tested for antibac- terial activity against eight chosen bacterial strains 106 chemicals newly synthesized by the Departments of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové. The described method is used as a screening for pre-determining of the effectiveness of antimicro- bial agents. Results Substances were divided into ten groups according to chemical structure. The most effective was reflected group of salicylthioamid derivates. These substances belong to this group inhibited bacterial growth of all tested strains by very low concentrations already. For each tested bacterial strain...
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