Impact of Type of Sugar Beet Pectin-Sodium Caseinate Interaction on Emulsion Properties at pH 4.5 and pH 7.

Equal parts of sugar beet pectin and sodium caseinate were interacted through electrostatic attraction, enzymatic crosslinking, and the Maillard reaction to prepare three oil-in-water emulsifier systems. Oil-in-water emulsions (10%) were processed via high shear overhead mixing at the natural pH of the emulsifier systems, followed by pH adjustment to pH 4.5 and pH 7. The emulsions were stable against coalescence, except for a slight increase in the mean droplet size for the enzymatic cross-liked emulsion at pH 4.5 over a 14-day storage period. This emulsion also showed the lowest absolute zeta (ζ)-potential value of near 30 mV. The Maillard interaction emulsifier system resulted in larger droplet sizes compared to the other two emulsifier systems. Small deformation oscillatory shear rheology assessment of the emulsion cream phases revealed an impact of the emulsifier system design at pH 4.5.

Public-private-partnership in healthcare delivery reform of public hospitals / 中华医院管理杂志

Xuzhou Cancer Hospital explored a development and reform of the hospital in the PPP framework,while adhering to the principles of Public nature as before,staff status as before,and government supervision as before. The reform features proactive attempts in operation and management,personnel management,and remuneration system,in an effort to build an operation system featuring board governance,total cost accounting,and dynamic total salary management in its reform toward building an innovative mixed ownership.

Setting up a management operating mechanism that combines responsibilities, powers and interests / 中华医院管理杂志

Reform in personnel matters and the distribution system began to be implemented from October 2001 in line with the guiding principle of putting quality at the core of medical practice, taking doctors as the axis, putting emphasis on profits, and using distribution by merit as a lever. A series of reform measures was adopted: the employment of the entire staff on the basis of a contract system and transformation of identity management into post management; division of medical service units based on medical groups, with the attending doctors being in charge; and intra hospital distribution by the principle of more pay for more and better work. As a result, a management operating mechanism that specifies clear cut job responsibilities and combines responsibilities, powers and interests has been set up, bringing about good results.