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Distribution and characterization of integrons in Escherichia colistrains of animal and human origin
No full textOne hundred and twenty clinical and commensal Escherichia coli strains isolated in Switzerland from humans and from companion and farm animals were analysed for the prevalence of integrons of classes 1, 2, and 3 and for the characterization of their gene cassettes. The relationships between integron carriage and host category, and between integron carriage and phylogenetic E. coli lineage were also analysed. Integrons were detected in 48 (40%) of the isolates and were thus widely disseminated in the human and animal E. coli strains considered. Moreover, the association between integron carriage and certain animal categories (farm animals) suggests that animals that are raised for economic purposes might be exposed to a major antibiotic pressure. Finally, our data confirm that E. coli commensal strains represent a significant source of antibiotic-resistant determinant
Lightning activity in the regions of MSC over Czechia
No full textTitle: Lightning activity in the regions of MCS over Czechia Author: Michaela Arnoštová Department: Department of Atmospheric Physics Supervisor: Mgr. Michal Žák, Ph.D., Department of Atmospheric Physics Abstract: This bachelor's thesis deals with lighting activity and its detection in mesoscale convective systems (MCS) over the Czech Republic and adjacent areas. The first part describes the formation and development of MCS, electrical charge distribution inside clouds, types of lightning and their detection. The second part is devoted to five specific MCS that occurred in different time periods. Data of lightning detection network (LINET) are used to describe the characteristics of lightning, especially their temporal and spatial development, occurrence of different types of lightning and development of their current amplitude and altitude. Keywords: Mesoscale convective system, lightning activity, lightning detectio
Evidence of horizontal gene transfer between human and animal commensal Escherichia coli strains identified by microarray
No full textBacteria exchange genetic material by horizontal gene transfer (HGT). To evaluate the impact of HGT on Escherichia coli genome plasticity, 19 commensal strains collected from the intestinal floras of humans and animals were analyzed by microarrays. Strains were hybridized against an oligoarray containing 2700 E. coli K12 chromosomal genes. A core (genes shared among compared genomes) and a flexible gene pool (genes unique for each genome) have been identified. Analysis of hybridization signals evidenced 1015 divergent genes among the 19 strains and each strain showed a specific genomic variability pattern. Four hundred and fifty-eight genes were characterized by higher rates of interstrain variation and were considered hyperdivergent. These genes are not randomly distributed onto the chromosome but are clustered in precise regions. Hyperdivergent genes belong to the flexible gene pool and show a specific GC content, differing from that of the chromosome, indicating acquisition by HGT. Among these genes, those involved in defense mechanisms and cell motility as well as intracellular trafficking and secretion were far more represented than others. The observed genome plasticity contributes to the maintenance of genetic diversity and may therefore be a source of evolutionary adaptation and survival
Riflessioni linguistiche sul tedesco e sul russo in Julya Rabinowich: un confronto tra narrazione autobiografica orale e il romanzo Spaltkopf
No full textLinguistic Reflections in German and Russian in Julya Rabinowich: A Comparative
Study of Oral Autobiographical Narrative and the Novel Spaltkopf.
The Austrian author Julya Rabinowich, born in Leningrad in 1970 to a family of Rus-
sian Jews and emigrated to Vienna at the age of 7, is one of the most renowned repre-
sentatives of contemporary literature in the German language. Rabinowich made her
literary debut in 2008 with Spaltkopf (Split Head), her most strongly autobiographical
novel. In 2012, the writer was interviewed by Michaela Bürger-Koftis as part of the
research project Polyphonie. Mehrsprachigkeit_Kreativität_Schreiben. This interview
can be understood as a linguistic biography, as Rabinowich recounts her experiences
related to the languages in her linguistic repertoire, focusing particularly on German
and Russian. From this account, the author’s Spracheinstellungen (linguistic attitudes),
as well as the impressions and emotions related to her two main languages, emerge.
The aim of this study is to compare the interview passages in which Rabinowich
expresses herself regarding German and Russian with excerpts from Spaltkopf where
the relationship of the protagonist, Mischka, with these two languages emerges. In this
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way, it will be possible to determine whether Spaltkopf reflects not only the author’s
migratory experience but also her linguistic biography. Furthermore, it will be analyz-
ed if and to what extent the expression of linguistic attitudes and emotions related to
German and Russian differs between the novel and the oral autobiographical account.
To examine how Rabinowich expresses her linguistic experiences and emotions relat-
ed to German and Russian, a qualitative analysis of the texts will be conducted, with
a theoretical approach based on the concepts of linguistic biography and verbalization
of emotions developed by Brigitta Busch and Reinhard Fiehler
Crime Fiction by Michaela Klevisová
No full textPředmětem bakalářské práce je analýza detektivní prózy současné autorky Michaely
Klevisové. První část se zaměřuje na žánrovou charakteristiku detektivní prózy a stručné postižení vývoje světové detektivky. Blíže si všímá dvou klasických postav
detektivů: Sherlocka Holmese a Hercula Poirota. Následně podává obraz vývoje české
detektivky. Součástí první části je také představení spisovatelky Michaely Klevisové a její tvorby. V druhé části přináší bakalářská práce žánrovou a tematickou analýzu vybraných knih Michaely Klevisové. Zabývá se zejména příběhem, postavami a detektivními motivy. V závěru předkládá práce vzájemné porovnání analyzovaných knih.The bachelor thesis deals with an analysis of detective prose written by the contemporary author Michaela Klevisová. The first part focuses on the genre characteristics of detective prose and a brief description of the development of detective fiction in literature worldwide. It takes a closer look at two classic detective characters: Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Next, the thesis offers an overview of the development of Czech detective fiction. The first part also includes general introductory information on the writer Michaela Klevisová and her work. In its second part, the thesis presents a genre and thematic analysis of selected books by Michaela Klevisová. It deals mainly with the story, characters and detective themes. In the conclusion, the thesis presents a mutual comparison of the analyzed books
Scientific Journals, Peer Review and How to Write a Great Research Paper
No full textRecording of the Elsevier Author Seminar by Dr Anthony Newman and Michaela Kurschildgen
Michaela Pavlatova
No full textThe purpose of this text is to reassess the animation like an aesthetics human practice even out of the cinematographic field. An important resource are the Semir Zeki`s investigations about neuroaesthetics. Im going to review the origin and historic course of animation from the prehistory, bearing in mind the human evolutive process of perception (body-brain) and the human development from childhood that makes possible the existence of the animation.
For that, as example, Im going to put into context the animated Films of the czech filmmaker Michaela Pavlátová. Her live related to animation and the characteristics of her Films will appear as motive(motivation) to expand ideas like how the environment can influence the way to represent the space, or the relations between politic and czech animation, or how works the perception of color in the brain, or the importance of the faces in social relationships, and how that motives appears and becomes art across author hands
Hervé Guibert: Resurrection of the Author
No full text1 Michaela Rumpíková, Résurrection de l'auteur : Hervé Guibert Abstract Hervé Guibert's writings are shocking, revolting, surprising with their explicit and expressive content. The author's desire to show, to reveal and to expose himself transforms his private universe into a space where intimacy becomes extimacy. His exhibitionist project is accomplished with the assistance of a literary genre, autofiction, the new postmodern cosmos of the "I". This thesis seeks to analyse the notion and the modalities of his "I", intimately connected to the themes of body, illness, life, death and resurrection, in his literary chronicles of AIDS, To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life, The Compassionnate Protocol, Modesty, or Immodesty and The Man in the Red Hat. The "I" of the autodiegetic narrator appears as fragmentary and unstable. His "self" configures and unconfigures at the same time. There is a sense of alienation from his own body which has been dramatically altered by the illness. As a consequence, we witness both physical and psychological defragmentation of the subject. The body, constituent of the "I" identity, gradually transforms into an impersonal "it", an entity apart. In order to (re)construct himself, the author uses various writing processes that help him become familiar with his new "self". Finally,..
Deiktické Výrazy v Textech Michaela Jacksona
No full textThe aim of this thesis is to identify referents of deictic expressions in Michael Jackson's texts. The thesis consists of ten chapters, whereas it is standardly divided into two parts. The first part provides theoretical knowledge necessary for the categorisation of deictic reference; the second part then presents findings in the texts; then the author enriches them with socio-cultural knowledge. The conclusion presents a summary dividing deictic expressions into respective categories.Cílem práce je identifikovat referenty deiktických výrazů v textech Michaela Jacksona. Práce čítá deset kapitol, přičemž je standardně rozdělena do dvou částí. První část poskytuje teoretické znalosti potřebné ke kategorizaci deiktických výrazů; druhá část pak vykreslí cíle, rámec a metodologii výzkumu, posléze představí Michaela Jackson v socio-kulturním kontextu, následně aplikuje poznatky ve vybraných textech zmíněného umělce a kategorizuje referenty jednotlivých deiktických výrazů. Závěr pak shrnuje získané poznatky.Fakulta filozofickáStudent se na obhajobu dostavil připraven. S komisí diskutoval o možných interpretacích svých dat, shrnul hl.zjištění své analýzy a zodpověděl otázky z posudků.
Komise se shodla na hodnocení B.Dokončená práce s úspěšnou obhajobo
Chudožnik Pavel Fedorovic Celišcev (1898-1957): ot “stilja rjus” k sjurrealizmu i abstrakcionizmu
No full textIn this article the author illustrates the artistic evolution of the painter Pawel Tschelitscheff from "Russian style" to surrealism and abstractionis
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