anglicky: This master's thesis deals with czech historical facts within teaching czech in Czech School TGM in Chicago. It also includes a perception of czech facts inside the group of Czech compatriots. This community is not numerous as was the case in the half of the 19th century nevertheless its cultural life is still very interesting and is worth the attention. This Czech community is varied because of generation before 2nd World War as migrants from 90's of the 20th centrury. They all have a need to preserve and pass cultural identity to their descendants. The theoretical part of the thesis primarily explains key word facts and its position inside culture and teaching. It also mentions the word heritage language and its transfer. This part deals with basic informations about czech community in Chicago and about a large number of this group activities. The empirical part of the thesis describes and analyzes an author's experiences from teaching in summer czech school in 2017. This part is based on analysis of preparations a study plan, an analysis of diary record from Czech lessons and also an analysis of a questionnaire filled in by participants of summer Czech school and members of Czech community. Research outcomes can help to better cognition facts in teaching and their meaning for children...

A adoção de práticas sustentáveis desde à produção de alimentos até o consumo final tem sido mais frequente nos últimos anos. Essas práticas sustentáveis estão embasadas na promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável, sem prejudicar as gerações futuras da humanidade. Nesse contexto, os proprietários das agroindústrias familiares se deparam com diversos desafios quando se trata da diminuição de impactos ambientais e, em consequência, da promoção do desenvolvimento rural sustentável. A adoção de práticas sustentáveis é resultado da compreensão da consciência ambiental e dos valores humanos, os quais desencadeiam as atitudes pró-ambientais e, assim, resulta em um comportamento ecológico. Neste sentido, objetivou-se analisar a influência da consciência ambiental e dos valores humanos sobre as atitudes pró-ambientais dos proprietários das agroindústrias familiares vinculadas ao PEAF/RS. Os dados foram coletados por meio da aplicação de questionário, com quatro grupos de questões (perfil das agroindústrias familiares e atitudes pró-ambientais, Escala NEP, perfil socioeconômico, Escala Schwartz). A amostra corresponde aos 105 proprietários de agroindústrias familiares do Rio Grande do Sul. Os dados foram analisados utilizando estatística descritiva, analise fatorial e correlação. Os resultados apresentam que mais da metade da amostra é composta por adultos, com grau de escolaridade elevado e com formação em cursos voltados para a gestão da agroindústria Além disso, 37% das agroindústrias familiares têm um tempo de existência entre um a cinco anos, com mão de obra familiar e com atividades predominantes em olericultura, bebidas e panificados, nas cidades de Caxias do Sul, Santa Maria e Lajeado. A aplicação das escalas, demonstrou que os proprietários das agroindústrias familiares possuem um nível elevado de consciência ambiental, com predominância nos valores humanos de ordem superior “conservação” e “autotranscendência”. Tais resultados revelam uma tendência de possuir um comportamento ecocêntrico e altruísta, conforme a Escala NEP e Schwartz, respectivamente. Além disso, observou-se que as agroindústrias familiares têm atitudes pró-ambientais, as quais são implantadas e praticadas pela agroindústria. De modo geral, 40% dos proprietários das agroindústrias acreditam que o empreendimento tem mais de 80% de atividades pró-ambientais, tais como, o uso de embalagens recicláveis, a prática de conscientização ambiental, a economia de energia, o uso correto do descarte dos resíduos sólidos. Porém não foi encontrado correlação entre as escalas e as atitudes pró-ambientais. Portanto, entende-se que esses resultados auxiliam as esferas federativas na formulação de uma política de benefícios, motivando-os aqueles que possuem mais adequação à preservação ambiental e incentivando outros proprietários a praticarem mais ações ambientais. / The adoption of sustainable practices from food production to final consumption has been more frequent in recent years. These sustainable practices are based on the promotion of sustainable development, without harming future generations of humanity. In this context, the owners of family agroindustries face several challenges when it comes to reducing environmental impacts and, as a consequence, promoting sustainable rural development. The adoption of sustainable practices is the result of an understanding of environmental awareness and human values, which triggers pro-environmental attitudes and thus results in ecological behavior. In this sense, the objective was to analyze the influence of environmental awareness and human values on the pro-environmental attitudes of the owners of family agroindustries linked to PEAF/RS. Data were collected through the application of a questionnaire, with four groups of questions (profile of family agroindustries and pro-environmental attitudes, NEP Scale, socioeconomic profile, Schwartz Scale). The sample corresponds to the 105 owners of family agroindustries in Rio Grande do Sul. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, factorial analysis and correlation. The results show that more than half of the sample is composed of adults, with a high level of education and training in courses aimed at the management of agribusiness. In addition, 37% of family agroindustries have a life span of between one and five years, with family labor and predominant activities in olericultura, beverages and baked goods, in the cities of Caxias do Sul, Santa Maria and Lajeado The application of the scales, showed that the owners of the family agroindustries have a high level of environmental awareness, with a predominance of human values of higher order "conservation" and "self-transcendence". These results reveal a tendency to have an ecocentric and altruistic behavior, according to the NEP and Schwartz Scales, respectively. In addition, it was observed that family agroindustries have pro-environmental attitudes, which are implemented and practiced by the agroindustry. In general, 40% of the owners of agroindustries believe that the enterprise has more than 80% of pro-environmental activities, such as the use of recyclable packaging, the practice of environmental awareness, energy saving, the correct use of waste of solid waste. However, no correlation was found between the scales and the pro-environmental attitudes. Therefore, it is understood that these results help federative spheres in the formulation of a benefits policy, motivating those that are more adequate to environmental preservation and encouraging other owners to practice more environmental actions.

Despite the increasing attention being paid to waste recycling, there is a dearth of both empirical evidence on recycling at work and examination of any spillover effects of recycling behaviour from home to work. Situated at the confluence of three social science debates (the study of recycling set within the waste management literature; the examination of spillover in the social psychology literature, and the work on pro-environmental behaviour at work in the organisational behaviour literature), this research seeks to understand recycling at work and the relationship between recycling behaviour at home and recycling at work using a sequential mixed methods approach. Due to the complexity of human behaviours including the heterogeneity of the factors underpinning recycling, this research adopts a sequential mixed methods approach with its pragmatic philosophical assumptions to examine recycling at work. Initially, semi-structured interviews with 15 key informants from different organisations including environmental/waste organisations in the UK were conducted. The findings from the interviews were used along with the evidence from the literature to develop the conceptual model and the research hypotheses. The quantitative data were collected, using a web-based questionnaire survey, from 367 respondents representing 43 different organisations across the UK. The collected quantitative data were analysed using SPSS for windows and IBM AMOS for path and causal analyses. Based on the findings, this research demonstrates that contextual factors such as organisational support are better determinants of recycling at work than personality/psychological factors such as attitudes that have dominated empirical and theoretical studies on pro-environmental behaviours for decades. Also, the findings of this research suggest that the concept of spillover of recycling from home to work is complex and inconsistent. Whilst there is a tendency for spillover of recycling behaviour, there is a significant difference between recycling at home and at work with regards to the volume of materials, the range of materials, and frequency of recycling. Nonetheless, the PROCESS macro allows the identification of various conditions that are likely to facilitate spillover of recycling from home to work. As a result, factors that are likely to determine recycling at work including the possible spillover of recycling from home to work are classified into personal/psychological and situational factors. These findings contribute to the existing bodies of knowledge on recycling behaviour, spillover effects, and organisational citizenship behaviour for the environment (OCBE). Also, the findings could assist businesses in finding proactive measures to increase recycling within their organisations. This would consequently reduce the total amount of resources being disposed of in the UK landfill sites.

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A análise da toxicidade aguda foi realizada por meio de ensaio biológico, que utilizou 24 ratas, adultas, da linhagem Wistar. Os animais foram distribuídos em quatro grupos, de acordo com as doses administradas de extrato etanólico da planta P. aculeata: 0 mg/kg, 1250 mg/kg, 2500 mg/kg e 5000 mg/kg de massa corporal. O experimento teve duração de 15 dias e após a eutanásia foram realizadas avaliações histopatológicas em 8 órgãos. A citotoxicidade da P. aculeata foi avaliada utilizando-se alface (L. sativa) como modelo experimental. Sementes de alface foram tratadas com diferentes doses de extrato de P. aculeata (0,13 mg/ml; 1,30 mg/ml; 3,25 mg/ml; 6,50 mg/ml; 13,00 mg/ml) e avaliadas quanto ao índice de germinação, crescimento de raiz, crescimento de parte aérea, e índice mitótico. Durante 12 meses a planta foi avaliada periodicamente quanto a características físico-química (teor de umidade, área foliar, proteína, cor, fenóis totais e atividade antioxidante) e fenológicas (mudança foliar, floração e frutificação). Observou-se que P. aculeata não possui efeito tóxico em ratos, na dose de até 5000 mg/kg de massa corporal. A planta apresentou reduzido efeito citotóxico sobre alface, consistindo em alteração no crescimento de raízes e partes aéreas, porém sem comprometimento da germinação e sem efeito genotóxico na semente. No estudo fenológico observou-se boa adaptação da planta ao clima temperado, caracterizado pelo pleno crescimento e desenvolvimento. Entretanto, destacase um período de quiescência durante o inverno, no qual a planta não produziu folhas. Concluiu-se que o cultivo de P. aculeata é viável em clima temperado e que seu consumo alimentar é seguro. / The Pereskia aculeata plant has valuable nutritional properties and could be a supplementary food source, because it contains high amounts of minerals, amino acids, vitamins, fibers and antioxidants. However, we have limited information about toxicity, cytotoxicity, phenological and physicochemical characteristics of this plant, particularly when cultivated in subtropical areas with temperate climate. Thus, we analyzed Pereskia aculeata plants cultivated in Pelotas, RS, Brazil, under temperate climate, for: (a) acute toxicity, (b) cytotoxicity, (c) phenological characteristics and (d) physicochemical properties. The acute toxicity experiment was performed with 24 female Wistar rats. The animals were divided into four groups, according to the single dose of ethanolic plant extract they received: 0 mg/kg, 1250 mg/kg, 2500 mg/kg e 5000 mg/kg of body weight. After a 15 days period of observation the euthanasia was performed and 8 different animal tissues were sampled for histopathological analysis. The cytotoxicity was evaluated using lettuce (L. sativa) as an experimental model. The lettuce seeds were treated with different doses of P. aculeata extract (0.13 mg/ml; 1.30 mg/ml; 3.25 mg/ml; 6.50 mg/ml; 13.00 mg/ml) and analyzed for germination and mitotic indexes, and also for roots and shoots length. During 12 months cultivation period the plant was analyzed for physicochemical properties (humidity, color, leaf area, protein content, antioxidant activity, total phenolic content) and phenological aspects (leaf changes, flowering and fructification). Our results for acute toxicity of Pereskia aculeata show that it has non-toxic effect to rats at concentrations of 5000 mg/kg of body weight. We also found this plant to have minimal deleterious cytotoxicity effects on lettuce, consisting of abnormal growth of roots and shoots, but without affecting germination or causing genotoxic effect on lettuce seeds. Furthermore, Pereskia aculeata showed a good adaptation under temperate climate, with normal growth and development. Though, a quiescent state happened in the winter and the plant did not produce leaves. We conclude that cultivation of Pereskia aculeata under temperate climate is feasible and also, the leaves of these plants are safe for consumption as food.

Orientador: Márcia Guimarães da Silva / Banca: Rodrigo Paupéro de Camargo Soares / Banca: Vera Lúcia Mores Rall / Não disponível / Abstract: Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity has been described in term deliveries and its role on the immune modulation is of interest to the better understanding of the underlying labor processes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum in the amniotic fluid of term pregnancies and to evaluate its influence on cytokines production at the end of pregnancy. A cross sectional study was conducted with fifty five pregnant women out of labor with intact membranes and gestational age between 37 and 41 weeks seen at the Bom Jesus hospital in Ariquemes, Rondônia, between June 2009 and May 2010. Amniotic fluid samples and fragments of chorioamniotic membranes were collected at cesarean section. M. hominis and U. urealyticum detection was performed by PCR and Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)- levels were determined by ELISA. Chorioamniotic membranes were submitted to histopatological analyses. Presence of M. hominis was detected in 36.4% of amniotic fluid samples and any of them was positive for U. urealyticum. Regarding cytokines levels, 63.6% and 90.9% of samples have not shown detectable concentrations of TNF- and IL-1β. The median concentration of IL-6 and IL-8 were 107.9 pg/mL (0-517.1) and 208.1 pg/mL (0-1897.4), respectively. Interleukin-1, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF- concentrations were not associated with the presence of M. hominis in amniotic fluid, regardless the gestational age. No sample had detectable IL-10 levels. The histopatological analyses have shown no chorioamnionitis in any of the membranes, only a discreet mononuclear infiltration in the decidua could be observed in 40.4% of the samples. Presence of M. hominis was detected in 36.4% of amniotic fluid samples and any of them was positive for U. urealyticum. Regarding cytokines levels, 63.6% and 90.9% of samples have not... (Complete abstact click electronic access below) / Mestre

Práce se zabývá návrhem uceleného teoreticko-metodologického rámce nové podnikové funkce revenue assurance pro telekomunikační společnosti, které usilují o systematický a koncepční přístup k zajištění a maximalizaci příjmů. Popsány jsou role revenue assurance funkce v podniku, cíle, vývojová stádia. Dále jsou popsány hrozby a konkrétní podoby úniků a nadhodnocení příjmů. Podrobně je rozebrána metodika pro plnění úkolů revenue assurance a techniky pro eliminaci úniků a nadhodnocení příjmů. Práce obsahuje také výsledky empirického průzkumu funkce revenue assurance mezi telekomunikačními společnostmi v roce 2003 a 2004.

Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj je velmi zajímavý fenomén dnešní doby. Nejenom z důvodu, že jeho název je diskutabilní, ale také jeho působnosti tvoří na první pohled velmi nesourodé uskupení, a dokonce se diskutuje o jeho zrušení, čímž by se MMR stalo jedním z ústředních správních úřadů v České republice s velmi krátkou dobou trvání. Cílem mé diplomové práce je nejprve popsat vznik, působnost, organizaci a pravomoc MMR, což jsou základní atributy fungování každé instituce, a tím zjistit, zda MMR je organizace s názvem odpovídajícímu jeho činnosti a zda jeho působnosti spolu logicky souvisí či nikoliv. V ideálním případě se pokusím nalézt alespoň jednu oblast působnosti MMR, která se všemi ostatními souvisí, a tak je sdružuje. Na tuto působnost bych se blíže zaměřila v poslední kapitole mé diplomové práce.

Hlavním cílem mé diplomové práce je analyzovat současný stav cestovního ruchu v Keni, jeho význam v národním hospodářství a zjistit, zda má země dostatek předpokladů být destinací cestovního ruchu. Stanovila jsem si dva dílčí cíle: 1. Navrhnout, jakou novou strategii by měla Keňa uplatňovat v rozvoji cestovního ruchu, aby z části dokázala zmírnit chudobu svých obyvatel, tzn. jak by cestovní ruch mohl pozitivně ovlivnit životní úroveň keňských obyvatel. Budu se věnovat především alternativním formám cestovního ruchu. 2. Zjistit, jak si Keňa stojí v rámci cestovního ruchu mezi ostatními africkými zeměmi. V diplomové práci pracuji s následujícími hypotézami, které se pokusím potvrdit či případně vyvrátit. Hypotéza 1: Keňa má dostatek předpokladů být destinací cestovního ruchu. Hypotéza 2: Rozvoji cestovního ruchu nejvíce brání nedostatečná suprastruktura a nevzdělané obyvatelstvo. Hypotéza 3: Keňa disponuje dobrými podmínkami pro rozvoj alternativních forem cestovního ruchu. Hypotéza 4: Keňa má před sebou velkou budoucnost v oblasti cestovního ruchu v rámci afrických zemí. Hypotéza 5: Keňa se začíná orientovat na nové formy cestovního ruchu. Záměrům a cíli diplomové práce odpovídá struktura členění.

Předmětem diplomové práce je zkoumání způsobu implementace rozhodnutí Evropského soudu pro lidská práva v České republice. Práce se zabývá jak obecným fungováním Soudu, tak analýzou postavení České republiky jako Vysoké smluvní strany Úmluvy o ochraně lidských práv a základních svobod. Jsou zde představeny jednotlivé právní úpravy, které byly přijaty v reakci na rozsudky štrasburského soudu. Způsob implementace rozhodnutí Evropského soudu pro lidská práva v České republice je rovněž zkoumán prostřednictvím srovnání způsobů implementace ve vybraných smluvních státech Úmluvy o ochraně lidských práv a základních svobod.

Tato práce se zabývá využitím marketingových nástrojů ve společnosti Měšťanský pivovar Strakonice, a.s. Zvláštní důraz je přitom kladen na komunikační mix. Hodnocení využití marketingových nástrojů je provedeno pomocí vlastního dotazníkového šetření a následného zhodnocení získaných dat. Úroveň marketingové komunikace v pivovaru je hodnocena pomocí SWOT analýzy. Na základě toho jsou poté navržena opatření, které by vedly ke zlepšení stávající situace v pivovaru a posílení jeho konkurenční pozice.