"Worst thing about it is that it is a must..." Roma and the Education System in the Czech Republic

TITLE: "The worst thing about it is that it is a must…" Roma and the Education System in the Czech Republic AUTHOR: Mgr. Markéta Levínská, Ph.D. DEPARTMENT: Psychology SUPERVISOR: doc. PhDr. Miloš Kučera, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The dissertation thesis presents the results of ethnographic research conducted between 2005 and 2012. The theoretical part provides an analysis of the cognitive process and looks for causes of prejudiced thinking. The practical part presents a number of topical articles with the intention to present the issues relating to the education of Roma in the Czech Republic from different perspectives. The first article deals with the Czech legislation and with the position of the Czech government. The rest of the practical part is divided into two sections - the first section presents two sets of outputs from researches conducted in an urban Roma community. The first article titled Eliška analyses the identity of a representative of the local community; the other, titled Romanka, describes the transfer of a Roma girl from elementary school to practical school. The second section contains chapters presenting field research in excluded rural areas. The chapter A weekday in Alfa addresses the issues of emergence of socially excluded locations and relationship between the majority and the minority...

Additional file 3: of Elevated Ozone Deteriorates Grain Quality of Japonica Rice cv. Koshihikari, Even if it Does Not Cause Yield Reduction

Pasting properties of rice kernels of “Koshihikari” and “Kasalath”. The viscosity value at each temperature point is the average of three replications. The thin line indicates the change in temperature during measurement with a RVA. AA, ambient air; O3, elevated ozone. (TIF 11376 kb

Additional file 1: of Elevated Ozone Deteriorates Grain Quality of Japonica Rice cv. Koshihikari, Even if it Does Not Cause Yield Reduction

Visual images of dehulled kernels. Black and white arrowheads indicate severely chalky and almost translucent grains, respectively. AA, ambient air; O3, elevated ozone. (TIF 4577 kb

Regional variation in rice length and shape (length/width) of the three most popular varieties in the countries, states, and provinces of Asia.

<p>In some regions, more than one type of grains lengths and shapes are preferred. Colours represent length, and lines represent the shape. Additional information for other regions can be found in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0085106#pone-0085106-t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a>. Data were obtained from INQR representatives from each region.</p

Consumer preferences for aromatic rice for the countries, states, and provinces of Asia.

<p>In some regions, all popular rices are aromatic, in others, one or two is aromatic, and in some countries, aromatic rice is not popular. Additional information for other regions can be found in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0085106#pone-0085106-t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a>. Data were obtained from INQR representatives from each region.</p

A: Grains ordered from shortest to longest, showing different widths (mm) in each class except the extra-long class.

<p>B: Histogram showing the proportion of bold (black), medium (light grey) and slender (dark grey) grain shapes within each length class for all the popular rices discussed in the present paper.</p

Principal Components Analysis of the volatile metabolomic signature of the traditional indica varieties from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), basmati varieties from South Asia, and the sadri varieties from Iran.

<p>PC1 explains 27% and PC2 explains 21% of variation.</p

Size exclusion chromatograms of low (A), intermediate (B) and high (C) amylose varieties.

<p>Each curve is the average of ten different rice varieties from each end of the range in each class. In each class, those with high amylose are shown by the grey curves, and those with lower amylose are shown by the black curve. Chains of amylose elute before 14 min and amylopectin chains after 14 min.</p

Primers used to sequence <i>Wx</i> gene of low AAC varieties.

<p>Primers used to sequence <i>Wx</i> gene of low AAC varieties.</p

Consumer preferences for texture based on gel consistency values.

<p>In many countries and regions, gel consistency is not measured (grey). Additional information for the other regions can be found in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0085106#pone-0085106-t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a>. Data obtained from INQR representatives from each region.</p