Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2007 Nov 22

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, November, 2004. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-72)

I chose the topic of this thesis because of but also because of bad opinions of the people around me about migration as a problem. The main target of this work is to find out what areas within health determinants among immigrants haven´t been investigated for past 5 years in the Czech Republic and Europe. This target is important for possibilities of further researches of health determinants among immigrants. It may help to researchers with the topic which hasn´t been investigated in past years and there is the opportunity to do so. In the research part of this diploma thesis was selected quantitative method where the technique was comparative metaanalysis. Analysis will be done from available databased journals (Scopus, Pub-med) and available Czech journals (non-databased). The time limit was set on 5 years. In the databases Scopus and Pub-med was searched according to following criterions social determinants of health, immigrants, Europe, Czech Republic with the time limit 5 years of those articles. Contribution of this work is finding out which social determinants of health weren´t investigated at all, which is transport and stress in Europe. In the Czech Republic weren´t any researches executed on stress, childhood, unemployment, nutrition and transport. My diploma thesis contributes further possibilities of investigating for future researchers in investigations which haven´t been done yet.

Area-wide vaccination against pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has been going on since the 40th - 50th of the last century. In our country this vaccination started in 1958. The World Health Organization estimates that worldwide 20 to 30 million people per year contract pertussis. Patients from developing countries account for 90% of cases. Pertussis is the cause of the death of around 200 000 - 300 000 people per year, up to 85% of whom are children under 2 years of age. As the only source of the bacteria Bordetella pertussis are humans, they are also suitable candidate for the elimination. Therefore, the WHO established an ambitious plan to reduce the incidence of pertussis below 0.1 per 100 000 inhabitants by the year 2000. However, no country succeeded in meeting this plan´s objectives on a long-term basis and since the 80th of the 20th century there has been an increasing trend of the disease incidence across all age groups worldwide. As the proof of severity of this issue pertussis was categorized among the so-called "emerging infectious diseases", that is re-emerging diseases. Diseases whose incidence has increased in recent decades and which could become a major health problem in the near future are classified into this category. In the case of pertussis, the most effective prevention is high vaccination rates in the population, especially children. The theoretical part of the thesis summarizes the current knowledge about pertussis. In the practical part I focused on the incidence and development of the disease in the South Bohemian Region in the years 2005 - 2010, with regard to individual age groups. The results show that in the South Bohemian Region the incidence was rising. The highest incidence was in the age group of 10 to 14 years. Another purpose of the research was to compare the incidence of pertussis in the South Bohemian Region with other regions of the CR. The South Bohemian region in the surveyed 6-year-period ranked among the regions with the highest incidence.

The introduction to the dissertation is devoted to a brief overview of the development and emergence of teeth and the characteristics of the internal and external influences that affect the emergence. In addition to the influence of physical constitution on permanent teeth emergence, other factors such as socioeconomic influences, premature birth, premature loss of deciduous teeth, or the influence of craniofacial morphology are described. The term biological age and the possibilities of its determination were also discussed. In research part we carried out research into permanent tooth emergence in Czech children aged 4 to 15, as a knowledge of the timing and sequence of the emergence of permanent is important for dental prevention treatment planning, particularly in orthodontics and pediatric dentistry and also is essential in forensic anthropology for the estimation of an individual's age. We also focused on the evaluation of the differences in the time of emergence of the contralateral and opposing permanent teeth. Attention was also paid to some important internal and external factors that affect the time of emergence of the permanent dentition. Our results were compared with the conclusions of similar studies conducted throughout the world. Key words: permanent teeth, emergence time,...

This thesis is divided into two coherent parts. The first part deals with issue of castle buildings in a specified area of the north-east Czech Republic. The aim of this part is to offer an overview of development and typology of individual settlements. Next, it introduces a model which presents the structure of castle buildings' layout within the specified area. The second part of the thesis focuses on the material culture of the castle Kumburk situated in the investigated area. The purpose of this part is to analyse, synthesize and interpret the non-stratified discoveries which were obtained by field walking in the castle area. The author attempts to place the results in a historical context of this castle on a basis of comparative study of scholarly literature, written and iconographic evidence. By processing the so far neglected archaeological discoveries the author also tries to identify everyday life in the castle from the 14th to the 16th century.

This thesis focuses on the epidemiological situation in the incidence of measles in the Czech Republic and possibilities of influencing their unfavourable situation in Europe. Measles is a highly contagious disease of viral origin, which has a significant impact on the health of the child population in particular. The most effective protection against the measles is vaccination. The introduction of measles vaccination positively affected the epidemiological situation in the world. Priority of the WHO (World Health Organization, WHO, hereinafter) is elimination of the measles. The long term goal of the WHO and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC hereinafter) was the elimination of measles in the European region by 2010. This goal was not achieved. The cause was low immunization coverage of certain population groups in several European countries. The prerequisite of achieving elimination of measles is that the vaccination coverage in the population is high. Many countries, thanks to effective vaccination strategy, succeeded in reducing the incidence of measles. In the years 2007- 2009 the historically lowest incidence, of less than 10 measles cases per million inhabitants, in the European region was achieved. In subsequent years, there was again a rise in measles morbidity. A repeated rise in cases of the disease is attributed to the expansion of social groups where vaccination coverage was inadequate in terms of achieving herd immunity. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part is divided into four main chapters. The first chapter describes the history of measles, the origin of the name of the disease and the first mention of it. The second theoretical chapter is devoted to the clinical characteristics of measles. In subchapters it describes the clinical picture of the disease, possible complications of the disease, how the infection is diagnosed and what treatment options there are. The third chapter defines the epidemiological characteristics of the disease. The subheads are aimed at the cause of the disease, possible ways of transmission, incubation period, period of communicability, susceptibility and incidence of this disease. At last, the fourth chapter of the theoretical part desribes possible epidemiological measures, which include measles surveillance, preventive and repressive measures and vaccination. The practical part of the thesis was elaborated through quantitative research - secondary data analysis. Analysed data were obtained from the information system for reporting and recording infectious diseases EPIDAT on Regional Hygiene Station of South Bohemian Region, based in Budweis and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The data on population, in terms of age groups and individual regions, were drawn from the demographic yearbooks, which are available on the website of the Czech Statistical Office. The resulting data were subsequently processed in tabular and graphical forms in Microsoft Excel. The research objectives were: 1) to set charting trends in the incidence of measles in the Czech Republic and Central Europe over the period 2004-2013, 2) to compare the incidence of measles in the individual regions of the Czech Republic, and 3) to identify the reasons for gaps in vaccination coverage against measles in the South Bohemian Region. Based on the above stated objectives, the five research questions were defined. The results are intended to highlight the issues of possible adverse influence on the epidemiological situation in the incidence of measles in Europe. This thesis can be used as a source of information on trends in incidence, vaccine development and immunization status for measles.

This thesis deals with questions of land consolidation in the Czech Republic and in the Slovakia. The thesis should characterize briefly how the land consolidation proceed in the Czech Republic and above all it should show the land consolidation process in the Slovak Republic. The aim of the thesis is a comparison of land consolidation projection process in the Slovak Republic and in the Czech Republic according to specific criteria.