On the grounds of the South Bohemian University was founded in 2015 oneyear experiment. In this experiment we compared three classical and one naked variety of spring barley. Each variety were planted in four replications. For each repetition was assessed the number of emerged plants, number of tillers, number of ears, yield, thousand grain weight, the proportion of leading grain, density andcontent of nitrogenous substances. The average yield of the hulled varieties exceeded 6 t/ha, while in the nudevariety was 4,68 t/ha. The nude variety also showed the lowest HTZ, highest densityand the highest content of nitrogenous substances.

This master thesis deals with problematics of web application design and development. The purpose is to help technology-oriented projects to build their work teams. The thesis analyzes the target group and describes the process of production deployment. The project management and future development areas are also covered.

Contextualização: A compreensão das variáveis que modulam a sobrecarga externa oriunda dos exercícios de Pilates pode afetar as forças internas que agem na articulação do quadril e seu entendimento é de grande importância para os educadores físicos e fisioterapeutas que atuam nesse âmbito, que podem subsidiar a prescrição dos exercícios tanto para o treinamento físico quanto para a reabilitação. Objetivo: analisar o efeito da mola e da velocidade de execução de três exercícios de Pilates no comportamento e na magnitude da força muscular resultante (FMR) da articulação do quadril, obtida pela técnica de dinâmica inversa. Metodologia: 20 sujeitos praticantes de Pilates foram avaliados durante três exercícios de extensão de quadril com e sem mola: (1) leg lower mola alta (LLMA); (2) leg lower mola baixa (LLMB); (3) leg extension (LE). A partir da técnica da dinâmica inversa obtiveram-se os torques musculares e foram utilizando dados da literatura para quantificar a distância perpendicular média ponderada (DPMP) dos flexores e extensores de quadril e assim, estimar a FMR da articulação do quadril. A análise estatística utilizada foi uma ANOVA one-way para verificar o efeito principal dos exercícios sobre a FMR e uma correlação de Spearmann foi aplicada para descrever o comportamento da FMR ao longo de uma faixa de velocidade. Resultados: No exercício LE o esforço muscular passa de 200% do peso corporal, o LLMA atinge 50% e o LLMB, ao contrário dos demais exercícios, tem exigência da musculatura flexora nos últimos 10° da ADM. No LLMA, independente da velocidade a FMR foi a mesma. No LLMB, a FMR diminui com o aumento da velocidade. No LE, a FMR aumenta com o aumento da velocidade. Conclusão: Os diferentes exercícios de extensão de quadril apresentaram configurações distintas que interferiram na força muscular dos extensores de quadril. A velocidade de execução afeta de forma diferente cada um dos exercícios. / Background: Understanding of the behavior of external forces coming from the exercises can affect the internal forces that act in the hip joint and understanding is of great importance to the physical educators and clinical therapists that work in this field and can be helpful for prescribing exercises to physical training and rehabilitation. Objectives: To evaluate the effect of spring and the performing velocity of three exercises of Pilates in resultant muscle force (RMF) of the hip, with the support of inverse dynamics technique. Methods: Twenty Pilates practitioners, performed three hip extension exercises: (1) Leg Lower high spring (LLHS); (2) Leg Lower Low Spring (LLLS); (3) Leg extension (LE). From inverse dynamic technique the muscular moments were obtained and literature data was necessary to quantify the weighted mean moment arm (WMMA) of the hip flexors and extensors to estimate a RMF of the hip joint. The statistical analysis used was an ANOVA one way to verify the mean effect from the exercises on the RMF and Spearmann correlation was used to describe the RMF during different velocities. Results: In the exercise LE the muscular effort is greater than 200% of the body weight, in the LLHS was as high as 50% and the LLLS, contrary to the other exercises, have a flexors muscular effort in the last ten degrees of the range of motion. In the LLHS, independent of velocities the RMF is the same. In LLLS, the RMF decreases with the increase of velocity. In LE, the RMF increases with the increase of velocity. Conclusion: The different exercises of hip extension show singular configurations that alter in RMF of hip extensors. The performing velocity changes in different ways each exercises.

This dissertation was conducted to determine whether Egyptians’ use of Facebook between December 17, 2010 and February 11, 2011 affected their perceptions of majority and minority opinions about President Hosni Mubarak’s government and thus influenced their willingness to express their opinions about that regime, in turn forming a new online public opinion that called for the January 25 revolution. For the purpose of this study, the theoretical framework was the spiral of silence theory. To answer the research questions in this dissertation the researcher used the qualitative approach, combining in-depth interviews with Egyptian Facebook users and qualitative content analysis of their Facebook pages. The results show that as Egyptians used Facebook, they came to believe that others held beliefs about the Mubarak regime similar to their own, they became more hopeful and confident that they could make a difference, and they became more likely to speak out about their opinions. As more voices began to be heard, more voices joined in the chorus of condemnation. These data suggested that the use of Facebook, as a means both of perception and expression, helped facilitate the formation of what can be called a “spiral of voice” among growing numbers of Egyptians. It was concluded that Noelle-Neumann’s spiral of silence may well have been an accurate description of public opinion formation in an age of government-controlled media, but that spiral of voice may be a better descriptor of public opinion formation and action in the age of social media.

This document, A TD’s Awakening: A Technical Direction Thesis on Spring Awakening, is a detailed description of the technical direction process for Southern Illinois University Department of Theater’s Fall 2017 production of Spring Awakening: A New Musical. Chapter One dives into script analysis and includes a scene breakdown and technical requirements for the production as well as a discussion of the goals I wished to accomplish with this project. Chapter Two details the development of the design for the production and examines the monetary and time budgets for the scenic units. Chapter 3 is a detailed account of the production process, including any challenges that arose and how they were resolved. Chapter 4 reflects on the goals mentioned in the first chapter and what aspects of the production I would have done differently. Also included in this document are appendices that include the build schedule, the budget sheets, scenic designer’s drafting, construction and assembly drawings, and production photos.

Introdução: O uso de molas metálicas para o tratamento das craniossinostoses têm ganho cada vez mais espaço no arsenal terapêutico do cirurgião Crânio-Maxilo-Facial, na intenção de minimizar procedimentos extensos e mórbidos. Apesar da simplificação cirúrgica promovida pela mesma ainda persiste a necessidade de sua remoção. Objetivos: Realizar expansão craniana cirúrgica em modelo animal, utilizando-se de um implante (mola) totalmente integrado, confeccionado em blenda polimérica bioabsorvível. Testar sua eficácia e realizar análise histológica. Material e Métodos: Estudo experimental, aberto e prospectivo, utilizando doze coelhos fêmeas da raça New Zealand (Oryctolagus cuniculus) com seis semanas de vida. Os animais foram randomizados em dois grupos: controle (G1) aonde foi realizada craniectomia linear, e estudo (G2) aonde além da craniectomia foi inserida uma mola confeccionada a partir de uma blenda de POLI ÁCIDO LÁCTICO-CO-GLICÓLICO/POLI ISOPRENO, com o objetivo de realizar expansão craniana no sentido transversal à ostectomia. A movimentação craniana foi mensurada radiologicamente nas 12 semanas seguintes, através de marcadores e ao final foi realizada análise histológica para avaliação de reação inflamatória. Resultados: As molas confeccionadas apresentaram uma força média de 4,2N. A expansão craniana no grupo estudo no nível do marcador frontal foi de 9,6mm a 11,67mm e foi significante em relação a grupo controle. A análise histológica demonstrou pequena reação inflamatória. Conclusão: É possível a realização de expansão craniana em modelo animal utilizando-se uma mola bioabsorvível através de craniectomia linear, com boa tolerabilidade dos tecidos circunjacentes ao implante. / Introduction: The use of metal springs for the treatment of craniosynostosis have gaining more and more posicion in the therapeutic armory of the Craniofacial surgeon in the intention to minimize morbid and extensive procedures. Objectives: Perform cranial expansion surgery in an animal model, using an implant elastic (spring) fully integrated, made of bio-absorbable polymeric material. Test its efficacy and histological analysis Methods: An experimental study, open, prospective, using twelve New Zealand female rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with six weeks. The animals were randomized into two groups: control (G1) where linear craniectomy was performed and study (G2) where besides the craniectomy a spring made from a blend of POLY LACTIC ACID-CO-GLYCOLIC / POLI ISOPRENE, in order to perform cranial expansion in the transverse osteotomy. The cranial movement was assessed radiographically at 12 weeks following the surgical procedure and the final histological analysis was performed to evaluate the inflammatory reaction. Results: The springs made showed a medium force of 4,2N. The cranial expansion in the study group in the level of the frontal marker was of 9,6mm to 11,67 and was significant in relation to the control group. The histological analysis showed a small inflammatory reaction. Conclusion: It is possible to perform cranial expansion in an animal model using a bio-absorbable spring through the linear craniectomy. There was good tolerability of the surrounding tissues to the implant.

This work focuses on the evaluation of dependence between the spring discharge fluctuations and water temperature, both during the year and extreme rainfall-runoff events, on spring equipped with a V-notch weir with a continuous monitoring of spring water temperature and water level above the weir. Data were gathered on descending fissure spring of Tocnicky stream, located in the southwestern part of the Planicky ridge natural park in Klatovsko region. More data and stand characteristics (air temperature, soil temperature profile, soil moisture) were measured for better evaluation of the dependence, both at the spring location and in the infiltration area on the western slope of local highest peak Rovná. The formation of runoff on the slope above measured spring is likely to be subject to a combination of shallow circulation with a component of preferential flow during extreme rainfall-runoff events and deeper circulation, which is not yet well known and understood.

This Diploma thesis is focused on the evaluation of relation between spring water temperature and spring discharge by means of own measuring. A chosen spring was found in the area of reservoir Švihov close to the locality Hulice. Following local conditions were explored within the study: hydrology, climate, geology, natural conditions, tectonics, hydrogeology and other potential factors, which may influence runoff generation in studied locality. The work consists in a continuous monitoring of springand following evaluation of measured data. To find other possible dependencies data of water and air temperature and spring discharge were compared with the data of soil Temperature and soil moisture (this data were also obtain by own measurements). Different dependences of spring discharge and water temperature were demonstrated on the monitored site during the year. Changes in spring discharge and water temperature are cause by rapid infiltration of rainwater and by subsequent rapid runoff out of the subbasin.

This work is focused on verification of the effect of chosen herbicides on Weeds occuring in sprouts of spring barley which i sone of the main crops grown in the territory of the Czech Republic. Lately, herbicides have influenc the Šeld of spring barley. So as to verify the herbicide efficiency there was founded a small parcel o fland test where there was assessed the efficiency of postmergent herbicides on Leeds which occurred in all parcels and during all the observation. The efficiency was observed on four measurements and it was recorded in percentage by Subjective Estimation Methods. The chosen postmergent herbicides took a very good effect on singl Leeds. As the best effective herbicide could be, hawevr, indicated Sekator OD which operand on all the Leeds the same way as the Catalogue of Preparation for Plant Protection 2012 states. Out of the results of efficiencies and overalobservations of tested area it can be stated that despote good preventative measures the protection of spring barley can not dispense with higt quality treatment with verified herbicides.

The theme of these Thesis - Yield formation of spring wheat - presents a comparison of selected varieties of spring wheat, which are grown in the Czech Republic. The field trials were set up in 2012 on the experimental area of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. In four replications was planted eight varieties of spring wheat - Corso, Brawura, Aranka, Tercie, Granny, Scirocco, Septima a Vánek. Results of spring varieties were compared with a control winter variety Baletka. During the vegetation was monitored weeds, diseases and pests and evaluated the number of plants. In the final section are evaluated yields main elements - number of spike per square meter, number of grains per spike, thousand grain weight. The yield, theoretical yield, spike lenght and density is presented there too. The average number of spikes in spring varieties reached of 520 pieces per square meter and control winter varietiy reached 491 pieces per sqare meter. Number of grains per spike was average 45 pieces and control winter variety was 37 pieces. The average thousand grain weight of spring varieties amounted to 31,7 grams and was comparable with the results of control winter variety.