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    • Seed Viability and Potential Germination Rate of Nine Endemic Boswellia Taxa (Burseraceae) from Socotra Island (Yemen) 

      Hamdiah, Salem Ahmed Saeed; Karas, Lukáš; Houšková, Kateřina; Van Damme, Kay Patrick S; Attorre, Fabio; Vahalík, Petr; Habrová, Hana; Lvončík, Samuel; Eler, Klemen; Maděra, Petr (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      The endemic Boswellia species (Burseraceae) on Socotra Island (Yemen) are of great local significance due to their various local ethnobotanical uses. However, despite the fact that these trees are endangered, little is ...

    • Selenium in Goat Nutrition 

      Horký, Pavel; Nevrkla, Pavel; Skládanka, Jiří (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2017)
      The aim of the experiment was to assess the effect of selenium on the qualitative and quantitative parameters of goat milk. The experiment was conducted on an organic farm in June and July of 2016. The experiment lasted ...

    • Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of a novel alphaendornavirus, the first virus described from the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora heveae 

      Raco, Milica; Jung, Thomas; Goncalves Horta Jung, Marília do Rosário; Chi, Nguyen Minh; Botella Sánchez, Leticia; Suzuki, Nobuhiro (Springer Wien, 2023)
      Here, we report the discovery and complete genome sequence of a novel virus, designated as "Phytophthora heveae alphaendornavirus 1" (PhAEV1), from a single isolate of the plant pathogenic oomycete Phytophthora heveae ...

    • Shareholder Structure and Dividend Policy in the Developed Markets of Asia-Pacific 

      Arndt, Patrick (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2020)
      The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between the shareholder structure and dividend policy of an entire region - the developed markets in the Asia-Pacific region. The results show that at least three ...

    • Significant aspects of the national mergers in the Czech Republic 

      Langová, Veronika; Gláserová, Jana; Otavová, Milena (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2018)
      The paper deals with issues of national mergers carried out in the year 2015 and 2016. The development of the mergers is characterized by the fact that it is a multidisciplinary areas (tax, accounting and legal), in practice ...

    • Small industrial towns in Moravia: a comparison of the production and post-productive eras 

      Vaishar, Antonín; Šťastná, Milada; Zapletalová, Jana (Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2023)
      The paper focuses on the changes to the industrial structure of small Moravian towns as these towns are part of the settlement structure that connects urban and rural systems. Small towns (of up to 15,000 inhabitants) are ...

    • Smart displays: Personalisation of information panels 

      Pisařovic, Ivo; Koubek, Tomáš; Ondroušek, Vít; Procházka, David (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2018)
      Information panels are a common part of university or administrative buildings. We can see large panels with news or social media feeds as well as small displays on conference rooms with information about their occupancy. ...

    • Smart Village and Sustainability. Southern Moravia Case Study 

      Vaishar, Antonín; Šťastná, Milada (De Gruyter Open Ltd., 2019)
      The paper is aimed at an attempt to define a smart village in the Czech conditions. It argues that the principles of smart villages are very similar to the concept of sustainability. The analysis deals with preventing rural ...

    • Social Farming in Czechia, Actors and Barriers 

      Šťastná, Milada; Vaishar, Antonín (De Gruyter Open Ltd., 2022)
      The article deals with the state of social farming in Czechia, which is obviously in its infancy. The main barriers to development are the character of Czech agriculture, which is radically based on large-scale production ...

    • Social Responsibility for Insurance Companies 

      Otavová, Milena; Gláserová, Jana; Hasíková, Iva (Economic Laboratory for Transition Research, 2023)
      The aim of the paper is to verify the quantity and quality of reporting non-financial information disclosed by commercial insurance companies based in the Czech Republic and foreign commercial insurance companies with ...

    • Socioeconomic Impact of Mining in the Atiwa Forest Reserve of Ghana on Fringe Communities and the Achievement of SDGs: Analysis from the Residents' Perspective 

      Akomaning, Yaw Okyere; Hlaváčková, Petra; Darkwah, Samuel Antwi; Živělová, Iva; Sujová, Andrea (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2021)
      The Atiwa forest reserve of Ghana sits upon roughly 150 million tons of bauxite. The Government has decided to mine and use the proceeds for national infrastructure development programs. This article examines the impact ...

    • Soil Degradation Processes Linked to Long-Term Forest-Type Damage 

      Samec, Pavel; Kučera, Aleš; Tomášová, Gabriela (IntechOpen Limited, 2023)
      Forest degradation impairs ability of the whole landscape adaptation to environmental change. The impacts of forest degradation on landscape are caused by a self-organization decline. At the present time, the self-organization ...

    • Soil Microbial Communities and Enzyme Activities after Long-Term Application of Inorganic and Organic Fertilizers at Different Depths of the Soil Profile 

      Holík, Ladislav; Hlisnikovský, Lukáš; Honzík, Roman; Trögl, Josef; Burdová, Hana; Popelka, Jan (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2019)
      Fertilization is a key factor for sustaining productivity in agroecosystems. A long-term experiment in cambisol following periodical application of several types of fertilization has been running at the experimental site ...

    • Soil Microbial Functional Diversity under the Single-Season Influence of Traditional Forest Management in a Sessile Oak Forest of Central Europe 

      Kučera, Aleš; Holík, Ladislav; Rosíková, Jana; Volařík, Daniel; Kneifl, Michal; Vichta, Tomáš; Knott, Robert; Friedl, Michal; Uherková, Barbora; Kadavý, Jan (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2021)
      This one-year study focuses on the responses of a soil environment to the implementation of traditional forest management practices in oak-hornbeam stands with the following treatments: cut (C), cut + litter raking (CR), ...

    • Solar Park: Opportunity or Threat for Vegetation and Ecosystem 

      Uldrijan, Dan; Černý, Martin; Winkler, Jan (Polish Society of Ecological Engineering, 2022)
      Solar parks are currently considered a new source of energy generation and one of the methods for reducing the usage of fossil fuels. The studies related to the influence of solar parks on vegetation structure are not yet ...

    • Solvent Accessibility Promotes Rotamer Errors during Protein Modeling with Major Side-Chain Prediction Programs 

      Yakoub Hassan Hameduh, Tareq; Mokrý, Michal; Miller, Andrew David; Heger, Zbyněk; Haddad, Yazan Abdulmajeed Eyadh (American Chemical Society, 2023)
      Side-chain rotamer prediction is one of the most critical late stages in protein 3D structure building. Highly advanced and specialized algorithms (e.g., FASPR, RASP, SCWRL4, and SCWRL4v) optimize this process by use of ...

    • Some Effects on the Performance of the Czech Warm-Blood Horse in the Horse Breeding Station (ŠCHK) - Měník 

      Kubištová, Barbora; Jiskrová, Iva (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2017)
      Using the Excel programme a database was created of 332 horses born at the horse breeding station (ŠCHK) - Měník after 1 August 1993. The database was transferred to the Unistat 6.5 programme and by means of the linear ...

    • Space Redevelopment of Old Landfill Located in the Zone between Urban and Protected Areas: Case Study 

      Koda, Eugeniusz; Rybak-Niedziółka, Kinga; Winkler, Jan; Černý, Martin; Osiński, Piotr; Podlasek, Anna; Kawalec, Jacek; Vaverková, Magdalena Daria (MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)
      Landfills are elements of the waste management system, without possibility of further reclaiming, according to the requirements of a closed-loop economy, but with the possibility of transforming the area into other functions. ...

    • Spatial data driven evaluation of city locations 

      Muroň, Mikuláš; Procházka, David (Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2018)
      Moving to a new home or setting a new bureau in a new city is always difficult. One does not have knowledge about suitable locations; therefore, people are frequently unpleasantly surprised. High traffic noise, long distance ...

    • Spatial distribution of saproxylic beetles on trunks of standing Scots pine trees 

      Foit, Jiří; Čermák, Václav; Kudláček, Tomáš (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023)
      The spatial distribution of saproxylic beetles landing and climbing stems of 12 grown and healthy Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.) was examined in detail during a 3-year trial. The beetles were sampled using sticky ...