Software for multimedial stimuli presenting

Tato práce se zabývá působením multimediálních stimulů na lidský organizmus, jejich zpracováním smyslovými orgány, dále možnostmi prezentace těchto stimulů s důrazem na možnost měření vlivu jejich působení na biologické signály ogranismu za pomocí externího měřícího stanoviště. Popisuje návrh a samotnou realizaci aplikace umožňující prezentaci výše uvedených stimulů a jejich synchronizaci s externím měřícím systémem Biopac.This work deals with the affects of multimedia stimuli on the human body, their processing by senses, the possibility of presentation of the stimuli with emphasis on the possibility of measuring the impact of their effect on biological signals using external measuring station. It describes the design and implementation of the application, allowing presentation of the mentioned stimuli and their synchronization with external measuring system Biopac.

Reaction time recognition software with optical stimulation

Tato práce se zabývá měřením reakční doby na základě optické stimulace, rozebírá teorii vidění, metody měření reakční doby, řeší návrh a realizaci aplikace pro měření reakční doby, archivaci výsledků měření a jejich statistické vyhodnocení. Pojednává o měření reakční doby s využitím vytvořené aplikace na testovacím vzorku osob a o jeho vyhodnocení. Na závěr nastiňuje možnosti dalšího rozšíření aplikace.This work deals with the measurement of reaction time on the basis of optical stimulation, discusses the theory of visual sense and methods of measuring visual reaction time. Solves the design and implementation of application for the measurement of reaction time, archiving measurement results and their statistical evaluation. Discusses the measurement of reaction time using this application on the test sample of people and its evaluation. At the conclusion outlines opportunities for further expansion of the application.

Decision support tools and strategies to simulate forest landscape evolutions integrating forest owner behaviour: a review from the case studies of the European Project, INTEGRAL

For forest sustainability and vulnerability assessment, the landscape scale is considered to be more and more relevant as the stand level approaches its known limitations. This review, which describes the main forest landscape simulation tools used in the 20 European case studies of the European project “Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes” (INTEGRAL), gives an update on existing decision support tools to run landscape simulation from Mediterranean to boreal ecosystems. The main growth models and software available in Europe are described, and the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches are discussed. Trades-offs between input efforts and output are illustrated. Recommendations for the selection of a forest landscape simulator are given. The paper concludes by describing the need to have tools that are able to cope with climate change and the need to build more robust indicators for assessment of forest landscape sustainability and vulnerability.The INTEGRAL project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No. 282887. http://www. integral-project.eu/. Moreover, financial support by the Transnational Access to Research Infrastructures activity in the 7th Framework Programme of the EC under the Trees4Future project (No. 284181) for conducting the research is gratefully acknowledged. This research has also received funding from the European Union H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 691149 (SuFoRun). Researcher Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo was supported by a “Ramon y Cajal” research contract from the MINECO (Ref. RYC-2013-14262) and has received funding from CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya. This paper could be achieved thanks to support of EFIATLANTIC donors: Conseil regional d’Aquitaine, Ministère de l’agriculture et de la forêt

How sensitive are ecosystem services in European forest landscapes to silvicultural treatment?

While sustainable forestry in Europe is characterized by the provision of a multitude of forest ecosystem services, there exists no comprehensive study that scrutinizes their sensitivity to forest management on a pan-European scale, so far. We compile scenario runs from regionally tailored forest growth models and Decision Support Systems (DSS) from 20 case studies throughout Europe and analyze whether the ecosystem service provision depends on management intensity and other co-variables, comprising regional affiliation, social environment, and tree species composition. The simulation runs provide information about the case-specifically most important ecosystem services in terms of appropriate indicators. We found a strong positive correlation between management intensity and wood production, but only weak correlation with protective and socioeconomic forest functions. Interestingly, depending on the forest region, we found that biodiversity can react in both ways, positively and negatively, to increased management intensity. Thus, it may be in tradeoff or in synergy with wood production and forest resource maintenance. The covariables species composition and social environment are of punctual interest only, while the affiliation to a certain region often makes an important difference in terms of an ecosystem service’s treatment sensitivityinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Image Management Toolkit

This work deals with the possibilities of additional entering of metadata into pictures in the form of key words. It describes the most important existing tools which make this possible. It also mentions and analyzes commonly used picture formats, standards for saving metadata in pictures and their indexing options. It provides a description of the solution to the given task and, in the conclusion, indicates the opportunities for further development

Řešení kritické infrastruktury s možností využití nástrojů EU

Příspěvek pojednává o možnostech využití násxtrojů Evropské unie pro řešení ochrany kritické infrastruktury a obyvatelstva v Evropě. Informace soustředěné v databázích např. MARS a SPIRS lze využít také v České republice pro tyto účely. V článku je také upozorněno na možnost využití naší účasti v Evropském programu pro ochranu kritické infrastruktury (EPCIP) a také využití nástrojů Výstražné informační sítě kritické infrastruktury EU (CIWIN), jejíž realizace je připravována a ČR v ní bude mít své zastoupen

Forest management scenarios modelling with morphological analysis – examples taken from Podpoľanie and Kysuce

Scenarios modelling offers to forest management an option how to envision complex future associated with various natural, social, or economic uncertainties. The challenge is what modelling method to choose as many methodological approaches to scenario building exists. Morphological analysis is a basic modelling method for structuring and analysing a whole set of relationships existing in multi-dimensional, non-quantifiable, and complex topics. Especially, its application is relevant when abstract policy or market-driven challenges need to be investigated. In this study, we demonstrated the usefulness of the morphological analysis with an example case taken from forest management in Slovakia. The use of the method has enabled, from a number of uncertain futures, to identify three possible, plausible and consistent future scenarios of possible forest management direction in the regions of Podpoľanie and Kysuce. Additionally, the future scenario modelling as prognostic method of qualitative research supported by quantitative models or forestry DSS could introduce participation and more dimensions into forest management modelling. Thus, the future scenarios modelling offers new methodological possibilities to how to deal with increasing uncertainties associated with increasing demands for various ecosystem services or negative impacts of climate change, that forest management in Slovakia will face in the near future

Polymer lead pencil graphite as electrode material: Voltammetric, XPS and Raman study

Mechanical pencil leads were studied as disposable, low-cost electrodes. Lateral surfaces of mechanical pencil leads branded as “polymer” show high electron transfer rates for hexaamineruthenium chloride, potassium ferricyanide, ascorbate, ferric chloride and dopamine electrochemical probes, and are significantly better electrode materials than either classic woodcase clay–graphite pencil compositions or non-polymer mechanical pencil leads. Best polymer leads outperform glassy carbon, basal and edge graphite and boron-doped diamond electrodes. In addition to electrochemical experiments, the studied pencil leads were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy. High content of sp3 hybridized carbon (up to 80%) with a low degree of surface oxidation and occurrence of silicon monoxide (SiO) on the surfaces of the polymer pencil leads were found using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Low double layer capacitance values of similar magnitude as that found for boron-doped diamond electrodes are at the origin of favourably low background currents on the polymer pencil lead electrodes. SiO containing polymer pencil lead electrodes allow electrochemical analysis that is more sensitive than common carbon electrodes, as demonstrated by voltammetry of adenine and xanthine. © 2016 Elsevier B.V