Faculty of Science: Poslední příspěvky
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Offshore companies in global production and financial networks: the case of the Ukrainian sunflower oil industry
původní článek
open access
draft
2026
,Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
,Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography
Despite efforts to regulate offshore firms, these entities remain widespread and influential in the global economy - yet their role in studies on global production has been understudied. This paper addresses this gap by ...
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Resource potential of slags from Zambian copper smelters
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Elsevier B.V.
,Scientific African
,33
(September)
Millions of tonnes of pyrometallurgical slags from copper smelters in the Copperbelt Province and North-Western Province of Zambia have been deposited on dumps near mining and ore processing operations and represent potential ...
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A portable thermo-Raman system for the in-situ analysis of macro-scale mineral samples
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Elsevier B.V.
,Thermochimica Acta
,765
(November)
A portable thermo-Raman system (PTRS) for the in-situ analysis of macro-scale materials is presented and evaluated. The system integrates a compact Raman spectrometer with a custom-built resistive heating stage and standoff ...
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Modeling glacial lake bathymetry and water storage from UAV data in proximity to former Gornersee, Monte Rosa Massif, Western Alps
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,International Glaciological Society
,Journal of Glaciology
,72
(červen)
Formation and sudden drainage of glacial lakes pose increasing hazards in high-mountain regions, threatening downstream communities, infrastructure and ecosystems. Accurate bathymetric reconstruction and lake volume ...
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Frequency-dependent climate sensitivity of sub-daily radial growth of tree stems at the dry Arctic treeline
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Heron
,Tree Physiology
,46
(7)
Radial growth of tree stems shows remarkable variability over the year but also within individual days. Understanding the frequency-dependent growth sensitivity, i.e., the shifting responses of wood formation to meteorological ...
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Limited early-industrial warming and strong volcanic imprints in the Caucasus: the first temperature reconstruction based on maximum latewood density
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Copernicus Publ.
,Climate of the Past
,22
(5)
The Caucasus occupies a unique climatic region influenced by European, Mediterranean, and Asian circulation systems, yet it remains underrepresented in tree ring-based Northern Hemisphere temperature proxy networks. Here, ...
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Macrophages in tumors with downregulated MHC-I expression: emerging therapeutic opportunities and translational challenges
přehledový článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Blackwell Scientific
,Clinical and Experimental Immunology
,220
(1)
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are the dominant component of the tumor microenvironment and exhibit remarkable phenotypic plasticity and heterogeneity that extends beyond the classical M1/M2 polarization, as revealed ...
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Analysis of triggering factors of debris flows and conditions for possible reactivation: Case study of the Lemešná Mountain in the Javorníky Range, Czech Republic
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences v.v.i.
,Moravian Geographical Reports
,34
(1)
On 2nd June 2010, heavy rainfall triggered a significant debris flow on the southern slope of Lemešná Mountain in the Javorníky Range (Outer Western Carpathians), Czech Republic. Multidisciplinary research was carried out ...
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Assessing automatic ring detection on microscopy images of Salixglauca
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Urban u. Fischer
,Dendrochronologia
,98
(June)
Shrub-ring analysis is increasingly used to assess climate-growth relationships in Arctic and alpine ecosystems. However, manual ring measurement remains labor-intensive and time-consuming, limiting the scale of ecological ...
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Changing post-landslide cascade hazard intensity due to increasing temperature: a process-based simulation of the 2021 Melamchi disaster in Nepal
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Springer
,Geoenvironmental Disasters
,13
(1)
Background Large, devastating hazards persist in the Himalayas, primarily driven by hydrological and tectonic processes. Recent observations, however, indicate that climate warming may subtly modify geomaterial properties, ...
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Rate dependence of residual shear strength: Roles of clay fraction and uncertainties
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Elsevier Science
,Engineering Geology
,371
(September 2026)
Rate-weakening and rate-strengthening behaviors of soil friction are crucial in controlling landslide runouts, determining whether a slope experiences catastrophic runaway sliding or prolonged slow creep. However, objective ...
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Contrasting pathways to regional transformative policies: bottom-up approaches of a leading and latecomer region in Czechia
kapitola v kolektivní monografii
open access
draft
2026
,Cheltenham
,Edward Elgar
,Research Handbook on Regions and Transformative Innovation Policy
This chapter compares the evolution of transformative innovation policies in two Czech regions: South Moravia, a leading region, and Ústecký, a latecomer. It highlights how South Moravia, which faced severe industrial ...
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A framework for understanding precarious economic incorporation of Ukrainian refugees in Central Eastern Europe
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Amsterdam University Press
,Comparative Migration Studies
,14
(1)
This article introduces the MoPEI (Mechanisms of Precarious Economic Incorporation) framework, a conceptual-analytical tool for explaining how refugees are steered into precarious labor through the relational and layered ...
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Decoding hotter-drought impacts on canopy activity and tree growth to diagnose forest die-off
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Elsevier Ltd.
,Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
,386
(July)
Decoding the long-term impacts of hotter droughts on canopy activity and growth provides information to forecast forest die-off leading to mortality hotspots. However, remotely sensed information often lacks fieldbased ...
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Regional climate and site conditions, not species, determine growth and vulnerability to future climate extremes of Central European oaks
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Elsevier B.V.
,Trees, Forest and People
,24
(březen 2026)
Central European oak forests face increasing threats from rising temperatures and frequent drought events, challenging the ecological sustainability of dominant species like sessile oak (Quercus petraea). The performance ...
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Alarming trends: rapidly growing and recently formed glacial lakes in the Alaknanda Basin, northern Indian Himalayas
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,de Gruyter
,Open Geosciences
,18
(1)
Glaciers are retreating worldwide in response to global warming. Glacier retreat can expose over-deepened basins formed by subglacial erosion (e.g., abrasion, quarrying), which may fill with meltwater to form proglacial ...
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Environmental influences on climate-driven growth of Mediterranean pollarded willows
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Urban u. Fischer
,Dendrochronologia
,98
(June)
Anthropogenic woodlands dominated by pollarded trees are iconic landscapes common in Europe, where they represent unique cultural, aesthetic, ecological and economic values. A special type of these woodlands are riparian ...
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Cancer invasion plasticity during the metastatic cascade: strategies to survive and thrive
přehledový článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,Elsevier Science
,Cancer Letters
,645
(1 May 2026)
The metastatic process is largely inefficient, yet its outcome - the dissemination of cancer cells from the primary tumor to distant sites and the formation of metastases - remains the leading cause of cancer-related death. ...
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Negative interactions between Toscana virus and Leishmania infantum limit coinfection in sand flies
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2026
,BioMed Central
,Parasites & Vectors
,19
(1)
Background: Phlebotomine sand flies transmit a wide range of human and veterinary pathogens, including Leishmania spp. and Toscana virus (TOSV). Both pathogens co-circulate extensively in the Mediterranean basin and may ...
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Molecular Mechanisms of Acanthamoeba castellanii Response to Different Sources of Oxidative Stress
původní článek
open access
vydavatelská verze
2025
,American Chemical Society
,Journal of Proteome Research
,24
(2)
Oxidative stress is a biological principle affecting all life on Earth and is also an important factor in the pathogen-host relationship. The pathogenic free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii has several pathways to ...
