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The paper publishes the first records of the occurrence of a native species Sonchus palustris and three alien species Eryngium giganteum, Inula ensifolia and Medicago orbicularis in South Bohemia. New localities of rare native or rare alien taxa and threatened or otherwise important taxa of the South Bohemian flora are reported and described: Carex otrubae, Ceratophyllum submersum, Cynodon dactylon, Dipsacus laciniatus, Erysimum cheiri, Erucastrum gallicum, Geranium macrorrhizum, Hieracium bifidum, Lathyrus nissolia subsp. pubescens, Rubus centrobohemicus, Sisymbrium orientale subsp. orientale, Sorghum bicolor, Thelypteris palustris and Trifolium fragiferum. For some of the species mentioned above, regional distribution or known localities are only updated or supplemented here. Particularly, the record of Verbena offi- cinalis near the village of Ratiborova Lhota in the Chvalšinské Předšumaví phytogeographical district was found to be wrong. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper summarizes records of Barefoot Amanita (Amanita vittadinii), known also as Vittadini‘s lepidella, a protected basidiomycete, in two Moravian towns, Olomouc and Uherské Hradiště. While the occurrence of Barefoot Amanita in Olomouc has been known since 2009, the first locality for Uherské Hradiště was found in 2017. The ecology of the species, its habitat and vegetation preferences, as well as the pitfalls of practical conservation of rare synanthropic macromycete species are commented herein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - The aim of the paper was to quantify the basic parameters of the publication activity of the Czech Republic, to compare them with the publication activities of other countries, to quantify the share of countries with a larger or smaller annual increase in documents to the Scopus database and to look for connections between the annual increase in documents and the H-index of the countries and other parameters. Design/Methodology/Approach - The data was obtained using selected indicators on the SCImago Journal & Country Rank portal, and further processed using the Excel statistical tool. Results - The creation of the Scopus database is mainly carried out by countries with a high increase in documents. In 2020, China came first in the annual increase of documents, surpassing the US for the first time since 1996. Documents by authors with affiliation to the Czech Republic account for 2.54% in all fields and 4.29% in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences within the EU-28 countries. Among V4 countries, the Czech Republic has the highest annual accretion of documents per year and also the largest share of document creation per capita. Originality/Value - The work is original in the way of processing the data obtained on the portal. The other benefit is the evaluation of the publication (scientific) activity of the Czech Republic and its comparison with other countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Air pollution is currently considered a major public health problem responsible for increasing morbidity and mortality. Polluted air contributes to the global burden of respiratory and allergic diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia and possibly tuberculosis. Deteriorated air quality is closely linked to the amount of anthropogenic emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere. These have different origins – from industrial and energy sources, through emissions from transport to small sources from local household heating. Air pollution is a heterogeneous mixture of compounds that includes ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, liquids, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals and solid particles. In this paper, we monitored the development of air pollution by selected emissions in the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic. We obtained data from the OECD database for the years 2000–2018. We monitored particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10), NMVOC (non-methan volatile organic compounds), NOX (nitrogen oxides), SOX (sulphur oxides) and CO (carbon monoxide). We also compared total emissions per country in terms of per capita. In the monitored period, we found an overall declining trend in the production of emissions of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, carbon monoxide and non-methane volatile organic compounds in the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents records of 80 species belonging to following five families of the mining moths: Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae, Lyonetiidae, Nepticulidae and Tischeriidae. All records were collected in three localities in South Bohemia, namely near Zdíkov, Třeboň and Tábor in 2016 -2020. Regionally significant species are commented. Records of Leucoptera malifoliella (Costa, 1839), Parornix petiolella (Frey, 1863), Phyllocnistis extrematrix Martynova, 1955, P. xenia Hering, 1936, Phyllonorycter comparella (Duponchel, 1843), Stigmella carpinella (Heinemann, 1862), S. floslactella (Haworth, 1828), S. lapponica (Wocke, 1862), S. magdalenae (Klimesch, 1950), S. minusculella (Herrrich-Schäffer, 1855) and S. perpygmaeella (Doubleday, 1859) are new for South Bohemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the first record of the occurrence of Pilosella ×iserana, a new taxon for South Bohemia. New localities of rare native or rare alien taxa and threatened or otherwise important taxa of the South Bohemian flora are reported and described: Aphanes arvensis, Cardamine chelidonia, Crepis foetida subsp. rhoeadifolia, Corydalis solida, Dianthus superbus, Diphasiastrum ×zeilleri, Equisetum hyemale, Hibiscus trionum, Hieracium levicaule, Nicandra physalodes, Ornithopus perpusillus, Pilosella floribunda, Polystichum aculeatum, Potamogeton nodosus, Rubus capricollensis, Silene baccifera, Veronica vindobonensis and Vulpia myuros. For some of the above species, regional distribution or known localities are only updated or supplemented here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper publishes the first record of the occurrence of Vallisneria spiralis, a new alien taxon for South Bohemia. New localities of rare native or rare alien taxa and threatened or otherwise important taxa of the South Bohemian flora are reported and described: Allium senescens subsp. montanum, Anacamptis morio, Aphanes arvensis, Cephalanthera longifolia, Crepis praemorsa, Dianthus superbus, Diphasiastrum xissleri, Eleocharis uniglumis subsp. uniglumis, Gagea villosa, Galeopsis pernhofferi, Hieracium bifidum, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Hypericum hirsutum, Lathyrus linifolius, Leucojum vernum, Luzula divulgata, Meum athamanticum, Montia fontana subsp. amporitana, Petrorhagia saxifraga, Pilosella lactucella, P. macranthela, P. piloselloides, P. schultesii, Rosa gallica, Rubus passaviensis, Salvia hispanica, Triglochin palustris, Valerianella carinata, Viola stagnina and Viscum album subsp. abietis. Regional distribution or known localities of some of the above species are updated or supplemented here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study reports new data on the edible dormouse (Glis glis) occurrence in Czechia. Edible dormice were recorded at 34 localities, whose altitudinal range was 210-1085 m a. s. l. New sightings from the Bohemian Forest and from Prague are the most interesting. An important edible dormouse record from 1847 from South Bohemia is mentioned as well. Although it was published in 1851, the paper remained unnoticed by the zoological community at all. The bulk of new records come from various manmade structures: cottages, cellars, summer camps, a bee hive or a high seat. The risk of drowning of synanthropic dormice in uncovered containers with liquid is also pointed out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main aim of the paper is to identify predictors of social participation respectively factors that could determine advance the quality of social participation of children with cerebral palsy (CP), in the primary school environment in the Czech Republic. The research study that will be presented determined predictors of participation of pupils in six diff erent school situations in which they faces at school. According to the information available, this is the first ever study in the Czech Republic conducted in elementary schools, which identify predictors of social participation of pupils with CP, using a research tool The School Function Assessment (SFA). The study includes the children with cerebral palsy (n = 75) in the Czech Republic, aged between six and twelve years who attend mainstream or special primary schools. It was also considered the type of damage assessed according to a scale the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), five-level classification system for cerebral palsy. The results show that important indicators of social participation of children with cerebral palsy in primary schools are: gross motor function level students (estimated by GMFCS), ability of expressive speech and intellectual abilities (partiulary cognitive-behavioral activities). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is focused on motives and strategies of migration of the Muslims population to the Czech Republic and how they evaluate their life in the Czech territory. The article is based on study and analysis of information resources and field research and significantly on a qualitative research using the biographical method searching for the reasons of migration, host country position and assessment of the life of Muslims living in the Czech Republic being identified together with the factors determining the process of their integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper provides information about a finding of a remote population of the Pteris cretica fern which occurs mainly in subtropical regions of the World. The species was discovered in 2016 in an old well of the Letovice Castle (W Moravia, Czech Republic). Since this fern has never been recorded in the Czech Republic before, it is the first record for the national flora. Only a single specimen was discovered growing in the gap in the lining of the well, at a depth ca 3 m. The plant probably belongs to the var. albolineata which is often cultivated as a houseplant; this is a probable source of spores, and an explanation for this new occurrence. Since this taxon was recorded in similar habitats in Germany and Belgium, details related to this new occurrence can be compared. Several other fern species were observed in the well including the critically endangered Asplenium scolopendrium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study deals with the identification systems based on EU standards URN:NBN. For the analysis were selected systems in Finland, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany (The German system provides services for Austria and Switzerland too). The paper analyzes the technical solutions and national diversity of individual cases implementations of the URN: NBN standard. The study in the introduction gives an overview of the identification system for digital documents and describes in detail the standard URN:NBN. The main part of the study is based on a comparison of selected categories (object of identification, participants in the system, the syntax model and the rules of system) of various national identification system, including systems ČIDLO (Czech system based on standard URN:NBN). The study aims to present the possibilities and limitations of the system using standard URN:NBN and to emphasize its role in the processes of long-term preservation and accessibility of digital documents of national cultural heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rescue introductions of 13 endangered annual wetland plants (Centunculus minimus, Cyperus flavescens, C. fuscus, C. michelianus, IUecebrum verticillatum, Isolepis setacea, Juncus capitatus, Juncus tenageia, Lindernia procumbens, Myosurus minimus, Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum, Radiola linoides, Tillaea aquatica) and 5 endangered perennial aquatic and wetland species (Littorella uniflora, Nuphar pumila, Pilularia globulifera, Ranunculus lingua and Sparganium natans) to the Třeboňsko Protected Landscape Area during 2005-2014 are summarized in this paper. The plants were introduced to anthropogenic shallow oligo- or mesotrophic sand-pits with sandy or clayish-sandy bottoms. The introductions were usually repeated several times to the same site. The introduced populations were last monitored in 2013-2014. Ecological requirements of selected species are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurial self-efficacy can be defined as an individual's belief in own capabilities to successfully perform entrepreneurial tasks. Previous research identified self-efficacy as a personal trait closely related to entrepreneurship. This paper is based on interviewing large representative samples in Czech Republic, where entrepreneurial self-efficacy has not been yet a research focus. In first presented study, it enlarges our understanding by analysing the strength of influence of different, mainly social and demographical factors on entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Multiple regression analysis shows the key influence of gender, education and personal knowledge of somebody, who successfully launched a new business. It also points at positive relation of entrepreneurial self-efficacy with entrepreneurial activity in different phases. In the frame of second presented study, new scale consisting of two factors -- market action and resource acquisition -- was created in order to better understand specific areas of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. When entrepreneurially active individuals in the different phases of entrepreneurial process are compared, nascent and new entrepreneurs have higher entrepreneurial self-efficacy than established entrepreneurs in market action subscale. There is no difference in resource acquisition. Both subscales can be used for quick assessment of entrepreneurial self-efficacy. For education of potential entrepreneurs, it can be recommended to focus on increasing entrepreneurial self-efficacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The text provides information on students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities at universities. It maps the situation in the field of assessment and support of university students in the course of their studies. The paper summarizes findings from the Center for students with special educational needs at Faculty of Hussite Theology (Charles University) in Prague and also experiences from abroad. Finally it presents results of a survey on adult dyslexia carried out among employers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]