Island environments are ideal for studying the evolutionary responses to factors like isolation, absence of competitors or presence of vacant niches. The first interesting question about island taxa revolves around their ...

Microorganisms need to quickly adapt to environmental changes, which leads to optimization of their gene expression and its manifestation in various phenotypic traits. The dynamics and complexity of this plasticity are not ...

The occurrence of sunning clusters in red wood ants is a remarkable phenomenon and it is a ubiquitous behavior observed in all nests we studied. This specific behavior is supposed to play an important role in the nest ...

Lifespan of sedimentary basins may be terminated by processes leading to 'contingent fate', independent from the basin type. It is typically represented by basin inversion which is a process when a formerly extensional ...

Macrocyclic compounds are widely used in a number of biological and medical applications due to their effective and strong chelating abilities. If aptly designed, they bind metal ions without risk of releasing these ions ...

Human sexuality research can only enter the world of modern rigor if it no longer adheres to questionable and often outright fallacious data analysis and hypothesis constructing. It is insufficient to merely consider the ...

The presented work deals with aspects of the life of molluscs in a constantly changing environment - river floodplains. Water, which carries material, organisms, and moisture, is responsible for this variability. Alluvial ...

Abstract The dissertation discusses different methodological approaches for detection of various genetic alterations in three types of solid tumors: thyroid, colorectal and pancreatic. Modern oncological research is based ...

This thesis focuses on testing the electrochemical behavior of electrochemical cells equipped with newly developed flow-throughdiamondelectrodes using flow injectionanalysis (FIA) withamperometric detectionandevaluatingtheir ...

Two internal standard methods were compared for the quantitative determination of volatile compounds in beer. The suggested method with ethanol as an internal standard was compared to the traditional internal standard ...

Fire is a natural disturbance in many ecosystems. However, it is predicted to increase in frequency and severity due to climate change. This bachelor thesis provides an overview of the impact of fire on an ecologically ...

This work is focused on cytokines in the interactions between senescent and myeloid cells and their role in disease initiation and development, including cancer. Senescent cells, which are characterized by stable cell cycle ...

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder classified as an autosomal recessive disease, the primary cause of which is a mutation in the CFTR gene, leading to dysfunction of the protein of the same name. The symptoms manifest ...

PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are synthetic perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds. There are up to several thousand PFAS compounds and they are found in every biosphere of the Earth. ...

New studies from nearby Central European mountain ranges point the need to examine the possibility of glaciation in lower Hercynian mountain ranges during last glacial maximum. These findings suggest that even mountain ...

The understanding of memory and sleep has greatly deepened in the past century and continues developing until today. The most recent advances in this field of research have allowed the invention of methods for manipulating ...

Based on relevant allometric models can we predict a height of a tree or standing leaf biomass of the tree from a diameter of the tree? How does environment surrounding the tree influence such relationships? Does an "ideal ...

The aim of this thesis was to inspect how Czech compatriots integrate in Germany, as the topic is still scientifically quite under-researched. The thesis consists of a combination of quantitative analysis which is supported ...

Despite advances in research and therapy, cardiovascular diseases are still the leading cause of death worldwide. A closer understanding of the endogenous protective mechanism may improve pharmacological interventions for ...

The journey of an eukaryotic protein typically begins in a ribosome and ends in a proteasome. What happens in between is a great diversity of functions that makes life possible, but the fate of most proteins is to be ...

Lipophoshopnoxins (LPPOs) are organic compounds with antimicrobial activity, which take place on the baterial membrane by forming pores. LPPOs are promising bactericidal molecules with low MIC (minimal inhibition concentration) ...

Our diploma thesis focused on the effect of hormonal stimulation on DNA integrity of mammals' oocytes. Later, we also focused on its effect on DNA integrity on mammals' embryos and their developmental potential. Maintaining ...

Glucose homeostasis is crucial for the proper functioning of the organism. The pancreatic β-cells, which serve as a sensor of changes in blood glucose concentration and are responsible for the adequate release of the hormone ...

Mammalian oocytes, especially human oocytes, are prone to defective chromosome segregation and are prone to aneuploidies, most commonly in the first meiotic division. Due to these defects, aneuploid embryos are formed after ...