Name: Motor skills of preschool children Objectives: The aim of this thesis was to determine the difference of motor skills of preschool children among children regularly attending free time courses focused on physical activities, led by experienced lecturers, and children in different kindergartens who do not attend these courses or rarely attend them. Methods: 67 children aged 4-6 years participated in the research. These were 9 children from the municipal kindergarten, 30 children from the village kindergarten and 28 children from the sports agency (club). Children were evaluated once by using the following tests: beep test, 4x5 m run, long jump, ball throw with right and left hand, sit and reach test. Results: The results confirm the assumption that children who participate in physical activity in their free time as well as in the kindergarten have better results than children who do physical education only in kindergarten. At the municipal nursery school, the children at the best level managed only the right- and left-hand throw. Statistically significant differences between groups occurred in the 4 x 5 m run, long jump and beep test, most often in favor of the sports agency. There was a significant difference in disciplines running 4 x 5 m, long jump from place and beep test between village...

Perennial plants from the Amaryllidaceae family are generally known for their beauty but also like herbs which contain wide range of alkaloids. To these days more than 500 alkaloids have been isolated. Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (AmA) are derivatived from aminoacid tyrosine and divided into nine basic groups. Biological activity of these substances icludes antitumor, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antimalarial activity and some of them are used for treatment Alzheimer's disease (AD). Narcissus cv. PROFESSOR EINSTEIN have been choosen thanks to previous research of summary extract. Twelve alkaloids have been detected by GC-MS and ten of them have been identified (e.g.: lykoramine, pluviine, haemanthamine, pancracine, homolycorine). Due to this diversity of alkaloids and the fact that summary extract has relatively high inhibitory activity (IC50 = 49,99 ± 5,38 μg/mL) against HuBuChE Narcissus have been appropriate for isolation of the alkaloids and for further study of their biological activity. Summary ethanolic extract for gain pure compounds was prepared from 34.3 kg fresh bulbs. Separation was initiated by column chromatography and extract was divided into almost 500 fractions. Some of them were put together owing to TLC analysis and finally 27 subfractions were formed. Subfraction Nr. 26...

Tadpoles are known to behaviorally respond to visual, auditory or chemical cues. I examined the influence of group size and light conditions on the activity of Phyllobates vittatus. I performed laboratory experiments to measure locomotor activity. Activity levels of tadpoles were higher in the groups. Light conditions did not influence activity level of tadpoles. My results suggest that the group size is one of the main factors influencing tadpole locomotor activity of Phyllobates vittatus.

This thesis analyses lifestyles of female students from the whole University of South Bohemia, focusing on physical activities, their regularity, opinion of negative addictive drugs, relationship towards healthy diet and drinking water habits, and interest in relaxation. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the definition of the term 'physical activity' and its classification. In the practical part, the following areas are observed: results regarding the quality of physical activities, regularity of physical activities, evaluation of the physical activities of female students followed by the evaluation according to the stated hypotheses. Based on the data obtained, it is possible to conclude how big the interest in regular physical activities is nowadays, whether the students have enough exercise during the week, why they do physical activities and what physical activities are the most popular.

The thesis is focusing on the influence of organized physical activities on the smoking and alcohol drinking by the kids between 12 and 16 years of age. The basic characteristics of organized physical activities, smoking and alcohol drinking are described in the theoretical part of the thesis where emphasis is put on children and youth.The sociological, psychological and biological views are included in the basic characteristics. The research in the practical part of the thesis was done by a questionnaire. The total number of interviewee was 216. The amount of physical activities, smoking and alcohol drinking by kids between 12 and 16 years of age was charted, once the data collected was statistically evaluated and put into connection with membership in a sports club.The research clearly shows that children registered in a sports club are less likely to smoke or consume alcohol.

The current consumer lifestyle threatens the health of the Czech population.Regular physical activity of seniors can positively affect not only their health but also their social and mental well-being. Itprolongs their self-sufficient living and reduces health care expenditures.We see this area as a priority sphere of interest. To confirm the positive influence of physical activity of seniors it is necessary to establish the currentsituation. The main objective of this project is to analyze the physical activity behaviourof seniors dealing with regular active mental activity in an educational institution.The research was carried out for one week using a standardized questionnaireIPAQ-long (International Physical Activity Questionare) and monitoring with YAMAX SW 700 pedometer. The research using the questionnaire was attended by 120 probands. 30 probands attended the pedometre monitoring method. The resulting data were analyzed and concluded.

In diploma thesis is an analysis of the literature to characterize health and healthy lifestyle. The aim of this thesis is to gain an overview of knowledge about health and physical activity, the level of knowledge about health issues of selected group of students at secondary technical schools. The theoretical part focuses on the definition of the term healthy lifestyle. For quantitative research is selected the knowledge test. The practical part presents results from 120 students of the knowledge test relating to issues of health physical activity and also the questionnaire of healthy lifestyle. The research found that the inform and knowledge in the areas of students of Secondary technical colleges (Machinery and Electrical) is average and it is not significantly different from the knowledge level of Secondary grammar school students. The diploma thesis can help to increase the knowledge level of students in the areas of health, an increase in motivation in applying and following a healthy lifestyle in your life.

BACKGROUND: Recreational physical activity is of great importance to human health. Reduces the risk of disease and positively beneficial to the human body. Recreational physical activity is influenced by many factors, eg. Age, sex, place of residence, but also its form. OBJECTIVES: Create a project and presentation of a study on new forms of recreational physical activities focused on geocaching. METHODS: The research involved five families with children permanently living in the Czech Canada. Their task was a regular recreational tourism for the purpose of hunting caches. To obtain data was used informal conversation and as a complementary data collection and record sheet output questionnaire. RESULTS: All the families surveyed had a positive shift in recreational physical activity. The most common form of recreational physical activity was hiking as well as cycling. Thanks geocaching was for all investigated deepened relationship to nature and cultural sites.

The thesis aims at finding out, how efficient the Nordic Walking therapy is, when applied to chosen segments of human musculoskeletal system. Also it aims at exploration of the question concerning the utilization of Nordic Walking during musculoskeletal system treatment with a connection to a visceral body sphere. The theoretical part is dedicated to an analysis of the professional terms and concepts closely related to Nordic Walking. Opinions of various Czech and foreign Nordic Walking topic specialists are stated there. In addition, body mass indicators, and the way in which exercise influences the human organism, are also described in the theoretical part of the thesis. The practical part consists of research sample characteristics, definition of utilized methodology and measurement results evaluation. The results are processed in the form of graphs and tables and amended by discussion

Breeding of cattle is one of the most important industry of animal production in the Czech republic. These animals are used mainly for production of meat and milk. The aim of this diploma thesis was to gather basic datas about etological expressions of breeding dairy cows in the relationship to the used technologies of milking by using detectors of automatical scanning of movements and to formulate conclusions coming from these surveys. I monitored in three agricultural companies etological expressions of chosen dairy cows to the focus on their movement activities connected to the different technologies of milking. Etological monitoring helped to specify the scanning system of movements, which was installed in the companies. There were chosen total of 18 dairy cows of Holstein Friesian dairy cows, reproduction condition was various. The cows were in all phases of gravidity, some were just after birth. The observation was going on constantly for 24 hours, in various temperature conditions and different milking technique. The results were compared with literature and the aim was to find, by which system of milking are the animals happiest and how the welfare is accomplished.