The “Analog spectrum analyser and practical measurement techniques” covers the operation of analog frequency analyzers. It describes two main architectures: the real-time analyzer, using parallel filter banks for non-stationary signals, and the sweep-tuned analyzer. The latter, based on the superheterodyne technique, sequentially measures frequencies by translating the signal's spectrum through a fixed intermediate frequency (IF) filter. Key parameters like Resolution Bandwidth (RBW) and Sweep Time are defined, as they are essential for an accurate, distortion-free analysis. Moreover it will covers the signal modulation, the process of encoding information onto a carrier wave for transmission. It details continuous wave methods like Amplitude (AM) and Frequency (FM) modulation, explaining their principles, waveforms, and resulting frequency spectrums with sidebands.
Then examines the non-ideal behavior of passive components. It explains how real-world resistors, capacitors, and inductors exhibit parasitic effects like ESR and ESL, causing their impedance to vary from ideal models at high frequencies.
The course will cover the fundamentals of anesthesiology and critical care, useful for students of healthcare professional disciplines (e.g. nursing, midwifery, radiology technicians etc). The students will learn basic concepts on pharmacology of anesthetics, first aid maneuvers, monitoring and care of critically ill patients.
The course will cover three chapters (1 credit each): 1. Anesthesia and pain medicine, 2. Intensive care, 3. Emergencies, for a total of 10 hours of lessons, provided in modules of mean duration of 15-20 minutes each.
This course explores the intersection between anthropology and design, analyzing the role of culture, social practices, and ethnographic perspectives in shaping artifacts, spaces, and interfaces. Students will gain conceptual tools to understand how design reflects and influences value systems, identities, and social interactions. Through lectures and case studies, the course provides an interdisciplinary approach to integrating anthropological insights into design practice. Topics include material culture, participatory design, sustainability, and ethnography in user experience (UX). Students will acquire conceptual tools to understand how design reflects and influences value systems, identities, and forms of social interaction.
The course of “Applied Electronics – Module 1” will describe some of the key elements that compose a modern telecommunication system. The course is structured in three separate units weighting 1 credit (c.f.u.) each, for a total of 3 credits. Each unit consist of a number of video lectures lasting in average thirty minutes each. The total duration of video lectures for the whole module is less than 15 hours.
The topics covered in each unit are as follows.
Unit 1: Basic concepts on the topologies adopted in linear power supplies, with some hints on the analysis and design of the circuits.
Unit 2: RF frequency mixers, based both on passive and active devices. Definition of typical performance parameters.
Unit 3: The phase locked loop (PLL) system: analysis and design. Digital PLL circuits. Main applications for PLL circuits.
The course of “Applied Electronics – Module 2” will describe some of the key elements that compose a modern telecommunication system. The course is structured in three separate units weighting 1 credit (c.f.u.) each, for a total of 3 credits. Each unit consist of a number of video lectures lasting in average thirty minutes each. The total duration of video lectures for the whole module is less than 15 hours.
The topics covered in each unit are as follows.
Unit 1: Architecture of a Communication System. Basic concepts about analogue modulated signals. Amplitude Modulations (AM). Phase (PM) and Frequency (FM) Modulations.
Unit 2: Modulators for AM, PM and FM signals.
Unit 3: Structure of superheterodyne receivers. Demodulators for AM, PM and FM signals.
This course focuses on “mild technologies” applied to traditional Mediterranean foods, evaluating their impact on quality, safety, and shelf-life. Students will gain knowledge in food processing and preservation, with emphasis on sustainable and innovative methods.
Lectures cover basic food technology principles and explore advanced techniques such as microwaves, freeze-drying, spray-drying, ohmic heating, ultrasound, supercritical fluid extraction, high-pressure processing, and membrane technologies. Each method is critically analyzed for its industrial applications, benefits, and limitations.
The course introduces the fundamental concepts of digital and analog electronics and the operation of key semiconductor devices, providing the theoretical foundation needed for further study and problem‑solving in electronics.
It is structured into three parts:
- Digital Electronics: combinational and sequential logic, registers, counters, timing circuits, and basic waveform generators.
- Electronic Devices: semiconductor basics, p‑n junctions, diodes and applications, FETs, BJTs, and optoelectronic components.
- Analog Electronics: operation and analysis of transistor amplifiers, biasing, small‑signal models, and fundamental amplifier configurations.
Prerequisites include basic physics (electromagnetism), electrical engineering, elementary circuit theory, binary arithmetic, and Boolean algebra.
The course is theory‑focused, with no dedicated exercises or lab sessions, and serves as preparation for Basic Electronics 2 and future practical activities.
The course provides basic knowledge on discrete-time signals, with the introduction of some theoretical analysis and the presentation of specific algorithms. In particular, Fourier transform of discrete-time signals, z-transform and its fundamental properties, DFT, linear convolution and cyclic convolution, FIR and IIR systems, Fast Fourier transform (FFT) and fast convolution techniques ("overlap and sum" and "overlap and save").
Finally, typical filter schemes, Butterworth and Chebyshev approximations, linear phase filters and the design of FIR filters using the window method will conclude the course.
The “Electronic Instruments and Measurements for Automation” course covers topics related to measurement and automation. Distributed measures will be explored, their architectures will be studied, highlighting advantages and disadvantages. Transducers, their applications and the main types of A/D converters will be analyzed, both fast and less accurate (flash) and slow and extremely accurate (sigma-delta). The importance of harmonic analysis will also be mentioned both from a mathematical point of view and from an applicative point of view related to electronic measuring instruments. In fact, the problems related to the correct way of sampling signals and the dangers that follow in case of incorrect sampling will be studied
The course aims to teach the basic concepts of european and international
criminal system. At the end of the course, students will acquire a general
knowledge of criminal European and International system. They will be able
to constantly update their knowledge by consulting law and case-law
collections:
1. knowledge of the topics;
2. ability to frame topics;
3. property of judicial language;
4. capacity of analysis of law and case law in the European and
International;
5. criminal procedure;
6. abilities to critically examine specific issues and legal cases
The modules key contents are reported below:
Financial Securities:
- Fixed Income Securities. Bond Mathematics and Characteristics,
- Equity Securities. Present Value of Growth Opportunities (PVGO), EPS.
Valuing a Business by Discounted Cash Flow.
Portfolio theory:
- Risk and Return. Diversification,
- Tobin Model,
- Markowitz Model.
Asset Pricing Model
- CAPM,
- APT,
- Three factors model.
The course "Fundamentals of Electronics" aims to offer a state-of-the-art learning experience that integrates seamlessly into the objectives of the FORTHEM Digital Transformation Lab. The course addresses foundational and advanced concepts in electronics, including semiconductor physics, operational amplifiers, and digital electronics, with a clear focus on their applications in modern technological systems.
The course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of financial and management accounting. Students will acquire the basic knowledge needed to understand the structure and purpose of financial statements, interpret key accounting information, classify and analyze costs, and use management accounting tools to support managerial decision-making. The course is specifically designed for students with little or no prior background in accounting or business studies.
Course Contents
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Introduction to financial accounting and the accounting information system
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Purpose, structure and interpretation of financial statements (Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement)
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Accounting equation: assets, liabilities and equity
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Relationship between financial accounting and management accounting
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Cost concepts and cost classification (fixed vs. variable, direct vs. indirect costs)
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Cost allocation methods and introduction to Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
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Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) analysis and break-even analysis
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Contribution margin and its role in managerial decision-making
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Introduction to budgeting and performance measurement
This professional development course empowers university educators to create more effective and engaging learning experiences in a blended landscape. It provides a comprehensive journey from foundational pedagogical theory to confident practical application.
Participants will explore the science of how students learn, focusing on proven strategies to foster deep, lasting understanding over surface memorization. You will learn to systematically design courses using powerful frameworks like Backward Design and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), ensuring your teaching is both intentional and inclusive. The program then offers a practical guide to transformative active learning strategies, including Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Team-Based Learning (TBL), and the Flipped Classroom.
Crucially, these pedagogical approaches are connected to their implementation in a digital environment. You will gain hands-on skills for building and managing courses on the Moodle LMS and discuss how to ethically integrate modern tools, including AI. Ultimately, this course equips you to deliver learning experiences that are pedagogically sound, technologically proficient, and profoundly engaging for 21st-century students.
The course aims to present the general characteristics of sustainable industrial processes. The first part of the course provides an introduction to the concepts of economic, social and environmental sustainability. The second part is focused on the description of the main characteristics of industrial effluents. The third part is devoted to the main approaches that can be potentially used to improve the industrial sustainability and to move in the direction of the circular economy.
The course aims to guide the student to the knowledge of the basic methods of Statistical Linear models from an applied and a theoretical point of view. The topic will include basic on multivariate analysis, principal component analysis, linear models, multiple regression, selection of variables, diagnostic tools and residual analysis. Sketch on Generalized Linear Models GLM: Logistic regression
The concepts will be introduced by examples on real data sets. The software R will be introduced and used. The very first part of the course will be the use of the RStudio software (an open source interactive environment for R), so that examples can be run directly by students during or after the lessons. A R open source package (MLANP) written by the teacher will be also used.
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of General Psychology, offering an overview of human cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes. Students will be introduced to psychological theories, research methods, and practical applications of psychology in everyday life. Special focus will be given to the origins of psychology, key research methods, perceptual processes, learning, memory, cognition, emotions, and motivation as fundamental aspects of human behavior.
This course explores gender-specific differences in medicine, focusing on oral and bone health. It examines how biological, hormonal, and social factors affect disease patterns and treatment responses, promoting personalized, gender-sensitive care.
Students will learn to analyze gender-related differences in pathology and pharmacology, interpret clinical data, and choose appropriate interventions. The curriculum emphasizes preventive strategies, inclusive healthcare policies, and effective patient communication to improve engagement and equity.
The course provides a comprehensive introduction to microwave and terahertz communications, covering both fundamental and advanced concepts. A significant portion of the course is dedicated to transmission lines and waveguides, including coaxial cables, planar transmission lines, microstrip lines, and rectangular and circular metallic waveguides. These topics are fundamental to understanding electromagnetic wave propagation in guided structures. The course provides the basic tools for transmission line design and microwave circuit matching.
The course provides, together with the state-of-the-art CMOS technology, currently dominating the market of integrated circuits, and the issues related to the scaling of these devices, specific knowledge on properties and technology of novel materials such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, as potential building blocks for realizing a new generation of dense, fast, and low power consuming integrated circuits. The course will cover also advanced fabrication and characterisation techniques of nanodevices and nanostructures.