scholarly journals Analysis of Brownfields Sites in the Villages and Towns in the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
pp. 151-169
Author(s):  
Jaroslav ŠKRABAL ◽  
Kamila TUREČKOVÁ ◽  
Jan NEVIMA
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Current Topic ◽  
Predominant Form ◽  
Industrial Regions ◽  
Administrative Units

The issue associated with the situation of brownfields around the world is a very current topic today. This article focuses on the situation of the existence of brownfields in the Czech Republic. The aim of this article is to assess the current situation of brownfields from the perspective of municipalities and cities in the Czech Republic. The data in the paper were collected by means of a questionnaire applied to towns and villages in the Czech Republic. The existence of brownfields in regions can have a negative impact on the development of the relevant area, such as villages, towns or higher-level administrative units. The research took place from 9 July 2018 to 31 January 2019. The rate of return on the primary research was 43.2% of the respondents. The results showed that brownfields mainly occur in former industrial regions. The predominant form of ownership of abandoned buildings and grounds was private ownership. It can be stated that agricultural, industrial activity and former civic amenities dominated in the previous use. Last but not least, the study points to regional differences that are noticeable between municipalities and cities in individual NUTS 3 regions in connection to the issue of brownfields.

Inflammatory bowel disease has a negative impact on patients reproductive behaviour: the first multicentre survey in the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Dana Ďuricová ◽  
Zuzana Krátka ◽  
Martin Bortlík ◽  
Lenka Slabá ◽  
Kristýna Strnadová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
General Population ◽  
Bowel Disease ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel

Background: Several previous studies reported the negative impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on reproductive plans and fertility rate. The aim of our study was to investigate, for the first time, reproductive attitudes and fertility rate among Czech patients with IBD. Methods: Between March and August 2019, consecutive patients with IBD from 22 centres across the Czech Republic responded anonymously to a predefined questionnaire focused on the patients’ demographics, details of IBD and treatment, gynaecological/urological history, reproductive issues and patients’ knowledge on this topic. Results: The questionnaire was filled in by 798 patients (526 women; median age 34 years, 66% with Crohn’s disease). Of these, 58% of the females and 47.1% of the males already had ≥ 1 child (median 2 children). Women with IBD were significantly more worried about infertility (55.5% versus 22.4%), had more limitations in their sexual life (53.2% vs. 26.8%) and more frequently changed their earlier reproductive plans (27.6% versus 11.0%) than the males (p < 0.0001). The total fertility rate in female IBD patients was lower compared to the general population with 1.004 live births/IBD woman versus 1.69 live births/woman in the Czech population. The pattern of decreased fertility was observed in all age-specific categories. Of the childless patients, 14% of the women and 18.1% of the men were voluntarily childless. Approximately one-half of them indicated their IBD to be the primary cause. Conclusions: IBD seems to have a negative impact on patients’ reproductive plans and attitudes. The fertility rate in Czech IBD female patients was decreased compared to the general population in this study.

scholarly journals Current Implementation of the Circular Economy in Enterprises in the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-210
Author(s):  
Otakar Ungerman ◽  
Jaroslava Dědková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
Active Approach ◽  
Current Implementation ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Subject

Abstract The subject of this paper is the contemporary use of the circular economy in business practice. The topicality of this theme was the reason for resolving the main objectives, which were to determine how enterprises in the Czech Republic are currently involved in the circular economy. The authors focused on empirical research, the methodological framework of which contains three interrelated parts. The basis was secondary research from scientific databases, which was followed up by the primary research. The objects of the primary research were based on three research questions, which were focused on the use of standardised environmental activities, the identification of tools of the circular economy and determining their importance. The research was evaluated using the methods of content analysis, descriptive and inductive statistics. The research showed that 71 % of enterprises present themselves as taking an active approach to the environment beyond the scope of the statutory obligations. Enterprises then make most use of regulatory tools such as the ISO 14001 standard or Ecodesign. An in-depth interview was used to identify sixteen tools of the circular economy as they are perceived by enterprises. When assessing importance, the highest rated tool was reducing energy consumption in production, waste from production, the consumption of materials, emissions and minimization of waste. Statistically significant differences were also identified with these tools. The research showed that the circular economy is most used in automotive industry enterprise.

scholarly journals Relationship of activities in reverse logistics according to sell point in Czech Republic

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 01016 ◽  
Author(s):  
František Milichovský
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Statistical Program ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Nominal Variables

The paper is focused on findings, if final customers in sell points reflect activities of reverse logistics. Main result of research provides relationship between sell point and reverse activity. The research was aimed at random chosen group of 811 respondents in the Czech Republic. Real participants have been 293, what is effectiveness in 36.13%. The primary research provides possible approaches for companies in sell points within reverse logistics activities to final consumers. To process the results of the questionnaire survey were used basic types of descriptive statistics on the selected data set. The data were processed by using the statistical program IBM SPSS Statistics 24, which was subsequently analysed the dependency between the two nominal variables by means of contingency tables and Pearson's chi-squared test. Limitation for this research is because of the chosen sample and targeting only on Czech Republic.

Mass Prefabricated-Panel Housing Construction in Private Ownership in the Czech Republic

2014 ◽  
Vol 1020 ◽  
pp. 692-697
Author(s):  
Eva Špačková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Past ◽  
Building Facade ◽  
Housing Estates

Housing estates thus have been and will continue to be a long-term part of the housing the Czech Republic. Research addresses the artistic and architectural level of regeneration of prefabricated-panel buildings in the past twenty year, shows how the form of reconstructed facades has developed and illustrates the use of the building facade in the context of the environment in which the residential building is located.

scholarly journals Evaluation of participation of Czech regions in FP7 projects during the period 2007 – 2011

Ergo ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Daniel Frank
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Past

The aim of this paper is to evaluate existing stakeholder participation by region in the FP7, to determine the success of regions in terms of utilization of funds provided by the FP7 and the use of their scientifi c research capacities in human resources, to try to analyze regional differences in access to the FP7 at the regional level and compare the results with previous data on the participation of entities from the Czech Republic in the past FP.

scholarly journals Professional manager conception in the Czech Republic

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 681-686
Author(s):  
Petr Novák
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Electronic Form ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Professional Manager ◽  
Further Development

The paper deals with the conception of the professional manager. In the current Czech management environment the terms of professionalism and professional manager are not defined, understood and respect properly. The paper was written on the basis of a primary research among 112 middle and top managers in the Czech Republic. The beginning of the paper focuses on the introduction of the method used for the research and then follows the evaluation process of the respondents’ answers. These answers were noticed and transformed into the electronic form for the subsequent evaluation process, which is described in detail in the results part. The categories were stated on the basis of recurrence of the characteristics in the ans­wers, and the frequency of these characteristics was measured. The outcome of the paper is the specification of the term ‘Professionalism’ and the characteristics of the term ‘Professional Manager’ by above mentioned research. The research results are discussed with the literature review in the concluding part, and the opportunities for the further development are given.

scholarly journals Adaptation of two years old children in Czech preschool education

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 349-356
Author(s):  
Lucie Grůzová ◽  
Zora Syslova
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Social Pressure ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Pedagogical Quality ◽  
Current Topic

Abstract The article presents current topic in Czech preschool education. Czech preschool education has been dealing with placing of two years old children to kindergartens. There is economic and social pressure for receiving two years old children into kindergartens, however, contemporary pre-primary education is for children from three until six or seven years old in the Czech Republic. The network of facilities caring and education for children a up to three years of age are missing in the Czech Republic. The article presents results of qualitative research focusing on adaptation of two years old children from teachers’ perspective. The methods of questionnaire and observation were used. The research brings findings on kindergarten teachers working with two years old children in Czech kindergartens and how children develop in current conditions. Keywords: pre-primary education, pedagogical quality, two years old children, teachers´ professional competences, observation.

scholarly journals Vliv změny pravidel v roce 2010 na střelbu hráčů Národní basketbalové ligy

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
Václav Svoboda ◽  
Emil Řepka
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Male Competition ◽  
T Test ◽  
F Test ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Rules Changes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Paired T Test

The aim of our study is to identify and evaluate the impact of rules changes in 2010 on success of two-point shooting and three-point shooting between selected Czech and foreign players taking part in National Basketball League- top male competition in the Czech Republic who have met with our specifi ed conditions in examined seasons 2009/10 and 2010/11. There are following methods used in the very research in the empirical part: Student’s paired t-test, Two-sample F-test, Student’s unpaired t-test of equality of variances and Size of eff ect. The results of these tests has statistically confi rmed our hypotheses H1 and H2 – it means decreasing of two-point shooting success in season 2010/11 for all examined players and reducing of success at three-point throws between players with Czech nationality. On the contrary, it has not confi rmed the hypothesis H3, thus increasing of three-point shooting success in season 2010/11 between foreign players. Substantively, we consider as an essential result the 20.1% negative impact of the rules changes on success of three-point shooting for players of Czech nationality.

scholarly journals Concept of perceptual carrying capacity and its use in the creation of promotional materials of tourist destination

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 2547-2553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav Mokrý
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Visual Method ◽  
Promotional Materials ◽  
The Church

The aim of this article is to introduce results of research of perceptual carrying capacity of selected area. Concept of perceptual tourist carrying capacity aims to find the number of visitors of tourist destination that the visitor is willing to accept before deciding to prefer travelling to another tourist destination. In order to determine the perceptual carrying capacity the visual method is used. The photos of destination that depict different level of visitors are presented to respondents when using this method. The primary research method used in this investigation was the questionnaire survey which was conducted via online questionnaires. The questionnaire used computer-generated images that depict different number of visitors of the particular destination – nature trail around the church of St. John of Nepomuk in Žďár nad Sázavou (UNESCO monument). The questionnaire also contained samples of photos taken from photo gallery section of CzechTourism agency (photo.czechtourism.com), which were used to determine the preferred destination for recreation. The survey was conducted within the period from May 2012 to July 2012 on a sample of 736 respondents from The Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Využívání otevřených vzdělávacích zdrojů studenty environ-mentálních oborů v České republice

Envigogika ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduard Petiška
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Subjective Quality Assessment ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Frequency Of Use

Open educational resources are important innovations in educational technologies. Their proper use can have a number of benefits for both higher education and environmental disciplines. Conversely, poor work when using these resources can have a negative impact on students' knowledge. It is currently unclear what OER students use, how often and for what they use it, and whether they are able to determine any criteria of quality. On the basis of previous findings, we developed a method, and conducted research in the form of a questionnaire-based survey. We investigated a) the frequency of use b) the purposes of use c) subjective quality assessment. Questionnaires were distributed in the environmental courses at five universities in the Czech Republic; 233 questionnaires were evaluated. The results showed that most students use OER often, especially Wikipedia, both its Czech and English versions, although many of the students also have experience with the storage of illegal materials. Resources are especially used as a supplement and secondary resource, as a signpost to other resources, to prepare for a test, or when writing an attestation work. As a quality resource, students especially value Wikipedia. Most students were also able to identify at least some criteria which they use when assessing the quality of a resource.

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