Anatomical Differences of Corneal Surface Parameters

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze possible anatomical differences of corneal surface parameters in the sample of population and between the genders. Methods: This study is presenting the sample of population which has consisted of 1354 subjects, 794 female and 560 male eyes. Subjects were chosen randomly. To determine and evaluate all values of corneal surface parameters, auto refractor keratometer with Placido disc (KR 8100P, Topcon, Japan) and the program Software Corneal Analyzer, Version 3.0 were used. The results were registered and then processed statistically. Results: From a large amounts of data, tere are chosen only the results in this study that showed statistically significant (p<0. 05) differences between right and left eye and between the genders. Found variations are in: the steepest meridian, the axis of the steepest meridian, corneal astigmatism, astigmatic difference and corneal diameter (HVID). Conclusion: The study shows that in optometric practice is also important to pay attention not only to functional but also individual anatomical parameters of corneal surface

Early Badenian transgression on the outer flank of Western Carpathian Foredeep, Hluchov area, Czech Republic

This multidisciplinary study, based on borehole cores from the Hluchov area in Czech Republic, docu- ments an early Badenian marine transgression on the outer flank of the Western Carpathian Foredeep . The shallow-marine deposits represent coastal transgression over a terrestrial topography of weathered pre-Cenozoic bedrock. The lower facies association (FA1) consists of siliciclastic sediment derived from local substrate erosion. Facies indicate a wave-dominated environment with unstable bottom, variable rate of sediment supply and an incremental rise of relative sea level. The upper facies association (FA2) consists of carbonates indicating a major landward shift of shoreline, decline in siliciclastic input and further sea-level rise. The succession represents a transgressive to highstand systems tract. The maximum flooding surface, ca . 1 m above the FA1/FA2 boundary, is signified by an anomalous decrease in K and Th, an increased Th/K ratio and highest U concentration. The heavy-mineral assemblages in FA1 confirm local sediment provenance, whereas those in FA2 indicate broader sediment derivation, including volcanic component from contemporaneous rhyolitic to rhyodacitic eruptions. The deposits contain a wide range of marine fauna, with the foraminifers and molluscs indicating an early Badenian age. Molluscs, bryozoans and echinoderms indicate a normal-salinity environment with a decreasing hydraulic energy. Foraminifers indicate salinity fluctua- tions in the lowest part of the succession. The isotopic composition of mollusc shells shows marked inter-species differences and a general negative shift in the d 13 C and d 18 O values, indicating diagenetic alteration. The impact of diagenetic processes appears to have been controlled by sedimentary facies. The highly negative d 13 C and d 18 O values correspond to sediment layers with the highest Th/K ratios and hence low clay content. Sediment permea- bility was thus probably crucial in controlling the differential circulation and impact of diagenetic fluids

Handbook of Active Ageing and Quality of Life: From Concepts to Applications

La edición de este libro estuvo a cargo de Fermina Rojo-Pérez y Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas.El documento adjunto contiene la cubierta, portada e índice del libro.This handbook presents an overview of studies on the relationship of active ageing and quality of life. It addresses the new challenges of ageing from the paradigm of positive ageing (active, healthy and successful) for a better quality of life. It provides theoretical perspectives and empirical studies, including scientific knowledge as well as practical experiences about the good ageing and the quality of later life around the world, in order to respond to the challenges of an aged population. The handbook is structured in 4 sections covering theoretical and conceptual perspectives, social policy issues and research agenda, methods, measurement instrument-scales and evaluations, and lastly application studies including domains and geographical contexts.Peer reviewe

Sedimentological and palaeocological records of the evolution of the south west ern part of the Carpathian Foredeep (Czech Republic) during the early Badenian

The depositional environment of the southern part of the Carpathian Foredeep in the Czech Republic was studied in two boreholes using sedimentological and palaeontological methods. Eight lithofacies were recognised within cores of the early Badenian deposits, comprising two facies associations, namely deposits of a coarse-grained Gilbert delta and offshore deposits. As sem blages of foraminifers document the early Badenian (Middle Miocene age). Two types of assemblages were recognised: (1) primary taphocoenoses reflecting the original environment of sedimentation, i. e. a relatively deep sublittoral (circalittoral) environment with low to normal ox ygen bottom conditions and deep-water euryoxibiont foraminifers, numerous planktonic foraminifers, agglutinated foraminifers and mixed assemblages of deep- and shallow-water foraminifers, (2) secondary taphocoenoses of shallower sublittoral (infralittoral) condition redeposited into the basin by gravity currents. These assemblages contain shallow-water foraminifers coupled with an abundant and diverse bryozoan fauna

Anatomical Differences of Corneal Surface Parameters

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze possible anatomical differences of corneal surface parameters in the sample of population and between the genders. Methods: This study is presenting the sample of population which has consisted of 1354 subjects, 794 female and 560 male eyes. Subjects were chosen randomly. To determine and evaluate all values of corneal surface parameters, auto refractor keratometer with Placido disc (KR 8100P, Topcon, Japan) and the program Software Corneal Analyzer, Version 3.0 were used. The results were registered and then processed statistically. Results: From a large amounts of data, tere are chosen only the results in this study that showed statistically significant (p<0. 05) differences between right and left eye and between the genders. Found variations are in: the steepest meridian, the axis of the steepest meridian, corneal astigmatism, astigmatic difference and corneal diameter (HVID). Conclusion: The study shows that in optometric practice is also important to pay attention not only to functional but also individual anatomical parameters of corneal surface

Local catastrophe caused by tephra input near Přemyslovice (Moravia, Czech Republic) during the Middle Miocene

Colonization by marine organisms such as foraminifers, molluscs, bryozoans, brachiopods and red algae during the Middle Miocene (Early Badenian) transgression near Přemyslovice (Carpathian Foredeep) was initially affected by a cool water current of unclear origin. However, shortly afterwards, fallout of volcanic material caused a total termination of the biota. After this catastrophe, the biota started recolonize the area. The succeeding association, adopted to warm-water input, is characteristic of the climatic optimum during the Early Badenian and is comparable with those of other sections referred to this interval in the Carpathian Foredeep (such as Kralice nad Oslavou, Podbřežice, and Hluchov)

Záchrana‚ soustřeďování‚ uchování a využití genofondu rostlin k tvorbě kulturní krajiny včetně ohrožených a devastovaných území ČR:Uchování a využití genofondu českých odrůd květin s významnými genetickými vlastnostmi

Práce na zachování původních i současných odrůd květin je součástí programu konzervace a využití genofondu rostlin. U generativně množených rostlin jsou vzorky předávány do genové banky. U vegetativně množených druhů květin je udržováno, hodnoceno a každoročně přemnoženo 53 druhů položek. Kolekce květin množených cibulemi a hlízami obsahuje 1143 položek. Zpráva obsahuje postup řešení a výsledky

Výzkum a inovace šlechtitelských postupů u okrasných rostlin a tvorba výchozího šlechtitelského materiálu:Novošlechtění okrasných dřevin rodů z aspektu jejich zvýšené odolnosti k biotickým a abiotickým činitelům. Inovace sortimentu květin vegetativně množených. Inovace sortimentu květin generativně množených. Inovace sortimentu květin cibulnatých a hlíznatých.

Cílem projektu bylo získat nové odrůdy s dobrou zimovzdorností a s rezistencí proti běžným chorobám s vhodným habitem rostliny a s odpovídajícími estetickými vlastnostmi u rodů Weigela, Potentilla a Rhododendron. Další části zprávy popisují výsledky šlechtění rodů Chrysanthenum x grandiflorum, Impatiens, Petunia, Pelargonium x hortorum, Primula vulgaris, Primula x polyantha, Dahlia, Gladiolus a Tulipa