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Building Jetties to the Future: Thinking and Doing Social Work in a ‘Moment of Danger.’

open access: yesSocial Work and Society, 2023
This paper engages the core question animating the 2021 Social Work Futures conference: What ‘social work’ does the world need now, and in the years to come?
Susan P. Kemp
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Queering generativity and futurity: LGBTQ2IA+ stories of resistance, resurgence, and resilience

open access: yesInternational Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2021
A preoccupation with heteronormative metrics of success in aging leaves many studies of “LGBT aging” focused on the needs, failings, and vul­nerabilities of older LGBTQ2IA+ people (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, two-spirit, intersex, asexual,
May Chazan, Melissa Baldwin
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Composite and Outlook Forecast Accuracy

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012
This paper investigates whether the accuracy of outlook hog price forecasts can be improved using composite forecasts in an out-of-sample context. Price forecasts from four widely-recognized outlook programs are combined with futures-based forecasts ...
Evelyn V. Colino   +3 more
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Liquidity management and futures hedging under deposit insurance: An option-based analysis [PDF]

open access: yesYugoslav Journal of Operations Research, 2004
Theories on financial futures hedging are generally based on a portfolio-choice approach. This paper presents an alterative: a firm-theoretic model of bank behavior with financial futures under deposit insurance.
Lin Jyh-Horng, Chang Chuen-Ping
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The present significance of commodity exchange trading in the conditions of the current world economy

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2006
The paper discusses the importance of commodity exchange trading while placing a special emphasis on the increasingly close interconnection between commodity markets and financial instruments markets.
O. Rejnuš
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Reading and Mapping the Worldviews of Island States through National Anthems: Celebrating Deity, Identity, Landscapes and Unity

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2022
National anthems, along with the national flag, stamps and monuments, are important features of a state’s identity. The lyrics and music instill patriotism and nationalism on holidays, at sporting events, and in children at school.
Brunn Stanley D.
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Forecasting spot and future gold coin price volatility and their predictive power on each other by using ANN-GARCH model [PDF]

open access: yesMathematics and Modeling in Finance, 2021
A large number of investors have been attracted to the Iran Mercantile Exchange as a result of launching Bahar Azadi Coin future contracts, also known as gold coin future contracts, since 2007.
Nafiseh Shahmoradi, Hasan Ghalibaf Asl
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Derivatives and the Financial Crisis of 2008: Managing Risk, Creating Risk, and Regulations [PDF]

open access: yesفصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران, 2012
Exchange-traded derivatives, i.e., futures and options are the most powerful financial instruments in financial markets for hedging policies aimed at managing the price risks which are originated in physical markets as well as for speculative strategies. 
Atefeh Taklif
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Thoughts on a Changing Landscape for Research Archiving in the Cloud Era: A Critical Perspective from South Africa

open access: yesSources, 2023
This article reflects on humanities research and archival futures in Southern Africa in the Cloud era—those collections that support research on an institutionalised basis, including sound and related collections. Since the 1990s, for comparably smaller,
Valmont Layne
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The Bridges of the Future or the Future of Bridges? [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Built Environment, 2015
Infrastructures are a key factor for economy. Among them, transportation infrastructures are vital for human life and economy. And within the transportation networks, bridges are key elements for connecting people and delivering goods. For this reason, bridges have been built since many centuries ago and, in some way, the advances (and sometimes ...
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