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Responsive technology and digital learning influence how Generation Alpha (born after 2010) communicates and interacts with media (parfitt 2019, joones 2018, li 2021). This study analyses Czech radio plays for children and adolescents, focusing on narrative strategies and motifs. Using the theory of fictional worlds (doležel 2003) and the audionarratology (mildorf 2016, huwiler 2014), the authors examine thirteen radio titles from 2020 to 2022. They explore how current technologies and implicit communication models are reflected in categories such as narrator, spacetime, and narrative techniques in contemporary audio production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A popular explanation for the rise of (authoritarian) populism nowadays draws on individuals’ feelings of being left behind. One of the reasons why people may feel that way is insufficient access to basic services. Relying on ESS data collected during the Covid-19 pandemic and data about healthcare institutions acquired from Open Street Maps, our study investigates how access to healthcare services impacts the support for authoritarian populists in three countries – Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary. The results of this study provide useful insights that further deepen our understanding of the influence of spatial context on political preferences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Demographic ageing is considered a significant phenomenon and one of the most important population issues of the 21st century. It is a process that has no parallel in human history but is completely natural. The ageing of the population itself is a consequence of the changing quality of life, a new approach to lifestyle, and improvements in the health status of the population, all of which lead to improvements in the level of mortality, especially at old age. The concept of prospective age is not based on the number of years that a given person has already lived, but on the number of years that people probably have left to live. This paper presents the concept of prospective age and the development of prospective indicators using the example of Czechia between 2012 and 2022, focusing on a comparison of retrospective indicators with prospective ones. The paper also reveals the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on demographic ageing indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the change in the electoral system used in elections to the Chamber of Deputies has attracted the attention of lawyers, political scientists, and sociologists, we still lack a comprehensive comparative analysis of the new system with the original one or other alternatives. The main reason for this is the lack of empirical data. This article overcomes this problem using a simulation of electoral results that correspond to the real Czech election environment. On the basis of this simulated dataset it is possible to generate generalisable conclusions about the proportionality, integration effect, and legitimacy of three electoral formulas: the original D'Hondt divisor, the newly adopted Imperiali quota, and the Hare quota. Our results show that the Hare quota is clearly the best choice. Its advantages in proportionality significantly outweigh its disadvantages in integrative effect. Moreover, this formula sees the least disruption to the logical sequence of results, i.e. where a party with fewer votes gets more seats, a phenomenon that is undesirable and undermines the legitimacy of elections. We are convinced that among the three formulas compared the Hare quota is the one that best fits the constitutional requirements of the electoral system as interpreted by the Constitutional Court, and that - unless the legislature is planning to change other parameters of the electoral system - it is the one that should be implemented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The semantic analysis of conditional sentences does not entirely align with their morphosyntactic structure. I substantiate this hypothesis with instances from both Czech and English that extend beyond conventional textbook examples. I also highlight that logicians and philosophers often make terminological errors when they disregard the insights from linguistic disciplines. Despite the early analytic philosophy’s emphasis on terminological precision, the practical application falls significantly short of this ideal. I firmly believe that a proper understanding of the morphosyntax and semantics of conditional sentences is a prerequisite for their classification and analysis. In our pursuit of a comprehensive exploration of conditional clauses, we must also grapple with methodological challenges that delve into the very core of the philosophy of language. The primary issue revolves around the fact that two out of the three a priori methods in philosophy rely heavily on the analysis of conditional sentences: thought experiments and modal metaphysics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article provides the reader with a typology of disputes that occur between the religious community and states before the European Court of Human Rights within the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The first part is focused on disputes concerning labour law issues, the second part on disputes concerning legal personality of religious communities, the third part on disputes relating to discrimination, and the last part on disputes concerning property. Each part of the article contains a resume of the relevant case law, including relevant facts of each case. Each part of the article also contains the author's own conclusions and relevant summaries of the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Cognitive impairment is one of the symptoms of schizophrenia spectrum disorders present in in the majority of cases and has a significant impact on the psychosocial functioning of patients. The MATRICS cognitive test battery (NIMH-MATRICS: Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia; MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery; MCCB) is currently the most often used cognitive test battery for assessing the cognitive functions of patients with schizophrenia worldwide. The adaptation of the MCCB battery to the Czech environment was realized in 2015, a validation study of classification accuracy on schizophrenia patients was conducted in 2020 and a normative study was completed in 2021. In the same year, an official Czech translation (www.matricsinc. org) was also completed. This version can be used for example in psychopharmacological studies. There was not enough information available to determine whether the normative data of the experimental version are comparable and applicable to the official version. Thus, our study aimed to complete the preceding research and to determine the equivalence of both versions by comparing the experimental translation from 2015 with the official translation from 2021. For this purpose, we recruited a new cohort of patients with schizophrenia (SCH, n = 15) and compared it with data from two control cohorts from previous studies: a cohort of healthy control subjects was taken from the normative study (CON-H, n = 53) and patients with schizophrenia from the validation study (CON-SCH, n = 38). The groups were matched by age, education, and sex using the statistical software R. A key finding was that the SCH and CONSCH groups did not show statistically significant differences in any of the MCCB tests. The CON-SCH group scored statistically lower than the CON-H group in all tests. The SCH group also scored statistically lower in all tests except the spatial span test from the WMS-III; however, a trend toward statistical significance was found in this test as well. These results support the following findings: the experimental and the official Czech version of the MCCB appear to be equivalent; the normative data of the MCCB are also applicable within the scope of use of the official version; the MCCB is an instrument that significantly discriminates between healthy subjects and populations of patients with schizophrenia according to cognitive performance. Overall, we can recommend the official Czech adaptation of the MCCB battery as an effective tool for assessing the cognitive functions of patients with schizophrenia in Czech psychiatric hospitals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta blockers have an additive effect on the reduction in mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction regardless of the etiology of cardiac dysfunction. Fixed-dose combination of perindopril and bisoprolol is advantageous, improving patient adherence to treatment when a combination of a beta blocker with an ACE inhibitor is indicated. We present a case report of a patient after an episode of heart failure due to ischemic heart disease in whom long-term treatment with fixed-dose combination of perindopril and bisoprolol was associated with an improvement in left ventricular systolic function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The method of reporting the imaging techniques findings significantly affects the necessity of viewing the CT scans by the doctor in comprehensive cerebrovascular centre (CCC). In the case of a long interval when images are sent to the CCC archive, the transport of the patient between stroke centre (SC) and CCC is significantly prolonged. It is essential to report the extent of ischemic changes in the MCA territory using the ASPECTS score. Exclusion of patients from interventional treatment based on ASPECTS scores should be approached with caution. It is essential to correctly identify the level of occlusion (especially the distinction between M1 and M2 of the MCA segments), which co-determines the indication for mechanical thrombectomy. Knowledge of extracranial arteries involvement (stenoses, occlusions) is important for the strategy of endovascular surgery. It is appropriate to refer to the anatomy of the carotid arteries with the identification of the aortic arch type III. and significant looping of the carotid arteries, which complicate mechanical thrombectomy. These findings are not a reason to refuse an endovascular procedure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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