In today’s dynamic market, organizations must be adaptive to market fluctuations. In addition, studies show that material-handling cost makes up between 20 and 50 percent of the total operating cost. Therefore, this paper considers the problem of arranging and rearranging, when there are changes in product mix and demand, manufacturing facilities such that the sum of material handling and rearr...

Using learning material in an adaptive way requires a preparation beforehand. In order to guide the process of creating learning material, criteria for adaptation and techniques for content preparation have to be known. The aim of this paper is to give first hints for such guidance. Therefore, adaptation criteria and provisions which can be used to realize such a preparation should be identifie...

Background: Some operating room personnel are occupationally exposed to genotoxic agents such as anesthetic gases and ionizing radiation. Adaptive response, as a defense mechanism, will occur when cells become exposed to a low dose of factors harming DNA (priming dose), which in the subsequent exposure to higher dose of those factors (challenging dose), show more resistance and sensibility.. <b...