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The application of methods based on measurements of photosynthesis efficiency is now more and more popular and used not only for the evaluation of the efficiency of herbicides but also for the estimation of their phytotoxicity to the cultivated crop. These methods enable to determine also differences in the sensitivity of cultivars and/or hybrids to individual herbicides. The advantage of these methods consists above all in the speed and accuracy of measuring.
In a field experiment, the sensitivity of several selected grain maize hybrids (EDENSTAR, NK AROBASE, NK LUGAN, LG 33.30 and NK THERMO) to the herbicide CALLISTO 480 SC + ATPLUS 463 was tested for a period of three years. The sensitivity to a registered dose of 0.25 l.ha^-1 + 0.5 % was measured by means of the apparatus PS1 meter, which could measure the reflected radiation. Measurements of sensitivity of hybrids were performed on the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 8^th day after the application of the tested herbicide, i.e. in the growing stage of the 3^rd-5^th leaf. Plant material was harvested using a small-plot combine harvester SAMPO 2010. Samples were weighed and converted to the yield with 15 % of moisture in grain DM.
The obtained three-year results did not demonstrate differences in sensitivity of tested hybrids to the registered dose of the herbicide CALLISTO 480 SC + ATPLUS 463 (i.e. 0.25 l.ha^-1 + 0,5 %). Recorded results indicated that for the majority of tested hybrids the most critical were the 4^th and the 5^th day after the application; on these days the average PS1 values were the highest at all. In years 2005 and 2007, none of the tested hybrids exceeded the limit value 15 (which indicated a certain decrease in the efficiency of photosynthesis). Although in 2006 three of tested hybrids showed a certain decrease in photosynthetic activity (i.e. EDENSTAR and NK AROBASE on the 3^rd day and NK LUGAN on the 2^nd-4^th day after the application), no visual symptoms of damage of plants were found out. It could be concluded that the herbicide CALLISTO 480 SC + ATPLUS 463 (when applied in the registered dose of 0.25 l.ha^-1 + 0.5 %) did not damage hybrids under study and did not show any statistically significant effect on the grain yield. This means that the manufacturer's statement that this herbicide, if applied in the registered dose of 0.25 l.ha^-1 + 0.5 %, is very tolerant to grain maize seedlings in the growth stage of 3-5 leafs, was correct. The most suitable date of measurements of differences in sensitivity to and/or potential phytotoxicity of the preparation CALLISTO 480 SC + ATPLUS 463 seemed to be the fourth day after the application because the measured average PS1 values were the highest in all hybrids under study. When evaluating the pooled three-year yields of grain (converted to 15% of moisture content) by means of variance analysis, a statistically significant effect of the year and the hybrid on the grain yield was found out. On the other hand, however, there was no statistically significant difference in the grain yield between control and the variant treated with the registered dose of the herbicide CALLISTO 480 SC + ATPLUS 463

The aim of the work was determined of microbial and sensory quality of selected white yoghurts in the course of their shelf-life. The samples of yoghurts were produced in dairy Olma, joint-stock company Olomouc. The selected white yoghurts Revital Active (in addition of probiotic culture composed of Bifidobacterium sp., Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus rhamnosus), Klasik, Bio yoghurt Via Natur, Silueta light (0.1% fat, sugarless) and Florian were assessed in fresh condition and after an expiration date. Total counts of microorganisms, lactic acid bacteria, yeasts, moulds and coliform bacteria have been checked in the samples of yoghurt. Texture, aroma, taste, acidity and total sensation were assessed by sensory analyse. Titrating acidity was carried out in accordance with CSN ISO 57 0530. The counts of lactic acid bacteria ranged from 10⁵ CFU/g to 10⁷ CFU/g and total counts microorganisms ranged from 10⁸ CFU/g to 10⁹ CFU/g at the beginning of best before date. The lowest counts of lactic acid bacteria were detected in Bio yoghurt (4.62 × 10⁵ CFU/g). The counts of microorganisms in the samples of yoghurt were similar or with certain difference all the time of best before date. The counts of undesirable microorganisms (i.e. coliform bacteria, yeasts and moulds) weren't detected. Sensory assessment confirmed that white yoghurts are satisfactory and fulfil qualitative expectation also over all negative changes along storage.

The supposed climatic change in the Czech republic has be expressed with an increased occurence of unfavourable extreme phenomenons - floods and drought. This paper is dedicated to the agricultural drought. Irrigation is the most effective protection of crops against drought. The paper presents results of the calculations of the irrigation water requirements (for sprinkler irrigation) with the method of retrospective moisture balance (RVB) for representatives of main sorts of crops, i.e. cereals, technical crops, root-crops, fodder crops, vegetables (concretely perennial wheat, sugar-beet, new petatoes, alfaalfa, cucumbers) in the semiarid regions of the Czech republic (Southern Moravia, South-East Moravia, Middle Moravia, Žatecko and Lounsko, Litoměřicko, Middle Bohemia and Easter Bohemia) represented with 10 technical series (see tab. II) for recent years 1961 - 2000 and to the time horizons of years 2025, 2050 and 2075 with respect to a possible climatic change. The input meteorological data changes (average daily temperatures, daily precipitations and average daily air humidity) for calculations of irrigation water requirements to the introduced time horizons were realized by the help of the outputs of the scenarios for Bohemia and Moravia ascertained with the model of a climatic change HadCM3 (Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3). The results of the calculations for an average and a drought year (in tab. III) were the base for the determination of development trends of an irrigation water requirement for choosen crops to the year time horizons 2000, 2025, 2050, 2075. These trends were generally analysed for the all monitored semiarid regions of Bohemia and Moravia by means of regression straight lines (an example is shown in fig. 2). The results gained by means of the regress analysis are in tab. IV. They reflect the fact that the irrigation water requirement has an advancing development trend at all of chosen crops for an average and a dry year with an increase in a future time horizon. Simultaneously it is evident that values of the irrigation water requirements are in an average and a drought year for semiarid areas in Moravia, excepting insignificant exemptions, mostly bigger than these values for semiarid areas in Bohemia. The obtained results show, if irrigation will be expanded in the Czech republic, it's necessary, by taking into an account all the time more accurate informations concerning the climatic change, to dedicate the permanent attention to the irrigation water requirements in semiarid areas of the Czech Republic, not only for separate crops but also for the whole cropping structures. The knowledge of the irrigation water requirements is an important base above all for the assesment of irrigation areas and the size of irrigation water resources.

Automated documents processing allows production of large amount of documents. Formal quality of the documents is very important as it contributes to better understanding and information transmission. The paper deals with the automated documents quality evaluation. This requires a design of a document model. The model contains the objects of which the pages are compiled, the types of objects and, the most important, the objects' parameters. The parameters of the object are very important as they are inputs for the document evaluation according to the typographical rules. The parameters are an important part of the model which should reliably describe the document. A set of criteria is designed, which are used to describe the requirements on appropriate methods for model formation. From large amount of methods, methods that meet the criteria can be applied to the document. The result is a model of a real document which can be used for the automatic evaluation based on the typographical rules.

On existing conditions on global market (almost identical quality, almost identical purchasing values) companies have to definite the total rating of importance of evaluative criteria. In post-crisis period the problem of suppliers' evaluation is one of the biggest, because companies had to use all resources and all possibilities to develop their own business. Many authors wrote about collaborative planning and warehousing as one of possibilities to optimization work inside supply chain. For this paper define small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as enterprises with the size of maximum 250 employers.
In literature was read we couldn't find information about own system of suppliers evaluation for small and medium-sized enterprises.
SME can have some different types of business and in this case need the universal system of evaluation. The research of this paper is oriented on small and medium-sized enterprises with different types of business. The new theoretical universal method of calculation for evaluation existing suppliers for small and medium-sized enterprises will present in this paper. This theoretical method is based on average values. This method includes traditional evaluative criteria (quality, delivery time) and other (mobility of supplier, possibilities of new level of partnership). This method of evaluation can not be used for continual manufacture. New method can improve the total evaluation of supplier in small and medium-sized enterprises.

The water retention capacity of a landscape, usually measured for a catchment basin, is a very important and decisive characteristic to identify the runoff amount from the catchment area and, in consequence, for antierosion and flood protection measures. Besides, creating water reserves in the landscape and keeping the water in them is also rather important.
Soil humidity contributes to the calculation of potential water retention through modelling the runoff amount and peak discharge from the catchment basin within an area not larger than 5-10 km². This method is based on curve number values (CN), which are tabulated according to hydrological characteristics of soils, land use, vegetation cover, tillage, antierosion measures and soil humidity, estimated as a 5-day sum of preceding precipitation values. This estimation is known as the antecedent precipitation index and it is divided into 3 degrees - I, II, III. Degree I indicates dry soil but still moist enough to till, whereas degree III means that the soil is oversaturated by water from preceding rainfall. Degree II is commonly used in this context as the antecedent precipitation index.
The aim of this paper is to obtain real antecedent precipitation index values in given climatological stations (Brno, Dačice, Holešov, Náměšť nad Oslavou, Strážnice, Telč - Kostelní Myslová, Velké Meziříčí, Znojmo - Kuchařovice) for the period of years 1961 - 2009. Daily precipitation sums higher than 30 mm were considered to be the best candidate for such precipitation value since this occurs approximately once a year in studied areas. The occurence of these sums was also analysed for each month within the growing season (April to October). The analysed data was tabulated by climatological stations in order to check the real occurence of all antecedent precipitation index degrees within the studied period.
Finally, the effects of different antecedent precipitation index values on the potential water retention capacity of the sample catchment basin were calculated to compare the results.

The public knows the soy meat analog as extrusion-texturized spongy pieces resembling meat. The texture of cooked textured soy protein is important for consumers. In the study a range of commercialy sold textured soy protein (cubes, slices, granulated products) was measured to describe the textural properties. Textural properties were measured by three objective methods: Warner-Bratzler (WB) shear test, compression test and Kramer shear cell on a device Tira test 27025. The effects of cooking time and the influence of salt during cooking were examinated. To determine the significant differences between the results a statistical method ANOVA and post-hoc tests were used. We can conclude that there were significant (p ≤ 0.05) differences in the hardness of the samples. The most significant was the effect of brand name and addition of salt. The differences between different cooking times were noticeable but undefined.

This article deals with evaluation of consumer data by Artificial Intelligence methods. In methodical part there are described learning algorithms for Kohonen maps on the principle of supervised learning, unsupervised learning and semi-supervised learning. The principles of supervised learning and unsupervised learning are compared. On base of binding conditions of these principles there is pointed out an advantage of semi-supervised learning. Three algorithms are described for the semi-supervised learning: label propagation, self-training and co-training. Especially usage of co-training in Kohonen map learning seems to be promising point of other research.
In concrete application of Kohonen neural network on consumer's expense the unsupervised learning method has been chosen - the self-organization. So the features of data are evaluated by clustering method called Kohonen maps. These input data represents consumer expenses of households in countries of European union and are characterised by 12-dimension vector according to commodity classification. The data are evaluated in several years, so we can see their distribution, similarity or dissimilarity and also their evolution. In the article we discus other usage of this method for this type of data and also comparison of our results with results reached by hierarchical cluster analysis.

Based on the traditional fractal theory and on the paper of Stehlík, (2009) the range of fractal dimension of osteoporosis vertebras is analysed. First we give an insight into the field of fractals and the usage of fractals in medicine. After this we show how the analytical tool of Stehlík, (2009) may be applied to the osteoporosis vertebras. It turns out that the used method can be applied very well and that it could help with medical diagnosis. Real data example illustrates the methods discussed.

The main goal of the work was to evaluate a possibility of using various hyperelastic material models implemented into ANSYS computational system for the numerical analysis of wood-strand mat pressing or wood-based composites. Subsequently, the most suitable hyperelastic model was used as a material model in compression simulation. Pressing itself was modelled as a contact transient analysis with wood-strand mat being defined as a homogenous and isotropic continuum with the chosen material model. In the analysis only displacement degrees of freedom are considered. Output of the simulation is a contact pressure, which is necessary to apply to compress the mat on the required height. The analysis serves as a take-off platform for further research in wood-based composites pressing process.

Here the author presents results of a nursing time-management questionnaire research from seven hospitals in the Czech Republic. Target subjects were department and head nurses. Questionnaires were distributed and collected between Nov. 2009 and Dec. 2009 and were completed by 147 respondents. The aim of this study was to evaluate and analyze reported time management by department and head nurses in performing their managerial duties. Nurses were asked about their allocation of regular shift hours versus additional managerial task hours. Findings were compared between hospitals. The research was made possible through the informational system RELA. Questionnaire results were statistically analyzed and compared with the results of working analysis. Work analysis was collected from two Czech hospitals and included work hours from 37 head nurses (357 total work day records) and 37 department nurses (363 work day records). Research was made by auto-screening method.

In an area with the differentiated extend of revitalization liming (1986-2002), soil fauna (Elateridae, Staphylinidae, Diplura, Protura) determined through the method of tullgrens (2005) was confronted with the actual soil chemistry (pH, soil exchange sorption, the degree of the sorption complex saturation by basic cations, C/N ratio, available nutrients P, Mg, K and Ca).
Athous subfuscus (O. F. Müller) and Dalopius marginatus (L.) accepted the broad extent of soil pH (2.8-6.15). The abundance of Elateridae and Protura was affected by soil chemistry and the content of nutrient elements while Staphylinidae and Diplura were without any response. Canonical analysis shows the complexity of applied factors whereas the environment showed a limited impact on the abundance of monitored fauna.

The data taken at the electronic reception of logs are tasked with mistaken values and do not correspond to the real shape of a stem. The aim of the data filtration is to remove the incorrect data and replace them by the ones, closer to the real values.
The goal of presented work was to analyse the effect of different filtration methods on original data and to recommend the methods, which results correspond to the real shape of the logs with their defects on a surface as close as possible.
Methods of filtration are based on simple mathematical and statistical procedures, which are subsequently variously combined, because the simplest comparative methods did not fulfil the expectations.
More than 50 methods were combined and analyzed. Approximately 15 of them were selected and tested. The methods were applied to data scanned on ca 150 logs randomly selected from thousands of files in the sawmill log yard. The filtration effects of different methods were visually assessed. The most applicable three methods were selected and they will be tested practically at sawmill in the next step of research. These three methods are described in following paper.
Results refer, that all proposed methods correspond to necessities for log dimensions determination. It is not possible to define the best method generally. Different properties of these methods make them suitable for calculation of log dimensions if different type of use is requested. It means for mid diameter determination necessary for volume calculation by using Huber method; for section diameter determination for volume calculation by using section method; for top diameter determination necessary for sorting; for filtration of drive dogs of the conveyor passing through the measuring equipment.

Hydrological models provide design parameters for the design of flood control measures. Runoff from the river basin is primarily determined by the amount of rainfall and water retention of the river basin. The Fryšávka River basin was chosen to determine the potential water retention of the river basin. Before the determination of potential retention preparatory work was carried out: description of the current state of land cover based on a detailed field survey, the representation of hydrological soil groups in the basin found in BPEJ (Bonitované půdně ekologické jednotky - Valuated land-ecological units) maps, delimitation of basin parts by the digital vector layer ZABAGED altimetry (Základní báze geografických dat - Fundamental base of geographic data) - 3D contour and evaluation of basin parts by the runoff curve numbers (CN). The processing of background data was performed by the program ArcGIS 9.2 of ArcView software products using a set of integrated software applications ArcMap, ArcCatalog and ArcToolbox. To assess the potential retention, as part of the hydrologic characteristics of the Fryšávka River basin, the curve number method, a modification of the deterministic episode model DesQ-MAXQ, was used. The average numbers of runoff curves and the data about potential retention of river basin parts are presented in the form of map outputs.

One of the natural properties of wood and wood-based materials is their soaking capacity (hygroscopicity). The moisture content of wood and building constructions of wood and wood based materials significantly influences the service life and reliability of these constructions and buildings. The equilibrium weight moisture content of built-in wood corresponding to temperature/moisture conditions inside the cladding has therefore a decisive influence on the basic requirements placed on building constructions. The wood in wooden frame cladding changes its moisture content depending on temperature and moisture conditions of the environment it is built into. The water vapor condensation doesn't necessarily have to occur right in the wooden framework of the cladding for the equilibrium moisture content to rise over the level permissible for the reliable function of a given construction. In spite of the fact that the common heat-technical assessment cannot be considered fully capable of detecting the effects of these factors on the functional reliability of wood-based constructions and buildings, an extension has been proposed of the present method of design an assessment of building constructions according to the ČSN 73 0540 standard regarding the interpretation of equilibrium moisture content in relation to the temperature/moisture conditions and their time behavior inside a construction.

The paper deals with a problem of independent trade in Czech Republic which means small and medium sized retail and wholesale enterprises without capital linkage to big companies abroad. It is especially focused on Czech food sellers trying to compete against transnational companies entering and operating on Czech market. One of possibilities how to face geographically and financially strong subjects is vertical cooperation and creation trade alliances. It means joining individual small and medium sized wholesalers and retailers into one association representing all members. Main advantages of these cooperative structures are lower purchase costs due to common negotiation with suppliers and co-financing of some activities (for example promotion). It is very important to sustain the diversity of retail market because of ensuring and forming competitive environment and offering the miscellaneous forms of retail to final consumers. That is why the main goal of this paper is to find out last changes and contemporary position and structure of the food independent trade alliances with prediction of future development. It is necessary to mention the fact that data is quite difficult to gain for this purpose. There are yearbooks of Czech and Slovak trade where some important information are published namely sales of food trade alliances are used like main indicator to describe and predict their development. A suitable statistic method has to be selected to fulfil the stated goal. Time series and interlay with trend curve seem like the most suitable instrument. In case of individual trade alliances the linear or logarithmic function will be used according to course of sales.

A number of authors deal with problems of convergence, divergence and disparities, particularly with reference to economic growth and its comparison in groups of countries. This paper is aimed at problems of using basic methods of measuring the convergence at the evaluation of the development of selected demographic characteristics of particular regions of the Czech Republic for the period 1992 to 2007. From demographic data provided by the Czech Statistical Office some indicators were selected associated with aging the CR population. In particular, following indicators were used: the proportion of productive population, coefficient of loading the productive population by young persons, coefficient of loading the productive population by old persons, coefficient of the total loading and index of age. A precondition served as a working hypothesis that in addition to the negative demographic development affecting the CR as a whole, the convergence of its particular regions also occurred, viz. regions at the level of NUTS 3. At the quantification of convergence processes in particular regions of the CR, the method of beta convergence was used (in a simplified linearized form) as well as the method of sigma convergence. Both methods predicate unambiguously on the convergence of the CR regions from the point of view of all examined demographic indicators. From the aspect of both methods, the fastest convergence occurred in the studied period in the indicator of loading the productive population by old persons. In this indicator (as the only from monitored ones), no disparity showed as well, ie a region showing an isolated development was not noted. Opposite situation manifested itself at the indicator of loading the productive population by young persons. Only elimination of the capital city of Prague reversed an original result showing evidence of the divergence of regions from the aspect of this indicator. Disparities of the capital city of Prague occurred even at other two indicators. Only from the aspect of age, the Central Bohemian region became a region being beside the general trend of convergence.

The paper deals with evaluating the success of small and medium-sized companies in internationalization process. The process of internationalization is defined in the literature in a many ways; there is a countless variety of different approaches and models of internationalization process of firms. Like all processes in the firm also the internationalization process is accompanied by risks. For risk management it is important to know what the key factors of success are in the international arena. In this article is presented a simple evaluation model that could be used by SMEs to determine not only how strong are they compared to competitors, but also at what level are their key success factors in the process of internationalization. The aim was to find a simple method to help small and medium enterprises to assess their situation in the field of internationalization and to help them identify their strengths and weaknesses in this area. Proposed simple evaluation model has the graphic output from which it can be seen in which areas the company is doing well in internationalization process and in what areas is doing badly - then there is room for further improvement. Creating the model it was essential to divide the various factors into several groups and further evaluation to determine the range by which SMEs can quantify the level of success in internationalization process. Before the model was constructed it was necessary to collect data among small and mid-sized firms, and to process the outputs of the survey. After confirmation or to rejection of the certain hypotheses key success factors of SMEs in the internationalization process were selected and these factors were then aggregated into 4 groups. The model was then applied to data obtained from a survey of 40 SMEs and in the paper there are presented specific examples of graphical output of the model for the best and worst rated company. Authors are aware that the model is simple and has its limits, there is the need of much more work and the authors foresee further modifications of this model.

This arcticle deals with influence of the proposed Danube-Odra-Elbe (DOL) water canal on the floodplain forests in the Czech Republic. The project of the DOL water canal is evaluated with using GIS methods and reference assessment of environmental effects. Biogeographic differentiation of the landscape in a biogeocenological concept have been also utilized in this paper. The presented paper has shown the possibilities of use of the GIS analysis for the assessment of the assumed effect of the DOL project on the hydrological regime of floodplain forests. It has been proven that this method is much more efficient in objectivizing the presupposed influences of the DOL canal on the water regime of floodplain forests than the previous assessments. The method employed in this paper for the purposes of the preliminary percentage quantification of the extent of the hydrological influence on individual types of geobiocoenoses of floodplain forests is used generally for the purposes of the environmental assessment of effects on investment plans concerning the landscape (the so-called EIA). It is clear that the assessment of the influences of the DOL project on floodplain forest geobiocoenoses primarily concerns the response of vegetation to changes in the soil moisture regime, which can be compared to the amount of data material (for a summary see PRAX et al., 2008). Results indicate that the potential construction of the DOL canal would significantly, i.e. with an influence value exceeding 50 %, affect 634 km² of the area of inundations in lowland floodplains in the Czech Republic. Results are discussed in the frame of knowledge about water regime of floodplain forests ecosystems.

Although starch in cereal grain is almost completely digested in the whole digestive tract, the rate and extent of ruminal degradation and fermentation vary widely with grain source and cereal processing. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of particle size (≤ 1.4, 1.5-2.5, 2.6-3.0 and > 3.0 mm) of mechanically processed wheat, barley and maize on ruminal degradation of starch. Standardized in sacco method was used to determine the degradation of starch in mechanically processed grains with incubation times of 0, 3, 6, 9, 16, 24, and 48 hours for maize, respectivelly. Significant differences of starch effective degradability (EDg) were determined among experimental feeds as well as dependence on particle size of feeds. Among cereals, wheat had the highest effective starch degradability (83.0-95.2%), the lowest was found for maize (52.1-76.1%). Effective degradability of starch was the highest for the smallest particles (≤ 1.4 mm), 95.2 for wheat, 91.2 for barley and 76.1% for maize. The effective degradability of starch was decreased with enlarging of particle size of used grains. These results indicate that optimal degree is coarsely grinding, because larger particles increased passage of starch to the duodenum.

The paper deals with the conception of the professional manager. In the current Czech management environment the terms of professionalism and professional manager are not defined, understood and respect properly. The paper was written on the basis of a primary research among 112 middle and top managers in the Czech Republic.
The beginning of the paper focuses on the introduction of the method used for the research and then follows the evaluation process of the respondents' answers. These answers were noticed and transformed into the electronic form for the subsequent evaluation process, which is described in detail in the results part. The categories were stated on the basis of recurrence of the characteristics in the answers, and the frequency of these characteristics was measured.
The outcome of the paper is the specification of the term 'Professionalism' and the characteristics of the term 'Professional Manager' by above mentioned research. The research results are discussed with the literature review in the concluding part, and the opportunities for the further development are given.

Article is describing process of creating and using of e-learning program for graphical solution of linear programming problems that is used in the Economic mathematical methods course on Faculty of Business and Economics, MZLU. The program was created within FRVŠ 788/2008 grant and is intended for practicing of graphical solution of LP problems and allows better understanding of the linear programming problems. In the article is on one hand described the way, how does the program work, it means how were the algorithms implemented, and on the other hand there is described way of use of that program. The program is constructed for working with integer and rational numbers. At the end of the article are shown basic statistics of programs use of students in the present form and the part-time form of study. It is mainly the number of programs downloads and comparison to another programs and students opinion on the e-learning support.

The aim of the paper is to highlight the perception of the quality of edible oils and preferences of the Slovak consumers for the oil purchase as well as the factors that can affect the purchase of oil, respectively the consumer decision-making. In order to obtain primary data was used the method of questionnaire investigation. In the questionnaire research there were 664 respondents from all over Slovakia involved. The results of marketing research showed the different approaches to assessing the quality by Slovak consumers. Nearly 54% of respondents connect the food quality with health certificate, high-quality ingredients and freshness. Brand quality SK is known by 58% of respondents. The raw material from which is oil produced, oil clarity, thermal stability and color are features that respondents prefer when purchasing the edible oils. To know the content of essential fatty acids was interesting only for 7.44% of the respondents. Slovak consumers prefer sunflower, olive and rapeseed oil.

Series of the indentation of the ball (10 mm in diameter) by the constant speed into blocks of Edam cheese has been conducted. The indentation tests were performed at different speeds (1, 5, 10, 20 and 100 mm/min), and the corresponding force-displacement responses were fitted with an analytical solution to obtain the time-dependent constants and the instantaneous force-displacement response. The measurement has been performed for the cheeses of different stages of their maturity. The dependence of the indentation force on the penetration depth has been evaluated. This dependence can be fitted by a polynom. The indentation force decreases with cheese fat content. It increases with the loading rate. Its value also decreases with the time of the cheese ripening. The recently proposed method for the indenation of the ball into viscoelastic solids has been used for our data analysis. This procedure, which needs the use of the numeric methods, enables to obtain stress relaxation moduli, which describe the viscoelasticity of the tested materials. The obtained moduli describe the stage of the cheese maturity.

Determination of humic acids spectral characteristics performed fast and convenient method for their quality evaluation. Humic acids (HA) were isolated from five different soil types (Luvi-haplic Chernozem, Haplic Luvisol, Haplic Cambisol, Leptic Cambisol and Eutric Cambisol) and from compost. Basic soil characteristics were determined by commonly used methods. Fractional compositon of humus showed that humic acids content was decreasing in order: compost > Luvi-haplic Chernozem > Haplic Luvisol > Eutric Cambisol > Haplic Cambisol > Leptic Cambisol. Isolated humic acids preparations were characterized comparatively by chemical and spectroscopic methods. Elemental analysis showed the highest carbon content in Luvi-haplic Chernozem HA. The lowest carbon amount was in Eutric Cambisol. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy detected elements in situ in HA molecule. All samples contained Fe, Cu, Zn, Ti, Ca, K, S, P, Si and Br. Practically no differences in elements content between soil humic substances and compost were detected. The amount of aromatic carbon was higher in Luvi-haplic Chernozem to compare with other samples. Humic acids isolated from Cambisols, on the basis ¹³C NMR spectroscopic data, showed that all samples contained less aromatic carbon and significantly more aliphatic carbon.

The ruminal degradability of starch ("RDS") is an important indicator of utilization of starch by ruminal microorganism. Degradability rate influences the starch amount that will be utilized in rumen and the amount that will be digested in abomasum. The importance of those by-pass nutrients grows up with the increasing of dairy milk production.
The aim of this experiment was to determinate the influence of the locality, hybrid, treatment against european corn borer ("ECB") and used silages additive on the ruminal degradability of starch in the maize silage.
The experiment proceeded in three different localities. In each locality were grown on the parcels two groups of maize plants with regards to treatment against ECB (treated - experimental, untreated - control). Into each group were used three hybrids with the different number of FAO. At the harvest of silage maize was the chopped forage taken from each locality, group and hybrid apart and ensiled into experimental tubs. During conservation were prepared the silages without the addition of preparation, silages inoculated by the microbial preparation (amount 15g/l) and silages with the addition of the chemical agents (organic acids and salts blend 2l/t matter). The values of RDS were detected through the method "in sacco"(nylon bags).
The significant difference (P < 0.01) between the values of RDS was detected between the silages from various localities. (Senice na Hané 56.06 ± 4.00%; Starojická Lhota 48.02 ± 4.83%; Záblatí 43.49 ± 2.73%). The treatment against ECB did not affect significantly (P

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of storage duration on amino acids content in potato tubers. Tubers of six cultivars were stored for 16 weeks. Crude protein was determined by the Kjeldahl method. The amino acid content was identified after acid hydrolysis; sulphur amino acids were oxidized with the mixture of hydrogen peroxide, formic acid and phenol. The essential amino acids index and chemical score was calculated. The whole egg protein was used as reference protein. The effect of storage duration and cultivar on the total amino acids content was found to be significant in all potato varieties. The level of the total amino acids contents was determined within the range of 80-87%. Similar downward trend was observed in crude protein. The essential amino acids index varied considerably among the potato cultivars, ranging from 42 to 57%. Sulfur amino acids and isoleucin were the limiting amino acids in all the investigated tubers.

Lilac sage (Whorled sage), as one of the medicinal plants chosen as perspective for the recultivation of flowering meadows in the Czech Republic, was studied for the variability of its morphological characters, seed quality and content of essential oil. Seven particular populations of this genus were studied in the Czech Republic and there were found statistically significant differences in morphological characters (height and width of plants, length and width of leaves and length of inflorescences) but not in the content of the essential oil. Studied populations reached only between 0.028 and 0.072% of essential oil in dry mass and also the quality of seeds was found very low (germination between 0-52%) in the seeds from natural localities but this fact could be influenced by testing method.

Presented paper is focused on evaluation of cyclical behaviour of industrial production of the Czech Republic in time and frequency domain. Analyses in both domains are done in the context of commonly used detrending techniques necessary for obtaining growth business cycle. In the case of time domain analysis, the length of existing cycles is calculated on the basis of dating method application, i.e. right and left version of naive rules as well as Bry-Boschan algorithm. In the case of frequency domain, estimate of the spectra using periodogram and autoregressive process with optimum lag are used. In the time domain evaluation of the unity of the results of detrending techniques from the turning points identification is done as well. All analysis are done on the data of industrial production in the Czech Republic in 1996/Q1-2008/Q4.

The social-network formation and analysis is nowadays one of objects that are in a focus of intensive research. The objective of the paper is to suggest the perspective of representing social networks as graphs, with the application of the graph theory to problems connected with studying the network-like structures and to study spreading activation algorithm for reasons of analyzing these structures. The paper presents the process of modeling multidimensional networks by means of directed graphs with several characteristics. The paper also demonstrates using Spreading Activation algorithm as a good method for analyzing multidimensional network with the main focus on recommender systems. The experiments showed that the choice of parameters of the algorithm is crucial, that some kind of constraint should be included and that the algorithm is able to provide a stable environment for simulations with networks.