Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2015 (vol. 63), issue 5
Modelling of the Distribution of European Mistletoe (Viscum album) with Dependence on Local Factors in the Castle Park in Lednice
Tivadar Baltazár, Miloš Pejchal, Ildikó Varga
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1441-1452 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051441 
The European mistletoe (Viscum album) infection intensity and frequency of their host taxa individuals was monitored within the sections of the Castle Park in Lednice during the last four years. The data analysis was carried out only with these infected host taxa which occur in the park the most frequently: Acer campestre, A. platanoides, A. pseudoplatanus, Crataegus monogyna, C. pedicellata, Juglans nigra, Robinia pseudoacacia, Tilia cordata and T. platyphyllos. For the statistical modelling it was used total 3039 individuals, among them 1424 are already infected by mistletoe (47%)....
Stylization: a Method for Preserving the Character of Climate Sensitive Habitats. A case Study of Acidofrequent Mixed Forests
Ákos Bede-Fazekas, Imelda Somodi
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1453-1458 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051453
Stylization is a common method of ornamental plant use that imitates nature and evokes the scenery. This paper discloses a not yet proposed aspect of stylization, since the method offers the possibility of preserving the physiognomy of those habitats that seem to vanish due to future climate change. In addition, novelty of the method is founded also on that vulnerability of the Hungarian habitats has been examined by the researchers only from the botanical and ecological point of view so far and not in terms of its landscape design value.In Hungary, acidofrequent mixed forests appear to be highly sensitive to climate change according to ecological...
Detection of Phthalates in Packages and Monitoring Their Migration Into Products
Soňa Bogdanovičová, Alžbeta Jarošová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1459-1464 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051459
The report is focused on determining the level of di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) and di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in materials used for packaging meat products and monitoring the extent of PAE migration into meat products after thermal treatment. Was analyzed 50 samples of packaging. The DBP concentration ranged from 0.19 to 23.95 µg.dm-2 and that of DEHP was between 0.01 and 103.33 µg.dm-2. Analysed packages containing higher concentrations of phthalates (5 samples) were subsequently used for monitoring the phthalate migration into the product due to thermal treatment. The determination of phthalates was conducted...
Physical Characteristics of Raw Leathers in Texel and Charollais Ram Lambs
Milena Fantová, Martin Ptáček, Klára Michnová, Jaromír Ducháček, Lenka Nohejlová, Jan Beran
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1465-1470 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051465
The objective of work was to evaluate effect of breed on basic physical characteristics of sheep leather. A total of 12 leathers of purebred Texel (n = 6) and Charollais (n = 6) lambs were included in the trial. The basic indicators of the physical analysis of leather quality: leather thickness (LT, mm), tensile strength endwise (TSE, N/mm2) and across (TSA; N/mm2) as well as maximal elongation endwise (MEE; %) and across (MEA; %) were assessed. The statistical analysis was performed by SAS 9.3 (SAS/STAT® 9.3., 2011) with the used MIXED procedure. All the physical parameters were higher in Charollais breed compared to Texel,...
Spiders of the Vine Plants in Southern Moravia
Lucie Havlová, Vladimír Hula, Jana Niedobová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1471-1476 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051471
Araneofauna of vineyards is relatively known in Central Europe but we have a lack of knowledge about araneofauna which occur directly on the vine plants. Our investigation was focused on spiders which live on vine plants, especially on the vine plants trunks. We investigated spiders in six vineyards in southern Moravia (Šatov, Mikulov, Popice, Morkůvky, Nosislav and Blučina). Vineyards were under different soil management, traps were placed on different parts of particular locality (terraced and plain) and all localities were under integrated pest management. We employed two types of cardboard traps for spider collecting during whole vegetation season....
Analysis of Properties of Hard Coatings and Wear Resistance of Chemical Vapour Deposition (PVD) Coated Technology
Pavel Hudeček, Petr Dostál
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1477-1483 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051477
Modern coating methods are having become an important part of industry. Wear resistance, durability, toughness (breakage resistance) and hot hardness (high hardness and chemical stability at high temperature) are the four main technological properties necessary for durability and long life time. These proprieties are for productivity, economy and ecology very important point.This resource deals with the analysis of properties of hard coatings and wear resistance of chemical vapour deposition (PVD) coated technology. It focuses on the preparation, execution and evaluation of test coatings on the front ball-milling cutters. Examination of these characteristic...
Tree Quality and Forest Structure Changes in the First Stage of Conversion of High Forest Into Coppice-with-standards
Jan Kadavý, Michal Kneifl, Robert Knott
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1485-1491 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051485
The work is aimed on evaluation of the effect of thinning on stand structure and changes of the quality of the trees under strong thinning measures in the forest stand with prevailing Quercus petraea in South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Three thinning variants with 100, 140 and 180 remaining trees per hectare were applied in four replications to simulate structure of a coppice-with-standards forest on a four hectare plot of high forest. On average, the implemented thinning reduced the total tree number from 717 to 140 individuals per hectare. After the thinning, the ratio of potential standards according to stories (the youngest,...
Risk Analysis at Work in Manufacturing Organization
Maroš Korenko, Marián Bujna, Daniela Földešiová, Petr Dostál, Peter Kyselica
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1493-1497 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051493
Risk is virtually present everywhere around us. Nowadays, there is an increasing focus on safety at work; therefore, the organizations that want to be successful in the market try to eliminate risk factors to a minimum to avoid or prevent the health hazard of employees, damages to property or the environment. The work is focused on the risk assessment of a selected device, which is the most risky workplace according to the organization where the research was conducted. In the practical part, we became familiar with the equipment for welding and a thorough analysis of the current state of safety by a complex method was done. Consequently, corrective...
Production and Economic Parameters of a Poplar (J 105) Coppice Plantation with Different Length of the First Rotation in the Conditions of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands
Antonín Martiník, Zdeněk Adamec, Robert Knott, Ondřej Stuchlý
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1499-1504 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051499
The paper analysed production and economic effectiveness of a short-rotation coppice plantation, namely J 105, after the first rotation period of 7 and 8 years respectively. The plantation is located in the region of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands with an annual precipitation of 497 mm and mean air temperature of 8.6 °C. To assess the productivity, the trees were selected according to stem diameter at a height of 10 cm above the ground level and classified into three categories: I) 0-3.0 cm; II) 3.1-7.0 cm and III) > 7.0 cm. Sample trees were selected in each year. The economic effectiveness of the plantation was assessed as the difference between...
Legumes as Potential Plants for Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Monika Petruláková, Ľubomír Valík
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1505-1511 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051505
The aim of the study was evaluation of growth and metabolic activity of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG during fermentation of leguminous porridges (soybean flour, soybean, chickpea flour, chickpea, white bean, red bean, speckled bean, green lentil, husked lentil, yellow pea), and the evaluation of their stability during storage. A mixture of leguminous sample with water was inoculated after sterilization with equal number of L. rhamnosus GG, to obtain 5 log cfu/g in the porridge. Fermentation was led at 37 °C during 10 hours and storage at 5 °C for 21 days. Monitoring of the lactobacilli counts, pH value, and concentration of organic acids...
Synphenology of Herb Layer of Carpinion betuli Community in the Báb Forest
Ivana Pilková
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1513-1521 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051513
The submitted paper presents the results of a phenological research of herb layer of Carpinion betuli community which was realized on the locality of the Báb forest in 2012 and 2013. During 2012, there were 25 species recorded in an herbal layer and for a phenological research in 2013, I was able to document 24 taxa. In 2012, the highest number of present species in a phenological spectrum occurred. Especially, it was during March and October. In 2013, the highest number of species in a phenological spectrum was found on March and April and also later from September to October which is a period when forest species start to grow because of a...
Effect of Cutting Materials on Roughness in Turning
Pavel Polák, Ján Žitňanský, Petr Dostál, Katarína Kollárová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1523-1528 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051523
This paper focuses on demonstrating the effect of cutting materials and the geometry of cutting blades on roughness during the turning of machined surface. Experiments have been targeted at measuring roughness when turning a sample of 11 523 steel at constant parameters of shift and depth of cut and under variable values of spindle speed. Measurements were performed by using replaceable cutting blades of different types and parameters. Results were evaluated in terms of the effect of different properties of cutting blades and variable values of spindle speed.
Surface Analysis of Metal Materials After Water Jet Abrasive Machining
Pavel Polák, Ján Žitňanský, Petr Dostál, Katarína Kollárová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1529-1533 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051529
In this article, we deal with a progressive production technology using the water jet cutting technology with the addition of abrasives for material removal. This technology is widely used in cutting various shapes, but also for the technology of machining such as turning, milling, drilling and cutting of threads. The aim of this article was to analyse the surface of selected types of metallic materials after abrasive machining, i.e. by assessing the impact of selected machining parameters on the surface roughness of metallic materials.
Experience in Rearing Common Carder Bees (Bombus pascuorum Scop.), with Some Notes on Three Similar Species: Shrill Carder Bee (B. sylvarum L.), Red-shanked Carder Bee (B. ruderarius Müll.), and Brown-banded Carder Bee (B. humilis Ill.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Vladimír Ptáček, Alena Votavová, Olga Komzáková
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1535-1542 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051535
The rearing method under controlled conditions known for Bombus terrestris was successful in initiating egg-laying for 83% of B. pascuorum queens. After larvae had hatched, fresh pollen pellets needed to be inserted into brood pockets daily. After the first workers had emerged, colony development was advanced by placing them outdoors and supplying them with a sugar solution and pollen. The bees were able to use tightly pressed pollen from small plastic pots inserted near the brood. This feeding resulted in large colonies that produced dozens of young queens. In contrast, colonies managed in the laboratory were unable to utilize pollen...
Experimental Researches Tribological Properties of Hard-Alloy Blades With a Vacuum-Plasma Coating in the Chipboards Milling Process
Pavel Viktorovič Rudak, Ján Kováč, Dimitrij Valerievič Kuis, Oxana Genadievna Rudak, Štefan Barcík, Jozef Krilek, Evgeny Jurievič Razumov
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1543-1547 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051543
While developing effective ion-plasma coatings compositions of woodcutting tools special conditions of its use should be taken into account particularly the force rate acting on the cutting wedge. With the penetration of the blade into the wood material normal pressure and friction appear on the connection surface. For the analysis of the cutting processes the connection surface can be divided into several zones. The cutters with vacuum-plasma coatings based on TiN are characterized by a lower coefficient of friction in comparison to uncoated cutters in real conditions. The developed technique of tribotechnical tool tests of milling woodchip board...
Influence of Hardened Surface on Low Cycle Fatigue Characteristics at Tension-compression and Bending
Artūras Sabaliauskas, Sergėjus Rimovskis, Petr Dostál
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1549-1554 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051549
This paper analyses electromechanical hardening of the steel parts surface, when in the contact area so called "white layer" is formed. The experiments were performed to show the influence of "white layer" on strength of the steel C45 specimens under low cycle loading. This paper analyses monotonic and low cycle tension compression and pure bending characteristics of specimens with electromechanically hardened surface. The Performed experiments showed that under monotonic tension strength characteristics (σpr, σ02, σu) are increasing and strain characteristics (eu, ψ)...
Recreational Activities, Practices and Attitudes of Visitors to the Protected Landscape Areas as a Basis for Resolving Conflicts of Recreation and Nature Protection
Jiří Schneider, Helena Lorencová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1555-1564 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051555
The article presents the views and needs of visitors on a model example of a protected landscape area Moravian Karst. It analyses their view of nature conservation as a factor in the development of tourism and recreation. The results also present the habits and activities of visitors in relation to potential and actual impacts of recreation on protected areas and ecosystems. Methodology of the work is based on a standard questionnaire survey, conducted in the summer and autumn of 2013. Together with the management of the Moravian Karst locations with intense traffic were selected. These locations were then analysed by visible manifestations and impacts...
Food Offer Inside Agroecosystem Soils as an Ecological Factor for Settling Microhabitats by Soil Saprophagous Mites
Jaroslav Smrž, Tomáš Kučera, Zdeněk Vašků
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1565-1574 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051565
Mainly abiotic factors have been considered in examining soil fauna invasion or settlement. The role of soil animals communities was not considered. Our hypothesis, indeed, can be formulated: the structure and feeding habits of the soil animals community is not able to play some role in the soil rating. Localities, however, can be fragmented into microhabitats. We studied cultivated field and adjacent unploughed areas (so-called baulks), using the common Berlese-Tullgren apparatus for community structure studies followed by histological tests of food consumed by community members. We selected a group of oribatid mites, which are frequent and abundant....
The Impact of Different Water Regime on Chlorophyll Fluorescence of Pyrus pyraster L. and Sorbus domestica L.
Viera Šajbidorová, Helena Lichtnerová, Viera Paganová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1575-1579 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051575
The water deficit is considered to be significant cause of photosynthesis defects. Measuring of chlorophyll fluorescence is one of the methods revealing defects in the photosynthetic apparatus. The experiment was established with two woody plant (Pyrus pyraster L. and Sorbus domestica L.) cultivated in two different regimes of the substrate saturation. The measurement of the modulated fluorescence of chlorophyll a was done by FMS1 fluorometer during three-week period between June and September (2012 and 2013). There were analysed selected parameters of chlorophyll fluorescence: Fv/Fm - maximum quantum efficiency...
Flood Transformation Effect of a System of Small Water Reservoirs
Václav Tlapák, Petr Pelikán, Pavla Pilařová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1581-1586 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051581
The paper resumes the investigation of transformation of watershed flow off caused by retention volumes of small water reservoirs (SWR) in landscape. Based on our work experience in the field of water reservoir design and research, we know that simple system of even small fishponds disposes of nonnegligible free retention volume. We decided to verify this assumption with aid of exact determination of discharge transformation within the basin containing realized system of small water reservoirs. The input water management data for design of water reservoirs are represented by water discharge in existing stream related to the point of designed SWR. In...
Use of Remote Sensing for Identification and Description of Subsurface Drainage System Condition
Lenka Tlapáková, Jiří Žaloudík, Zbyněk Kulhavý, Igor Pelíšek
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1587-1599 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051587
The paper presents basic facts and knowledge of special survey focused on detection and evaluation methods of subsurface drainage systems by means of remote sensing. It is aimed at the complex analysis of applied processes in spatial localization, classification or assessment of subsurface drainage systems' actual condition by means of distance research methods.Data collection, their analysis and interpretation have been shown in seven experimental areas in the Czech Republic. Mainly it means determination of potential, application principles and limits of pracical use of different technologies and image data obtained by remote sensing in solving...
Occurrence, Biology and Harmfulness of Byctiscus betulae (L.) (Coleoptera, Rhynchitidae)
Jaroslav Urban
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1601-1624 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051601
In 2012 and 2013, was studied the occurrence, biology and harmfulness of Byctiscus betulae (L.) (Rhynchitidae) on forest woody plants in the Brno region. Leaf rolls were found on 13 species (and 10 genera) of woody plants. Most frequently, they occurred on Fagus sylvatica, Tilia spp. (namely on T. cordata), Salix caprea and Populus tremula. The beetles hibernate in ground pupal chambers and appear on woody plants in the last decade of April. After hibernation, females live on average seven (males five) weeks, and damage on average 40 (males 25) cm2 of leaves. The females create leaf rolls on annual...
Verification of Appropriateness of Selected Pedotransfer Functions for the Basic Use in Agriculture of the Czech Republic
Vítězslav Vlček, Vítězslav Hybler
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1625-1630 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051625
Soil is a huge reservoir of water used by plants in periods without precipitation and significantly affects the hydrological balance of any territory. To evaluate the hydrological balance of any piece of the land given, it is therefore necessary to carry out the analysis of the hydro-physical conditions. To speed up and simplify the determination of basic hydro-physical properties of soil man developed and began to use the so-called pedotransfer functions (PTF). Comparison of domestic and foreign works, however, faces problems such as the definition of available water supplies in different countries. In the research project "Specification of the available...
Mapping of Grocery Stores in Slovak Countryside in Context of Food Deserts
Kristína Bilková, František Križan
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1633-1638 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051633
The paper is focused on mapping grocery stores in the Slovak countryside with an emphasis on identifying potential food deserts in rural areas. Grocery stores are analyzed in the time period 2001-2011. Food deserts in rural areas are identified by two accessibility measures. The results show the development of food retailing in the Slovak countryside and in potentially threatened localities which can be defined as food deserts.
The Relationship Between Firm Size and Firm Growth: The Case of the Czech Republic
Roman Fiala, Veronika Hedija
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1639-1644 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051639
This paper deals with the investigation of the relationship between firm size and firm in the Czech Republic during 2007-2012. The study aims to examine to what extent the confirmation or rejection of Gibrat's law depends on the indicator of firm size. For measuring firm size we use three indicators: revenues, number of employees and total assets. The study uses data collected from the database Albertina CZ Gold Edition. Final dataset includes the data about more than 35,000 firms. The validity of Gibrat's law was tested with the help of linear regression model with first-order autoregressive process. Gibrat's law is rejected for all three indicators...
An Analysis of the Impacts of Weather on Technical Efficiency in Czech Agriculture
Barbora Hřebíková, Lukáš Čechura
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1645-1652 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051645
Although weather is a significant determinant of agricultural production, it is not a common practice when analysing production to control for its impact. The problem is methodological, since it is difficult to find a proper proxy variable for weather in these models. The aim of this study is to investigate these issues. First, several possibilities for describing weather and its inclusion into stochastic frontier models are defined and discussed. Then, the explicit impact of weather on the technical efficiency of Czech farmers in different regions of the Czech Republic for the period 2004-2009 is analyzed and discussed. We use a proxy variable in...
Comparison of Czech, Slovak and Swiss Product Innovation Oriented Firms' Communication in Social Media
Vít Chlebovský
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1653-1659 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051653
Objective of the research described in this article is to analyze and compare the use of social media communication channels in Czech, Slovak and Swiss product innovation oriented companies, where Swiss set of the companies is used as a benchmark. Primary research was made through manual activity scanning of the selected companies within social media. European company database Amadeus provided by Bureau van Dijk was used for the company selection in all three countries under the same search criteria. There were made two research sets of the companies in each country. One set covers top turnover product innovation oriented companies, second set avoided...
Exploring the Effects of Brand Promotion and Brand Image Perception on Business Outcomes of Small-sized Agribusiness Firms
Chux Gervase Iwu, Christian Nedu Osakwe, Joseph Omotosho Ajayi
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1661-1669 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051661
To date there is hardly any empirical evidence in academic literature that branding, particularly brand promotion and brand image perception, plays any significant role in the performance of small-sized agribusiness, especially those in the Sub-Saharan (SSA) region. This study was triggered by the need to fill this vacuum. Survey data were collected from small-sized agribusiness firms in one of the SSA economic 'powerhouses', which is Nigeria. Employing a contemporary research technique, specifically the Consistent Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (denoted as PLSc), the study found that both brand promotion and brand image perception...
Application of Multivariate Statistical Methods in the Analysis of Czech Population Life Quality with Attention to Regional Differentiation
Andrea Jindrová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1671-1678 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051671
Quality of life in the regions is affected by many mutually interlinked factors. The paper is aimed at the research of regional disparities in CR population life quality as assessed from the viewpoint of economic efficiency of the region and the social and environmental conditions. The interregional disparities research started from statistical modeling based on identification of key indicators affecting life quality in the CR districts and the outcomes reached have been exploited further for multidimensional classification of districts as to the indicators analyzed. Attention has been paid also to the ways of application of cartographic map facilitating...
The Impact of Strategic Management on Selected Financial and Economic Results of Agricultural Enterprises Operating in the Slovak Republic
Mária Kadlečíková, Michal Filo, Zuzana Kapsdorferová, Alexandra Malejčíková
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1679-1686 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051679
Strategic management is usually described as a process that begins with a mission statement and tends to the choice and implementation of the most suitable strategy and strategic control. Despite the protracted adverse situation which has afflicted the Slovak agricultural sector, a properly selected strategy may be the impetus behind the more progressive financial and economic results achieved by some agricultural holdings in comparison with their competitors who have experienced difficulties in adjusting to a dynamically evolving external environment. The main outcome of the submitted article is the assertion that agricultural holdings which devoted...
Enterprise Content Management Implementation and Risk
Jaroslava Klegová, Ivana Rábová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1687-1695 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051687
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions are commonly used in many areas such as document management, record management, digital asset management, etc. Key features of ECM systems are capturing, indexing, preserving and retrieving of digital information. The state-of-the-art ECM solution can help revolutionize document management and further automated business processes which can lead to better decisions and competitive advantage.Risk management can reduce project failure and that is why controlling risk in ECM implementation projects is considered to be a major contributor to project success. To manage software risk, the first step is to...
The Assessment of the Character Profile of Wood-based House Users in the Czech Republic
Josef Lenoch, Petra Hlaváčková
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1697-1709 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051697
In the years 2012-2014 the authors carried out an extensive marketing research among users of wood-based buildings in the Czech Republic. The questionnaire survey had 1,000 respondents - Czech households using a wood-based house. The survey was conducted separately in each region of the Czech Republic (40-100 questionnaires per region). The results were evaluated separately for each region and for the Czech Republic as a whole. Questionnaires consisted of four thematic groups of questions.This paper deals with processing and evaluation of results of the first group of questions. This group addresses characteristics of people using wood-based family...
The Comparison of Efficiency of Disqualification of Directors in New Czech Business Corporation Act and in the Legal System of England
Tomáš Moravec, Petr Valenta
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1711-1717 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051711
The article deals with regulation of director's disqualification in the new Czech Business Corporation Act and in the Company Directors Disqualification Act in England. The cornerstone of this article is to perform the economic analysis of the disqualification of directors according to the theory of Law and Economics. There are defined common and different points in both regulations. Furthermore this article derives and forecasts the probable number of court proceedings concerning disqualification before Czech courts in 2014. Moreover this article discusses the examples of a situation when the member of company body breaches the law or not. Last point...
Is the Fiscal Policy of the Czech Republic Pro-cyclical?
Martin Rolák, Martin Cigán
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1719-1728 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051719
The main goal of this paper is to analyse whether the fiscal policy of the Czech Republic is anti-cyclical. This analysis is carried out through decomposing the government's balance into its cyclical and structural part. The first differences of the structural part are then put in relation to the output gap to determine whether the fiscal policy is pro- or anti-cyclical. Moreover, the correlation of government expenditures and revenues with the business cycle is also subject of our analysis. We also examine whether the fiscal rules which the Czech Republic would have to adhere to once it enters the euro area limit fiscal policy as a stabilizing mechanism.The...
Visitors Satisfaction Measurement in Czech Tourism
Tomáš Sadílek
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1729-1737 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051729
The paper deals with describing the method of satisfaction measurement as a one of marketing techniques used for detecting visitors' satisfaction in tourist regions in the Czech Republic. In the treatise, we try to analyse visitors' satisfaction with the twenty four partial factors affecting total satisfaction. In the theoretical part of the paper, there are described methodological approaches to satisfaction measurement and presented various methods for satisfaction measurement with focus on the Satisfaction Pyramid method which is also used in the field part. Other presented methods are Customer Satisfaction Index, European Customer Satisfaction...
Comparison of Agricultural Trade in Selected Groups of Countries - Comparison of Real Results
Luboš Smutka, Helena Řezbová, Karel Tomšík, Miroslav Svatoš
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1739-1748 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051739
The world trade is a dynamically changing in the long term horizon, its total value as well as share in the global economy are continuously growing. Despite the growth in agricultural trade, the gaps among various groups of countries and regions are becoming deeper. More and more countries loose its self-sufficiency or its netto export status and become dependent on imports. On the other hand, there exists another limited group of countries controlling most of the world exports. The aim of the article is to identify differences in changing values of agricultural trade among selected groups of countries. An accent is given primarily on an identification...
The Scenarios of Social Policy Development in the Czech Republic
Veronika Svatošová, Josef Smolík
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1749-1767 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051749
The main objective of this paper is to create scenarios of possible development of social policy in the Czech Republic and evaluate the probability of each scenario. Based on the literature review and scenario method, three scenarios are created (scenario of a positive development, scenario of a negative development, and explorative scenario), which are compared with the current state of Czech social policy and which evaluate the possible development of Czech social policy in the period up to 2050. For the implementation of scenarios, basic factors that influence the development of Czech social policy are identified. The complementary research methods...
Do the Czech Local Action Groups Respect the LEADER Method?
Hana Svobodová
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1769-1777 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051769
The article introduces activities of local action groups (LAGs) in the Czech Republic. Attention is focused on the history of LAGs, evaluation of LAGs' activities in the 2007-2013 period and preparation for the 2014-2020 period. Although this period has already started, drawing on subsidies is still lagging behind. Evaluation of LAGs is based on a questionnaire survey among LAGs, information on grants from "Axis 4 - Leader" of Rural Development Programme for the period 2007-2013, content analysis of several Strategies of Community Led Local Development prepared for the current programming period and experience from the creation of several Strategies....
Big Bath as a Determinant of Creative Accounting in Small and Micro Enterprises
Lenka Zemánková
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1779-1785 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051779
Creative accounting is a 21st century phenomenon and in the context of the economic crisis and deficit budget it has been receiving increasing attention, in particular in the area of prevention and detection of accounting manipulation. The focus of the research on small and micro-enterprises stems from little attention paid to these enterprises and the undeniable importance of small and micro-enterprises for the economy. Primary research is based on the examination of a phenomenological paradigm, i.e. it focuses on understanding human behaviour on the basis of a reference framework for research participants. The main research method used...
An Inventory of Tree and Stand Growth Empirical Modelling Approaches with Potential Application in Coppice Forestry (a Review)
Michal Kneifl, Jan Kadavý, Robert Knott, Zdeněk Adamec, Karel Drápela
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(5), 1789-1801 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563051789
We examined currently available empirical growth models which could be potentially applicable to coppice growth and production modelling. We compiled a summary of empirical models applied in coppices, high forests and fast-growing tree plantations, including coppice plantations. The collected growth models were analysed in order to find out whether they encompassed any of 13 key dendrometric and structural variables that we found as characteristic for coppices. There is no currently available complex growth model for coppices in Europe. Furthermore, many aspects of coppice growth process have been totally ignored or omitted in the most common modelling...