Heterogeneity and segmentation of participants on the Czech foreign exchange market

The work focuses on the history and development of the foreign exchange market, and consequently the overall characteristics of the foreign exchange market. Then this work compares retail and wholesale foreign exchange market. In examining the volume and structure of the turnover on the foreign exchange market. Access to the information of individual entities, where wholesale participants have a huge benefit because of the many advantages, mainly financial benefits. Determining whether the market is centralized or decentralized, it depends on the subject, retail market is decentralized and wholesale is centralized. It was also examined the behavior of the marginal individual entities, there are large differences between small and large entities. And that's also true for their influence, but to this I came up with Noise Trader theory, which shows that the situation can be reversed and retail traders streamlines the market. The work points out that problem when retail market penetrate on the wholesale market. And finally, the work offers insights into the problem of the missing middle market, or a stronger segmentation of market. The last point is the nightly news, and how individuals respond to them

Cryptocurrencies, their comparison with money and alternative investments

Práce se zaměřuje na kryptoměny, jejich srovnání s penězi a alternativními investicemi. Nejprve podává základní informace o blockchainu pro pochopení problematiky kryptoměn. Zkoumá historický vývoj ceny Bitcoinu pomocí technické a fundamentální analýzy. Zabývá se i alternativními kryptoměnami neboli altcoiny a také analýzou tržní kapitalizace. Následně Bitcoin srovnává s penězi pomocí funkcí a vlastností peněz. Porovnány jsou ale i vlastnosti a specifika jednotlivých trhů, jako je regulace, kriminalita, velkoobchodní subjekty ad. a také místa výskytu; Toto vše pro zjištění, kam kryptoměny zařadit, a rozhodnutí, zdali je můžeme považovat za měnu. Další částí je srovnání kryptoměn s tradičními trhy, jako jsou akciové a komoditní trhy, s pomocí korelační matice a informací, kterých jsem nabyl v průběhu zkoumání. Následně srovnává i alternativní investice v podobě automobilových veteránů, umění a nemovitostí. Část práce je věnována osobním zkušenostem z obchodování Bitcoinu a altcoinů.The thesis focuses on cryptocurrencies, their comparison with money and alternative investments. At first, it provides basic information about blockchain for understanding the topic of cryptocurrencies. It examines the historical price development of the Bitcoin with technical and fundamental analysis. It also deals with alternative cryptocurrencies – altcoins, as well as analysis of market capitalization. The thesis compares Bitcoin with money through the functions and properties of money. However, the characteristics and specificities of individual markets, such as regulation, crime, wholesalers, etc. and places of occurrence are also compared.; All this to find out where the cryptocurrencies belong and to decide whether we can treat them as a currency. Another part is the comparison of cryptocurrencies with traditional markets, such as stock and commodity markets, with the help of a correlation matrix and the information I have acquired during the research. Thesis then compares alternative investments in the form of automotive veterans, art and real estate. Part of the work is devoted to the personal experience of trading Bitcoin and altcoins

Towards a biocompatible artificial lung: Covalent functionalization of poly(4-methylpent-1-ene) (TPX) with cRGD pentapeptide

Covalent multistep coating of poly(methylpentene), the membrane material in lung ventilators, by using a copper-free “click” approach with a modified cyclic RGD peptide, leads to a highly biocompatible poly(methylpentene) surface. The resulting modified membrane preserves the required excellent gas-flow properties while being densely seeded with lung endothelial cells