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Country and Consumer Segmentation: Multi-Level Latent Class Analysis of Financial Product Ownership [PDF]

open access: yes
The financial services sector has internationalized over the last few decades.Important differences and similarities in financial behavior can be anticipated between both consumers within a particular country and those living in different countries.For ...
Bijmolt, T.H.A.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

3D (Bio) Printing Combined Fiber Fabrication Methods for Tissue Engineering Applications: Possibilities and Limitations

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biofabrication aims at providing innovative technologies and tools for the fabrication of tissue‐like constructs for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. By integrating multiple biofabrication technologies, such as 3D (bio) printing with fiber fabrication methods, it would be more realistic to reconstruct native tissue's ...
Waseem Kitana   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding and Protecting Vulnerable Financial Consumers [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Policy, 2014
This article considers how consumer protection law and policy should address the interests of particularly vulnerable financial consumers. Specifically, the article proposes a taxonomy of vulnerability which helps to identify (a) what makes consumers particularly vulnerable, and (b) how consumer protection law and consumer policy (broadly understood ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Biodegradable and Recyclable Luminescent Mixed‐Matrix‐Membranes, Hydrogels, and Cryogels based on Nanoscale Metal‐Organic Frameworks and Biopolymers

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The study presents biodegradable and recyclable mixed‐matrix membranes (MMMs), hydrogels, and cryogels using luminescent nanoscale metal‐organic frameworks (nMOFs) and biopolymers. These bio‐nMOF‐MMMs combine europium‐based nMOFs as probes for the status of the materials with the biopolymers agar and gelatine and present alternatives to conventional ...
Moritz Maxeiner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Residualized Big Five Traits and Financial Risk Tolerance: Connecting Tolerance to Behavior

open access: yesRisks
Research on financial risk tolerance and risk-taking increasingly incorporates personality traits into predictive and descriptive models of risk-taking behavior; however, intercorrelations among traits can obscure the unique contributions of individual ...
John E. Grable, Eun Jin Kwak
doaj   +1 more source

Financial literacy and the financial crisis [PDF]

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The ability of consumers to make informed financial decisions improves their chances of having sound personal finance. This paper uses a panel dataset from Russia, where consumer loans grew at an astounding rate -- from about US$10 billion in 2003 to ...
Klapper, Leora   +2 more
core  

Cool Kitchen: Processing Starch and Eggshell Powder into Sustainable Coatings for Passive Daytime Cooling

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

STRENGTHENING LEGAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST SOCIAL ENGINEERING IN DIGITAL BANKING: CHALLENGES, GAPS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

open access: yesMasalah-Masalah Hukum
Social engineering is a form of manipulation used by malicious actors in digital banking services, exploiting social interaction mechanisms that can lead to financial losses for customers.
Putu Devi Yustisia Utami   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Payday loans and consumer financial health [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Banking & Finance, 2013
The annualized interest rate for a payday loan often exceeds 10 times that of a typical credit card, yet this market grew immensely in the 1990s and 2000s, elevating concerns about the risk payday loans pose to consumers and whether payday lenders target minority neighborhoods. This paper employs individual credit record data, and Census data on payday
openaire   +2 more sources

Auto‐Generated Valence States in Electrocatalysts for Boosting Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics in Alkaline Water/Alkaline Seawater/Simulated Seawater/Natural Seawater

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review systematically highlights the latest achievements in mixed‐valence states relevant to hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions, providing essential insights into future directions and methods for large‐scale practical implementation. This critical review is expected to provide an overview of recent advancements in diverse valence‐state metal
Jitendra N. Tiwari   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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