Vad hände med leopardens döttrar? En kulturpsykologisk analys av kvinnorollen inom Bénin och Togos Vodoukult. (What happened to the daughters of the Leopard? A cultural psychological analysis of the role of women in Bénin and Togo´s Vodoucult). Syftet med studien var att öka förståelsen för hur Vodoukulten kan bidra till hur kvinnorollen uttrycks och manifesteras. Det uppnåddes genom kvinnornas och andra utövares berättelser, samt iakttagelser av hur rollen uttrycktes i kulten och om det bidrog till eller frigjorde kvinnorna från etablerade könsroller. Studien utgick från Kvale & Brinkmanns intervjumetodik. Intervjuerna med informanterna och observationerna var viktiga för förståelsen av hur kulturen formade deltagarnas uppfattning om sig själv, samhället och religionen. Undersökningen utgick från Belzens tolkning av kulturpsykologi, Bourdieus teori om habitus, samt Lacans symbolic order. Studien tar också upp genus som Sky definierar den. Slutsatsen blev att kvinnor bidrar till formandet av sin roll inom Vodoun och att Vodoun är rigid när det kommer till könsroller.

The diploma thesis deals with ecosystem services of blue-green infrastructure in urban areas and their influence on the quality of housing. Literary research focuses on current knowledge and approaches to blue-green infrastructure, with an emphasis on the impact on quality of life in cities. Blue-green infrastructure is part of many international and domestic climate change adaptation strategies and its implementation should be supported. The literary part defines conditions for successful use in cities and presents good examples from abroad and the Czech Republic. The practical part contains an alternative proposal for the planned development of the new city district of Brno-Maloměřice. The design has chosen the optimal solution for rainwater management and interconnection with green areas and public spaces. The appropriate solution was based on the evaluation of the benefits provided according to the methodology, which proved to be a useful tool in balancing green with impermeable surfaces for maximum benefit.

This diploma thesis deals with the topic of surface treatment of table tops in industrial production, specifically examines the influence of the rating film’s properties on its final resistence against the physico-mechanical and chemical factors. The underlying materials used are chipboards and in one case also bio-board. All samples were provided with one of three veneer types (oak, ash, walnut) and finished with transparent water-borne UV curable coatings. In some cases, the surface was treated with water-borne stains. The staining was done using HVLP spraying technology, the individual transparent lacquers were then sprayed with Airmix spraying technology. After curing and acclimatization, the surface of each sample was rewieved on the basis of its visual properties and physico-mechanical and chemical resistance. These properties were subsequently evaluated according to the relevant standards. The outcome is determination of the most suitable surface finish for table tops with high surface finish requirements.

The properties of the two surface finishes were studied in this work: the waterborne epoxy lacquer EPOX AQUA V_1301 and solvent-borne alkyd urethane lacquer Jachtlak S-1006 with the regards to their potential applications for the finishing of the wood surfaces of furniture designed for the utilization in public places. It has been found that the dry surfaces formed by these furnishes have physico-mechanical properties that are consistent with the standards, which establish possibilities of their application. Very good antibacterial properties of the formed films without the addition of any auxiliary antimicrobial agents to the Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus bacterial strains were also determined. The entire tests were carefully described, and their results were discussed in the further text.

This thesis deals with the problems which are associated with protective, physical-mechanical eventualy aesthetic characteristics changes of acacia wood finishes, depending on the atmospheric conditions in exterior. Under the influence of atmospheric conditions, such as weather conditions, moisture, sunlight and temperature changing, there are changes on the finishes. The extent of these changes are compared there to depending on the orientation to the cardinal. The work is based on practical measurements on test plane and molded samples in two different shades of water-based paints. These paints are different by the ratio of the pigments in the paints. These test samples has been exposed to atmospheric conditions at the four cardinal for ten months. The values of measurements, which were realised each month during the exposing, were compared with reference samples, which were stored in a dark place without air exposure all the time.

En uppsats om vodouns inblandning under slavupproret i kolonin Saint-Domingue under slutet av 1700-talet till början av 1800-talet. Uppsatsen försöker bevisa vodouns påverkan på ett lyckat slavuppror där andra slavuppror misslyckats.

This diploma thesis focuses on risk evaluation of water line for public use. The risk analysis is done in compliance with the methodology created by VODÁRENSKÁ AKCIOVÁ SPOLEČNOST, a. s. and by the method WaterRisk, created by Institute of Municipal Water management, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering. The thesis clarifies the key points of the topic in question. Its readiness for passing in the Czech Republic and its core in relation to legislature. Then the thesis also includes a description of a specific water line. In the following two chapters the risks are studied according to the methodologies chosen.

The diploma thesis deals with effect of pressure conditions in the water supply network on consumption of drinking water. The introductory part describes how pressures affect water consumption and six studies from different countries carried out on real network are presented. Further, the work is devoted to other factors influencing water consumption and distribution of domestic water consumption. The practical part deals with the laboratory measurement of the influence of pressure change on tested discharge fittings for flowing and dripping water. The results are also expressed in annual costs and a method is presented how the effect of pressure change can be quantified if we know the average daily consumption and its distribution.

This diploma thesis is focused on a large-scale irrigation embedded in the urban landscape. The main goal is to find a new concept of the large-scale irrigation system using a minimum of added electrical energy. The system is aimed at rainwater harvesting and distribution in populated areas. Part of the work is the analysis of the zoning plan of the selected locality, the design of the entire system from the accumulation of collected water to the distribution of watering to the root zone of plants. In the practical part, the proposed distribution network is calculated according to the current known equations, and the calculation is finished with the choice of a suitable diameter of the pipeline network. In addition, the work suggests possible sites for new planting of plants.

The diploma thesis is focused on verifying the success of prediction models mean monthly flows for strategy control storage function of water management system. The success of prediction models is tested during three different periods. To determine the predicted inflows into the reservoirs is applied to the generator artificial flow series LTMA using the Monte Carlo method and the classical model of neuron networks. During the solution is applying the principles of adaptive control. The adaptive control is compared with simple control for improved outflow.