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Games of Life. Czech Reproductive Biomedicine. Sociological Perspectives

Author(s): Eva Šlesingerová,Lenka Slepičková,Iva Šmídová / Language(s): English

Reproductive medicine is an attractive field for sociological inquiry for several reasons. Seemingly “natural” processes tackled by it, such as sexuality, conception or childbirth, are targets of biopower in every society as an attempt to tame life to fit within the borders outlined by these societies (Foucault 1999). They are a subject for fight over their definition, knowing and naming, delimiting normality, desirability and merit. Reproductive medicine is approached here as a representative of the three typical are as where current biopower/biopolitics is manifest, as identified in 2006 by Paul Rabinow and Nikolas Rose in their text Biopower Today, the others being genomics and the reconstituted idea of race (Rabinow and Rose 2006).

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Rozvod a změny reprodukčních strategií

Author(s): Petr Fučík / Language(s): Czech

Among others, the modernization of intimate relationships also offers the possibility to step out from an unsatisfactory marriage. The prevalence of divorce culture is a relatively new phenomenon gaining its importance during the recent decades and having potential consequences on the social reproduction mechanisms. The theoretical question on the most general level is phrased as follows: how will the mechanisms of social reproduction differ when the possibility of legal separation creates a growing category of people forced to redefine their life courses and reproduction strategies? What new reproduction mechanisms will emerge when a considerable proportion of children are socialized in one-parent families or step-families? The empirical enquiry is driven by the logic of sequential explanatory mixed-methods design. The first part of the analysis complies with the quantitative mode of description by means of secondary data analysis, and focuses on the description of various aspects of post-divorce situation in the Czech Republic such as the economic situation of divorced people, maternal trajectories of women experiencing divorce and their re-partnering. At the same time, it explores the effectiveness of the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in divorced families compared with normal intact ones. Given the research approach based on the mixed-methods design, the qualitative study helps us to deepen the interpretation of the patterns found in the previous quantitative analysis. At this stage, we enrich our data with qualitative in-depth interviews. In accordance with the logic of grounded theory, we come to the end of the work with a theoretical model that tries to explain the changes in the reproduction strategies through the creation of a specific type of the individualization habitus and re-constructive components of the reproduction strategies.

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Konkurenční schopnost podniků: výsledky empirického výzkumu

Author(s): Ondřej Částek,Jana Pokorná / Language(s): Czech

The book you are holding in your hands is concerned with the phenomenon of competitiveness, namely examining its factors. It builds on a number of previous publications supported by the Research Centre for Competitiveness of Czech Economy and Specific Research conducted in the Department of Corporate Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University. It summarizes the current findings of the research project running since 2005 and still ongoing as the project of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic. The presented research “branch” relies particularly on empirical surveys carried out in 2007 with the sample of 432 enterprises, and in 2009 with the sample of 261 enterprises. Given that each business was described by up to nearly 700 variables, an extensive database which could provide data fora number of analyses was established.

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Identifying Corporate Performance Factors Based on Feature Selection in Statistical Pattern Recognition: Methods, Application, Interpretation

Author(s): Pavel Pudil,Ladislav Blažek,Ondřej Částek,Petr Somol,Jana Pokorná,Maria Králová / Language(s): English

This publication summarizes and extends methodology of feature selection (FS) and pattern recognition in search for competitiveness factors and methodology of corporate financial performance (CFP) measurement. Several methods were evaluated and Dependency-Aware Feature Ranking combined with non-linear regression model were applied. Also, this publication suggests and verifies methodology of interpretation results of the FS methods. For start was employed multidimensional linear regression, succeeded by clustering companies according to the factors identified by FS into homogenous groups, dividing them into quartiles based on their CFP and identifying similar values of the factors. This way was captured the non-linearity in the data.

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Moderní analýza biologických dat: 2. díl. Lineární modely s korelacemi v prostředí R

Author(s): Stano PEKÁR,Marek Brabec / Language(s): Czech

Po třech letech přicházíme s dalším dílem Moderní analýzy biologických dat. Tento díl představuje modely a metody, které jsou dalším rozšířením obecného lineárního modelu a kteréumožňují efektivně modelovat korelovaná (statisticky závislá) data. Dle našich zkušeností jsou korelovaná data v biologických, medicínských, ale i jiných oborech velmi častá. Proto jevelká i motivace pro použití výše zmíněných modelů a na nich založených metod statistické analýzy. Někdy bohužel až přespříliš. Jejich korektní použití vyžaduje přece jenom určité úsilí a alespoň základní přehled o tom, jak fungují, jaké jsou jejich předpoklady, co přesněříkají a na co odpověď naopak nedávají. Pokoušet se pracovat „naslepo“, bez takovýchto znalostí, tedy jen metodou „pokusů a omylů“ je samozřejmě zcela nevhodné.

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Kvalita jako faktor konkurenceschopnosti podniku

Author(s): Petr Suchánek,Milan Sedláček,Jiří Špalek,Petra Štamfestová / Language(s): Czech

The publication is the result of a three-year observation of Czech companies’ relation to quality, particularly their awareness of the fact that the quality of their products is a factor of competitiveness of the entire enterprise. The research was carried out using a questionnaire survey in companies in selected sectors. Based on the research of relevant specialized literature, research questions were formulated in the field of product quality, product quality monitoring and control, degree of customer satisfaction, and competitive advantages and disadvantages. Partial analyses were carried out from 2008 to 2010, and only those questions that remained completely unchanged in the individual reporting periods were subjected to mutual comparison. In addition to the survey, the financial indicators of the individual participating companies were analyzed in each year. This enabled the authors to monitor the situation of the company not only in the context of issues of quality, but also relate the results of this survey to their actual financial success. To split the businesses into two groups according to their financial performance five indicators selected on the basis of the research literature and experience with previous similar studies on a similar subject were used.

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Kvalita a výkonnost průmyslových podniků

Author(s): Milan Sedláček,Petr Suchánek,Jiří Špalek / Language(s): Czech

The aim of the publication is to identify the level of quality in industrial enterprises, including the level and method of management quality and determining the factors of quality and quality management factors that impact on business performance. One of the outputs of the publication is a framework concept which in general is characterized by factors that with a direct impact on the quality (product) establishment and management but also on its performance. The publication is based on the research that was carried out in industrial enterprises (in selected areas) in the Czech Republic. Performed research was a part of a specific research at the Department of Corporate economy, Masaryk University.

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Masarykova univerzita v Brně: Příběh vzdělání a vědy ve střední Evropě

Author(s): Lukáš Fasora,Jiří Hanuš / Language(s): Czech

This publication has two objectives: to contribute to the 90th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Masaryk University, while at the same time opening up a specialist debate about the traditions and conditions of higher education in the context of modern Czech history, and the prospects for its future development. In the first chapter, entitled “The Journey Towards a Second Czech University,” the authors examine the events leading up to the establishment of Masaryk University in 1919. Particular attention ispaid to three factors which played key roles in its inception: (1) the condition and development of higher education in the western part of the Habsburg monarchy, which not only involved universities (traditionally those in Prague, Cracow, Vienna, Innsbruck, Lviv, and later Černovice), but also colleges of higher education (in Olomouc and Štýrský Hradec); (2) the conditions particularto Brno, with disagreements between German and Czech elements, which constituted only one facet of the question of nationality in the middle of a multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire; and lastly, (3) the position of the city of Brno and its civic politics, which were codetermined by industrial and cultural developments. In this part of the text the emphasis shifts from an academic and political view of the establishment of the new university to how it was viewed by the public. From this perspective the foundation of the university can be seen as a “revolutionary act.”

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Pohybové aktivity pohledem sociologie

Author(s): Aleš Sekot / Language(s): Czech

Human physical activity plays an increasingly important role in scientific interest regarding the way of life of contemporary society and it is a very important factor in policy-making towards improving the level of healthy and active lifestyle, quality oflife and health in general. We live in a time when society, culture and science have become increasingly aware of the great importance of sport not only as a part of mass culture, but broadly understood, for individual and social health and well-being.The indispensable role of physical activity in the course of human life has been permanently scientifically confirmed also in the context of obesity prevention. The development of a sedentary lifestyle is the result of a socialization process leading to lack of physical activity developed in youth and continued into adulthood. At present we face the following apparent tendency in our cultural setting: People are more and more individualized, loosing beneficial impacts of community activities, involved in passive way of life lacking proper level of physical activities and active sports. Some preliminary data of the hit her to progress research of physical activity in the Czech population are presented to describe the specific relation of sport and sedentary society. As to mass sports, the Czech Republic is strongly influenced by the existence of new development of urban structures, including fitness centres, cycle paths, roller skates stadiums, beach volleyball playing fields, golf courses. The interpretation of relevant results regarding the situation of sports and physical activities in the Czech population has been considered in this context.

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Média v pohybu: K proměně současných českých publik

Author(s): Jakub Macek / Language(s): Czech

This book presents the research findings from a three-year project entitled “New and Old Media in Everyday Life: Media audiences in the time of transformational media usage”. Utilizing qualitative and quantitative insights and drawing upon Anthony Giddens’ Theory of Structuration, the author identifies four primary dimensions to the evolving transformation of current Czech media audiences: (1) the dematerialization of media content linked with the increased fragmentation of media-related practices as well as transforming relations between audiences and media producers, (2) the increasing mediatization of everyday life and social interactions, (3) notable shifts in audiences’ attitude towards shared public and political spheres and (4) a spatiotemporal transformation of everyday life.

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Faktory ovlivňující CSR reportování

Author(s): Klára Kašparová / Language(s): Czech

The foreign research results show that there exist a number of factors influencing the CSR reporting. The majority of research sample were the reports of thelarge corporations of the developed countries or of so called economy tigers. Therefore there arises a question whether the factors stipulated by these researches have any influence on approach to CSR reporting also in the Czech environment. For this reason, the target of the submitted research was to identify the factors influencing approach of businesses to CSR reporting in the Czech Republic. Their determination used two inter-connected research methods – content analysis and questioning.

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Nenechali se vyloučit: Sociální vzestupy Romů v české společnosti (kvalitativní studie)

Author(s): Laura Fónadová / Language(s): Czech

The aim of this book is to present the circumstances and life strategies that contributed in that some Roma people have managed to cross the ethnically conditioned social barriers and achieve higher socioeconomic positions. in a social context where most Roma people remain tied to lowest social classes. Based on qualitative surveys and the qualitative analysis, the book offers and answer how some Roma people included in the study managed to overcome ethnically defined social barriers and reach a higher social position (such as the advancement within the education system or the success in the job market) compared to that of their parents.

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Vliv kvality na výkonnost a konkurenceschopnost podniku

Author(s): Petr Suchánek,Maria Králová,Peter Marinič,Jana Pokorná,Martina Rešlová,Jiří Richter,Milan Sedláček / Language(s): Czech

The main outcome of this publication is a model describing the influence of the product quality (including customer satisfaction) on the company performance (including the relationship of product quality of a company and its competitors). Particular model variables (factors) were analyzed to determine statistical significance of their mutual relationship. Simultaneously, the research concerns the interaction of quality management system, company performance, cost management, and quality certificates. In line with this theoretical approach, the model has been extended into the field of quality management system. Moreover, the model became dynamic. From a statistical point of view, mutual interaction of sub- variables (factors) in the model but not the model as a whole was confirmed.

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Hastábhinaja: Gesta rukou v tradičním divadelním umění Indie

Author(s): Šárka Havlíčková Kysová / Language(s): Czech

The monograph “Hand Gestures in Traditional Indian Theatre” deals with a traditional Indian acting style, particularly with hand gestures. Its focus lies in a specific form of actor-viewer communication, a communication conducted by means of mudras, or symbolic hand positions. Mudras make up an autonomous language system that can express every single thought or emotion. The research is based on ancient and contemporary theatre literature in Sanskrit, English and French, chiefly on poetics and acting manuals, and on contemporary practice of traditional theatre and dance in India. The most important sources of the research were the kootiyattam and kathakali theatres.

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Pohádkové příběhy v české literatuře pro děti a mládež 1990–2010

Author(s): Milena Šubrtová,Ivan Nemec,Jitka Zítková,Martin Reissner,David Kroča,Miroslav Chocholatý,Naděžda Sieglová,Jiří Poláček / Language(s): Czech

Předložená monografie se věnuje problematice českého pohádkového příběhu v rozpětí od roku 1990 do roku 2010. Instalace svobodného knižního trhu, proměny ediční politiky se vstupem nových nakladatelských domů na českou literární scénu, konfrontace se zahraničními vlivy a především odlišné čtenářské kompetence současných dětí ovlivnily pochopitelně i žánrovou mapu současné literatury pro děti a mládež. Od 90. let 20. století se začínají rozvolňovat tradičně vnímané hranice, jimiž se literatura určená dětem vydělovala jako subsystém navenek, ale i hranice, které ji vnitřně žánrově i hodnotově stratifikovaly a čtenářsky kategorizovaly.

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Věrní a rozumní: Kapitoly o ekologické zpozdilosti

Author(s): Hana Librová,Vojtěch Pelikán,Lucie Galčanová,Lukáš Kala / Language(s): Czech

This book follows the successful titles The Colourful and the Green: Chapters on Voluntary Simplicity and The Half-Hearted and the Hesitant: Chapters on Ecological Luxury. The author poses the question of why, at a time of continuing devastation of nature, people’s interest in nature conservation has been decreasing. Are the media to blame, or is our numbness toward ecological problems perhaps rooted in our mental makeup that tends to supress unpleasant realities? The author also wants to find out why some people have remained faithful to nature. To get to the answers, she applies sociological, philosophical, psychological, and theological perspectives. An unexpected question then arises that may surprise some readers: Why should we actually protect nature when it can take care of itself? It is not weak – it is strong and cruel. Librová’s students Vojtěch Pelikán, Lucie Galčanová, and Lukáš Kala interview the children of “the Colourful,” too: Have they inherited their parents’ modest lifestyle? Version with Bohdan Lacina’s illustrations.

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Spříznění volbou: Homogamie a heterogamie manželských párů v České republice

Author(s): Tomáš Katrňák / Language(s): Czech

Can we predict what our future partner will be like? Are there common patterns in how relationships (and subsequent marriages) start? Until the first half of the 20th century, social scientists and experts did not think so. Today, we know the opposite is true: Marriages are dominated by the rule of homogamy. This rule posits that the choice of your spouse is not random, it is based on similarities in social characteristics of men and women. The book analyses marriages in Czech society regarding social characteristics of the couple. It shows that entering the marriage is a part of a social stratification process, a constitutive element of the social backbone of Czech society.

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Vězeň to má spočítané: Lekce z teorie her

Author(s): David Kruml / Language(s): Czech

Cooperating or betraying – what pays off more? Are you able not to overeat if you eat from a shared plate? Are you saving up for retirement? What is the point of forgiving? How many grandchildren do unfaithful women have? Is evolution going forward? The first volume of Munice popular science series provides an unusual insight into game theory. It focuses on one of the most interesting problems of the interdisciplinary field: the prisoner’s dilemma. Fresh and swift, it explains its principles with the help of many original pictures and schemes.

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Základní kurz latiny I

Author(s): Jana Mikulová / Language(s): Czech

The textbook Basic course in Latin I is designed for beginners. It is divided into 24 units, each of them containing explanation of grammar rules, vocabulary, exercises, and (from unit 7 onward) a short adapted passage of Latin. The grammar explanation includes practical guidelines for translation. The exercises focus not only on practising Latin morphology, but also on understanding relations between morphological forms and the system of Latin grammar. An e-learning workbook with key is available on-line.

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Wer man gewesen war. Untersuchungen zum Suizid in der österreichischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts anhand von ausgewählten Werken

Author(s): Erkan Osmanović / Language(s): German

Every week there is talk in the news of suicide bombers, but apart from that, suicide is a taboo. The literary texts examined here break through this silence. Suicide can be more than just an end, it can become the only way to be yourself. An analysis of the literary text that deals with this subject may reveal to the recipients the causes of suicide. The analysis of suicide in narrative texts can lead to the result that in the suicide the characters find the means by which they are formed. The present monograph outlines how this process takes place. The analysis focuses on the following works: Der Fall Franza by Ingeborg Bachmann, Wunschloses Unglück by Peter Handke, and Der Untergeher by Thomas Bernhard.

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