Příspěvek Petera Martinčeka je zprávou o mezinárodní muzikologické konferenci, která se uskutečnila k devadesátému výročí od založení Katedry hudobnej vedy na Filozofické fakultě Univerzity Komenského v Bratislavě ve dnech 26. až 28. října 2011., Peter Martinček., Rubrika: Konference, and Cizojazyčné resumé není.
A new species of trichosomoidid nematode, Huffmanela paronai sp. n., is established on the basis of its egg morphology and biological characters. The dark-shcllcd, cmbryonatcd eggs of this histozoic parasite occur in masses in the epidermis of the swordfish Xiphias gladius L. (Xiphiidae, Perciformes) from the Ligurian Sea in northern Italy. The eggs are concentrated in groups appearing as black spots in the skin of the fish host, being distributed mainly on the lower part of its body (lower jaw, gill covers, pectoral, anal and caudal fins, lower half of body). The parasite’s eggs are characterised mainly by their shape and markedly small size (48-51 x 21-24 pm), an aspinose surface, relatively small polar plugs, and thick egg wall (3 pm). This is the first Huffmanela species reported from fish in Europe.
a1_Hlavním cílem výzkumu byla verifikace symbolické asymetrie spontánních a sociálně sdílených reprezentací rodových kategorií v hodnotící dimenzi českého kulturního kontextu. 223 pregraduálních studentů (117 mužů a 106 žen, M = 20.5 let) bylo požádáno, aby volně asociovali na pojmy člověk, muž a žena (v náhodném pořadí) a každý z nich zhodnotili. Hypotézy: 1. Autoři očekávali větší překryv pojmů muž a člověk než mezi pojmy žena a člověk: a) z hlediska valence použitých pojmů; b) v dimenzi aktivita-souznění. 2. Očekávali celkově příznivější hodnocení pojmu žena než muž. 3. Očekávali také větší heterogenitu pojmu muž ve srovnání s pojmem žena, pokud jde o celkový počet různých slov asociovaných s těmito pojmy. Postupně byly provedeny dvě analýzy: celkové valence slov asociovaných s každým pojmem a analýza kategorií specificky zaměřená na hodnocení rozsahu, v němž se odpovědi na pojmy vztahovaly k dimenzi sebeprosazení vs. vztahovost. V první analýze jednorozměrnou ANOVA byly předložené pojmy (člověk vs. muž vs. žena) a pohlaví účastníků (žena vs. muž) považovány za proměnné rozlišující mezi účastníky. V druhé analýze pomocí smíšené ANOVA byly počet asociovaných slov vztahujících se k předloženému pojmu (člověk vs. muž vs. žena) a pohlaví účastníků (žena vs. muž) považovány za proměnné rozlišující mezi účastníky a atributy (aktivita vs. vztahovost) za vnitřní proměnné účastníků. Všechny hypotézy byly podpořeny daty. Výsledky svědčí o tom, že čeští mluvčí spontánně považují muže za rod vyšší úrovně. Globálněji studie podporuje myšlenku rodové symbolické asymetrie: rodové kategorie se neliší jenom ve svém obsahu, statutu nebo síle, ale také ve své hierarchické kognitivní organizaci., a2_Maskulinitě je připisována symbolická nadřazenost nad feminitou. Aby bylo možné zobecnit výsledky i mimo studentskou populaci, další výzkumy by měly získat data o širší dospělé populaci., b1_The main objective of the research was to verify the symbolic asymmetry in spontaneous and socially shared representations of gender categories, also on the evaluative dimension in the Czech cultural context. Two hundred and twenty-three undergraduate students (117 males and 106 females, M = 20.5 years old) were asked to freely produce their associations on primes Human, Man and Woman (in randomized order) and to evaluate each of them. Hypotheses. 1. Authors expected a stronger overlap between primes Man and Human than between Woman and Human: a) in overall valence of primes; b) on agency-communion dimensions. 2. They expected overall a more favorable evaluation of Woman than Man. 3. They also expected a greater heterogeneity for Man in comparison with Woman in terms of total number of different words associated with primes. Two sets of analyses were subsequently carried out; the overall valence of words associated with each prime and a categorical analysis specifically targeted at evaluating the extent to which responses to the primes pertained to communion vs. agency. For the former an univariate ANOVA was conducted considering prime (Human vs. Man vs. Woman) and sex of participant (Female vs. Male participant) as between-participants variables. For the latter, a mixed ANOVA was performed on the number of associated words considering prime (Human vs. Man vs. Woman) and sex of participant (Female vs. Male participant) as between-participants variables and attributes (Agency vs. Communion) as a within-participants variable. All hypotheses were supported. The results strongly suggest that Czech speakers spontaneously consider Man a higher-level gender. More globally, the study supports the idea of gendersymbolic asymmetry: gender categories do not differ only in their content, status or power, but also in their hierarchical cognitive organizations., b2_ Masculinity holds ascribed symbolic superiority over femininity. In order to generalize the results beyond students, future studies should access the more general adult working populations., Adriana Wyrobkova, Pascal Gygax, Petr Macek., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Impressive advances in molecular genetic techniques allow to analyze the effects of natural selection on the development of human genome. For example, the trend towards blonde hair and blue eyes was documented. The approach to analyze possible effects of natural selection on the evolution of recent phenotypes with high risk of cardiovascular disease has not been described yet. A possible effect on the evolution of two main risk factors - hypercholesterolemia and hypertension - is presented. The close relationship of non-HDL cholesterol blood concentration to the proportion of pro-inflammatory macrophages in human visceral adipose tissue might be a result of long-lasting natural selection. Individuals with higher proportion of this phenotype might also display a higher ability to fight infection, which was very common in human setting from prehistory until Middle Ages. Successful battle against infections increased the probability to survive till reproductive age. Similar hypothesis was proposed to explain frequent hypertension in African Americans. A long-lasting selection for higher ability to conserve sodium during long-term adaptation to low sodium intake and hot weather was followed by a short-term (but very hard) natural selection of individuals during transatlantic slave transport. Only those with very high capability to retain sodium were able to survive. Natural selection of phenotypes with high plasma cholesterol concentration and/or high blood pressure is recently potentiated by high-fat high-sodium diet and overnutrition. This hypothesis is also supported by the advantage of familial hypercholesterolemia in the 19th century (at the time of high infection disease mortality) in contrast to the disadvantage of familial hypercholesterolemia during the actual period of high cardiovascular disease mortality., R. Poledne, J. Zicha., and Seznam literatury
AIMS: Our aims were to isolate and cultivate mesenchymal dental pulp stem cells (DPSC) in various media enriched with human blood components, and subsequently to investigate their basic biological properties. METHODS: DPSC were cultivated in five different media based on α MEM containing different concentrations of human plasma (HP), platelet-rich plasma (PRP), or fetal calf serum (FCS). The DPSC biological properties were examined periodically. RESULTS: We cultivated DPSC in the various cultivation media over 15 population doublings except for the medium supplemented with 10% HP. Our results showed that DPSC cultivated in medium supplemented with 10% PRP showed the shortest average population doubling time (DT) (28.6 ± 4.6 hours), in contrast to DPSC cultivated in 10% HP which indicated the longest DT (156.2 ± 17.8 hours); hence this part of the experiment had been cancelled in the 6th passage. DPSC cultivated in media with 2% FCS+ITS (DT 47.3 ± 10.4 hours), 2% PRP (DT 40.1 ± 5.7 hours) and 2% HP (DT 49.0 ± 15.2 hours) showed almost the same proliferative activity. DPSC's viability in the 9th passage was over 90% except for the DPSC cultivated in the 10% HP media. CONCLUSIONS: We proved that human blood components are suitable substitution for FCS in cultivation media for long-term DPSC cultivation. and T. Suchánková Kleplová, T. Soukup, V. Řeháček, J. Suchánek
We analyzed human postural responses to muscle vibration applied at four different frequencies to lower leg muscles, the lateral gastrocnemius (GA) or tibialis anterior (TA) muscles. The muscle vibrations induced changes in postural orientation characterized by the center of pressure (CoP) on the force platform surface on which the subjects were standing. Unilateral vibratory stimulation of TA induced body leaning forward and in the direction of the stimulated leg. Unilateral vibration of GA muscles induced body tilting backwards and in the opposite direction of the stimulated leg. The time course of postural responses was similar and started within 1 s after the onset of vibration by a gradual body tilt. When a new slope of the body position was reached, oscillations of body alignment occurred. When the vibrations were discontinued, this was followed by rapid recovery of the initial body position. The relationship between the magnitude of the postural response and frequency of vibration differed between TA and GA. While the magnitude of postural responses to TA vibration increased approximately linearly in the 60-100 Hz range of vibration frequency, the magnitude of response to GA vibration increased linearly only at lower frequencies of 40-60 Hz. The direction of body tilt induced by muscle vibration did not depend on the vibration frequency., A. Polónyová, F. Hlavačka., and Obsahuje bibliografii
This is the title of a lecture by Professor Jaroslav Panek, Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, to be delivered during International Conference Humanities and the Contemporary World. The symposium was hosted by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts and was held from 7 to 9 June, 2012 at Podgorica, Montenegro. and Jaroslav Pánek.
Chemical composition and structure of humic acids isolated from Cambisols forming on gneiss and amphibolite were studied. Cambisols differ in pH, cation exchange ca pacity, mineralogy composition, organic carbon input, plant residue and type of management. 13 C NMR and FTIR spectroscopy were used to show the main differences in humic substances quality. Humic acids isolated from soils developed on gneiss and amphibolite had wide variety of functional groups and different content of aromatic and aliphatic groups. Humic acids (HA) in arable soils contained more aromatic compounds and carbon in their molecule to compare with HA isolated from grassland. Forming of higher stability aggregates was connected with higher content of aliphatic groups in HA isolated from the grassland. Generally, humic acids in Cambisols represent young humic acids, with lower carbon content and high tendency to oxidation pr ocesses. Their chemical activity was mainly influenced by chemical composition and functional groups content., Ľubica Pospíšilová, Anna Žigová, Martin Šťastný and Tibor Liptaj., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy