Testamentary succession in the Czech and German legal systems This thesis compares the testamentary succession in the Czech and German legal system. Testamentary inheritance sequence forms a significant part of the inheritance law in both countries and testament represents the most important heritage title. Czech Civil Code deals with regulation of inheritance law sections significantly less than the German Civil Code. While studying both legal systems I discovered many differences, especially in the organization of the possible contents of the testament. In Germany, as opposed to the Czech Republic, the testator in the testament can validly give such condition, order or the reference. Forms of regulation of testament are also different, German peculiarity is so called common testament of spouses. In general, the German legislature honors principle of autonomy of the will of the testator, his test freedom, much more than the Czech. Prepared codification of the new Czech Civil Code is inspired by our German neighbors and is returning to traditional institutes of inheritance rights, autonomy of the testator significantly is strengthened. As a result, the extent of the new legal regulation of succession is substantially larger than in the current Civil Code.

With the rapid development of Internet technology, as well as extensive use of broadband networks, the issues of network security are increasing. In order to deal with these complex issues, network adminstrators adopt firewalls, intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems to prevent them, in addition, the collection and analysis of log are also very important. By the log analysis, administrators can understand the error messages generated by system and the abnormal behavior of external connections, and develop the corresponding security policy on the use of the security tools. The current log analyzer, besides default rules, administrators have to spend much time reviewing the syslog of their system in detail to set the corresponding rules for their system, and each analyzer has its own unique rules of definitions. The purpose of this study is to transform tens of thounds of logs into a small number of valuable patterns, classify these patterns into abnormal ones and normal ones, and sum up the logs corresponding with listed patterns to assist administrator to review. In this study, we adopt the concept of string similarity comparison, and do similarity comparison for each log to find out all patterns which presented by regular expression. After experimental evaluation, this study can indeed analyze and generate all patterns of logs automatically, and these patterns can be applies to a practical tool of network security.

Title: Comparison of basketball coaches competencies with other sports. Objectives: The main objective of this diploma thesis was to compile a basketball coach's competence list and compare these competencies with demands on selected coaches of other sports. Semi- structured interviews with active basketball coaches as well as the literature were used to obtain desired competencies. Methods: This marketing research included both quantitative and qualitative methods. The collected data from questioning players and coaches was obtained via an electronic questionnaire. The 4 level-point Likert scale without central tendency was chosen for evaluating the importance of the collected data and a semi-structured interview with active basketball coaches had been used to obtain desired competencies. These competencies were categorized into clusters which, subsequently, made the interpretation of the results more transparent. Results: The results of the research identified the most important competencies for the profession of an "ideal" basketball coach. These competencies (20 of them in total) were chosen to take part in competency profile. The 3 most important competencies were following: "knowing the basketball rules", "fair-minded" and "ability to motivate". The comparison of basketball coaches...

The thesis complements a comparison of two frameworks for Java platform and PHP language by third framework for .NET platform. As the main source of comparison serves thesis by František Odehnal and a sample application developed in ASP.NET MVC framework. Thanks to the detailed description of the application development and application of reasonable complexity thesis can serve as a study material for novice developers. A secondary aim of this thesis is to complete the context of web application development, by analyzing trends in rapid application development (RAD) and through presentation of .NET platform. Following František Odehnal's methodology this thesis complements comparison of Grails and Zend frameworks by ASP.NET MVC framework. The first area comparisons are fundamental differences between the frameworks. A comparison of architecture of frameworks follows and criteria are based on the architectural patterns of Martin Fowler. Working with frameworks is compared by using objective criteria and personal opinions. These areas are complemented by comparison of frameworks support (publications, discussion groups, etc.). Completed comparison allows the reader to get an overview of frameworks for rapid application development on the three major platforms. This can help novice developers in deciding which framework to test or use. Presentation of the platform and the trend analysis provides additional useful information not only for novice developers.

The Real-Time Message Passing Interface (MPI/RT) is an emerging real-time communications middleware standard for distributed real-time applications. The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is the de facto standard for high performance parallel application development. In this thesis, we describe how MPI/RT with best effort quality of service can be used as an alternative for MPI. Mercury Computer Systems' RACE embedded parallel computer is used as the platform for comparison of design and performance of these two standards. The main advantages MPI/RT has over MPI are its explicit support for communication channels and its emphasis on early binding. Design and implementation of best effort MPI/RT on Mercury is described and its performance is compared with MPI in order to illustrate how MPI/RT features allow implementations to exploit the underlying platform more optimally. The results for the benchmarks show that MPI/RT outperforms MPI in almost all cases examined.

Digital Switched mode power supplies are nowadays popular enough to be the obvious choice in many applications. Among all set-up and control techniques, the current mode DC-DC converter is often considered when performance and stability are of interest. This has also motivated all the “on chip” and ASIC implementations seen on the market, where current mode control technique is used. However, the development of FPGAs has created an important alternative to ASICs and DSPs. The flexibility and integration possibility is two important advantages among others. In this thesis report, an FPGA-based current mode buck/boost DC-DC converter is built in a stepwise manner, starting from the mathematical model. The goal is a simulation model which creates a basis for discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of current mode DC-DC converters, implemented in FPGAs.

Master of Arts / Department of Modern Languages / Earl Brown / This report studies ESL tutoring feedback to Chinese and Saudi students. The objective is to research the reasons of feedback differences and similarities, which include previous and current English learning styles, habits, purposes for receiving tutoring, and evaluations of tutors. Faced with L2 learners who come from different cultural backgrounds, it is helpful for instructors and tutors to know L2 students’ previous English learning experiences in their home countries so that instructors and tutors can adjust teaching or tutoring for each student. In addition, students who speak the same L1 have common problems of English learning due to their L1. In this way, ESL tutors not only tutor English skills, but also promote cultural awareness. Meanwhile, knowing students’ cultural background is necessary to give tutoring for each L2 learner. The present study aims to explore L2 learners’ feedback from previous and current English learning experiences and will help L2 instructors and tutors to know some basic knowledge about two different language groups.

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Recently, examination of deoxyribonucleic acids in water samples (environmental DNA or eDNA) has shown promise for identifying fish species present in water bodies. In water, eDNA arises from bodily secretions such as mucus, gametes, and feces. I investigated whether eDNA can be effective for characterizing fish presence, relative abundance, biomass, and species composition in a large Arizona reservoir (Theodore Roosevelt Lake) and 12 small Arizona (<24 ha) waterbodies. Specifically, I compared fish presence, relative abundance (catch per unit effort [CPUE]), biomass (biomass per unit effort [BPUE]), and species composition measured through eDNA methods and established American Fisheries Society (AFS) standard sampling methods in Theodore Roosevelt Lake and 12 small waterbodies. Environmental DNA sampling resulted in detection of Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum at a higher percentage of sites than boat electrofishing, both in spring and fall. Contrarily, gill nets detected Gizzard Shad at more sites than eDNA for both spring and fall sampling in Lake Roosevelt. Boat electrofishing and gill netting detected Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides at more sites than eDNA, with the exception of fall gill net sites which equally detected Largemouth Bass at sites within Lake Roosevelt. Environmental DNA detected Largemouth Bass and Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus at more Arizona small lakes than detection with established gear methods. I observed no relationship between relative abundance and biomass of Largemouth Bass and Gizzard Shad measured by established methods and their DNA copies at individual sites or by lake section in Lake Roosevelt. Likewise, I found no relationship between relative abundance and biomass of Largemouth Bass and Bluegill measured by established methods and their DNA copies across 12 small waterbodies. Plot analysis conceivably illustrated that reservoir-wide catch composition (numbers and total weight of fish [g]) achieved through a combination of gear types (boat electrofishing + gill netting) for Largemouth Bass and Gizzard Shad was slightly similar to the proportion of total eDNA copies of each species for both spring and fall field sampling. Likewise, spring and fall gill net surveys somewhat portrayed total catch composition (numbers and total weight of fish [g]) of Largemouth Bass and Gizzard Shad similar to the proportion of total eDNA copies of each species. The exception was the total lack of similarity illustrated between proportions of fish caught in spring and fall boat electrofishing and total eDNA copies of each species in Lake Roosevelt. However, the deceptive similarity of all the plots were not present in the chi-square analysis with the exception of fall gill net surveys in Lake Roosevelt. In addition, eDNA did reflect the relative proportions of Largemouth Bass and Bluegill in total catch composition in some, but not all of 12 small Arizona waterbodies. The ease of eDNA sampling over established fish sampling makes it appealing to natural resource managers. Compared to current established fish sampling methods, eDNA sampling can be less laborious, less time consuming, and more cost effective. Environmental DNA sampling may be useful in sites that have difficult access such as remote sites. However, evaluation of eDNA is necessary to identify limitations and benefits in fish monitoring programs. Furthermore, field sampling protocols, filtration, DNA extraction, primer design, and DNA sequencing methods need further refinement and testing before incorporation into standard fish sampling surveys.

Os parabenos são conservantes utilizados em alimentos, fármacos, cosméticos e produtos de cuidado pessoal. Pertencem à família de ésteres do ácido p-hidróxibenzoico, distinguindo-se entre si pelo comprimento e ramificação da cadeia lateral alquílica. Nesse contexto, o objetivo principal dessa tese foi avaliar os efeitos dos dois parabenos mais frequentemente utilizados (metilparabeno e propilparabeno) sobre diferentes espécies de ambientes aquáticos. Para isso, inicialmente, foram realizados testes de toxicidade de curta duração com cinco espécies de organismos de diferentes grupos taxonômicos e funcionais, sendo quatro delas de regiões tropicais (Ceriodaphnia silvestrii, Chironomus xanthus, Macrothrix flabelligera e Hydra viridissima) e uma pertencente às regiões temperadas (Hydra attenuata). Os resultados obtidos nesses testes foram comparados com os resultados de literatura aberta, mostraram que Ceriodaphnia silvestrii (MeP CE50=7,56 mgL e PrP, CE50=2,90 mgL) e Macrothrix flabelligera apresentaram-se mais sensíveis em comparação aos organismos padrão de clima temperado. Num segundo momento, foram realizados testes de toxicidade com sete espécies de fungos hifomicetos aquáticos (Articulospora tetracladia Ingold, Flagellospora curta Webster, Heliscus lugdunensis Sacc. & Thérry, Lemonniera aquatica Wildeman, Lemonniera pseudofloscula Dyko et al., Tetracladium apienses R.C. Sinclair & Eicker, Tetracladium marchalianum Wild.) expostas ao conservante propilparabeno, por possuir maior ação antifúngica. Lemonniera aquatica apresentou maior sensibilidade ao propilparabeno, sendo o mais sensível de todos os fungos testados, bem como dos demais organismos aquáticos reportados na literatura. Além de confirmarem que os parabenos representam risco ecológico potencial para os ambientes aquáticos, os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que há diferenças de sensibilidade entre as espécies tropicais e temperadas e, por isso, as espécies nativas são mais indicadas para se avaliar os efeitos tóxicos dos parabenos nos ambientes. Dada a presença e persistência dos compostos estudados por entrada contínua no ambiente, a magnitude das concentrações determinadas (ng L-1 e &#956;g L-1), a carência de informações relativas à toxicidade e ao risco que representam para os ecossistemas tropicais, incluindo os do Brasil, sugere-se a implantação pelas agências reguladoras de medidas mais restritivas para o uso desses conservantes, visando uma melhor proteção da biota aquática. / Parabens are preservatives used in foods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products. They belong to the family of esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, distinguishing each other by the length and branching of the alkyl side chain. The main objective of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of the two most commonly used parabens, methylparaben and propylparaben, on aquatic species. For this purpose, short-term toxicity tests were initially carried out on five species of organisms from different taxonomic and functional groups: four of them from tropical regions, Ceriodaphnia silvestrii, Macrothrix flabelligera, Chironomus xanthus and Hydra viridissima, and one belonging to temperate regions, Hydra attenuata. The results obtained in these tests were compared with the results of the open literature, showing that Ceriodaphnia silvestrii (MeP, EC50 = 7.56 mg L-1 and PrP, EC50 = 2.90 mg L-1) and Macrothrix flabelligera (MeP, EC50 = 8.04 mg L-1 and PrP, EC50 = 3.85 mg L-1) were more sensitive compared to the standard organisms of temperate climate. Secondly, toxicity tests were performed with seven species of aquatic hyphomycetes fungi and only with the preservative propylparaben, because they have a higher antifungal action: Articulospora tetracladia Ingold, Flagellospora curta Webster, Heliscus lugdunensis Sacc. & Thérry, Lemonniera aquatica Wildeman, Lemonniera pseudofloscula Dyko et al., Tetracladium apienses R.C. Sinclair & Eicker, Tetracladium marchalianum Wild. Lemonniera aquatica showed greater sensitivity to propylparaben (EC50 = 1.63 mg L-1), being more sensitive than all fungi, as well as other aquatic organisms. Thus, the results obtained in the present thesis indicate that there is a difference in sensitivity between tropical and temperate species when exposed to parabens, with tropical native species being more sensitive to the effects of these compounds. Given the presence and persistence of the compounds studied by continuous entry into the environment, the magnitude of the concentrations determined (ng L-1 and &#956;g L-1), the lack of toxicity and risk information for tropical ecosystems, including Brazil, it is suggested that regulatory agencies implement more restrictive measures for the use of these preservatives, aiming at a better protection of the aquatic biota.