University of Bologna

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The course provides an advanced and critical overview and understanding of the role of victims of crime and abuse of power, social exclusion, and repression in contemporary society with regards to the main theoretical approaches in the discipline as a reflection of the changing of structure dynamics and relations at all level in the "global era". The course provides the skills to: analyze processes of victimization in contemporary societies in a broader political and socio-economic context; set the peculiar condition of victims in the frame of multiple interactions with regards to national and supra national institutions; recognize the ambivalence of victims’ role inside the judiciary and criminal justice systems in a comparative perspective; apply the “new” victimology of human rights in an original and interdisciplinary approach that transcends current official and social perspectives of victimization and its sources.

The course focuses on the changes which occurred in urban communities in connections with the birth of universities that drew students from a broad geographical territory and employed a plurality of masters. The course discusses topics including: the meaning of urban communities through the transformations that have taken place over time; comparative view between Italian and European cities through specific examples; how to make use of satellite images of urban settlements to identify the phases of their development from Ancient times to the present day; and recognize the reasons for the formation of the cultural identity of Europe and the connective tissue of which cities are an important part.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale Program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrolment is by consent of the instructor. This course offers an introduction to genetics. The course discusses topics including: the basis of heredity: Mendel's laws, monohybrid crosses (dominance and segregation), dihybrid crosses (independent assortment), and predicting the outcome of genetic crosses; structure and replication of DNA: DNA double helix; gene expression, the central dogma: from DNA to RNA, from RNA to protein, transcription, translation, and the genetic code; the eukaryotic cell cycle, cell division, mitosis, and meiosis and the transmission of chromosomes; chromosome theory of inheritance; sex determination and sex-linked inheritance, Dosage compensation in mammals; organization of the human genome: genome projects and sequencing; genetic variability, mutation and polymorphisms, types of genetic variants, point mutations and their consequences, structural genomic variation, copy number variation, and genotype/phenotype relationship; and genetic analysis of human traits: basic Mendelian pedigree patterns, complications to the basic pedigree patterns, and extensions and modifications of basic mendelian principles.

This course aims to enhance students’ ecological and holistic understanding of education, in close consideration for the aesthetic experience. The course discusses topics including: the theoretical framework and the main operational directions of the Holistic approach applied to pedagogy and educational practice; the concepts of well-being, in its complex relationship with health and personal growth; the design of educational and training processes responsive to physical, personal, social, emotional, and spiritual needs; strategies and tools for generating self-reflection, expressiveness, communication, and cooperation skills; how to make use of the tried learning methods and of the acquired analysis tools for the development of students’ personal and professional growth; and giving value to artistic and non-verbal expressive languages.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale program. The course is intended for advanced level students only. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. This course offers a study of electric drives. The course discusses topics including fundamentals of electromechanical conversion systems and fundamentals of electrical machines; DC machines; brushless machines with trapezoidal back emf; brushless machines with sinusoidal back emf; and principle of static conversion. The course discusses: the fundamentals of static and electromechanical conversion systems; the configuration of basic power electronic conversion systems, of main electrical machines, either direct current (DC) or alternate current (AC), and of electric drives used in automotive sector; the topology, control principles, input, and output characteristics of main DC and AC electric drives; modeling power electronic converters, control system, electrical machines, and full drive systems with reference to application for torque and speed control; and how to represent an electric drive in terms of energetic conversion system, for the integration in a multiphasic model of a vehicle.

The course discusses topics including: the theoretical framework of the Ecological Approach to the Social Inclusion, and Inclusive Education and the Quality of Life Model (QOL); the main operational directions of the Ecological Approach underlying the processes of social inclusion, education, and well-being; the main theoretical and cultural references related to the construct of resilience in relation to fragility and vulnerability aimed at the development of a Life Project in the community; how to promote processes and practices of social inclusion and inclusive education in the community and at global level according to the approach of Universal Design (UD) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL); how to promote cultural and practical tools to develop a Life Project to enhance the Quality of Life in the community; and how to use of the universal design tried learning methods and of the acquired analysis tools for the development of students’ professional growth and for the educational design.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrolment is by consent of the instructor. The course introduces fundamentals in economic evaluation theory and modeling methodology in healthcare. Students learn how to structure a medical decision model and how to estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness (ICER) and cost-effectiveness acceptability curves (CEACs), how to interpret results, and how to draw policy implications. Students are trained in critically reviewing HTA-studies, in order to judge their validity and applicability. The course discusses topics including CEA/CBA analysis; uncertainty and decision-making in healthcare; fundamental concepts of economic evaluation theory; theoretical foundation of modeling; types of models; development of decision trees and Markov models; an sensitivity analysis and the interpretation of the results. The course consists of ten classes. Classes are lectures which last three hours, with breaks where necessary. At least three classes are Excel workshops carried out in the computer lab. The course requires a reasonable level of understanding of basic mathematical concepts and basic probability theory. Students should also be comfortable with the basics of spreadsheet software such as MS Excel.

This course is part of the LM degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by consent of the instructor. The course is subdivided into two parts. Part one discusses topics including an introduction to the study of the history and culture of the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations (Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians); and introduction to the cuneiform writing; elements of the Sumerian language; a guide to the electronic resources for the study of Sumerian; and reading, translation, and grammatical analysis of elementary Sumerian texts in cuneiform writing. Part two of the course discusses topics including Sumerian royal inscriptions: typology, structure, and contents; and reading, translation and historical-philological comment of Sumerian royal inscriptions in cuneiform writing.

This course is part of the LM degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by consent of the instructor. This course discusses the morphology and function of specific organs and apparatuses of biotechnological interest in the context of clinical applications, correlates concepts of integrative physiology of the human organism with pathophysiology, and selects and interprets scientific data relevant to physiology and pathophysiology. Topics include cellular physiology; synaptic transmission; skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle; functional organization of the nervous system; cardiovascular function; respiratory function; and renal function.

The course is an introduction to the COMMEDIA: INFERNO, PURGATORIO, AND PARADISO with particular attention to key cantos. Students read texts and apply methodological tools for the analysis of literary texts. Required reading includes COMMEDIA by Dante Alighieri. Students are also required to read essays in Italian from a list provided by the course instructor.