ONE-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATIC (CHAPTER 2)
VECTORS IN PHYSICS (CHAPTER 3)
TWO-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATIC (CHAPTER 4)
THE LAWS OF THE MOTION (CHAPTER 5)
APPLYING NEWTON'S LAWS (CHAPTER 6)
WORK AND KINETIC ENERGY (CHAPTER 7)
POTENTIAL ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION (CHAPTER 8)
QUANTITIES OF MOTION AND IMPACT IN ONE DIMENSION (CHAPTER 9, EXCEPT TWO-SIZE BUMPS)
ROTATIONAL TIMES AND MOMENT OF MOTION (CHAPTER 10, SECTION 6.5)
ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS AND STATIC BALANCE (CHAPTER 11)
OSCILLATIONS AROUND EQUILIBRIUM (CAP.13)
THE GRAVITATION (CHAPTER 12)
FLUIDS (CAP.14)
TEMPERATURE AND HEAT (CAP.15)
PHASES AND PHASE CHANGE (CHAPTER 16 EXCEPT SECTION 16.3)
THERMODYNAMICS (CAP.17)
WAVES AND SOUND (CHAPTER 18, EXCEPT SECTION 18.9)

JAMES S. WALKER “FONDAMENTI DI FISICA” [PEARSON-ADDISON-WESLEY]

EXERCISE ON THE TOPICS OF THE PROGRAM

JAMES S. WALKER “FONDAMENTI DI FISICA” [PEARSON-ADDISON-WESLEY]

USING THE SOFTWARE EXCEL: FORMAT OF LEAVES OF WORK AND USE OF FUNCTIONS FOR THE REPRESENTATION AND DATA ANALYSIS. TABLES AND CHARTS. GRAPHICS STRAIGHT, PARABLES, CUBIC, FUNCTIONS TRIGONOMETRIC, EXPONENTIAL, LOGARITHMIC, AND CHARTS OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. GRAPHICS LOGARITHMIC. WHOLE NUMBER. GRAPHICS METHODS FOR THE SOLUTION OF OPTICAL PROBLEMS: PRINCIPLE OF FERMAT (REFLECTION AND REFRACTION), PLANS AND MIRRORS BALL, THIN LENSES, SUM OF WAVES. REPRESENTATION OF SPACE AND TIME OF THE WAVES.

DIDACTIC MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY THE TEACHER THROUGH THE PERSONAL WEB SITE

SOFTWARE FOR THE DATA ANALYSIS AND GRAPHS. TABLES AND GRAPHS. GRAPHS OF STRAIGHT LINES, PARABOLAS, CUBIC, TRIGRONOMETRIC, EXPONENTIAL, LOGARITMIC FUNCTIONS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. LOGARITHMIC GRAPHS. NUMERIC INTEGRAL. GRAPHIC METHODS TO SOLVE OPTIC PROBLEMS: FERMAT’S PRINCIPLE, PLANAR AND SPHERICAL MIRRORS, THIN LENS, REPRESENTATION AND SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES.

MATERIAL GIVEN BY THE PROFESSOR THROUGH THE PERSONAL WEB PAGE.

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES: SINUSOIDAL WAVES AND FOURIER'S THEOREM, THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM; PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGTH SPEED; ENERGY TRANSPORTED BY AN E.M. WAVE; RAYS AND WAVE FRONTS; OPTICAL PATH AND FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE.
GEOMETRICAL OPTICS: REFLECTION AND REFRACTION, SNELL LAWS; TOTAL REFLECTION; DISPERSION AND OPTICAL PRISM.
OPTICAL SYSTEMS: CONCEPT OF SOURCE AND IMAGE; GAUSS APPROXIMATION; VERGENCE OF LIGHT AND OPTICAL POWER; FOCAL POINTS AND FOCAL DISTANCE; EQUATION OF THE CONIUGATED POINTS; TRANSVERSE, AXIAL AND ANGULAR MAGNIFICATION; GRAPHICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMAGE.
EQUATIONS AND DETERMINATION OF THE IMAGE FORMED BY: PLANE AND SPHERICAL MIRRORS; SPHERICAL DIOPTERS; THIN LENSES.
THICK LENSES AND SYSTEMS OF LENSES: GULLSTRAND FORMULA; NOMINAL, EFFECTIVE AND FRONT POWERS; CARDINAL POINTS; STEP ALONG METHOD; PRINCIPAL PLANES AN EQUIVALENT EQUATIONS OF GAUSS AND NEWTON.
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS: MAGNIFYING LENS; TELESCOPE; MICROSCOPE.
OPTICAL ABERRATIONS: CHROMATIC ABERRATION; SPHERICAL ABERRATION; COMA; ASTIGMATISM, CURVATURE OF THE FIELD OF THE IMAGE; DISTORTION; DIFFRACTION EFFECT ON THE IMAGE; RESOLVING POWER OF A SLIT; AIRY DISK.

WALKER J.S., FONDAMENTI DI FISICA, ED. ZANICHELLI
NOTES OF THE COURSE

1. Atomic theory: atoms, molecules, moles; atomic structure; periodic system
2. Molecules: chemical bonds, chemical structure, intermolecular forces.
3. Nomenclature: oxides, hydroxides, acids, salts.
4. Balancing chemical reactions: redox reactions.
5. States of aggregation: gas, liquid, solid; phase diagrams.
6. Solutions: concentration, colligative properties; electrolyte solutions.
7. Thermodynamics: first and second principles; enthalpy, entropy, free energy.
8. Chemical Kinetics; factors influencing the reaction speed.
9. Chemical equilibrium: equilibrium constant; acid-base and solubility equilibria.
10. Electrochemistry: batteries; electrolysis.
11. Outlines of Organic Chemistry and biochemistry.

“Elementi di Chimica” L.Palmisano, M. Schiavello. Editrice Edises

Cytology – Microscopic and submicroscopic organization of cells and tissues of the human body; their interactions and morpho-functional correlations. The cell: shape, size and cellular differences, chemical composition. Permeability and active Transport. Membrane potential. Intercellular junctions. Cell division: mitosis and meiosis. Somatic and germinal cells.
Histology - Embryonic derivation, structure, classification, functions and locations of the following tissues: epithelial tissues, connective tissues, muscle tissues, nervous tissues. Exocrine glandular epithelium. Endocrine glands and their function. Transformed epithelials: the Crystalline. The connective tissues, cartilage, bone, adipose tissue; blood. Myeloid and lymphoid haematopoiesis; Lymphoid tissue and immunity (generality); Muscle tissue: smooth, skeletal and cardiac; Nervous tissue: the neuron and its structure; Retina Structure.
Human anatomy - Fundamentals and general organization of the human body. General organization of the apparatus and systems: a) circulatory system b) respiratory apparatus c) uro-genital apparatus d) digestive system e) hematopoietic system f) endocrine apparatus g) Male and Female Reproductive apparatus h) tegumentary apparatus i) locomotor apparatus l ) Nervous system m) visual apparatus n) auditory apparatus.
Ocular anatomy – The orbit and paranasal sinuses; The lacrimal system; The eyelids; The conjunctiva; The cornea; The ciliary body; The iris; The lens; The choroid and sclera; The retina; The visual pathways; The extraocular muscles; Orbital vasculature and the cavernous sinus; Skull osteology; Visual acuity and adaptation; Colour vision; Binocular vision and stereopsis; General physiology of eye structure; The Orbital Blood Vessels; The Nerve Supply of the Orbit; Embryology.

– The cell by Cooper G.M. - Hausman R.E., ED PICCIN
– Histology, by Monesi V, ED PICCIN
– Wheater's Functional Histology by Young B., Heath J.W., Woodford P. ED Edra Masson
– Atlas of Functional Histology by Kerr J.B, ED Ambrosiana
– Human Anatomy by Saladin K.S. ED PICCIN
– Manual of Ophthalmology by Liuzzi L., Bartoli F, ED Minerva Medica

ERROR ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS: MEASUREMENT S AND ERRORS; PROPAGATION OF ERRORS; FIT OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF DATA (MEDIA, STANDARD DEVIATION, FREQUENCY ...); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIO; STATISTICAL CORRELATION BETWEEN VARIABLES (PEARSON AND SPEARMAN COEFFICIENTS); HYPOTHESIS SIGNIFICANCE TESTING (STUDENT T-TEST, ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE, BONFERRONI TEST, CHI-SQUARE TEST); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS (BLAND-ALTMANN TEST); RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF A CLINICAL TEST
THE ACTUAL EXERCITATIONS WILL BE SCHEDULED ACCORDING TO THE ANSWER OF THE CLASSROOM FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:.

1. PRACTICE WITH PRECISION INSTRUMENTS (VENIER CALIPER DECIMAL AND CENTESIMAL, SPHEROMETER) FOR PRECISION MEASUREMENTS OF GEOMETRICAL QUANTITIES AND THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MEASUREMENT ERROR.
2. CHECKOUT OF THE LIGHT REFLECTION LAW BY A PLANE AND A CURVED MIRROR, DEFINITION OF THE REFLECTION CAUSTIC.
3. APPLICATION OF THE SNELL’S LAW OF THE REFRACTION TROUGH A THIN OPTICAL PLEXIGLAS SLAB.
4. CHECKOUT OF THE KEPLERO’S LAW ON THE PROPAGATION OF THE LIGHT WITH DISTANCE.
5. CHECKOUT OF THE LAMBERT-BEER’S LAW ON THE ATTENUATION OF LIGHT PASSING THROUGH AN OPAQUE MEDIUM.
6. MEASUREMENT OF THE FOCAL LENGTH AND OF THE DIOPTRIC POWER OF A THIN LENS AND OF A SIMPLE SYSTEM OF THIN LENS, BOTH THEORETICALLY AND THROUGH STRAIGHTFORWARD OPTICAL MEASUREMENT.
7. MEASUREMENT OF THE FOCAL LENGTH AND OF THE DIOPTRIC POWER OF ASTIGNMATIC LENS USING THE GENEVE GAUGE (OPTICS SPHEROMETER) USED AS A FRONTIFOCOMETER TO ESTIMATE THE ASTIGMATISMUS OF SEVERAL LENSES.
8. EVALUATION OF FOCAL LENGTHS FOR CONTACT LENSES AND COUPLES OF DISTANT LENSES: CHECKOUT OF THE GULLTRASND’S LAW AND EVALUATION OF THE POSITION OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANES OF A SIMPLE OPTICAL SYSTEM.
9. DISPERSION OF LIGHT THROUGH A PRISM AND CHECKOUT OF THE CAUCHY’S LAW AND EVALUATION OF CAUCHY’S COEFFICIENTS;
10. AFOCAL SYSTEMS: CHECKOUT OF THE SMITH-HELMHOLTZ EQUATION (MEASUREMENTS OF LAGRANGIAN’S INVARIANTS.);
11. OPTICAL SYSTEMS MAGNIFICATION;
12. DIOPTRIC CONTRIBUTION OF AN OPTIC STOP TO THE IMAGES FOCUSING;
13. EVALUATION OF THE ANSWER CURVE AT THE FIRST AND AT THE SECOND ORDER OF A LUXMETER HAVING SPECTRAL FEATURES COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE HUMAN EYE.

PROFESSORS F. OFFI AND F. FONTANA LECTURE NOTES
(TAYLOR, J.R.) INTRODUZIONE ALL’ANALISI DEGLI ERRORI [ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA, 2010]
(GETTYS, W.E. KELLER, F.J. AND SKOVE, M.J.) FISICA 2, ELETTROMAGNETISMO – ONDE – OTTICA [MAC GRAW-HILL, MILANO, 2007 ]
(OBSTFELD H.) OPTICS IN VISION, [BUTTERWORTHS, BOSTON, 1982]
(KEATING M. P.) GEOMETRICAL, PHYSICAL AND VISUAL OPTICS [ BUTTERWORTHS, BOSTON, 2002]
(TUNNACLIFFE A. H.) INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL OPTICS [ABDO, LONDON 2001 ]
(MEYER-ARENDT J. R.) INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL AND MODERN OPTICS [PRENTICE HALL, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, 1972]
(BLAND M.) STATISTICA MEDICA [APOGEO, 2009]
(DERENIAK L. DERENIAK T. D.) GEOMETRICAL AND TRIGONOMETRIC OPTICS. [CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, 2008]

The theoretical lessons will focus on the following topics:

Tools and measures. Measurement units - Trigonometry angles and definitions - Sizes and errors - Systematic error and random error - Instrument error - Standard deviation and standard error - Error propagation - Representing data: significant figures, comparison of measurements, tables and graphs, histograms

Descriptive statistics. Indices of central tendency: average, median and mode - Percentiles - Indices of variability: variance and standard deviation - Limit distributions

Correlation between variables. Linear regression, least squares method - Linearization of a function - Verification of the acceptability of a fit: Chi square test and determination coefficient - Pearson r coefficient, Spearman correlation coefficient for ranks

Probability. Definition and fundamental properties - Probability distributions (binomial, Poisson and uniform distribution - Gaussian and error integral, justification of sum in quadrature and standard deviation of the mean, standard normal distribution) - Average and variance of a random variable - Confidence intervals - Standard deviation as acceptability percentage - Applications and verifications: correlation index and chi-square test - Student's t test for comparison between measurements

Inferential statistics. Hypothesis test and significance - The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis - Types of studies and sampling - Sample distributions - Criterion of significance and critical values - Errors and decisions of a statistical test - Sign test - Chi square test as test of significance - z-test and t-test - Distribution F - Analysis of variance (ANOVA) with one and two ways

The topics of the laboratory exercises will be chosen from the following list

1) Use of precision instruments (decimal and twentieth caliber, spherometer) for the measurement of quantities. Statistical treatment of the error.
2) Verification of the law of light reflection from a plane mirror.
3) Verification of the law of refraction in a plexiglass plate.
4) Verification of Kepler's law on the reduction of light intensity as a function of distance.
5) Verification of the Lambert-Beer law on the attenuation of luminous intensity on passing through an opaque medium.
6) Determination of the focal distance and dioptric power of a thin lens through an optical measurement.
7) Determination of the focal distance and dioptric power of a lens system with the Bessel method.
8) Determination of the focal distance and dioptric power of an ophthalmic lens by measuring with a spherometer and with a dioptrometer and characterization of an astigmatic lens
9) Verification of Gullstrand's law and search for the main planes of an optical system consisting of two thin lenses.
10) Dispersion of light through a prism: verification of Cauchy's law and determination of the number of Abbe
11) Estimate of the magnification of an optical system: the magnifying lens
12) Use of Student's t test to compare experimental data and the chi-square test to assess how well a theoretical trend reproduces the behavior of experimental data; construction of a histogram and its limit function.

Professors F. Offi and F. Fontana lecture notes

- S. Walker, Fondamenti di Fisica (Pearson, 2010)

- R. Meyer-Arendt, Introduction to classical and modern optics (Prentice Hall, 1995)

- R. Taylor, Introduzione all’analisi dell’errore (Zanichelli, 2010)

- M. Bland, Statistica medica (Maggioli Editore, 2014)

- M. M. Triola e M. F. Triola, Fondamenti di Statistica (Pearson, 2013)

- J. Welkowitz, B. Cohen e R. Ewen, Statistica per le scienze del comportamento (Apogeo)

Cytology – Microscopic and submicroscopic organization of cells and tissues of the human body; their interactions and morpho-functional correlations. The cell: shape, size and cellular differences, chemical composition. Permeability and active Transport. Membrane potential. Intercellular junctions. Cell division: mitosis and meiosis. Somatic and germinal cells.
Histology - Embryonic derivation, structure, classification, functions and locations of the following tissues: epithelial tissues, connective tissues, muscle tissues, nervous tissues. Exocrine glandular epithelium. Endocrine glands and their function. Transformed epithelials: the Crystalline. The connective tissues, cartilage, bone, adipose tissue; blood. Myeloid and lymphoid haematopoiesis; Lymphoid tissue and immunity (generality); Muscle tissue: smooth, skeletal and cardiac; Nervous tissue: the neuron and its structure; Retina Structure.
Human anatomy - Fundamentals and general organization of the human body. General organization of the apparatus and systems: a) circulatory system b) respiratory apparatus c) uro-genital apparatus d) digestive system e) hematopoietic system f) endocrine apparatus g) Male and Female Reproductive apparatus h) tegumentary apparatus i) locomotor apparatus l ) Nervous system m) visual apparatus n) auditory apparatus.
Ocular anatomy – The orbit and paranasal sinuses; The lacrimal system; The eyelids; The conjunctiva; The cornea; The ciliary body; The iris; The lens; The choroid and sclera; The retina; The visual pathways; The extraocular muscles; Orbital vasculature and the cavernous sinus; Skull osteology; Visual acuity and adaptation; Colour vision; Binocular vision and stereopsis; General physiology of eye structure; The Orbital Blood Vessels; The Nerve Supply of the Orbit; Embryology.

– The cell by Cooper G.M. - Hausman R.E., ED PICCIN
– Histology, by Monesi V, ED PICCIN
– Wheater's Functional Histology by Young B., Heath J.W., Woodford P. ED Edra Masson
– Atlas of Functional Histology by Kerr J.B, ED Ambrosiana
– Human Anatomy by Saladin K.S. ED PICCIN
– Manual of Ophthalmology by Liuzzi L., Bartoli F, ED Minerva Medica

1. ELECTRICITY: ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA, CHARGE AND COULOMB'S LAW, CHARGE DISTRIBUTIONS AND DIPOLES.
2. MAGNETISM: ELECTRICAL CURRENT, MAGNETIC PHENOMENA, AMPÈRE'S AND BIOT-SAVART'S LAW
3. ELETTROMAGNETISMO: FARADAY-LENS'S LAW, EDDY CURRENTS. MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS AND WAVE EQUATION.
4. WAVE OPTICS: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, OTTICA ONDULATORIA: ONDE ELETTROMAGENTICHE, LIMIT OF GEOMETRICAL OPTICS, POLARISATION AND ELICITY, INTERFERENCE, DIFFRACTION.
5. APPLICATIONS: WAVEFRONT SENSORS, OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND SHORT PULSES.

THERE ARE FOUR LAB ACTIVITIES COMPLETING THIS COURSE. THEIR ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY, BUT A SINGLE ABSENCE IS GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED; ATTENDANCE TO FRONTAL LECTURES IS LEFT TO THE STUDENT'S KEENNESS, INSTEAD. THESE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURES, FORM PART OF THIS PROGRAMME.

1-4: J.S. WALKER, FUNDAMENTS OF PHYSICS (5TH EDITION, PEARSON)
5: CLASS NOTES

INTRODUCTION: THE WORLD AT THE NANOSCALE. SPECTROSCOPY. EMISSION AND ABSORPTION SPECTRA. SPECTRAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION. THE BLACK-BODY RADIATION AND THE PLANCK’S SOLUTION. THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT: PHENOMENOLOGY AND EINSTEIN’S INTERPRETATION. ATOM MODELS. BOHR’S POSTULATES. ELECTRONIC TRANSITIONS. THE DE BROGLIE WAVELENGTH, STATIONARY WAVES. INTRODUCTION TO THE WAVE FUNCTION. THE DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC DESCRIPTION OF MOTION. HEISENBERG’S UNCERTAINITY PRINCIPLE. A PARTICLE CONFINED IN A SEGMENT. THE SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION IN 1D. STATIONARY STATES. A PARTICLE CONFINED IN A SEGMENT REVISED. UNIDIMENSIONAL ENERGY POTENTIALS. MANY-PARTICLES WAVE FUNCTIONS. FERMIONS AND BOSONS. PAULI’S EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE. THE SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION FOR A CENTRAL POTENTIAL. QUANTUM NUMBERS. THE SPIN. DIPOLE SELECTION RULES. THE AUFBAU PRINCIPLE. HUND`S PRINCIPLE. THE PERIODIC TABLE. ELECTRON AFFINITY AND ELETTRONEGATIVITY. IONIC AND COVALENT BONDS. MOLECULAR ORBITALS. ROTATIONAL AND VIBRATIONAL ENERGY IN DIATOMIC MOLECULES. HYBRIDIZATION AND POLYATOMIC MOLECULES. INTRODUCTION TO THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE IN SOLIDS. BINDING ENERGY IN SOLIDS. CLASSICAL THEORY OF CONDUCTIVITY. THE FERMI DISTRIBUTION. ENERGY BANDS. CONDUCTORS, INSULATORS, AND SEMICONDUCTIRS. DOPED SEMICONDUCTORS. BASICS OF LASER.

TESTI: PAUL A. TIPLER : “CORSO DI FISICA” VOL. 3 ED. ZANICHELLI, TERZA EDIZIONE ITALIANA
PAUL A. TIPLER, GENE MOSCA: “CORSO DI FISICA” VOL. 3 ED. ZANICHELLI, QUARTA EDIZIONE ITALIANA
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FISIOLOGIA CONCETTI PRINCIPALI - OMEOSTASI, FEEDBACK, RELAZIONI STRUTTURA/FUNZIONE, MODIFICAZIONI NEL CORSO DELLA VITA
FISIOLOGIA CELLULARE - PASSAGGIO DI SOSTANZE ATTRAVERSO LA MEMBRANA, OSMOSI, FENOMENI ELETTRICI DI MEMBRANA, METABOLISMO CELLULARE,VOLUME CELLULARE,
IL SISTEMA NERVOSO - ORGANIZZAZIONE, POTENZIALE D'AZIONE DI UNA CELLULA NERVOSA, PERIODI REFRATTARI, PROPAGAZIONE DEL MESSAGGIO NERVOSO, LE SINAPSI, ARCO RIFLESSO, NEUROTRASMETTITORI E RECETTORI)
FUNZIONI D'ORGANO • IL SISTEMA MUSCOLARE - MECCANICA DELLA CONTRAZIONE MUSCOLARE, MIOGRAFIA, SCOSSA SEMPLICE, TETANO MUSCOLARE, FUNZIONI DEL MUSCOLO LISCIO•
RESPIRAZIONE: FISIOLOGIA DELLA RESPIRAZIONE: VENTILAZIONE, SCAMBI GASSOSI
FUNZIONE RENALE: FILTRAZIONE, RIASSORBIMENTO, EQUILIBRIO IDRICO ED ELETTROLITICO,
IL SISTEMA CARDIO-CIRCOLATORIO - FUNZIONI DEL SANGUE, EMODINAMICA,
CUORE, CICLO CARDIACO, LA PRESSIONE SANGUIGNA E LA SUA REGOLAZIONE
LA FISIOLOGIA SENSORIALE - INFORMAZIONI SENSORIALI, RECETTORI SENSORIALI, LE VIE SENSORIALI E GLI STATI DI ELABORAZIONE, LA CODIFICA DEL SEGNALE NERVOSO, ORGANIZZAZIONE DEGLI ORGANI DI SENSO)• IL SISTEMA VISIVO - FORMAZIONE DELL'IMMAGINE RETINICA, CRISTALLINO E RIFRAZIONE, FOTOTRASDUZIONE, RISPOSTA DELLE CELLULE GANGLIARI, VIE OTTICHE, ADATTAMENTO ALLA LUCE E AL BUIO, LA VISIONE STEREOSCOPICA, LA VISIONE CROMATICA)

Stanfield, Fisiologia, Edises.
DU SILVERTHORN, FISIOLOGIA;
VANDER, FISIOLOGIA,CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA.
LIBRI CONSIGLIATI DISPONIBILI NELLA BIBLIOTECA D'AREA: RANDALL ET AL., FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ANIMALI; CASELLA E TAGLIETTI, FISIOLOGIA.
GUSSONI ET AL., FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ORGANI DI SENSO.

INTRODUCTION TO THE OPTICAL LINEAR PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF CRYSTALS AND GLASSES. ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS. RADIATION – MATTER INTERACTION. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS AND NON-METALS: REFRACTION, REFLESSION, ABSORPTION, TRANSMISSION, COLOR OPACITY. REFRACTIVE INDEX AND LIGHT DISPERSION; ABBE CONSTRINGENCE. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATIONS, ELASTIC DEFORMATIONS, STRAIN AND RUPTURE. PLASTIC MATERIALS FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY. SYNTHETIC POLYMERS AND THEIR RANKING ACCORDING TO: DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION, MOLECULAR WEIGHT, POLIDISPERSIVITY, ETC.. INTRODUCTION TO THE THERMODYNAMICS OF POLYMERS AND THEIR CHAIN STRUCTURE. POLYMERS MOST COMMONLY USED IN FABRICATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PROTHESIS AND THEIR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCES. CONTACT LENS (HARD, SOFT, ETC.). GLASSES AND KINETICS OF THE GLASS PHASE TRANSITION. SILICA AND ITS PROPERTIES. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF GLASSES. FABRICATION OF GLASSES FOR OPTICAL DEVICES AND QUALITY CONTROL. THIN FILMS FOR LINEAR OPTICS APPLICATIONS. SURFACE TREATMENTS OF THE OPTICAL DEVICES AND LENSES.

(CALLISTER W.D. ) SCIENZA ED INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI, UNA INTRODUZIONE [EDISES (NAPOLI)]

1.SOFT SPHERICAL CONTACT LENSES; DEPOSITS. 2. SOFT TORIC CONTACT LENSES: DESIGN, FITTING PRINCIPLES, ASSESSMENT OF FIT, AFTER CARE. 3. RIGID TORIC CONTACT LENSES: RIGID CARE SYSTEM, DESIGN; FITTING; ASSESSMENT OF LENS FIT. 4. HYBRID CONTACT LENSES: MATERIALS, DESIGN, FITTING. 5. RIGID SCLERAL CONTACT LENSES: TYPES, MATERIALS, DESIGN, FITTING. 6. MEASUREMENT AND INSPECTION OF RIGID AND SOFT CONTACT LENSES: VERIFICATION OF LENS PARAMETERS; ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY; RIGID CONTACT LENS PARAMETERS MODIFICATION. 7. ADVANCED CORNEAL CLINICAL EQUIPMENT: ESTESIOMETRY; PACHIMETRY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY. 8. CONTINUOUS WEAR. 9. OCULAR REACTION INDUCED BY CONTACT LENS WEAR. 10. CONTROL OF HIGH ORDER CORNEAL ABERRATIONS: FITTING CONTACT LENSES IN PRESENCE OF CORNEAL ECTASIAS OR AFTER CORNEA SURGERY. 11. CORRECTION OF PRESBYOPIA. 12. SILICONE RUBBER SOFT CONTACT LENSES. 13. TINTED CONTACT LENSES. 14. CONTACT LENS IN INFANCY. 15. ORTHOKERATOLOGY. 16. MYOPIA CONTROL. 17. THERAPEUTIC WEAR. 18. CONTACT LENSES IN CONDITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS. 19. CLINICAL CASES.

LUPELLI L., FLETCHER R., ROSSI A., CONTATTOLOGIA. UNA GUIDA CLINICA [MEDICAL BOOKS 1998]
VEYS J., MEYLER J., DAVIES I, ELEMENTI ESSENZIALI NELLA PRATICA DELLE LENTI A CONTATTO VTCI 2008, VCI, USA
LUPELLI L.,OPTOMETRIA A-Z. DIZIONARIO DI SCIENZA, TECNICA E CLINICA DELLA VISIONE” [MEDICAL BOOKS, PALERMO, 2014].