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Using examples from village reconstruction programmes in rural China, we show that local cadres often prioritize project visibility over publicized policy goals. While central policies and the academic literature emphasized land reclamation or rural welfare, local cadres – and the projects they designed – tended instead to focus on projecting an image of urban, wealthy villagers. Where such image-driven behaviour is most deleterious to villagers, it can evince opposition. We observe that some areas avoid conflict by making these projects voluntary or adjusting projects to local conditions. However, we provide a case study of a village with strong village leadership, showing that contrary to recent claims that village cadres are increasingly impotent, some maintain the authority to override widespread objections from villagers. (China Q/GIGA)

Part 1: Theory: Innovation-based Practice. -Chapter 1: Demystify Sharing Economy -- Chapter 2: The Gene of Four Business Models -- Chapter 3: Issues of Economic Surplus to be Solved -- Chapter 4: On-demand Comes on the Heels of Sharing -- Part 2: Dragon is Seen in the Fields -- Chapter 5: Current Status and Problems of Sharing Economy -- Chapter 6: Urban Travel Sharing -- Chapter 7: Idle Housing Sharing -- Chapter 8: Glory and Dream of Fund Sharing -- Chapter 9: Ownership Surplus -- Chapter 10: Sharing Time Surplus: Playing Multiple Roles is in Vogue -- Part 3: Impact: Supply-side Reform -- Chapter 11: Increasing Supply -- Chapter 12: Boosting Demand -- Chapter 13: Employment Opportunities -- Chapter 14: Environmental Protection -- Part 4: Transformation: Marching towards the New Economy -- Chapter 15: Declaration of Sharism -- Chapter 16: New Economic Practice of Sharism -- Part 5: Governance: An Invisible Driving Force -- Chapter 17: China's Response.

Wollenberger, Ulla/0000-0002-7088-8928 ; WOS:000404532700001 ; Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have the potential to complement antibodies in bioanalysis, are more stable under harsh conditions, and are potentially cheaper to produce. However, the affinity and especially the selectivity of MIPs are in general lower than those of their biological pendants. Enzymes are useful tools for the preparation of MIPs for both low and high-molecular weight targets: As a green alternative to the well-established methods of chemical polymerization, enzyme-initiated polymerization has been introduced and the removal of protein templates by proteases has been successfully applied. Furthermore, MIPs have been coupled with enzymes in order to enhance the analytical performance of biomimetic sensors: Enzymes have been used in MIP-sensors as tracers for the generation and amplification of the measuring signal. In addition, enzymatic pretreatment of an analyte can extend the analyte spectrum and eliminate interferences. ; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the framework of the German Excellence Initiative UnicatGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [EXC 314]; ERA-Chemistry [61133]; Turkish-German University Scientific Research Projects Commission [2016BF0011]; European Union FP7 Marie Curie programme (CHEBANA)European Union (EU) [PITN-GA-2010-264772]; Regional Council of Picardy (BIOMIP project) ; The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the framework of the German Excellence Initiative Unicat (EXC 314), ERA-Chemistry (2014, 61133), and Turkish-German University Scientific Research Projects Commission under the Grant No. 2016BF0011 for financial support. KH and AFC acknowledge the European Union FP7 Marie Curie programme (CHEBANA, PITN-GA-2010-264772) and the Regional Council of Picardy (BIOMIP project) for funding.

Menglong Liu,1 Tengfei Liu,1 Xiaorong Zhang,1 Zhiwen Jian,2 Hesheng Xia,2 Jiacai Yang,1 Xiaohong Hu,1 Malcolm Xing,1,3 Gaoxing Luo,1 Jun Wu1,41Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, People's Republic of China; 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; 4Department of Burns, the First Affiliated Hospital, SunYat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of ChinaBackground: Designing a wound dressing that effectively prevents multi-drug-resistant bacterial infection and promotes angiogenesis and re-epithelialization is of great significance for wound management.Methods and results: In this study, a biocompatible composite membrane comprising biomimetic polydopamine-modified eggshell membrane nano/microfibres coated with KR-12 antimicrobial peptide and hyaluronic acid (HA) was developed in an eco-friendly manner. The physicochemical properties of the composite membrane were thoroughly characterized, and the results showed that the surface hydrophilicity and water absorption ability of the composite membrane were improved after the successive conjugation of the HA and the KR-12 peptide. Furthermore, the in vitrobiological results revealed that the composite membrane had excellent antibacterial activity against Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Gram-negative Escherichia coli, and it could prevent MRSA biofilm formation on its surface. Additionally, it promoted the proliferation of keratinocytes and human umbilical vein endothelial cells and increased the secretion of VEGF. Finally, an in vivo animal study indicated that the composite membrane could promote wound healing via accelerating angiogenesis and re-epithelialization, which were demonstrated by the enhanced expression of angiogenetic markers (CD31 and VEGF) and keratinocyte proliferation marker (PCNA), respectively.Conclusion: These results indicated that the composite membrane is a potential candidate of wound dressingsKeywords: antimicrobial peptides, hyaluronic acid, fibrous eggshell membrane, antibacterial activity, angiogenesis, re-epithelialization