PRELIMINARY PHYSICAL , BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in PHYSIOTHERAPY

Language:

Italian

Moduls:

FISICA APPLICATA

2 credits
COMPUTER SCIENCE

2 credits
APPLIED BIOLOGY

1 credits
BIOCHEMISTRY WITH ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY

2 credits
STATISTICA MEDICA

2 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

108

Prerequisites:

none

AF code:

40004084

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 exam
Final assessment: multiple choice test.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

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
- Ability to perform spatial, temporal, and frequency measures;
- Ability to make tables and plots;
- Ability to perform a simple statistical analysis.
After successful completion of this Course, students must possess the basic concepts of the organization of a biological system. Furthermore he/she must possess knowledge of the mechanisms of evolution and natural selection, of the cellular theory and of the flow of biological information. The knowledge acquired during this course will allow the students to face the biological problems that he/she will meet during the following years of study.

Contents

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
DATA MANAGEMENT
Experimental and observational studies. Study design. Variables. Frequency distribution. Tables and graphs.
2. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Central tendency and variability indicators.
3. SAMPLING AND INFERENCE
1. The Kingdoms of Life. Introduction to the classification of living organisms.
2. Biological macromolecules: lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.
3. The cellular theory: Structure and function of procaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Structural and functional differences. Viruses.
4. The flow of biological information: Concept of gene. DNA replication; transcription and productionf of RNAs; translation and post-translational modification of proteins; Introduction to the mechanisms of regulation of gene expression.
5. Cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis.
6. The evolution of living organisms: introduction to the darwinian concept of evolution and natural selection.

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
-Daniel W. Biostatistica: concetti di base per l’analisi statistica delle scienze dell’area medico-sanitaria. EdiSES.
-Pagano M., Gauvreau K. .Biostatistica . Ed. Gnocchi.
-Lantieri P.B., Risso D., Ravera G. Elementi di Statistica Medica. The McGraw-Hill Companies, S.r.l.
-Jekel J.F., Katz D.L., Elmore J.G, Wild D.M.G. Epidemiologia, Biostatistica e Medicina Preventiva. Elsevier-Masson
Elementi di Biologia e Genetica. Bonaldo et al., 2013 edises
Elementi di biologia, Solomon. Edises
Biologia e genetica, Campbell. Pearson editore.
The slides and other materials used for lectures will be made available to the students on the online moodle platform.

Teaching Methods

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