Correlating emulsion properties to microencapsulation efficacy and nutrients retention in mixed proteins system.

This study investigated six different combinations of proteins as emulsifiers and wall materials in a pilot scale. The potential correlations among formulations, emulsion properties, and microencapsulation stabilities were studied using principal component analysis (PCA). Dairy proteins (milk protein concentrate or sodium caseinate) dominate the overall properties when they are mixed with vegetable proteins (soy protein isolate and pea protein isolate).

The young and the clueless.

It's natural to promote your best and brightest, especially when you think they may leave for greener pastures if you don't continually offer them new challenges and rewards. But promoting smart, ambitious young managers too quickly often robs them of the chance to develop the emotional competencies that come with time and experience--competencies like the ability to negotiate with peers, regulate emotions in times of crisis, and win support for change. Indeed, at some point in a manager's career--usually at the vice president level--raw talent and ambition become less important than the ability to influence and persuade, and that's the point at which the emotionally immature manager will lose his effectiveness.