Cloning, Expression, Purification and Characterization of the β-galactosidase PoβGal35A from Penicillium oxalicum.

Galactosidases are industrially important enzymes that hydrolyze galactosidic bonds in carbohydrates. Identifying new galactosidases with distinct functional characteristics is of paramount importance. In this study, we report the finding of a novel β-galactosidase PoβGal35A from the fungus Penicillium oxalicum.

[The inspiration of comprehensive quality related cutting-edge curriculum of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry].

In this article, the author introduced three course of comprehensive quality training set up in the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry (UCLA), named "introduction to behavioral science", "patient management", "methods in evidence-based dentistry". In order to provide reference for our medical reform of dental students, the content of the three courses were provided and the importance of comprehensive quality training was evaluated. The curriculum type, number of hours and time to deliver were compared between UCLA and School of Stomatology, Shandong University.

[The revelation from three international medical education standards to education of physician-patient communication].

The ability of manipulating physician-patient communication is of great significance in medical practice and undoubtedly needed to be developed during medical education. The importance and request of physician-patient communication in medical education has been definitely prescribed in three international standards stipulated respectively by three international medical education organizations. In this article, the author attempted to reveal the deficiency of Chinese medical education on physician-patient communication by studying the three international standards as mentioned.

[Analysis of the curriculum of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry].

By comparative analysis of the curriculum of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry with Shandong University College of Stomatology, this paper explored what could be used as reference for Chinese dental educators. The curriculum characteristics and teaching ways in UCLA was analyzed; the dental courses of UCLA were compared with Shandong University, fourteen courses opened in UCLA were not opened in Shandong University; eight forefront courses selected from the fourteen courses were introduced. The analysis showed that in certain degree the curriculum characteristics and teaching ways of UCLA could be used for reference and fourteen forefront courses were also necessary.