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The combination of non-linear finite element analysis with structural monitoring can considerably improve the prognosis of bridge behaviour, deterioration, and damage. Recently, a digital twin concept is utilized in which a digital replica of a real structure is developed. Based on the data obtained from the monitoring system installed on the Wonka bridge, Czech Republic, a computational model was calibrated. Then, advanced deterioration models accounting for chloride- induced reinforcement corrosion were applied to assess the long-term development of the structure’s load-bearing capacity. It is shown that the proposed integrated system can be used as a tool for the ageing management of concrete structures ensuring their long-term safe operation.

The research dealt with the possibility of using hay for the production of large-area material. Boards with a density of 630 ± 30 kg/m3 and thickness of 12 mm were pressed from the hay. The boards were made of hay fractions and whole hay straws. Due to the presence of a water repellent waxy coating of the surface layers of the hay straws, the hay was soaked in NaOH solution to disrupt the coating and increase the surface wettability for the water-based adhesives. The soaking was carried out with different temperatures, time, and concentrations. Depending on the measurements of the contact angle of the water drop on the hay surface, a 5% NaOH solution was selected. The FR 15 and FR 60 boards were made from a hay fraction soaked at the temperature 20 ° C for 15 minutes and 60 minutes. A reference board FR REF was produced in the same way without chemical treatment. For comparing the boards' properties, several boards were produced: a DTD ST board was made of wood chips used for the central layers of boards made by the Kronospan company; a board NE REF, produced from the whole hay straws without any chemical treatment; a board NE 15, which was made out of hay undergone 15 minutes long treatment at 20 °C. UF resin (Kronores CB 1637), which is used for bonding of the core layers of particle boards, was used as the adhesive. The results have shown that the wettability of the straw surface can be improved by the chemical treatment by almost 50% compared to the hay without treatment. The contact angle values of the hay without the chemical treatment were 92,2 °. In hay soaked in NaOH solution, the contact angle decrease to 45 °. However, the hay treated this way wasn't suitable for board production due to its significant degradation. The hay used for boards FR 15 and FR 60 had values of 63 and 62, 9 ° accordingly, which were similar to those measured on the wood surface (64 °). Properties of the produced samples were tested according to ČSN EN standards. In bending tests, boards made from hay fractions with chemical treatment reached better results at MOR compared to the reference boards (the board FR 15 - 4,5 MPa, the board FR 60 - 5 MPa, and the board FR REF - 1,3 MPa). As for the modulus of elasticity MOE, the board FR 15 reached 1710 MPa, the board FR 60 - 1703 MPa, and the board FR REF - 651 MPa. After 24 hours, the following swelling values were indicated: FR REF - 23,2 %, FR 15 - 26,6 % a FR 60 - 17,1 %. After soaking in water for 48 hours, the FR REF fraction board had shown a swelling value of 60,5 %. The boards FR 15 and FR 60 from chemically modified hay have achieved better results of 42 and 47,2 % accordingly.

This thesis deals with the blending of journalistic and marketing content on the example of Ambiente Restaurants, namely its corporate blog Jídlo a radost which was created in 2015 primarily for promotional purposes. The main aim of this thesis is to find out what procedures in the editorial of the Jídlo a radost blog editor uses, where the editors of the blog get information and whether their editorial routine is comparable to that in the classical publishing houses. At the same time, the work examines who the blog readers of Jídlo a radost are, how they perceive the content that Ambiente Restaurants publishes, whether the Jídlo a radost blog is for them the primary source of information about gastronomy and whether they trust the information from the blog. The practical part of this diploma thesis contains mixed research, which uses two research methods. The first is a quantitative method of questionnaire survey, in which readers of the Jídlo a radost blog readers were asked. The second is a qualitative method, namely a semi-structured interview with Ambiente Restaurant's communications manager Sarka Hamanova. Data from the research of were used to answer the five main research questions.

The article tries to apply the concept of humanism formulated by Peter F. Grendel on several Utraquist authors from the end of 15th and beginning of 16th century. One of the most important innovations of Grendler is his emphasis on the institutionalization of humanism which might and answer the question whether the Utraquist confession was the main reason behind the slow reception of humanist ideas in Bohemian lands.

The aim of this thesis is to analyse American Apparel's photographical strategies and its advertising tendencies in the years 2011 - 2015. In the theoretical part of this thesis, the text will cover the principals of advertising photography and will briefly describe the history of fashion photography. Also it will mention the work of famous photographers who have worked with atypical visual methods in the past. This thesis will also describe the beginnings and the story of American Apparel and its founder Dov Charney. Based on the work of Roland Barthes and visual methods described in the book Metody výzkumu médií by Trampota and Vojtěchovská, the author will use his theoretical knowledge and analyse the photographs used in American Apparel's advertising. The key result of this thesis is a qualitative analysis based on the text Rhetoric Of The Image by Roland Barthes. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

This bachelor's thesis describes the procedures for making a 3D model of microscopic structure of wood. Samples were taken from representatives of coniferous, ring porous, diffuse porous and semi diffuse porous wood from Czech Republic. The thesis includes the issue of suitable deposition of the 3D image, the determination of the threshold parameter analysis, segmentation and registration algorithms in programme Wood3D. Another objective is to show morphological changes obtained by visualization of 3D structures in different positions of the trunk.

Phylogeny of selected genera of geckos in the Mediterranean and adjacent regions Jan Červenka Ph.D. thesis Abstract This Ph.D. thesis is composed of three published articles and one manuscript, and is focused on the phylogenetic relationships of selected species of geckos from the Mediterranean and surrounding areas. The group of geckos of interest shares the common characteristic of an absence of adhesive lamellas on their toes. Historically, it was assumed that these species were closely related. Molecular-phylogenetic approaches were used in order to reveal the phylogenetic relationships within this group, especially using the sequential data from mitochondrial genes. Morphological characteristics commonly used in lizards were studied in connection with the ecology of the group. This thesis provides the first more detailed view of the phylogeny of the studied species. The results show that the genus Cyrtopodion, previously considered as monophyletic, in fact is not monophyletic as the genera Bunopus and Agamura represent its inner groups. Mediodactylus, the subgenus of Cyrtopodion, forms monophylum but is not closely related to the other members of the genus and so was reclassified as the independent genus. The enigmatic and yet so far very poorly studied genus Carinatogecko was discovered to be the...