Testing of hydrogen sensor based on organic materials

Práce je zaměřena na problematiku bezpečnostních vodíkových senzorů. Základní principy a teorie vodíkových senzorů je rozebrána v první části práce. Je navržena metodologie testování organických vodíkových senzorů vyvinutých a vyrobených na Fakultě Chemické Vysokého Učení Technického v Brně. Nejslibnější organický material byl testován. V závěrečné části byl navržen teplotní regulátor pro použití s keramickou senzorovou platformou.This thesis is focused on topic of safety hydrogen sensors. Theory of hydrogen sensors and main sensor principles are discussed. Methodology for testing of organic hydrogen sensors developed and fabricated at the Faculty of Chemistry of Brno University of Technology is outlined. A set of tests is done for the most promising organic material. Also, temperature regulator for ceramic sensor platform is designed.

Analysis of Tourist Attractiveness of the Bata Canal

Import 04/11/2015Předmětem této bakalářské práce je turistická atraktivita na Baťově kanále. Cílem práce bylo zjistit, jaké atraktivity se na Baťově kanále nacházejí a jak moc je tato vodní cesta turisticky přitažlivá. První část práce se zabývá teoretickými východisky z oblasti cestovního ruchu a technických památek. V praktické části jsou shrnuty výsledky provedeného marketingového výzkumu a vlastního průzkumu. Na základě výsledků dotazníkového šetření a prozkoumání terénu byly navrženy čtyři doporučení, které by Baťův kanál mohly zatraktivnit.The subject of this bachelor thesis is a description of the places of interest on the Bata Canal. The aim of this work was to identify what places of interest are on the Bata Canal there and to measure the remarks of the water way for tourists. The first part of this work deals with theoretical solutions in the tourist industry and technical sights. In the practical part of this work there is a result overview of the marketing research and the personal survey. On the basis of the questionnaire survey including field research results there were four suggestions made which could help to make a better place of interest of the Bata Canal.115 - Katedra managementuvelmi dobř

Survey in the nature Locality of "Orinoko I" Brno, Obřany

Obsahem této bakalářské práce je tachymetrické zaměření a vyhotovení účelové mapy lokality Orinoko v měřítku 1:500. V této lokalitě je velmi členitý terén, proto je část práce věnována terénním tvarům a jejich zobrazení v účelové mapě pomocí vrstevnic.The bachelor thesis deals with the tacheometric survey of the location of Orinoko. The aim of the thesis is to create a thematical map of the area in the scale 1:500. As the terrain of the area is very varied, a part of the thesis focuses on terrain shapes and their projection in a thematical map using contour lines.

Mezigenerační solidarita ve stárnoucí společnosti

Tato stať se věnuje problematice mezigenerační solidarity v současné české společnosti a to optikou hodnot a norem. Soustředí se na normativní solidaritu ve vztahu rodič-dospělé dítě, tedy na vzájemná očekávání odpovědnosti a na normy určující důležitost rodinných hodnot. Vzhledem ke stárnutí společnosti se totiž zdá podstatná otázka, zda v české populaci existuje názorová shoda generací na míře či existenci mezigeneračních závazků. Především, zda se představy seniorů výrazně neodlišují od představ mladších generací. Jsou také zjišťovány faktory ovlivňují v současnosti míru mezigenerační solidarity. A to na základě analýzy dat z Evropského výzkumu hodnot, který poskytuje data z let 1991, 1999 a 2008. Vzhledem k longitudinální povaze dat jsou nejen srovnávány postoje seniorů s postoji mladší generace, ale i jejich proměna v čase. V závěrečné části je pozornost věnována i pozici České republiky mezi ostatními evropskými zeměmi.Tato stať se věnuje problematice mezigenerační solidarity v současné české společnosti a to optikou hodnot a norem. Soustředí se na normativní solidaritu ve vztahu rodič-dospělé dítě, tedy na vzájemná očekávání odpovědnosti a na normy určující důležitost rodinných hodnot. Vzhledem ke stárnutí společnosti se totiž zdá podstatná otázka, zda v české populaci existuje názorová shoda generací na míře či existenci mezigeneračních závazků. Především, zda se představy seniorů výrazně neodlišují od představ mladších generací. Jsou také zjišťovány faktory ovlivňují v současnosti míru mezigenerační solidarity. A to na základě analýzy dat z Evropského výzkumu hodnot, který poskytuje data z let 1991, 1999 a 2008. Vzhledem k longitudinální povaze dat jsou nejen srovnávány postoje seniorů s postoji mladší generace, ale i jejich proměna v čase. V závěrečné části je pozornost věnována i pozici České republiky mezi ostatními evropskými zeměmi.This paper focuses on the issue of intergenerational solidarity in the contemporary Czech society from the perspective of values and norms. It concentrates on normative solidarity in the parent adult child relationship, i.e. on mutual expectations of responsibility and on the norms determining the importance of family values. Due to population ageing the important question whether there is agreement among generations on the degree and existence of intergenerational obligations turns up, mainly whether seniors expectations are not considerably different from the conception of the youngest generation. The factors affecting the degree of intergenerational solidarity are being searched for. The search is based on a data analysis from European Value Study (EVS) which surveyed values in 1991, 1999 and 2008. Due to the longitudinal nature of the data not only attitudes of seniors and the youngest generations are compared but also their change in the course of time. Lastly the position of the Czech Republic among other European countries is looked into

Dobrovolnictví seniorů jako součást aktivního stárnutí

Panuje přesvědčení, že senioři jsou velkým potenciálním zdrojem dobrovolníků a dobrovolnictví je vnímáno jako prospěšné pro obě strany, pro společnost i jedince. Vzhledem k populačnímu stárnutí se vliv individuálního stárnutí na dobrovolnictví ukazuje jako podstatný. V tomto textu je pomocí věkové a kohortní analýzy zjišťován na příkladu české společnosti vliv věku na míru dobrovolnictví. Pomocí binární logistické regrese jsou hledány faktory ovlivňující podíl dobrovolníků. Soustředíme se na zachycení změny v čase a na rozdíl mezi seniory a mladší populací. Výsledky neukázali variabilitu dobrovolnictví na základě věku, ale odhalili, že postoje podporované koncepty aktivního a produktivního stárnutí vliv mají.It’s believed that older people are a potentially rich source of volunteers and volunteering is perceived as beneficial for both society and individuals. Due to the ageing of the population, the influence of individual ageing on volunteering has become crucial. The age and cohort connections of volunteering in Czech society are explored in this paper. Moreover, the factors leading to volunteering are researched using binary logistic regression. Focus is put on changes over time and differences between older people and younger ones. The findings do not show differences in volunteering based on age but demonstrate that the attitudes supported by productive ageing and active ageing concepts are influential. The rate of volunteering in Czech society has not changed since the beginning of the 90s

Sources of Loneliness for Older Adults in the Czech Republic and Strategies for Coping With Loneliness

In this article, issues of loneliness and exclusion from social relations in old age are examined from the perspective of older men and women. Our focus is on sources of loneliness they themselves perceive and what strategies they use to cope with it. Twenty‐nine interviews with older adults at risk of loneliness in the Czech Republic and their models of social convoys are analyzed. Surprisingly small gender differences in feelings of loneliness are found. A major source of loneliness for both men and women is the loss of a life partner. Perceptions of loneliness and the shape of social networks differ substantially in the case of lifelong singles and childless people. A second significant source for feelings of loneliness includes unsatisfactory relationships with close family. Based on the participants’ accounts, three strategies for coping with loneliness are identified

Vliv věku a pohlaví tazatele a respondenta na náročnost výběrového šetření v seniorské populaci

Text se zaměřuje na výběrová šetření seniorské populace. Konkrétně na tazatelem rutině zaznamenanou náročnost dotazování. Ta je analyzována dle věku a pohlaví tazatele a dle sociodemografických charakteristik respondenta a jeho životní spokojenosti. Jsou k tomu využívána data ze čtyřech výběrových šetření uskutečněných v ČR v letech 2007-2011 na seniorské populaci či s tématem stárnutí. Výsledky ukazují zásadní vliv životní spokojenosti respondenta a jeho vzdělání.This paper focuses on the issue of surveying older people. Increasing interest in the issue of ageing and old age has been accompanied by infrequent debate on the methodological pitfalls that might influence research into this specific, albeit very heterogeneous population. Interviewers routinely complete post-interview questions that provide important information on such criteria as respondent difficulty in answering the questions posed. This article examines such difficulty in terms of interviewer and respondent characteristics. It investigates three potential explanations of why interviewers judge an interview as difficult: (1) interviewer characteristics (age and gender), (2) socio-demographic characteristics of the respondent and (3) respondents’ sense of well-being. The data used in this study were obtained from four surveys conducted with older people in the Czech Republic between 2007 and 2011. These surveys explored ageing and old age. The findings show the crucial importance of respondents’ sense of well-being and level of education. No interviewer age or gender effects were observed

Active Ageing Index as a Tool for Country Assessment and Comparison : The Case of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

The Active Ageing Index was developed as a tool to monitor the potential for active and healthy ageing among European countries and to identify strengths and weaknesses in the country. It is used for policy setting in the ageing agenda. However broadly used, some methodological issues remain, and caution is necessary with its interpretation. Comparison of two countries is used for discussion of these issues. The Czech Republic and Slovakia shared a long history, joined in one state as Czechoslovakia. The current generations of older adults have spent most of their lives in that shared country. Yet, the now separate countries differ substantially in their positions in the Active Ageing Index, with Slovakia ranking much lower than the Czech Republic. In this article, the causes of the differences between the two countries are researched using a thorough comparison of survey indicator rankings, and explained with statistical data and the European Values Study survey 2017. Particular attention is paid to the indicators with the lowest and highest rankings. The results show surprisingly minor differences in most indicators. The most significant difference lay in older adults' employment and health situation, with Slovakia ranking lower. Together, these indicators are very powerful in the overall ranking of the Active Ageing Index

Early Literacy Education in Preschool Curriculum Reforms: The Case of Post-Communist Slovakia

This paper describes the development of preschool literacy education in Slovakia, beginning with thecommunist era, when the country was isolated from broader international academic discourse and earlyliteracy research, then the period after the fall of the totalitarian regime up to the present day. It describeshow the traditional approach to teaching literacy, relying on an obsolete model of reading and writinginstruction taught at primary school, has resulted in preschools having limited capacity to developchildren’s literacy. It also explains attempts to reform the preschool literacy curriculum after the fall of thetotalitarian regime. The first of these followed Slovakia’s most comprehensive education reform act in2008, but it underestimated the specific role of written language in children’s language and cognitivedevelopment and in subsequent academic performance. Consequently, the reforms merely reproduced thetraditional approach to literacy development within the new format of a decentralized curriculum.The consequences of the 2008 education reform act, and the pressure exerted by the results ofinternational student assessments, resulted in a strong initiative from the academic field to reform thepreschool curriculum on an evidentiary basis. The authors of this paper describe how they developed thethinking behind the new preschool literacy curriculum. The paper looks at how this became part ofSlovakia’s national preschool curriculum which was implemented in 2016, including the process in whichthe curriculum was reviewed by the institutions of the Ministry of Education and by professionalorganizations involved in early childhood education in Slovakia

Small Refractive Errors – Their Correction and Practical Importance

Small refractive errors present a group of specific far-sighted refractive dispositions that are compensated by enhanced accommodative exertion and aren’t exhibited by loss of the visual acuity1. This paper should answer a few questions about their correction, flowing from theoretical presumptions and expectations of this dilemma. The main goal of this research was to (dis)confirm the hypothesis about convenience, efficiency and frequency of the correction that do not raise the visual acuity (or if the improvement isn’t noticeable). The next goal was to examine the connection between this correction and other factors (age, size of the refractive error, etc.). The last aim was to describe the subjective personal rating of the correction of these small refractive errors, and to determine the minimal improvement of the visual acuity, that is attractive enough for the client to purchase the correction (glasses, contact lenses). It was confirmed, that there’s an indispensable group of subjects with good visual acuity, where the correction is applicable, although it doesn’t improve the visual acuity much. The main importance is to eliminate the asthenopia. The prime reason for acceptance of the correction is typically changing during the life, so as the accommodation is declining. Young people prefer the correction on the ground of the asthenopia, caused by small refractive error or latent strabismus; elderly people acquire the correction because of improvement of the visual acuity. Generally the correction was found useful in more than 30%, if the gain of the visual acuity was at least 0,3 of the decimal row