Religious Tastes and Styles as Markers of Class Belonging: A Bourdieuian Perspective on Pentecostalism in South America

Studies on the relationship between social class and religion tend to highlight the demographic dimension of class, but neglect its symbolic dimension. By addressing the symbolic dimensions through a Bourdieuian approach, this article contends that religious tastes and styles can be employed as class markers within the sphere of religion. A case study on Argentinean Pentecostalism and in-depth analysis of a lower and middle class church illustrate how symbolic class differences are cultivated in the form of distinctive religious styles. While the lower class church displays a style marked by emotional expressiveness and the search for life improvement through spiritual practices, the middle class church performs a sober and calm style of Pentecostalism. The study highlights the role of styles in the reproduction of class boundaries, while shedding a critical light on the importance of tastes

Synthesis, DNA-damaging and cytotoxic properties of novel topoisomerase II-directed bisantrene analogues

New bisantrene analogues were synthesized, bearing one or two 4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl hydrazone side chains at positions 1,4 or 9 of the anthracene ring system. A 10-azabioisostere was also prepared. The position of substituents in structurally isomeric drugs modulates topoisomerase II poisoning and specificity, along with cytotoxicity

Influenza vaccination in HIV-infected subjects

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Annual influenza vaccination in the elderly: evaluation of the serological response after one and two doses

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Evaluation of Safety, Tolerability and immunogenicity of 6 licensed Influenza vaccines.

The European Community Guidelines 89/342 and 89/381 1 , define the procedures for production and control of influenza vaccines. These include tolerability and immunogenicity clinical studies to be conducted before marketing distribution. Three of these studies, carried out in Siena, Genoa and Chieti (Italy), are reported here. Six hundred and fourteen volunteers completed the study. Vaccines were randomly divided into four groups. Adults aged 18 to 60 years and elderly over 60 years old received either whole virus vaccine or subunit vaccine. All medical events were monitored for evidence of adverse reactions, especially during the first 7 days after immunization. Antibody assay was performed through single radial haemolysis (SRH). On the basis of our results we can conclude that: – the incidence of reactions was significantly lower in subjects over 60 years old than in subjects aged 18 to 60 for the whole virus vaccine; – subunit vaccine was well tolerated in both age groups and is significantly better tolerated than the whole virus one, in subjects aged 18 to 60, particularly for local reactions; – whole and subunit vaccines are both well tolerated by subjects over 60; – no significant differences were noted in the immunogenicity of subunit vaccine and whole virus vaccine except for H1N1 strain in the younger age group where the subunit vaccine was significantly more immunogenic; – the antibody response was significantly better in young adults (i.e., < 30 years of age)