In my diploma thesis I focus on the social assistance provided to the physically handicapped citizens, with the purpose of finding out how this assistance adds to the quality of their life. The work has got a theoretical and an empirical part. It is divided into six chapters, five of them focusing on a brief delineation of the physical handicap issues, social assistance, quality of life and different interconnected issues. The sixth chapter is empirical in nature, focusing on finding out the evaluation of the influence of social assistance on the quality of life of the physically handicapped.

Thesis title: Physical activity as a means of lifestyle change Thesis objective: The objective of the thesis at hand was to verify effectiveness of the exercise program that leads to a change from predominantly sedentary lifestyle to an active one. Methods applied in the thesis: To find out the effectiveness of the controlled exercise intervention, it was applied, for three months, to a group of four persons (one male and three females, aged 28 to 36). The effectiveness was evaluated by exercise test in a laboratory run by FTVS UK in Prague. Outcome: The first proband managed to reduce the overall weight by 2 kg (i.e.2.65 %), out of which the percentage of body fat decreased by 11.82 % and the weight of fat-free matter increased by 0.2 kg (i.e.0.3 %). The ECM/BCM ratio increased by 0.04 (i.e. 4.7 %). The value of aerobic endurance VO2max increased by 8.9 ml.kg-1 .min-1 (i.e. 23.2 %). The running speed per one kilometre (min.km-1 ) at the anaerobic threshold level fell from the original 4:58 minutes to 4:30 minutes (acceleration of 28 seconds). Probands Nos. 2, 3 and 4 managed, on average, to increase their overall weight by 1.7 kg (i.e. 2.11 %), out of which the percentage of body fat increased by 3.07 % and the weight of fat-free matter increased, on average, by 0.73 kg (i.e. 1.11 %). The ECM/BCM...

Diploma thesis The Foreign Broadcasting Department of Former Československý rozhlas (The Czechoslovakian Radio) Between 1966-1969 describes the operation of an important part of the key broadcastng institution in former Czechoslovakia. Early times of reporting of Czech polititians during the Second World War from the UK, USA and USSR are included. Paragraphs related also mention the first reports of Czechoslovakian journalists after the Second World War and activities of Frantisek Gel who worked as an editor for the Czechoslovakian radio and later between 1945-1946 became renowned for his reports from the Nuremberg Trials. It also deals with activites of Czech journalists working in the International Department. The text also contains overview of political and social situation in former Czechoslovakia in the second half of the twentieth century and how it is reflected in the overall operations of former Czechoslovakian Radio. A description of an important period The Prague Spring 1968 is also included. The text also descibes the period of so called Normalisation in former Czechoslovakia. Moreover, the thesis contains reasons for journalists redundancy. The final paragraphs describe their activities after the Velvet Revolution in 1989, up until the present. The key method used to compile this...

ANNOTATION: PLOCKOVÁ, Daniela. Teaching of the Maternal Language to the elderly of the Czech Compatriot Community in Buenos Aires from the Social Pedagogy Perspective. Praha: Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, 2012. 60 p. Thesis. The probably most populated Czech community in the world lives in Argentina. The relation of community members survived several ten years of political unconvenient atmosphere in making each other bindings. After come back of an old and new homeland to the democracy, the Czech spirit came alive again in Argentina. The life of compatriot community is becoming more and more varied and is powered by specific relation especially of elder community members to their memories about their childhood formed by national identity of their ancestors and their mother tongue. The community is trying to continue in active and well working associonational activity which started already more than 60 years ago. The Czech government supports these initiatives within considering of national culture heritage, besides other things delegating of a teacher of Czech language. The teacher should, relating the community character and relating the age composition of students, hold the role of social educator and community worker, apart from the teaching itself, he should motivate and support all the...

Title: Influence of Physical Activity over Self-care and Quality of Life of Elderly People Living at Home Objectives: The main objectives of this thesis are measuring the level of the physical activities of elderly people living at home and the analysis of the influence of these activities on their independence in everyday activities and on their quality of life. Methods: For research I choose a questionnaire survey as main metod. To collect data for the research I used physical activity questionnaire which I created specifically for this thesis, Barthel Index the standardized self-care test, SQUALA questionnaire measuring the quality of live. To verify my hypothesis I statistically evaluated the outcomes of the tests and questionnaires. For this purpose I used the descriptive statistics in the computer program Microsoft Office Excell. Results: The main objective was fulfiled. Results of research proved statistical important depence among age, physical activities, independence in activities of daily living and quality of individuals life Key words: elderly people, physical activities, quality of live, independence

1 Summary The thesis deals with the quality of everyday life of the hearing impaired. Part of the text defines the concept of the quality of life and points out the present common problems concerning the life of hearing impaired people. The issues of education, job opportunities, identity and personal realization of a hearing impaired individual in the context of the current view of the quality of life are highlighted. The text also focuses on the heterogeneity of the hearing impaired population and emphasizes their different status in mainstream society relating to the communication code they use. The goal of this thesis is to bring closer the problems of the quality of life of the hearing impaired, with the emphasis on the current problem areas which need further improvement. The practical part contains an analysis and evaluation of a questionnaire survay focused on specific areas of the quality of life quality of the hearing impaired - the qualification, employability, job opportunities and ways of communication. The final part of the practical part contains the commentaries on these reasearch results. Key definitions: Quality of life Hearing impairment Communication codes Minority

The subject of this thesis is resilience of children from alcoholic families, with an emphasis on relational resilience. The theoretical part deals with systemic view of the family, alcoholism as a family illness and difficulties of children, resp. adolescents from such families. The subsequent chapter studies the theme of resilience, protective factors with regard to social ties, and proceeds with relational resilience, applied in the empirical part. The final part of the thesis is dedicated to health in the context of subjectively perceived life satisfaction. The empirical part, based on qualitative research, consists of methods: documents analysis, work with timeline, family map, semi-structured interview, SEIQoL questionnaire. The sample consists of adolescents from alcoholic families, attending a therapeutic program, selected by CAST questionnaire. The obtained data are analyzed for occurrence of relational resilience within each respondent, composed into case studies. Results of the study show that all respondents reported incidence of all items of relational resilience. The first and most frequently mentioned person in relation to the items was female therapist of the program; the most common community is the therapeutic group. We did not find any gender differences in the items incidence....

This text concerns quality of life and rehabilitation of people with visual impairment. The topic is divided into four chapters regarding definitions of visual impairments and their respective diagnosis, rehabilitations and their available types, limitations of quality of life of visually handicapped people and finally text includes case studies and practical research about the quality of life of individuals who have a progressive visual impairment. Furthermore text contains introduction of organizations providing services to visually handicapped, and in conclusion text declares set of recommendations leading to improvement of conditions for adaptation to progressive visual impairment.

Foundations: Alcohol consumption affects negatively the whole organism and the organ that is damaged most often is liver. Liver diseases start developing subsequently. A whole range of diseases, from the lighter forms such as steatosis to a serious, life-shortening illness - the liver cirrhosis, can be caused by alcohol consumption. The degree of alcohol impact on liver depends on its dosage and length of usage. The degree of liver damage does not depend on the kind of the alcoholic drink but rather on its dosage. An important role in development of serious forms of liver diseases is played by other risk factors (mostly genetic) besides volume of consumed alcohol (Schiff et al, 2007). Therapeutic procedures for people with alcoholic liver damages include above all change of lifestyle including abstinence from alcohol consumption, ideally complete abstinence from cigarette smoking, weight reduction if indicated, and nutritional and farmacological therapy. Liver transplant surgery is required in serious cases. The main aim of my thesis is to chart and describe whether the quality of patients' everyday lives improves after liver transplant. In particular, I intend to focus on the physical, mental, and social areas of their lives. Another objective of this paper is to find out whether the patients'...

The main goal of this thesis is to capture the diversity of perceptions of housing estates from the perspective of their population and from the outsiders' perspective. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part deals with the image of housing estates and their positives and negatives. In the theoretical framework, also the studies of image of housing estates from selected foreign countries are presented. The second empirical part is based on the analysis of semi-structured interviews conducted with 50 residents of 10 housing estates in Prague and the results of focus group, which was conducted with 10 geography students who were generally familiar with the reputations of studied housing estates. These two research phases aimed to reveal, if the housing estates are perceived negatively as a place to live. And if so, whether they are perceived negatively by their inhabitants, or by people who live in other parts of Prague. Next taks of the analysis was to find out what is the main problem of Prague's housing estates and, on the contrary, what are their positives. In the conclusion, the thesis sums up, that despite the prevailing negative image of the housing estates, in the eyes of their inhabitants, the are perceived rather agreeable and many positive elements can be found. Key...