As a practical diploma work I modeled and cast a statue fragments of a life-size gorillas. It is another statue with the theme of humanization, which I dealt with in my previous tvorbě.Tentokrát but not a physical intervention (human eyes, skin color), but the position in which the classical sculpture displayed in the human body.

In my several months of research I have been engaged in studying the distribution of affiliated and agonistic behaviour in a group and primarily towards a new female, over the course of ranking the new female into the group and changes in the social arrangement of the western lowland gorillas in Prague Zoo. For the research standardised observational methods were used, ad libitum sampling, focal animal sampling and scan sampling and statistical analysis on data was carried out with the aid of ethological software (Noldus- MatMan 1.0). Hypotheses stated that the agonistic contact towards Bikire would be initiated by females and above all from the female Shinda, also affiliated contact for Bikire would be initiated by the young and under aged, that the frequency of agonistic contact towards Bikire will gradually decline, that the other adults in the group are dominant to Bikire, that will result in lower affiliated contact and that the social structure will change in the group. From the results of the research it is confirmed, that agonistic contact towards the new female was initiated exclusively by females and in particular the female Shinda. Further it was confirmed, the initiators of the affiliated contact towards Bikire are the young and under aged female member Moja. It was revealed the other...

The diploma thesis deals with media representation of Slovak political case "Gorilla" in Slovak and Czech print dailies. The thesis builds upon the theoretical principles of the relationship between politics and media in a given societal system, media framing of political news, and normative aspects of balance in the news. A definition of scandal follows as well as description of fundamental characteristics of promotion in the media of political scandals in particular. The thesis aims at application of this theoretical basis on the aforementioned case and its empirical verification. The empirical research includes source analysis and an evaluation of the source balance. A quantitative content analysis is used for these purposes. The results show an intense media coverage of the case and a major media focus on elite (political) resources as well as a frequent representation of particular political actors at the expense of others (related to the case). The results also demonstrate that media did not reflect the fact, that the authenticity of the Gorila document which was the origin of the case was not officially proven at the time.

Esta investigación se basa en los problemas detectados en la reproducción y desarrollo de los grandes simios y específicamente en los gorilas de las poblaciones que se mantienen ex situ dentro del proyecto de conservación Europeo (EEP. EAZA), y la necesidad de investigar factores que puedan mejorar su éxito reproductivo y su desarrollo. Los sujetos del estudio son miembros de una mega población que ha vivido a lo largo de varias décadas, y en algunos casos aún vive, en cautividad y, por tanto, en unas condiciones que difieren bastante de las propias de la especie en su medio natural tanto en lo concerniente a su hábitat, condiciones sociales y condiciones demográficas. Uno de los problemas específicos detectados en las poblaciones de grandes simios proviene del considerable número de individuos criados por humanos que existe en la población histórica y actual, y que presentan deficiencias en la conducta materna, en las relaciones sociales, y en la reproducción (en su término más amplio, no el mero hecho del apareamiento). Es por ello que se revisan aspectos del proceso de socialización, y de las conductas sociales haciendo una especial incidencia en los factores que influyen en la conducta materna, así como en los factores que pueden favorecer la reproducción en adultos que en fases iniciales de su desarrollo no tuvieron la oportunidad de socializarse de forma adecuada a la especie. Los estudios realizados se basan en el resultado de cuestionarios, observaciones cualitativas de ciertas conductas sociales y datos demográficos y específicos obtenidos del Studbook Europeo de Gorilas. Los resultados amplian el conocimiento sobre la adquisición de conductas sociales en los grandes simios en general, y en los gorilas en particular, y contribuyen a la mejora en la gestión de los programas de conservación ex situ. La investigación permitió identificar aquellos factores que favorecen un perfil maternal adecuado en las hembras de gorila cautivas, y por extensión en otras especies de grandes simios, poniendo de manifiesto los factores que afectan al desarrollo social de los gorilas criados por humanos y determinando cuáles son las circunstancias necesarias para realizar la introducción temprana de dichos individuos en un grupo de coespecíficos, de modo que su perfil social sea satisfactorio y puedan ser introducidos sin dificultad en otros grupos de coespecíficos al alcanzar la madurez sexual. Asimismo, se comprobaron los resultados reproductivos de la población de los individuos criados por humanos, y por tanto su contribución a la población total, y se determinaron circunstancias que podían favorecer su reproducción al alcanzar la madurez sexual. / Incidental factors in the reproduction and development of primates in captivity: Western gorillas " ex-situ " conservation (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Authoress: Ma. Teresa Abelló Poveda Director(Principal) of the Thesis: Dra. Montserrat Colell Mimó TEXT: This research is based on the problems detected in the reproduction and development of great apes and specifically on the ex situ gorilla population (EEP. EAZA), and the need to investigate factors that could improve their breeding success and their development. The subjects of this study are members of a gentle population who has lived throughout several decades, and in some cases still it lives, in captivity and, therefore, under conditions that defer enough from their natural ones in the wild regarding habitat and social life. One of the specific problems detected in the great apes population comes from the considerable number of individuals hand-raised (by human beings) that exists in the historical and current population, and that present some deficiencies in their maternal behaviour, in their social relations, and in their breeding results. For that reason different aspects of the socialization process and social behaviour are analyzed on hand-reared animals, with special incidence on the factors that have some influence on maternal behavior and a successful breeding of individuals when reaching their sexual maturity. The different studies presented are based on the result from surveys (quantitative data), qualitative observations of social behaviour and specific demographic data obtained from the Gorilla European Studbook. The results give a better knowledge a on the acquisition of socila skills on great apes, and more specifically on gorillas, and it is worth to improve exsitu conservation (management/breeding) programmes This research allowed allowed to identify those factors that favor a good maternal profile in captive gorilla females, and for extension in other species of great apes. Revealing some factors of concern for the social development of hand-reared gorillas and determining which are the necessary circumstances to realize the early introduction of the above mentioned individuals in a group of coespecíficos, so that their develop with a adequate social profile and can be introduced without difficulty in other groups of coespecíficos

Ape Boards is my own newly formed label, which manufactures snowboards and kiteboards. For this thing I have proposed a substantial logotype, which has a function as a unifying element across the whole brand and designs boards. Website (www.apeboards.com). A first collection of snowboards and kiteboards from which I had made 7 pieces for a thesis. Designs do not 'mass' lust, because the objective is not a big production or promotion, but based on what I liked. From the minimalism through the color geometry to the gorillas, according to which the brand was named.