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ISBN: 978-80-7701-088-7 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-088-7

Dominika Čeryová, Jana Ladvenicová, Ondrej Hanušovský, Matej Čereš

Environmental, Economic and Social Challenges Associated with Fast Fashion

The study addresses consumer behaviour in relation to the phenomenon of fast fashion, which currently represents a significant economic, social, and environmental issue. The main aim of the study was to analyse consumer behaviour in relation to fast fashion, identify the factors influencing consumer decision-making when purchasing...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-083-2 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-083-2

Lenka Kamanová, Kateřina Pevná, Lucia Hrebeňárová, Albert Kulla, ...

Mezigenerační učení v praxi: principy, metody a inspirace pro tvorbu programů

The publication Intergenerational Learning in Practice: Principles, Methods, and Inspiration for Programme Development offers a theoretically grounded yet practically oriented framework for understanding, planning, implementing, and evaluating intergenerational programmes. It is based on the assumption that intergenerational...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-085-6 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-085-6

Jan Kuchtík a kol.

Chov koz

Goats are currently the fourth-most commonly kept farm animals in the world (excluding poultry), and their numbers have increased significantly in recent years. This trend is likely to continue. In contrast, in the Czech Republic, goat farming is a minority activity, but in recent years, consumer interest in goat milk products,...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-056-6 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-057-3

Miroslav Horák

RELATOS CORTOS / KRÁTKÉ POVÍDKY

This practice book is a collection of bilingual stories designed for the study of Spanish at all levels. All the stories are also available in audio format, with accents according to their cultural context.
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Este libro contiene narraciones imaginativas para atraer a los estudiantes de español y permitirles...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-038-2 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-038-2

Lucie Veselá, Irena Baláková, Andrea Králiková, Lea Kubíčková, ...

Jak šetřit jídlem v domácnostech

How to Save Food in Households is based on the Prague Food Waste project, which between 2023–2025 examined the extent and structure of food waste in Prague households. Based on both quantitative and qualitative research (questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and mixed municipal waste analyses), the guide identifies...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-037-5 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-037-5

Anna Strejcová, Denisa Rybářová, Kateřina Rohanová, Jiří Remr, ...

Jak šetřit jídlem ve školních jídelnách

How to Save Food in School Cafeterias summarizes the results of research on food waste within the Prague Food Waste (2023-2025) project, which focused on measuring food waste in four school canteens in Prague. The research combined kitchen waste weighing, student questionnaires, interviews with canteen staff and workshops...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-036-8 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-036-8

Anna Strejcová, Denisa Rybářová, Kateřina Rohanová, Jiří Remr, ...

Jak šetřit jídlem v domovech pro seniory

This manual summarises the research findings of the Prague Food Waste project, which focused on the measurement and analysis of food waste in four homes for the elderly in Prague between 2023 and 2025. The document describes the methods of data collection, the quantity of waste generated during preparation, dispensing and...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-035-1 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-035-1

Anna Strejcová, Denisa Rybářová, Kateřina Rohanová, Jiří Remr, ...

Jak šetřit jídlem v nemocnicích

How to Save Food in Hospitals serves as a practical guide for hospitals and other healthcare facilities on how to systematically approach food waste reduction in catering facilities. It is based on real food waste measurements in two hospitals and provides concrete data on the extent of waste at different stages of...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-017-7 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-018-4

Hana Středová, Lukáš Čechura, Filip Chuchma, Tomáš Khel, ...

Bonitace půd pro 21. století

The evaluation of agricultural land plays a crucial role in supporting sustainable land management. The monograph titled „Soil Evaluation for the 21st Century“ summarizes key advancements in the Estimated pedologic-ecological unit (EPEU) system, reflecting over two decades of intensive research and expert effort....

ISBN: 978-80-7701-012-2 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-013-9

Josef Kučera, Jana Podhrázská, Hana Středová, Petra Fukalová, ...

Větrná eroze v souvislostech

The book deals with the issue of wind erosion in the Czech Republic, which has been gaining importance especially in recent periods due to climate change. The main objective of the work was a comprehensive analysis of the risks of wind erosion in the Czech Republic, both in terms of soil and climatic characteristics, as well...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-008-5 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-009-2

Antonín Florián, Oldřich Jakeš, Aleš Laštůvka,, Zdeněk Laštůvka, ...

Motýli (Lepidoptera) chráněné krajinné oblasti Pálava / Moths and Butterflies (Lepidopt...

A total of 2539 moth and butterfly species were registered in the Pálava Protected Landscape Area (SE Czechia) in the last approximately 120 years, out of which 2380 are present in the area to date. In Czechia, 17 species are only known from Pálava. A systematic list of all registered species is supplemented by references...

ISBN: 978-80-7701-004-7 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-004-7

Eva Abramuszkinová Pavlíková, Martin Röhrich

BEZPEČNOST PRÁCE, OCHRANA ZDRAVÍ A ERGONOMIE

This textbook complements the theoretical foundations and knowledge of the study of occupational safety, health protection and ergonomics and provides students with tools and practical instructions to obtain an overall overview of knowledge and its use in practice. The textbook is intended especially for students of the subject...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-999-0 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-999-0

Jozef Sedláček, Petra Oppeltová, Hana Vavrouchová, Kristýna Kohoutková, ...

Hranický kras v mezioborových souvislostech: Krajina v celku, krajina v detailu

In the Hranice Karst, a multidisciplinary research project was conducted from 2021 to 2024, primarily focusing on defining the boundaries of this sensitive area. Within the established territory, detailed analyses were subsequently performed. The overarching concept, based on the synthesis of partial findings about the area,...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-974-7 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-974-7

Dušan Janák ()

ČESKÁ SPOLEČNOST POODHALENA

The book provides an overview of important facts about the contemporary life of Czech society. It covers seven thematic areas, each of which is the focus of one chapter. The first chapter provides an overview of how quality of life is measured. The chapter on the state of the Czech population presents basic information about...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-986-0 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-986-0

Antonín Kusbach (ed.), Václav Pecina (ed.)

Basics of Forest Ecology and Management

Mongolian forests experience a unique transition between two biome extremes, the Gobi Desert and Siberian taiga. Moving from the south to the north, the journey is a spectacular mosaic of desert, semidesert, steppe landscapes and hemi-boreal forests. These slow growing forests are subject to harsh temperatures and some of...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-972-3 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-972-3

Aleš Škoda, Václav Pecina

SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SILVICULTURE BASICS

Forests are life. This handbook is intended for forest managers – foresters – who are looking for inspiration on how to manage forests better. The goal is to present topics related to forest cultivation (silviculture) adapted to Mongolian conditions in a simple and illustrative form. This is not a textbook that...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-925-9 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-925-9

Richard Slávik (ed.)

Dřevo ve stavebnictví materiál minulosti i budoucnosti

Wood in the construction industry has a rich tradition in the Bohemia and Slovak Republic. There were times in human history when it was almost the only building material, but also periods when the use of wood in construction was restricted or even prohibited. In the last decades of the last century, the industrialization...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-926-6 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-927-3

Pavel Rotter (ed.), Luboš Purchart (ed.)

Ekologie lesa

This book introduces the reader to the forest as a complex adaptive system. Compared to the traditional ecosystem view, biotic interactions between members of this complex network are more emphasized. This requires explaining some of the basic concepts and phenomena of relationship networks of forest ecosystems. In these...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-870-2 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-870-2

Petr Adamec, Pavel Pecina

Kapitoly z didaktiky pro odborné vzdělávání II.

The textbook is devoted to the didactics of vocational technical subjects at secondary vocational schools. It is intended for students of teaching vocational subjects and students of practical teaching for secondary vocational schools. However, it may also be of use to students of pedagogy and to interested teachers at all...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-869-6 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-869-6

Petr Adamec, Pavel Pecina

Kapitoly z didaktiky pro odborné vzdělávání I.

The textbook is dedicated to the didactics of vocational subjects in secondary vocational schools. It is intended for students of teaching vocational subjects and students of practical teaching for secondary vocational schools. However, it may also be of use to students of pedagogy and to interested teaching staff at all...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-915-0 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-915-0

Miroslav Horák

THE HOUSE OF SONG

This book illustrates how the drug addiction is treated in the Takiwasi Center (Tarapoto, Perú). There are for more than twenty years plant medicines applied in the drug rehabilitation program which combines the traditional indigenous medicine of the Amazon and psychotherapy. The Takiwasi model is based neither on total abstinence...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-914-3 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-914-3

Miroslav Horák

Dům, kde se zpívá

This book illustrates how the drug addiction is treated in the Takiwasi Centre (Tarapoto, Perú). There are for more than twenty years plant medicines applied in the drug rehabilitation program which combines the traditional indigenous medicine of the Amazon and psychotherapy. The Takiwasi model is based neither on complete...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-908-2 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-909-9

Miro Kríd, Miroslav Horák, Michal Uhrin

Základy autoetnografie o zotavení z psychických poruch

The primary objective of this book is to promote autoethnography as a research method with a special focus on mental disorders. Mixed data for the study was collected for 90 days since October 2022. The book primarily came out of unstructured interviews between the authors, but it is also based on the systematic literature...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-901-3 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-901-3

Ivo Pavlík, Miguel Ángel Garmendia Zapata

Chladnokrevní obratlovci v Nikaragui a její regionální rozvoj

Cold-blooded vertebrates are an important element in the regional development of Nicaragua. Species were observed in almost all locations visited during three study tours from 2014–2018. Sites visited during the tour include many on the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua such as the port city of San Juan del Sur, beaches of...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-900-6 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-900-6

Ivo Pavlík, Miguel Ángel Garmendia Zapata

Bezobratlí živočichové v regionálním rozvoji Nikaragui: region Carazo

In addition to social and economic factors, environmental factors play an important role in the development of regions, especially in developing countries. The environment is often used extensively by the local population, regardless of its sustainability. This is also the case in Nicaragua, the second poorest country in...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-896-2 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-896-2

Aleš Kozubík

Probability and Statistics with Programming in R

One can characterise R as an environment for statistical computing and graphics. It represents an open source solution to data analysis, and it is free to install under the GNU general public license. From a programming point of view it is a scripting language. In this case, a simple text editor is enough for the programmer,...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-894-8 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-894-8

Rudolf Blaško

Mathematical Analysis supported by wxMaxima

The mentioned textbook is one of the basic study materials for the course Mathematical analysis suported by wxMaxima. This textbook was written as one of the outputs of the project “Innovative Open Source Courses for Computer Science”, funded by the Erasmus+ grant no. 2019-1- PL01-KA203-065564. The project is...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-893-1 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-893-1

Tomáš Hála

Algorithmization and Programming in Lua

The text covers the Lua programming language, describing its basic features – data types, commands, structures, and appropriate procedures of their use. However, it should not be considered as a textbook only of programming language, since mere knowledge of the elements of a programming language does not effective use...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-890-0 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-890-0

Radosław Maciaszczyk

Mobile Application Development

The book has been prepared to acquire or extend knowledge in the field of “Mobile Application Development” in the Android environment. Together with the material supporting the labs and lectures, it provides a complete course for those starting to program in the Android environment. The book can be used by undergraduate...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-885-6 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-886-3

Radomír Ulrich, Luboš Staněk, Ladislav Zvěřina

NOVÁ TECHNOLOGIE PRO TĚŽBU PAŘEZŮ S VYUŽITÍM PRO ENERGETICKÉ ÚČELY

Stumps left behind after the felling of trees represent an important source of renewable energy that could be used for fuel mixtures as a sustainable solution. The subject of this research was to determine the influence of tree species, stump diameter size, and subsoil on the time required for stump processing. Evaluated...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-891-7 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-891-7

Remigiusz Olejnik

Wireless Signal Processing in GNU Radio Environment

The book is a teaching resource produced as part of the project “Innovative Open Source Courses for Computer Science”. It is dedicated to teachers, students and people interested in gaining or extending their knowledge in the use Wireless Signal Processing in GNU Radio Environment. GNU Radio is a free and open...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-880-1 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-880-1

Jiří Rybička

Open Source Tools for Text Processing

This book contains study material for the course Open source word processing tools intended for education at the university level. It is the result of a project dealing with the application of open source tools in teaching. It shows that even for demanding publications there is no need to use expensive licensed software,...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-157-4 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-881-8

Miroslav Horák (Ed.)

A Reader in Ethnobotany and Phytotherapy

This book is a result of long-term cooperation among specialists from various scientific fields such as biology, anthropology, psychology, philology, botany and ecology. All of them are interested in studying the relationship that exists between people and plants, focusing primarily on how plants are used, managed and perceived...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-861-0 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-862-7

Zdeněk Laštůvka, Jan Šumpich, Jan Liška, Aleš Laštůvka

Motýli (Lepidoptera) evropsky významné lokality Soutok-Podluží

In the past 30 years, a faunistic research of butterflies and moths of various intensities has been carried out in the Soutok-Podluží Site of Community Importance (SE tip of Czechia), few data come from earlier times. A total of 1838 Lepidoptera species were registered. The largest group (about 67%) consists of widespread,...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-877-1 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-877-1

Ivo Pavlík, Miguel Ángel Garmendia Zapata

Divocí ptáci a savci v Nikaragui a její regionální rozvoj

Wild birds and mammals of Nicaragua were observed in the lowlands (around cities Rivas, Tipitapa, León and El Limón), around volcanoes (Maderas, Concepción, Mombacho, Masaya, Cerro Negro and the muddy volcanoes of Los Hervideros de San Jacinto), in the central mountains Cordillera (Somoto Canyon, near the towns of Condega,...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-348-6 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-349-3

Miroslav Horák (Ed.)

ETNOBOTÁNICA Y FITOTERAPIA EN AMÉRICA

This book focuses on ethnobotany, or different ways of relating to plants, and phytotherapy. The book is divided into six chapters, starting with the introduction and description of the methodological framework. Each chapter contains contributions from authors who have conducted research in America. The book is finished by...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-372-1 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-410-0

Ivo Pavlík, Dana Hübelová, Miroslav Horák, Kristina Somerlíková

VÝZNAM ONEMOCNĚNÍ LIDÍ A ZVÍŘAT PŘI ROZVOJI REGIONŮ

Regional development is determined by many factors, which are currently being studied from many different perspectives. One of the most important key indicators is the health of human population influenced by social, economic and environmental factors. Nevertheless, the single factors existing within the individual and the...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-732-3 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-733-0

Miroslav Horák (Ed.), Athena Alchazidu (Ed.), Cecilia Ugalde (Ed.), Narcisa Ullauri Donoso (Ed.)

Amazonía unida 2da parte

This photographic book contains ten chapters that visually narrate several realities and approaches of the Amazon. Its authors collaborate with organizations involved in the United for the Development of the Amazon (UNIDA) consortium, coordinated by Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. These organizations are located...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-736-1 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-737-8

Miroslav Horák (Ed.), Athena Alchazidu (Ed.), Cecilia Ugalde (Ed.), Narcisa Ullauri Donoso (Ed.)

Amazonía unida 1ª parte

This book is not an anthology but rather a collection of 9 original scientific papers united by the theme of the Amazon. The chapters were elaborated by interdisci- plinary teams of authors from Czechia and Ecuador. However, researchers, students and artists from other countries of the world also participated in the creation...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-509-1 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-510-7

Miroslav Horák

AYAHUASCA V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE

Ayahuasca is a preparation used in „traditional Amazonian medicine“. This book focuses on its utilization in the Czech Republic and possibilities of its utilization for therapeutic purposes in local conditions. The publication contains a classification of rituals and the characteristics of their organizers and...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-656-2 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-657-9

Miroslav Horák, Nahanga Verter

Ayahuasca in the Czech Republic: Extended Version

Ayahuasca is a preparation used in “traditional Amazonian medicine”. This book focuses on its utilization in the Czech Republic and the possibilities of using it for therapeutic purposes in local conditions. The book contains a classification of rituals and the characteristics of their organizers and participants....

ISBN: 978-80-7509-707-1 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-708-8

Miroslav Horák

LÉČBA DROGOVÉ ZÁVISLOSTI V TERAPEUTICKÝCH KOMUNITÁCH

OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this case study was to create a grounded theory of drug addiction treatment in therapeutic communities and to find out what are the similarities and differences in the Peruvian, Nicaraguan and Czech contexts. The study also determines the factors that have seemingly had an influence on...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-836-8 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-836-8

Zdeněk Žalud ()

Aplikovaná agrometeorologie

Dostáváte do rukou skripta k  předmětu Aplikovaná agroklimatologie, která jsou určená pro studenty programu Profesní zemědělství vyučovaného na Agronomické fakultě Mendelově univerzitě v Brně, ale současně pro každého, kdo se zajímá o počasí, podnebí, zemědělství a naši kulturní krajinu. Absolventi programu budou působit...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-794-1 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-795-8

Miroslav Horák (Ed.), Athena Alchazidu (Ed.), Cecilia Ugalde (Ed.), Narcisa Ullauri Donoso (Ed.)

AMAZONÍA UNIDA 3ª PARTE

The last title of the first trilogy Amazonía unida is linked to the colloquium of the same name organized annually by members of the consortium “United for the Development of the Amazon” (UNIDA). The monograph contains 12 chapters thematically grouped into three sections. The first section focuses on sociocultural...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-823-8 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-822-1

Eva Stehnová, Hana Středová, Tomáš Středa

Aplikace fenologických pozorování v aplikované a krajinné ekologii

This book analyses data from phenological observation of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute and further applies this knowledge to the field of applied and landscape ecology. The monography deals with data from 1931 to 2012. The focus is mainly on the analysis of phenology of field crops in connection with updating the...

ISBN: 978-80-7509-753-8 | DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-754-5

Radomír Ulrich, Jindřich Neruda, Pavel Nevrkla, Jiří Holický, ...

Těžba a zpracování náletových dřevin podél elektrovodů

Předmětem monografie je technologický postup údržby dřevinných porostů v ochranných pásmech podél elektrovodů. Následný transport a úprava vytěžené dendromasy bude předána odběratelům pro lesní hospodářství. Konečným produktem technologického postupu bude energetická štěpka a v některých případech i výřezy pilařské, agregátové...