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25002. Tradiční amazonská medicína v české subkultuře
- Creator:
- Horák, Miroslav and Vosáhlová, Šárka
- Format:
- 47-55, electronic, electronic resource, and remote
- Type:
- model:article, article, Text, and TEXT
- Language:
- Czech and English
- Description:
- Tento článek obsahuje dosavadní poznatky o tradiční amazonské medicíně v České republice. Rovněž je v něm zahrnuta klasifikace pořádaných obřadů a charakteristika jejich pořadatelů a účastníků. Terénní výzkum mezi uživateli tradiční amazonské medicíny byl realizován od listopadu 2015. Výzkumný vzorek tvoří 46 osob (23 žen a 23 mužů), které se v minulosti s tradiční amazonskou medicínou minimálně jednou zúčastnily nějakého typu rituálu. S těmito osobami byly nahrány semi-strukturované rozhovory. Cílem tohoto článku je kategorizovat jejich obsah. Za tímto účelem jsme provedli obsahovou analýzu interview metodou zakotvené teorie. V tomto článku prezentujeme výsledky analýzy prvních 15 rozhovorů. Tyto výsledky potvrzují, že v České republice je nejčastěji užívaným přípravkem z tradiční amazonské medicíny psychoaktivní odvar ayahuasca. V závěru článku jsou uvedena rizika spojená s užíváním psychoaktivních látek., This article assesses the present situation in traditional Amazonian medicine in the Czech Republic. It also classifies the types of organized rituals and characterizes their organizers and participants in the country. The fieldwork among traditional Amazonian medicine users was conducted since November 2015. A total of 46 respondents (23 women and 23 men) who had attended at least one ritual of traditional Amazonian medicine were selected for the study and we recorded with them semi-structured interviews. The aim of this article is to categorize their contents. In order to fulfill this objective, we performed a content analysis of interviews based on the Grounded Theory method. In this article we publish results of analysis of the first 15 interviews. These results confirm that in the Czech Republic a psychoactive brew ayahuasca is the most used preparation from traditional Amazonian medicine. Finally, there are risks associated with the use of psychoactive substances indicated., and Miroslav Horák, Šárka Vosáhlová
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ and policy:public
25003. Tradition in the shade of globalization: ritual bondage in Ghana
- Creator:
- Kraśniewski, Mariusz
- Format:
- bez média and svazek
- Type:
- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- Trokosi, ritual bondage, globalization, slavery, and Ghana
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Globalization is a process. It is sweeping away old cultural norms and social orders and is bringing death to traditional beliefs and customs. This is a process of change, and many aspects of culture are changed forever. It is possible for this kind of transition to happen in many different ways and in many situations "the clash of civilizations" does not necessarily result in conflict. Cultural norms are voluntarily exchanged between various groups, but the differences in social standards are too difficult to accept, one culture begins to change the other. In such cases, one important question emerges . "Who has the right to decide which cultural norms and traditions are better?" This is a question about "cultural borders" and the universality of human rights and social norms. In this discussion, the issue of ritual slavery finds a place. Triokosi, and similar practices that can be found in some West African countries, are clear examples of the traditional bastions in the "war" against globalization. Those are the practices cosidered as being harmful by international society bud defended by traditional believers. The exploration of ritual bondage from both modern and historical perspectives is he main purpose of this article;; it also aims to shed some light on the discussion about the legitimization or suppression of cultural norms that are considered as being harmful.
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ and policy:public
25004. Traditional risk factors of acute coronary syndrome in four different male populations - total cholesterol value does not seem to be relevant risk factor
- Creator:
- Jaroslav Hubáček, Vladimír Staněk, Gebauerová, M., Věra Adámková, Lesauskaite, V., Zaliaduonyte-Peksiene, D., Tamosiunas, A., Supiyev, A., Kossumov, A., Zhumadilova, A., and Jan Piťha
- Format:
- print, bez média, and svazek
- Type:
- article, články, journal articles, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- Fyziologie člověka a srovnávací fyziologie, akutní koronární syndromy, obezita, hypertenze, diabetes mellitus, cholesterol, kouření, acute coronary syndromes, obesity, hypertension, smoking, prevalence, 14, and 612
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of mortality and morbidity in most populations. As the traditional modifiable risk factors (smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and obesity) were defined decades ago, we decided to analyze recent data in patients who survived acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The Czech part of the study included data from 999 males, and compared them with the post-MONICA study (1,259 males, representing general population). The Lithuanian study included 479 male patients and 456 age-matched controls. The Kazakhstan part included 232 patients and 413 controls. In two countries, the most robust ACS risk factor was smoking (OR 3.85 in the Czech study and 5.76 in the Lithuanian study), followed by diabetes (OR 2.26 and 2.07) and hypertension (moderate risk elevation with OR 1.43 and 1.49). These factors did not influence the ACS risk in Kazakhstan. BMI had no significant effect on ACS and plasma cholesterol was surprisingly significantly lower (P<0.001) in patients than in controls in all countries (4.80 ±1.11 vs. 5.76 ±1.06 mmol /l in Czechs; 5.32 ±1.32 vs. 5.71 ±1.08 mmol /l in Lithuanians; 4.88 ±1.05 vs. 5.38±1.13 mmol /l in Kazakhs/Russians). Results from our study indicate substantial heterogeneity regarding major CVD risk factors in different populations with the exception of plasma total cholesterol which was inversely associated with ACS risk in all involved groups. These data reflect ethnical and geographical differences as well as changing pattern of cardiovascular risk profiles., J. A. Hubacek, V. Stanek, M. Gebauerova, V. Adamkova, V. Lesauskaite, D. Zaliaduonyte-Peksiene, A. Tamosiunas, A. Supiyev, A. Kossumov, A. Zhumadilova, J. Pitha., and Obsahuje bibliografii
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ and policy:public
25005. Traditions of Czech and Slovak developmental physiology
- Creator:
- Křeček, J. and Koldovský, O.
- Type:
- article, model:article, and TEXT
- Subject:
- late effect of premature weaning, perinatal development, energetic metabolism, gastrointestinal tract functions, water and electrolyte metabolism, and endocrine functions
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Since the beginning of the 19th century, the comparative and ontogenetic branches of developmental physiology were cultivated in our country. Evidence was given that development of the gastrointestinal tract in tadpoles is dependent on the quality of proteins in their food. A complete metamorphosis of Amblystoma mexicanum, was entirely accomplished by feeding with powderized thyroid gland. The definition and chronological delimitation of both the suckling and weaning period in experimental animals opened the investigation of the effect of disturbance of the natural environment caused by premature weaning on the ensuing development of an individual. A new term was coined "late effects of early adaptations". Analysis was provided by impressive research of the development of energetic metabolism and development of gastrointestinal tract functions, water and electrolyte exchange and endocrine functions including the role of the pineal gland in control of circadian rhythms (12 references).
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ and policy:public
25006. Traffic control in virtual model of a real city
- Creator:
- Šimůnek , Milan
- Format:
- bez média and svazek
- Type:
- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- Virtual city, traffic control, and simulation
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ and policy:public
25007. Traffic detection of transmission of botnet threat using BP neural network
- Creator:
- Li, Xingguo and Wang, Junfeng
- Format:
- bez média and svazek
- Type:
- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- botnet, BP neural network, traffic, and detection
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- With the gradual improvement of the telecommunication infrastructure in China, the Internet and other new technologies have been frequently used. The Internet technology also brings many network security threats, for example, botnet, while bringing convenience. Botnet is a network formed between hosts controlled by malicious code. One of the most serious threat to network security faced by the Internet is a variety of malicious network attacks on the carrier of botnet. Back propagation (BP) neural network is proposed to detect botnet threat transmission. In this study, a botnet detection model was established using BP neural network system. BP neural network classifier could identify the botnet traffic and normal traffic. Moreover a test was carried out to detect botnet traffic using BP neural network; the performance of the BP neural network classifier was evaluated by the detection rate and false positive rate. The results showed that it had high detection rate and low false positive rate, which indicated that the BP neural network had a good performance in detecting the traffic of botnet threat transmission.
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ and policy:public
25008. Traffic related population exposure to benzene levels in Bucharest: Airpeco-people project :
- Creator:
- Niciu, E. M.
- Type:
- model:article and TEXT
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ and policy:public
25009. Trafficking of Plasmodium falciparum chimeric rhoptry protein with Brefeldin A
- Creator:
- Ghoneim, Ahmed M.
- Format:
- bez média and svazek
- Type:
- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- green fluorescent protein, apical secretions, targeting, organelles, merozoite, and Apicomplexa
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Trafficking of the rhoptry chimeric protein RhopH2-GFP, which contains RhopH2 signal peptide plus the downstream five amino acids, was dissected by treating parasites with Brefeldin A at three different time points. Twenty eight hrs-stage trophozoites accumulated the chimera within the parasite endoplasmic reticulum. In 32 hrs-stage schizonts, the chimera was distributed in the parasite cytoplasm but not in the parasitophorous vacuole. In 36 hrs stage-schizonts, the chimera was detected in the individual parasitophorous vacuoles of the developing merozoites and, in contrary to non-treated parasites, no immature rhoptry vesicles could be detected in the cytoplasm of immature merozoites. These data show that this chimera is trafficked to the rhoptries via Brefeldin A-sensitive pathway indicating that this trafficking is similar to that of the endogenous rhoptry proteins, and that the five amino acids downstream of the signal peptide cleavage site may contain the sorting signal required for rhoptry targeting.
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ and policy:public
25010. Train-induced vibration prediction in multi-story buildings using support vector machine
- Creator:
- Yao, Jinbao, Yao, Baozhen, Du, Yuwei, and Jiang, Yonglei
- Format:
- bez média and svazek
- Type:
- model:article and TEXT
- Subject:
- Vibration, railway, train, building, support vector machine, and shuffled frog-leaping algorithm
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Train-induced vibration prediction in multi-story buildings can effectively provide the effect of vibrations on buildings. With the results of prediction, the corresponding measures can be used to reduce the influence of the vibrations. To accurately predict the vibrations induced by train in multi-story buildings, support vector machine (SVM) is used in this paper. Since the parameters in SVM are very vital for the prediction accuracy, shuffled frog-leaping algorithm (SFLA) is used to optimize the parameters for SVM. The proposed model is evaluated with the data from field experiments. The results show SFLA can effectively provide better parameter values for SVM and the SVM models outperform a better performance than artificial neural network (ANN) for train-induced vibration prediction
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ and policy:public