The book explores the use of microbial pigments as additives, antioxidants, color intensifiers, and functional food ingredients. It discusses pigment isolation and processing technologies. The book also discusses food safety and toxicology aspects.

This comprehensive book is a useful reference for food technologists, analytical chemists and food processing professionals, covering all aspects of gamma and electron beam irradiation for the preservation of food.

This book examines food quality, product conformance, reliability and safety, starting with wheat and ending with its value chain transformation into bread. Shows how to apply Kaizen with classic quality improvement methods to strengthen food safety systems.

The aim of the food processing is to ensure microbiological and chemical safety of foods, adequate nutrient content and bioavailability and acceptability to the consumer with regard to sensory properties and ease of preparation. Processing may have either beneficial or harmful effects on these properties, so each of these factors must be taken into account in the design and preparation of foods. This book offers a unique dealing with the subject and provides not only an update of state-of-the art techniques in many critical areas of food processing and quality assessment, but also the development of value added products from food waste, safety and nanotechnology in the food and agriculture industry and looks into the future by defining current obstacles and future research goals. This book is not intended to serve as an encyclopedic review of the subject. However, the various chapters incorporate both theoretical and practical aspects and may serve as baseline information for future research through which significant development is possible.

Includes entries for Academic degrees, Academic medical center (AMC), Access, Accreditation of hospitals, Accrual-based accounting, Accumulated depreciation, Acquisitions, Activities of daily living, Activity-based accounting, Accumulated depreciation, Acquisitions, Activities of daily living, Activity-based costing, Activity ratios, Acute care, Administrative services organization (ASO) Adopter categories, Advanced health care directives, Adverse drug reaction (ADR), Adverse event (AE), Adverse selection, Advertising, Affirmative action in employment, Age discrimination in employment, Aging society, Aid to Families with dependent children (AFDC), Alliances, Allied health professional, Alternative evaluation, Alternative medicine (complementary medicine, integrative medicine, unconventional medicine), Ambulatory care, American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM), American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), American Dental Association (ADA), American Hospital Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA), American Nurses Association (ANA), American Public Health Association (APHA), American Red Cross (ARC), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, Annual percentage rate (APR), Assets, Asset turnover ratios, Assurance of compliance (Federal wide assurance, FWA), Atmospherics, Authority, Autonomous health care plan/structure, Autonomous work groups, Average collection period (ACP), Backward vertical integration, Bad debt loss, Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997, Balanced Scorecard and health care, Balance sheet, BCG portfolio analysis, Bed occupancy, Belmont Report, Benefit and cost analysis, Benefit segmentation, Billing, Billing fraud, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, Birthing center, Blinding. Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS), Boards of directors, Boards of health, Book value, Brand awareness, Brand equity, Breakeven analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Business plan, Business valuation, Buyer behavior, Canadian health care system, Capacity and capacity utilization, Capital asset pricing model, Capital financing, Capital asset pricing model, Capital financing, Capital investment, Capitalization ratios, Capital structure, Capitation/Capitated health plans, Care management, Care maps, Carve-outs, Case management, Case mix, Case rate reimbursement, Case report form (CFR), Cash and cash equivalents, Cash basis of accounting, Cash flow, Cash management, Centers of Medicare and Medicaid services, Changing corporate culture, Charismatic leadership, Charity care, Chief medical officer/medical director, Chronic disease, Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991, Claim, Claims made coverage Claims management, Clinical decision making, Clinical investigation, Clinical pathways (Care Maps or critical paths), Clinical practice guidelines/pathways, Clinical research, Clinical trails Closed systems, Coalitions (business), Code of ethics, Collaborative partnership, Collection float, Collective bargaining, Common cause variation, Common stock, Community-based hospital, community health, Community health status indicators, Community rating, Comparative advertising, Comparative statics, compensating differentials, Compensation systems, competitive advantage, Competitive bidding Competitive equlibrium, Competitive strategy and groups, Competitor analysis, Complementary medicine, Complementary product, Compliance, Component car, Compound growth rate, Compound interest method, Compressed workweeks, Concentric diversification, Conflict management. Conglomerate diversification, Consent, Consolidation, Consumer, Consumer adoption process, Consumer choice and demand, Consumer Choice health purchasing group, Consumer perception of service, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Consumer satisfaction surveys, Contingency planning, Continuity of care, Continuous quality improvement (CQI), Contraction strategy, Contract research organization (CRO), Contractual Adjustments, contribution margin, control chart, Control group, Cooperation strategies, Co-opetition, Corporate cost of capital, Corporate culture, Corporate governing board, Cost-based reimbursement, Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) Cost effectiveness, Cost leadership strategies, Cost of capital, cost shifting, Cost-utility analysis, Credentialing, Credit rating, Critical success factors, Culture and culture change, Culture and strategy, Current assets, Current assets/liabilities, Customer perceptions, Customer relationship management (CRM), Customer satisfaction rating, customer satisfaction research, Customersʼ consequences, Customersʼ desired purpose or goals, Customer value, Database, Database marketing, Database server, Bata management, Days cash on hand, Days in accounts receivable, Debt, Debt financing, Debt Service coverage, Decentralization of decision making, Decision, Decision support systems, Declaration of Helsinki Laws, Decline stage of product life cycle, Deductibles, Default, Defender, Demand, Demographics, Demographic segmentation, Depreciation, Derived demand, Differentiation strategies, Diffusion of innovation, Direct marketing, Directorʼs and officersʼ liability, Discontinuous change, Discounted cash flows, Disease management, Disenrollment, Disproportionate share hospital (DSH), Diversification strategies, Divestiture strategies, Dividends, Divisional structure. Division level strategies, Double blinding, Downsizing, Drug coverage, Durable powers of attorney for health care, (DPAHC), Early adopters, Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), Economic order quantity (EOQ), Economies of scale, Effective dose, Efficacy, E-health, Elasticity of demand Elder care, Electrocardiogram (EKG ECG), Electronic billing, Electronic claims, Electronic commerce, Electronic data interchange (EDI), Electronic medical record, Electronic patient record, Emergency room (ER), Emergent strategy Employee absenteeism, Employee assistance program (EAP), Employee benefits, Employee compensation, Employee health, Employee orientation programs, Employee recruitment, Employee retention, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Employee rights, Employee selection and hiring, Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), Employee turnover, Employment discrimination, Employment interview, Employment law, Employment references, Employment testing, Empowerment (delegation of authority), Encryption, End of life care, Enrollee, Enrollment, Enterprise resource planning (ERP) in health care, Entitlement programs, Environmental analysis, Environmental health science, Epidemiology, Episodes of care, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Equal Pay Act, Equity, Equity capital, Ethical code, Ethical drugs, Ethical issues faced by managers, Ethics committee, Ethics officer, Evidence based medicine (EBM), Excess capacity, Excess liability coverage, Excess of revenues over expenses, Exclusion criteria, Exclusive distribution, Exclusive provider organization (EPO), Executive compensation, Executive Order 11246 on Affirmative Action, Expansion strategies. Expected rate of return, Expenditure on health care, Exposure, Extended product portfolio matrix, External capital, External environmental analysis, Facilities management, Factoring of accounts receivable, Fair employment and public policy, False claim, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Family oriented care, Favorable selection, Feasibility study, Federal regulating agencies, Fee for service (FFS) payment, Financial performance indicators (FPIs), Financial statements, First mover advantage (FMA), Fixed costs, Flextime, Float management, Flowchart, Focus strategies, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Forecasting, Formulary, For profit hospital, Forward vertical integration, Franchising, Free cash flow, Full price of medical care, Full time equivalent (FTE), Functional structures, Fund balance, Fundraising, Future value, Gatekeepers, General environment, Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAPs), Generic drugs, Generic strategies, Genomics, Geographic boundaries of service area, Geographic information system (GIS), Global blood safety projects, Goal, Goal setting, Good clinical practices (GCPs), Goodwill, Governance, Governing boards, Graduate medical education (GDP), Group behavior, Group norms, Group performance, Groupthink, Growth stage of product life cycle, Hacker, Harvesting strategies, Health, Health behavior, Health care, Health care agent, Health care as luxury goods, Health care environment, Health care goods and services continuum, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Health care in China, Health care in Eastern Europe, Health Care provider, Health care proxy, Health care reform, Health care service operations, Health care services, Health care utilization.