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Poldi Kladno Through The Eyes Of Collective Memory
Peřinová, Eliška ; Spalová, Barbora (advisor) ; Grygar, Jakub (referee)
My thesis is focused on the former steelworks Poldi Kladno that as the biggest and the most important local company used to have a significant influence on the developing of the city even in a sense of its social identity. My research has two main research objectives - to discover in what sense is the Poldi Steelworks incorporated into the collective memory of Kladno and its citizens, to determine what would be the preferred new purpose of the current brownfield area and what are its real possibilities. From the theoretical point of view, I mostly rely on Maurice Halbwachs' theory of the collective memory. Methodologically, I'm conducting a qualitative research mostly based on in-depth interviews with respondents representing certain memory groups. This thesis is divided into four main sections. In the first chapter I introduce the reader to a local context and to the history of Poldi Kladno. Following is a Theoretical Chapter discussing the theory of collective memory and its application for the purposes of my research and also the topic of brownfields and the use of public space. In the Methodological Chapter I describe my chosen methodology into details and in the Research Chapter I sum up the findings of my research and answer my research questions.
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Changes in the Portrayal of the Velvet Revolution within the Czech Cinemathography
Peřinová, Eliška ; Spalová, Barbora (advisor) ; Moskvina, Yuliya (referee)
My thesis is focused on exploration of the portrayal of the Velvet Revolution within Czech Cinematography. I am examining this problematic through the theory of the collective memory. In particular I am using a methodological concept developed by Irena Řehořová in her study Cultural Memory and Film: How the Image of Post-War Displacement in Czech Film Has Changed. I have chosen three films - each representing one period of time and by conducting a qualitative content analysis I am trying to identify the key means of expression that are used to represent the concept of the Velvet Revolution during each of those particular periods of time and what overall image of the Velvet Revolution creators of the movies are trying to show to their viewers. At the same time, I am focusing on the reaction of professional critics and regular viewers to check how the Czech public reacts to the representations of the Velvet revolution shown in the films. My thesis is divided into four parts. The first, Theoretical Chapter is based on the theory of the collective memory with a focus on the Czech specifics and non-documentary movie as medium of collective memory. Following is a description of the historical context of the Velvet Revolution and its today's position in the Czech public discourse. Then there is the...
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Diverzita makrozoobentosu v Evropsky významné lokalitě výskytu raka kamenáče (Austropotamobius torrentium)
PEŘINOVÁ, Eliška
The "Zákolanský potok" takes part in European nature program Special Area of Conservation because of the presence of stone crayfish (Austropotamobius torentium), which is listed as threatened species. The area around brook is intensively agriculturally cultivated. Water from wastewater treatments plants is drained to the local brooks. The aim of the work was to describe diversity of macrozoobenthos on the brook called "Zákolanský potok". Further aim was to evaluate the ecological condition of the watercourse using biotic indexes. The samples of macrobenthos were taken from three profiles in five sampling periods. Profile 1 was control, profile 2 was under the wastewater treatments plants and the third profile was placed down the stream. Diversity, biomass, saprobic index, BMWP, and ASTP scores were evaluated for the community of macrozoobenthos. The saprobic index was evaluated to the beta-mezosaprobity value (2.0-2.4) in the first profile, the saprobic index on the second profile showed a relatively wide range from worse oligosaprobity to worse beta-mesosaprobity (1.2-2.4). On the third profile, the saprobic index ranged from better beta-mesosaprobity to better alpha-mesosaprobity (1.6-2.6). The BMWP and ASPT scores in all profiles refer to medium to low quality aquatic environments. The diversity of the community gained the best values on the 3rd profile, here was found with one more taxon than on the 1st profile. With increasing organic load, diversity decreased on the 2nd profile, although a more sensitive species was found here.
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The effect of metabolite terbuthylazine-2-hydroxy on early life stages of marbled crayfish
PEŘINOVÁ, Eliška
Terbuthylazine belongs to the group of pesticides on triazine-based for use in agriculture as herbicides. Terbuthylazine-2-hydroxy is the main metabolite of terbuthylazine. The aim of this study was evaluate the effect of terbuthylazine-2-hydroxy on mortality, growth, occurrence the deformations and the development of early life stages, and levels of oxidative stress, assess the activity of antioxidant enzymes of marbled crayfish (Procambarus fallax f. virginalis) and also augment data for assessing the impact of this metabolite on the environment. For assess of effect of this metabolite was used embryo larval toxicity test with crayfish. The effect of terbuthylazine-2-hydroxy was evaluated in four concentrations (0.75 g.l-1, 75 g.l-1, 375 g.l-1 and 750 g.l-1) for 62 days. Terbuthylazine-2-hydroxy in concentrations 375 g.l-1 and 750 g.l-1 caused decrease of activity superoxide dismutase (SOD) and the levels lipid peroxidation (measured as TBARS) and inhibition of growth. Inhibition of growth was also observed in the group exposed to 75 g.l-1 of terbuthylazine-2-hydroxy. Additionally, there was delay in ontogenetic development of crayfish exposed to concentration 750 g.l-1. The real tested concentration of 75 g.l-1 terbuthylazine-2-hydroxy had no effect to monitored indices in the early life stages of marbled crayfish. Terbuthylazine-2-hydroxy caused oxidative damage of cellular lipids and proteins, changes in antioxidant activity, reduction of growth, delay in ontogenetic development of marbled crayfish.
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