This case study deals with the image of Lydia Korabelnikova, a Soviet ‘shock worker’ or udarnik, celebrated for high productivity, in the former Czechoslovakia and later in the Czech Republic. ...Korabelnikova had worked at the Parizhskaya Kommuna shoe factory in Moscow since the 1940s, and was celebrated for saving material in the production of footwear. In the former Czechoslovakia and later in the Czech Republic, however, the prevailing image of Korabelnikova has been that of a shockweaver, famous for working on several looms at the same time. These details can be found in official publications as well as in a form of a communist icon or myth that still circulates, e.g. in the Czech Parliament, on the internet, and elsewhere. The study first briefly introduces the iconic image of Korabelnikova, then presents well-documented facts about her (including her visit to Czechoslovakia in 1950, when she visited local factories), and finally identifies key moments that may have played a role in creating the myth, and which are related to totalitarian ideology and practice in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. Interpretations are based mainly on Barthes’ ‘Myth Today’ (in Mythologies); however, his approach to ‘Myth on the Left’ is criticized by the author as severely flawed, and of being mythical itself. Conversely, Barthes’ theses on the ‘bourgeois myth’ can easily be applied to myth on the left. In conclusion, mythology, whether ancient or recent, can only have a historical basis (that is, myth is a discourse chosen by history). Myths do not hide anything: their function is to deform, not to make disappear; their growing obsolescence can be recognized by virtue of the arbitrary nature of their signification. Gender politics, changes in rhetorical strategy, and other factors have contributed to the way Korabelnikova now functions as a gender synecdoche and simulacrum of the communist udarnik worker, open to further semantic reconfigurations.
Jako východisko článek shrnuje dosavadní informace o ústavních návrzích, resp. o konceptech budoucího ústavního uspořádání českých zemí a Slovenska, vzniklých v roce 1917. Návrhy se zrodily v českém ...prostředí a rozváděly zásady státoprávního prohlášení z 30. května 1917. Vycházely tedy z předpokladu, že habsburská monarchie bude v reorganizované podobě zachována a že se v rámci ní vytvoří dílčí útvar spojující české země a Slovensko. Anonymně je vypracovali členové skupiny expertů, vzniklé zřejmě z iniciativy Antonína Švehly. Jednotlivé návrhy byly po vzniku republiky publikovány, avšak jejich autoři, s výjimkou Františka Weyra, zůstali neznámi. Autor článku na základě archívních materiálů přináší některé nové poznatky do záhady kolem jejich autorství. Ty doplňuji, potvrzují, ale i zpochybňují dílčí závěry, učiněné zejména Martinem Kučerou, který se těmito návrhy důkladně zabýval naposled.
Cosmochemistry McSween, Jr, Harry Y.; Huss, Gary R.
04/2010
eBook
How did the Solar System's chemical composition evolve? This textbook provides the answers in the first interdisciplinary introduction to cosmochemistry. It makes this exciting and evolving field ...accessible to undergraduate and graduate students from a range of backgrounds, including geology, chemistry, astronomy and physics. The authors - two established leaders who have pioneered developments in the field - provide a complete background to cosmochemical processes and discoveries, enabling students outside geochemistry to understand and explore the Solar System's composition.
Topics covered include:
- synthesis of nuclides in stars
- partitioning of elements between solids, liquids and gas in the solar nebula
- overviews of the chemistry of extraterrestrial materials
- isotopic tools used to investigate processes such as planet accretion and element fractionation
- chronology of the early Solar System
- geochemical exploration of planets
Boxes provide basic definitions and mini-courses in mineralogy, organic chemistry, and other essential background information for students. Review questions and additional reading for each chapter encourage students to explore cosmochemistry further.
Salinity is one of the biggest limiting factors for agriculture in semi-arid areas of the world. For this reason, an experiment was conducted to study the effect of seed priming with NaCl and CaCl
on ...growth and yield responses of Tunisian coriander cultivar exposed to five levels of salinity (0, 2, 4, 6, 8 g l
). Seeds of coriander were primed with aerated solutions of 0.13 M NaCl and CaCl
for 24 h. Results indicated that with increasing salinity, emergence traits (total emergence, mean emergence time), growth parameters (plant height, shoot fresh and dry weight) and mineral contents (K
and Ca
) decreased, but to a less degree in primed seeds. In all of the salinity levels, primed seeds possessed higher emergence and growth rate than control. However, further studies are needed to highlight the effect of seed priming on yield and oil content of coriander under salt stress.
Slanost je eden izmed največjih omejevalnih dejavnikov kmetijstva v polsušnih območjih sveta. V ta namen je bil izveden poskus za preučevanje učinkov predtretiranja semen z NaCl in CaCl
sorte tunizijskega koriandra na parametre rasti in pridelka, ki je bila izpostavljena petim stopnjam slanosti (0, 2, 4, 6, 8 g l
). Semena koriandra so bila tretirana s prezračeno raztopino 0.13 M NaCl in CaCl
za 24 h. Izsledki so pokazali, da so z naraščajočo slanostjo parametri vznika (totalni vznik, poprečni čas vznika), rasti (višina rastlin, sveža in suha masa poganjkov) in vsebnosti hranil (K
in Ca2
) upadli, vendar manj pri predhodno tretiranih semenih. Predhodno tretirana semena so imela pri vseh stopnjah slanosti boljši vznik in večjo rast kot kontrola. Za preučitev učinka predtretiranja s solmi na pridelek in vsebnost olj koriandra v razmerah solnega stresa so potrebne še nadaljne raziskave.
This book examines children's acquisition of a first language, the stages they go through, and how they use language as they learn. There are 16 chapters in 4 parts. After chapter 1, "Acquiring ...Languages: Issues and Questions," Part 1, "Getting Started," offers (2) "In Conversation with Children," (3) "Starting on Language: Perception," (4) "Early Words," (5) "Sound in Words: Production," and (6) "Words and Meanings." Part 2, "Constructions and Meanings," includes (7) "First Combinations, First Constructions," (8) "Modulating Word Meanings," (9) "Adding Complexity Within Clauses," (10) "Combining Clauses: More Complex Constructions," and (11) "Constructing Words." Part 3, "Using Language," features (12) "Honing Conversational Skills," (13) "Doing Things with Language," and (14)"Language and Dialect." Part 4, "Process in Acquisition," includes (15) "Specialization for Language" and (16) "Acquisition and Change." (Contains 16 tables and approximately 900 references.) (SM)
Sinographies Hayot, Eric; Saussy, Haun; Yao, Steven G
12/2007
eBook
The essays in this thought-provoking volume investigate ideas of China and Chineseness by means of a broad range of texts, languages, and contexts that surround what the editors call the “various ...written Chinas” through history. Contributors: Timothy Billings, Christopher Bush, Rey Chow, Danielle Glassmeyer, Timothy Kendall, Walter S. H. Lim, Lucien Miller, David Porter, Carlos Rojas, Steven J. Venturino, Henk Vynckier.
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K desátému výročí Československé televize přišly do Prahy pozdravy od spřátelených východoevropských TV ...studií. Následují hudební pohlednice z Budapešti, Moskvy, Berlína a Varšavy.- Extended description:- Information:- For the tenth anniversary of Czechoslovak Television, greetings from friendly east European TV studios came to Prague. Musical postcards from Budapest, Moscow, Berlin and Warsaw follow.- All metadata published by Europeana are available free of restriction under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. However, Europeana requests that you actively acknowledge and give attribution to all metadata sources including Europeana
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