Růžičková, E. The influence of monetary policy on firm investment activity in countries of V4. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2019. The aim of this thesis is to determine the influence of monetary policy on firm investment activity in the automotive industry in countries of V4, together with the further verification of the influence of other company-specific characteristics. The analysis uses the panel data of microeconomic character, which was drawn from the Amadeus database in the period from 2006 to 2015. As an independent variable representing the influence of monetary policy, a 12-month interest rate PRIBOR, BRIBOR, EURIBOR, BUBOR and WIBOR, representing each of states, was chosen. Other independent variables were selected as company-specific characteristics. Net fixed assets have been chosen as a dependent variable, which can be used to express investment in fixed assets. The models for selected countries will verify the influence of monetary policy on the development of investment activity in the selected industry.

The thesis deals with the term convergence in connection with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In the 1990s, the transition process of centrally planned economies into market economies occurred in the countries in question. The countries had been isolated for almost half a century from a market-oriented economic system. The aim of the thesis is therefore to assess to what extent there is convergence between the more advanced states of Western Europe and the post-Soviet countries. Fulfillment of the objective of the thesis will be realized by analyzing the development of economic and non-economic indicators in the countries under review and assessing their convergence rate. Another aim of the thesis is to identify the main causes of different convergence rates between countries.

Le VIH infecte les cellules par fusion de sa membrane avec la membrane de la cellule cible. Cette fusion est effectuée par les glycoprotéines de l'enveloppe (Env) qui sont synthétisées en tant que précurseur, gp160, qui est ensuite clivé en gp120 et gp41. La protéine gp41 est la partie transmembranaire du complexe de l'enveloppe et l’ancre à la particule virale alors que la gp120 assure la liaison au récepteur cellulaire CD4 et corécepteur CCR5 ou CXCR4. Ces interactions successives induisent des changements de conformation d’Env qui alimentent le processus d'entrée du virus conduisant finalement à l'insertion du peptide de fusion de la gp41 dans la membrane de la cellule cible. La sous-unité extérieure gp120 contient cinq régions variables (V1 à V5), dont trois (V1, V2 et V3) étant capables d’empêcher l’adoption spontanée de la conformation liée à CD4. Cependant, le rôle de régions variables V4 et V5 vis-à-vis de ces changements de conformation reste inconnu. Pour étudier leur effet, des mutants de l'isolat primaire de clade B YU2, comprenant une délétion de la V5 ou une mutation au niveau de tous les sites potentiels de N-glycosylation de la V4 (PNGS), ont été générés. L'effet des mutations sur la conformation des glycoprotéines d'enveloppe a été analysé par immunoprécipitation et résonance de plasmon de surface avec des anticorps dont la liaison dépend de la conformation adopté par la gp120. Ni le retrait des PNGS de la V4 ni la délétion de V5 n’a affecté les changements conformationnels d’Env tels que mesurés par ces techniques, ce qui suggère que les régions variables V1, V2 et V3 sont les principaux acteurs dans la prévention de l’adoption de la conformation lié de CD4 d’Env. / HIV infects cells by fusing its membrane with the membrane of the target cell. This fusion is performed by the envelope glycoproteins (Env) which are synthesized as a precursor, gp160, which is later cleaved into gp120 and gp41. The transmembrane protein gp41 anchors the envelope complex to the viral particle whereas the gp120 ensures the binding to the cell receptor CD4 and coreceptor CCR5 or CXCR4. These sequential interactions trigger conformational changes on Env that fuel the viral entry process ultimately leading to the insertion of the gp41-derived-fusion peptide into the target cell membrane. The exterior subunit gp120 contains five variable regions (V1 to V5), of which three (V1, V2 and V3) have been shown to restrain the spontaneous sampling of the CD4-bound conformation by gp120. However, the role of variable regions V4 and V5 in these conformational changes remains unknown. To investigate their effect, mutants of the clade B YU2 primary isolate, comprising a deletion of the V5 or mutating all V4 potential N-linked glycosylation sites (PNGS), have been generated. The effect of mutations on the conformation of the envelope glycoproteins was analyzed by immunoprecipitation with conformation-dependent antibodies and surface plasmon resonance. Neither the removal of the V4 PNGS nor the removal of V5 affected Env conformational changes as measured by these techniques. Thus, suggesting that variable regions V1, V2 and V3 are the major players in preventing Env from spontaneously snapping into the CD4-bound conformation.

Cette thèse porte sur les bases neuronales des indices monoculaires statiques de la perception tridimensionnelle tels que la texture naturelle et les ombrages. <br />A l'aide d'enregistrements extra-cellulaires réalisés chez le singe vigile, nous montrons dans le premier chapitre que la texture naturelle d'un objet est encodée au sein de l'aire visuelle V4 sur la base de caractéristiques tels que sa luminance ou son hétérogénéité. <br />Dans le second chapitre, nous montrons que les neurones de V4 sont sensibles aux ombrages, indice puissant de la 3D. <br />Dans le troisième chapitre, nous nous intéressons aux latences de réponses des neurones de V4. Les temps de latence que nous relevons sont particulièrement courts en comparaison avec ceux rapportés dans la littérature. <br />Nos résultats indiquent que l'aire V4 participe au traitement de la forme 3D de l'objet en encodant les ombrages et la texture naturelle comme indices tridimensionnels.

Master’s thesis deals with the process of an insertion and movement of different workpieces and profiles. In the first, theoretical, part, the definition of types of robots and description of their kinematics are presented. The second part deals with the analysis and research of the possibilities of communication between the B&R control unit and the ABB robot, including a description of the equipment in the workplace. In addition, the concept of the robot control program and mainly the management of communication between units are presented. At the end of the work is the description of testing and verification of the concept.

This thesis deals with design and development of a I2S module driver for real-time operating system MQX running on a ColdFire V4 architecture based processor. Further there are presented circuit diagrams and PCBs created for testing of functions and properties of the driver. Signal input is a digital audio in form of S/PDIF interface, output is an analogue signal, that can be listened by the means of a headphone amplifier. The conclusion describes a sample application demonstrating function of the driver on developed hardware.

In the light of the current refugee crisis in the European Union, and the remarkably critical stance the East Central European states are taking in Brussels, this research contributes to a broader understanding of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland's policies towards refugees. By scrutinizing the process of developing refugee policies during the 1990s and 2000s, the research will demonstrate that the countries united in the V4 platform in their first years of transition generously contributed to international refugee protection. Steep increase of asylum applicants and negotiation talks with the EU in the late 1990s brought various changes to the refugee policies in the region, marked by more closely defining and the enhancing of asylum seekers' and recognized refugees' rights, but also by lower refugee recognition rates. Accession to the European Union ultimately resulted in more complete and comprehensive asylum policies in line with the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). However, the V4 states maintained rather restrictive interpretations of the European policy, explained by the pressure the CEAS places on the states at the EU's external border and lower economic capacity to accommodate large numbers of refugees. Recent developments are mostly the result of political exploitation...

The subject of this diploma thesis is to carry out the analysis of banking regula-tion on minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) and based on this analysis to identify possible impacts on the balance structure of se-lected groups of banks in V4 countries. The main reasons for creating the MREL regulation are defined in the thesis. Furthermore, the thesis describes the devel-opment of banking regulations in connection with the events on the world mar-kets and the expected impacts on the banking sectors of the V4 countries. Based on the data from the annual reports of the selected banks, it is assessed whether the selected banks and their groups have the required amount of regulatory capi-tal.

The aim of the thesis is to verify the interdependence of stock markets with the development of the national economies of the V4 countries and on basis of the established links, to assess possible forecasting of the future development of GDP and the development of V4 stock markets. Literary overview of the diploma thesis describes the economic development of the V4 countries with a focus on the eco-nomic indicator of GDP, the critism of the GDP indicator and its possible alternati-ves measuring the efficiency of the economy. In addition, there are described indi-vial stock exchanges of V4 countries, theory of efficient markets together with possible anomalies in the financial markets. The last part of the literky review contains previously Publisher studies dealing with the issue. The work itself is dividend into main parts, namely the correlation analysis and the compilation of VAR models according to which the direction of the relationship will be tested within Granger causality.

The thesis researches whether in the Visegrad Group there is growing importance and securitization of energy security and military security leading to further cooperation based on recent crises. The thesis also researches whether Russia is perceived as a threat. This is done through content analysis of national security strategies, energy security strategies and military or defence strategies, as well as discourse analysis of official statements presented by ministries and governments of the Visegrad Group states. In the text, also materials published by the Visegrad Group as a whole are analysed. The discourse analysis in case of the states is focused on moments of crises. In energy security field, three crises were chosen: gas crises of 2006 and 2009, as well as oil crisis of 2008. In the chapter about military security, two events were chosen- conflict in Georgia in 2008 and military exercises in 2009. As it is presented, cooperation in energy security is already taking place and cooperation in military affairs in form of battlegroup is planned. Especially in energy security, a link between recent crises, their securitization and cooperation might be seen based on the research.