The Perception of the Urbanized Areas in Case Study of the Town Rosice

This article deals with how the residents of the town Rosice perceive the surrounding landscape in aesthetic terms, how it affects them and which of the landscape components they find the most valuable and necessary to preserve for the next generations. This article briefly describes the essential characteristics as well as the landscape composition of the area in question. It summarizes the results of a sociological survey which was carried out in April 2015. The majority of respondents considered the town of Rosice to be a good place to liveand agreed that what they liked most were visual percepts of the area and the sites where panoramic views could be enjoyed. Those components which the residents of Rosice wished to preserve in the town of Rosice for the next generations is Chateau Rosice, Nejsvětější Trojice (the Holy Trinity) chapel, the Stone bridge, St. Martin's church, and the way of the Cross leading to the Holy Trinity chapel. The natural components that the respondents frequently mentioned included Rosická Obora (deer-park) wooded land, the park and garden adjacent to the Chateau, the way of the Cross lined with linden trees leading to the Holy Trinity chapel, and the river Bobrava. One of the most significant problems and threats to the countryside is, according to many respondents, the usurpation of land in the form of residential and commercial development.O

Recreational Activities, Practices and Attitudes of Visitors to the Protected Landscape Areas as a Basis for Resolving Conflicts of Recreation and Nature Protection

The article presents the views and needs of visitors on a model example of a protected landscape area Moravian Karst. It analyses their view of nature conservation as a factor in the development of tourism and recreation. The results also present the habits and activities of visitors in relation to potential and actual impacts of recreation on protected areas and ecosystems. Methodology of the work is based on a standard questionnaire survey, conducted in the summer and autumn of 2013. Together with the management of the Moravian Karst locations with intense traffic were selected. These locations were then analysed by visible manifestations and impacts of recreational activities on the site

Religious Tourism in the South-Moravian and Zlín Regions: Proposal for Three New Pilgrimage Routes

Tento článek obsahuje výsledky výzkumu náboženského turismu v Jihomoravském a Zlínském kraji. Cílem výzkumu bylo identifikovat nové poutní trasy. Metodologie výzkumu byla založena na terénním dotazníkovém šetření a zpracování koncepční strategie náboženského a kulturního turismu. Terénního dotazníkového šetření se zúčastnilo 1222 respondentů. Výsledky ukazují, že 58 % respondentů si pod pojmem „poutní turistika“ představuje návštěvu poutních míst, nejen věřícími. Přitom 43 % respondentů se nikdy žádné pouti nezúčastnilo. V koncepci zaměřené na zhodnocení turistického potenciálu vytipovaných lokalit jsou navrženy 3 nové poutní trasy: 1) Vranov - Křtiny - Velehrad; 2) Mikulov - Břeclav - Mikulčice (propojení Svatojakubské cesty a Evropské kulturní stezky sv. Cyrila a Metoděje) a 3) Radhošť - Rajnochovice - Svatý Hostýn

Monitoring of biogenic amines in cheeses manufactured at small-scale farms and in fermented dairy products in the Czech Republic

The aim of the study was the monitoring of six biogenic amines (histamine, tyramine, phenylethylamine, tryptamine, putrescine, and cadaverine) and two polyamines (spermidine and spermine) in 112 samples of dairy products purchased in the Czech Republic, namely in 55 cheeses made in small-scale farms and in 57 fermented dairy products. The products were tested at the end of their shelf-life period. Neither tryptamine nor phenylethylamine was detected in the monitored samples; histamine was found only in four cheese samples containing up to 25 mg/kg. The contents of spermine and spermidine were low and did not exceed the values of 35 mg/kg. Significant amounts of tyramine, putrescine, and cadaverine occurred especially in cheeses produced from ewe's milk or in long-term ripened cheeses. In about 10% of the tested cheeses, the total concentration of all the monitored biogenic amines and polyamines exceeded the level of 200 mg/kg, which can be considered toxicologically significant. In fermented dairy products, the tested biogenic amines occurred in relatively low amounts (generally up to 30 mg/kg) that are regarded safe for the consumer's health. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

A European collection of the Critical Thinking skills and dispositions needed in different professional fields for the 21st century

Within the scope of the project CRITHINKEDU, this report provides an overall analysis of the understanding of Critical Thinking (CT) by employers and establishes similarities and differences in its expression, need and practical application at the workplace. Adopting a qualitative research methodology, 32 focus groups were conducted enrolling 189 professionals from 9 European countries. The focus groups comprised graduates from 4 different professional fields, namely Biomedical Sciences, STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), Social Sciences and the Humanities. Based on the Facione’ theoretical framework (Facione, 1990), key findings are in line with previous studies (Jones, 2009; Jones, 2010; Grace & Orrock, 2015; Sin, Jones & Wang, 2015), suggesting that CT is widely understood and interpreted as a set of interdependent skills and dispositions that are unquestionably needed in recent graduates. This is due to today’s labour market and societal demands, although with slight differences in their practical application which vary across professional fields. For professionals, ideal Critical Thinker employees hold a well-educated way of thinking, fed by the motivation and willingness to learn and improve, anchored on a set of interdependent cognitive and propensive aspects allowing them not only to anticipate and be ready for any situation, but also to regulate and monitor their own thinking and behaviour during the process. These findings suggest that CT seeks for strong propensity elements (e.g., dispositions and attitudes) and arises from experience, lifelong learning, effort and persistence, dealing with long-term goals and development. Additionally, CT is frequently associated with problem-solving and decision-making purposes, and its application depends not only on a stand-alone ability, but also in the convergence and inter-connectedness of several other skills and dispositions out of the applied framework, such as proactivity, adaptability, creativity, emotional maturity, communication and teamwork. In Biomedical Sciences, for Health professionals, CT requires clinical reasoning that understands the thinking over different aspects of healthcare and wellbeing, in order to obtain a plausible decision regarding prevention, diagnosis or treatment of a specific patient, taking into account different ethical concerns. In STEM, for Engineering and ICT professionals, CT requires thinking about problems and different approaches to achieve the best solutions attending to the needs, goals and expectations of a specific customer. In Social Sciences, for Education, Administration and Tourism professionals, CT is seen as a desirable set of skills and dispositions for professional improvement and brings an added responsibility especially to teachers and educators, affecting directly the development and learning of future citizens, assuming themselves as the key agents of this modeling process. In the Humanities, for professionals from Arts and Culture, CT is expressed by the thinking about reality, about what is around the actor and the audience, and through this observation and thought modify that reality transforming it into an artistic object/expression. CRITHINKEDU - Critical Thinking Across the European Higher Education Curricula vi A European collection of the Critical Thinking skills and dispositions needed in different professional fields for the 21st century Finally, and resulting in the main outcome and novelty of the current report, we present a proposal for a “European Inventory of Critical Thinking skills and dispositions for the 21st century". This inventory is constituted not only by a list of different CT skills and dispositions categorized upon the applied framework according to its overall interpretation by professionals, but also attending to their specific understanding in the different professional fields, linking them to the tendencies, differences and context- based scenarios which better illustrate their practical application and needs within the fields. Rather than guiding teachers and higher education institutions on how to teach or promote CT, this inventory aims to provide them with a consistent basis of needed skills and dispositions in main professions that can be useful to define new learning objectives, goals and outcomes, leading to adaptations that can be incorporated into the existing European university curricula. Additionally, we also expect to support organizations and human resources in the design of internal training programs to attend existing needs, as well as to identify future graduates for recruitment. Some issues were encountered when conducting this study. They relate to design of the research methodology (the use of a qualitative research approach can’t lead to generalized results), the research sample (e.g., background or the experience of the representatives from the diverse professional fields), or even the data analysis procedures (e.g., language barriers in the process of data translation, difficulties to assign and categorize some quotes per certain skills and/or dispositions). However, having worked across multiple disciplines in 9 countries, it was felt that these represented minor constraints. In overcoming these, the team established report objectives and obtained valid information on the labour market needs towards CT skills and dispositions in newer graduates.nrpages: 64status: publishe