Biologie a diverzita krásivek
MAZALOVÁ, Petra; POULÍČKOVÁ, Aloisie; POULÍČKOVÁ, Aloisie
2013 - English Available in digital repository of UPOL. Biologie a diverzita krásivek

MAZALOVÁ, Petra; POULÍČKOVÁ, Aloisie; POULÍČKOVÁ, Aloisie
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013

Concept analysis of three-way ordinal matrices
OSIČKA, Petr; BĚLOHLÁVEK, Radim
2012 - English The goal of the work summarized in the thesis was to extend an already existing method of relational data analysis to a fuzzy setting. The method in question is Triadic Concept Analysis (TCA), a relatively new method aiming at extraction of hierarchy of clusters from a tree-dimensional table representing a relationship between the collection of objects, the collection of attributes, and collection of conditions. In basic setting, the relationship is a yes-no relationship, that is, the input table describes presence/absence of attributes of objects under conditions. Such a setting is suitable for attributes with clearly defined boundaries, but it is not appropriate for attributes described by vague terms, like ?tall? or ?cheap?. In order to represent such attributes properly one needs to allow the relationship between objects, attributes, and conditions to be a matter of degree rather than a yes-no relationship. Of course, to analyze this data we cannot use methods suited for ordinary bivalent data. Hence, we need to either develop new methods, or appropriately extend methods suited for ordinary data. In this work we followed the later approach and extended TCA in a way that allows for analysis of graded data. The results contained in this thesis can be roughly divided into two parts. The first part, contained in the first three chapters, develops TCA in a fuzzy setting. The chapters provide both, a theoretical treatment of the method, and the description of related algorithms accompanied with experiments. The second part, contained in the last chapter, develops a particular application of TCA to a decomposition of three-way ordinal data. We consider this application very interesting and important. V práci se soustředíme na Triadickou konceptuální analýzu (TCA), metodu analýzy relačních dat, jejíž cílem je extrakce potenciálně zajímavých shluků z dat zachycujících vztahy mezi objekty, atributy a podmínkami. V základní verzi je TCA schopna zpracovat data obsahující bivalentní atributy, tj. atributy, které objekt buď má nebo nemá. Některé z ostatních typů atributů, např. numerické nebo výčtové, lze pro účely TCA předzpracovat pomocí tzv. konceptuálního škálování. Kvalitativní atributy, které jsou navíc vyjádřeny vágními pojmy, jako jsou například "být vysoký" nebo "být levný", ovšem TCA zpracovat neumí. Tyto atributy jsou totiž nejlépe modelovány pomocí fuzzy množin (můžeme tedy mluvit o fuzzy atributech), kdežto TCA je schopna zpracovat pouze binární atributy. Cílem práce tedy bylo rozšířit TCA tak, aby byla schopna zpracovat fuzzy attributy. Výsledky, které jsou obsaženy v práci pokrývají jak teoretické (například zobecnění hlavní věty TCA), tak i praktické (algoritmy) oblasti související s TCA dat s fuzzy atributy. Poslední část práce se zabývá dekompozicí trojrozměrných matic s ordinálními daty, která je konkrétní aplikací TCA s fuzzy atributy. Keywords: objektově atributová data; třírozměrná data; triadická konceptuální analýza; konceptuální trisvaz; fuzzy atributy; object-attribute data; three-way data; triadic concept analysis; concept trilattice; fuzzy attributes Available in digital repository of UPOL. Concept analysis of three-way ordinal matrices

V práci se soustředíme na Triadickou konceptuální analýzu (TCA), metodu analýzy relačních dat, jejíž cílem je extrakce potenciálně zajímavých shluků z dat zachycujících vztahy mezi objekty, ...

OSIČKA, Petr; BĚLOHLÁVEK, Radim
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2012

Hybridity and Its Selves: The South Asian "Other" in the Contemporary English Fiction
GLABAZŇA, Radek
2010 - English Available in the UPOL Library. Hybridity and Its Selves: The South Asian "Other" in the Contemporary English Fiction

GLABAZŇA, Radek
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2010

Isolation, Identification and Qantification of Cytokinin Nucleotides by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis
BÉRES, Tibor; DOLEŽAL, Karel
2011 - English Available in digital repository of UPOL. Isolation, Identification and Qantification of Cytokinin Nucleotides by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis

BÉRES, Tibor; DOLEŽAL, Karel
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011

Between Centre and Periphery: Plays Translated from English in the Czech Theatrical System (19892009)
ZUBÁKOVÁ, Josefína; ZEHNALOVÁ, Jitka; KNITTLOVÁ, Dagmar
2017 - English This dissertation deals with the phenomenon of drama translation. Methodologically, the thesis builds upon works on translation history concerned with quantitative and qualitative research methods. The presented statistical findings attempt to describe relationships between the Czech theatrical system and theatrical plays translated from English into Czech and staged on the Czech stage within a defined period, i.e. the time after the Velvet Revolution and the fall of Communism in the Czech Republic. With the intention of establishing the ways in which the translated theatrical plays have been introduced and incorporated into the Czech theatrical system as of 1989, the dissertation derives its theoretical background from polystem theory. The concepts of polysystem theory have been developed by Itamar Even-Zohar specifically in Polysystem Studies (1990) and are contrasted with other socio-culturally embedded or systemically oriented translation studies. The polysystemic postulates and broadly discussed notions are analyzed and compared to the situation in the Czech theatrical system. The statistical research represents an analysis of the stage productions of theatrical plays translated from English into Czech and staged on Czech stages between 1989 and 2009. Simultaneously, the translators of Anglophone drama whose translations were staged most frequently over the researched time period in the Czech Republic are acknowledged. Dizertační práce se zabývá problematikou divadelního překladu. Zaměření práce je historicko-srovnávací, součástí práce je statistický výzkum. Cílem práce je zmapovat vztahy českého divadelního systému a anglicky psaných divadelních her přeložených do češtiny a uvedených na českých scénách a zjistit, jakým způsobem jsou tato dramata zasazena do českého divadelního systému, jakým způsobem tyto dva systémy, tzn. systém původně česky psané dramatiky a systém divadelních her přeložených z cizího jazyka, vzájemně korelují a interferují, to vše v časovém horizontu, který se vztahuje k době po pádu komunismu v České republice v období po roce 1989. Vymezení tohoto časového období úzce souvisí s teorií polysystémů, z jejíchž postulátů tato práce vychází a jejichž platnost v českém divadelním systému zkoumá. Koncepty polysystémové teorie představené Itamarem Even-Zoharem v publikaci Polysystem Studies (1990) jsou dále nahlíženy z hlediska socio-kulturních přístupů k překladu a konfrontovány s jinými systémově-orientovanými studiemi. Statistický výzkum prezentuje analýzu inscenací divadelních her přeložených z anglického jazyka a uvedených na českých divadelních scénách v letech 19892009 a představuje také přehled nejuváděnějších překladatelů anglofonní dramatiky v daném období. Keywords: divadelní překlad; teorie polysystémů; revoluce v roce 1989; postkomunistické období; divadelní systém; centrum v. periferie; postavení překladového dramatu; role překladatele; drama translation; polysystem theory; Velvet Revolution in 1989; Post-Communism; theatrical system; centre vs. periphery; position of translated drama; role of the translator Available in digital repository of UPOL. Between Centre and Periphery: Plays Translated from English in the Czech Theatrical System (19892009)

jazyka, vzájemně korelují a interferují, to vše v časovém horizontu, který se vztahuje k době po pádu komunismu v České republice v období po roce 1989. Vymezení tohoto ...

ZUBÁKOVÁ, Josefína; ZEHNALOVÁ, Jitka; KNITTLOVÁ, Dagmar
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2017

Closure and Interior Structures in Relational Data Analysis and Their Morphisms
KONEČNÝ, Jan; BĚLOHLÁVEK, Radim
2012 - English We study relationships between compositions of fuzzy relations (for- mal fuzzy contexts) and morphisms of the structures (concept lat- tices) associated to the fuzzy relations. In particular, we study concept lattices of both, isotone and antitone concept-forming operators which are associated to the fuzzy relations. The presented theory brings new results on characterization, reduction, and similarity issues regarding concept lattices. Moreover, it brings a new insight to Boolean matrix theory generalizing some of its well-known results to fuzzy setting. In addition, we provide illustrative examples of applications of the presented theory, namely, conceptual scaling to fuzzy attributes and use of block relation to reduce size of a concept lattice. We study relationships between compositions of fuzzy relations (for- mal fuzzy contexts) and morphisms of the structures (concept lat- tices) associated to the fuzzy relations. In particular, we study concept lattices of both, isotone and antitone concept-forming operators which are associated to the fuzzy relations. The presented theory brings new results on characterization, reduction, and similarity issues regarding concept lattices. Moreover, it brings a new insight to Boolean matrix theory generalizing some of its well-known results to fuzzy setting. In addition, we provide illustrative examples of applications of the presented theory, namely, conceptual scaling to fuzzy attributes and use of block relation to reduce size of a concept lattice. Keywords: Formal concept analysis; fuzzy Galois connections; formal context; concept lattice; relational products; matrix decompositions; block relations.; Formal concept analysis; fuzzy Galois connections; formal context; concept lattice; relational products; matrix decompositions; block relations. Available in digital repository of UPOL. Closure and Interior Structures in Relational Data Analysis and Their Morphisms

We study relationships between compositions of fuzzy relations (for- mal fuzzy contexts) and morphisms of the structures (concept lat- tices) associated to the fuzzy relations. In particular, we study ...

KONEČNÝ, Jan; BĚLOHLÁVEK, Radim
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2012

The role of selected mitogen-activated protein kinases in Arabidopsis
LUPTOVČIAK, Ivan; ŠAMAJ, Jozef
2017 - English The present Ph.D. thesis is focused on Arabidopsis thaliana mitogen-activated protein kinase 6 (MPK6) and the microtubule severing protein KATANIN1 (KTN1). Herein, a chimeric GFP-MPK6 protein expressed under the native MPK6 promoter capable of rescuing the mpk6-2 mutant phenotype was used to perform in vivo localisation studies. Another chimeric protein MPK6-VenusN was used to test potential interactions of MPK6 with KTN1. Moreover phenotypic analyses of selected KTN1 mutants were performed and genetically rescued these mutants by chimeric GFP-KTN1 protein expressed under the native promoter. Therefore this thesis is divided into two parts. The first part of thesis briefly summarises current knowledge on plant MAPK signalling with main focus on MPK6, and describes the molecular cloning of GFP- fused MPK6 expressed under the native MPK6 promoter and the stable transformation of the fusion construct into mpk6-2 null mutant to achieve rescue of the mutant phenotype. Two constructs, pMPK6::GFP:MPK6 and pMPK6::MPK6:GFP, were able to revert mpk6-2 phenotype. GFP-MPK6 provided better signal than MPK6-GFP and it was localised to the nucleus, the plasma membrane and the cytosol in non-dividing cells. During mitosis GFP-MPK6 was associated with the preprophase microtubule band (PPB), phragmoplast and the newly formed cell plates. These observations together with the finding that a kinase-dead form MPK6AEF transformed into mpk6-4 mutant background showed a similar root phenotype like yda1 mutant contributed to the conclusion that MPK6 is an important player downstream of YODA (MAPKKK4). Both YODA and MPK6 are involved in postembryonic root development by regulating cell division plane orientation. Next, we searched for putative interactions between KTN1 and MPK6, its closely-related MPK3 and also MPK4, since in silico studies predicted the existence of a MAPK-targeted proline-directed serine at the 92nd position of KTN1. Results of YFP-split technology (BiFC, Bimolecular Fluorescent Complementation) experiments showed interactions of both MPK4 and MPK6 with KTN1 while preliminary results obtained by yeast-two-hybrid (Y2H) assay also showed interaction of MPK3 with KTN1. These protein-protein interaction data support the potential regulation of KTN1 by MAPKs. The second part of thesis summarises current knowledge on microtubule severing protein KTN1 with main focus on mutant phenotypes. Thus, it is devoted to the phenotypic analysis of the selected KTN1 mutants used herein (fra2, lue1 and ktn1-2) as related to fertility, embryo and seed development, and to the ability of a pKTN1::GFP:KTN1 construct to rescue mutant phenotypes. The phenotypic analyses of KTN1 mutants revealed an abnormal development of sporophytic tissues and of male and female reproductive organs. Stable transformations of fra2, lue1 a ktn1-2 mutants with pKTN1::GFP:KTN1 construct (expressed under control of the native KTN1 promoter) were performed and T3 lines showed rescue (genetic complementation) of mutant phenotypes. Therefore, we propose a new role of KTN1 in plant fertility and seed formation of Arabidopsis thaliana. Predložená dizertačná práca je zameraná na mitogen-aktivovanú proteín kinázu 6 (MPK6) a proteín strihajúci mikrotubuli KATANIN 1 (KTN1) u modelovej rastliny Arabidopsis thaliana. V práci je prezentovaná genetická komplementácia mpk6-2 mutantného fenotypu chimérnym GFP-MPK6 proteínom exprimovaným pod natívnym promótorom, ktorý bol použitý na in vivo lokalizačné štúdie. Ďalší typ chimérneho proteínu MPK6-VenusN bol použitý na testovanie potenciálnej interakcie MPK6 kinázy a KTN1. Tiež boli vykonané fenotypické analýzy vybraných KTN1 mutantov a tieto mutanty boli geneticky komplementované chimérnym GFP-KTN1 proteínom exprimovaným pod natívnym promótorom. Práca je rozdelení na dve časti, z toho prvá časť stručne sumarizuje súčasné poznatky o signalizácií sprostredkovanej MAP kinázami so zameraním na MPK6, ďalej na molekulárne klonovanie GFP-fúzovaného MPK6 proteínu exprimovaného pod natívnym MPK6 promótorom a jeho stabilnú transformáiu do mpk6-2 nulového mutanta za účelom získania "rescue" fenotypu. Dva konštrukty, pMPK6::GFP:MPK6 a pMPK6::MPK6:GFP, boli schopné zvrátiť alebo zachrániť (rescue) mpk6-2 fenotyp. Fúzny proteín GFP-MPK6 poskytoval lepší signál než MPK6-GFP a bol lokalizovaný v jadre, na plazmatickej membráne a cytosole v interfáznych bunkách. Počas mitózy bol GFP-MPK6 asociovaný s predprofáznym mikrotubulárnym pásom (PPB), fragmoplastom a tiež s novo sa tvoriacou bunkovou prepážkou. Tieto pozorovania spolu s inými výsledkami kde neaktívna forma MPK6 kinázy (kinase-dead) MPK6AEF transformovaná do mpk6-4 mutantného pozadia vykazovala podobný fenotyop koreňa ako yda1 mutant prispeli k záverom, že MPK6 je dôležitý hráč v signalizácií "downstream" od YODA MAPKKK4 kinázy. Oboje YODA aj MPK6 sú zapojené do signalizácie dôležitej pri post-embryonálnom vývine koreňa prostredníctvom orientácie roviny bunkového delenia. Ďaľej boli testované potenciálne interakcie KTN1 s MPK6, ale aj s blízko príbuznými kinázami MPK3 a MPK4, pretože in silico štúdie zamerané na MAPK fosforyláciu odhalili peptid, ktorý obsahujúci SP motív (serín-prolín) v 92. pozícií KTN1 proteínu. Výsledky YFP-split experimentu (BiFC, Bimolecular Fluorescent Complementation) ukázali interakcie oboch MPK4 aj MPK6 s KTN1 a výsledky získané z kvasinkového dvojhybridného testu (yeast-two-hybrid,Y2H) ukázali interakciu MPK3 s KTN1. Tieto proteín-proteín interakčné štúdie podporujú potenciálnu reguláciu KTN1 proteínu MAP kinázami. Druhá časť tejto práce sumarizuje súčasné poznatky o KTN1 proteíne, ktorý strihá mikrotubuly so zameraním na fenotypy jeho mutantov. Teda sa zaoberá fenotypovou analýzou vybraných KTN1 mutantov (fra2, lue1 a ktn1-2) so zameraním na plodnosť, vývin embrya a semien a tiež schopnosťou konštruktu pKTN1::GFP:KTN1 zvrátiť alebo zachrániť (rescue) mutantné fenotypy. Fenotypické analýzy KTN1 mutantov odhalili abnormálny vývin sporopfytických pletív a tiež aj samčích a samičích reprodčných orgánov. Stabilné transformácie mutantov fra2, lue1 a ktn1-2 s pKTN1::GFP:KTN1 konštruktom exprimovaným pod natívnym promótorm umožnili vzniknúť líniám T3 generácie, ktoré vykazovali záchranu "rescue" (genetickú komplementáciu) mutantných fenotypov. Z uvedených pozorovaní môžeme konštatovať, že KTN1 má esenciálnu úlohu v plodnosti a tvorbe semien u Arabidopsis thaliana. Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana; mitogen-aktivované protein kinázy; MPK3; MPK4; MPK6; BiFC; Y2H; KATANIN 1; fra2; lue1; ktn1-2; genetická komplementácia; mikrotubuly; asymetrické bunkové delenie; plodnosť; tvorba semien; Arabidopsis thaliana; mitogen-activated protein kinases; MPK3; MPK4; MPK6; BiFC; Y2H; KATANIN 1; fra2; lue1; ktn1-2; genetic complementation; microtubules; asymmetric cell division; fertility; seed formation Available in the UPOL Library. The role of selected mitogen-activated protein kinases in Arabidopsis

Predložená dizertačná práca je zameraná na mitogen-aktivovanú proteín kinázu 6 (MPK6) a proteín strihajúci mikrotubuli KATANIN 1 (KTN1) u modelovej rastliny Arabidopsis thaliana. V práci je ...

LUPTOVČIAK, Ivan; ŠAMAJ, Jozef
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2017

Research on Occupational Aspirations of Students with Hearing Impairment: A Test of Social Cognitive Career Theory
LEI, Yong; POTMĚŠIL, Miloň
2014 - English Teenagers' occupational aspirations are a critical ingredient for achievement in occupational outcomes and play a crucial role in the transition from school to employment. A non-experimental, questionnaire survey was employed to compare the similarities and differences of occupational aspirations of students with hearing impairment from two different social-cultural contexts, Czech and China; and examine the relationships between occupational aspirations and some variables based on the model of Social Cognitive Career Theory. Participants were 107 Chinese hearing impaired students and 67 Czech hearing impaired students from high schools. The data were analyzed using independent sample T-Test, Chi-Square Test, Pearson Correlation, and Multiple Linear Regressions. The results of this study suggest that (1) a considerable proportion of students with hearing impairment was likely to be indecisive about future occupational choice; (2) from the perspective of occupational prestige level, the distribution of occupational aspiration in both Czech and Chinese groups was polarized; and compared with hearing peers, students with hearing impairment were less likely to aspire to high-prestige occupations. Specifically, results indicated that a significant difference of occupational aspirations was found between Czech and Chinese students. According to Holland's RIASEC occupational codes, what occupations of Chinese students most frequently desired were Realistic, Artistic and Enterprising occupations, while Czech counterparts frequently aspired to Investigative, Realistic and Social occupations. In general, boys reported more diverse occupational aspirations than girls. Chinese hearing impaired students reported higher total scores in three scales: Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Perception of Barriers, and Perceived Family Support; whereas Czech hearing impaired students had more work experience (six times than Chinese students). The results also indicated that academic achievement, career decision-making self-efficacy, perception of barriers and perceived family support significantly predicted occupational aspiration of students with hearing impairment. Career decision-making self-efficacy positively mediated the relationship between perceived family support and occupational aspiration. Career decision-making self-efficacy also positively mediated the relationship between perception of barriers and occupational aspiration. In addition, limitations of this study and suggestions for future research are outlined; implications for both research and practice are discussed. Keywords: Occupational Aspiration; Hearing impairment; Social Cognitive Career Theory; Self-efficacy Available in digital repository of UPOL. Research on Occupational Aspirations of Students with Hearing Impairment: A Test of Social Cognitive Career Theory

Teenagers' occupational aspirations are a critical ingredient for achievement in occupational outcomes and play a crucial role in the transition from school to employment. A non-experimental, ...

LEI, Yong; POTMĚŠIL, Miloň
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014

Group Music Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
LU, Yue; LUSKA, Jiří
2017 - English With the increasing number of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the education and development of children with ASD have become topics under heated discussion. Music therapy for children with special needs is lacking of influential theoretical outcome in China due to limited resources. In either public or private schools, given the limited funding, group therapy practice would be an optimal choice. Especially in China, a developing country, effective group therapy practice would be beneficial for autistic children. This research was designed to demonstrate a practical model of group music therapy for children with Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD). Mixed methods were employed including an action research and a single-subject research. There were 5 phases of the research implementation including measurement and planning, acting, reflecting, modification and acting, and evaluation and discussion. Objects of this research were five children who were diagnosed with ASD. Their ages were from 7.5 years to 9.5 years. Other participants involved in this research included a researcher, a therapist, four class teachers, five guardians of children and an assistant. Having investigated the developmental needs of children and planed therapy sessions within two months, the researcher conducted twelve sessions of group music therapy within six weeks. Detailed process of implementing group music therapy including deciding goals and objectives, choosing and revising materials, applying methods and evaluating the group progression has been presented in the thesis. The results with ATEC score of the group indicate (1) the group got a little improvement after group music therapy; (2) there was a significant difference between male and female participants in the therapy effect; (3) there was a significant difference in the rating between class teachers and guardians. The results of every single group member with ATEC score indicate that two girls in this group gained significant improvement and other three boys achieved improvements only in several developmental areas. In summary, except for the worsening in health/physical/behavior, the improvements were evident in areas of speech, sensory/cognitive awareness and sociability. The results of interviews from the therapist, class teachers and guardians indicate every child gained different improvements at various degrees such as improvement in attending attitudes, emotional control, accepting new things, expressing actively, imitation ability and coordination. The results both of single-subject research and action research demonstrated the unique functions that group music therapies performed for children with ASD. It includes specific improvements in joint attention, communication, interpersonal interaction, cooperation, and imitation. Apart from progress as a whole group, improvements in relaxation, self-confidence, and cognition were also detected in different individuals. With the analysis of measurement results and interviews results, the researcher discussed the implications of group and individual achievements, and compared the evaluating results from class teachers and that from guardians. The result demonstrated the unique functions that group music therapies performed for children with ASD. It includes improvements in joint attention, communication, interpersonal interaction, cooperation, and imitation. Apart from progress as a whole group, improvements in relaxation, self-confidence, and cognition were also detected in different individuals. To conclude, suggestions on the practice of group music therapy for children with ASD have been proposed, including principles of session planning, goals and objectives setting, format, materials, methods and evaluations. With the increasing number of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the education and development of children with ASD have become topics under heated discussion. Music therapy for children with special needs is lacking of influential theoretical outcome in China due to limited resources. In either public or private schools, given the limited funding, group therapy practice would be an optimal choice. Especially in China, a developing country, effective group therapy practice would be beneficial for autistic children. This research was designed to demonstrate a practical model of group music therapy for children with Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD). Mixed methods were employed including an action research and a single-subject research. There were 5 phases of the research implementation including measurement and planning, acting, reflecting, modification and acting, and evaluation and discussion. Objects of this research were five children who were diagnosed with ASD. Their ages were from 7.5 years to 9.5 years. Other participants involved in this research included a researcher, a therapist, four class teachers, five guardians of children and an assistant. Having investigated the developmental needs of children and planed therapy sessions within two months, the researcher conducted twelve sessions of group music therapy within six weeks. Detailed process of implementing group music therapy including deciding goals and objectives, choosing and revising materials, applying methods and evaluating the group progression has been presented in the thesis. The results with ATEC score of the group indicate (1) the group got a little improvement after group music therapy; (2) there was a significant difference between male and female participants in the therapy effect; (3) there was a significant difference in the rating between class teachers and guardians. The results of every single group member with ATEC score indicate that two girls in this group gained significant improvement and other three boys achieved improvements only in several developmental areas. In summary, except for the worsening in health/physical/behavior, the improvements were evident in areas of speech, sensory/cognitive awareness and sociability. The results of interviews from the therapist, class teachers and guardians indicate every child gained different improvements at various degrees such as improvement in attending attitudes, emotional control, accepting new things, expressing actively, imitation ability and coordination. The results both of single-subject research and action research demonstrated the unique functions that group music therapies performed for children with ASD. It includes specific improvements in joint attention, communication, interpersonal interaction, cooperation, and imitation. Apart from progress as a whole group, improvements in relaxation, self-confidence, and cognition were also detected in different individuals. With the analysis of measurement results and interviews results, the researcher discussed the implications of group and individual achievements, and compared the evaluating results from class teachers and that from guardians. The result demonstrated the unique functions that group music therapies performed for children with ASD. It includes improvements in joint attention, communication, interpersonal interaction, cooperation, and imitation. Apart from progress as a whole group, improvements in relaxation, self-confidence, and cognition were also detected in different individuals. To conclude, suggestions on the practice of group music therapy for children with ASD have been proposed, including principles of session planning, goals and objectives setting, format, materials, methods and evaluations. Keywords: children with ASD; music therapy; group therapy; practice; children with ASD; music therapy; group therapy; practice Available in digital repository of UPOL. Group Music Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

With the increasing number of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the education and development of children with ASD have become topics under heated discussion. Music therapy for ...

LU, Yue; LUSKA, Jiří
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2017

Tracking optical properties and antioxidant activities of polyphenols by joint theoretical and experimental approaches.
BILER, Michal; KUBALA, Martin; KUBALA, Martin
2016 - English Polyphenols are abundantly found in many fruit, vegetables, beverages, etc. and they possess many potential health benefits. Computational methods were thoroughly used through this thesis to rationalize, describe and predict physical chemical properties of flavonolignans and pyranoanthocyanins. Here, we aim at an understanding of polyphenol biological actions at a molecular level. All outcomes from the theoretical computations were discussed with respect to experimental data. The properties related to antioxidant activity of flavonolignans were investigated by density functional theory (DFT) methods. The pH dependence of ultraviolet/visible (UV/Vis) absorption properties of flavonolignans and pyranoanthocyanins were evaluated by time dependent (TD-) DFT methods, and noncovalent interactions were investigated within dispersion-corrected DFT methods. A short overview is also given on interaction of such compounds with biomolecules. Chapter 6 presents yet not published results of several noncovalent pigment: copigment systems. This part of the results serves as a good starting point to search for 'the best copigment'. Polyfenoly jsou hojně zastoupeny v mnoha druzích ovoce, zeleniny, nápojů atd. a mají mnoho biologických aplikací. Tato disertační práce využívá výpočetní kvantové metody k popisu a racionalizaci fyzikálně-chemických vlastnosti flavonolignanů a pyranoantokyaninů pro lepší porozumění jejich biologických účinků na molekulární úrovni. Všechny výstupy z teoretických výpočtů jsou diskutovány vzhledem k experimentálním datům. Metody funkcionálu hustoty (DFT) byly použity při studiu antioxidační aktivity daných sloučenin. Časově závislé TD-DFT metody posloužily pro popis UV/Vis absorpčních spekter flavonolignanů a pyranoantokyaninů a jejich pH závislosti, a disperzně-korigované DFT-D metody byly využity při popisu nekovalentních interakcí. Stručně jsou také popsány interakce těchto molekul s biomolekulami. Kapitola 6 představuje zatím nepublikované výsledky týkající se nekovalentních interakcí v systémech pigment: kopigment, které poslouží pro budoucí studie k nalezení 'nejlepšího' kopigmentu. Keywords: Polyfenoly; DFT; Nekovalentní interakce; UV/Vis absorpce; Antioxidanty; Polyphenols; DFT; Noncovalent interactions; UV/Vis absorption; Antioxidants Available in digital repository of UPOL. Tracking optical properties and antioxidant activities of polyphenols by joint theoretical and experimental approaches.

Polyfenoly jsou hojně zastoupeny v mnoha druzích ovoce, zeleniny, nápojů atd. a mají mnoho biologických aplikací. Tato disertační práce využívá výpočetní kvantové metody k popisu a ...

BILER, Michal; KUBALA, Martin; KUBALA, Martin
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2016