Un ricordo di Romeo Schievenin

Ricordo di un filologo italiano. Analisi della sua produzione scientific

Algunos estudios sobre comunicación política en la época de Obama : una lectura sociológica

Este artículo examina algunos conceptos clave surgidos a consecuencia del incremento, constante y global, de la atención a la comunicación política. El primer concepto es storytelling, convertido en la base de una nueva visión narrativa sobre el liderazgo político y analizado en el homónimo libro de Christian Salman (Storytelling, 2007). El segundo es autobiography, considerado una potente herramienta tanto en la introducción del significado simbólico de una figura política como en la identificación de la imagen de una nación (por ejemplo las autobiografías de Obama). El tercer concepto es charisma, un término más bien ambiguo y crucial para entender la diferencia entre el poder "duro", "blando" e "inteligente", definidos por Nye (The Powers To Lead, 2008) y Castells (Communication Power, 2009). Mientras Nye sugiere que el carisma es el resultado del cruce entre las formas dura y blanda de ejercer la autoridad, Castells subraya la creciente relevancia de las relaciones entre el poder y la comunicación, cuyo resultado es un inestable balance entre las herramientas de los medios tradicionales y las nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación. Así pues, mientras que la televisión gira en torno al escándalo y el cotilleo, las redes sociales (y en general la web 2.0) proclaman una especie de autocomunicación de masas. En consecuencia, la pericia de los líderes a la hora de escoger el medio "adecuado" y el momento "adecuado" implican la comprensión del rol de la tecnología en la sociedad postmoderna.In the context of the considerable and global increase of public attention to political communication, the essay connects some keywords emerging from recent publications in the field. The first word is "storytelling", considered as source for a new narrative vision about political leadership, an analysis of which is provided by the evaluation of Christian Salman's book by the same title (Storytelling, 2007). The second word is "autobiography", viewed as a powerful tool to introduce the symbolic meaning of a political figure and to identify the image of a nation (such in the case of Obama and his autobiographical books). The third word is "charisma", a rather ambiguous term, crucial to understand the difference between hard, soft and smart power, as we find in Nye (The Powers To Lead, 2008) and Castells (Communication Power, 2009). While Nye suggests that charisma results from the interweaving of soft and hard authority forms, Castells underlines the increasingly relevant relationships between power and communication. The new situation is based on the unstable balance between broadcasting and on line tools. In particular, TV news run after scandals and gossip, while social networks (and in general all the new media web 2.0) announce a sort of self-mass-communication. Thus, the leaders' skill to use the "right" media at the "right" time necessarily implies comprehension of the role of technology in postmodern society

Impact of peripheral inflammation in the brain : new roles for the anti-inflammatory molecule Annexin A1

Growing evidence has shown that peripheral inflammation can trigger a central nervous system response, sometimes worsening pre-existing neurological conditions, breaking down the concept of brain as an immune-privileged organ. Understanding which components contribute to periphery-to-brain communication may help identify molecules exploitable for therapeutic intervention. Usually, inflammation is followed by resolution: one of the main effectors in this process during peripheral inflammation is Annexin A1, while its implications in the CNS are still unclear. This thesis provides evidence for a new face for the molecule: we observed a well-defined expression at blood brain barrier (BBB) at endothelial level and we detected, in vivo, significantly higher BBB permeability in the AnxA1 null mice due to disrupted inter-endothelial cell tight junctions, essentially as a consequence to changes in the actin cytoskeleton. Such changes are reminiscent of early MS pathology, a relationship confirmed by detecting a selective loss of ANXA1 in the plasma and cerebrovascular endothelium of MS patients. Under peripheral inflammatory conditions (i.p. lipopolysaccharide, LPS), in vivo data suggested an inherent sex difference in BBB response, while in vitro studies confirmed the protective action of sex hormone 17β-Estradiol on the endothelium through ANXA1 modulation. Within the CNS, we detected a constitutively higher microglial density and pro-inflammatory environment in the Anxa1 null mouse, which worsened upon peripheral inflammation. In a neurodegeneration model (6-hydroxydopamine), genotype-related differences in microglial invasion occurred, while subsequent peripheral inflammatory challenges synergised and caused worse dopaminergic neuronal loss only in the knock-out model. These original data unveil a novel functional paradigm for ANXA1 as a “translator” between peripheral immune system and CNS through novel pathways compared to its well-characterized peripheral role. In addition, this study opens up a novel path to find therapeutic applications against disorders characterized by central and peripheral inflammation

Virgilio a Cartagine (Note a Anth. Lat. 244 R.=237 Sh.B.)

pp. 40-46This paper offers a critical edition with commentary of the Virgilian thema, 24 hexameters contained in the Anthologia Latina, which draws inspiration from Verg. Aen. XII 653: Turne, in te suprema salus. This composition, along with the other two Virgilian remakes contained in the Salmasian book, reflects the scholarly practice of suasoria. Thanks to the rhetorical instruments employed, they give new interpretations of the Virgilian contexts of reference, without which they would be incomprehensible, and may represent exegetical forms alternative to those known by the surviving commentaries

Due schede su Marco Antonio Amalteo (1475-1558)

pp.95-100Attraverso l’analisi dell’epigramma celebrativo De Cynthio poeta e del Cynthii Cenetensis poetae Epitaphium, il saggio dimostra la fortuna e la grande considerazione in cui l’umanista Marco Antonio Amalteo era tenuto nell’ambiente degli eruditi veneto-friulani dell’epoca, grazie anche alla sua conoscenza degli autori antichi non limitata al canone dei classici, fino a includere autori di cui non esisteva ancora un’edizione completa a stampa.By analyzing the celebrative epigram De Cynthio poeta and the Cynthii Cenetensis poetae Epitaphium, the essay demonstrates the good fortune and the high reputation enjoyed by the humanist Marco Antonio Amalteo amongst the Venetian-Friulian scholars of the time, with his knowledge of the authors not limited to the ancient canon of the classics, but extended to authors whose texts were still unprinted

Una ipotesi di lettura

Il contributo contiene l’edizione critica, con traduzione italiana e un veloce commento di un testo contenuto nell’ Anthologia Latina: la Praefatio (in accordo con il suo titolo nel codex Salmasianus), un poemetto in prosa di tredici righe. Cristante esamina il registro poetico del brano e sostiene che la preferenza per un linguaggio sconosciuto e spesso criptico riveli che il testo è probabilmente concepito come un messaggio inviato, forse da un grammatico, a un circolo letterario di altri grammatici poeti.This paper is a critical edition with Italian translation and running commentary of a text contained in the Anthologia Latina: the Praefatio (according to its title in the codex Salmasianus), a prose poem of thirteen lines. Cristante investigates the poetic register of the piece and argues that the preference for an unfamiliar and often cryptic language reveals that the text is likely to have been conceived as a message, presumably by a grammarian, addressed to a literary circle of other grammarian poets