Physics, statistics and information technology
(objectives)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: The course intends to provide students with the basic knowledge to understand the essential role of Information Technology (IT) in our society, and specifically in the context of health-related technical professions. DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS: The course intends to provide students with the basic knowledge to understand the role of Information Systems and their lifecycle, specifically focusing on database management systems. MEDICAL STATISTICS: The Medical Statistics course aims to introduce students to the logic of statistical thinking and its application in everyday life. The exposition of the topics will be oriented towards concrete problems of analysis and research, starting from schematic examples and then confronting real situations taken from the medical literature. PHYSICS: Aim of the course of Medical Physics within the integrated course of Physics, statistics and information technology is to provide students with knowledge on the fundamentals of applied physics necessary to the performance of their future activity. In particular, the comprehension of physical principles at the base of medical physics and of functioning of medical instrumentation will be addressed. At the end of the course, the students will know the fundamental concepts of application of the Scientific Method to the study of biomedical phenomena (choice and measure of parameters, evaluation of errors), they will be able to describe physical phenomena of complex systems using suitable mathematical tools, they will know the scientific basis of medical procedures and principles of functioning of the equipment commonly used for diagnostics and therapeutics.
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Code
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90096 |
Language
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Module: APPLIED PHYSICS
(objectives)
Aim of the course of Medical Physics within the integrated course of Physics, statistics and information technology is to provide students with knowledge on the fundamentals of applied physics necessary to the performance of their future activity. In particular, the comprehension of physical principles at the base of medical physics and of functioning of medical instrumentation will be addressed. At the end of the course, the students will know the fundamental concepts of application of the Scientific Method to the study of biomedical phenomena (choice and measure of parameters, evaluation of errors), they will be able to describe physical phenomena of complex systems using suitable mathematical tools, they will know the scientific basis of medical procedures and principles of functioning of the equipment commonly used for diagnostics and therapeutics.
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Language
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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FIS/07
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Basic compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Indovina Iole
(syllabus)
Mechanics
Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating
1.4: Measurement and Uncertainty; Significant Figures 1.5: Units, Standards, and SI Units 1.6: Converting Units 1.8: Dimensions and Dimensional Analysis
Chapter 2: Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension
2.1: References Frames and Displacement 2.2: Average Velocity 2.3: Instantaneous Velocity 2.4: Acceleration 2.5: Motion at Constant Acceleration
Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors
3.1: Vectors and Scalars 3.2: Addition of Vectors-Graphical Methods 3.3: Subtraction of Vectors and Multiplication of a Vector by a Scalar 3.4: Adding Vectors by Components
Chapter 4: Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion 4.1: Force 4.2: Newton's First Law of Motion 4.3: Mass 4.4: Newton's Second Law of Motion 4.5: Newton's Third Law of Motion 4.6: Weight-The Force of Gravity; and the Normal Force 4.7: Solving Problems with Newton's Laws: Free-Body Diagrams 4.8: Problems Involving Friction, Inclines 4.9: Problem Solving-A General Approach
Chapter 5: Circular Motion; Gravitation
5.1: Kinematics of Uniform Circular Motion 5.2: Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion 5.6: Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Chapter 6: Work and Energy
6.1: Work Done by a Constant Force 6.3: Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Principle 6.4: Potential Energy 6.5: Conservative and Nonconservative Forces 6.6: Mechanical Energy and its Conservation 6.7: Problem Solving Using Conservation of Mechanical Energy 6.8: Other Forms of Energy: Energy Transformations and the Law of Conservation of Energy 6.10: Power
Chapter 7: Linear Momentum
7.1: Momentum and Its Relation to Force 7.2: Conservation of Momentum 7.8: Center of Mass (CM) 7.10: Center of Mass and Translational Motion
Chapter 9: Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
9.1: The Conditions for Equilibrium 9.2: Solving Statics Problems 9.3: Applications to Muscles and Joints 9.4: Stability and Balance 9.5: Elasticity; Stress and Strain 9.6: Fracture
Chapter 14: Heat
14.1 Heat as Energy Transfer 14.2 Internal Energy 14.3: Specific Heat 14.4: Calorimetry 14.5: Latent Heat 14.6: Heat Transfer: Conduction
Fluids
Chapter 10: Fluids
10.1: Phases of Matter 10.2: Density and Specific Gravity 10.3: Pressure in Fluids 10.4: Atmospheric Pressure Gauge Pressure 10.5: Pascal's Principle 10.6: Measurement of Pressure; Gauges and the Barometer 10.7: Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle
Vibrations and Waves
Chapter 11: Vibrations and Waves
11.7: Wave Motion 11.8: Types of Waves: Transverse and Longitudinal 11.9: Energy Transported by Waves 11.10: Intensity Related to Amplitude and Frequency
Chapter 12: Sound
12-1 Characteristics of Sound 12-2 Intensity of Sound: Decibels 12-7 Doppler Effect
Electricity and Magnetism
Chapter 16: Electric Charge and Electric Field
16.1: Static Electricity; Electric Charge and its Conservation 16.2: Electric Charge in the Atom 16.3: Insulators and Conductors 16.4: Induced Charge; the Electroscope 16.5: Coulomb's Law 16.6: Solving Problems Involving Coulomb's Law and Vectors 16.7: The Electric Field 16.8: Field Lines 16.9: Electric Fields and Conductors
Chapter 17: Electric Potential
17.1: Electric Potential Energy and Potential Differences 17.2: Relation between Electric Potential and Electric Field 17.3: Equipotential Lines 17.4: The Electron Volt, a Unit of Energy 17.5: Electric Potential Due to Point Charges 17.7: Capacitance 17.8: Dielectrics 17.9: Storage of Electric Energy
Chapter 18: Electric Currents
18.1: The Electric Battery 18.2: The Electric Current 18.3: Ohm's Law: Resistance and Resistors 18.4: Resistivity 18.5: Electric Power
Chapter 19: DC Circuits
19.1: EMF and Terminal Voltage 19.2: Resistors in Series and in Parallel 19.3: Kirchhoff's Rules 19.4: EMFs in Series and in Parallel; Charging a Battery 19.5: Circuits Containing Capacitors in Series and in Parallel 19.6: RC Circuits-Resistor and Capacitor in Series
Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Waves
22.1: Changing Electric Fields Produce Magnetic Fields; Maxwell's Equations 22.2: Production of Electromagnetic Waves 22.3: Light as an Electromagnetic Wave and the Electromagnetic Spectrum 22.5: Energy in EM Waves
Chapter 24: The Wave Nature of Light
24.4: The Visible Spectrum and Dispersion
Chapter 25: Optical Instruments
25-11: X-Rays and X-Ray Diffraction 25-12: X-Ray Imaging and Computed Tomography (CT Scan)
(reference books)
Douglas C. Giancoli “PHYSICS: Principles with Applications” Seventh edition or subsequent, Pearson Education. Inc
The indicated textbook is just a reference. Students are allowed to adopt the book/books of their choice. Additional material will be provided by the instructor.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Module: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(objectives)
The course intends to provide students with the basic knowledge to understand the essential role of Information Technology (IT) in our society, and specifically in the context of health-related technical professions.
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Language
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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INF/01
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Basic compulsory activities
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Teacher
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D'Ambrogio Andrea
(syllabus)
• Introduction to IT systems • The hardware part of IT systems ◦ CPU ◦ Memory ◦ Input/Output) • The software part of IT systems ◦ system software (operating systems and utility programs) ◦ application software (word processing, spreadsheet, database, etc.)
(reference books)
Deborah Morley and Charles S. Parker, Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow (16th edition) - Cengage Learning
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
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Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
(objectives)
The Medical Statistics course aims to introduce students to the logic of statistical thinking and its application in everyday life. The exposition of the topics will be oriented towards concrete problems of analysis and research, starting from schematic examples and then confronting real situations taken from the medical literature.
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Language
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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MED/01
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Basic compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Weltert Luca Paolo
(syllabus)
The first part of the course will introduce the logic of statistics and experimental design. The concepts of probability calculation and combinatorial calculation will be introduced or recalled; although theoretically already in possession of the student, these steps are fundamental and will be used in the continuation of the course. In this phase the main probability distributions will be treated, including the binomial distribution, the Poisson distribution and the standard Normal and Normal distributions, but more than the single mathematical process,we will try making the student aware of the deep motivation of the medical statistics, as a science, and its application in practice, as well as the risks of its incorrect understanding. In the second part of the course the descriptive statistics and its methodology will be addressed. It will be shown how to recognize the type of data and how to summarize them in appropriate indexes. The student will learn how to calculate position measurements (mean, median, fashion), variability (variance, standard deviation), coefficient of variation (CV), percentiles and their use. It will also make extensive use of practical examples to define a good descriptive statistic and a defective or deceptive descriptive statistic. In the final part of the course the general principles of statistical inference will be treated. Cases of sample distribution, type I and II errors, power of a test and operating curve will be introduced. We will then move on to parametric tests - Student's t-test, ANOVA with 1 and 2 classification criteria, non-parametric tests: - Wilcoxon test, Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Friedman test, median test, chi-square test, Fisher exact test. We will also provide the basic concepts of regression and analysis of time dependent variability with mention of Kaplann Meyer functions, log rank and Cox regression.
(reference books)
1) Notes of the lessons 2) Stanton A. Glantz: Statistics for Bio-medical disciplines - ed. McGraw-Hill 3) Sidney Siegel, N. John Castellan Jr.: - Non parametric statistics - ed. McGraw-Hill 4) Resources and links from the Internet with particular reference to the use of the PubMEd portal
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
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Module: DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
(objectives)
The course intends to provide students with the basic knowledge to understand the role of Information Systems and their lifecycle, specifically focusing on database management systems.
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Language
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ENG |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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ING-INF/05
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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D'Ambrogio Andrea
(syllabus)
• Introduction to Information Systems • Information System types • The lifecycle of Information Systems • Database and Database Management System (DBMS)
(reference books)
Deborah Morley and Charles S. Parker, Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow (16th edition) - Cengage Learning
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
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