The goal of the project is to investigate the concepts of love and friendship that have received increasing attention in the
contemporary Anglo-American discussions in the domain of philosophical psychology and ancient philosophy. Since the
contemporary debates of the problem have been vastly inspired by the ancient Greek thoughts on the subject, the project aims
at integrating two different directions of research ? the systematic and the historical. Treating these two directions together will
help to minimize the deficiencies of partial research: systematic theory of love and friendship that draws inspiration from
ancient conceptions of philia and eros tends to oversimplify these theories, historical approaches on the other hand have the
tendency to neglect the actual impact of their researched topic and the contemporary conceptual distinctions. We will show that
this dialogue, in which the strength of the project lies, is indispensable for both the systematic elaboration of the topic and its
historical treatment in the ancient texts.

The theme of the project is the political crisis of the central Europe which resulted in several years of military conflict within the empire (1546-47) and ending with the so-called Peace of Augsburg (1555). The aim of the project is to oer a new historical interpretation of the signicance of the Bohemian lands in this conflict, primarily with regard to the economic and military potential which they represented in the
central Europe of the time. So far in European historiography this aspect has not been taken into account suciently because the Bohemian lands did not become an active participant of the military conflict. But at the end of the 1540s it was one of the main economic sources which king attempted to utilise as part of his broader power politics. At the time he managed to establish fundamental economic reforms in the Bohemian lands concerning the assertion of monarchical property rights and changes in the tax and currency system. He thus created economic sources both for the power consolidation of the state and for imperial policy in the last decade of his rule.

The aim of the project is to develop a portable audiometer and specialized methodology for telemetry examinations of the human auditory system. The proposed solution is based on a combination of unique calibratable measuring device and a commercially available smartphone. The combination of these devices greatly reduces the final cost of medical measuring device while maintaining the quality and relevance of measurements.

The presented project deals with preparation and characterisation of coloured mixed metal oxides. New functional inorganic powder materials based on complex oxides of pyrochlore and perovskite structures, phosphates of NASICON and tungstates of wolframite structures containing environmentally friendly elements will be obtained using ecological synthesis approaches. The new formulations will be characterised with regards to their phase composition and optical properties with particular attention to origin and physicochemical mechanism of their colouration. Additionally the powders will be characterised by analysis of granulometric composition, morphological properties, chemical, thermal and light stability. The main target of the project is to discover new non-toxic materials with interesting properties (colour, thermal stability, semi-conducting, anticorrosive, UV resistant, etc.) as well as broadening and systematisation of theoretical knowledge on the background of colour appearance in inorganic solids of different types and its interrelations with their structure and composition.

The aim of the project is to remodel selected courses at the Department for the Study of Religions. The innovation within the bachelor degree emphasizes formulation of theoretical starting points in the attitude towards different culture. The innovation at the master degree level is focused on students skill enhancement in critical thinking and theoretical approach to issues being researched. The contents of the courses will closely follow the research programme of comparative study of cultures initiated by S. N. Balagangadhara. The support of this project will enlarge the scholarly book sources of the department. They will be accessible by departmental researchers as well as students and used especially in the respective courses. Potential foreign students participation in teaching at the department will be enhanced, too. The courses being remodelled: New Religious Movements II., Traditions and religions of the south and east Asia II. - lecture and seminar.

The aim of the project is development and optimization of synthesis of a polymer preservative medium for writing inks to writing accessories. It should be enough antimicrobial efficient, hygienically unobjectionable and environmentally friendly, corresponding to the current legislative of measures and regulations, primarily to the directive 2009/48/ES for a security of toys. The main outlet of the project is a proposal of an operating directive for the synthesis of the polymer preservative medium with an assumption of realization on semi-operating device SYNPO with supposed term of production in 2018. The project also comprises evaluation methodology. The main considered subscribers of the product will be Centropen and Koh-i-Noor Hemusmark.

The new methodology procedures, dealing with an analytical determination of post-blast residues in unexplored improvised explosives (in analytical aspect), will be processed. The procedures come out from analysis of samples collected from a real place after the explosion. Modern chemical-analytical instrumental methods focused on determination of qualitative and semi-quantitative content of inorganic and organic components of examined relevant residues in collected samples were used.

The project explores novel thermoelectric materials for the conversion of the waste heat to electric energy. Considering the price, processing and potential toxicity we will focus on optimization the thermoelectric behaviour of sulfide ternary systems based on copper, iron and chromium. As high absolute value of thermoelectric coefficient, low electrical resistance and low thermal conductivity are prerequisites of effective thermoelectric conversion, the interplay between magnetic interactions, crystal structure and thermoelectric response due to the constitutive role of magnetic metals will be studied. As optimization routes towards better materials both chemical doping and nanostructuring will be used, starting from pristine materials in single crystalline form. In addition to chemical, morphological and thermoelectric properties the materials will also be examined in high magnetic field and using special techniques, including high pressures and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Experiment will be supplemented by theoretical calculations of electronic structure and transport coefficients.

We're proposing an optimal method of equipping carriers with transport units for combined transport. The existence of a combined transport fleet is one of the conditions for the implementation of combined transport.

A significant share of combined transport has been achieved in shipments to and from the Czech Republic using long-distance maritime transport based on the use of ISO containers.

In order for the support system to be effective and to contribute to the fulfillment of the expected objectives of OPD, Transport Policy and other requirements, it is necessary to appropriately set the subject of support and conditions for its granting.

The current project is a follow on from the initial study of dry-ice application carried out in Phase 1 (project no. I04 POB 03). This showed that dry-ice has great potential as an option for giving predictable and optimised conditions in the wheel/rail interface for braking and for rail head cleaning. The overall aim for the project is to develop a demonstrator dry-ice application device and trial it in the laboratory (using full-scale representative conditions) and on-board railway vehicles in braking tests and rail head cleaning scenarios.