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Mitologije Arberesev
No full textIn this article Emilio Cocco investigates the reasons why it should be important to write of the contemporary political mythology of the Arbereshe, an old Albanian minority that settled in Southern Italy from the 16th century onwards. Emilio Cocco assumes that some good reasons can be found in the political situation concerning Albania, Italy and broadly speaking the whole regional stability. Although the importance of such a tiny ethnic community could be consideed residual, the author suggests that on the contrary a reflection on Arbereshe mythological self-representation should be endorsed, especially nowadays. In fact, Emilio Cocco thinks that from little occurences and smal phenomena it might be possibile to better understand larger problems. Even though, for many observers could not be easy to see the link between the populr imagination in some scattered villages and international security problems. Conversely, it is exactly when the outburst of violence, troubles and illegal activities affects straightaway the stability and the security prospects of the area that more unseen and marginal- though important – issues run the risk to be let apart. The Arbereshe are barely recognised within contemporary Italy and subsist as one of the most neglected community from a political point of view. On the contrary, other sub-alpine national minorities are largely granted and manage to play important roles into the internal and foreigh affairs. AS a matter of fact, while the French, German and Slovenia minorities got a special status within autonomous regions of the Italian Republic, the Arbereshe did not. The link with Albania is just fanciful and emotional, inscribed in people imagination but never really legitimised politically. Accordingly, Emilio Cocco attempts to investigate the significance of the 15th century overseas memories in the making of the Arbereshe identity. Moreover, he tries to highlight the nature of the Italo-Albanian bond constituted by the special Arbereshe experience. In other words, the point he makes is that the alleged descendants of the Skanderbeg would bear a double identity and their mythological make-up would work for a supra-national political identity, which is summed up by the sentence “Two Hearts, One country” and is symbolised by the image of Skanderbeg itself. The article is divided in three main parts: in the first one Emilio Cocco analyses some important pieces of work of the modern Arbereshe intellectual elite. In the second one, he considers the political present day implications of the famous epic of Skanderbeg. Finally, in the third part, Cocco illustrate show concretely the double-identity pattern keeps on projecting the Arbereshe community outside a single national framework. [...
L'analisi S.W.O.T.
No full textThis chapter is part of the methodological section of a scientific report issued after an exstensive fieldwork took place in the province of Teramo. The goal of the research has been to evaluate the state of the social services in the Province of Teramo and was carried out by a research group made of selected researchers belinging to the department of social Theories and Policies of Social Development of the University of Teramo. The chapter wrote by Emilio Cocco discusses the technique of the S.W.O.T. analysis as a tool to apply to the data collected in the present research work. The author describes how the SOWT technique was created and its first applications in the thoery of organisation and in political economy. Then, Emilio Cocco discusses the sociological implications of such a technique and the potentialities of its use for the treatement of complex set of data, which included both statistics and interviews. Some examples of the SOWT analysis and guidelines for a proper use are provided too. [...
Advances in Enzyme Regulation
No full textThis internationally acclaimed series, directed by Lucio Cocco since 2005 and created in 1063 by George Weber, who is now the Honorary Editor, reports progress at the cutting edge in the strategic area of regulation at the molecular level. In an integrated presentation of original papers, leading scientists, Nobel Prize winners and other outstanding experts from many countries review the best research produced each year and evaluate what is newest and what promises to be the most important in clinical and basic investigations. The volumes serve as guideposts and beacons for investigators in planning research and teaching students in basic and clinical fields of endeavour. These books advance the general front of studies on metabolic regulation and the understanding of the molecular biology of control of gene expression by hormones, drugs and growth factors in cancer cells and in clinical situations of diabetes, inborn errors of metabolism and neoplasia.
Review by Clinical Oncology: "Careful consideration and planning have been invested in the crafting of this volume, and George Weber and Lucio Cocco, may feel well satisfied with the final result ...... the book succeeds in its aim to be a source of information and inspiration, and a laboratory and teaching companion.
La Croazia si riscopre balcanica
No full textThe article represents one of the few and probably more detailed sociological and geopolitical analysis of the Croatian post-communist transtition in Italian language. It discussed the main issues and topics that shaped the public dbate of Croatia since the collapse of Yugoslavia. Emilio Cocco, the author, backs his arguments with references to political discourses, national symbolism, statistic, historiography and opinion leaders assessments. Nonetheless, the text is intended for a multidisciplinary audience and maintains a smooth style. Emilio Cocco main argument is that the nature of post-communist Croatian transition is paradoxical. On one hand , the efforts of the new Croatian national political and cultural elite were oriented towards the establishment of a European, Western and anti-Balkan national identity. On the other one, the same strategy eventually led to a somehow fratricide war, regional frictions, international isolation, cultural depression and human rights violations. To discuss his thesis, Emilio Cocco takes into consideration some crucial issues. Firstly, the problems deriving from the economic transition to market economy and the contested privatization process along nationalist lines, which was intended to create a politically loyal national middle class. Secondly, the quasi-totalitarian role of the HDZ, the major political party, which acted as a natural and necessary intermediary between the state and the people. By claiming the legitimacy to represent the only real interest of the Croats and of the Croatian state, the role of the HDZ was ambivalent and often authoritarian. Thirdly, the process of cultural separation and political deconciliation from the Serbs and from Yugoslavia. This process meant a differentiated set of politically oriented decisions in different cultural fields, from language policies, to education, cinema and arts. As a result, the new national elite promoted in the 1990s a politically approved way to be a Croat. And, eventually, the investment on ethnic policies that were intended to draw the borders of croat-ness had a negative impact at the territorial level, where regional and local differences became more relevants. As a conclusion, Emilio Cocco assumes that the end of the homeland war, the regional stabilisation and the EU integration process would lead to a progressive democratization and de-balkanisation of Croatia. Nonethelss, the way Croatian state has been founded won’t change and some political mythologies will be there in the future too. Therefore, the pacification of Croatia with Europe and the International Community would not necessary bring a similar step with the Balkan neighbours
Trasduzione del segnale nel nucleo: interazioni tra i secondi messaggeri generati dal ciclo degli inositidi e chinasi proteiche.
No full textProgetto biennale. Cofinanziamento MIUR pari a 224.000 EURO
Durante la stesura di questo progetto di ricerca, i responsabili delle singole unità hanno ben avuto in mente una frase di una review di R.F. Irvine (Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2003,4:349-360): “If we look at how phospholipids and their signalling and regulatory functions are now appreciated as being central to almost every aspect of cell biology, it could be that a similar revolution in attitude to nuclear lipids might now be due. If this review does no more than to hasten that revolution, it will have served its purpose well”. In effetti sembra che la review di Irvine abbia raggiunto il suo scopo nella comunità scientifica internazionale, infatti dal 6 all’11 febbraio 2005 si è tenuta, diretta da L. Cocco e D. Raben la nuova Gordon Conference SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION WITHIN THE NUCLEUS, particolarmente focalizzata sul signalling inositide-dipendente. Lo scopo che noi ci prefiggiamo, partendo proprio da quanto discusso in quella conferenza, è quello di fornire un quadro il più possibile dettagliato e definitivo delle interazioni che ristabiliscono nel nucleo tra i messaggeri secondari generati dall’idrolisi dei polifosfoinositidi e chinasi proteiche
Nazionalismo e astensionismo nella ex Jugoslavia
No full textEmilio Cocco presents in this chapter an analysis of the relations between the phenomenon of astensionism and the one of nationalism. Particularly, the author shed light on the way astensionism has favoured the electoral victory of right-wing and nationalist oriented parties throughout former Yugoslavia at the turn of the 21st century. Moreover, Emilio Cocco aism to establish a connection between the electoral strenght of the nationalist parties in former Yugoslavia and the empowerment of right-wing parties wihin the EU. The thesis suggested is that the weakening of the EU idea and the revival of ethnic, national or regional exclusivist ideas in Western Europe has had an impact on the local electoral arena of post-Yugosalv countries. Also, the lack of appeal of a non-nationalist approach and the contemporary growth of euro-skeptical orientation in the regional constituencies set the stage for a stronger stance of nationalism. The author takes into consideration political discourses and electoral data of different countries in Western Europe and former Yugoslavia, with special regards to the case of Croatia. Here, the analysis is more deep and Emilio Cocco approaches the most important features of the post-Tudjman political debate. First of all the thesis about the defensive carachter of the homeland war and the impossibility for Croatian citizens to be judged by any foregin or international tribunal. This thesis has been cherished by the right wing opinion and has animated a wide transversal nationalist front, which took antagonist stances in front of the EU and the International Community. Concretely, the electoral campagin that led to electoral success the nationalis parties in Croatia revolved around issues such as the one of the «indicted Generals» like Gotovina, Bobetko or Norac. The case of the «Generals» demonstrates how to stirr up nationalist feelings for electoral reasons is eventually detrimental to the international relations of the country itself. Accordingly, the author discusses the implication of the Tudjman's defensive doctrine for the present day realtions of Croatia with countries such as USA, UK and other EU countries
Space and Identities at the South Eastern European Frontier
No full textIn this chapter, which is part of a larger collection on the issues of sustainable tourism and transport development in the Adriatic-Ionian region, Emilio Cocco discusses the notion of “frontier” with regards to the Adriatic-Ionian space. The concept of frontier is consider both for its ecological and social implication; thus, like all geo-morphological diversities, also the ones included in the notion of frontier are not just geographical phenomena but do mark symbolic differences and engender identity-making processes. The discussion starts with the critical reassessment of the 19th century natural borders theory, whereby the idea of natural border was interpreted as a metaphisical and predestined ideal to conquer and achieve, thus prolonging the illusion of a true natural order.
Differently, from a sociological point of view, the author points out that the course of nature performs the function of support for cognitive social conventions. And these conventions, in turn, operate a a symbolic and mythical level, mainly bringing about implications for the settlement of the social order. In thsi perspective, which owns mostly to the revised functionalist framework of the anthropologist Mary Douglas, the symbolistation of the space is just one of the means to establish social unity and not necessarily the expression of the unity itself. And a realisation of a territorial order within certain geographical limits can only occur through a symbolic reiteration of their “naturalness”, as suggested by Marc Augé. For that reason, Emilio Cocco, addresses the problem of the troubled relations between territoy and society in Socuth-Eastern Europe by referring to the notions of spatiality (J. Agnew) and territoriality (Tuathail, Luke), which are important to disintangle the concepts of space and territory. Thus, these reflections are reversed into a concept of frontier that should work conceptually to explain the many typical conflicts of South Eastern Europe, where interactions between space, territory and identity are carachterised by frequent reference to the defence/preservation of a social identity. Consequently, Emilio Cocco articulates his discussion of the notion of frontier applied to the South Eastern European context by analysing and comparing a number of theoretical scholary work. Eventually, he makes an attempt to sketch out the dynamics of exlcusion and inclusion acording to the paradigm of cultural frontier. Eventually, he suggests that the notion of frontier could work both as a scholary and as a policy tool to challenge the problems of social conflict in South Eastern Europe
Cellule staminali tumorali: vie di trasduzione del segnale quali bersagli di potenziali terapie
No full textLucio Cocco è Cooresponsabile Nazionale di questo Progetto di Ricerca che ha lo scopo di consentire a diversi Gruppi di ricerca, da anni impegnati nello studio dei meccanismi di trasduzione del segnale che modulano proliferazione e differenziamento di popolazioni staminali che, a seguito di mutazioni, danno origine a vari tipi di tumori, sia emopoietici che solidi, di concorrere alla messa a punto di strategie terapeutiche basate sull’impiego di specifici inibitori di vie di trasduzione del segnale.
In particolare i gruppi di ricerca si caratterizzano per la loro multidisciplinarietà, che ha però come elemento comune lo studio delle vie di trasduzione del segnale che portano alla generazione, crescita, autorinnovamento e differenziamento delle cellule staminali.
Questo Progetto di Ricerca contribuirà alla comprensione dei meccanismi molecolari che, tramite specifiche vie di trasduzione dei segnali, inducono il mantenimento delle capacità proliferative di cellule staminali a fenotipo maligno nelle leucemia acuta linfoblastica-T, nelle sindromi mielodisplastiche, nella leucemia mieloide acuta, nei tumori mammari, e negli osteosarcomi. L’identificazione di tali bersagli molecolari per specifici inibitori degli effettori delle vie di traduzione del segnale coinvolti costituisce parte integrante di questo progetto e costituisce l'obiettivo primario che si intende raggiungere, allo scopo di ottimizzare l'uso terapeutico delle cellule staminali
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