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The Role of World Health Organization in the case of 2014 EVD outbreak in Western Africa
No full textVOVES, Petr. Úloha Světové zdravotnické organizace v případu epidemie viru eboly na území západní Afriky v roce 2014. Praha, 2017. 95 s. Diplomová práce (Mgr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut politologických studií. Katedra mezinárodních vztahů. Vedoucí diplomové práce PhDr. Irah Kučerová, Ph.D. Abstract The M.A. thesis deals with the World Health Organization's response to the outbreak of the ebola virus disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2014. The spread of the disease is mapped from its very beginning at the end of December 2013 until the creation of UNMEER in September 2014, which was the first international medical mission ever created by UN Security Council. The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the particular problems, which limit WHO's role in a timely and effective response to the public health threats of international concern (PHEIC) under the reformed International Health Regulations (IHR). The response of WHO representatives to the spread of the disease is evaluated taking into account the available material and competence capacities of the organization as well as its previous practice in this field. The specific misconduct of WHO representatives is explained in the context of longstanding WHO's problems, which are mainly linked to the vertical fragmentation..
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Britain and Scotland - perspectives on independence
No full textPráce se zabývá referendem o nezávislosti Skotska, které se bude konat 18. září 2014, a skotskými perspektivami samostatného členství v mezinárodních organizacích. Práce je založena na předpokladu, že zmiňované referendum umožňuje faktické vyhlášení nezávislosti Skotska na zbytku Spojeného království. Jejím záměrem je analyzovat skotské perspektivy týkající se vstupu a členství v mezinárodních organizacích a posoudit, zda by případné členství nezávislého Skotska bylo relativně přímočaré či nikoliv. V průběhu práce je postupně odpovídáno na stanovené výzkumné otázky: Jaké jsou perspektivy nezávislého skotského státu z hlediska vstupu do mezinárodních organizací? a Jaká by byla nejpravděpodobnější pozice nezávislého skotského státu z hlediska principů mezinárodního práva?Katedra politologie a mezinárodních vztahůObhájenoThe Bachelor thesis is dealing with the Scottish independence referendum, which will be held on 18th September 2014, and Scotland´s perspectives of a separate membership in international organizations. The thesis is based on the assumption that the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum in favour of independence allows Scotland to become de facto a new, separate and independent state. The aim of the Bachelor thesis is to analyze the Scottish perspectives of the entrance and membership in international organizations and consider whether the Scottish membersip will be relatively straightforward or not. The purpose of the thesis is to answer these research questions: What are the perspectives for the independent Scottish state in terms of joining international organizations? and What would the most likely position of the independent Scottish state in terms of the principles of international law be
Eating and drinking regime on the match day at the level of performance football
No full textTéma bakalářské práce se zaobírá problematiku stravovacího a pitného režimu fotbalistů na
výkonnostní úrovni. Práce je rozdělena do dvou hlavních částí. V první části se práce věnuje
teoretickému přehledu, kde jsme provedli syntézu dostupných poznatků o stravování
a pitném režimu v kontextu fotbalu. Druhá část je založena na průzkumu formou ankety
vlastní konstrukce. Hlavním účelem bylo sledovat a porovnat stravovací a pitný režim
fotbalistů na výkonnostní úrovni. Data získaná prostřednictvím ankety byla analyzována
a zpracována do grafů pro následnou komparaci výsledků. Celkem se na výzkumu podílelo
98 fotbalistů výkonnostní úrovně. Výzkumná otázka se týkala rozdílu stravování a pitného
režimu při domácím a venkovním utkání. Z výsledků jsou patrné rozdíly, a to hlavně
ve způsobu zajištění a času konzumace potravin. Odlišnost soutěží (Divize a ČFL)
ve způsobu stravování a pitného režimu nebyla příliš velká. Největším rozdílem bylo
povědomí o stravě a pití, také hlídání správného poměru makroživin a zavodnění po zápase.
Získané informace hovoří o 60 % probandů, kteří si myslí, že strava ovlivní jejich výkon
v den utkání. Stejný počet účastníků uvedlo, že si nějakým způsobem monitorují příjem
makroživin v těle hlavně před utkáním. Jako pozitivní fakt, lze brát velké zastoupení
v konzumaci doplňků výživy. Výsledky snídaní, svačin, obědů a večeří se ve velké většině
lišila podle místa a hracího času Mezi nejčastější podoby svačiny patřilo ovoce, čokoláda
a hroznový cukr. Co se týče pitného režimu v den utkání tak hráči před utkáním vypili
0,5 - 1 litru tekutin, po utkání o něco méně, za to po utkání zase více pro hydrataci těla
v nejčastější podobě vody. Hráči uvedli častou konzumaci piva, kávy slazených nápojů
a kávy, za to menší konzumaci destilátů a vína. Více jak polovina respondentů je
informovaná o možných negativních či pozitivních účincích dodržování pitného režimu
v den utkání.ObhájenoThe topic of the bachelor thesis deals with the issue of diet and drinking regime of football
players at performance level. The thesis is divided into two main parts. The first part of the
thesis is a theoretical review where we synthesised the available knowledge on diet and
drinking in the context of football. The second part is based on a self-constructed survey.
The main purpose was to observe and compare the dietary and drinking regimes of football
players at the performance level. The data obtained through the survey was analysed and
compiled into graphs for subsequent comparison of the results. A total of 98 performance
level footballers participated in the study. The research question concerned the difference in
diet and drinking during home and away matches. The results show differences, especially
in the method of provision and time of food consumption. There was not much difference
between the competitions (Division and CFL) in the way of eating and drinking. The biggest
difference was the awareness of eating and drinking, also watching the correct macronutrient
ratio and hydration after the match. The information gathered speaks to 60 per cent of
probands thinking that diet will affect their performance on match day. The same number of
participants said that they monitor their macronutrient intake in some way, especially before
the match. As a positive fact, a large representation in the consumption of nutritional
supplements can be taken. The results of breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner varied largely
by location and playing time The most common forms of snacks included fruit, chocolate
and grape sugar. In terms of match day drinking, players drank 0,5 - 1 litre of fluid before
the match, slightly less after the match, and more after the match to hydrate the body in the
most common form of water. Players reported frequent consumption of beer, sweetened
drinks and coffee, with less consumption of spirits and wine. More than half of the
respondents are aware of the potential negative or positive effects of adhering to a match day
drinking regime
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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