The Concept of Violence in Kobold, a Novel by Radka Denemarková

Diplomová práce s názvem Koncept násilí v románu Radky Denemarkové Kobold. Přebytky něhy. Přebytky lidí. se zabývá zkoumáním reprezentace násilí ve vybraném literárním textu české autorky z hlediska genderové analýzy. Nedílnou součástí diplomové práce je literární styl "ženského psaní", v němž je dvojromán Kobold. Přebytky něhy. Přebytky lidí. napsán. Analýza je provedena v kontextu feministických literárních teorií. Práce tudíž vychází primárně z metody tzv. vzdorného čtení, jež je neoddělitelně spojena se jménem Judith Fetterley, a umožňuje nám na text nahlédnout kriticky bez automatického přejímání autorského konceptu. Dalšími nedílnými pilíři této diplomové práce budou díla literárních teoretiků/ček Pam Morris, Elaine Showalter, Jana Matonohy či Hélène Cixous. Klíčová slova: gender, vzdorné čtení, "ženské psaní", násilíThe master's thesis The Concept of Violence in Kobold, a Novel by Radka Denemarková inquires into a representation of violence in the selected literary text, written by a Czech author, from the perspective of gender analysis. Integral part of the master's thesis is the writing style "feminine writing", in which the double-novel Kobold is written. The analysis is carried out in the context of feminist literary theories. The work is therefore based on the concept of resistant reading, which is inseparably associated with the name of Judith Fetterley, and which allows us to examine the text without being influenced by the author's concept. Other inseparable pillars of this master's thesis are the works of literary theorists Pam Morris, Elain Showalter, Jan Matonoha and Hélène Cixous. Keywords: gender, resistant reading, "feminine writing", violenceKatedra genderových studiíDepartment of Gender StudiesFaculty of HumanitiesFakulta humanitních studi

Long-term Observation of Yeelimite Clinker Hydration in Environment of Saturated Water Vapour

Due to ecological overloading decrease, industrial by-products are utilized. Fly ash also belongs among these by-products. In Portland-composite cements, the high-temperature fly ash is applied nowadays, but fluidized bed combustion fly ash (FBC fly ash) is not used. The reason is that the FBC fly ash hydrates to form an undesirable ettringite, C3A.3CaSO4.32H2O. Decomposition temperature of ettringite in ambient conditions is most often mentioned in a range of 50 °C to 110 °C. In order to assess the ettringite long-term stability, ettringite was synthesized by hydration of mineral yeelimite, 3CaO.3Al2O3.CaSO4. The aim of this paper is long-term observation of the hydration of yeelimite in environment of saturated water vapour and examination of how stable the products of hydration are under given conditions. Raw materials for preparation of yeelimite were gypsum, limestone and corundum, weighed according to stoichiometric ratio of yeelimite. The mixture was heated at temperature of 1200 °C, soak 3 hours. After quenching and grinding, yeelimite was hydrated with a water-yeelimite ratio of 0.3. The system was cured as pastes and stored in conditions at laboratory temperature and in settings of saturated water vapour (100% R.H.). In order to follow the progress of synthesis regularly, namely up to age of 180 days of hydration, X-ray diffraction (XRD) was chosen using diffractometer Empyrean PANalytical (CuK-alpha). Based on the XRD patterns, only minor part of ettringite was formed, whilst a majority of yeelimite was preserved. It has been found that ettringite was not the only one product of yeelimite hydration. From an age of 20 days of hydration, a small amount of monosulfate was identified, whose quantity rose gradually. Especially at later ages of hydration, transformation of ettringite into monosulfate was observed

Co-Mn-Al mixed oxides promoted by K for direct NO decomposition: Effect of preparation parameters

Fundamental research on direct NO decomposition is still needed for the design of a sufficiently active, stable and selective catalyst. Co-based mixed oxides promoted by alkali metals are promising catalysts for direct NO decomposition, but which parameters play the key role in NO decomposition over mixed oxide catalysts? How do applied preparation conditions affect the obtained catalyst's properties? Co4MnAlOx mixed oxides promoted by potassium calcined at various conditions were tested for direct NO decomposition with the aim to determine their activity, stability and selectivity. The catalysts were prepared by co-precipitation of the corresponding nitrates and subsequently promoted by KNO3. The catalysts were characterized by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS)/inductive coupled plasma (ICP), X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS), XRD, N-2 physisorption, temperature programmed desorption of CO2 (TPD-CO2), temperature programmed reduction by hydrogen (TPR-H-2), species-resolved thermal alkali desorption (SR-TAD), work function measurement and STEM. The preparation procedure affects physico-chemical properties of the catalysts, especially those that are associated with the potassium promoter presence. The addition of K is essential for catalytic activity, as it substantially affects the catalyst reducibility and basicity-key properties of a deNO catalyst. However, SR-TAD revealed that potassium migration, redistribution and volatilization are strongly dependent on the catalyst calcination temperature-higher calcination temperature leads to potassium stabilization. It also caused the formation of new phases and thus affected the main properties-S-BET, crystallinity and residual potassium amount.Web of Science97art. no. 59

The Physiology and Proteomics of Drought Tolerance in Maize: Early Stomatal Closure as a Cause of Lower Tolerance to Short-Term Dehydration?

Understanding the response of a crop to drought is the first step in the breeding of tolerant genotypes. In our study, two maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes with contrasting sensitivity to dehydration were subjected to moderate drought conditions. The subsequent analysis of their physiological parameters revealed a decreased stomatal conductance accompanied by a slighter decrease in the relative water content in the sensitive genotype. In contrast, the tolerant genotype maintained open stomata and active photosynthesis, even under dehydration conditions. Drought-induced changes in the leaf proteome were analyzed by two independent approaches, 2D gel electrophoresis and iTRAQ analysis, which provided compatible but only partially overlapping results. Drought caused the up-regulation of protective and stress-related proteins (mainly chaperones and dehydrins) in both genotypes. The differences in the levels of various detoxification proteins corresponded well with the observed changes in the activities of antioxidant enzymes. The number and levels of up-regulated protective proteins were generally lower in the sensitive genotype, implying a reduced level of proteosynthesis, which was also indicated by specific changes in the components of the translation machinery. Based on these results, we propose that the hypersensitive early stomatal closure in the sensitive genotype leads to the inhibition of photosynthesis and, subsequently, to a less efficient synthesis of the protective/detoxification proteins that are associated with drought tolerance

Counterurbanization from participants' point of view

Studium humanitní vzdělanosti - Společenskovědní modulLiberal Arts and Humanities - Social Sciences ModuleFaculty of HumanitiesFakulta humanitních studi

The Concept of Violence in Kobold, a Novel by Radka Denemarková

The master's thesis The Concept of Violence in Kobold, a Novel by Radka Denemarková inquires into a representation of violence in the selected literary text, written by a Czech author, from the perspective of gender analysis. Integral part of the master's thesis is the writing style "feminine writing", in which the double-novel Kobold is written. The analysis is carried out in the context of feminist literary theories. The work is therefore based on the concept of resistant reading, which is inseparably associated with the name of Judith Fetterley, and which allows us to examine the text without being influenced by the author's concept. Other inseparable pillars of this master's thesis are the works of literary theorists Pam Morris, Elain Showalter, Jan Matonoha and Hélène Cixous. Keywords: gender, resistant reading, "feminine writing", violenc

Counterurbanization from participants' point of view

Studium humanitní vzdělanosti - Společenskovědní modulLiberal Arts and Humanities - Social Sciences ModuleFaculty of HumanitiesFakulta humanitních studi

Nursing Care for an Extremely Premature Newborn

Ústav teorie a praxe ošetřovatelství 1. LF UK v PrazeInstitute of Theory and Practice of Nursing First Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague1. lékařská fakultaFirst Faculty of Medicin

The Site Occupancy Assessment in Beryl Based on Bond-Length Constraints

The site preference for each cation and site in beryl based on bond-length calculations was determined and compared with analytical data. Tetrahedral SiO4 six-membered rings normally have no substitutions which results from very compact Si4+–O bonds in tetrahedra. Any substitution except Be would require significant tetrahedral ring distortion. The Be tetrahedron should also be negligibly substituted based on the bond-valence calculation; the tetrahedral Li–O bond length is almost 20% larger than Be2+–O. Similar or smaller bond lengths were calculated for Cr3+, V3+, Fe3+, Fe2+, Mn3+, Mg2+, and Al3+, which can substitute for Be but also can occupy a neighboring tetrahedrally coordinated site which is completely vacant in the full Be occupancy. The octahedral site is also very compressed due to dominant Al with short bond lengths; any substitution results in octahedron expansion. There are two channel sites in beryl: the smaller 2b site can be occupied by Na+, Ca2+, Li+, and REE3+ (Rare Earth Elements); Fe2+ and Fe3+ are too small; K+, Cs+, Rb+, and Ba2+ are too large. The channel 2a-site average bond length is 3.38 Å which allows the presence of simple molecules such as H2O, CO2, or NH4 and the large-sized cations-preferring Cs+

Analysis of the pedagogical aspects of academic stress research at university: A systematic review

The objective of this professional text is to create a review study covering the phenomenon of academic stress. For this purpose, the method of analysing available sources from the Web of Science and SCOPUS databases was used. In total, 38 academic sources were identified that focused on researching academic stress amongst higher education students. For the selected studies, we analysed the context of the research, research concept and the recommendations given by these studies. In addition to this analysis, we also produce a SWOT analysis looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the research surveys alongside the opportunities and threats for further investigations. © 2022, North American Business Press. All rights reserved