This article, based upon 199 police reports of disobedience cases in Republican Beijing, examines the relationship between family and state in modern China. It argues that these cases, on the one ...hand, helped the family transfer the domestic crises to the state, and on the other hand, consolidated the state cult of filial piety and facilitated the everyday intervention of the state into society. But the collusion between family and state also led to some unexpected consequences, in which the state's representative institutions such as the police and the reformatory, with their availability and affordability, actually increased the visibility of filial impiety.
E-retailers are embracing new digital marketing strategies to provide more authentic information to their customers. This research examines the impact of live video streaming (LVS), defined as ...broadcasts in real time to an audience over the Internet for business-to-consumer and business-to-business communication. Although LVS has been adopted as a marketing strategy by e-retailers, its effect on customers' online purchase intention remains unknown. Drawing on construal level theory, this study empirically examines the impact of LVS on customers' online purchase intention considering psychological distance and perceived uncertainty. We test the research framework with the aid of a quasi-experiment using secondary data collected from Taobao.com, the largest online trading platform in China, and two experimental designs. The presented results indicate that the LVS strategy can improve customers' online purchase intention by reducing psychological distance and perceived uncertainty. In addition, product type moderates the impact of LVS on perceived uncertainty. This paper finally provides some of the practical and managerial implications of our findings.
The sharing economy will become the most important force in the social service industry. In the fields of accommodation, transportation, education services, life services and tourism, excellent ...sharing economy companies continue to emerge: from pet boarding sharing, parking space sharing to expert sharing, community service sharing and tour guide sharing, and even WiFi sharing for strong mobile Internet needs. New models emerge one after another, integrating offline resources on the supply side and continuously providing users with a better experience on the demand side. The purpose of this study is to discuss some practical problems, solutions and development prospects of the development model of the sharing economy from the perspective of new technology revolution. In this paper take the sharing economy business model as the main line of research based on O2O perspective, and borrowed business model value network related knowledge combined with innovative factors in the O2O perspective, building a simulation model by using system dynamics to analysis. On this basis, discussing and analysis the sharing economy business model through specific cases. Specifically, this paper adopts a research method combining theoretical research method, literature review method and modeling and simulation model analysis method. This paper adopts a research method that combines theoretical research methods, literature review methods, and modeling and simulation model analysis methods. The theoretical research method is to analyze and discuss its theory, the literature review method is to introduce the reference, and the simulation model analysis method is to build a model to simulate and test it. Through the research of this paper, we find the rapid development of new technologies in today, the sharing economy provides a new way of thinking for the innovative development of the economy, which is a brand new business model about exchange economy, value sharing and social network sharing. This economic model can fully explore the potential market space and recover wealth, making full use of idle assets and creating new market space. At the same time, the business model of sharing economy also brings challenges to the traditional business model, causing the traditional business model to have to make transformation and upgrading to meet the needs of the market, and even causing the traditional business model to gradually fade out of people’s sight until disappearing. Grand development of the new Internet technology gives shared economic in O2O perspective a great development opportunities, O2O pushes the news of offline stores to Internet users through promotions, discounts, information provision, service reservations, etc., so as to convert them into their own offline customers, which is especially suitable for goods and services that must be consumed in stores, such as Catering, fitness, movies and performances, beauty salons, photography and department stores, in addition to restaurants launching online commerce, there are also a number of booking websites and applications focusing on individual or group travel, etc.it uses the heat of the Internet to drive the heat of the commercial trade, let trendy internet as a online platform for traditional business transaction, which compose the value model of shared economy, and brought vigor and vitality for the dismal business trade.
This article locates one of the earliest charitable performances organized by prostitutes in 1907 in two cities, Shanghai and Beijing. It examines the ways in which each social group prostitutes in ...the name of jijie (prostitute circles)/huajie (circles of flowers), the male elites who helped them manage the performances, and the newspaper commentators who responded to these events in mass media reconceptualized the formation of their identities, the transformation of their businesses, and the negotiation of their relationship with the emerging society and the nation in the last decade of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). It argues that the charitable performances not only cultivated the civic virtue of every group involved within a newly restructured society that prioritized public morals and nationalistic devotion, they also promoted person gain in terms of social status and reputation. To a large extent, these performances help us understand such bigger issues as female sexuality, the prostitution business, elite dominance, and the reform of China within the larger urban, social, and ideological contexts.
Purpose
In recent years, more and more e-retailers have adopted live streaming services to attract customers. Although the extant literature has mostly examined the motivations for live streaming ...usage, it remains unclear how to enhance customers’ purchase behaviour. Based on the social exchange theory, in the context of live streaming platforms (LSP), this study aims to investigate the impact of information quality and interaction quality on swift guanxi and customers’ purchase intention.
Design/methodology/approach
This study conducted an online survey to conduct two rounds of data collection and analyses the data using SPSS and SmartPLS softwares.
Findings
The results show that information quality (believability, usefulness and vividness) and interaction quality (responsiveness, real-time interaction and empathy) are positively related to swift guanxi, which may influence customers’ online purchase intention on LSP.
Originality/value
Prior service quality studies tend to focus on traditional physical stores and e-commerce websites context. This study offers the description of key dimensions of service quality on emerging LSP context. The study also confirms the importance of swift guanxi in an online marketplace.
•State-of-the-art mesoscale modelling approaches and material models for concrete.•Generation methods for different mesoscopic models for aggregate and concrete.•General finite element meshing ...techniques for mesoscale concrete model.•Material models for mesoscopic modelling of concrete material.•Mesoscopic modelling of concrete materials under static and dynamic loadings.
Further understanding of the mechanical responses and the failure mechanism of concrete under different loadings, the mesoscale modelling approach considering the heterogeneity of concrete has drawn extensive attention in investigating its mechanical behaviors. State-of-the-art mesoscale modelling approaches and material models for concrete are presented and compared with our developed 3D random mesoscale modelling approach, in which the randomness of particles in shape and spatial distribution in concrete is considered. This work mainly concentrates on the development and application of the 3D random mesoscale modelling approach in investigating the mechanical behaviors of concrete under static and dynamic loadings. Employing the 3D mesoscale modelling method, the mechanical properties of the ordinary concrete under dynamic compression, split- and direct tension are numerically studied. According to the example applications performed in this work, it is demonstrated that the 3D random mesoscale modelling approach has excellent validity in investigating the mechanical responses of concrete, which provides significant insights into the further development and application of concrete materials and structures under different conditions.
Summary
Submergence is an abiotic stress that limits agricultural production world‐wide. Plants sense oxygen levels during submergence and postsubmergence reoxygenation and modulate their responses. ...Increasing evidence suggests that completely submerged plants are often exposed to low‐light stress, owing to the depth and turbidity of the surrounding water; however, how light availability affects submergence tolerance remains largely unknown.
Here, we showed that Arabidopsis thaliana MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN30 (MYB30) is an important transcription factor that integrates light signaling and postsubmergence stress responses.
MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN30 protein abundance decreased upon submergence and accumulated during reoxygenation. Under submergence conditions, CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1), a central regulator of light signaling, caused the ubiquitination and degradation of MYB30. In response to desubmergence, however, light‐induced MYB30 interacted with MYC2, a master transcription factor involved in jasmonate signaling, and activated the expression of the VITAMIN C DEFECTIVE1 (VTC1) and GLUTATHIONE SYNTHETASE1 (GSH1) gene families to enhance antioxidant biosynthesis. Consistent with this, the myb30 knockout mutant showed increased sensitivity to submergence, which was partially rescued by overexpression of VTC1 or GSH1.
Thus, our findings uncover the mechanism by which the COP1‐MYB30 module integrates light signals with cellular oxidative homeostasis to coordinate plant responses to postsubmergence stress.
In plants, submergence from flooding causes hypoxia, which impairs energy production and affects plant growth, productivity, and survival. In Arabidopsis, hypoxia induces nuclear localization of the ...group VII ethylene‐responsive transcription factor RELATED TO AP2.12 (RAP2.12), following its dissociation from the plasma membrane‐anchored ACYL‐COA BINDING PROTEIN1 (ACBP1) and ACBP2. Here, we show that polyunsaturated linolenoyl‐CoA (18:3‐CoA) regulates RAP2.12 release from the plasma membrane. Submergence caused a significant increase in 18:3‐CoA, but a significant decrease in 18:0‐, 18:1‐, and 18:2‐CoA. Application of 18:3‐CoA promoted nuclear accumulation of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions RAP2.12‐GFP, HYPOXIA‐RESPONSIVE ERF1‐GFP, and RAP2.3‐GFP, and enhanced transcript levels of hypoxia‐responsive genes. Plants with decreased ACBP1 and ACBP2 (acbp1 ACBP2‐RNAi, produced by ACBP2 RNA interference in the acbp1 mutant) had reduced tolerance to hypoxia and impaired 18:3‐CoA‐induced expression of hypoxia‐related genes. In knockout mutants and overexpression lines of LONG‐CHAIN ACYL‐COA SYNTHASE2 (LACS2) and FATTY ACID DESATURASE 3 (FAD3), the acyl‐CoA pool size and 18:3‐CoA levels were closely related to ERF‐VII‐mediated signaling and hypoxia tolerance. These findings demonstrate that polyunsaturation of long‐chain acyl‐CoAs functions as important mechanism in the regulation of plant hypoxia signaling, by modulating ACBP–ERF‐VII dynamics.
BES1 is a key transcription factor that antagonizes JA‐activated plant defense responses by directly suppressing the expression of defensing and GS biosynthesis genes in Arabidopsis.
PurposeThe boom in livestreaming commerce (LSC) has brought significant changes to social interaction methods. Understanding customer engagement in LSC is critical for online sellers who try to ...enhance the social influence and improve marketing effectiveness of LSC. Based on the stimulus–organism–response (S–O–R) paradigm, this study aims to develop a model to investigate the effects of perceived attributes of LSC (real-time interaction, perceived proximity and perceived authenticity) on social support (informational and emotional support) and subsequent engagement.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey is conducted to collect data from LSC customers, and data are analyzed using SPSS and SmartPLS.FindingsThe results indicate that informational and emotional support are positively affected by real-time interaction, perceived proximity and perceived authenticity. In turn, informational and emotional support enable and mediate the prediction of customer engagement intention in LSC.Originality/valuePrior LSC studies tend to focus on the motivation influencing LSC engagement from the perspective of perceived value. This study confirms the importance of perceived attributes of LSC in driving customer engagement from the perspective of social support.
Plant roots play a significant role in plant growth by exploiting soil resources via the uptake of water and nutrients. Root traits such as fine root diameter, specific root length, specific root ...area, root angle, and root length density are considered useful traits for improving plant productivity under drought conditions. Therefore, understanding interactions between roots and their surrounding soil environment is important, which can be improved through root phenotyping. With the advancement in technologies, many tools have been developed for root phenotyping. Canopy temperature depression (CTD) has been considered a good technique for field phenotyping of crops under drought and is used to estimate crop yield as well as root traits in relation to drought tolerance. Both laboratory and field-based methods for phenotyping root traits have been developed including soil sampling, mini-rhizotron, rhizotrons, thermography and non-soil techniques. Recently, a non-invasive approach of X-ray computed tomography (CT) has provided a break-through to study the root architecture in three dimensions (3-D). This review summarizes methods for root phenotyping. On the basis of this review, it can be concluded that root traits are useful characters to be included in future breeding programs and for selecting better cultivars to increase crop yield under water-limited environments.
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