The more complex activities of living organisms have their basis in chemical processes. One of the most fascinating fields of study is the detailed research on how chemical reactions can affect the behaviors we observe in living organisms. In order to understand and use the contents of biomedical and dental disciplines such as biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, molecular pathology, molecular pharmacology, it is necessary to know their chemical bases. They include the processing and derivation of the properties of gases, liquids, solutions, organic molecular structures and their determinism in macromolecular systems, the laws of biological homeostasis, biological oxidation, membrane phenomena, dental materials.
The course aims to provide a general overview of the fundamental concepts of Psychology and the psychological aspects of suffering and disease. In particular, the course aims to provide the student with the acquisition of the communication and relational skills necessary to adequately manage the therapeutic relationship and evaluate the symptoms that present themselves on clinical observation, trying to grasp also the underlying existential meaning.
Frontal teaching. Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus. Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Frontal lessons with the aid of slides.
Please note: Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Chemical and physical properties of matter. Notes on the structure of the atom: the discovery of subatomic particles, experiments by Thomson, Millikan and Rutherford; atomic particle characteristics, atomic number, mass number and atomic mass orbital atom model. Atomic properties; the weight laws. Execution of questions related to the theoretical part. The double nature of light, Planck-Einstein relationship, The Bohr atom, double nature of the electron, electron and quantum mechanics, quantum numbers and orbitals, electronic configurations and periodic system, periodic table of the elements. Electronegativity Exercises on questions related to the theoretical part.Chemical bonds: ionic bond, covalent, coordinative, hydrogen bond, Van der Waals forces. Chemical systematics: acids; neutral, acid and basic salts; peroxides, hydrides, acid and basic oxides, hydroxides: chemical properties and nomenclature. Exercise on valence numbers and exceptions, Lewis formulas.Molecular orbitals theory, Geometry of the simplest molecules. Hybridization of orbitals. Isomers. Structural cis- and trans-, tautomerism, optical isomerism (stereochemical series); relevance of the isomerism to the properties of the compounds of biological and medical interest. Resonance, oxidation number Balancing chemical reactions, redox reactions. Carbon and its hybridizations, hints of organic chemistry. Alkanes, alkenes, dienes, alkynes, cycloaliphatic hydrocarbons; nomenclature, physical and chemical properties; the dipolar moment, isomerism of chain and stereoisomers, conformational and configurational, geometric isomers and optical isomers; carbonyl compounds, aldehydes and ketones, simple nucleophilic addition reactions to the carbonyl bond; addition of alcohols, hemiacetals and acetals, addition of primary amines, oxidation, reduction, keto-enol tautomerism, aldol condensation. Characteristics and general properties of the solid, liquid and gaseous state: laws of ideal gases and their importance in respiration. State passages. Water state diagram. The solutions: molarity, normality, molality, molar fraction. Concentration of some electrolytes in biological liquids. Colligative properties: cryoscopy, osmotic pressure and its biological meaning. Hypertonic, isotonic, hypotonic solutions and their use in medicine. Osmolarity concept. Carbohydrates, stereoisomers, glucose cyclization, formation of glycosidic bonds. Execution of questions related to the theoretical part. Chemical equilibrium, enzymatic kinetics, Michaelis-Menten constant, Acids and bases, Arrhenius theory, acids and bases according to Bronsted and Lowry, Lewis theory, ionic product of water, definition of pH and pOH, strength of acids and of the bases, calculation of the pH of both weak and strong acids and bases, definition of acid and basic ionization constant. Buffer solutions: definition and main properties, degree of dissociation. Execution of questions related to the theoretical part.
The history and origins of mental illness, starting from a perspective that looks at the human being as an effect of the social system in its complexity. The function of the mother and the role of the father in the development process. Neurosis, psychosis and perversion: diagnosis and orientations in the therapeutic relationship.
Introduzione alla chimica di R.C. Bauer, J.P. Birk, P.S. Marks. II edizione. Piccin editor
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