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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"micro-impact"”.
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Micro-Impact: Deconstructing the complex impact process of a simple microinsurance product in Indonesia
This thesis analyses the social impact of Payung Keluarga, an obligatory enhanced credit life microinsurance product launched by Allianz in Indonesia in 2006. Payung Keluarga automatically insures micro-borrowers who take out microcredits from microfinance institutions. In case of death, the …
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Hidden Consequences of Remittances: The micro impact of remittance flows in the Albanian remittance-receiving households' behavior
… The second part the dissertation focuses on the impact of remittances on labor market participation using propensity score matching. This part of the dissertation relies on the matching approach for the identification. The nearest neighbor and kernel estimators are used to obtain the matching …
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The onset of gouging in high-speed sliding contacts
… a medium-caliber railgun, and analyzing rail microstructural evolution during gouge onset. A previous gouging model based on shock mechanics was extended, while other models based on mechanisms such as Rayleigh waves, bending waves, and shear band formation were ruled out. An effective …
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Development of A Micro-Scale Impact Tester for Characterizing Dynamic Properties of Biological Structural Materials
… thesis presents the design and construction of a micro-scale, air powered, impact testing device for use in Virginia Tech's Biological and Bio-inspired Materials Laboratory. A brief overview of current projectile impact testers is presented along with motivation for the fabrication of a new …