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Selected Problems with Diagnostics of Sarcopenia in Long-term-care Facilities for the Elderly As the current population gets older, we are learning that some of the diseases and conditions which were formerly perceived ...

Poor posture negatively influences the hemodynamics of the upper extremities. In clinical practice, this is known as Thoracic outlet syndrome. Poor posture leads to muscle imbalances which are solved with the active exer...

The Qur’ān contains only fragments of Adam’s story in six different sūras, apart from several minor references. These may be arranged into five thematic chapters: (1) the creation of man; (2) adoration by angels; (...

In contemporary Biblical Hermeneutics, the perception of a gulf between past and present mind-set has led scholars to seek for a transcending and universal moment within authoritative scriptures of Christianity (Schneide...

The paper presents an overview of the situation of the biblical scholarship after the beginning of the 21th century. After a brief historical introduction the factors are specified that have influenced a present-day posi...

The article describes the role of the Chicago School of Sociology in the development of empirical social research. It traces the increase in the significance of the education of doctoral students on American universities...

The current article introduces the issue of race and racism in the United States of America with focus on two specific contemporary concepts that have a big attention and have formed the discussion in the last years. The...

The paper explains the approach applied for the edition of Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) in the context of previous critical editions of the Hebrew Bible. A concise historical survey presents the progress of the Biblical ...

Ivan Pfaff: Francie a Čechy v Evropě národních států. Francouzská politika F. L. Riegra 1867–1878. Praha: Euroslavica, 2013, 260 str.

Jiří Šubrt, Jiří Vinopal a kol.: Historické vědomí obyvatel České republiky perspektivou sociologického výzkumu. Praha: Karolinum, 2013, 258 str.

Juraj Šuch, Jan Horský (ed.): Narace a (živá) realita. Praha: Togga, 2012, 112 str.

Article describes the books of two authors, who try to compare Russian and Iranian revolutions and political development generally. Whereas Ghoncheh Tazmini uses Hegelian structuralist approach, that sees these revolutio...

Martin Vávra, Radek Tichý: Náboženství z jiného úhlu. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2012, 144 str.

This historical essay describes Emperor Franz Joseph’s visits to the Czech lands. Both the Monarch’s image and the people’s attitude to his stays in Bohemia and Moravia during his long reign (1848–1916) were pron...

Peter Auer: Jazyková interakce. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2014, 312 str.

Progressivity of Basic Elements of the Slovenian National Alpine Ski School Ski school programmes in different countries are adapted to the local conditions and skiing trends. The aim of the study was to establish the p...

Shape Manifestation of Respiration in the Axial System The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of respiration on the shape changes of the axial system. Our approach focuses more on the analysis of respiratory fu...

Simmel’s social theory, namely his formal sociology, has long been considered if not dead, then of little relevance for contemporary sociological theories. This study is an attempt at proving the contrary. Our aim is t...

The following text is based on the outcomes of a long-term field research carried out in eastern Slovakia, and it focuses on the character and specifics of religiosity of the Romany settlements inhabitants. One of the ch...

Premysliden ruled over the Czech countries (Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia) more than three hundred years (ca. 930–1306). They cooperated with the ruling houses of the neighbouring states (Hungary, Poland, Saxony, Bavar...

The YMCA in Central European Countries as One of the Ways of Americanising Central Europe after the First World War (Base of Information and Methodological Approaches zo Researching the Issue) The YMCA is essentially an...

Thelma Fenster – Daniel Lord Smail: Fama: The Politics of Talk and Reputation in Medieval Europe. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003, 227 str.

Behaviour of an individual is seen as the result of a series of decisions taken on the basis of his taken-for-granted knowledge about the universe – that knowledge is shared by specific others. That is the social reali...