Balancing of hydraulic machines

Tato bakalářská práce je odbornou rešerší, zabývající se problematikou statického a dynamického vyvažování rotorů. První část této práce slouží k vymezení základních pojmů spojených s problematikou vyvažování. Dále se v této práci pojednává o typech nevývah a obecných metodách vyvažování, přičemž poslední část je věnována popisu a funkci zařízení, sloužících k řešení statické a dynamické nevyváženosti v praxi.This bachelor’s thesis is technical research dealing with issues of static and dynamic balancing of rotors. The first part of this work is devoted to explaining basic concepts associated with problems of balancing. As for the next part, this work defines types of imbalances and basic methods of balancing. The last part is devoted to describing machines for static and dynamic balancing and their operation in practice.

Dekonsolidace demokracie ve Venezuela: rozklad stranického systému, neo-populismus a repolitizace ozbrojených sil

Disertační práce PhDr. Radek Buben Dekonsolidace demokracie ve Venezuele: rozklad stranického systému, neo-populismus a repolitizace ozbrojených sil Disertační práce Dekonsolidace demokracie ve Venezuele: rozklad stranického systému, neo- populismus a repolitizace ozbrojených sil se věnuje procesu dekonsolidace demokracie ve Venezuele v letech 1973-1993. Studie kombinuje teoretické a komparativní přístupy vycházející především z institucionální komparativní politologie (v případě analýzy systémových a institucionálních okolností analyzovaného procesu), historické sociologie a politické teorie (v případě studia fenoménu populismu a neo-populismu) a přístupy standardní historické analýzy politických procesů v konkrétním vymezeném období. V teoretické části se text zaměřuje na problematiku demokracie v Latinské Americe, na otázky typů politických režimů a institucionalizace stranických systémů, vojensko-civilních vztahů a na problematiku tzv. prokletí ropných zdrojů. Podstatnou část teoretického oddílu tvoří rozbor fenoménu populismu, jeho definice a dosavadního bádání o něm. Historická část je vymezena vytvořením petro-státu a bipartismu na stranické úrovni v roce 1973 a rozpadem tohoto systému v roce 1993, kdy vlastní strana odvolala prezidenta Carlose Andrése Péreze, autora politicky neúspěšné...Thesis PhDr. Radek Buben Deconsolidation of Venezuelan Democracy: Erosion of the Party System, Neo-Populism, and Repoliticization of the Armed Forces The thesis Deconsolidation of Venezuelan Democracy: Erosion of the Party System, Neo- Populism, and Repoliticization of the Armed Forces addresses the process of deconsolidation of democracy in Venezuela between 1973 and 1993. The analysis is based on both theoretical and comparative approach embedded notably in institutional comparative political science (analysis of systemic and institutional conditions of the analyzed process), historical sociology and political theory (phenomena of populism and neo-populism) and approaches of traditional historical analysis of political process in a particular period of time. The theoretical part of the text is focused on the issue of democracy in Latin America in general. More concretely, it concerns with typologies of political regimes, institutionalization of party systems, civil-military relations and the so-called resources curse theory. The great deal of the text covers analysis of populism, its definition and the existing research of the phenomenon. The starting point of the empirical part presents the establishment of the petrostate and bipartism in 1973. The analysis ends with the decomposition of the...Středisko ibero-amerických studiíCentre for Ibero-American StudiesFilozofická fakultaFaculty of Art

Unamuno on making oneself indispensable and having the strength to long for immortality

Philosophy of Knowledge and Cognitio

The Dark Side of Desire: Nietzsche, Transhumanism, and Personal Immortality

Philosophy of Knowledge and CognitionGlobal Challenges (FGGA

Conflict Resolution among Students

Pojava sukoba u razredu nije ni neuobičajena niti neočekivana, a susreće ih se svakodnevno, u različitim situacijama i među različitim dobnim i spolnim skupinama. Ovim se radom daje uvid u problematiku sukoba među učenicima nižih razreda osnovne škole. U prvom se dijelu iznose teorijska saznanja o obilježjima sukoba te mogućim načinima njihova rješavanja, dok se u drugom dijelu navode i objašnjavaju rezultati empirijskog istraživanja provedenog među učiteljima razredne nastave. U sklopu empirijskog istraživanja iznose se rezultati kvalitativnog istraživanja provedenog na uzorku od desetoro učitelja i učiteljica razredne nastave u četvrtim razredima osnovnih škola na području grada Zagreba. Učitelje/ice se ispituje o uzrocima, vrstama i oblicima sukoba, načinima rješavanja sukoba, učeničkim pokušajima samostalnog rješavanja sukoba, uključivanja učitelja kao posrednika te vođenju evidencije o pojavnosti sukoba.Emergence of conflicts within a classroom is neither unusual nor unexpected, and they can be encountered on a daily basis, in various situations and among different age and sex groups. This thesis provides an insight into the issue of conflict emergence among students attending lower grades of elementary school. The first section of the thesis presents theoretical knowledge of characteristics of conflict and possible means of resolving them, while the second part states and elaborates the results of an empirical research conducted among class teachers. The results of qualitative study conducted on the sample of 10 fourth grade elementary class teachers in Zagreb are presented within the empirical research. Teachers are interviewed about causes and types of conflicts, methods of resolving conflicts, students’ attempts to independently resolve their conflicts, teachers’ involvement as mediators, and documenting the appearance of conflicts

Personal Immortality in Transhumanism and Ancient Indian Philosophy

Global Challenges (FGGA

Rozdwojone wybory urzędników ziemskich na sejmiku elekcyjnym województwa nowo-gródzkiego 5 lutego 1777 roku

The Split Elections of Land Officials at the Regional Diet of the Nowogród Province on 5 February 1777On 3 February 1777 the Nowogród Candlemas diet began its sessions. The sessions were to take place in accordance with the legal norms established at the convocation diet of 1764, according to which election diets to land offices on the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were to take place immediately after the local Candlemas diets, without the need to issue any additional proclamations for their organisation. The elective land offices included, among others, the office of marshal, chamberlain, standard-bearer, land judges, as well as the land scribe. The candidates to the above posts were to be elected by the majority of votes. Moreover, the old law which bade electors to choose from among four candidates to a single office had been done away with. From now on, the constitution introduced the law whereby only one candidate to an office was to be presented and subsequently after his election, confirmed by the royal prerogative. The above legal norms had been confirmed by the coronation diet of 1764 as well as by the Warsaw diet of 1768. At the Nowogród diet, the main struggle had taken place between the supporters of court treasurer Antoni Tyzenhauz, and the Nowogród voivode Józef Niesiołowski. It was judge Michał Krzyszyłowski who stood at the helm of the Tyzenhauz party in the Nowogród province; the latter had supporters among land officials as well as the “Radziwiłł” gentry. Contrary to its opponents, Józef Niesiołowski’s faction did not enjoy a widespread popularity and was supported mainly by urban officials. The voivode was also supported by the Lithuanian deputy chancellor of the treasury Joachim Litawor Chreptowicz. The split in the diet had occurred on 5 February, that is on the third day of sessions, during the election of the following land officials: chamberlain, land judge and land  scribe. Each of the sides was interested, above all, in the election of its own candidate thanks to which one of the parties would become considerably stronger in a given province.During the election diet of 5 February, at which the opening address was delivered by Józef Niesiołowski, it was Józef Obuchowicz who became elected chamberlain, whereas Adam Wojniłowicz who up until now had held the office of equerry, was elected land judge. Kazimierz Haraburda who earlier on had held the post of treasurer and city judge, now became the land scribe. During this election Krzyszyłowski’s supporters decided to separate from the main diet and set up a separate diet in order to elect their own candidates to the vacant land offices. The main explanation of this decision was that, contrary to earlier arrangements, the Nowogród voivode began the diet sessions earlier than originally planned, which according to his opponents, allowed him to elect his own candidates to the vacant posts. At the other diet, organized by the supporters of Tyzenhauz, it was Jan Niezabitowski who was elected chamberlain, whereas his former post of standard-bearer was to be taken over by Chryzostom Rdułtowski. Former cup-bearer Franciszek Jabłoński was elected to the post of land judge, whereas Michał Rejtan who was formerly city judge in Smoleńsk was now elected land scribe.In the effect of the split elections, the opposing factions issued manifestos and letters addressed to Antoni Tyzenhauz and king Stanisław August Poniatowski who supported the activity of the Lithuanian court treasurer. In the above letters, their authors pleaded with Antoni Tyzenhauz and the king to approve of their candidate to the vacant land offices. Each of the opposing parties stated that it had secured the support of a greater number of electors in the Nowogród province. In the letters, their authors had quoted the right to elect officials with the majority of votes which – as I had stated earlier, had been passed by the Act introduced by the coronation diet in 1764, only to be confirmed by the constitutions of the 1768 diet. At the same time, in a series of mutual accusations, the authors of the letters had stated that in the lauds, there were signatures of persons who did not belong to the nobility.Because the methods which were resorted to by the supporters of the Lithuanian court treasurer seemed to be contrary to the existing law, king Stanisław August strove to appease the conflict in a conciliatory way. What contributed directly to such a solution was the death of Michał Krzyszłowski in February 1777. The office of land judge which had been vacated by him, contributed to the break-up of unity in the camp of the Nowogród voivode; the post had ultimately been offered to the equerry Adam Wojniłowicz who decided to resign from further struggle. In time, the policy of exerting pressure and offering promises to the other candidates to the offices from the Niesiołowski party began to bring about positive results. Whereas the town judge, Kazimierz Ignacy Harabuda who strove to obtain the office of land scribe, also agreed to resign from this office in favour of his brother-in-law Michał Rejtan. In March, the only remaining provincial candidate who refused to agree to the above-presentedconditions, was Józef Obuchowicz; yet seeing no point in continuing further struggle, he had to come to terms with the defeat. The resignation of the other candidates from further struggle led to divisions within the party of the Nowogród voivode and consequently to putting an end to the issue of split elections. The court resigned fromconducting a second round of election diets in the Nowogród province. The king decided to grant privileges to the offices for candidates representing the camp of the Lithuanian court treasurer.One of the reasons of the victory of Antoni Tyzenhauz was the support which was granted to him by the Vilnius voivode Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł “Panie Kochanku”. In this situation, the gentry from the former Radziwiłł camp also began to support the court. Among the most important representatives of this camp, we find the following families: the Rdułtowski, the Niezabitowski, the Jabłoński, the Korsak, the Siemiradzki and the Płaskowicki family; it was the above families that formed the main kernel of the pro-royalist faction. Although it was contrary to the existing legislation, during the diet sessions, Antoni Tyzenhauz also relied on the votes of thegentry inhabiting the lands in the Nieświerz region. He was also very well acquainted with the moves and decisions of the Nowogród voivode and of his supporters as the letters and documents sent by the latter to Stanisław August and his supporters were copied and sent to the Lithuanian court treasurer. On the other hand, the Lithuanian court treasurer acted in a similar way, as he informed the chief leaders of Krzyszyłowski’s party about the actions and activities undertaken by Józef Niesiołowski.The newly appointed chamberlain Jan Niezabitowski, as well as standard-bearer Chryzostom Rdułtowski, land judge Franciszek Jabłoński and land scribe Michał Rejtan had strengthened the position of the court treasurer in the Nowogród province even more. It gave the latter an even bigger chance to promote the election of pro-royalist candidates for deputies to the Chief Lithuanian Tribunal, as well as deputies to the general diets of the Polish Commonwealth of Nations

Validity of the Beck Depression Inventory among women with HIV engaged in care: Implications for transdiagnostic psychiatry in HIV treatment

Major depressive disorder is highly prevalent among women with HIV and is associated with decreased antiretroviral therapy adherence and increased risk of mortality. As major depressive disorder often goes undiagnosed among women with HIV, one proposed solution to this problem has been to establish routine depression screening and integrated psychiatric care as part of HIV treatment. However, the high prevalence of other psychiatric and substance use disorders among women with HIV complicates the accurate diagnosis of major depressive disorder, as depressive symptoms are common across these distinct disorders with varying treatment recommendations. While previous studies have validated screening tools, such as the Beck Depression Inventory, for major depressive disorder among women with HIV, none have addressed the extent to which the presence of these other conditions results in psychiatric misdiagnosis. This thesis addresses this gap by examining the impact of psychiatric disorders and substance use behaviors on the validity of the Beck Depression Inventory in screening for major depressive disorder among women with HIV. Women in our sample were engaged in care at the Johns Hopkins HIV Clinic and were recruited between April 2006 and July 2010 to join a trial of a brief intervention for hazardous alcohol use. Using baseline trial data, we compare women’s Beck Depression Inventory scores to their major depressive disorder diagnosis obtained from a structured clinical interview and calculate sensitivity and specificity in the full study population and stratified by post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis, bipolar affective disorder diagnosis, and alcohol use risk classification. Beck Depression Inventory sensitivity and specificity were 65% and 75% overall. Sensitivity was higher among women with current (79%) or lifetime (74%) PTSD compared to those without a current (55%) or lifetime (53%) diagnosis. Sensitivity did not vary by alcohol use risk classification. Specificity was higher among women without current (78%) or lifetime (81%) PTSD, without BPAD (78%), or with low-risk alcohol use (80%), and lower among women with these diagnoses (59%, 66%, 62%) or with hazardous alcohol use (68%). We discuss the implications of these results for transdiagnostic psychiatry in HIV care and highlight the need for evaluating major depressive disorder in the context of other psychiatric and behavioral factors prevalent among women with HIV