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Devastating outbreak of bark beetles in the Czech Republic: Drivers, impacts, and management implications by Hlásny, T., Zimová, S., Merganičová, K., Štěpánek, P., Modlinger, R., Turčáni, M.

“…•The Czech Republic has become an epicentre of bark beetle outbreaks in Europe.•We identified the transition from wind- to drought-driven outbreak…”
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An intercomparison of a large ensemble of statistical downscaling methods over Europe: Results from the VALUE perfect predictor cross‐validation experiment by Gutiérrez, J. M., Maraun, D., Widmann, M., Huth, R., Hertig, E., Benestad, R., Roessler, O., Wibig, J., Wilcke, R., Kotlarski, S., San Martín, D., Herrera, S., Bedia, J., Casanueva, A., Manzanas, R., Iturbide, M., Vrac, M., Dubrovsky, M., Ribalaygua, J., Pórtoles, J., Räty, O., Räisänen, J., Hingray, B., Raynaud, D., Casado, M. J., Ramos, P., Zerenner, T., Turco, M., Bosshard, T., Štěpánek, P., Bartholy, J., Pongracz, R., Keller, D. E., Fischer, A. M., Cardoso, R. M., Soares, P. M. M., Czernecki, B., Pagé, C.

“…VALUE is an open European collaboration to intercompare downscaling approaches for climate change research, focusing on different validation aspects (marginal,…”
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Hybrid κ-carrageenan-based polymers showing “schizophrenic” lower and upper critical solution temperatures and potassium responsiveness by Loukotová, L., Bogomolova, A., Konefal, R., Špírková, M., Štěpánek, P., Hrubý, M.

“…[Display omitted] •Polymers exhibit both lower and upper critical solution temperatures.•Limit temperatures can be easily adjusted by grafts length and…”
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Droughts in the Czech Lands, 1090–2012 AD by Brázdil, R, Dobrovolný, P, Trnka, M, Kotyza, O, Řezníčková, L, ValáÅ¡ek, H, Zahradníček, P, Å těpánek, P

“…This paper addresses droughts in the Czech Lands in the 1090–2012 AD period, basing its findings on documentary evidence and instrumental records. Various…”
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Projection of 21st century irrigation water requirements for sensitive agricultural crop commodities across the Czech Republic by Potopová, V., Trnka, M., Vizina, A., Semerádová, D., Balek, J., Chawdhery, M.R.A., Musiolková, M., Pavlík, P., Možný, M., Štěpánek, P., Clothier, B.

“…This study quantified the crop water consumption, crop-specific irrigation requirements, and availability of water resources to catchments under climate change…”
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Drought reconstruction based on grape harvest dates for the Czech Lands, 1499−2012 by Možný, M., Brázdil, R., Dobrovolný, P., Trnka, M., Potopová, V., Hlavinka, P., Bartošová, L., Zahradníček, P., Štěpánek, P., Žalud, Z.

“…The timing of maturity of grapes depends on the weather conditions during the growing season. This study relies on the dependence of harvest dates on the air…”
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Soil moisture trends in the Czech Republic between 1961 and 2012 by Trnka, M., Brázdil, R., Možný, M., Štěpánek, P., Dobrovolný, P., Zahradníček, P., Balek, J., Semerádová, D., Dubrovský, M., Hlavinka, P., Eitzinger, J., Wardlow, B., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M., Žalud, Z.

“…ABSTRACT Central Europe is generally not considered a drought‐prone region compared with, for example, the Mediterranean. However, Central Europe, including…”
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Changing regional weather−crop yield relationships across Europe between 1901 and 2012 by Trnka, M., Olesen, J. E., Kersebaum, K. C., Rötter, R. P., Brázdil, R., Eitzinger, J., Jansen, S., Skjelvåg, A. O., Peltonen-Sainio, P., Hlavinka, P., Balek, J., Eckersten, H., Gobin, A., Vuc˘eti, V., Dalla Marta, A., Orlandini, S., Alexandrov, V., Semerádová, D., Štӗpánek, P., Svobodová, E., Rajdl, K.

“…Europe is, after Asia, the second largest producer of wheat in the world, and provides the largest share of barley. Wheat (and to a similar extent, barley)…”
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Hybrid thermoresponsive graft constructs of fungal polysaccharide β-glucan: Physico-chemical and immunomodulatory properties by Loukotová, L., Konefał, R., Venclíková, K., Machová, D., Janoušková, O., Rabyk, M., Netopilík, M., Mázl Chánová, E., Štěpánek, P., Hrubý, M.

“…[Display omitted] •Thermoresponsive biodegradable hybrid peptidoglycan-like polymers were prepared.•Polymers showed an easy adjustment of cloud point…”
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Seven years of radionuclide laboratory at IMC - important achievements by Hrubý, M, Kučka, J, Pánek, J, Štěpánek, P

“…For many important research topics in polymer science the use of radionuclides brings significant benefits concerning nanotechnology, polymer drug delivery…”
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Drivers of soil drying in the Czech Republic between 1961 and 2012 by Trnka, M., Brázdil, R., Balek, J., Semerádová, D., Hlavinka, P., Možný, M., Štěpánek, P., Dobrovolný, P., Zahradníček, P., Dubrovský, M., Eitzinger, J., Fuchs, B., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M., Žalud, Z.

“…ABSTRACT Soil moisture dynamics and their temporal trends in the Czech Republic are forced by various drivers. The methodology of applying remotely sensed data…”
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Data quality control and homogenization of air temperature and precipitation series in the area of the Czech Republic in the period 1961–2007 by Êátý¢pÈínek, P, ZahradnÈ¡ýìek, P, SkalÈík, P

“…Quality control and homogenization has to be undertaken prior to any data analysis in order to eliminate any erroneous values and non climatic biases in time…”
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Supramolecular structures and self-association processes in polymer systems by Hrubý, M, Filippov, S K, Štěpánek, P

“…Self-organization in a polymer system appears when a balance is achieved between long-range repulsive and short-range attractive forces between the chemically…”
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A Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Fast Relaxations in Polymer Solutions by Štěpánek, P, Tuzar, Z, Kadlec, P, Kříž, J

“…We have analyzed the fine structure of the distribution of relaxation times obtained from dynamic light scattering on solutions of homopolymers and diblock…”
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Creation of lateral structures in diblock copolymer thin films during vapor uptake and subsequent drying – Effect of film thickness by Sepe, A., Černoch, P., Štěpánek, P., Hoppe, E.T., Papadakis, C.M.

“…[Display omitted] •We investigate structural changes encountered during solvent vapor treatment and drying of a block copolymer thin film.•We chose a solvent…”
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Photoluminescent polysaccharide-coated germanium(IV) oxide nanoparticles by Lobaz, V., Rabyk, M., Pánek, J., Doris, E., Nallet, F., Štěpánek, P., Hrubý, M.

“…In current biomedically oriented research, the development of a biomimetic nanoparticle platform is of interest to provide a molecular toolbox (i.e., allowing…”
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The December 2014 glaze event in the Czech Republic: predictability and impacts by Zahradníček, P., Münster, P., Bíl, M., Skalák, P., Štěpánek, P., Farda, A., Panský, M., Brzezina, J., Bílová, M., Kubeček, J.

“…Locations of traffic accidents and fallen trees on roads related to the glaze occurrence (1–3 December 2014)…”
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Micelles of a Diblock Copolymer of Styrene and Ethylene Oxide in Mixtures of 2,6-Lutidine and Water by Tuzar, Z, Kadlec, P, Štěpánek, P, Kříž, J, Nallet, F, Noirez, L

“…We studied the micelle formation of a diblock copolymer of styrene and ethylene oxide in mixtures of 2,6-dimethylpyridine (2,6-lutidine) and water. Micelles…”
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Drought stress impact on vegetable crop yields in the Elbe River lowland between 1961 and 2014 by V. Potopová, P. Štěpánek, A. Farda, L. Türkott, P. Zahradníček, J. Soukup

“…The study is focused on drought stress that is detrimental to yield formation of field-grown vegetables in the lowland regions of the Czech Republic. Extensive…”
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Optimized Design of Concrete Structures considering Environmental Aspects by Lanikova, I, Stpanek, P, Simnek, P

“…This contribution describes a formulation of the optimized design of structures using the probability-based optimization method. The Monte Carlo simulation…”
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