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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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Comparison of Circular Symmetric Low-Pass Digital IIR Filter Design Using Evolutionary Computation Techniques

Mathematics, 2020
The design of two-dimensional Infinite Impulse Response (2D-IIR) filters has recently attracted attention in several areas of engineering because of their wide range of applications.
Omar Avalos, Erik Cuevas, Jorge Gálvez, Essam H. Houssein, Kashif Hussain   +4 more
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Between ‘Approval’ and ‘Rejection’: Non‐Resident Citizens' Vote Choice in Constitutional Plebiscites

International Migration, Volume 63, Issue 5, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the political resocialisation of Chilean emigrants shapes their electoral preferences in constitutional plebiscites. We propose a set of hypotheses linking democracy levels in residence countries, prior electoral experience, ideology, and exposure to constitutional reforms abroad to voting behaviour.
Ingrid Ríos‐Rivera, Sebastián Umpierrez de Reguero, Mariia Makarenko, Denisse Salazar, Rafaela Villao, Claudia Navarrete, Constanza Trujillo   +6 more
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Pixel Interaction Model for Contrast Enhancement: Bridging Social Science and Image Processing

Applied Sciences
Image contrast enhancement is an essential process that improves the visibility of many features that may remain hidden due to low-contrast conditions arising from environmental causes, limitations of the device, or the wrong setting of the camera.
Beatriz A. Rivera-Aguilar, Erik Cuevas, Alberto Luque-Chang, Jesús López, Marco Pérez-Cisneros   +4 more
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Characterization of a Complex Mixture of Immunomodulator Peptides Obtained from Autologous Urine

Journal of Immunology Research, 2020
A complex mixture of peptides plays a key role in the regulation of the immune system; different sources as raw materials mainly from animals and vegetables have been reported to provide these extracts.
Alberto Fragoso, Mérida Pedraza-Jiménez, Laura Espinoza-González, María Luisa Ceja-Mendoza, Hugo Sánchez-Mercado, Gloria Robles-Pérez, Julio Granados, Emilio Medina-Rivero   +7 more
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Updated insights into the molecular pathogenesis of canine atopic dermatitis

Veterinary Dermatology, Volume 36, Issue 4, Page 375-384, August 2025.
Abstract Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common and chronic inflammatory skin disease with frequent relapses. The genomics revolution has greatly contributed and revolutionised our knowledge of human AD; understanding the molecular skin fingerprint of AD and associated pathogenic immune pathways has led to preclinical assessments of several novel ...
Frane Banovic
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Populist Narratives and Personalized National Role Conception in Middle Powers: The Cases of Mexico and Turkey During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Politics &Policy, Volume 53, Issue 1, February 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the populist influences on middle power roles, focusing on two charismatic populist leaders, Presidents López Obrador in Mexico and Erdoğan in Turkey during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Conventional middle power theories emphasize material, behavioral and identity factors as shaping middle power roles, highlighting the ...
R. Melis Baydag, Rebecka Villanueva Ulfgard   +1 more
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Determination of the antioxidant capacity of two seagrass species according to the extraction method [PDF]

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2016
Context: There is a wide variety of methods for obtaining of plant extracts that enable a good yield of bioactive metabolites. For several years, extractive techniques have been perfected for obtaining natural extracts with powerful pharmacological ...
Kethia L. González, Richard Gutiérrez, Yasnay Hernández, Olga Valdés-Iglesias, María Rodriguez   +4 more
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Unidades ambientales en la cuenca hidrográfica del río Guanabo y la sección marina colindante

Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 2022
Los nexos marino-terrestres crean condiciones muy variadas y complejas, que en ocasiones son débilmente apreciadas. Entre ellas está la valoración escindida entre mares y tierra firme, posicionamiento que crea una frágil percepción de los atributos y ...
Arsenio J. Areces-Mayea, Grisel Barranco-Rodríguez   +1 more
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Neuroprotective and antioxidant effects of Thalassia testudinum extract BM-21, against acrylamide-induced neurotoxicity in mice [PDF]

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2014
Context: Acrylamide (ACR) neurotoxicity is associated with the enhancement of lipid peroxidation and the reduction of the antioxidative capacity distal axon and nerve terminal regions.
Roberto Menéndez, Teidy García, Anoland Garateix, Ruth A. Morales, Erik L. Regalado, Abilio Laguna, Olga Valdés, Miguel D. Fernández   +7 more
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