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The Nexus Between Consumer Literacy Training and Financial Capability Enhancement in South Africa
International Journal of Applied Research in Business and ManagementUsing quantitative and descriptive research approach, this article investigated the influence of consumer literacy training as a tool to improve financial capability among South Africans.
Jean Damascene Mvunabandi
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.The release of foulers from protective marine coatings is determined by several interrelated material properties, including the strength of Young's modulus, the flexibility of chain segments, the surface free energy, and the magnitude of hydrodynamic stress.
Johann C. Schaal +2 more
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Financial Stability is a Volume Business: A Comment on the Legal Infrastructure of Ex Post Consumer Debtor Protections [PDF]
, 2011 Professor Melissa B. Jacoby\u27s essay pays homage to Stewart Macaulay\u27s classic study of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, a U.S. federal consumer protection law that, according to Macaulay, was virtually unknown to the lawyers whose clients needed it ...
Gelpern, Anna
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Consumer behaviour and lifestyle patterns of Hungarian students in view of environmental awareness [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this paper is to describe the consumer behaviour and everyday lifestyle patterns of Hungarian university and college students. The results are gained from an international survey, carried out by the Department of Environmental Economics and ...
Marjainé Szerényi, Zsuzsanna +2 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This article presents a solver‐agnostic domain‐specific language (DSL) for computational structural mechanics that strengthens interoperability in virtual product development. Using a hierarchical data model, the DSL enables seamless exchange between diverse simulation tools and numerical methods.
Martin Rädel +3 more
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Judgment and Decision MakingMany people struggle to make tradeoffs between present wants and future wishes, resulting in the tendency to overly discount the value of future rewards.
Hal E. Hershfield +2 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Iron‐based metallic glass alloys exhibit excellent soft‐magnetic properties, and unprecedented geometrical freedom in the design of soft‐magnetic metallic glass components is made possible by additive manufacturing. An efficient workflow for developing parameters for laser‐based powder bed fusion of a Fe‐based metallic glass alloy is presented along ...
Julia Löfstrand +7 more
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An analysis of the impact of geology on indoor air radon concentration
Indoor EnvironmentsRadon (222Rn86), a radioactive gas formed by the decay of uranium and radium in rocks and minerals, can seep into houses, accumulating in the indoor air.
Uttam Saha +4 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Herein, environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) is discussed as a powerful extension of conventional SEM for life sciences. By combining high‐resolution imaging with variable pressure and humidity, ESEM allows the analysis of untreated biological materials, supports in situ monitoring of hydration‐driven changes, and advances the functional ...
Jendrian Riedel +6 more
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Consumer protection laws and regulations in deposit and loan services : a cross-country analysis with a new data set [PDF]
Consumer protection and financial literacy can contribute to improved efficiency, transparency, competition, and access in retail financial markets by reducing information asymmetries and power imbalances between providers and users of financial services.
Ardic, Oya Pinar +2 more
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