Social integration of Czechs and Slovaks working in Taiwan

The aim of the diploma thesis is focused on providing a thorough insight into the process of integration of Czechs and Slovacs working in Taiwan in 4 dimensions of integration (structural, cultural, interactive, identificational) from the point of view of the migrants themselves and considering the psychological aspects as well. Another aim is to identify determinants possibly facilitating the whole process, and related obstacles, too. To meet the aims of the thesis, a qualitative research has been conducted on the basis of semi-structured interviews. Twelve interviewees took part in these interviews. The findings from the interviews suggest for example that despite participation in the labour market, the nature of their work experience was sometimes illegal, and therefore problematic. Survey also suggests related key obstacles of their integration process such as language barrier and cultural differences. Attitude of the majority society, access to institutional system and social networks were rather contributory factors. Keywords acculturation - dimensions of social integration - psychological acculturation - social integration - TaiwanTato diplomová práce se zabývá integrací pracujících Čechů a Slováků na Taiwanu. Cílem tohoto výzkumu je přiblížení integračního procesu, probíhajícího ve 4 dimenzích této integrace - strukturální, kulturní, interaktivní, identifikační, a to na mikroúrovni, která nabízí pochopení toho procesu také z pohledu psychologických aspektů. Cílem je také identifikace faktorů, které podporují nebo naopak znesnadňují celý tento proces. Výzkum je založen na metodě kvalitativního rozhovoru, přičemž do šetření bylo zařazeno celkem 12 informantů. Ačkoliv byla určitá míra integrace ve strukturální sféře očekávaná vzhledem ke skutečnosti, že zkušenost na tamním trhu práce byla jedním z hlavních kritérií pro zařazení do výzkumu, problematickým faktorem se jevila především nelegální povaha některých pracovních vztahů. Za hlavní překážky byly identifikovány jazyková a kulturní bariéra. Jako podpůrné faktory celého tohoto procesu můžeme vymezit postoj majoritní společnosti a nastavení institucionálního systému. Významné byly též sociální sítě. Klíčová slova akulturace - dimenze sociální integrace - psychologické aspekty integrace - sociální integrace - TaiwanDepartment of Social Geography and Regional Develop.Katedra sociální geografie a region. rozvojePřírodovědecká fakultaFaculty of Scienc

DNA hypomethylation and aberrant expression of the human endogenous retrovirus ERVWE1/syncytin-1 in seminomas

Additional file 3: Figure S1. Expression analysis of ERVWE1 and ERVFRDE1 loci normalized to the TBP gene. Expression from the ERVWE1 (A, B) and ERVFRDE1 (C, D) loci was analyzed by qRT-PCR in the panel of tumor samples. Both the full-length RNA (A, C) and spliced mRNA (B, D) forms were quantified. All the data were normalized to the expression of TBP. Each sample is represented by a dot and was measured as a technical triplicate. In each column, median with interquartile range is depicted. Significance was assigned as follows: **** for P-values <0.0001, *** for P-values <0.001, ** for P-values <0.01, * for P-values <0.05

Social integration of Czechs and Slovaks working in Taiwan

The aim of the diploma thesis is focused on providing a thorough insight into the process of integration of Czechs and Slovacs working in Taiwan in 4 dimensions of integration (structural, cultural, interactive, identificational) from the point of view of the migrants themselves and considering the psychological aspects as well. Another aim is to identify determinants possibly facilitating the whole process, and related obstacles, too. To meet the aims of the thesis, a qualitative research has been conducted on the basis of semi-structured interviews. Twelve interviewees took part in these interviews. The findings from the interviews suggest for example that despite participation in the labour market, the nature of their work experience was sometimes illegal, and therefore problematic. Survey also suggests related key obstacles of their integration process such as language barrier and cultural differences. Attitude of the majority society, access to institutional system and social networks were rather contributory factors. Keywords acculturation - dimensions of social integration - psychological acculturation - social integration - Taiwa