X. Lin

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reveal the underlying mechanisms that drive young adults’ participation in micro-charity.Design/methodology/approachA case study, which formed a large online ethnographic project, was conducted in which the twin methods of participatory observation and in-depth interviews were used to access the experience of a selected group (n= 60) of college students.FindingsThe present paper identifies that young adults’ participation in micro-charity is mainly driven by three underlying mechanisms: the formation of a powerful environment for the distribution of awareness of obligation, creation of trust towards others in distant or weak ties and symbolic construction of collective identity with a shared commitment.Originality/valueThis paper is an exploratory work which sheds new light on charity or other social entrepreneurship development in the social media era. Specifically, the connectivity of social media and the pre-existing relationships may work well together and lead to many positive outputs, including distributing awareness of social obligation, instilling social trust and strengthening social coherence.

Copyright © 2014, Lin et al.Circadian clocks serve as internal pacemakers that influence many basic homeostatic processes; consequently, the expression and function of their components are tightly regulated by intricate networks of feedback loops that fine-tune circadian processes. Our knowledge of these components and pathways is far from exhaustive. In recent decades, the nuclear envelope has emerged as a global gene regulatory machine, although its role in circadian regulation has not been explored. We report that transcription of the core clock component BMAL1 is positively modulated by the inner nuclear membrane protein MAN1, which directly binds the BMAL1 promoter and enhances its transcription. Our results establish a novel connection between the nuclear periphery and circadian rhythmicity, therefore bridging two global regulatory systems that modulate all aspects of bodily functions.

Written collaboratively by two undergraduate students and one professor, this article explores what it would mean to teach existentialism “existentially.” We conducted a survey of how Existentialism is currently taught in universities across North America, concluding that, while existentialism courses tend to resemble other undergraduate philosophy courses, existentialist texts challenge us to rethink conventional teaching practices. Looking to thinkers like Kierkegaard, Beauvoir and Arendt for insights into the nature of pedagogy, as well as recent work by Gert Biesta, we lay out the four qualities that we propose characterize “existentialist” teaching practices: an emphasis on teaching over learning and on the “how” over the what; the cultivation of newness as well as capacities for resistance. Reflecting on the significance of existentialism for classroom dynamics, we conclude by examining the tensions between existentialist commitments to freedom and prevailing trends in higher education. This essay raises questions about the emancipatory potential of existentialist philosophies, especially in the context of undergraduate classrooms.

Symbols and symbol systems are rooted in the social principles among the ear skin with disabilities this orientation, opened his semiotic theory. In the European tradition, Saussure will also be the symbol of life to research into the social life, and this together with leather ears who is considered the founder of modern semiotics. This article first scientist in the symbol Ai Kou for both reflection, to discuss the language of symbols and structural social convention, and Ai Kou made ​​the field of semiotics, which is when the nature of further as a fundamental principle of scientific culture. Second, these development-oriented thinking, in this paper but also with the development of sociology has a logical link with comparison. Relative to the sociology of language in the discussion of symbols, semiotics has its own methodological orientation, and for language features and classification symbol itself, there is a clearer explanation. Symbols and symbol systems as a basis of sociological principles was first revealed in CS Pierce's theory of semiotics. F. de Saussure has also incorporated semiotics in his studies of traditional European society. Thus, he along with Pierce are considered the founders of modern symbology. This article intends to initially use the semiologist U. Eco 's reflections on the above two pioneers in discussing sociological language symbol's conventions and structure. I would especially like to examine how we could employ Eco's "realm of semotics" in advancing a basis for a "scientific culture. "Secondly, this art ide would like to examine the logical link between semiotics and sociology and make a comparison. I will also discuss the relevance of language symbols in the above sociological theories. Semiotics has its own metho dologies, this article would like to explain a bit clearly the special characteristics of semiotics and its differences with language symbols

Marx's concept of production is not only in the sense of understanding of historical materialism, but should be placed in the entire history of Western philosophy to dialysis. The theory of commodity fetishism by the specific analysis, we believe that the duality of Marx's labor theory of sublimation of Kant's thing-in theory, the relations of production areas to expose the history of Western philosophy is the pursuit of the illusion of certainty of abstract identity, revealing the dialectic essence of the historical circumstances and human relations. Relations of production within the context of a critical attitude towards both the change in the basic formulation of the question of philosophy, but also reshape the basic position of philosophy, history of philosophy to achieve great change. Marx's category of mode of production should not only be interpreted in sense of historical materialism but also be melted into the integration of western philosophy history. By the concrete analyzing on Marx's theory of commodity fetishism, we come to the conclusion that not only was the theory of duality of labor as sublimation on Kant's theory of object in itself, but also Marx's category of relationship of production uncovered the abstract identity vision in which western philosophy have been in pursuit of the certitude from Enlightenment on, furthermore revealed the relation between core spirit of dialectic and human being 'historical circumstances. The critical attitude rooted into the theory of mode of production has changed the question mode as remolded the basic standpoint of philosophy and achieved the great transformation in philosophy history

Back in the 1940s, Feng Qi from the perspective of political science, will be regarded as middle class liberal ideology, and stressed liberalism and individualism, collectivism opposition. After 1949, Feng Qi has the freedom to accept the Marxist theory, that human freedom is the recognition of necessity. Since the late 1980s, Feng Qi, said the liberal theory of integration with the wisdom, established a philosophy of individual freedom of the rich theoretical system. In as early as the 1940s, Feng Qi regarded liberalism as the ideology of the middle social stratum and proposed that liberalism is in opposition to individualism and collectivism. After 1949, Feng Qi accepted the Marxist theory of freedom, and pointed out that freedom lies in the recognition of necessity. After the late eighties, Feng Qi integrated the freedom theory and the wisdom theory, and established a theoretical system of freedom which is distinctively of his own

As a typical ideology of civil society, Hegel has two moods and general physical and chemical idealism and sense of capitalism, making it the dominant concept of fetishism and capital fetishism hidden metaphysical evil fit. Hegel, Marx beyond not only carried out in a heavy mood, must also oppose the general sense of idealism and materialized, we must oppose the concept of fetishism, but also a thorough critique of the capitalist mode of production. Thus, Hegel, Marx beyond is a comprehensive, profound, beyond the totality. Necessary to go beyond the philosophy, but also go beyond the civil society, the fundamental nature of Marxist theory is to change the world

As the "'54 'births, Lu Yin's life story full of twists and turns of moving. She is the first history of modern Chinese literature, the transition from traditional society to the Fourth New era of the knowledge of women. As a new era of women, Lu Yin depicts in his work and thinking of women in a variety of difficulties. Described by many women in her image, the prevalence of Lu Yin particularly fond of writing the female body and its various related heart / spirit. Those suffering from pain and suffering of women, showing a rich body of writing, involving many metaphors in the writing and interpretation of the text to provide a lot of reading space. Lu Yin women ill engraved, can be said to constitute the "May Fourth" women's literature in the most mournful painful, and it is most noteworthy phenomenon and women's literature written in the body construction. Lu Yin, as a newborn writer of the May-fourth Movement with a tortuous life and moving stories, was one of the earliest knowledgeable females from the traditional society to the May-fourth new era in China modem literature history. She described various troubles of the females in her works and she specially liked to write the features of the ill females' bodies, spirit and mind actions which provide many possibilities for interpreting. Lu Yin's sickly body describing was the most miserable body writing phenomena in the female literature during May- fourth period and should be taken the most seriously

Social networking sites have challenged ethical issues about users’ information security and privacy. SNS users are concerned about their privacy and need to control the information they share and its use. This paper examines the security of SNS by taking a look at the influence of users’ perceived control of information over their information-sharing behaviors. Employing an empirical study, this paper demonstrates the importance of perceived control in SNS users’ information-sharing behaviors. Specifically, perceived control has been found to be negatively related to perceived privacy risk and attitude toward information sharing, which in turn has an impact on their information-sharing behaviors. In addition, gender has been shown to be an important factor that moderates the influences of both perceived control and perceived privacy risk on SNS users’ attitudes toward information sharing. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

The subject of metaphysics and traditional logic of confrontation is the subject of alienation - the object opposing the inevitable consequences of the theory, the tension between the two depends on the maintenance of the spirit of the times since the Enlightenment, that is the subject of support for the abstract. Once the main body of the abstract is dissolved, the main myth was exposed, the alienation of the natural transgression of ontological existence. Only out of Marx's historical dialectic to the main body of subject-object dichotomy of alienation logic of confrontation with the traditional paradox. In the "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844", Marx has been the traditional logic of alienation made ​​the initial breakthrough. The antinomy between the traditional theory of alienation and the metaphysics of subjectivity is the inevitable theoretic aftermath rooted into the dichotomy of subject-object, whose tension depends on the pure subjectivity-so called the spirit of time that initiated from the era of enlightenment. Once the pure subjectivity was cleared up and the myth of subject was exposed, the alienation must arrogate the reality. Only ground on the historical creation and transcendent of the capitalism mode of production exposed by Marx can we walk out the paradox of the dichotomy of subject- object

Marx's concept of production is not only in the sense of understanding of historical materialism, but should be placed in the entire history of Western philosophy to dialysis. The theory of commodity fetishism by the specific analysis, we believe that the duality of Marx's labor theory of sublimation of Kant's thing-in theory, the relations of production areas to expose the history of Western philosophy is the pursuit of the illusion of certainty of abstract identity, revealing the dialectic essence of the historical circumstances and human relations. Relations of production within the context of a critical attitude towards both the change in the basic formulation of the question of philosophy, but also reshape the basic position of philosophy, history of philosophy to achieve great change. Marx's category of mode of production should not only be interpreted in sense of historical materialism but also be melted into the integration of western philosophy history. By the concrete analyzing on Marx's theory of commodity fetishism, we come to the conclusion that not only was the theory of duality of labor as sublimation on Kant's theory of object in itself, but also Marx's category of relationship of production uncovered the abstract identity vision in which western philosophy have been in pursuit of the certitude from Enlightenment on, furthermore revealed the relation between core spirit of dialectic and human being 'historical circumstances. The critical attitude rooted into the theory of mode of production has changed the question mode as remolded the basic standpoint of philosophy and achieved the great transformation in philosophy history.

Most observers of the Chinese consumer market have seen its linear evolution from a traditional culture toward a more Westernized consumer society during the country's three-decade experimentation of the free market. Recent development, however, shows a cultural renaissance in China wherein Chinese people have increasingly demanded their traditional culture components to be part of their consumption experience, coinciding with China's re-emergence as a country of economic and political power. We identify this shift, explore its causes, and discuss its managerial and theoretical implications