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G. MINOIS, Il prete e il medico. Fra religione, scienza e coscienza, Bari, Edizioni Dedalo, 2016
No full textRecensione del testo di G. Minois, Il prete e il medico. Fra religione, scienza e coscienza, Bari, Edizioni Dedalo, 201
CD30, Th2 cytokines and HIV infection: a complex and fashinating link
No full textCD30 is a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)/nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor superfamily, and was originally described as a marker of Hodgkin's and Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkin's lymphoma. CD30 is preferentially expressed on CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell clones that produce T helper 2 (Th2)-type cytokines, and is also released in a soluble form by these cells. Elevated serum levels of soluble (s)CD30 have been found in some conditions in which a pathogenic role for Th2 cells has been suggested, such as atopy, Omenn's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, as well as following infection with measles virus or human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV). Here, Gianfranco Del Prete and colleagues suggest a complex and fascinating link between the expression and release of CD30, and the immunopathogenesis of HIV infection
Complete subcutaneous rupture of the patellar tendon: Epidemiological and treatment problems in athletes
No full textE. Verni, F. Catani, R. Beluzzi, G. Del Prete, L. Prosperi, and R. Buda: Complete subcutaneous rupture of the patellar tendon: epidemiological and treatment problems in athletes. J. Sports Traumatol. rel. res. 19: 38, 1997. An account is given of 14 cases of patellar tendon rupture observed in 10 years with a minimum follow-up of 18 months. All athletes were treated with the same surgical technique. In addition to providing temporary protection for the tendon suture, cerclage is a sound means of securing the correct position of the patella. The results show that resumption of sport is a more selective criterion than modem clinical and instrumental investigations. The common epidemiological denominator was eccentric pliometric power training. In the absence of controlled scientific data concerning this form of functional overuse, careful selection and periodic monitoring is required of athletes whose explosive force is to be increased through previous stretching of a muscle
La prospettiva antropologica nel pensiero e nella poesia di G. Leopardi
No full textRelatori: Antonio Prete, Nomadismo dello sguardo e pensiero dell’alterità. Sull’antropologia poetica di Leopardi; Pietro Clemente, Comparazioni immaginative: Leopardi preantropologo; Ernesto Miranda, Sulla natura degli uomini. Leopardi e l’antropologia filosofica; Gilberto Lonardi, Prima della scrittura: sublime del qualunque, sublime del lontano nel «Canto notturno»; Perle Abbrugiati, “Se ben vi si guardasse”. La critica leopardiana del pensiero a priori, tra filosofia e antropologia; Marco Moneta, “Dal bosco a civiltade”. Antropologia e storia in Leopardi; Alessandra Aloisi, Esperienza del sublime e dinamica del desiderio in Giacomo Leopardi; Gilda Policastro, “La ragion perché i morti ebber sotterra...”. Per un’antropologia dell’Ade; Jean-Charles Vegliante, L’altro, gli altri: umanità vicina e distante nei «Canti» fino a «Il risorgimento»; Emma Giammattei, Immagine antica, primo uomo, primissima lingua; Giulia Corsalini, Pianto e consolazione nella prima sepolcrale e nelle sue fonti; Joanna Ugniewska, L’uomo moderno e l’esperienza del mondo in base ai «Pensieri» e alle «Operette morali» di Leopardi; Nicola Feo, Il concetto di “società stretta”. Antropologia e politica in Leopardi; Andrea Malagamba, Seconda natura, seconda nascita.
L’ “assuefazione” nel pensiero antropologico di Leopardi; Rolando Damiani, L’antropologia perenne di Giacomo Leopardi; Stefano Gensini, Sulla componente antropologica del pensiero linguistico leopardiano; Andrea Campana, La figura di Adamo nell’opera leopardiana. Possibili intertestualità; Claudio Costa, Considerazioni antropologiche sui fenomeni di rima nei «Canti» e nella poesia popolare; Valerio Camarotto, L’invenzione dell’alfabeto e l’ “incivilimento”. Riflessione linguistica e antropologica comparata nello «Zibaldone»; Luigi Lombardi Satriani, Linguaggi del dolore e dell’amore nello «Zibaldone»; Novella Bellucci, Per un contributo alla definizione del modello leopardiano di “magnanimo”; Paolo Zublena, L’infinito qui. Deissi spaziale e antropologia dello spazio nella poesia di Leopardi; Rosalba Galvagno, Leopardi e la funzione del suono nell’aspirazione umana all’ “infinito”; Stefania Nociti, Leopardi e la funzione del suono nell’aspirazione umana all’ “infinito”; Pantaleo Palmieri, La gloria letteraria tra “forza di illusione” e “godimento nel mondo e nella società”; Giulio Ferroni, Rimediare alla civiltà: antropologia ed ecologia; Sebastian Neumeister, L’antropologia della compassione in Leopardi; Massimo Natale, Immaginare il lontano. Leopardi e i popoli extraeuropei: letture e percorsi; Marco Balzano, Memorie della «Crònica del Perù» di Pedro de Cieza in Leopardi; Elisabetta Brozzi, I demoni di Leopardi; Michael Caesar, Sul corpo di Leopardi; Gaspare Polizzi, La scoperta del “meglio non esser nati” nelle letture del primo soggiorno romano; Stefano Biancu, Il corpo e la poesia: Leopardi critico; Anna Clara Bova, Leopardi e la zoonomia di Erasmo Darwin; Raoul Bruni, Natura e storia: tra Leopardi e Emerso
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No full textClinical correlates of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-G in systemic sclerosis
No full textHuman leucocyte antigen (HLA)-G has a tolerogenic function and could play a role in the pathogenesis of immune-mediated diseases, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). The aim of this study was to evaluate HLA-G serum expression (sHLA-G) and the HLA-G gene 14 base pairs (bp) insertion/deletion (del(-)/del(+)) polymorphism in patients with Ssc, to search for possible associations with clinical and laboratory variables. sHLA-G was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in sera from 77 patients with SSc and 32 healthy donors (HD); the 14 bp del(-)/del(+) polymorphism was evaluated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) genomic DNA. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis identified the HLA-G cut-off that best discriminated dichotomized clinical and serological variables, that was subsequently employed to subdivide SSc patients into HLA-G high (HLA-G(+)) and low (HLA-G(-)) profile groups. sHLA-G were not statistically different between SSc patients and HD, nor between distinct SSc autoantibody subsets. Subdividing SSc patients by HLA-G positivity or negativity yielded significant differences for the modified Rodnan skin score (mRss) (P = 0.032), 'general' (P = 0.031) and 'kidney' (P = 0.028) Medsger severity scores (MSS) and disease activity index, and especially Δ heart/lung (P = 0.005). A worse 'general' MSS (P = 0.002) and Δ heart/lung (P = 0.011) were more frequent in the low sHLA-G group. These two variables and mRss were associated with sHLA-G levels at logistic regression analysis. Treatment had no influence on sHLA-G. Moreover, a higher frequency of scleredema was detected in the del(+)/del(+) than the del(-)/del(+) group (P = 0.04). These data suggest modulatory effects of sHLA-G on SSc. Prospective studies are needed to investigate a role in predicting the disease course.
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Un regard sociologique sur la biopolitique des maladies émergentes et ré-émergentes
No full textPublié : Barbier M., Prete G., 2010. Un regard sociologique sur la biopolitique des maladies émergentes et ré-émergentes. In Barnouin J., Sache I.,Les maladies émergentes chez les plantes, les animaux et l’homme: strategies et methods d’analyse épidémiologique. Paris Edition QUAENational audienc
The Dominant Rationality of Local Stakeholder Networks: The Case of a Southern Italian Province
No full textThis study examines the level of interconnectedness and the relational power of stakeholders operating in four local territorial systems (LTSs) localized in a southern Italian province. Such an analysis allows for the determination of the dominant rationality of each LTS, i.e. the pattern of distribution of decision-making power among its stakeholders and hence the extent to which each of them is capable of influencing local governance processes. In all four LTS, public institutions are revealed to be endowed with higher relational power than the other stakeholders. The dominant rationality of each LTS and policy implications deriving from results are discussed
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