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How Is FinTech Shaping Household Portfolio Behaviour?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how FinTech adoption influences household portfolio allocation across major advanced economies. Using a flow‐of‐funds framework and the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we model household demand for currency, deposits, loans, debt securities, and equity in the United States, United Kingdom, Euro Area, Japan and Australia.
Victor Murinde, Athina Petropoulou
wiley   +1 more source

Bio‐inspired nanophotonics: Structural color, chirality, and resonance metasurfaces

open access: yesInfoMat, EarlyView.
A butterfly‐wing‐inspired anisotropic plasmonic flatband resonant metasurface. Insets, photo of the butterfly, Sasakia charonda, and the SEM image of its wing scale (above); the SEM image of the metasurface (below). Abstract The dazzling colors of butterfly wings and hummingbird feathers are not painted with pigments, but crafted by nature's invisible ...
Weihan Liu, Yao Liang, Din Ping Tsai
wiley   +1 more source

Temporary VAT Reduction in Vietnam: Consumer Behavior Analysis

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of temporary VAT rate changes on consumer behavior in Vietnam, particularly concerning the VAT reduction implemented during 2023–2024. The research analyzes annual survey data and household expenditure reports to assess changes in consumer spending on durable goods during the first half of 2024 (2024 H1 ...
Hang Thi Thu Trinh
wiley   +1 more source

‘Pre‐Technologies’ and the Lifeworld: Assistive Technologies as ‘Pre‐Technologies’ for Self‐Formation as Freedom

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article identifies assistive technologies (ATs) as ‘pre‐technologies’ mediating access to other technologies for disabled subjects (DSs). The motivation is to show that without ATs, DSs cannot be said to have the same level of access to freedom and self‐forming activities as able‐bodied subjects.
Sarel Marais
wiley   +1 more source

Student Anxiety and Stress Related to Needlestick/Sharps Injuries in Dental Clinics

open access: yesJournal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose/Objective This study explored how the threat of needlestick/sharps injuries affects stress and anxiety among dental, dental hygiene, and dental assisting students in accredited US programs. It also aimed to identify contributing factors and assess potential educational interventions.
Lindsey C. Billing, Marisa A. Cornewell
wiley   +1 more source

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