Logistics and activities by local governments aimed at protecting the population

Growing natural disasters, catastrophes, indrustry accidents, mass disasters and dangter of usingt modern technologies are reason for serious crisis situations when huge damages arise and there are also human victims in these affected areas. Above all local authorities and integrated rescue system give the first aid to the poeople there. Logistical operations are used to mitigate the impact of this crisis situations too. Also the thesis has got a purpose to find out and evaluate the security of population´s protection in communities with extended activity Tábor, Soběslav and Jindřichův Hradec, to find out their readiness and in this way to confirm or refute the research question. It was determined as follows: Is logistic and its acivities determined to secure the people in chosen communities with extended activity sufficient to manage crisis situations and emergencies? Nowadays huge attention is paid to population´s security. In the theoretical part of the thesis the necessary terminology is defined which goes through the whole work. Individual chapters are dedicated to the description of local government units and solutions of emergencies. In other capters the security of population is described there are legislation of warning, hiding, evacuation, emergency survival and demarcation of integrated rescue system. Logistical problems are described, its historical progress and in particular chapters there are logistical goals, logistical activities, logistic and population´s security.There is also defined a role of State fuel reserves, units of the volunteer firefihters and non governmental non profit organisations. Methodics of this thesis consisted in assemby of literary sources regarding given issues. Then legislation in force of the Czech republic was used. By processing the internet sources were used too above all to access to legislation in force in full and then oficiall websites of Home office of the Czhech Republic, State fuel reserves, Central government authorities which deal with given issues. Qualitative research where technical, material and financial security was regarded in chosen areas was used in this thesis. Structured interview with emergency managment personnel of communities with extended acivities were used for obtaining data where activities implemented within the municipality werwe observed not in terriorial scope of the commuinity with extended activity. For finding the state of readiness if the activities aimed at protection population in chosen communities are sufficient the comprehensive index of readiness was chosen. Subsequently analysis and comprasison of the issues were made. Based on the evaluation the recommendation for improvement of readiness of the chosen communities were suggested at the and of the thesis. Then own conclusion of the thesis inform about fulfillment of the stated objectives and based on results said in this thesis about positive answer to given search question

A structure of the training and competencies in psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Článek se zabývá strukturou vzdělávání v psychoanalytické psychoterapii (PAPT) a jejím propojením s kompetenčním modelem, který není v tomto PT směru v našich podmínkách příliš využíván. Pokouší se o načrtnutí jednotlivých kompetencí psychoanalytického terapeuta, které rozděluje na obecné, společné pro všechny PT směry zacházející s dlouhodobým terapeutickým vztahem, a na kompetence speciální, specifické pro psychoanalytickou či psychodynamickou psychoterapii. Popisuje, jak je konkrétní průběh výcviku v PAPT přizpůsoben důrazům na tyto specifické kompetence, zejména délkou a kontinuitou sebezkušenostní a následně i supervizní části. Získávání všech kompetencí v průběhu výcviku se pokouší přiřadit k jeho jednotlivým fázím. Zabývá se také vyhodnocením získaných kompetencí, probíhajícím zejména v náročné supervizní části výcviku. Začíná už rozhodnutím o připuštění kandidáta do této části, které není samozřejmostí.The paper deals with a structure of the training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (PAPT) and its connection with a competence model that has not been much used in this direction in our conditions. It attempts to outline individual competencies of a psychoanalytic psychotherapist divided into general competencies common for all psychotherapeutic approaches dealing with a longer-term therapeutic relationship, and special competencies specific for psychoanalytic (or psychodynamic) psychotherapy. It describes how a particular course of the training in PAPT is adapted to focus on these specific competencies, especially by length and continuity of self-experience and afterwards supervision part. It tries to assign attaining of all competencies to the individual phases of the training. It also discusses an evaluation of acquired competencies that takes place mainly in long supervision part of the training, beginning with a decision of admitting a candidate to this part of the training that is not taken for granted. Dana Holubová,Czech Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (www.cspap.cz), Praha, Czech Republic e-mail: [email protected]

Ways and means deluge wardships cities and municipality

Floods are natural phenomenon that can be hardly resisted and that represents the biggest direct danger aut of all natural disaters. They cause both emergencies, during which huge material damage supervenes and also casualties in flood-affected areas. Ecological damage and devastation of the affected land are also the results of floods. Floods cannot be prevented, however, their consequences can be avoided or diminished by effecient measures. Floddes pointed out the necessity to build up and to complete flood control facilities in flood-hazard areas

Security and the whistleblowing management system (WMS)

To ensure their security, organizations reach for more and more new solutions. They implement new co-management models based on the ideology of governance and Compliance Management System. One of the most important elements of the latter is the Whistleblowing Management System (hereinafter WMS), which can serve as an effective preventive barrier for an organization and a tool for collecting information from whistleblowers, verifying received information about violations of law and issuing recommendations on actions to be taken. Legal regulations being introduced in this area, both international and national, will not only allow greater access to whistleblowing channels for the majority of society but will also contribute to build a positive image of the whistleblower and increasing public awareness in this regard. Organizations are often exposed to activities that threaten their security in all dimensions. Starting with financial losses, through the most severe – image losses, or safety of the production line, safety of employees, physical and technical security of facilities. Therefore, it is important to conduct research that will indicate the possibilities of maximizing the use of whistleblowers to ensure the security of organizations and to propose improvements in this process, which should noticeably contribute to increasing the level of security, which in these times is a priority issue

Quality of life and coping strategies of outpatients with a depressive disorder in maintenance therapy – a cross-sectional study

Michaela Holubova,1,2 Jan Prasko,1 Marie Ociskova,1 Ales Grambal,1 Milos Slepecky,3 Marketa Marackova,1 Dana Kamaradova,1 Marta Zatkova3 1Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, 2Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic; 3Department of Psychology Sciences, Faculty of Social Science and Health Care, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra-Chrenova, Slovak Republic Background: The quality of life (QoL) is a multidimensional view that represents all aspects of patient well-being in various areas of patient life. Specific coping strategies may be connected to both the QoL and the severity of mental disorder. The aim of this investigation was to examine the relationship between the QoL and the coping strategies of outpatients with a depressive disorder.Methods: Eighty-two outpatients, who met the criteria of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, for a depressive disorder, were enrolled in the cross-sectional study. Data on sociodemographic and clinical variables were obtained from the medical records. Individuals filled the following standardized questionnaires: Quality of Life Satisfaction and Enjoyment Questionnaire, Stress Coping Style Questionnaire, and Clinical Global Impression. Multiple regression analyses with backward elimination were performed to discover the most influential factors contributing to QoL.Results: The participants with a depressive disorder showed an overuse of negative coping strategies, especially escape tendency and resignation. A positive self-instruction strategy was used by the patients less often. The coping strategies were significantly associated with the QoL. A more frequent use of positive coping strategies had a positive association with the QoL. The main factors related to QoL were the subjective severity of the disorder, employment, and positive coping strategies.Conclusion: The study confirmed the relationship between QoL and the coping strategies of outpatients with a depressive disorder. Keywords: coping strategies, quality of life, depressive disorder&nbsp

Cryptosporidium myocastoris n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae), the Species Adapted to the Nutria (Myocastor coypus)

Cryptosporidium spp., common parasites of vertebrates, remain poorly studied in wildlife. This study describes the novel Cryptosporidium species adapted to nutrias (Myocastor coypus). A total of 150 faecal samples of feral nutria were collected from locations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and examined for Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts and specific DNA at the SSU, actin, HSP70, and gp60 loci. Molecular analyses revealed the presence of C. parvum (n = 1), C. ubiquitum subtype family XIId (n = 5) and Cryptosporidium myocastoris n. sp. XXIIa (n = 2), and XXIIb (n = 3). Only nutrias positive for C. myocastoris shed microscopically detectable oocysts, which measured 4.8–5.2 × 4.7–5.0 µm, and oocysts were infectious for experimentally infected nutrias with a prepatent period of 5–6 days, although not for mice, gerbils, or chickens. The infection was localised in jejunum and ileum without observable macroscopic changes. The microvilli adjacent to attached stages responded by elongating. Clinical signs were not observed in naturally or experimentally infected nutrias. Phylogenetic analyses at SSU, actin, and HSP70 loci demonstrated that C. myocastoris n. sp. is distinct from other valid Cryptosporidium species

Distribution of CFTR mutations in the Czech population: Positive impact of integrated clinical and laboratory expertise, detection of novel/de novo alleles and relevance for related/derived populations

AbstractBackgroundThis two decade long study presents a comprehensive overview of the CFTR mutation distribution in a representative cohort of 600 Czech CF patients derived from all regions of the Czech Republic.MethodsWe examined the most common CF-causing mutations using the Elucigene CF-EU2v1™ assay, followed by MLPA, mutation scanning and/or sequencing of the entire CFTR coding region and splice site junctions.ResultsWe identified 99.5% of all mutations (1194/1200 CFTR alleles) in the Czech CF population. Altogether 91 different CFTR mutations, of which 20 were novel, were detected. One case of de novo mutation and a novel polymorphism was revealed.ConclusionThe commercial assay achieved 90.7%, the MLPA added 1.0% and sequencing increased the detection rate by 7.8%. These comprehensive data provide a basis for the improvement of CF DNA diagnostics and/or newborn screening in our country. In addition, they are relevant to related Central European populations with lower mutation detection rates, as well as to the sizeable North American “Bohemian diaspora”