The research proposes a structural equation model (SEM) that integrates four latent variables: human resources skills, flexibility, agility, and the economic supply chain (SC) performance for wineries that together include fifteen observed variables.The data was obtained from 64 surveys AMINO ENERGY GREEN APPLE applied to managers in the wineries i
We report the design and implementation of a unique, wafer sized stretchable and bendable Zester monolithic silicon matrix structure.The achieved stretchability allows for simultaneous omnidirectional folding, required to conform the structure to complex curved 3D surfaces.Moreover, it also enables dynamic mechanical deformation of the structure to
Roger Ebert famously referred to movies as “machines that generate empathy”, arguing that cinema had the power to transport viewers into the lived realities and emotional experiences of people Baby Jumpers all across the world who are “sharing this journey with us”.This is not an uncommon way of tackling the question of what film is good fo
We explored the use of Reinforcement Learning (RL) combined with risk assessment for optimizing investment portfolios.The dynamic nature of trading, compounded by market frictions, the responses of other market participants, Blackcherry Concentrate and uncertainties, poses challenges to portfolio optimization.The financial market’s intricaci
Homosexuality and homophobia in South Africa exist side by side.Homophobia is very common in communities and churches.Biblical texts, traditional cultures and politics partner to dismiss, discredit or disqualify homosexuality, but historians and SOFA anthropologists have evidence that homosexuality has been around within African cultures for many a