Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Virginia, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-118).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-92). Also available on the Internet.

Ce livre part d’un double constat : la philosophie véhicule des distinctions dualistes dont la conflictualité affaiblit gravement notre sentiment de solidarité humaine et qui sont autant d’obstacles au développement humain et au progrès social ; affronter la philosophie sur son propre terrain mène à une impasse, toute objection à son règne métaphysique devant, pour être reçue, se formuler dans les termes mêmes de la métaphysique... Il s’agit donc de changer de terrain, ou de chemin. Pour pacifier la pensée et ainsi les rapports humains, il faut instaurer une véritable démocratie dans/de la pensée : établir une pensée dépourvue de but, qui substitue à la recherche de la Vérité celle de la Liberté, ouvrant la voie d’une Utopie libérale.Cette pensée, pour être réelle, doit s’appuyer sur le seul réel qui soit : l’Homme lui-même, en tant qu’Étranger complet, non seulement à l’ensemble des « sciences humaines », mais à la pensée dans sa totalité. On parle d’Utopie radicale de l’Homme, telle que la Philosophie non-standard ou Non-Philosophie en propose la posture. Une posture qui consonne étrangement avec la pratique en kâta, développée au Japon depuis plusieurs millénaires comme « posture en-pratique-complète » de la pensée. Le kâta est au cœur de tous les arts et pratiques au Japon, il forme la base la plus générale des techniques de soi, et façonne la pensée et les pratiques sociétales dans leur ensemble. Kâta, de même que la Philosophie non-standard, permet l’axiomatisation de la pensée et sa posture sans tenter de véhiculer de vérité. Ils constituent de la sorte une alternative crédible à la pensée-monde occidentale aujourd’hui en impasse.L’ouvrage a été publié chez L’Harmattan sous le titre « POSTURES ET PRATIQUES DE L'HOMME - Libéralisme, philosophie non-standard et pensée japonaise »[en ligne: <http://www.harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=40952>] / The actual system of thought is founded on the use and proliferation of dualist distinctions that are responsible for the weakening of our sentiments of human solidarity thus represents an obstacle to the future social and human development. Confronting this model on its own terms leads to a dead end, for any objection to its metaphysical reign is expected to be formulated in the same terms of the metaphysical vocabulary that the standardized model of philosophy uses therefore we need to change the field of action trough the idea of efficient democracy inside the economy of knowledge that is built as a rigid and centralized system. Establishing a democracy of thought implies establishing a system of thought that doesn’t rely on a metaphysical purpose beyond Man. I rely on the research done by Richard Rorty and Michel Foucault on the relation between various forms of power, knowledge and language. Furthermore I use the theoretical model developed by François Laruelle known as Non-standard philosophy in order to analyze the shortcomings of both Rorty and Foucault. Non-standard philosophy demonstrates how all forms of philosophy are structured around a prior decision of dialectical division of the world in order to be able to grasp the world philosophically. Philosophers remain constitutively unaware of this prior decision making process thus perpetuating a self-sufficient practice of philosophy. Relying on the model of Non-standard philosophy I am able to analyze an alternative system of thought based on the use of Kâta developed in Japan as a successful example of alternative history of thought to that of the West. This work has been published under the title « POSTURES ET PRATIQUES DE L'HOMME - Libéralisme, philosophie non-standard et pensée japonaise » (online: <http://www.harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=40952>)

The diploma thesis is focused on the design of the timbered wall composition considering the low-energy and passive standard. Main goal of the thesis is to calculate heat transfer coefficient U for four different types of the timbered walls and consequently evaluate if they comply with the requirements of low-energy and passive standards. The calculations show that the traditional concept of the timbered structures is inefficient for the mentioned energy standards. The minimal thickness of the timbered wall which will satisfy the requirements of the energy standards for low-energy and passive structure were calculated for the proposed four types of wall composition. For the calculations methods according to the applicable standards ČSN were used. To verify accuracy of these method and the performed calculations simplified numerical model was made in finite element software.

The thesis deals with a proposed layout of a multi-storey apartment building on the territory of the town of České Budějovice. The thesis contains a literary overview to inform the reader about the issues of design documents, analysis of the land use plan for the corporate town of České Budějovice in connection with the building location and, last but not least, related design documents in agreement with the applicable decree. The objective of this thesis was to develop the design documents meeting the low energy consumption standard, i.e. meeting all current requirements for modern and energy-saving construction projects, in terms of the appearance, employed technologies and materials. An integral part of the results is a placement of the project in a suitable location, as outlined by the land use plan. The thesis is concluded with an evaluation of the architectural and structural solution and of the selected materials in respect to the low energy consumption standard of the building.

Hygienic care is one of the most critical pillars of care for child´s health. Learning the right hygienic habits in childhood and keeping them throughout the lifetime is of vital importance for human health. Unfortunately, information about the hygiene of external genital of children is often inconsistent, both among the parents and healthcare workers. The thesis deals with the issue of treatment of external genital of children from birth to three years of age, while the main emphasis is put on education of mothers. The objective of the thesis was to determine, whether the nurses know their competences in treatment of the external genital in newborns, babies and toddlers and whether the nurses are able to apply the competences in full. The third objective of the thesis was to map the awareness of parents of how to treat external genital of children from birth to three years of age. Three hypotheses were established. The first hypothesis: Nurses know their competences in treatment of external genitals of newborns, babies and toddlers. The second hypothesis: Nurses, who know their competences in treatment of external genital of newborns, babies and toddlers, are unable to fully apply them. The third hypothesis: Parents of newborns, babies and toddlers do not have sufficient information about the proper hygienic treatment of external genital of their children. The quantitative research used two anonymous questionnaires, while one questionnaire was designed for nurses working with children from birth to 3 years of age. The other questionnaire was created and intended for mothers of children in the age category from birth to three years. The questionnaire research was performed on the territory of the South Bohemian region. The first hypothesis: ``Nurses know their competences in treatment of external genital of newborns, babies and toddlers.{\crq}q has been confirmed. The second hypothesis: ``Nurses, who know their competences in treatment of external genital of newborns, babies and toddlers in treatment of external genital of newborns, babies and toddlers, are unable to fully apply them.{\crq}q has been rebutted. The third hypothesis: ``Parents of newborns, babies and toddlers do not have sufficient information about the proper hygienic treatment of external genital of their children.{\crq}q has been confirmed. Based on those findings we have decided to develop an educational standard for nurses about the intimate hygiene of girls and boys from birth to three years of age and an educational material for treatment of external genital for parents of young children. We believe that the materials will improve the awareness of this issue and result in a better quality of care for children.

Suicide as an individual event as well as a social phenomenon attracts great interest and attention in various spheres, both in the immediate environment of the self-murderer and in broader public. The definition of suicide differs according to authors and changes in the course of historical development. Most definitions are identical in two essential aspects of suicidal behavior. These are a voluntary individual's intention to terminate his life and a purposeful behaviour leading to death. Suicide is the conscious and intentional killing of oneself. About 95% of suicidal attempts are just acute intoxications by any amount or kind of a poisonous substance. Acute intoxication belongs to a group of serious conditions threatening human health and life. Acute poisoning is one of the frequent admission diagnoses in the Departments of anesthesiology and resuscitation and Intensive care units. 80% of poisonings are caused by drugs. Damage to the organism by ingesting a poisonous substance is the more significant the longer is the interval between the exposure to noxae and the professional medical assistance provision. For the future fate of the patient the medical equipment and the competence of health professionals who provide intensive care for these patients is crucial. After stabilization of all physiological functions, balancing inner environment of the patient and after the time that may have led to late complications of intoxication, the following phase of treatment is provided by psychological and psychiatric interventions. Determination of suicidal risk among the most common challenge in urgent psychiatry is suicide risk assessment. The aim is to prevent further suicide attempts. The objective of the thesis was to determine, with regard to the competence of nurses, the predominant character of patients´ experience after intoxication, and also the reasons for aggressive behavior of intoxicated patients towards the nursing staff. The third objective was to establish a standard of nursing care of intoxicated patients. The research was designed as explorative with the goal to map the nursing process in intoxicated patients and to provide information for the establishment of the standard of nursing care, which should include both somatic and psychological aspects. Quantitative and qualitative methods were combined. The outcomes of the thesis should lead to detection of the most frequent problems in nursing care for patients with intentional intoxication with suicidal tendency and the establishment of nursing standards to help improve the care of these patients.

La contractualisation est une tendance qui traverse de nombreuses branches du droit et cette thèse a pour objet d'en vérifier la pertinence et d'en déterminer la portée en droit du travail. Traduction d'une dynamique de normativité contractuelle, la contractualisation recouvre, en droit du travail, deux réalités. Elle est d'abord une contractualisation du rapport de travail. Principalement sous l'impulsion de la jurisprudence, la place normative du contrat individuel de travail doit être réévaluée parce que la norme contractuelle est valorisée par rapport à la norme statutaire et au pouvoir de l'employeur. Cette dynamique semble cependant parvenue à maturité et, plus encore, il importe d'accepter ses limites et son contrôle en raison de la finalité protectrice du droit du travail qu'il faut préserver. La contractualisation est aussi celle du droit du travail. C'est alors le rôle normatif du contrat collectif du travail qui subit une profonde transformation. On assiste en effet à une valorisation de la norme conventionnelle face à la norme étatique. Réelle et puissante, cette dynamique doit faire l'objet d'une meilleure compréhension et d'un vrai accompagnement. Il en va de sa légitimité et de sa pérennité. / Contracting is an often met trend in several fields of law and this PhD work aims at checking its relevance and making its impact clear in labour law. Contracting is the expression of a dynamics of creating a standard by contract and covers two facts in labour law. First of all it means contracting in individual relationships at work. The standard position of individual employment contract has to be reevaluated, especially under the spur of legal precedents. It has to be done because contractual standard has been developed compared with statutory standard and the employer's power. However, it seems that this dynamics has reached its maturity and besides, it is important to accept its limitations and supervision, considering that the first aim in labour law is protection, which must be guaranteed. Yet, contracting also means contracting of labour law. So, the standard function of collective agreement goes through a deep change. There is actually an increase of conventional standard facing state standard. This real and powerful dynamics should benefit from a better understanding and a proper control. Its legitimacy and pereenniality depend on it.

The aim of this thesis is to analyze the current level of financial education at secondary schools in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part of this thesis is focused on knowledge of financial education, financial literacy and Standard of the Financial Literacy. At the same time, the results of the international PISA 2012 survey are described here. The essence of the empirical part is a research project. The main objective of this research is to determine whether and how deeply secondary schools incorporate Standard of the Financial Literacy into their School Education Programs. On the basis of this survey, the conclusions as well as suggestions and recommendations for pedagogical practice are presented.

The introduction of standards in software development is more or less common practice today and regarding software for space applications, standards are one of the primary mechanisms to ensure a sufficient quality level. The space industry has special requirements in terms of reliability and dependability and the European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) standards is a tool used to fulfill them. The use of standards provides many benefits however it also comes with a compliance cost, in terms of, for example, additional documentation and activities. For making the right decisions on which development and quality assurance activities to focus on, it is important to know not only their added value but also their costs. In this paper a method is presented for a Cost of Standard Compliance Analysis (CoSCA) in software development. It consists of seven steps and is based on a model which divides the costs into four different types based on the actual reason for conducting activities required by the standard. The four different types of compliance cost are quality-adding, confidence-adding, adherence and development necessary costs. The adherence costs are those costs that are required by or follow from the use of a standard but do not add any immediate value to the functionality, quality or quality assurance of the software. As a result of a CoSCA analysis, the cost for complying with the standard for all the separate development activities is calculated. Initial results from applying the method to a company, that develops software for the space industry and complying with the ECSS standards, are presented. The result gives an indication of potential optimization possibilities and for the top ten adherence activities examples are presented. The evaluation showed that the method is practical and usable with an acceptable level of effort and that it helps pinpoint development activities with high adherence costs.