Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transitional phase between cognitive changes in physiological aging and early dementia. The amnestic form of MCI is considered a precursor to Alzheimer's disease. It is assumed that for MCI are the same risk factors as for Alzheimer's disease. Department of...

A comparative study of transformation of three emblematic sugar factories in the South Moravian Region in Židlochovice, Hodonín and Břeclav after 1989. Each of them met a different fate after the closure. The transformation of the sugar factory in Břeclav has been relatively successful - the site...

Historical records, artworks and engravings in the Czech Republic that refer to hops, and hop cultivation and domestication are presented.

The rising number of Czech tourists who spend their holiday in tropical countries and the rising immigration of people from tropical countries with low hygienic standards to the Czech Republic increase the risk of some imported tropical infections in the country. The most common are diarrhoeal...

This paper deals with the structure of leisure time activities of the university students in Prague on the basis of secondary analysis of a research report. The most frequent activities pursued by the students are the reading of books, newspapers and journals, sports, cinema-going, visits to the ...

A solid structure of non-work time is provided by household chores, social-interaction activity, reception of the mass media and, in some groups of the population, self-education and political activities. Particularly with view to the participation in society's cultural life and certain more...