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Beck, Gregory Wayne. "Constitutionalising the common law : considering the constitutional dispensation which affords all workers protection via Section 23 of the Constitution." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_6553_1304590984.
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The purpose of this thesis is to broadly determine the influence of the Constitution on the South African labour environment and to do so from the perspective of the labour rights of workers who fall outside the ambit of the traditional common law contract of employment. An examination of the Constitution&rsquo
s influence will involve a consideration of various aspects including: (i) The evolution of the concept of employee and the contract of employment
(ii) The impact of the Constitution on South African labour relations and labour laws
(iii) The purposive interpretation of legislation
(iv) An outline of the &lsquo
Kylie&rsquo
CCMA ruling and Labour Court judgment
(v) The current legal position of prostitution in South Africa
(vi) The requirements for a meaningful transformation in the legal treatment of sex workers particularly as regards their entitlement to the protections afforded to vulnerable workers provided in the LRA.
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Plácido, Alex. "Family model guaranteed in 1993 Constitution." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/115446.
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This article describes interaction among constitutional law, international law of human rights and family law based on human rights extensive role. In family law field, involving family model and constitutional protection, it is clear to notice the influence of permanent dialogue among those three areas becoming as the main factor of family law evolution. The author emphasizes the deep transformation experienced by “family” notion through history and in fact that change shall keep happening, which does not necessarily mean that all forms of living in family shall have the same level of legal coverage. However, it should result in a minimum level of protection marked by human rights recognition.Este artículo describe la interacción entre el derecho constitucional, el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos y el derecho de familia, cuyo fundamento es el papel extensivo de los derechos humanos. En el ámbito del derecho de familia —que implica el modelo de familia y la protección constitucional de la que goza— se ve la incidencia de este diálogo permanente entre las tres áreas, que llega a constituirse en el principal motor de la evolución del derecho de familia. El autor concluye señalando que lo que conocemos como «familia» ha experimentado una transformación profunda a través de la historia y que el cambio en su contenido seguirá variando. Esto no significa que todas las formas de vivir en familia vayan a gozar del mismo grado de cobertura legal, pero sí que debe traducirse en la existencia de un piso mínimo de protección signado por el reconocimiento de los derechos humanos.
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Gabela, Zandile Sebenzile. "The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) case as a model for the protection of the right to health in Africa, with particular reference to South Africa and Cameroon." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/1144.
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"The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) case, as a model for Africa, marks a positive step in protecting the right to health, particularly pregnant women and their infants. It provides a rich jurisprudence on protection of the right to health in Africa, and particularly in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The TAC case definitely portrays the strength and role of an independent judiciary in the enforcment of constitutional rights such as socio-economic rights. The competence, legitimacy and power of the courts to pronounce on the constitutional validity of socio-economic rights justifies that it is indeed a model for the enforcemnt of the right to health in Africa. However, the right to health is not justiciable in many African constitutions. It is submitted that failure to address human rights violations, particularly the right to health, fuels the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This calls for government to take measures to protect the rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS, particularly women. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), of which most African countries are state parties to, obligates states parties to take necessary measures to give effect to the rights enshrined therein, including socio-economic rights. Socio-economic rights, in most African countries, including particularly Cameroon, are not constitutionally protected as justiciable rights. Thus, the jurisprudence of the TAC case could inspire African countries whose legislation and case law on socio-economic rights are underdeveloped, to make use of the jurisprudence issued by the Court in this field. The TAC case could also be used to persuade national courts to enforce socio-economic rights, given the prevalence of socio-economic rights violations in Africa. Thus, in this regard, it will be argued that governments have a fundamental obligation to ensure that the right to health is respected, protected, promoted and fulfilled as provided in regional and international human rights instruments. ... Chapter 1 of this study highlights the structure of the whole study. Chapter 2 provides an in-depth analysis of the TAC case, the basis of the ratio decidendi of the TAC case. The analysis includes the implications of the TAC case on the SA government. Chapter 3 reviews the application of international and regional human rights instruments protecting the right to health, and how these instruments are interpreted by human rights treaty monitoring bodies and municipal courts to impose on the state the duty to protect the right to health. Section 27 of the Constitution is also lightly considered. The discussion concentrates on the relevance of these norms and jurisprudence to the protection of the right to health in the context of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The thrust of the theory of separation of powers is extensively discussed on the basis that the right to health encompasses seeking redress whenever it is violated. Thus, the study explores the judicial role in the HIV/AIDS era, to ensure that the right to health is enforced. However, it is noted that judicial independence and the theory of separation of powers, amongst others, may impede the enforcement of the right to health when it is challenged. Chapter 4 evaluates the Cameroon approach to the right to health in the Constitution, and seeks to find answers as to whether the judiciary has capacity and expertise to impose on the government the obligation to respect, protect and fulfill the right to health. Furthermore, the reasons are provided as to why the TAC case serves as a model for Africa. Chapter 5 is a summary of the conclusions drawn from the whole study and makes some recommendations." -- Introduction.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2005.
Prepared under the supervision of Dr. A.N. Atangcho at the Association for the Promotion of Human Rights in Central Africa (APDHAC), Catholic University of Central Africa, Catholic Institute, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Padovani, Julien. "Essai de modélisation de la justice constitutionnelle : réflexions à partir du recentrage du contentieux constitutionnel français autour des droits et libertés." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019AIXM0446.
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Peut-on continuer à penser la justice constitutionnelle à travers les modèles ? Cette question est à l’origine de la présente recherche, prenant acte du délaissement doctrinal en la matière. Sur les bases de la proposition fondatrice, formulée par Charles Eisenmann, la pensée relative aux modèles fut d’une grande richesse, à la fin du siècle dernier, avant de s’estomper. L'étude s’inscrit dans la continuité de ces travaux, en particulier, de ceux de Francisco Rubio Llorente, suggérant d’étudier le contentieux constitutionnel à travers un prisme téléologique. Suivant la proposition de l’auteur, distinguant entre le modèle centré sur la loi et celui axé sur les droits et libertés, la recherche aborde l'étude du système français de justice constitutionnelle. Elle met en évidence une reconfiguration du contrôle autour des droits et libertés, accélérée par la question prioritaire de constitutionnalité. Elle fournit le matériel susceptible de construire la modélisation. En raison de ses limites, la proposition doctrinale est reformulée par la mise en évidence de la tension entre la séparation des pouvoirs et les droits, comme objets de la finalité du contentieux constitutionnel. Une telle modélisation permet d’attirer l’attention sur la nature du contrôle opéré et l’étendue des pouvoirs du juge, mettant l’accent sur la problématique de la légitimité de la justice constitutionnelle. La recherche a une visée exploratoire. Elle ne fournit pas une analyse du droit positif mais propose un outil susceptible de le faire et s’inscrit dans une démarche de réhabilitation de la modélisation dans l’étude du droit, reposant sur une appréhension des modèles comme outils à visée descriptiveAre theoretical models still a good vehicle to think about constitutional justice? This question is at the bottom of this study, recording the doctrinal neglect of this methodological tool. Modelling has indeed faded away in recent times, after having flourished in the end of the last century on the basis of its founding proposal formulated by Charles Eisenmann. This study reconnects with these works, in particular, with those of Francisco Rubio Llorente, suggesting that constitutional litigation should be studied through a teleological prism. Following the author's proposal, distinguishing between a law-centred model and a rights-centred one, the research focuses on the French constitutional justice system. It highlights a reconfiguration of judicial review around rights and freedoms, accelerated by the « question priroritaire de constitutionnalité ». It thus provides the material that can be used to build a new modelling. Because of its limitations, the original doctrinal proposal is indeed reformulated by highlighting the tension between separation of powers and human rights as the two kinds of purposes assigned to constitutional litigation. The stakes of such modelling are numerous. In particular, it makes it possible to draw attention to the nature of the control carried out and to the extent of power granted to constitutional judges, emphasizing the legitimacy issue of constitutional justice. This research is exploratory in nature. It provides, not an analysis of positive law, but a tool that can enable such an analysis. It is thus part of an approach trying to rehabilitate modelling in legal studies, based on an understanding of models as descriptive tools
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Martins, Renato Castro Teixeira. "A manifesta improcedência como técnica para coibir o abuso do direito no processo." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2009. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/8787.
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Previous issue date: 2009-10-22The studies on the abuse of the procedures in the law process, found in the doctrine, are about punishment of the part and the indemnification of the injured part, especially in face of the malicious abuse of legal process hypotheses. The current paper aims to show that the technique of the so-called impertinence must be used as a manner to restrain the abuse of the law in the process, avoiding as much as possible injury to the parts and to Justice Administration, emphasizing its restraining role. The first part of the paper concerns the phenomena of the civil process constitutionalization, analyzing the constitutional guarantees that are directly connected to the theme of this study. On the second part, the theories of law abuse are analyzed, as well as their incidence on the material and procedural spheres concerning the law exercises of sueing and defending, including appeals and procedural incidents. The third part is dedicated to the study of many hypotheses of the so-called impertinence that are present in the Brazilian civil process system, analyzing the instructions of the doctrine and the understanding of the jurisprudence. Finally, we defend the use of the technique of the so-called impertinence in cases that are not explicitly seen in the system
Os estudos sobre o abuso do direito no plano processual, encontrados na doutrina, abordam o tema destacando a punição da parte e o ressarcimento do prejudicado, especialmente diante das hipóteses de litigância de má-fé. A presente dissertação tem o objetivo de mostrar que a técnica da manifesta improcedência deve ser utilizada como forma de coibir o abuso do direito no processo, evitando, tanto quanto possível, a ocorrência de danos às partes, ressaltando a sua característica inibitória. A primeira parte do trabalho aborda o fenômeno da constitucionalização do processo civil, analisando as garantias constitucionais que estão diretamente ligadas ao tema deste estudo. Na segunda parte, são examinadas as teorias sobre o abuso do direito, bem como a sua incidência nos planos material e processual, no que diz respeito ao exercício dos direitos de demandar e de defesa, inclusive por meio de recursos e incidentes processuais. A terceira parte é dedicada ao estudo das diversas hipóteses de manifesta improcedência que estão previstas no ordenamento processual civil brasileiro, analisando-se os ensinamentos da doutrina e os entendimentos jurisprudenciais. Ao final, defendemos a utilização da técnica da manifesta improcedência em casos que não estão previstos expressamente no sistema
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Ingrassia, Patricia. "TARP and the Wall Street Reform Consumer Protection Act: An Examination of Constitutional Protection of Economic Liberties." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/692.
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The 2008 subprime mortgage crisis is characterized by an increase in subprime lending and default on such mortgages. A combination of factors, such as risk excessive risk taken on by financial institutions, poorly implemented government housing policies and biased regulation are perceived to have caused the crisis. In response to the crisis, Congress approved the largest bailout of the United States financial system in taxpayer history. Signed into law by President George W. Bush, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) authorized the federal government to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to purchase distressed assets, including mortgage-backed securities, and provide liquidity to banks. Comprehensive financial reform followed the bailout package in the form of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This paper examines how both pieces of legislation threaten the constitutional protection of economic liberties.
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Davidov, Guy. "Judicial deference and the constitutional protection of human rights." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0007/MQ40986.pdf.
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Odonkhuu, Munkhsaikhan. "Towards Better Protection of Fundamental Rights in Mongolia: Constitutional Review and Interpretation." Center for Asian Legal Exchange, Graduate School of Law , Nagoya University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/20123.
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Morales, Hervias Rómulo. "Contracts with protection duties. A propos of Constitutional and Civil Law connection." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/116618.
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This essay examines protection duties arising under a contract. Its doctrinal and comparative case-law development is very broad. In Peru, national doctrine has studied it from case-law specific cases. The purpose ofthis study is to develop the analysis of autonomy of these duties towards main and secondary obligations arose under contracts in order to give legal bases not only from Civil Law but also from Constitutional Law perspective.El presente ensayo se refiere a los deberes de protección nacidos de contratos. El desarrollo doctrinal y jurisprudencial comparado de esta categoría es amplísimo. En el Perú, la doctrina nacional la ha estudiado apartir de casos concretos jurisprudenciales. El objetivo de este estudio es desarrollar la autonomía de estos deberes frente a las obligaciones principales y secundarias nacidas de contratos, con el fin de otorgarle una fundamentación no solo desde el derecho civil, sino también desde el derecho constitucional.
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Diala, Anthony Chima. "Judicial activism in South Afica's Constitutional Court : minority protection or judicial illegitimacy?" Diss., University of Pretoria, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5322.
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This study examines the effect of judicial protection of minority rights on the
Constitutional Court’s legitimacy. The framing of the Marriage Act shows that
Parliament intended marriage to be between a man and a woman. By nullifying section 30(1) of the Act and making the order above, the Court fulfilled its constitutional mandate of upholding fundamental human rights. At the same time, it negated the intention of Parliament which represents majoritarian interests. The Constitutional Court is, in contra-distinction with Parliament, unelected. By voiding section 30(1) of the Marriage Act and arousing public opposition to legal recognition of same-sex unions, it raised a ‘countermajoritarian difficulty.’ This ‘countermajoritarian difficulty’ has elicited intense scholarly debate.17 The study examines how the Court’s negation of majoritarian interests in order to protect minority rights affects its legitimacy.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2007.
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Associate Prof. Tamale Sylvia of the Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Bechtold, David Alexander. "Axonal protection in models of neuroinflammatory disease." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414011.
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Matrosov, Pavel Igorevich. "Comparative analysis of constitutional law mechanism for human rights protection in Canada and Russia." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=80941.
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This thesis offers a comparative analysis of the Constitutional law mechanism for human rights protection in Canada and Russia. Russia is experiencing a transition from the former soviet regime towards democracy and civil society. Since the beginning of the transition in 1991 Russia has made three major steps in that direction: the adoption of the Declaration of Rights and Freedoms of the Individual and Citizen of 1991, the Constitution of 1993 and the ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights in 1998. However, the existent constitutional law mechanism for human rights protection is not fully effective due to its novelty for Russian society. A number of lessons can be learned from the Canadian and European experiences of human rights protection. Among them is the necessity to build the mechanism for human rights protection that will be based on the rule of law, direct application of the Constitution, and the creation of a human rights culture, supported by the people's trust in independent judicial institutions.
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Lounici, Sofiane. "Watermarking machine learning models." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2022. https://accesdistant.sorbonne-universite.fr/login?url=https://theses-intra.sorbonne-universite.fr/2022SORUS282.pdf.
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La protection de la propriété intellectuelle des modèles d’apprentissage automatique apparaît de plus en plus nécessaire, au vu des investissements et de leur impact sur la société. Dans cette thèse, nous proposons d’étudier le tatouage de modèles d’apprentissage automatique. Nous fournissons un état de l’art sur les techniques de tatouage actuelles, puis nous le complétons en considérant le tatouage de modèles au-delà des tâches de classification d’images. Nous définissons ensuite les attaques de contrefaçon contre le tatouage pour les plateformes d’hébergement de modèles, et nous présentons une nouvelle technique de tatouages par biais algorithmique. De plus, nous proposons une implémentation des techniques présentéesThe protection of the intellectual property of machine learning models appears to be increasingly necessary, given the investments and their impact on society. In this thesis, we propose to study the watermarking of machine learning models. We provide a state of the art on current watermarking techniques, and then complement it by considering watermarking beyond image classification tasks. We then define forging attacks against watermarking for model hosting platforms and present a new fairness-based watermarking technique. In addition, we propose an implementation of the presented techniques
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Gough, Fionnuala Mary. "Irish ostriches, embryos and stem cells." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/irish-ostriches-embryos-and-stem-cells(3a3aef52-1ab5-43d6-9bf8-b29ce28b5e32).html.
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Human embryonic stem cell research would seem to offer the prospect of developing a greater understanding of, and potential therapies for, common degenerative diseases such as diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Despite the fact that some Irish institutions engage in such research, Ireland is one of the few countries in Europe which has failed to produce any relevant regulatory framework or legislation. This is largely because embryo research and its regulation remain mired in conflicting socio-political values and interests, despite the fact that the in vitro human embryo is not afforded any legal protection under the Irish Constitution. This thesis seeks to examine the current Irish legal lacuna in relation to embryos and embryonic stem cell research. The first of the three papers making up the core of this thesis reviews the background to the moral, legal and social factors that have contributed to the extant Irish position. A description of the divergent policies enacted in other jurisdictions is also given to outline possible policy options which may be considered by Ireland in the future. The views of relevant stakeholders on the impact of the regulatory lacuna are explored in the second paper through a series of semi-structured interviews. These interviews highlight a surprising level of consensus on the need for the Irish legislature to act and introduce regulations to provide certainty, in one way or the other, in this area of scientific innovation. A procedural mechanism is proposed in the third paper which could allow the development of policy and concomitant regulation in Ireland in this area. It is hoped that the procedural process and resultant framework would be sufficiently inclusive as to be acceptable to the majority of people in Irish society. In conclusion, it is argued that it is undesirable that a modern pluralist democracy (as Ireland aspires to be) should regard legislative inertia and non-regulation as the preferred method of dealing with morally challenging scientific endeavour. Instead, appropriate procedural mechanism should be utilised to allow for the development of apposite policies.
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GAIO, DANIEL. "THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPERTY LAW IN VIEW OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=17357@1.
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FUNDAÇÃO DE APOIO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIROEste trabalho consiste em uma análise acerca do processo de interpretação do direito de propriedade urbana, buscando definir o seu conteúdo e os seus limites a partir da totalidade dos valores constitucionais, em especial a função social da propriedade, a proteção do meio ambiente e as funções sociais da cidade. Nesse sentido, tendo como pressupostos a busca pela harmonização dos bens constitucionais e a preservação do núcleo essencial dos direitos fundamentais, o texto analisa as implicações indenizatórias decorrentes das vinculações ambientais e urbanísticas ao direito de propriedade urbana. Além da adoção dessa metodologia constitucional, propõe-se que a incorporação das mais-valias à propriedade realizada pelo Poder Público e o valor econômico agregado das áreas verdes e bens culturais sejam incluídos como variáveis na análise das pretensões indenizatórias. Em uma perspectiva mais ampla, o trabalho também apresenta a possibilidade de aplicação de técnicas urbanísticas, as quais permitem garantir o conteúdo essencial do direito de propriedade urbana e efetivar o direito à cidade ao conjunto dos cidadãos.
This work consists on an analysis about the process of interpretation of the urban property law. It seeks to define its contents and limits based on the totality of the constitutional values, particularly the social function of the property, the protection of the environment and social functions of the city. The text analyzes the compensations/reparations as a result of the environmental and urbanistic aspects of the property law, considering the harmonization of constitutional principles and the preservation of the essence of the fundamental rights. Besides the adoption of this constitutional methodology, it is also aimed the inclusion of green areas and cultural possessions as factors to be considered in the moment of giving compensations/reparations. In a broader perspective, the work also presents the possibility of applying urbanistic techiniques which will be able to guarantee the essential content of the urban property law and will make the right to the city accessible to all citizens.
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Omar, Mathias. "Constitutional protection of the right to education in Tanzania and South Africa : a comparative study." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/16792.
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Strong defines the term “constitution” as a framework according to which a political society is structured, where permanent institutions with specific and pre-determined functions and rights are created, through law. The main functions of a constitution include satisfaction of the demands of citizens of a state that their rights will be protected and that the government power will be limited; guarantee that both the rights and responsibilities of the citizen and of the government are exercised according to fixed stipulations to prevent arbitrary decision-making and actions.2 The constitution also guarantee the political order that develops in a state, and according to which the governing function will take place, is structured and is in the interest of all concerned; and satisfies demands and expectations of separate communities that form a political unit concerned.3 A constitution therefore establishes legality and legitimacy of a political system and government of a state. The constitutional stipulations must be valid and generally acceptable. The political processes must run concordantly with the stipulations to attain its objectives such as improvement of its citizens‟ well being socially and economically through protection of their rights.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2010.
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Mr.E.Y. Benneh at the Law Faculty, University of Ghana, Legon. 2010.
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Ling, Sing Yee. "Models for income protection insurance incorporating cause of sickness." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2220.
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The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) of the Institute of Actuaries and the Faculty of Actuaries in the UK established, in CMI Report 12 (1991), a multiple state model consisting of three states (Healthy, Sick and Dead) for the analysis of Income Protection Insurance (IPI) data. The transition intensities between states, estimated using a set of homogeneous male IPI data from 1975-78, are also presented in this re- port. Based on these estimated transition intensities, premium and reserve in respect of IPI business can be calculated. By using this model, in which there is only one Sick state to represent all causes of sickness, a whole portfolio of claims, regardless of their cause of sickness, will be subject to the same termination assumption. With cause of sickness as an important source of heterogeneity among IPI claimants, Cordeiro (1998, 2002) further developed this model so that it can be used to analyse IPI data by cause of sickness and obtained approximations to the cause-specific transition in- tensities defined in this new model. The main application of obtaining cause-specific termination assumptions is in the area of reserving more reliably for a portfolio of claims consisting of different causes of sickness. In this thesis, we present methods and results for the estimation of the recovery and mortality intensities from sick by cause of sickness using IPI data provided by the CMI. There are 70 possible causes of sickness. The recovery intensity model for each cause of sickness assumes a multiplicative structure and is estimated in a structured manner with the use of the Cox model (Cox, 1972) and generalised linear models (GLM). The mortality intensity from sick is modelled using an additive relative survival model in which the excess mortality as a result of being sick is measured relative to the mortality intensity for a standard population. Finally, two applications of the recovery and mortality intensities from sick by cause of sickness are presented.
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Fourie, Melanie. "Prosecuting sexual abuse of children : enhancement of victims rights vs protection of constitutional fair trial rights." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50431.
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Thesis (LLM)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 2002 the South African Law Commission published a report in which amendments to the existing rules of criminal procedure and evidence were proposed. A number of these recommendations have since been included in a Bill that was tabled before Parliament in 2003. The proposed amendments largely reflect values which underlie the "Victims' Rights" movement. The aim of this thesis is to consider the possible influence of these amendments on the constitutionally guaranteed fair trial rights of the accused. The study focuses on those amendments that play a role in the prosecution of alleged sexual offences against children, and shows that although the recognition of victims' rights is important, it should not be done at the expense of a fair trial. Dangers inherent to the proposed amendments are therefore highlighted. The rights of the accused are used to test the desirability or not of the proposed amendments. Foreign authority is used to support the argument made in the thesis.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In 2002 het die Suid-Afrikaanse Regskommissie 'n verslag gepubliseer waann veranderings aan die huidige strafprosesreg- en bewysregreëls voorgestel word. 'n Aantal van hierdie voorgestelde wysigings is intussen opgeneem in 'n Wetsontwerp wat in Augustus 2003 voor die Parlement gedien het. Die voorgestelde wysigings reflekteer tot 'n groot mate waardes wat die "Victims' rights" beweging onderlê. Die doel van hierdie tesis is om die moontlike invloed van hierdie wysigings op die grondwetlik verskanste billike verhoor regte van die beskuldigde te ondersoek. Die ondersoek fokus op daardie veranderinge wat 'n rol speel in die vervolging van beweerde geslagsmisdade teen kinders. Daar word aangetoon dat alhoewel die erkenning van regte vir slagoffers belangrik is, dit nie ten koste van 'n regverdige verhoor gedoen kan word nie. Gevare verbonde aan die voorgestelde wysigings word dus uitgewys. Die regte van die beskuldigde word deurgaans gebruik om die wenslikheid al dan nie van die voorgestelde wysigings aan te toon. Buitelandse gesag word aangewend om die betoog te ondersteun.
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Radebe, Sibusiso Blessing. "The protection of the right of access to adequate housing by the South African Constitutional Court." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80279.
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African history of colonialism and apartheid created a massive housing crisis, and a basic service delivery deficit for the majority of people. Since the dawn of democracy, the current government has been trying to address this housing crisis and basic service delivery deficit. At the heart of the challenge created by this housing crisis, is the transformative vision of the Constitution and the proper role of courts, especially the Constitutional Court as the final arbiter of the rights protected and guaranteed in the Constitution. The central objective of this thesis is to investigate the extent to which the Constitutional Court has given substantive content to the right of access to adequate housing, particularly in the context of the positive duties arising out of this right as entrenched in section 26(1) and (2) of the Constitution. To this end, the history and present state of housing for residents of informal settlements, and those in inadequate housing, including the challenges presented by housing delivery, are explored. This thesis seeks to explore the concept of transformative constitutionalism, particularly its significance in relation to the right of access to adequate housing. The thesis goes on to trace the origins, strong and weak points of the reasonableness review model used by the Court to adjudicate the positive aspects of socio-economic rights, in the context of the right of access to adequate housing. This is followed by an examination of how housing as a human right has been interpreted and enforced in international, and comparative law. I then analyse the major housing jurisprudence of the Court, and suggest tentantive solutions towards redressing some of the impediments standing in the way of a substantive interpretation of the right of access to adequate housing. It is found that the Court has developed the substantive content of section 26(3) through the development of various procedural, and substantive protections of this right, including an expansive meaning of the requirement of justice and equity, requiring judicial oversight in all sales in execution against peoples’ homes, creative remedies such as mediation, joinder of a relevant municipality in eviction cases, meaningful engagement, and alternative accommodation as components of the requirement of justice and equity that would have to be met for an eviction to be lawful. In contrast, in the context of the positive duties imposed by section 26, the Court has adopted the reasonableness model of review without elaborating on the nature and scope of the right of access to adequate housing, and the values and purposes protected by this right in international law, and comparative law. Therefore, a relatively weak standard of judicial review is adopted by the Court when it adjudicates the negative duties of the right, as opposed to when it adjudicates the positive duties imposed by the right.This thesis proceeds to explore how the substantive interpretation of the right could be enhanced through following the methodology for interpretation of rights in the Bill of Rights prescribed in section 39(1) of the Constitution.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis van kolonialisme en apartheid het 'n massiewe behuisingskrisis, en 'n tekort aan basiese dienslewering vir die meerderheid van mense geskep. Sedert die aanvang van demokrasie, poog die huidige regering om die behuisingskrisis en tekort aan basiese dienslewering aan te spreek. Aan die hart van die uitdaging wat deur hierdie behuisingskrisis geskep is, is die transformerende visie van die Grondwet en die behoorlike rol van die howe, veral die Konstitusionele Hof as die finale arbiter van die regte wat in die Grondwet beskerm en gewaarborg word. Die hoofdoel van hierdie tesis is om ondersoek in te stel na die mate waartoe die Konstitusionele Hof substantiewe inhoud gegee het aan die reg op toegang tot geskikte behuising, veral in die konteks van die positiewe verpligtinge wat voortspruit uit hierdie reg soos verskans in artikels 26(1) en (2) van die Grondwet. Om dit te bereik, word die geskiedenis en huidige stand van behuising vir inwoners van informele nedersettings, asook dié in ontoereikende behuising, ondersoek met inbegrip van die uitdagings wat deur die lewering van behuising gestel word. Hierdie tesis poog om die begrip van transformerende konstitusionalisme te ondersoek, vernaam die belang daarvan met betrekking tot die reg van toegang tot geskikte behuising. Daarbenewens, ondersoek hierdie tesis die oorsprong, asook die sterk en swak punte van die Hof se model vir redelikheidshersiening om die positiewe aspekte van sosio-ekonomiese regte te beoordeel, in die konteks van die reg op toegang tot geskikte behuising . Hierop volg 'n ondersoek na hoe behuising as 'n menslike reg in internasionale en vergelykende regskontekste geïnterpreteer en afgedwing kan word. Ek analiseer ook die hoof behuisingsregspraak van die Hof ten einde voorlopige oplossings voor te stel met betrekking tot die regstelling van sommige van die hindernisse tot 'n substantiewe interpretasie van die reg op toegang tot geskikte behuising. Ten slotte, word daar gevind dat die Hof substantiewe inhoud aan artikel 26(3) gegee het deur die ontwikkeling van die prosedurele en substantiewe beskerming van hierdie reg, insluitend 'n uitgebreide begrip van die vereistes van geregtigheid en billikheid wat geregtelike oorsig in sekere omstandighede vereis: alle verkope in eksekusie teen mense se huise, kreatiewe remedies soos bemiddeling, die noodsaaklike voeging van munisipaliteite tot uitsettings , sinvolle betrokkenheid, en die voorsiening van alternatiewe akkommodasie as ‘n komponentvan die vereiste van geregtigheid en billikheid wat nagekom moet word vir 'n uitsettingsbevel om regmatig te wees. In teenstelling, met betrekking tot die positiewe verpligtinge wat deur artikel 26 opgelê word, het die Hof die model vir redelikheidshersiening aangeneem sonder om uit te brei op die aard en omvang van die reg op toegang tot geskikte behuising, en die waardes en doelwitte wat deur hierdie reg beskerm word in internasionale en vergelykbare regskontekste. Gevolglik is 'n relatiewe swak standaard van geregtelike hersiening deur die Hof vasgestel wanneer dit die negatiewe verpligtinge van die reg beoordeel, in teenstelling met wanneer die positiewe verpligtinge van die reg beoordeel word. Hierdie tesis poog om vas te stel hoe die substantiewe interpretasie van die reg bevorder kan word ingevolge die metodologie vir die interpretasie van die regte in die Handves van Regte soos voorgeskryf in artikel 39(1) van die Grondwet.
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Van, Rooyen Johann. "The protection of minority rights: a comparative survey with special reference to South Africa's constitutional options." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17689.
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The purpose of this dissertation is firstly to define and analyse the concept of minority rights and to place it in perspective in relation to surrounding concepts such as communalism, ethnicity, groups and individualism. This is done through a critical discussion of various theoretical perspectives relating to the subject matter. Comparisons are drawn between the policies of various plural societies aimed at accommodating their ethnic diversity, either constitutionally or through methods that lack legitimacy. This is followed by a discussion and evaluation of consociational democracy and federalism as possible solutions to the problems created by ethnicity and minorities in a plural society. Having made the hypothesis that democracy is best served in a multi-ethnic society by a system that emphasizes group rights in addition to individual rights and which accepts the notion of government through consensus, the emphasis then moves to the particular nature of the South African minority question. The policies of the various actors on the South African political scene towards minority rights are analysed critically. Attention is given to factors which may influence group formation in a system emphasizing voluntary association, such as race, ethnicity, class and ideology. There is also a discussion of the nature of the rights which minorities may claim and emphasis is placed on the requirement that minorities should be able to levy strategic influence without disrupting the society as a whole. Finally, this dissertation deals with the question of which constitutional alternatives offer the most promising solution to the problems caused by South Africa's cultural diversity. Although a political system emphasizing individual rights might come closest to the liberal ideal and may be suitable to an ethnically homogeneous country, the violent history of plural societies where group rights have been neglected, indicate the need for a pluralist solution in South Africa. While there is a strong tendency among Blacks to view the concept of minority rights as yet another Apartheid ploy to maintain White domination and privileges, the purpose of this paper has been to prove that minority rights is a universal concept and is not a creation of Apartheid, although the National Party has managed to almost irreversibly taint it. Yet, in a system of group formation through voluntary association, the concept of minority rights can serve as a powerful tool to help facilitate a negotiated settlement towards a predominantly Slack government based on consensus. A true power-sharing consensus-orientated constitution has been found in Lijphart's notion of a consociational democracy and the view is taken that the Natal-KwaZulu Indaba's constitutional proposals is an example of such a constitution.
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Morris, Susan Debra. "Myocardial protection : from cell culture to human in vitro models." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298817.
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Gomez, Juan Carlos. "H.B.C. fuse models based on fundamental arc mechanisms." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 1994. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/6848/.
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The Thesis presents an in-depth study of arcing behaviour of H. B. C. Fuses for a range of fuse elements and fillers, under critical current conditions. The methodologies used were the standard breaking capacity short-circuit test plus the application of crow-bar, Xray studies, metallographic microscopic and optical fiber arc detection techniques. Due to the observation of some unknown and puzzling arc phenomena it was decided to pursue the arc investigation by an extensive test programme of single uniform wire fuse elements. From the investigation a basic arc mechanism for the pre-peak and post-peak arcs period was discovered. The new mechanism was applied to single wire, strip, long notched, medium notched and short notched fuse elements and to paralleled wires and strips immersed in three quartz filler types: standard sand, high quality granular quartz and bound quartz in two different sizes. The proposed arc mechanism was modelled by a computer program which was used to simulate the described fuse constructions. The results of over 800 tests and subsequent simulation undoubtedly confirm that the proposed arc mechanism is applicable for the described fuse types. The experimental and analytical results are close enough to justify the model application for fuse designers and fuse users. A critical comparison of the experimental and analytical results with previous findings published by other researchers is presented. A detailed arc mechanism and the key behaviour rules are proposed, they are: " Maximum column voltage can not exceed the arc-root voltage. " The arc-root voltage and the initial dv/dt values are influenced by filler characteristics and are able to precisely characterize the filler behaviour. " The dv/dt, and consequently the burn-back are instantaneous current density functions. The application of the above rules allows the fuse designer to tailor the fuse element in order to obtain specific current and arc voltage waveforms. It is believed that the proposed arc mechanism and computer model is able to explain some puzzling are phenomena and eventually could be applied to predicting other low overload H. B. C. fuse behaviour.
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Jabareen, Yousef Taiseer. "Constitutional protection of minorities in comparative perspective : Palestinians in Israel and African-Americans in the United States /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2003. http://lib.haifa.ac.il/theses/general/001300803.pdf.
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Jobarteh, Alieun Amadu. "Human rights and protection of minorities under constitutional and international law : a study of Commonwealth West Africa." Thesis, Keele University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397645.
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Erasmus, Annalise. "Striking a balance between majority rule and minority protection - a constitutional analysis of the South African democracy." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46120.
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Бошукова, Е. В. "Судебная защита – основная гарантия конституционных прав и свобод граждан." Thesis, Українська академія банківської справи Національного банку України, 2009. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/60272.
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Согласно ст. 8 Конституции Республики Беларусь право граждан на
судебную защиту относится к общепризнанным принципам международного
права, приоритет которых Республика Беларусь признает и обеспечивает
соответствие им законодательства.
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Muthumuni, Dharshana De S. "Simulation models relevant to the protection of synchronous machines and transformers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ62659.pdf.
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Nordling, Sofia. "Vascular Interactions in Innate Immunity and Immunothrombosis: : Models of Endothelial Protection." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för immunologi, genetik och patologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-283548.
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The phenomenon known as immunothrombosis has garnered increased attention over the last few years. Much work has been done to characterize the cross talk between hemostasis and the innate immune system. This thesis outlines the role of the vascular endothelial cells during immunothrombotic events as regulators of coagulation, platelet-, and leukocyte recruitment. A newly developed method for investigating the interaction between endothelial cells and the blood compartment illustrated the procoagulant and proinflammatory effects elicited by tumor necrosis factor α activated endothelial cells upon exposure to whole blood. The method was utilized in evaluating treatment of endothelial dysfunction and disruption with a heparin conjugate. Damaged or hypoxic endothelial cells, in addition to basement membrane collagen, that were pretreated with the heparin conjugate prior to contact with blood were found to have reduced activation of coagulation, platelet-, and leukocyte recruitment; in contrast to unfractionated heparin, which had no effect on the aforementioned parameters. The treatment was then investigated in the setting of ischemia reperfusion injury during kidney transplantation and the heparin conjugate was found to bind cultured endothelial cells with high avidity under cold storage conditions. Furthermore, it was found to bind to the renal vasculature during static cold storage and was subsequently found to be beneficial with regard to early graft function in an experimental mouse model of syngeneic kidney transplantation. Recipients of kidneys treated with the heparin conjugate had reduced serum creatinine compared to controls 24 hours after transplantation. Lastly, the anticoagulant properties of the heparin conjugate were investigated in comparison to unfractionated heparin. While the conjugate exerted reduced capacity with regard to thrombin inhibition, it rapidly inhibited the binding of platelets to exposed collagen. The conjugate was furthermore found to preferentially locate to sites of endothelial cell activation at early stage during endotoxic shock in mice. In conclusion, this thesis demonstrates that disrupted functioning of the vascular endothelial cells actively contributes to immunothrombosis, and that it is possible to model endothelial cell function using whole blood assays. Furthermore, this thesis presents a treatment that enhances the hemocompatibility of damaged endothelial cells and subsequently improves the early renal function after kidney transplantation.
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Fahlbusch, Markus. "European integration in the field of human rights protection: the interaction on the basis of different constitutional cultures." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209162.
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The present thesis suggests that judicial interaction can benefit constructive solutions of concrete human rights problems as a specific way of integrating European human rights protection. This affirmation is substantiated by case studies examining the interaction of the European Court of Human Rights with the UK House of Lords and Supreme Court on the one hand and with the German Federal Constitutional Court on the other. Yet, the manner in which the courts proceed in their interaction, notably in view of their potentially conflictual stances, can deflect from the concentration on constructively solving the substantive human rights problem with which the courts are confronted. Accordingly, the courts might be inclined to preserve the status quo of their initial positions and to resort to a mere compromise between the different interests involved.This thesis identifies two major factors in the courts’ reasoning that inhibit the fruitful discussion of the substantive human rights questions brought up by the cases: the reference to “culture” and the focus on their institutional relationship with the balancing of possibly conflicting interests. By way of analysing practical cases against a legal- and political-theoretical backdrop, this work develops how these two factors contribute to the obstruction of a constructive interaction between the courts and to the shielding of controversial views from being discussed and challenged. In response, also by reference to the concrete practice of the courts, this thesis puts forward an approach to the interaction which avoids this inhibiting effect and therefore allows for a comprehensive, deep and critical discussion on how to solve the specific human rights problems raised by the cases./La présente thèse soutient que l’interaction judiciaire peut bénéficier à des solutions constructives des problèmes concrets de droits de l’homme comme une forme spécifique d’intégration de la protection européenne des droits de l’homme. Cette affirmation est corroborée par des études de cas qui examinent l’interaction de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme avec la House of Lords et la Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni d’un côté et avec la Cour constitutionnelle fédérale de l’Allemagne de l’autre. Pourtant, la manière dont les cours procèdent dans leur interaction, notamment au vu de leurs points de vue potentiellement conflictuels, peut détourner l’attention de la solution constructive des problèmes substantiels des droits de l’homme auxquels les cours font face. En conséquence, il se peut que les cours soient susceptibles de préserver le statu quo de leurs positions initiales et d’avoir recours à un simple compromis entre les différents intérêts en cause.
Cette thèse identifie deux facteurs majeurs dans le raisonnement des cours qui entravent la discussion fructueuse des questions substantielles soulevées par les cas :la référence à la « culture » et la concentration sur leur relation institutionnelle avec le balancement des intérêts possiblement conflictuels. Au moyen de l’analyse des cas pratiques sur le fond de la théorie juridique et politique, ce travail fait ressortir comment ces deux facteurs contribuent à l’obstruction d’une interaction constructive entre les cours et à la protection des opinions controversées contre leur discussion et défi. En réponse, également en se fondant sur la pratique concrète des cours, cette thèse avance une approche quant à l’interaction qui évite cet effet inhibant et, par conséquent, permet une discussion complète, profonde et critique de comment résoudre les problèmes spécifiques de droits de l’homme posés par les cas.
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Chiduza, Lovemore. "The significance of judicial independence in human rights protection: A critical analysis of the constitutional reforms in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3868.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThe primary basis of this construction is that one of the roles of the judiciary is that of enhancing and protecting human rights. This is an important function which is best implemented through judicial independence. Across Africa and most notably in Zimbabwe, political interference has been noted as a factor that limits judicial independence. The judiciary‘s lack of independence has made it impossible for it to protect human rights in Zimbabwe. This signifies that a new approach to judicial protection of human rights in the country is required. Constitutional reform could be the appropriate legal tool to achieve this objective. Zimbabwe has undertaken constitutional reforms which may help in addressing the human rights situation in the country. These reforms have captured legal principles which will ensure an improvement in the human rights situation. Key to the reforms, has been the independence of the judiciary. The Constitution guarantees the independence of the judiciary. Despite such guarantees there are a number of challenges with regards to this independence. The aim of this research is to show what measures need to be taken for the judiciary to adequately protect human rights and to establish other measures that can be taken to address the human rights issues in Zimbabwe
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Khaitan, Tarunabh. "An autonomy-based foundation for legal protection against discrimination." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1f354185-66aa-45c9-a91b-54f7c1c76cd1.
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The impressive growth of antidiscrimination law in liberal democracies in the past few decades belies the inadequacy of the normative bases on which it has been sought to be justified. Popular ideals such as rationality, equality and dignity have been unsuccessful in providing a coherent liberal framework for the fundamental aspects of the practice of antidiscrimination law. In this thesis, I have argued that a unified normative framework comprising autonomy and dignity-as-autonomy does a markedly better job of justifying the most fundamental aspects of these laws. The ideal of personal autonomy is understood here as a principle that seeks to guarantee an adequate range of valuable options to individuals. Dignity-as-autonomy is understood to be an expressive norm, which forbids certain persons from expressing contempt for the autonomy of another. These ideals have different forms: autonomy is a non-action-regarding principle, while dignity-as-autonomy is action-regarding. They are also distinct substantively: it is often possible to violate one of them without affecting the other. When these ideals make incompatible demands, I argue that those made by autonomy should prevail. Mandating positive action and reasonable accommodation on the one hand, and prohibiting indirect discrimination and harassment on the other, are essential features of a model of antidiscrimination law based on this framework. Further, under this framework, antidiscrimination law is not vulnerable to objections such as ‘levelling down’ and responds well to claims of discrimination on ‘intersectional grounds’. Furthermore, it is not essential to find an ‘appropriate comparator’ in order to prove discrimination. This model also explains when, and under what conditions, can some forms of discrimination be ‘justified’. Finally, on an autonomy-based model, antidiscrimination law is only one of several complementary tools that should be employed to protect and promote personal autonomy.
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Walker, Susan Lesley. "Models of ultraviolet radiation-induced immunosuppression and immunoprotection by sunscreens." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313481.
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Ozaslan, Mustafa Onur. "Trade-off Models In Sustainable System Engineering." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610784/index.pdf.
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Prior to concerns of sustainability, almost all industrial engineering models tried to minimize cost or maximize profit. Sustainability awareness has recently forced the decision makers to also take into consideration such aspects as clean water use, or carbon dioxide emissions. In an effort to incorporate more aspects of sustainability in optimizing production efforts, we present a network model to handle trade-offs among dissimilar sustainability criteria. Since typically there are alternative choices for the various operations, the network allows parallel arcs between the same nodes. We also introduce the concept of generalized cost. Generalized cost is a vector quantity that includes not only a monetary measure, but also measures relevant to sustainability, such as carbon use or embodied energy. The approach leads to a multi-criteria decision making model, whose efficient frontier is obtained by the epsilon constraint method. Numerical work shows that the computational effort to obtain the efficient frontier is reasonable, allowing products of up to about a hundred activities to be solved with the current generation of personal computers.
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Pak, Wansoo. "Development and Validation of Human Body Finite Element Models for Pedestrian Protection." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/95019.
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The pedestrian is one of the most vulnerable road users. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), traffic accidents cause about 1.34 million fatalities annually across the world. This is the eighth leading cause of death across all age groups. Among these fatalities, pedestrians represent 23% (world), 27% (Europe), 40% (Africa), 34% (Eastern Mediterranean), and 22% (Americas) of total traffic deaths. In the United States, approximately 6,227 pedestrians were killed in road crashes in 2018, the highest number in nearly three decades.
To protect pedestrians during Car-to-Pedestrian Collisions (CPC), subsystem impact tests, using impactors corresponding to the pedestrian's head and upper/lower leg were included in regulations. However, these simple impact tests cannot capture the complex vehicle-pedestrian interaction, nor the pedestrian injury mechanisms, which are crucial to understanding pedestrian kinetics/kinematics responses in CPC accidents. Numerous variables influence injury variation during vehicle-pedestrian interactions, but current test procedures only require testing in the limited scenarios that mostly focus on the anthropometry of the 50th percentile male subject. This test procedure cannot be applied to real-world accidents nor the entire pedestrian population due to the incredibly specific nature of the testing. To better understand the injury mechanisms of pedestrians and improve the test protocols, more pre-impact variables should be considered in order to protect pedestrians in various accident scenarios.
In this study, simplified finite element (FE) models corresponding to 5th percentile female (F05), 50th percentile male (M50), and 95th percentile male (M95) pedestrians were developed and validated in order to investigate the kinetics and kinematics of pedestrians in a cost-effective study. The model geometries were reconstructed from medical images and exterior scanned data corresponding to a small female, mid-sized male, and tall male volunteers, respectively. These models were validated based on post mortem human surrogate (PMHS) test data under various loading including valgus bending at knee joint, lateral/anterior-lateral impact at shoulder, pelvis, thorax, and abdomen, and lateral impact during CPC. Overall, the kinetic/kinematic responses predicted by the pedestrian FE models showed good agreement against the corresponding PMHS test data. To predict injuries from the tissue level up to the full-body, detailed pedestrian models, including sophisticated musculoskeletal system and internal organs, were developed and validated as well. Similar validations were performed on the detailed pedestrian models and showed high-biofidelic responses against the PMHS test data.
After model development and validation, the effect of pre-impact variables, such as anthropometry, pedestrian posture, and vehicle type in CPC impacts were investigated in different impact scenarios. The M50-PS model's posture was modified to replicate pedestrian gait posture. Five models were developed to demonstrate pedestrian posture in 0, 20, 40, 60, and 80 % of the gait cycle. In a sensitivity study, the 50th percentile male pedestrian simplified (M50-PS) model in gait
predicted various kinematic responses as well as the injury outcomes in CPC impact with different vehicle type.
The pedestrian FE models developed in this work have the capability to reproduce the kinetic/kinematic responses of pedestrians and to predict injury outcomes in various CPC impact scenarios. Therefore, this work could be used to improve the design of new vehicles and current pedestrian test procedures, which eventually may reduce pedestrian fatalities in traffic accidents.Doctor of Philosophy
The pedestrian is one of the most vulnerable road users. According to the World Health Organization, traffic accidents cause about 1.34 million fatalities annually across the world. This is the eighth leading cause of death across all age groups. Among these fatalities, pedestrians represent 23% (world), 27% (Europe), 40% (Africa), 34% (Eastern Mediterranean), and 22% (Americas) of total traffic deaths. In the United States, approximately 6,227 pedestrians were killed in road crashes in 2018, the highest number in nearly three decades. To protect pedestrians in traffic accidents, subsystem impact tests, using impactors corresponding to the pedestrian’s head and upper/lower leg were included in regulations. However, these simple impact tests cannot capture the complex vehicle-pedestrian interaction, nor the pedestrian injury mechanisms, which are crucial to understanding pedestrian kinetics/kinematics responses in traffic accidents. Numerous variables influence injury variation during vehicle-pedestrian interactions, but current test procedures only require testing in the limited scenarios that mostly focus on the anthropometry of the average male subject. This test procedure cannot be applied to real-world accidents nor the entire pedestrian population due to the incredibly specific nature of the testing. To better understand the injury mechanisms of pedestrians and improve the test protocols, more pre-impact variables should be considered in order to protect pedestrians in various accident scenarios. In this study, simplified pedestrian computational models corresponding to small female, average male, and large male pedestrians were developed and validated in order to investigate the kinetics and kinematics of pedestrians in a cost-effective study. Overall, the kinetic/kinematic responses predicted by the pedestrian models showed good agreement against the corresponding test data. To predict injuries from the tissue level up to the full-body, detailed pedestrian computational models, including sophisticated musculoskeletal system and internal organs, were developed and validated as well. Similar validations were performed on the detailed pedestrian models and showed high-biofidelic responses against the test data. After model development and validation, the pre-impact variables were examined using the average male pedestrian model, which was modified the position to replicate pedestrian gait posture. In a sensitivity study, the average male pedestrian model in gait predicted various kinematic responses as well as the injury outcomes in lateral impact with different vehicle types. The pedestrian models developed in this work have the capability to reproduce the kinetic/kinematic responses of pedestrian and to predict injury outcomes in various pedestrian impact scenarios. Therefore, this work could be used to improve the design of new vehicles and current pedestrian test procedures, which eventually many reduce pedestrian fatalities in traffic accidents.
The pedestrian is one of the most vulnerable road users. According to the World Health Organization, traffic accidents cause about 1.34 million fatalities annually across the world. This is the eighth leading cause of death across all age groups. Among these fatalities, pedestrians represent 23% (world), 27% (Europe), 40% (Africa), 34% (Eastern Mediterranean), and 22% (Americas) of total traffic deaths. In the United States, approximately 6,227 pedestrians were killed in road crashes in 2018, the highest number in nearly three decades. To protect pedestrians in traffic accidents, subsystem impact tests, using impactors corresponding to the pedestrian’s head and upper/lower leg were included in regulations. However, these simple impact tests cannot capture the complex vehicle-pedestrian interaction, nor the pedestrian injury mechanisms, which are crucial to understanding pedestrian kinetics/kinematics responses in traffic accidents. Numerous variables influence injury variation during vehicle-pedestrian interactions, but current test procedures only require testing in the limited scenarios that mostly focus on the anthropometry of the average male subject. This test procedure cannot be applied to real-world accidents nor the entire pedestrian population due to the incredibly specific nature of the testing. To better understand the injury mechanisms of pedestrians and improve the test protocols, more pre-impact variables should be considered in order to protect pedestrians in various accident scenarios. In this study, simplified pedestrian computational models corresponding to small female, average male, and large male pedestrians were developed and validated in order to investigate the kinetics and kinematics of pedestrians in a cost-effective study. Overall, the kinetic/kinematic responses predicted by the pedestrian models showed good agreement against the corresponding test data. To predict injuries from the tissue level up to the full-body, detailed pedestrian computational models, including sophisticated musculoskeletal system and internal organs, were developed and validated as well. Similar validations were performed on the detailed pedestrian models and showed high-biofidelic responses against the test data. After model development and validation, the pre-impact variables were examined using the average male pedestrian model, which was modified the position to replicate pedestrian gait posture. In a sensitivity study, the average male pedestrian model in gait predicted various kinematic responses as well as the injury outcomes in lateral impact with different vehicle types. The pedestrian models developed in this work have the capability to reproduce the kinetic/kinematic responses of pedestrian and to predict injury outcomes in various pedestrian impact scenarios. Therefore, this work could be used to improve the design of new vehicles and current pedestrian test procedures, which eventually many reduce pedestrian fatalities in traffic accidents.
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Kim, Hyun. "Reliable p-hub location problems and protection models for hub network design." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1218159290.
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Liberatore, Federico. "Protection planning for critical infrastructure systems in location analysis : models and algorithms." Thesis, University of Kent, 2011. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544074.
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Ho, Shirley Jin-Shien. "Asymmetric multistage models of R&D : technology adoption, contracts and protection." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1997. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/108373/.
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This thesis consists of three individual models on technology adoption, contracts and protection. The first model is motivated by the inconsistency between empirical results and theoretical models regarding the firm size effects upon the timing of adoption. By proposing a two-stage, endogenous learning, Stackelberg model, we conclude that in a pure strategy equilibrium, the large firm may or may not tacitly delay its adoption to capture the information advantage, depending on cost and belief parameters. The welfare analysis provides a justification for government interventions in firms’ adoption decisions. The second model is motivated by the fact that although more and more resources have been devoted to R&D activities, there is little theoretical discussion regarding R&D funding issues. Chapter 3 derives the optimal funding contract, which happens to be a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in the literature. After considering the adverse selection problem, the optimal contract induces no efficiency loss under both discrete and continuous settings and the principal will be more conservative in funding. The optimal auction maintains both allocation and production efficiency, and bidding the principal’s reservation price will be a dominant strategy in a second price auction. Neither the revenue equivalence nor the separation property will hold. With symmetric beliefs, the optimal funding length is shorter than that of contractible effort. Under some assumptions, the lock-in effect persists and the principal will prefer short-term contracts to long-term contracts. The third model decides the optimal protection forms, protection rates and protection lengths under various cost and revenue circumstances. Since the incentive scheme will be affected by the target firm’s future profits, we show that in the context of incomplete information, screening protection schemes can sometimes coincide with the efficient schemes. In R&D area, our result suggests that optimal patent length need not necessarily be increasing in firm’s investment efficiency.
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Graziani, Fleur. "La protection pénale du consommateur." Thesis, Paris 2, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA020068.
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La protection pénale du consommateur conduit à envisager une union entre le droit pénal et le droit de la consommation, laquelle n’est pas évidente. En effet, le premier est tourné vers la protection de la société alors que le second a pour objet la protection d’une personne, le consommateur. Si l’intégration de l’action de groupe tend à donner au droit de la consommation une dimension plus collective, ces deux matières conservent cependant des finalités distinctes. Malgré l’opposition, le constat est sans appel : un rapprochement existe mais, surtout, la protection pénale semble être omniprésente. Dès lors, pourquoi y-a-t-il un recours quasi-systématique au droit pénal ? Ce recours est-il légitime ? De fait, la finalité de la protection et la nature de celle-ci sont incertaines. En réalité, il apparaît que, d’une part, le but poursuivi est essentiellement la protection du marché, et que, d’autre part, les méthodes empruntées au droit pénal traduisent plus une volonté de régulation que de répression classique. Le consommateur bénéficie bien d’une protection renforcée, mais sur un double constat : d’abord, elle n’est pas directe, ensuite, elle est la conséquence d’une dénaturation sensible du droit pénal. La création de nombreuses sanctions administratives par la loi Hamon du 17 mars 2014 ne peut que conforter cette évolution, tout comme la récente recodification à droit constant opérée par l’ordonnance du 14 mars 2016 ne la contredit en rienCriminal protection of the consumer leads to the consolidation of criminal and consumer laws. This burden on business is not obvious. Indeed, the criminal law is geared towards the protection of society whereas the purpose of the consumer law is to give redress to individuals, who, in this case, is the consumer. Regardless of whether introducing the concept of group action would give a more collective dimension, the criminal and consumer law retain distinct purposes. Despite arguments to the contrary, the findings are clear: common ground does exist but, more importantly, protection derived from the criminal law seems to be the sole solution used. We may ask why this near-systematic use of the criminal law should exist and if it is justified. Indeed, the aim of this type of protection and its nature are uncertain. Pragmatically, it would appear that the aim is mainly market protection yet the techniques borrowed from criminal law translate more into a willingness to regulate than to formally punish. The consumer does indeed benefit from enhanced protection but this comes with two costs: firstly, it is indirect thus it is a noticeable misrepresentation of the criminal law. Secondly, the creation of a plethora of administrative sanctions by the “Hamon law” of March, 17 2014 serves only to confirm this evolution.The ordinance of March 14, 2016 only reinforces this trend
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Elayyan, H. S. B. "Protection of high voltage systems against surge voltages : New models and measurement techniques." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.378453.
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Alsfi, Bodor. "La protection constitutionnelle des droits fondamentaux au Koweït : étude comparée au système français." Thesis, Paris 1, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020PA01D008.
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En 1962, c’est-à-dire un an après son accession à l’indépendance, le Koweït s’est doté d’une constitution consacrant le caractère monarchique du régime et organisant formellement les relations entre les différents pouvoirs publics (législatif, exécutif et judiciaire). La Constitution proclame par ailleurs les droits et libertés individuels comme « naturelles, inaliénables et sacrées ». Mais encore faut-il se donner les moyens de les protéger. Autrement dit, comme pour la plupart des États, le Koweït devait résoudre, à son tour, les difficultés liées au contrôle des actes juridiques produisant un effet de droit. Sur ce point, une loi spéciale, adoptée par le législateur en 1973, donne naissance à une cour constitutionnelle chargée de vérifier la conformité des lois et des règlements à la Constitution. Reste à souligner que la justice constitutionnelle koweïtienne n’est pas à l’abri des critiques. Certes, la mise en place d’un juge gardien des libertés est un grand pas vers un État de droit, mais, du point de vue pratique, de nombreuses entraves existent qui font douter de l’effectivité de sa mission. Ce travail se propose d’identifier ces obstacles mais aussi l’effort d’adaptation de la juridiction constitutionnelle cherchant à apporter le maximum de protection aux droits et libertés constitutionnellement garantis. À ce titre, la comparaison avec le fonctionnement du Conseil constitutionnel en France peut être d’un grand intérêt, même s’il faut garder à l’esprit que chacune des deux institutions exerce sa fonction dans des conditions culturelles, juridiques, politiques et sociales très différentesIn 1962, one year after the independence, Kuwait issued its constitution which adopted the Monarchical regime, and organized the formal relations among the different public authorities (Legislature, Executive and Judiciary). The constitution announced the individual rights and liberties as natural rights which are sacred and unalienable. So, it was necessary to provide means to protect such rights. In other words, as most of countries, Kuwait had to overcome the difficulties that related to control the constitutionality of legislations. Therefore, the legislator issued a special law in 1973, that gave a birth to the constitutional court, which is specializing in verifying the constitutionality of legislation. It remains to highlight that the Constitutional Judiciary in Kuwait is not in a shelter away from criticism. Certainly, the existence of a constitutional judge as a guard of liberties is a great step toward the state of law. But in the practice side there are many obstructions that raise doubts about the effectiveness of his mission. This research proposes to identify these obstructions and mentions the efforts to establish a constitutional justice, which seeks to achieve the greater part of the rights and liberties guaranteed by the constitution. Under this title, the comparison with the constitutional council in France may grant us great interests with keeping in mind that each institution exercises its own functions in different (cultures, political, and social) conditions
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Al-Khalifa, Muneera. "Constitutional protection of the international Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 1998 in the Kingdom of Bahrain." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/3580.
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This thesis will study the International Labour Organization's Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work ("ILO Declaration"), which was adopted in 1998 by the International Labour Organization ("ILO"). The thesis will also examine how the Kingdom of Bahrain as a member of the ILO has sought to adopt and implement the ILO Declaration in relation to its Constitution, Islamic Shari'a, and other laws such as its criminal and labour relations laws.
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Худик, А. М. "Роль та значення правових позицій Конституційного суду України у механізмі захисту прав людини (на прикладі правових позицій з питань податків і бюджету)." Thesis, Українська академія банківської справи Національного банку України, 2009. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/61167.
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Визнання України правовою державою, в якій діє принцип верховенства
права, найвищої юридичної сили Конституції України (далі – КУ) та прямої
дії її норм створило реальну юридичну передумову для перетворення КУ із
декларативного документа в безпосередньо діюче право.
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Dickinson, Meryl Angharad Seren. "Establishment vs disestablishment : constitutional review and the legal framework of the Church of England." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15829.
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One of the most dynamic relationships historically has been that of the state with religion. Having been blamed for many wars and rebellions it comes as no surprise that those states continuing to model close relationships with an individual religion come under high scrutiny, especially now religious freedom plays such an important part in today's society. Furthermore, sociological theories have developed beyond metaphysical explanations of state authority and no longer depend on spiritual or religious explanations. The UK, with two established churches, is one such state with its relationship with the Church of England especially being subjected to criticism from a number of different groups. Whether this constant criticism is justified is another story and one of the aims of this thesis is to try to unpick some of the debates that flow around the subject in order to put them into a practical context. Often, when such discussions are undertaken there are lots of arguments made as to why the Church of England should, or should not, be disestablished. Discussions on whether they retain an important place in society are made but ultimately very little said about how disestablishment may occur if this was chosen as the way forward. This thesis will aim to tackle some of these questions and will delve into the constitutional complexities in order to discover how such a procedure can be initiated, and the effect this would have on both the state and the Church of England. Future relations will also be discussed and an important consideration will be the views and effect this might have on other religions who have come to benefit from the pleural approach of the established church. Ultimately, the result will be the uncovering of the complexities of disestablishment and who, if anyone, will benefit from the process.
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Gramlich, Ludwig. "Diplomatic Protection Against Acts of Intergovernmental Organs." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2008. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-200801874.
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Das herkömmliche völkerrechtliche Institut des diplomatischen Schutzes ist im Verhältnis zwischen Staaten (als originären Völkerrechtssubjekten) entstanden. Aber auch intergouvernmentale Organisationen sind in der Lage, Maßnahmen mit unmittelbarer Rechtswirkung gegenüber Einzelpersonen zu treffen, so daß auch hier die Frage aufzuwerfen ist, wann und mit welchen Mitteln der jeweilige Heimatstaat die (Grund-)Rechte seiner Staatsangehörigen gegenüber einer solchen Organisation geltend machen kann.
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Nix, Tanya J. "Evolution of Physician-Centric Business Models Under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." ScholarWorks, 2014. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/123.
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For several decades, the cost of medical care in the United States has increased exponentially. Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 to ensure affordable healthcare to the citizens of the United States. The purpose of this case study was to explore physicians' perspectives regarding physician-centric business models evolving under the requirements of PPACA legislation. Complex adaptive systems formed the conceptual framework for this study. Data were gathered through face-to-face, semistructured interviews and e-mail questionnaires with a purposeful sample of 20 participants across 14 medical specialties within Northeast Texas. Participant perceptions were elicited regarding opinions of PPACA legislation and the viability of business models under the PPACA. In addition, a word cloud was used to identify 3 prevalent or universal themes that emerged from participant interviews and questionnaires, including (a) use of mid-level practitioners, (b) changes to provider practices, and (c) lack of business education. The implications for positive social change include the potential to develop innovative models for the delivery of medical care that will improve the health of the aggregate population. Healthcare leaders may use the findings to advance the evolution of physician business models that meet the needs of healthcare stakeholders. These findings may also inform healthcare leaders of the need to develop cost-effective and innovative organizational models that are distinct to individual patient populations.
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Nix, Tanya. "Evolution of Physician-Centric Business Models Under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3641824.
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For several decades, the cost of medical care in the United States has increased exponentially. Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 to ensure affordable healthcare to the citizens of the United States. The purpose of this case study was to explore physicians' perspectives regarding physician-centric business models evolving under the requirements of PPACA legislation. Complex adaptive systems formed the conceptual framework for this study. Data were gathered through face-to-face, semistructured interviews and e-mail questionnaires with a purposeful sample of 20 participants across 14 medical specialties within Northeast Texas. Participant perceptions were elicited regarding opinions of PPACA legislation and the viability of business models under the PPACA. In addition, a word cloud was used to identify 3 prevalent or universal themes that emerged from participant interviews and questionnaires, including (a) use of mid-level practitioners, (b) changes to provider practices, and (c) lack of business education. The implications for positive social change include the potential to develop innovative models for the delivery of medical care that will improve the health of the aggregate population. Healthcare leaders may use the findings to advance the evolution of physician business models that meet the needs of healthcare stakeholders. These findings may also inform healthcare leaders of the need to develop cost-effective and innovative organizational models that are distinct to individual patient populations.
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Al-Areeki, Mohamed Abdulwadood Saif. "An experimental study on models of overtopping rockfill dams with rock armour protection." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246663.
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Purushothuman, Sivaraman. "The neuropathology of age-related degenerations: Cause and protection assessed in rodent models." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/11488.
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Neurodegenerative diseases such as age-related dementia (ARD; Alzheimer’s disease) and Parkinson’s disease are a consequence of age-related pathological changes in the central nervous system (CNS). There is a growing body of evidence that ARD is a vascular dementia, caused by micro-haemorrhages from cerebral capillaries. Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction caused by haemorrhage are then thought to cause the features of the demented brain which Alzheimer described (senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and inflammation) and the cell death, synaptic loss and the formation of abnormal proteins described since. In this project, I have used rodent models to test the causal relationship between cerebral haemorrhage and the formation of plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, and to test the potential of two neuroprotectants, dietary saffron and photobiomodulation (with near infrared light), to mitigate neuropathological changes in rodent models of cerebral degenerations. Further, a detailed analysis is presented of the effect of haemorrhage on tissue flanking a haemorrhage site; the analysis suggests the upregulation of protective mechanisms in this flanking tissue. It is possible that the neuroprotectants, saffron and photobiomodulation act by upregulating these endogenous protective mechanisms. Overall, the results provide support for the microvascular hypothesis of age-related dementia, and provide evidence that preconditioning brain tissue can mitigate the pathology associated with dementia, and give insight into underlying mechanisms.
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Nix, Tanya. "Evolution of Physician-Centric Business Models Under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1157.
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For several decades, the cost of medical care in the United States has increased exponentially. Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 to ensure affordable healthcare to the citizens of the United States. The purpose of this case study was to explore physicians' perspectives regarding physician-centric business models evolving under the requirements of PPACA legislation. Complex adaptive systems formed the conceptual framework for this study. Data were gathered through face-to-face, semistructured interviews and e-mail questionnaires with a purposeful sample of 20 participants across 14 medical specialties within Northeast Texas. Participant perceptions were elicited regarding opinions of PPACA legislation and the viability of business models under the PPACA. In addition, a word cloud was used to identify 3 prevalent or universal themes that emerged from participant interviews and questionnaires, including (a) use of mid-level practitioners, (b) changes to provider practices, and (c) lack of business education. The implications for positive social change include the potential to develop innovative models for the delivery of medical care that will improve the health of the aggregate population. Healthcare leaders may use the findings to advance the evolution of physician business models that meet the needs of healthcare stakeholders. These findings may also inform healthcare leaders of the need to develop cost-effective and innovative organizational models that are distinct to individual patient populations.
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Erwee, Carmen. "Implementing the CoSaWoE models in a commercial workflow product." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/169.
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Workflow systems have gained popularity not only as a research topic, but also as a key component of Enterprize Resource Planning packages and e- business. Comprehensive workflow products that automate intra- as well inter-organizational information flow are now available for commercial use. Standardization efforts have centered mostly around the interoperability of these systems, however a standard access control model have yet to be adopted. The research community has developed several models for access control to be included as part of workflow functionality. Commercial systems, however, are still implementing access control functionality in a proprietary manner. This dissertation investigates whether a comprehensive model for gain- ing context-sensitive access control, namely CoSAWoE, can be purposefully implemented in a commercial workflow product. Using methods such as an exploratory prototype, various aspects of the model was implemented to gain an understanding of the di±culties developers face when attempting to map the model to existing proprietary software. Oracle Workflow was chosen as an example of a commercial workflow product. An investigtion of the features of this product, together with the prototype, revealed the ability to affect access control in a similar manner to the model: by specifying access control constraints during administration and design, and then enforcing those constraints dynamically during run-time. However, only certain components within these two aspects of the model directly effected the commercial workflow product. It was argued that the first two requirements of context-sensitive access control, order of events and strict least privilege, addressed by the object design, role engineering and session control components of the model, can be simulated if such capabilities are not pertinently available as part of the product. As such, guidelines were provided for how this can be achieved in Oracle Workflow. However, most of the implementation effort focussed on the last requirement of context-sensitive access control, namely separation of duties. The CoSAWoE model proposes SoD administration steps that includes expressing various business rules through a set of conflicting entities which are maintained outside the scope of the workflow system. This component was implemented easily enough through tables which were created with a relational database. Evaluating these conflicts during run-time to control worklist generation proved more di±cult. First, a thorough understanding of the way in which workflow history is maintained was necessary. A re-usable function was developed to prune user lists according to user involvement in previous tasks in the workflow and the conflicts specified for those users and tasks. However, due to the lack of a central access control service, this re- usable function must be included in the appropriate places in the workflow process model. Furthermore, the dissertation utilized a practical example to develop a prototype. This prototype served a dual purpose: firstly, to aid the author's understanding of the features and principles involved, and secondly, to illustrate and explore the implementation of the model as described in the previous paragraphs. In conclusion the dissertation summarized the CoSAWoE model's compo- nents which were found to be product agnostic, directly or indirectly imple- mentable, or not implemented in the chosen workflow product. The lessons learnt and issues surrounding the implementation effort were also discussed before further research in terms of XML documents as data containers for the workfow process were suggested.