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Satanism in Metal
Smejkal, Jan ; Dočkal, Jan (advisor) ; Heryán, Ladislav (referee)
This thesis deals with satanism in metal music. First the theme of satanism is decribed, along with its ideology, typology and then its history from the Middle Ages through Aleister Crowley to Anton Szandor LaVey, the main figure of modern satanism. It also deals briefly with satanic symbolism, like pentagram, baphomet or inverted cross. The second part deals with metal music, its features, history and image. Satanism appears mostly in black metal, that is why a whole part is dedicated to it. Some Czech black metal groups are also introduced in this chapter. In the last part the results of questionnaires about the influence of satanism on metal music are processed. The respondents were members of Czech and Slovak metal subculture. The aim was to find out how these listeners of metal music perceive the influence of satanism on the metal scene, whether they take its features only as an entertainment or as a serious thing and whether a personal belief has any influence on music preferences.
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Human Rights Commissioner of the Russian Federation (Ombudsman)
Recinová, Pavla ; Sádovský, Stanislav (advisor) ; Šmejkal, Jan (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis called The Human Rights Commissioner of the Russian Federation is to provide a comprehensive insight into the formation and development process of the institute of the human rights commissioner by means of description and analysis. At the same time, it attempts to facilitate a better understanding of this institute inside the Russian social system. The opening section defines the institute of ombudsman from the historical and theoretical point of view and puts it in the post-Soviet context. The following section touches on the key legislation related to this institute in the Russian Federation and on the way it was formed and embedded in Russia. A separate chapter addresses the competences and specific tasks of the public defender of rights. This chapter is supported by annual reports issued by the Russian ombudsman's office. The last section of the thesis deals with the relationship between the ombudsman, the Russian establishment and non-governmental human rights organizations. The relationship is defined theoretically and illustrated by practical examples and specific cases. Keywords Ombudsman, The Human Rights Commissioner, Federal Constitutional Act on the Human Rights Commissioner, Human Rights, Freedoms, the Russian Federation, Russian Establishment, Human...
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Collective investment in the CEE region: risk and return comparison
Šmejkal, Jan ; Streblov, Pavel (advisor) ; Babin, Adrian (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze mutual fund performance in the Central and Eastern Europe - CEE region. The author chose two countries from this geographic region, the Czech Republic and Poland. Using the econometric model that is based on CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model) the author compares past performance of equity and bond oriented mutual funds. This thesis also examine the theory which states that most of mutual funds are not able to outperform the benchmarks in real terms as they charge relatively high fees. Keywords Mutual funds, Emerging market mutual funds, CEE region, Performance evaluation
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Modelling of yield curves
Šmejkal, Jan ; Hurt, Jan (advisor) ; Zichová, Jitka (referee)
In practice, yield curves, i.e. plots of relation between yields and times to maturity for a group of comparable securities, are an important tool for assets and liabilities pricing as well as for financial decision making. The theoretical risk-free yield curve represents the term structure of interest rates that are used e.g. in insurance industry for pricing the liabilities, for which reserves are created, or also as a benchmark for pricing other assets in the market. When constructing the yield curve, it is not possible to observe yields of a group of assets for all maturities. That is why we use various mathematical methods which enable us to construct the yield curve also for unobserved maturities. In this thesis, some of these methods are introduced. The Svensson's method is one of the most important and frequently used ones. We use this method to derive the coupon curve from Czech government bonds aiming to construct the risk-free zero coupon yield curve. Later on, we use different weights for particular bonds trying to improve pricing of all the bonds based on the derived curve. Then, we also look for the curve that minimizes the mean squared error of estimated (compared to observed) prices. Because problems with liquidity can appear especially for long maturities, we apply all of the procedures to a...
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Town of Tábor and its Role in the Period of the Thirty Years War
Šmejkal, Jan ; Parkan, František (advisor) ; Zilynskyj, Bohdan (referee)
Třicet let trvající válečný konflikt, který se rozhořel na konci druhého desetiletí sedmnáctého století mezi habsburským panovníkem a českými stavy a postupně přerostl v rozsáhlou válku celoevropského významu, zanechal výraznou stopu ve všech místech a krajích, do nichž zavítal nebo se jich přinejmenším dotkl. Bylo tomu tak i v případě významného jihočeského Tábora, který byl válečným požárem přímo zasažen hned dvakrát, poprvé v roce 1621, když jej obléhali císařští a podruhé na samém sklonku války v roce 1648, když jej dobyla švédská vojska. Hradiště Hory Tábor, které bylo jednou z klíčových součástí obranného systému království a nejlépe opevněným bodem v jižních Čechách, mělo za úkol střežit dopravní spojnici ve směru Praha - Linec a ochraňovat obyvatelstvo jižních Čech před útokem nepřítele. V klíčových momentech v roce 1621 a potom v roce 1648 přesto neodolal útoku císařských, ani Švédů a v obou těchto nejdůležitějších případech podlehl. Pokaždé se tak stalo po boji proti silnějšímu protivníkovi, v němž město buď zůstalo ve svém zápase osamoceno a opuštěno politickými spojenci, nebo nedostalo včas nezbytnou vojenskou pomoc. V obou případech město muselo na obětní oltář války položit životy svých obyvatel a hospodářské hodnoty všeho druhu. Mimo tyto dvě zásadní vojenskohistorické události Tábor své...
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