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Prerequisites: The student must be confident with the knowledge regarding the following topics: human anatomy, physiology, and general mechanisms of diseases. 

At the end of the course, the student will be able to take the patient history, perform the physical examination, formulate the diagnostic hypotheses and set up an appropriate diagnostic-therapeutic procedure for patients suffering from thoracic diseases, endocrine glands, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus, liver, pancreas, spleen, abdomen, peritoneum, skin, soft parts and breast, as reported in the program in full. 

Course topics include: Introduction to surgery (surgical risk, complications); Shock (classification, management principles); Infections of surgical interest; Benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus (including principles of surgical therapy); Benign and malignant diseases of the stomach (including principles of surgical therapy); Benign and malignant diseases of the small intestine (including principles of surgical therapy); Benign and malignant colorectal diseases (including principles of surgical therapy); Proctology (including principles of surgical therapy); Benign and malignant diseases of the liver and biliary tract (including principles of surgical therapy); Benign and malignant diseases of the pancreas (including principles of surgical therapy); Hernias of the abdominal wall and incisional hernia (including principles of surgical therapy); Diseases of the diaphragm (including principles of surgical therapy); Skin cancers (including principles of surgical therapy); Benign and malignant breast diseases (including principles of surgical therapy); Soft tissue tumors (including principles of surgical therapy); Tumors of the peritoneum (including principles of surgical therapy); Endocrine surgery (including principles of surgical therapy); Diseases of the mediastinum (including principles of surgical therapy); Lung tumors (including principles of surgical therapy); Acute abdomen (general framework, etiology, management principles); Diseases of the spleen (benign and malignant); Traumatology (general framework, management principles); Transplantation; Bariatric surgery; Vascular surgery; Critical care medicine; Plastic and reconstructive surgery.

The course analyses accounting practices and processes from the point of view of investors. The course examines revenue recognition, tangible and intangible assets, the reporting of financial instruments, off-balance-sheet accounting, stock-based compensation, as well as, issues related to the differential approaches to measurement including historical cost and fair values. However, the exact composition of the topics may vary from year to year driven by the latest developments in financial reporting, standard-setting and related debates. The course enhances students’ understanding of contemporary issues in financial accounting. Throughout the course, taken-for-granted “wisdoms” are evaluated and challenged. 

This course covers the major events that have shaped the US-China relationship today (ping-pong diplomacy, the US-China trade dispute, Tiananmen Square, and COVID-19) and how they have affected the US-China relationship. The course examines events from an objective perspective based on data. Students explore the idea and definition of data and examine data analysis methodologies and how to apply them.  

Based on the past and current relationship between the two countries, the course ultimately discusses the future relationship between the two countries and their impact on the globe.  

The course introduces the basics of Geometry Processing. It presents mathematical models, data structures and algorithms to represent geometry on modern computer applications, and these are manipulated through practical exercises. The techniques seen in the course are fundamental for applications like 3D modeling, geometry reconstruction from scanned objects, and physical simulation.

In this course students study how organisms have changed through time. They look at the historical origins of the modern concept of evolution, examining the evidence for it and the processes that have shaped faunas and floras. Students consider Darwinism and its development, the origin and maintenance of variation, and adaptation and selection. They analyze how evolution can be studied using phylogenetic methods and the mechanisms of speciation, with a focus on human evolution.

This course examines some of the wealth of artistic production in the Netherlands in the 17th century. The course is based around the study of Rembrandt and Vermeer as contrasting and complementary figures who represent some of the diverse tendencies of the time. This entails the study of the development of individual styles and subject matter ranging from history painting to portraiture, landscape, and genre painting. The distinct artistic character associated with centers of production, even ones that were geographically close, is assessed with an emphasis on Amsterdam, Delft, and Utrecht. The final block of the course looks at the posthumous reputations of Rembrandt and Vermeer, examining questions of attribution, authenticity, canonicity, and rediscovery. 

Decolonizing education is critical for social justice in the Global North and South. This raises important questions about the relationships between knowledge, power, and society in the past and present. This course addresses these issues. It engages with the politics and history of education in both UK and international contexts. It critiques how the curriculum has privileged particular knowledges and identities in ways that are racialized, gendered, and classed. Throughout the course, students relate these issues to students’ own experiences of education and what decolonizing education means for them.

The course covers the translation between biology and mathematics; population models and spatial models, simulations: Deterministic versus stochastic simulations of mathematical models; weaknesses, strengths, and applicability; the Gillespie algorithm for stochastic simulations: Naive implementation and possible optimizations for large systems; cost functions; optimization methods including local optimization, thermodynamic methods, particle-swarm optimization, and genetic algorithms; and sensitivity analysis: Estimation of the uncertainty of determined parameter values. Strategies to achieve robustness. Admission to the course requires 90 credits Science studies, including knowledge equivalent to BERN01 Modelling in Computational Science, 7.5 credits or FYTN03 Computational physics, 7.5 credits and English 6/B. Admission to the course also requires knowledge in programming in Python equivalent to NUMA01, 7.5 credits or similar knowledge in Matlab, C++ or the like programming language.

The course explores everyday relationships and their sociological significance for contemporary debates on family, personal life, and kinship; as well as illuminating the importance of relationships in all aspects of everyday life,  provides theoretical frameworks and empirical materials to allow students to explore for themselves how personal relationships are played out through all aspects of everyday life, and explore and critique different relationships through different institutions and practices.