Historical and recent viticulture as a source of climatological knowledge in the Czech Republic

The cultivation of the vine (Vinis vinifera) that yields grapes for wine manufacture is strongly influenced by the weather. This relationship enables the use of historical viticultural data (e.g., the start date of the grape harvest, notes on wine quality and quantity) for the reconstruction of temperatures and weather extremes in past times. This paper summarises the basics of the relationship between viticulture and climate in the Czech Lands. We compile historical observations before AD 1500 and for the 16th-18th centuries from various types of documentary evidence. The starting dates of the grape harvest in Znojmo for 1800-1890 are used for the reconstruction of April-August temperatures in Brno. The quality of the wine from Bzenec (1800-1890), Znojmo (1802-1845) and Bohutice (1861-1912) is analysed with respect to temperatures corresponding to excellent, good, average and bad wine. Times of flowering and grape harvest are compared with temperatures at the Velké Pavlovice station for the period 1956-2007 and 1984-2007, for various grape varieties.

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Influence of terroir on the concentration of selected stilbenes in wines of the cv. Riesling in the Czech Republic

Horticultural Science ◽

10.17221/126/2010-hortsci ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 39 (No. 1) ◽

pp. 38-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M. Kumšta ◽

P. Pavloušek ◽

J. Kupsa

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Phenolic Compounds ◽

Geographical Origin ◽

Hplc Method ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Subject ◽

The Relationship ◽

Mean Concentration

The relationship between the terroir and the quality of grapes and/or wines is used in wine authenticity determination based on geographical origin. The phenolic compounds in grapes and wines are probably related to the terroir. The subject of the study was the analysis of 43 wines of the cv. Riesling from six wine-growing sub-regions, 16 different localities and four vintages to determine the content of trans-resveratrol, trans-piceid, cis-resveratrol and cis-piceid. The analyses were performed using an HPLC method. A relationship was observed between trans-resveratrol concentration in wines and wine-growing locality. The concentration of trans-resveratrol ranged from 0.04 to 0.82 mg/l with mean concentration of 0.28 mg/l. The highest concentrations of trans-resveratrol were found in wines from the localities Podmolí (0.66 mg/l), Hostěradice (0.64 mg/l and 0.82 mg/l), Mělník (0.59 mg/l) and Litoměřice (0.57 mg/l). Differences were also found in the relationship between trans-resveratrol and wine-growing sub-regions. Relationships between trans-piceid, cis-resveratrol or cis-piceid concentration and wine terroir were not demonstrated. The results of this study demonstrated the capability to differentiate the wine terroir using the trans-resveratrol concentrations.

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Elderly Volunteering in Europe: The Relationship Between Volunteering and Quality of Life Depends on Volunteering Rates

VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations ◽

10.1007/s11266-020-00267-w ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Leszek Morawski ◽

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn ◽

Marianna Strzelecka

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Correlation Coefficients ◽

European Countries ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Health Aging ◽

The Relationship

Abstract This paper investigates the effect of volunteering on quality of life (QoL) in 50+ populations across European countries and Israel. We analyzed data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Using the Kendall tau-b correlation coefficients, we show that the extent of effect volunteering has on quality of life is nonlinearly related to the prevalence of volunteering in a given country. The relationship follows an inverted-U-shaped curve. In countries where volunteering is the most popular (Denmark, Switzerland, and Belgium) and in countries with the lowest rates (Poland, Greece, the Czech Republic, and Spain), the correlation between volunteering and one’s quality of life is low. The correlation is high in countries with medium levels of volunteering (Austria, Italy, and Israel). Moreover, volunteering affects more internal than external domains of QoL. These new insights extend the discussion started by Haski-Leventhal (Voluntas Int J Volunt Nonprofit Organ 20:388–404, 2009). Our study is correlational, and we do not claim causality.

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Nonconformities with Material Aspects in Management Systems

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.952.305 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 952 ◽

pp. 305-312

Author(s):

Vera Pelantová

Keyword(s):

Complex System ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Management System ◽

Management Systems ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Relationship

Every organisation is a very complex system. It consists of soft and hard parts of a system. Their relationships and the influence of the substantial neighbourhood lead to the development of a number of problems. This article deals with nonconformities in the relationship to material aspects in management systems of organisations. Nonconformities were found from the survey which was conducted in organisations in a one region of the Czech Republic. There are from production, maintenance, store, quality department and so on. The article classifies nonconformities by a type, by a severity and by an amount. It describes the relation to risks of the management system and also to main and minor processes and to innovations. In conclusion, the article presents some recommendations for the increase of quality of a production and also for the simplification of the management system.

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Ethnic Germans in Poland and the Czech Republic: A Comparative Evaluation*

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1080/00905990500088610 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 255-276 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Karl Cordell ◽

Stefan Wolff

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Main Theme ◽

Federal Republic Of Germany ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Ethnic Germans ◽

Deutsche Demokratische Republik ◽

Czech Lands ◽

The Relationship ◽

Two Sides ◽

Socialist Unity

This paper seeks to analyze the nature of the German minorities in the Czech Republic and Poland. In order to achieve this goal, the relationship between Czechoslovakia/the Czech Republic and Poland with the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany/FRG) forms an essential intellectual backdrop to our main theme. Reference to the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic/GDR) will be made as and where appropriate. As we shall see, tensions simmered between the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany/SED) and the Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza Zjednoczona (Polish United Workers' Party/PZPR), and in reality relations between the two sides were poor. Reference will be made to wartime German occupation policy in both Poland and the Czech lands. Due attention will also be paid to the consequent expulsion of ethnic Germans from Poland and Czechoslovakia. However, due to limitations of space these themes, that have been exhaustively dealt with elsewhere, do not form part of our main focus of study.

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Changes in the Czech Business Environment by the View of SME Managers

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis ◽

10.11118/actaun201866020509 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 66 (2) ◽

pp. 509-519

Author(s):

Helena Chládková

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

World Bank ◽

Business Environment ◽

Situational Analysis ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Transparency International ◽

Doing Business ◽

The World Bank ◽

The Relationship

This article shows first of all opinions of SME managers on the changes in the quality of the Czech business environment. The article contains the views of managers identified in 2017 and 2015 and compares them with the detected results in 2010 and 2004. It is interesting that managers reported more opportunities than threats in all years. Because the most of respondents (SME managers) were active in a municipality of up to 2000 residents in villages in southern Moravia their views on the quality of the business environment can be used to assess the competitiveness of the region and to reflect on the relationship between small and medium-sized enterprises and regional development. The paper also documents the applicability of the situational analysis of the external environment in SMEs. But the quality of business environment is evaluated also based on the results of the World Bank and Transparency International for purposes of international comparison in this article. To assess the quality of the business environment was used Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International. Czech Republic ranked 37 place with the score 56 in 2015 (score 51 in 2014). Also, World Bank in its results “Doing business 2016” shows improve conditions for business in the Czech Republic.

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INTERNATIONAL GRANT COOPERATION AS A TOOL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

Pedagogical education: theory and practice. Psychology. Pedagogy ◽

10.28925/2311-2409.2018.30.48 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 4-8

Author(s):

Milan Chmura

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Professional Education ◽

European Countries ◽

International Project ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

University Teachers ◽

Quality Of Higher Education ◽

Education And Development

The education and development of university teachers have its justifcation and its importance is signifcant not only in the Czech Republic but also abroad. This study provides an analysis of further professional education of university teachers in the Czech Republic and in selected European countries. Subsequently, it presents an international project with participants from the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland, which, ultimately, plays a role in the improvement of the quality of higher education.

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The relationship between academic futility and the achievement of upper secondary students. Evidence from the Czech Republic

International Studies in Sociology of Education ◽

10.1080/09620214.2020.1869996 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

Jana Straková ◽

Jaroslava Simonová ◽

Petr Soukup

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Secondary Students ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Upper Secondary ◽

The Relationship

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Assigning a Value to Volunteering in Requests for Proposals

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/21582440211009503 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 215824402110095

Author(s):

Jakub Dostál

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

Economic Value ◽

European Economic Area ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

A Value ◽

Economic Area ◽

Different Types ◽

The Relationship ◽

Volunteer Time

The economic value of volunteering is an increasingly important part of volunteering management. It has become part of public policies. Some requests for proposals (RFP) enable nonprofits to include the value of volunteer time in compulsory co-financing. These RFP include the European Economic Area (EEA) Grants and Norway Grants. This article addresses the relationship in the value of volunteering, also called in-kind volunteering contributions. The research includes two case studies of finances from EEA and Norway Grants in the Czech Republic: the Czech NGO Programme, responsible for allocating grants between 2009 and 2014, and the Active Citizens Fund, responsible for allocating grants between 2014 and 2021. They share elements through the EEA and Norway Grants rules. However, they use different types of specialist replacement wages. The article summarizes the arguments for including in-kind volunteering contributions. It presents the possible values of these contributions in the selected cases, including the relationship between the type of volunteering and the number of hours necessary to achieve these values. The article defines the theoretical basis for calculating the value of in-kind volunteer contributions and illustrates this with real examples of allocations from EEA and Norway Grants.

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