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Language is language

I have a very strong connection to all kind of languages and I would eally love to learn more languages and get better and better.

Hands the main source of language > Speaking hands By NPS Graphics, converted by User:ZyMOS [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

But one of my favorite languages is SIGN LANGUAGE… And I am going to tell you something about my experience.

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Maniodepresivní psychóza

Maniodepresivní psychóza je vážné duševní onemocnění, pacienty vnímá veliké změny nálady vitality, psychických funkcí a stojí mimo normálního fungování organismu. Změny se střídají po tzv. cyklech.

Jsou popsány jako hypománie, mánie, deprese a smíšený stav.

Hypománie je projev blaženosti a skěvlé nálady, postižený nabývá zvýšeného pocitu energie, cítí se nadšeně. Pacient je velmi přátelský a komunikativní, nezdráhá se navázat konverzaci i přesto že za normálního stavu býva ,ostýchavý, má hodně nových nápadů, je kreativní a za těchto okolností mnoho přestává užívat léky, protože mají pocit, že jsou nní v pořádku a nepotřebují je.

Mánie má podobné vlastnosti jako mánie, ale býva často silnější. Objevují se agresivní příznaky.

Deprese bývá obdobím nejobtížnějším. Projevy jsou skleslá nálada, nadměrná spavost, člověk podléhá prokrastinaci. Přestává chodit pracovat, ven a má sebevražedné sklony.

Léčba maniodepresivní psychózy

Léčba musí  být zahájena včas, jinak se může stát, že se onemocnění stane chronickým. Léčba se nesmí zanedbat, protože může mít velice špatný  vliv na pacientův stav. Jednak se tento vliv může promítnout na pacientově zdravotním stavu a také se může zvýšit náklonnost k sebevraždě, které bývá v prvních letech tohoto onemocnění velice vysoké. Fakta dokazují, že jeden z pěti jedinců postižených maniodepresivní psychózou spáchá sebevraždu v tomto období.

Léčba může být stížena díky stavům, kterým někteří podléhají, těmto stavům říkáme rozněcování, což znamená střídná Hypománie, Mánie a Deprese, v krátkém období. Léčba si klade za cíl počet těchto fází co nejvíce snížit.

Při léčbě maniodepresivní psychózy se doporučují hlavní tři medikamenty. Jedná se o tzv. antidepresiva, antipsychotika a stabilizátory nálady. Pacientovi mohou být předepsány i léky, které mají pomocné účinky např. při nespavosti, úzkosti, neklidu atd.

 

Sources:

[Unattributed]: „Mániodepresivní psychóza“:

[ http://nemoci.vitalion.cz/maniodepresivni-psychoza/ ] para. 1, 31-34 (12 leden 2016)

Moreira, Veronika (Březen 2011):  „Mániodepresivní psychóza“ :

[ http://maniodepresivni-psychoza.zdrave.cz ] para. 2-4 (12 leden 2016)

Camera Filters

Black and white filters we can use them to control how colours are converted to shades of grey. We use them when we need the exact contrast or mood . Usual issue in B&W photography is that some colours may look similar when converted into greyscale. We can definitely see it in certain shades of red, blue etc. which are completely different colours in coloured photography, however, black and white photography can make them look almost identical.

This causes objects in a black and white photography to look flat and lifeless, with a lack of any definition,  interesting details and contrast.

That is why coloured lens filters have been invented. They affect the way colours are „converted“ to black and white. This allows you to control the way they appear in the final image, ensuring that objects are having enough of contrast and definition. Each colour filter has a different effect, so all of them are used in a different way. Coloured filters known to us are:

RED FILTERS

Red filters produce a very strong effect and highly increase contrast. They’re often considered too strong for most types of photography, but can be used to produce creative effects.

ORANGE FILTERS

Orange filters are something between yellow and red they give a nice balance of each one’s properties. They are considered to be multi-purpose.

YELLOW FILTERS

Yellow filter is the most gentle and subtle one. Sometimes the difference is minimal. They are commonly used among photographers who are just beginning, because they fit into almost every picture ‚just right‘.

GREEN FILTERS

Less popular, less used, but some use them in right circumstances.

BLUE FILTERS

Blue filter is not very used for black and white photography, because it tends to darken most of them and takes all the contrast.

Infrared PHOTOGRAPHY

Infrared Photography-is an unseen experience, because we literally cannot see IR light as it lies just beyond the “visible” spectrum, the one our eyes can detect.

When we take photographs using infrared-equipped film or cameras, we often see a very different world. Film is usually sensitive to visible light too, so an infrared-passing filter is used; this lets infrared light pass through to camera, but blocks most of the other spectrums-filters then look almost black or red.

When these filters are used together with infrared-sensitive film or sensors, „in-camera-effects“ can be obtained; false-colour or black-and-white images with something that might seem like a dream or lucid, we call it a ”Wood Effect,“ an effect mainly caused by foliage (such as tree leaves and grass) strongly reflecting in the same way visible light is reflected from snow.

This image shows how colours are converted to black and white with different filters:

black-and-white-filter-effects

 

 

 

 

 

Sources: 

„Using Coloured Filters in Black&White Photography“ [http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/using-coloured-filters-in-black-and-white-photography]: para. 1-12 [12 Jan 2016]

Vishneski, Bob. „Introduction to Infrared Photography.“ N.p., 12 Mar. 2012. Web. para. 1

[ https://photographylife.com/introduction-to-infrared-photography ] [12 Jan 2016]

(Just for some basic info) „Infrared Photography“:

[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_photography ] para. 1,2 [12 Jan 2016]

 

 

New Horizons NASA mission

New Horizons je americká planetární sonda, která zkoumá trpasličí planetu Pluto, její měsíce a jiné objekty. Je to první expedice v rámci nového rámcového programu v NASA New Fronties. Sondu postavila a provozuje ji Laboratoř aplikované fyziky spolu s Johns Hopins University. Let je řízen ze střediska Mission Operations Centre. Celý příspěvek

Windows 10

Original photo by RainingFlight updeted on server wikipedia.com

Original photo by RainingFlight updeted on server wikipedia.com

Basic information Windows 10

Windows 10 is an operating system realised by Microsoft and the first version of the Windows 10 entered a public β testing process in October 2014, leading up to its consumer release on July 29 in 2015

Windows 10 offers something as Microsoft described as a „universal“ application architecture; expanding on Metro-style apps, these apps can be designed to run across multiple Microsoft product families with nearly identical code—including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One(1). Microsoft philosophy for the future is to be as a platform for all (like Android or iOS), not only for the personal computers Celý příspěvek

Ad Blocking

AD BLOCKING

Websites back in 1990s were consisted pretty much only texts, with no animations or popovers. But this has changed when companies started to put many type sof advertisements on the internet as a way to publish and share additional information. But since these advertisements bring up several disadvantages with them, ad blockers came up. Ad blockers are devices within any type of hardware or software, which block certain advertisements that users face when browsing on the internet webpages. Ad blocking grep up by 41% in the world and nowadays, there are around 144 million ad blocker users.

An installation of ad blockers can be done both through the Internet or on a Hardware. The most popular ad blocker is called AdBlock Plus, available for Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer. Newly, this Ad blocker can be simply installed through a websites that offers its installation, usually straight via the ad blockers websites. Other Ad blockers can be in a form of Hardware, which are connected to an Internet router.

What has become favored in latest days is Mobile ad blocking. An overwhelming innovation has rised when Apple introduced its iOS 9 with a fully-native mobile ad blocking for Safari. Since Apple did not specify the usage of the extentions, it leaves us the question what the ad blockers are able and unable to do. The extension is a way how to block for example cookies, images, pop-ups and not only adverts, that is why it is named as content-blocking and not only ad-blocking. Talking about the benefits of this innovation, would be speed and privacy. Firstly, it is important to highlight how does the advert come up on a webpage. When a user loads up a webpage through a company, such as Google, a subsidiary of Google, Doubleclick, analyses the user and matches them to a pre-existing profile. When it has enough information, it chooses the most suitable advert and put it on the webpage. This is why sometimes it takes some time for a page to load, since this process is done withing the loading. Therefore, blocking this content can visibly speed up the loading time as well as preventing the analysis of the user.Desktop Ad Blockers work simply by loading all the ad servers into the memory of users computer and then running everything on the website through a filter, removing anything that matches. This could be an effective way, yet expensive to afford.  On the other hand, mobile ad blocking does not use all the information on the website, which is then loaded directly into the browser.

It is important to discuss what impact does ad blocking have on the future web. Adverts next to contents on a website, recuperates the websites of  creating the content. Advertisements however cost a lot of money to be placed on a web. Ad Blockers make it difficult to even the running cost of stotiny and delivering content for the user of the web. A research show us that US Publishers lose about 9% of their ad revenue because of ad blocking, and for some the percentage could even rise up to 50. These losts may lead to a collapse of several websites. Most users of ad blockers use them because of their bad view about tracking, since they do not knot what data is being collected or why. Therefore, the DAA (Digital Advertising Aliance) mandates that advertisers and publishers announce what data is collected and for how long, In simple words, the argument goes that if users did not feel that websites were trying to trick them to click on ads or usány ads that are often very annoying, they would not install softwares like AdBlock Plus and so publishers would earn money.

Adblock_Plus_2014_Logo.svg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAdblock_Plus_2014_Logo.svg , Attribution 2.5 Generic (CC BY 2.5)

Discussing further the consequences of Ad Blocking. Some companies use paid subscription models to increase the revenue. In my opinion if websites use subscriptions as a way to show their content, it would lead to an end of free-access to information, as we will see publications getting more aggressive so they neutralize their ad revenue lost.

It seems that industries had forgotten how it is like to be on the other side of the screen. In my opinion, they should start producing ads that are lighter and less resource-intensive, in order to make a better users experience. In addition, I believe that the rise of any type of ad blocking, announces a big division between useful information and some brand sponsored stories. Which would mean more fiction. However, this is just my idea.

 

CITATIONS :

„Telco ‚ad-blocking'“ Strategy4telcomediatech. Strategy for the Telecommunications, Media and Technology Industries, 24 May 2015. Web. 11 Jan. 2016. <http://strategy4telcomediatech.com/2015/05/24/telco-ad-blocking-new-business-models-for-digital-media-required/>. 

 Hern, Alex. „What Lies behind the Boom in Mobile Adblocking?“ The Guardian. N.p., 18 Sept. 2015. Web. 11 Jan. 2016. <http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/18/mobile-adblocking-boom-apple-safari>.

 Bhat, Faizan. „Ad Blocking’s Unintended Consequences.“ Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business School, 12 Aug. 2015. Web. 11 Jan. 2016. <https://hbr.org/2015/08/ad-blockings-unintended-consequences>.

„About Adblock Plus.“ About Adblock Plus. AdBlock Plus, n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2016. <https://adblockplus.org/en/about>.

Yglesias, Matthew. „The Ad Blocking Controversy, Explained.“ Vox. N.p., 18 Sept. 2015. Web. 11 Jan. 2016. <http://www.vox.com/2015/9/18/9351759/ad-blocking-controversy>

Camera sensors

Camera sensors are successors of formerly used photographic films. They both have generally the same function however camera sensors work on electronic basis. These devices are able to convert light on electronic signal. There is big stack of things which depend on the type of sensor such as the size and quality of photos, the way how camera behaves in darker surrounding, camera dimensions, etc. Celý příspěvek

How to be a healthy vegetarian

Vegetarianism causes a big stir in today’s word. A person who does not include meat products of any kind in his diet is called  vegetarian.There are several levels and types of vegetarians, depending of what kind of food is excluded from their daily diets.  Because i am interested in this topic i will outline and explain the main reasons why vegetarianism is a healthy diet.

Lacto-ovo-vegetarianism is the most common type of vegetarian diet. Lacto ovo vegetarians exclude from their diets meat, but do include dairy products and eggs . While lacto vegetarians eliminate meat from their diet, they do eat dairy but exclude eggs. The most restrictive type of vegetarians are vegans ,who eliminate all animal products from their diet and don’t use any products made from animals. The last and at the same time the least restrictive form of vegetarianism is the pescatarian vegetarianism, where you avoid all meat products with the exception of fish.

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By Gila Brand at en.wikipedia (Own work) [CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

Vegetarians are often known as people who are not getting all the nutrients they need in their diets,but it has been argued that from a nutritional point of view,a lot of people aren’t getting their nutrients intake right,and it is a common problem throughout the whole of the population, and there is no reason why vegetarians should be at a disadvantage (McQueen,2010).  McQueen argues that studies have actually shown that vegetarians eat 25 percent less fat and get more vitamins and nutrients compared to meat eaters. Vegetarian diets require very careful planning. Plant foods is beneficial because of the high level of dietary fibers and low level in the saturated fat than in animal foods, but the more you restrict your diet, the more difficult is to get all the nutrients you need. One commonly-held belief is that removing meat from our diet will leave us struggling to get enough protein,that’s why McQueen stresses that if you eat a balanced and healthy diet,you can still get all the nutrient you need from dairy products as for example soya,which is a complete protein as it has everything you need.

One of the most important health benefits is the reduce of blood pressure. A new scientific review shows that high blood pressure (hypertension) can be reduced with dietary changes, especially a vegetarian diet, and that vegetarian populations have lower rates of hypertension (Berkow and Barnard ,2005) and that simply adding meat to the diet increased the risk of dying from heart disease by 30 per cent. According to the American Dietetic Association, vegetarians are at lower risk for developing heart disease, colorectal, ovarian, and breast cancers,diabetes and obesity because of the low intake of fat,salts and high consume of fiber. In addition, vegetarians tend to consume higher intakes of phytochemicals, which are big prevention from cancer activity.

From my point of view it’s evident that vegetarianism ensure healthy living, but it is clear that it’s necessary to plan a vegetarian diet very carefully to make sure it includes all the essential nutrients.

Citations:

McQueen. „Changing Your Diet Is Fruitful; Becoming Vegetarian Has Many Benefits.“        Daily  Record (Glasgow, Scotland) 24 May 2010. Questia School. Web. 6 January 2016.

Berkow, Barnard. „Blood Pressure Reduced through Vegetarian Diet.“ Nutrition Health Review Winter 2005 Questia School. Web. 6 January 2016.

Sundblad, Donna. „Types of Vegetarians.“ Editorial. LoveToKnow.  Beauty & Style, Dec. 2009. Web. 6  January 2016.

By Gila Brand at en.wikipedia (Own work) [CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

 

Drones

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By Gerald L Nino a [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Μany people do not know what drones are, and don’t worry I didn’t know it either. However, I found out that it is very interesting as I went trhough the informations on the internet. Basically, drones or also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS), are aircraft either controlled by ‘pilots’ from the ground or increasingly, autonomously following a pre-programmed mission (Drone Wars UK, 2010).  Drones as are made in different shapes and sizes have more usages than just a one. The usages are wide range of potential civilian, scientific usage, as well as law enforcement and industrial monitoring. Moreover, they are very often used for military purposes which I am going to talk about in this post. Drones differ from its look, some can be catched by a hand, if they are light enough, some look like a normal air fighter without a place for the pilot. Celý příspěvek