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The aim of this graduate thesis is to analyze if and how the extra-parliamentary subject Akce D.O.S.T. influence the society and if the subject can be described as radical right-wing populist. Case Mudd's concept of the populist radical right was applied in the Citizen Association Akce D.O.S.T. to answer to these questions. On the basis of the Piero Ignazi' s theory silent counterrevolution follows the evaluation if the current conditions for the growth of the extreme and radical right-wing parties and similar subjects are favourable in the Czech Republic and if their growth could be expected. Attention is also focused on whether the economic conditions that have an impact on voters, influence their support for right-wing parties.

A predominantly right ventricular variant of isolated noncompaction cardiomyopathy is a potentially lethal disease entity, which only recently has become recognized in the clinical and cardiac imaging literature. There are currently few established morphologic criteria for the diagnosis other than right ventricular dilation and presence of excessive regional trabeculation. To date, there have been no autopsy reports of cases following either clinical diagnosis or sudden death. We report 2 adult cases of sudden unexpected death in which unexplained right ventricular dilation and prominent apical hypertrabeculation were the principal findings. The gross and microscopic results suggest pathological similarities between, or coexistence of, right ventricular noncompaction and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathies.

A predominantly right ventricular variant of isolated noncompaction cardiomyopathy is a potentially lethal disease entity, which only recently has become recognized in the clinical and cardiac imaging literature. There are currently few established morphologic criteria for the diagnosis other than right ventricular dilation and presence of excessive regional trabeculation. To date, there have been no autopsy reports of cases following either clinical diagnosis or sudden death. We report 2 adult cases of sudden unexpected death in which unexplained right ventricular dilation and prominent apical hypertrabeculation were the principal findings. The gross and microscopic results suggest pathological similarities between, or coexistence of, right ventricular noncompaction and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathies.

This research report analyses Uganda’s legal requirements on local content, particularly its impact on the rights of women to participate and obtain benefit from extractive industry activities. Regard is had to the fact that much of Africa’s non-renewable natural resources have not been applied to the benefit of its peoples. Resultantly, governments have developed legislation and other requirements to among others, attract foreign direct investment without unnecessarily disadvantaging the nationals. The discussion considers the situation in other common law countries – specifically Tanzania and South Africa – as well as the implications of obligations imposed on member countries by international treaties, agreements and frameworks. The research is anchored on the need to improve on the livelihood of women in extractive industries and thereby examines the implications of the law on their rights. The study then delves into a critical review of the effectiveness of the local content legal framework in Uganda and also draws lessons from Tanzania and South Africa for purposes of comparison. The study narrows the discussion to the problem of law and policy making which end up excluding and disadvantaging women. Recommendations made are intended to contribute to the body of knowledge in the extractives sector generally and on the local content stipulations and their impact on the rights of women specifically. Recommendations include; embracing gender inclusiveness and taking into account women’s views in policy and law making, balancing political rhetoric and agenda with the need to secure women’s participation, as well as setting specific quotas to be complied with by extractives companies are paramount. Further, encouragement of women to participate in extractive industry activities, development of more cohesive and gender inclusive policies as well as adoption of a strategy approach in extractive industry policy making. Also, eradication of archaic practices which exclude women from participating in and taking direct benefits in extractives activities. Much as the local content requirements in Uganda are designed to engender equality and equity, more still needs to be done to enhance women’s rights in the extractive industry. / Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Public Law / LLM / Unrestricted

Migrants are people who leave their countries for different reasons. These reasons can be political, economic, social and environmental. Those who migrate seek protection and better opportunities in the destination countries with stable political environments and strong economies. Migrants are also willing to work to sustain their livelihoods and their families. However, they find themselves in an extremely vulnerable position and encounter many challenges which prevent the enjoyment of the right to work. The right to work is a fundamental human right which is protected and recognised in many human rights standards. The right to work is necessary for the realisation and the enjoyment of other human rights. It constitutes an integral part of human dignity and enables people to gain a living through the work they choose or accept. This mini-dissertation examines how the right to work is guaranteed to migrants in South Africa. The focus on South Africa is due to the fact that South Africa is one of the main destination countries in Africa. Since the post-apartheid period, the majority of migrants target or prefer to come to South Africa because of its political and economic stability. If the right to work is an integral part of basic rights, human dignity and human survival, it must also be guaranteed to migrants because being a migrant does not exclude the exercise and the enjoyment of the right to work. However, the majority of migrants are discriminated against in so far as accessing the job market in South Africa due to many barriers. This mini-dissertation analyses different challenges migrants are facing in looking for employment and how difficult their integration is in the South African labour market. It examines South African legislation in relation to the right of migrants to work, with a brief emphasis on refugees and asylum seekers. It considers international instruments that recognise migrants’ right to work and other labour rights. This mini-dissertation concludes by giving some recommendations that will help the South African government to review its laws, as well as to prevent challenges that impede migrants getting jobs and accessing the labour market. / Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Centre for Human Rights / LLM / Unrestricted

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The serial interval (SI), defined as the symptom time between an infector and an infectee, is widely used to better understand transmission patterns of an infectious disease. Estimating the SI for tuberculosis (TB) is complicated by the slow progression from asymptomatic infection to active, symptomatic disease, and the fact that there is only a 5-10% lifetime risk of developing active TB disease. Furthermore, the time of symptom onset for infectors and infectees is rarely observed accurately. In this dissertation, we first conduct a systematic literature review to demonstrate the limited methods currently available to estimate the serial interval for TB as well as the few estimates that have been published. Secondly, under the assumption of an ideal scenario where all SIs are observed with precision, we evaluate the effect of prior information on estimating the SI in a Bayesian framework. Thirdly, we apply cure models, proposed by Boag in 1949, to estimate the SI for TB in a Bayesian framework. We show that the cure models perform better in the presence of credible prior information on the proportion of the study population that develop active TB disease, and should be chosen over traditional survival models which assume that all of the study population will eventually have the event of interest—active TB disease. Next, we modify the method by Reich et al. in 2009 by using a Riemann sum to approximate the likelihood function that involves a double integral. In doing so, we are able to reduce the computing time of the approximation method by around 50%. We are also able to relax the assumption of uniformity on the censoring intervals. We show that when using weights that are consistent with the underlying skewness of the intervals, the proposed approaches consistently produce more accurate estimates than the existing approaches. We provide SI estimates for TB using empirical datasets from Brazil and USA/Canada.

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