PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND INFORMATICS SCIENCES

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

Moduls:

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPAEDEUTICS

4 credits
MEDICAL PHYSICS

2 credits
COMPUTER SCIENCE

1 credits
CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

3 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

120

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledges of Trigonometry, Algebra and Geometry.

AF code:

A000280

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

During the course the student will perform two written tests. The exam sessions during the academic year will expect an oral exam.
Final written and oral exam
Written test and oral examination. During the course two ongoing written tests, recommend but optional.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course provides the student with the principles of the science of molecules and their transformations. The student will describe the fundamental laws of matter and its transformations, will acquire knowledge of chemistry with an appropriate standard. It will be given a key to understanding the molecular structure and biological phenomena in order to understand the metabolic processes of the human body and the basic principles of metabolic and hormonal supplements metabolic adjustments, with extensive references to pathological situations. The student will also acquire the methodological bases of chemical-clinical analysis, and general information regarding the nutritional biochemistry.
The Laboratory of Chemistry aims to provide the student with the basic knowledge about the stoichiometry and
the concepts to solve the problems that may be encountered in the preparation of solutions.
The course aims to provide students with the tools of the scientific method, understanding and operational capabilities of the principles of classical physics.

Contents

Elements of inorganic chemistry: atoms and molecules, periodic system, links between atoms and molecules, states of matter, solutions
Chemical reactions
Organic chemistry: the structure of carbon hydrocarbons, functional groups, isomery
The water
electrolytes,
Buffers, buffer systems of the blood
water homeostasis
The amino acids and the peptide bond
The proteins and their various functions
Hemoglobin and oxygen transport
the enzymes
Bioenergetics and oxidative phosphorylation
Structure and metabolism of carbohydrates
Structure and lipid metabolism
Communication between cells and signal transduction
Metabolic effects of insulin and glucagon
Cycle Nutrition / fasting
Diabetes mellitus and obesity
Organization of a chemistry laboratory, laboratory glassware, solutions, expression of the solutions concentration, mass and volume percents, mole, molarity, normality, molality, preparation of solutions, diluition of solutions.
The experimental method. Measurement units and dimensions of physical quantities. Kinematics. Mechanics. Newton's laws, momentum, angular momentum, energy and work. Conservative and non-conservative forces. Conservation laws. Oscillations and waves. Fluid and gas: pressure, Stevin's law, Archimede's Force, Bernoulli's law. Ideal gas, kinetic theory of gases. Thermodynamics: thermal equilibrium, heat and energy, heat capacity, I and II law of thermodynamics, entropy. Basic Optics. Basic electromagnetic phenomena.

Recommended Bibliography

 John Pelley :PERCOSI INTEGRATI DI BIOCHIMICA, Elsevier
 Taddei: Chimica, Biochimica e Biologia applicata Zanichelli
• Miozzo : LE BASI BIOLOGICHE DELLA VITA, Elsevier
• Samaja-Paroni: CHIMICA E BIOCHIMICA, Piccin
• Materiale didattico fornito dal docente Donatella Ciucci, Fabrizia Toncelli, Stechiometria, Editore Zanichelli 2013
Carmine Rubino, Italo Venzaghi, Renato Cozzi, Stechio&Lab - Le basi dell'analisi chimica, Editore Zanichelli 2013
Serway & Jewett, Physics for Scientists & Engineers, Cengage Learning
Halliday, Resnick, and Krane. Physics.. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons

Teaching Methods

Lectures with computer media. Ongoing questions about various topics will be administered. These shall represent self-evaluation by the student, talking points and request of tutoring.
The professor is available to clarify doubts raised by the students and to carry out tutoring support for exam preparation
Classroom and laboratory exercises.
Solving problems on fundamental laws of physics.

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