Treatment Outcome Evaluation in Therapeutic Communities in the Czech Republic: Changes in Methamphetamine Use and Related Problems One Year After Discharge

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 68-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Šefránek ◽  
Michal Miovský
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Therapeutic Communities ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Methamphetamine Use ◽  
One Year

scholarly journals  Faecal shedding of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli in cattle in the Czech Republic

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 149-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Alexa ◽  
L. Konstantinova ◽  
Z. Sramkova-Zajacova
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Immunomagnetic Separation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Somatic Antigen ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
E Coli ◽  
One Year

A survey to estimate the prevalence of verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) or enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) in rectal swabs from healthy dairy cattle aged three weeks, three months and one year was conducted in three herds from the Czech Republic. Screening for the presence of the stx1, stx2 and eaeA genes in faecal swab cultures was performed by PCR, and in positive samples, isolated colonies were examined. Immunomagnetic separation was used for the isolation of the VTEC serogroup O157 from samples. VTEC were detected in animals from all three herds under study. In the group of 3-week-old calves, VTEC were only detected in samples collected in the summer months. However, in the other age-groups, VTEC were detected in both the summer and winter months. EHEC shedding was observed in 30 to 100% of the total samples collected from cattle aged three months and one year in the summer months, and in 30 to 60% of samples taken in the winter months. EHEC strains of serogroup O157 were detected in two herds. The range of verotoxins shed by VTEC isolates of serogroup O157 differed between herds. Besides serogroup O157, additional EHEC belonging to the antigen groups O26, O103, O128 and O153 have been identified, and in some of them, no somatic antigen was detected.

scholarly journals Loyalty Programmes of Selective Grocery Retailers in the Czech Republic

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 617-625
Author(s):  
Petra Solarová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Similar Time ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Interesting Fact ◽  
Time Determination ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Relationship

This paper deals with long term loyalty programmes of selective grocery retailers who operate in the market within the Czech Republic. Only those loyalty programmes designed for the end customers are taken into account, so this study is concerned with the B2C area. A long term loyalty programmes last at least for one year, i.e. twelve months (this time determination is valid for purposes of this paper). The main aim of this paper is to identify the single elements and principles occurring in long term loyalty programmes and then to develop an illustrative model. The presented output is a model of long term loyalty programmes that captures the three following phases: the establishment, development (or building) and termination of the relationship. In addition, from the empirical research, an interesting fact has emerged: two of the analysed long term loyalty programmes were launched at a similar time. This could be explained through the tendency for companies to copy the successful activities insigated by their competitors. Furthermore, the next remarkable phenomenon is that one grocery chain runs two long term loyalty programmes at the same time and the target groups of these programmes overlap. A possible explanation could be that the chain is making efforts to interest as many as possible of its different customers.

Trends in One Month and One Year Hemorrhagic Stroke Case Fatality Rates in the Czech Republic between 1998 and 2015

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 104762
Author(s):  
Tomas Bryndziar ◽  
Petra Sedova ◽  
Robert D. Brown ◽  
Eva Fiserova ◽  
Miroslav Zvolsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Hemorrhagic Stroke ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Stroke Case ◽  
One Year

scholarly journals Virulence analyses of the powdery mildew population on wheat in the CzechRepublic in 1995–1998

1999 ◽  
Vol 35 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
K. Klem
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Powdery Mildew ◽  
Blumeria Graminis ◽  
Spore Trap ◽  
Gametic Disequilibrium ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
High Frequencies ◽  
B Values ◽  
One Year ◽  
Virulence Frequency

In 1995–1998, the frequency of selected virulences in the powdery mildew ( Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici ) population on wheat in the Czech Republic was investigated. Samples of conidia were collected by a mobile version of a spore-trap. A total of 1739 one-colony isolates were analysed on a set of five varieties as differentials. High frequencies (> 50%)  were found for virulences Vm2, Vm3a, Vm5 and Vml7, lower frequencies(< 50%) for combinations Vm9,2,1 and Vm2,6 and for Vm4b. There were no significant changes in virulence frequencies except for genes Vm5 and Vm9,2,1 that showed one-year variations. Differences between the eastern part (Moravia) and western part (Bohemia) of the Czech Republic were mostly insignificant for most exam­ ined genes. A significantly higher virulence frequency was found in Moravia for genes Vm3a (in 1995) and Vml7 (in 1996), and in Bohemia for the combination Vm9,2,1 (in 1995). A significant correlation (tested by Kendall's tau B values) existed between Vm2 and Vm5 in 1997 and 1998, and between Vm4b and Vm5 in 1995 and 1998. Values of gametic disequilibrium were also studied. Changes in the complexity of isolate virulence were determined to be small and showed no definite trend.  

scholarly journals Laboratory diagnostics of selected feline respiratory pathogens and their prevalence in the Czech Republic

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
D. Lobova ◽  
V. Kleinova ◽  
J. Konvalinova ◽  
P. Cerna ◽  
D. Molinkova
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Feline Calicivirus ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Pcr Multiplex ◽  
The Difference ◽  
One Year

Respiratory problems in cats have a multifactorial character. Therapy without the detection of pathogen is often ineffective. Our study was therefore focused on the detection of important feline respiratory bacterial pathogens such as Mycoplasma felis, Chlamydia felis and Bordetella bronchiseptica and viral pathogens such as Felid alphaherpesvirus-1 and feline calicivirus. The goal of this study was to map the occurrence of these pathogens in cat populations in the Czech Republic with the aim of introducing rapid and highly sensitive methods into routine diagnostics and to provide consulting services to animal health professionals based on the acquired data. A total of 218 cats were investigated in the study: 69 were outdoor and 149 were indoor cats. Three groups of animals were compared: up to one year of age (60 cats), one to three years of age (68 cats) and more than three years of age (90 cats). Samples were taken from conjunctiva and/or the oropharynx. Samples originated from cats with various forms of respiratory disease or from healthy cats from different parts of the Czech Republic. Real-Time RT-PCR, multiplex Real-Time PCR, nested PCR and sequencing analyses were performed. Outdoor cats were infected more often (84 detected pathogens in 69 cats) than indoor cats (110 detected infections in 149 cats). More than one pathogen was detected in a total of 38 cats, and six cats were infected with more than two pathogens. The difference was statistically significant in the case of co-infections, but not for mono-infections (P < 0.05). Kittens and young adults up to the age of one year were the most common reservoirs of respiratory infections (only 19 cats out of 60 were negative and positive cats often harboured coinfections). The difference in age groups were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). Concerning the site of the sampling, feline calicivirus, M. felis and B. bronchiseptica were detected more often from oropharynx than from conjunctival swabs. M. felis was slightly more common in clinically diseased animals (39.6%) than in healthy ones (26.1%). The obtained results reveal the frequency of individual pathogens and their co-infections in cats kept on the territory of the Czech Republic, data which can be used to make the treatment of respiratory infections and breeding measures more effective. Therefore, the diagnostic methods are now available to veterinary surgeons with the possibility of consultation and discussion of the results.

scholarly journals Publication of maps and plans of Jewish settlement from the first half of the 18th century

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Šárka Steinová ◽  
Jiří Drozda ◽  
Filip Paulus ◽  
Ondřej Böhm
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Web Application ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Large Data ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Jewish Settlement ◽  
One Year ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Spatial Identification

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> A unique set of maps and plans, showing in detail the Jewish settlement in the Czech Republic originating from the first half of the 18. century, was compiled and expertly handled by researchers of the Czech National Archives. The set consist of 98 plans and sketches produced on the basis of the Imperial Translocation Rescripts (1726). All maps and sketches have been produced within one year 1727 and depicted small towns and villages in some cases already extinct. During research large data base file was created with the aim of spatial identification of individual maps and plans, and objects that appear on them. In cooperation with the VÚGTK application has been developed to publish this unique map set through the Web application. The application allows viewing individual maps including the preserved archive materials, their overlap with other major cartographic sources, mainly with the Index Sketches of the Stable Cadastre dating from the first half of the 19th century. (The Index Sketches of the Stable Cadastre was one of the main sources used in the professional processing and spatial identification of individual maps.) The application also allows comparing with the current cartographic materials (aerial imagery, nowadays maps, GIS data etc.) The benefit of application is not only for research of Jewish settlement development in the Czech Republic but also for other research like urban planning and development of the countryside and its settlements.</p>

scholarly journals Development of number of employees in the Czech companies with venture capital investment

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Fedorová ◽  
Jaroslava Rajchlová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Venture Capital ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Venture Capital Investment ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Individual

According to Schefzyk (2006), creating of new job opportunities in companies financed by venture capital ranks among the most considerable economic impacts of venture capital on companies and national economy. Such obvious conclusions can not be identified in other foreign studies; therefore, a piece of research was undertaken with the aim to prove whether venture capital – in the conditions of the Czech Republic – contributed to any growth of number of employees in the companies with its participation. Partial objectives in two levels were formulated to accomplish primary objective: the first partial objective was the identification and evaluation of development of number of employees in the individual companies funded by venture capital, namely in the period of one year prior to its entry, in the period of co-existence and in the period of maximally three years following the venture capital investment exit out of such companies. The second partial objective was represented by the comparison of development of number of employees in the companies with venture capital with development of employment rate in the Czech Republic. Collected research material comes out from the data of all business subjects financed by venture capital in the Czech Republic in the period from 1998 until 2011. Quantitative research method and subsequent logical inductions were employed to reach established research primary objective. On the basis of collected data on annual average converted number of employees in the companies per individual years their chain indices, subsequently assessed, were calculated.In the research conclusions the authors observe that the statement on positive influence of venture capital on the employment growth in the companies with its participation can not be confirmed in the conditions of the Czech Republic.

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