Revisiting Deere in an Extractivist Era: Agrarian Reform and Feminist Legacies in Coastal Ecuador
Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how campesinas in coastal Ecuador have navigated shifting labour roles, financial precarity and ecological degradation under Plan Tierras, a state‐led land redistribution policy embedded in an extractivist model of agriculture.
Natalia Landívar, Lynne Phillips
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How duration between trades of underlying securities affects option prices. [PDF]
We propose a model for stock price dynamics that explicitly incorporates random waiting times between trades, also known as duration, and show how option prices can be calculated using this model.
Cartea, Álvaro, Meyer-Brandis, Thilo
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Aquaculture Reports, 2020 Ingredient Y-maze choice test, feed intake test and rare earth elements trace test were conducted in obscure puffer (Takifugu fasciatus) to study whether soybean antigenic protein would affect diet palatability when fishmeal was partially replaced by ...
Yao Jingting +4 more
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Effect of strain rate on indentation behaviour of kenaf-based fibre metal laminates [PDF]
, 2014 Kenaf natural fibre has become the subject of interest for a wide range of engineering sectors due to its biodegradable and robust mechanical properties [1, 2]. Akil et. al.
Abdullah, Mohamed Ruslan +2 more
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Integrating Composite Materials Throughout the Military Sector: A Review
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Composite materials have attracted considerable attention in the defense industry owing to their distinctive properties and wide‐ranging applications. This systematic review examines the current research landscape and recent advancements in the application of composite materials for defense purposes.
Mikru Birhan +4 more
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Manufacturing and impact resistance of Large-Scale stacked fibre metal laminates
Materials & DesignThis study introduces an automatic manufacturing process for large-scale stacked fibre metal laminates (FMLs) to reduce costs compared to traditional methods.
Ding Tang +4 more
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Dynamic control of selectivity in the ubiquitination pathway revealed by an ASP to GLU substitution in an intra-molecular salt-bridge network [PDF]
, 2012 Ubiquitination relies on a subtle balance between selectivity and promiscuity achieved through specific interactions between ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s) and ubiquitin ligases (E3s).
Bonvin, Alexandre M. J. J. +4 more
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The Finite Moment Log Stable Process and Option Pricing [PDF]
We document a surprising pattern in market prices of S&P 500 index options. When implied volatilities are graphed against a standard measure of moneyness, the implied volatility smirk does not flatten out as maturity increases up to the observable ...
Liuren Wu, Peter Carr
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Damage tolerance assessment by bend and shear tests of two multilayer composites: Glass fibre reinforced metal laminate and aluminium roll-bonded laminate [PDF]
, 2009 The damage tolerance of an aluminium roll-bonded laminate (ALH19) and a glass fibre reinforced laminate (GLARE) (both based in Al 2024-T3) has been studied.
Cepeda-Jiménez, C.M. +3 more
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Dynamic hedging of financial instruments when the underlying follows a non-Gaussian process. [PDF]
Traditional dynamic hedging strategies are based on local information (ie Delta and Gamma) of the financial instruments to be hedged. We propose a new dynamic hedging strategy that employs non-local information and compare the profit and loss (P&L ...
Cartea, Álvaro
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