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Dual Infection of an Open Fracture Caused by Mycobacterium setense and Clostridium celerecrescens
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)Infections caused by Mycobacterium setense or Clostridium celerecrescens are extremely rare. In this report, for the first time a dual infection with these two pathogens is described. An 18-year-old female suffered multiple ... -
Young adults fall for non-democratic ideology regardless of their education and political leaning: a data report from a Czech physiological study
(Frontiers Media SA, 2023)The number of countries, identifying themselves as liberal democracies, have decreased recently after yielding to various forms of electoral authoritarianism due to the citizens' characteristics and political attitudes. ... -
Barriers to the Implementation of Smart Projects in Rural Areas, Small Towns, and the City in Brno Metropolitan Area
(De Gruyter Open Ltd., 2022)The implementation of smart projects can contribute to solving the current development problems of municipalities and cities of varied sizes. Although the concept of smart development is a vague term in the literature, in ... -
Stakeholders' Perception of the Impact of the Declaration of New Protected Areas on the Development of the Regions Concerned, Case Study: Czech Republic
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2021)Floodplain forests at the confluence of the rivers Dyje and Morava (in the southeastern tip of the Czech Republic) are completely unique ecosystems in terms of area and ecology. For many years, there has been an effort by ... -
Are the Agricultural Subsidies Based on the Farm Size Justified? Empirical Evidence from the Czech Republic
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2022)The paper aims to explore the relationship between size, production orientation, and performance in the Czech agriculture and to answer the research question as to what extent a farm size and a product orientation of farm ... -
Ayahuasca Use and Reported Effects on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: An International Cross-Sectional Study of 11,912 Consumers
(Elsevier Science BV, 2021)Background: Ayahuasca is a psychoactive Amazonian brew which has emerging data indicating that it has antidepressant and anxiolytic properties. Methods: This paper uses data from the Global Ayahuasca Project (GAP), which ... -
Organic Food Needs More Land and Direct Energy to Be Produced Compared to Food from Conventional Farming: Empirical Evidence from the Czech Republic
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2021)This study investigated direct energy consumption and land performance under two different methods of farming-organic and conventional. The aim of our study was to examine the performance of farmers in the Czech Republic ... -
Strategic Behavior of E-Commerce Businesses in Online Industry of Electronics from a Customer Perspective
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2020)The issue of online shopping behavior is gaining importance with the continued development of e-commerce. E-commerce businesses that aim to be successful in the online market in the long run must consider the factors of ... -
Internal Determinants Promoting Corporate Entrepreneurship in Established Organizations: A Systematic Literature Review
(Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2020)Due to the increasing dynamics and complexity in the corporate environment, the importance of Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) for the development and long-term sustainability of established companies' competitive advantages ... -
The State of the Art of Use of the Concept of Ecosystem Services within Spatial Plans in the Czech Republic
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2020)Although the use and management of ecosystem services (ES) resources and the promotionof their provision are a standard and necessary part of spatial planning tools and documents, a directimplementation of this concept is ... -
The Perception of the Urbanized Areas in Case Study of the Town Rosice
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2017)This article deals with how the residents of the town Rosice perceive the surrounding landscape in aesthetic terms, how it affects them and which of the landscape components they find the most valuable and necessary to ... -
Consumer preferences expressed via shopping in alternative food chains
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2017)In recent years an increasing consumer interest in shopping in alternative food chains can be observed also in the Czech Republic. For the successful development of alternative food networks, it is important to understand ... -
Where Are African Agricultural Policies Heading and How Does this Influences Migration?
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2017)This paper addresses the link between lack of rural development and migration flows and investigates whether weak agricultural development and poor governance indicators can be explaining factors for migration. The African ... -
Land Tenure in Latin America: from Land Reforms to Counter-Movement to Neoliberalism
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2017)Latin America, with a Gini coefficient for land of 0.79, is the world's most unequal region in terms of land distribution. Land inequality is one of the greatest impediments to Latin American societies for achieving ... -
Identification of financial strategy in small & medium-sized entrepreneurship
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2017)This paper deals with the importance of financial strategy development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the winery industry. The main objective of the paper is to identify the current financial strategy of ... -
Entry Into the Common Market of the European Union in Terms of Czech Republic's Foreign Trade with Dairy Products
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2018)The aim of the paper is to evaluate the development of the Czech foreign trade in milk and milk products and specify the typical features and consequences within its territorial and commodity structure using a specific ... -
A Review of the Suitability of Using Eco-Efficiency Principles in Managing Environmental Impacts of the Packaged Water Industry in Ghana
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2018)The production and use of sachet water in Ghana has been consistently increasing, filling the gap of inadequate access to safe drinking water. Despite the obvious significant socio-economic impact of the packaged water ... -
Public participation in the process of EIA intentions of wind power plants in the Czech Republic
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2018)Public participation in decision-making process is an important function of the process called Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The respect for the public right in the participation of environmental impact assessment ... -
Export Performance and Competitiveness in Wood Products in the Czech Republic and Austria
(Croatian Economic Association, 2019)This article assesses the development of wood exports in the Czech Republic (Czechia) and Austria in recent years. Some approaches, such as revealed comparative advantage (RCA), relative trade balance index (RTB), and ... -
'Products Mapping' and Agri- Food Trade between Nigeria and ECOWAS Member Countries
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)Intra-ECOWAS trade and food evxports have been debated and given attention in recent years. The paper uses an analytical tool, called 'products mapping' following some methods, such as trade balance index, Balassa index ...