1 SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE CATALOGUE OF COURSES HELD IN ENGLISH FOR ERASMUS, FOREIGN AND ITALIAN STUDENTS
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SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
CATALOGUE OF COURSES HELD IN ENGLISH FOR ERASMUS, FOREIGN AND
ITALIAN STUDENTS
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Academic year 2015/2016
FOR COURSES BASED ON A SEMESTER ORGANIZATION
First semester: October 1st, 2015 to January 24th, 2016
Winter exams session: January 26th, 2016 to February 28th, 2016
Second semester: March 2nd, 2016 to June 12th, 2016
Summer exams session: June 15th, 2016 to July 25th, 2016
Extra exams session: August 24th, 2016 to September 23th 2016
FOR COURSES BASED ON A TRIMESTER ORGANIZATION
First trimester: October 1st, 2015 to December 6th, 2015
Winter exams session: December 9th, 2015 to January 10th, 2016
Second trimester: January 12th, 2016 to March 14th, 2016
Spring exams session: March 16th,2016 to April 11th, 2016
Third trimester: April 13th, 2016 to June 20th, 2016
Summer exams session: June 22th, 2016 to July 25th, 2016
Extra exam session: August 24th, 2016 to September 23th 2016
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INDEX
Courses in Forest Science, Environmental Technology and Local Development .............................................. 6
Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Forest Science ...................................................................................... 6
Forest Science – Curriculum Forest Science .............................................................................................. 6
Forest Science – Curriculum Land and forest conservation ...................................................................... 6
Forest Science – Curriculum Responsible production of good and services ............................................. 7
Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Land and Environment Science and Technology .................................. 8
Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Local Development ............................................................................... 8
Courses in Agriculture, Food, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ......................................................... 8
Lectures of the 1st Cycle Degree in Science and Culture of Gastronomy and Food service .......................... 8
Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Italian Food and Wine ........................................................................... 9
Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology .................................................... 9
Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Animal Science and Technology ......................................................... 10
Lectures of the Single Cycle Degree in Veterinary Medicine ...................................................................... 10
Course descriptions ......................................................................................................................................... 11
ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD ...................................................................................................... 11
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (CLINICAL MEDICINE) ....................................................................................... 12
ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD .................................................................................................................. 13
APPLIED GEOPHYSICS .......................................................................................................................... 14
BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN FOREST ........................................................................ 15
BIOMASS AND BIOENERGY .................................................................................................................. 16
BUSINESS PLAN .................................................................................................................................... 17
COMPUTER MODELING OF SOIL AND WATER RESOURSES ................................................................. 18
CLINICS IN REPRODUCTION (CLINICAL MEDICINE) .............................................................................. 19
ECONOMICS OF FOREST RESOURCES .................................................................................................. 20
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (MOD. B) ...... 21
ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY ......................................................................................................... 22
FOOD AND WINE HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY .............................................................................. 23
FOOD MICROBIOLOGY AND QUALITY ................................................................................................. 24
FOOD SAFETY AND HYGIENE ............................................................................................................... 25
FOOD TRACEABILITY FOR FOOD QUALITY ........................................................................................... 26
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE ..................................................................................... 27
FOREST HYDROLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 28
FOREST LAND PLANNING ..................................................................................................................... 29
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FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEENT OF FORESTS IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES .......................... 30
FOREST HYDROLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 31
FOREST OPERATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 32
FOREST PATHOLOGY AND WOOD ALTERATIONS ................................................................................ 33
FOREST POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE: MANAGING CONFLICTS ......................................................... 34
FOREST POLICY .................................................................................................................................... 35
FOREST RESOURCES EXPLOITATION .................................................................................................... 36
GEOLOGY OF MOUNTAIN AREAS ........................................................................................................ 37
GLOBAL HISTORY OF FOOD ................................................................................................................. 38
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................. 39
INSECT ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................... 40
INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................... 41
INTRODUCTION TO GIS ........................................................................................................................ 42
ITALIAN FOOD, CUISINE AND DIETS..................................................................................................... 43
LIVESTOCK BIODIVERSITY AND ANIMAL FOOD SAFETY ....................................................................... 44
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION BREEDING, SELECTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ......................................... 45
MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT IN MOUNTAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS ......................... 46
MANAGEMENT OF MOUNTAIN FORESTS AND LOGGING SYSTEMS .................................................... 47
MARKETING ......................................................................................................................................... 48
MEAT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 49
MOUNTAIN FLUVIAL MORPHOLOGY AND STREAM RESTORATION/ .................................................. 50
PLANT BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD......................................................................................................... 51
POULTRY AND RABBIT FARMING ........................................................................................................ 52
PROJECT PLANNING AND EVALUATION (MOD. A) .............................................................................. 53
REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION .................................................................................................... 54
RESEARCH PLANNING .......................................................................................................................... 55
SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS ..................................................................................................................... 56
SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ................................................. 57
SOCIETAL MARKETING: FOREST CERTIFICATION AND OTHER TOOLS ................................................. 58
SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ................................................................................... 60
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT ................................................................................... 61
VALUE ADDING QUALITY SCHEMES AND CONSUMER DEMAND ........................................................ 62
VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF FOREST AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND SERVICES ............. 63
VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS ....................................................................................... 64
VETERINARY GENERAL PATHOLOGY .................................................................................................... 65
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WILDFIRE AND NATURAL DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT .......................................... 67
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................. 68
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Courses in Forest Science, Environmental Technology and Local
Development
Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Forest Science The 2nd Cycle degree in Forest science is subdivided into 3 study programmes called “Curriculum”:
Forest Science , Land and forest conservation, Responsible production of good and services. These are
hosting also the courses taught within the Erasmus Mundus Master programmes Sutrofor, Sufonama and
Medfor. For more information about the degree in Forest Science: http://www.unipd.it/en/node/1196 or
contact: [email protected] .
Exchange students are invited to follow the course of one programme to avoid overlapping of lectures.
Forest Science – Curriculum Forest Science
Course unit Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Forest policy Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Economics of forest resources Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Insect ecology and management Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Silvicultural systems Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Forest Ecology and Management in Mediterranean Climates
Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Introduction to GIS Legnaro I 1° 2 16
Remote Sensing of Vegetation1
Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Forest pathology and wood alterations Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Wildlife conservation and management Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Forest hydrology Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Erosion control and stream restoration Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Research planning Legnaro II 1° 6 32
Forest resources exploitation Legnaro II 2° 6 48
Forest ecosystems and global change Legnaro II 2° 6 48
Forest land planning Legnaro II 2° 6 48
Forest Science – Curriculum Land and forest conservation
Insegnamento Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Forest policy Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Valuation and assessment of forest and environmental goods and services
Legnaro I 1° 6 48
1 Available only during the academic year 2015/2016
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Biodiversity and ecosystem services in forest Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Silvicultural systems Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Introduction to GIS Legnaro I 1° 2 16
Remote Sensing of Vegetation2
Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Forest pathology and wood alterations Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Wildlife conservation and management Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Management of mountain forests and logging systems Legnaro II 1° 10 80
Research planning Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Forest hydrology Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Mountain fluvial morphology and stream restoration Legnaro II 1° 8 64
Geology of mountain areas Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Forest Science – Curriculum Responsible production of good and services
Insegnamento Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Forest policy Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Economics of forest resources Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Insect ecology and management Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Introduction to GIS Legnaro I 1° 2 16
Management and treatment in mountain and Mediterranean forests
Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Remote Sensing of Vegetation1
Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Forest pathology and wood alterations Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Wildfire and natural disturbance ecology and management
Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Wildlife conservation and management Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Integrated watershed management Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Societal marketing: forest certification and other tools Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Research planning Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Social responsability by public and private organizations Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Forest Policies and Governance: Managing conflicts Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Forest operations Legnaro II 1° 6 48
2 Available only during the academic year 2015/2016
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Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Land and Environment Science and
Technology
Insegnamento Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Applied geophysics Padova I 1° 8 64
Computer modeling of soil and water resources 1 Padova I 2° 8 64
Environmental mineralogy Padova I 2° 8 64
Vegetation - atmosphere interactions Legnaro II 2° 8 64
Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Local Development
Insegnamento Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Project planning and evaluation Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Environmental and social responsibility in local
development process
Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Courses in Agriculture, Food, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
Lectures in Agriculture, Food, Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine belong to different degree
programmes. It is advised to choose lectures of the same degree program to avoid overlapping.
Lectures of the 1st Cycle Degree in Science and Culture of Gastronomy and Food
service
Insegnamento Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Anthropology of food Legnaro III 2° 6 48
Italian food, cuisine and diets Legnaro III 1° 8 64
Marketing Legnaro III 1° 6 48
Business plan Legnaro III 2° 6 48
Global history of food Legnaro III 1° 6 48
Human resources management Legnaro III 2° 8 64
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Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Italian Food and Wine The 2nd cycle degree in Italian Food and Wine will start for the first time in the academic year 2015/2016.
Students will find during that academic year only the 1st year courses meanwhile the 2nd year will be active
only from the academic year 2016/2017.
For further information about the course please check the webpage: http://www.unipd.it/en/italian-food-
and-wine or contact: [email protected]
Insegnamento Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Plant biodiversity and food Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Animal biodiversity and food Legnaro I 1° 6 48
Value adding quality schemes and consumer demand Legnaro I
1° 8 64
Food safety and hygiene Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Food traceability for food quality Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Food microbiology and quality Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Food and Wine history and anthropology Legnaro I 2° 6 48
Quality, processing and sensorial analysis of Italian food Legnaro II Available from 2016/2017
Quality, processing and sensorial analysis of Italian wine Legnaro II Available from 2016/2017
Food, wine and nutrition Legnaro II Available from 2016/2017
Food and Wine-based territorial valorization and rural
development Legnaro II Available from 2016/2017
Quality-oriented Food and Wine management and
governance Legnaro II Available from 2016/2017
Consumer behavior Legnaro II Available from 2016/2017
Food, wine and society Legnaro II Available from 2016/2017
Food and wine: perspectives from abroad Legnaro II Available from 2016/2017
Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology
Insegnamento Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Biomass and bioenergy Legnaro II 1° 6 48
Soil and water resources assessment Legnaro II 2° 6 48
Sustainable agriculture management Legnaro II 2° 6 48
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Lectures of the 2nd Cycle Degree in Animal Science and Technology
Insegnamento Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Livestock biodiversity and animal food safety Legnaro II 1° 8 64
Meat science and technology Legnaro I 1° 8 64
Livestock production, breeding, selection and impact on
climate change1
Legnaro I 1° 8 64
Lectures of the Single Cycle Degree in Veterinary Medicine Only students who are enrolled in Veterinary Medicine in their home countries have access to these
courses.
Insegnamento Campus Course Year
Semester ECTS Teaching hours
Clinics in reproduction
Legnaro V 1° 5 50
Animal husbandry
Legnaro III 2° 5 50
Poultry and rabbit farming
Legnaro III 2° 4 3
Veterinary general pathology
Legnaro II 2° 6 60
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Course descriptions
ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD
2nd Cycle Degree in Italian Food and Wine
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: ALESSIO CECCHINATO [email protected]
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The final evaluation will be by means of oral exam and by means of the preparation and
exposition of a group work.
Prerequisites: The class does not require any "bridging courses" and some basic knowledge on general
aspects of livestock production systems will be given during the first credit of the course.
Programme:
1st credit: Introduction: aims of livestock production. Dairy and beef cattle production systems. Pig
production. Standard meat and dairy products. Quality definition and quality parameters.
2nd credit: Interaction Genotype X Environment X Tradition in order to obtain a “high quality product”.
Italian livestock biodiversity will also be descripted and analyzed.
3rd credit: Typical Italian meat products – Quality traits and their relations with the production systems.
4th credit: Typical Italian dairy products – Quality traits and their relations with the production systems
5th credit: Case study on an Italian Typical Product (to be defined). Tradition, production and valorization.
6th credit: Field trips connected with the case study treated during the course.
The course will be done in classroom (5 CFU) with theoretical lectures and some “field trips” in private
farms/companies (1CFU)
More information: http://didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2190/2015/000ZZ/1124177
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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (CLINICAL MEDICINE)
Single Cycle Master Degree in VETERINARY MEDICINE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Paolo Berzaghi
Credits: 5 ECTS Note: this is a module of Zootecnica speciale (13 ECTS). Only this module is held in English and can not be registered alone. Students
will receive ad declaration signed by the professor about the passing of the exam.
Examination: written exam
Prerequisites: The student must have acquired knowledge on anatomy and physiology of the digestive tract
and the mammary gland of farm animals (cattle, pigs, sheep and goats) and on anatomy and physiology of
the digestive tract and reproductive apparatus of poultry and rabbit species. The student must be able to
identify different feeds, and to know their chemical composition and nutritional value. Propedeutic course:
Animal feeding and nutrition (Food safety); Veterinary physiology and ethology 2.
Programme: Dairy Cows. Milk market in Italy and Europe and future production perspective. Feeding
management: ration balancing and feeding techniques. Efficiency parameters for production and
reproduction. Weaning and heifer management. Prepartum preparation with the objective of preventing
metabolic disorders. Milk quality. Dry period.
Beef cattle: the meat market in Italy and Europe and future production perspective. Production techniques
in relation of the stocker type. Production goals. Feeding of fattening beef and meat quality.
Swine: Pork market in Italy and Europe and future production perspective. Pork quality in relation to the
production of cured ham. Managing sows for maximum productive and reproductive performances. Raising
young sows. Pregnancy and parturition. Managing piglets. Lactation and dry period. Weaning and fattening.
Goats: Managing dairy goats.
More information: http://didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/MV0991/2011/000ZZ/1099064
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ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD
1st Cycle Degree in SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF GASTRONOMY AND CATERING
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Michela Zago
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Oral examination.
Prerequisites: None.
Programme: According to the historico-religious and anthropological perspective, the course focuses on
food behaviours from antiquity to the contemporary world, with special attention to: the taxonomies,
interdictions and choices of food in relation to cultural and religious models; the relationship between
human and divine food and between food and social body; food as a constitutive element of the creation
and reproduction of local, regional and national identities; the notions of taste and distaste.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/IF0365/2008/000ZZ/1099294
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APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
2nd Cycle Degree in LAND AND ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Giorgio Cassiani
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination: Oral examination including also the discussion of a scientific paper to be chosen among the
ones previously distributed to students.
Prerequisites: Essential prerequisites include: basics of mathematics and physics.
Programme: The course will be composed of two parts:
part 1: introduction to exploration geophysics, will introduce the general concepts of Geophysics applied
with particular regard to:
• physical principles of the main electrical, electromagnetic, seismic, magnetic and gravimetric methods
• concepts of resolution and penetration
• general definition of geophysical inversion
• basic concepts about data acquisition of the main methodologies
Part 2: exploration methods for environmental purposes. The methods that will be discussed are:
-traditional and tomographic geo-electrics, particularly with special regard to hydrological and
hydrogeological applications
-spectral induced polarization with applications to identify contaminants in the subsurface
-low frequency electromagnetic methods for contaminated site exploration and identification of structures
in the first meters of the subsoil
- GPR and its potential applications to stratigraphy, engineering, hydrology, with a particular focus on
processing and interpretation
-advanced high-resolution seismic for structural and stratigraphic definition of the top tens to hundreds of
metres
-seismic refraction and surface waves seismic engineering and their geotechnical applications
-seismic, radar and geoelectrical cross-hole geophysical methods
- well logs and their environmental and hydrological applications.
For all methods special attention will be given to their applications, with examples from literature and from
the experience of the lecturer. Demonstration will be given of the main methods, followed by processing,
inversion and interpretation of laboratory data.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/IF0321/2008/000ZZ/1134016
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BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN FOREST
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Lorenzo Marini
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written examination and oral presentation of an individual project of conservation biology.
Prerequisites: None
Programme: The course will provide the students with knowledge of the origin and distribution of
biodiversity, methodologies to sample, measure and analyze biodiversity data, and the consequences of
biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning and society.
1. The course is divided in five units:
Biodiversity: definitions, sampling and analysis
2. Spatial distribution of biodiversity
3. Natural and anthropogenic drivers of biodiversity
4. Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and ecosystem services
5. Conservation and mitigation measures
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014/002LE/1126583
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BIOMASS AND BIOENERGY
2nd Cycle Degree in AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Mario Malagoli
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Students will have to give a brief presentation on the articles they studied.
Prerequisites: English language B2 level
Programme:
1- Biomass definition. Energy potential contribution of biomass. Energy. Solar Energy. Useful solar
radiation. Photosynthetic efficiency. Net primary production Carbon cycle.
2-: Global energy demand. Renewable energy: amount and role. Energy from biomass. Current use and
future scenarios. Conversion processes of biomass
3- : Thermochemical conversion. Combustion. Pyrolysis. Gasification. Physico-chemical conversion.
Esterification. Biodiesel.
4-: Biological conversion. Fermentation. Anaerobic digestion. Biofuels. Composting
5- Excursions: Field chipping systems, Biodiesel production factory, Biogas production
6- Excursions: Biomass heating power plant, Composting process.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AG0063/2014/000ZZ/1117243
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BUSINESS PLAN
1st Cycle Degree in SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF GASTRONOMY AND CATERING
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Andrea Menini
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Develop a business plan and presenting it.
Prerequisites:
Specific knowledge:
- industry analysis
- strategy
- accounting
- cost accounting
Generic competences:
- work with others
- work with information
- work with technology (word-excel-powerpoint or similar)
- learning to learn
Programme:
Market analysis
Demand analysis
Pricing
The operational plan
Economic analysis
Financial analysis
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/IF0365/2008/000ZZ/1099295
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COMPUTER MODELING OF SOIL AND WATER RESOURSES
2nd Cycle Degree in LAND AND ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester; Available only during the academic year 2015/2016
Lecturer: David Radcliffe, Guest lecturer from the University of Georgia (USA)
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination:
Prerequisites:
Programme:
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/IF0321/2008/000ZZ/1135497
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CLINICS IN REPRODUCTION (CLINICAL MEDICINE)
Single Cycle Master Degree in VETERINARY MEDICINE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Stefano Romagnoli
Credits: 9 ECTS
Examination: Practical, written and oral examination at the end of the course
Prerequisites: Students are expected to have a sound understanding of anatomy and physiology of gonadal
function as well as of physiology of the reproductive cycle of all domestic species as well as of exotic
companion and wild animals. Having successfully passed the final exam of the course of Obstetrics and
Pathology of Reproduction is a mandatory requirement.
Programme:
RUMINANTS
Clinical exam of the reproductive tract. Heat detection. Artificial insemination. Vaginal and uterine
prolapsed. Reproduction in buffaloes
Reproduction in small ruminants. Pharmacologic manipulation of the reproductive cycle in seasonal and
non-seasonal species. Clinical approach to the peripartum diseases. Reproductive health management
programs. Assisted Reproductive Technologies
HORSE
Management of transition phase. Artificial insemination. Fertilization, early development and placental
formation. Management of twin embryos. Embryonic death in mares. The prefoaling period. Parturition
and dystocia. Retained placenta. Abortion due to infection, placentitis. Uterine cultures, cytology and
biopsy. Biotechnologies in animal reproduction
SMALL ANIMALS
Pregnancy and pseudopregnancy. Parturition and pediatrics – puerperal diseases. The problem pregnancy.
Infertility in the bitch and queen. Practical use of reproductive hormones. Vaginal prolapsed. Urinary
incontinence. Mammary tumors. Neutering yes or no? And if yes, how and when?
Practical aspects of male reproduction. Cryptorchidism. Prostatic diseases in the dog.
Reproduction in wild and exotic species.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/MV0991/2011/000ZZ/1124644
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ECONOMICS OF FOREST RESOURCES
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Paola Gatto
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The final mark is made up of three components: class participation; individual project work;
oral exam. Weight of the three components will be provided at the beginning of the lectures.
Prerequisites: Students must have a background in basic economics. The following concepts are particularly
relevant: functioning of the market mechanism, reasons for market failure, theory of public goods
Programme: The module comprises of four sub-modules
1. Introduction
2. Market and trade for timber products: characteristics and drivers
Situation of forest resources and of timber products at the international scale; general features of timber
markets and trade; barriers to trade; illegality in the timber trade
3. Forest dependence and livelihood: fuelwood and NWFPs
Concepts of poverty and how to measure them; dependency of communities on forest resources; Value
chain analyses for Wood and non-wood forest products
4. Forest services: Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and other Market-based tools
Theoretical background from institutional economics: property rights theory/property regimes; PES basic
concepts – PES typologies and examples; Designing and applying PES; PES case studies in the field of water,
Carbon, biodiversity and recreation/amenity
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (MOD. B)
2nd Cycle Degree in Local Development
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Elena Pisano
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written exam. Not attending students are invited to contact the professor before the exam.
1. Completeness and precision in the understanding of the theoretical parts.
2. Completeness and precision in the understanding of the applied parts.
3. Capacity of formulation of a project with the EuropeAid format.
4. Capacity to perform a cost-benefit analysis and specifically the financial analysis.
Prerequisites: None
Programme:
INTRODUCTION: Definitions and theoretical background on responsibility connected with natural resources
management in local development processes.
SER AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT: Environmental and social responsibility in local development projects.
Examples.
GOVERNANCE: Basic principles and indicators of good governance: transparency, participation,
accountability and capacity.
POLICIES: (i) Climate change policy (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - UNFCCC,
Kyoto Protocol - KP, Clean Development Mechanism - CDM, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation in Developing Countries - REDD); (ii) Forest policies (Forest Law Enforcement
Governance and Trade - FLEGT and other regional initiatives against deforestation and illegal logging); (iii)
Environmental policy (Convention on Biodiversity - CBD and Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species - CITES, Green Public Procurement -GPP).
VOLUNTARY INSTRUMENTS: Voluntary market-based instruments and regulatory-normative instruments:
international agreements and conventions, action plans, standards, certification schemes, reporting,
monitoring and others.
EXAMPLES AND PROJECT
More information: http://didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/SU/IF1784/2014/000ZZ/1117681
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ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY
2nd Cycle Degree in LAND AND ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Gilberto Artioli
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination: (1) mid-term presentation on an analytical technique selected by the teacher. The student
will summarize: (a) the fundamentals of the technique, (b) the instrumental configuration, (c) the resulting
information, (d) describe one application with environmental implications.
(2) The student will deliver a final presentation on a topic with environmental implications agreed with the
teacher. The student will present: (a) the scientific problem, (b) the data available in the literature, with
critical discussion, (c) the prospected actions for a better definition or solution of the problem.
Prerequisites: Basic chemistry and chemical thermodynamics. Essentials of mineralogy and geology.
Programme: Natural solid materials: basic concepts of mineralogy and crystal-chemistry.
Natural processes. Introduction on the distribution of the chemical elements on the Earth’s crust, on the
geological processes, on the geochemical cycles. Processes and fluid-solid interactions at the mineral
surfaces. Experimental techniques to study materials surfaces.
Case studies:
(1) Hazardous minerals in nature and in working places:
asbestos, free silica. Environmental monitoring, assessment, mineral quantification, disposal.
(2) Microporous minerals: clays, zeolites. Crystal structure, crystal chemistry, absorption properties, ionic
exchange properties, catalysis. Their use in environmental, agricultural, and industrial applications.
(3) Mineral dust. Origin, characterization. Implications for the palaeoclimatic and environmental
reconstructions of the investigations of mineral dust entrapped in polar ice and ocean sediments.
(4) Metals and the environment. Dispersion and re-mobilization of toxic elements during mineral deposits
exploitation and industrial transformation of raw resources. Acid mine drainage. The case of arsenic
dispersion: inorganic vs bio-controlled processes.
(5) Binders and cements. Their use in history and in present societies as building materials. Environmental
applications in solidification and inertization processes of wastes and polluted soils.
(6) Rare Earth Elements. REE cycle and natural resources. Their role in technological products, recovery
from e-waste.
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FOOD AND WINE HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
2nd Cycle Degree in Italian Food and Wine
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: MICHELA ZAGO [email protected]
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Oral examination.
Prerequisites: None.
Programme: According to the historico-religious and anthropological perspective, the course focuses on
food behaviours from antiquity to the contemporary world, with special attention to: the taxonomies,
interdictions and choices of food in relation to cultural and religious models; the relationship between
human and divine food and between food and social body; food as a constitutive element of the creation
and reproduction of local, regional and national identities; the notions of taste and distaste.
The course is organized together with Antropology of food.
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FOOD MICROBIOLOGY AND QUALITY
2nd Cycle Degree in Italian Food and Wine
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: VIVIANA CORICH [email protected]
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The final evaluation will be by means of oral exam and by means of the preparation and
exposition of a group work. The evaluation of the student will be based on the comprehension of the
addressed topics and on the base of the concepts and methodologies learnt during the class. The ability of
the student of using such aspects in an independent way will also be taken into account.
Prerequisites: The class does not require any "bridging courses" and some base knowledge will be given
during the first credits of the course.
Programme:
1st credit: Introduction. Basic principles of microbiology. Microbial nutrition and metabolism. Microbial
growth and its control. Food-related microbial ecology.
2nd credit: Yeast and bacteria involved in food production. Technological role of microorganisms. Main
microbial metabolisms and products involved in food quality.
3rd credit: Typical Italian dairy and fermented meat products – technological process and microbial
involvement in quality traits (cheese and salami).
4th credit: Typical Italian alcoholic beverage – technological process and microbial involvement in quality
traits (wines, distillates, bears).
5th credit: Case study on Italian Typical Products chosen among important ripened cheeses and fermented
meat products. Tradition, production and valorisation.
6th credit: Field trips connected with the case study treated during the course.
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FOOD SAFETY AND HYGIENE
2nd Cycle Degree in Italian Food and Wine
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer:
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The final evaluation will be by means of oral exam and by means of the preparation and
exposition of a group work. The evaluation of the student will be based on the comprehension of the
addressed topics and on the base of the concepts and methodologies learnt during the class. It will be also
evaluated the ability of students to find logical connections with other disciplines of the course related to
the same matter.
Prerequisites:
Programme:
1st credit: Introduction, general overview of the law in the European Union (Directives, Regulations,
Decisions).
2nd credit: Essentials of the main EU Regulations governing sanitary controls on the hygiene of food
production in the European Union.
3rd credit: The main foodborne diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria that can be transmitted to humans
by eating foods (salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, listeriosis. botulism).
4th credit: The main foodborne diseases caused by helminths and protozoa associated to the consumption
of foods (trichinosis, anisakidosis, tapeworm).
5th credit: Main microbial and/or chemical hazard that may occur in the production of typical artisanal
made Italian meat and dairy products.
6th credit: field trips connected with the case study treated during the course.
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FOOD TRACEABILITY FOR FOOD QUALITY
2nd Cycle Degree in Italian Food and Wine
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: VALENTINA BONFATTI [email protected]
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The final evaluation will be based on oral exams and on preparation and presentation of a
group work. Verification of the level of understanding and assimilation of the topics covered in class, and
ability to critically analyze the traceability systems used in some case studies suggested by the students.
Oral exam: knowledge of the topics, ability to present and discuss topics in a critical way
Group work: communication and critical analysis skills will be taken into account when evaluating the
student
Prerequisites: Preparatory courses (recommended): Plant biodiversity and food, Animal biodiversity and
food
Programme:
Part 1 (1 CFU) – Introduction to the concept of food quality and typicity. European food assurance schemes.
Types of food frauds. Labelling.
Part 2 (1 CFU) – Guidelines, regulations and quality assessment in the production of the main Italian
PDO/PGI dairy products: Parmigiano Reggiano, Grana Padano, Gorgonzola, Mozzarella di Bufala Campana,
Pecorino Romano.
Part 3 (1 CFU) – Guidelines, regulations and quality assessment in the production of the main Italian
PDO/PGI meat products: dry-cured hams, Vitellone Bianco dell’Appennino Centrale.
Part 4 (1 CFU) – Guidelines, regulations and quality assessment in the production of the main Italian
PDO/PGI or DOCG/DOC products: fruit and vegetables, wine, oil
Part 5 (1 CFU) – Valorisation of specific breed-related products and genetic methods for their traceability
Part 6 (1 CFU) – Use of innovative methods for quality control, food authentication and traceability
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FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Marco Carrer
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Oral presentation and discussion plus a written report and test.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites are requested (having attended the course of Ecology is advisable)
Programme:
The climate system: i) the athmoshere, structure, composition, dynamics; ii) the other components
Causes of climate change: i) external and internal mechanisms; ii) time scales of changes
Defining the climate: i) instrumental vs proxi data; ii) Measurements vs reconstructions
Tracking the changes: i) paleo and contemporary climate changes; ii) climate models and future changes
Assessing the effects: i) physiological mechanisms; ii) acclimation; monitoring and managements
Class lectures
Field activities
Students' presentations
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FOREST HYDROLOGY
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Marco Borga
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written report, written examination, oral examination
Prerequisites: No prerequisites are requested (having attended the course of Ecology is advisable)
Programme:
The objective of this module is to provide a multidisciplinary examination of the terrestrial component of
the hydrologic cycle. Quantitative analysis of the watershed; river network and its spatial organization.
(1CFU)
Quantitative analysis of precipitation/interception, energy balance; evapotranspiration/soil moisture; snow
accumulation and melt. Role of vegetation in the hydrological cycle. Links between the hydrologic cycle and
the biogeochemical cycle. (1CFU)
Quantitative analysis of infiltration/soil water; runoff processes; groundwater. Hydrologic measurements:
precipitation, temperature, evaporation, discharge data. Spatial and temporal representativeness of
hydrologic data. (1CFU)
Mathematical modelling of the hydrologic cycle: estimation of the precipitation and evaporation fluxes;
infiltration and runoff formation modelling. Examination of the impact of land use change on flood
formation. Computer modelling of flood events. (1CFU)
Modelling of hydrologic cycle and analysis of impact of forest cover on water yield and runoff regime.
Summary of international experimentation. Forest resources management and their effects on the
hydrologic cycle and on water resources. (1CFU)
Evapotraspiration fluxes. Physics of evaporation: mass transfer and latent-heat transfer. The energy
balance. The transpiration process. Potential and actual evapotranspiration. (1CFU)
frontal lectures; common exercitations; field activity
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FOREST LAND PLANNING
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Tommaso Sitzia
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination:
Prerequisites:
Programme:
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FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEENT OF FORESTS IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Guest lecturer from University of Sidney
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination:
Prerequisites:
Programme:
The course is available only during the 1st semester of the academic year 2015/2016.
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FOREST HYDROLOGY
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First Semester
Lecturer: Marco Borga
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination:
Written report
written examination
oral examination
Prerequisites:
Programme: The objective of this module is to provide a multidisciplinary examination of the terrestrial
component of the hydrologic cycle. Quantitative analysis of the watershed; river network and its spatial
organization. (1CFU)
Quantitative analysis of precipitation/interception, energy balance; evapotranspiration/soil moisture; snow
accumulation and melt. Role of vegetation in the hydrological cycle. Links between the hydrologic cycle and
the biogeochemical cycle. (1CFU)
Quantitative analysis of infiltration/soil water; runoff processes; groundwater. Hydrologic measurements:
precipitation, temperature, evaporation, discharge data. Spatial and temporal representativeness of
hydrologic data. (1CFU)
Mathematical modelling of the hydrologic cycle: estimation of the precipitation and evaporation fluxes;
infiltration and runoff formation modelling. Examination of the impact of land use change on flood
formation. Computer modelling of flood events. (1CFU)
Modelling of hydrologic cycle and analysis of impact of forest cover on water yield and runoff regime.
Summary of international experimentation. Forest resources management and their effects on the
hydrologic cycle and on water resources. (1CFU)
Evapotraspiration fluxes. Physics of evaporation: mass transfer and latent-heat transfer. The energy
balance. The transpiration process. Potential and actual evapotranspiration. (1CFU)
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FOREST OPERATIONS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Raffaele Cavalli
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The examination consists in a PowerPoint presentation of an intervention in a forest area
choosen by the student. Main elements of the presentation are: descriptiokn of the area and of the forest,
definition of the wood product obtainable by the forest exploitation, analysis of the road network,
identification of the forest exploitation system, performance of the forest exploitation system, analysis of
the environmental impacts connecte to the intervention.
The presentation time is 20 minutes
Prerequisites:
Programme: Forestry wood products; forestry wood supplying chains: forest work features; safety and
health in forest work. Cutting operations: guiding principles and recommended practices in tree felling,
trimming and crosscutting ; risk assessment and protection of forestry workers. Ground-based extraction
operations: guiding principles and recommended practices (extraction with chutes, extraction with ground-
skidding, extraction with forwarder). Aerial extraction operations: guiding principles and recommended
practices (extraction with cable systems; extraction with helicopter). Off-road transport: guiding principles
and recommended practices (transport with trailer and forwarder). Material handling and on-road
transportation: guiding principles and recommended practices (loading and unloading with crane and
transport with truck)
The course is taught partly by lectures and partly through laboratory activities during which they analyze
the technical and operational issues of the different forest exploitation systems. It is provided a practical
activity to be carried out at the Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum für Wald - Forstliche Ausbildungsstätte
(BFW-FAST) Ossiach, Austria, during which they provided the elements to analyze a system of
mechanization in the operating environment
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FOREST PATHOLOGY AND WOOD ALTERATIONS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Lucio Montecchio
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written examination
Prerequisites: Plant biology, Forest botany, Silviculture.
Programme:
Role of parasites and mutualists in natural and artificial systems. Parasitism and parasitic relationships.
Susceptibility and resistance. Epidemics.
1 week excursion
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FOREST POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE: MANAGING CONFLICTS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Laura Secco
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The students are required to deal with 3 types of compulsory tasks during the course:
1) Oral presentation and discussion of slides (Power Point file) on selected scientific papers related to the
course’s topic.
2) Oral discussion of a written report (essay) about the issues developed during the course.
3) Final written examination with open-ended questions.
Activities 1 and 2 will take place in the group. Activity 3 will be strictly individual.
Prerequisites: No pre-requirements requested.
Programme: The course deepens the concept of forest policies and governance models intended to solve
conflicts in link with deforestation, unsustainable management of forest, forest products and services
production and trade. Central themes are: (i) forest policy and policy reforms at global, regional, national
and local levels; (ii) the international dialogue on forests and certification systems: the opposite views and
example of conflicts; (iii) different visions on new modes of governance; (iv) governance and ‘good
governance’ concepts applied to forestry; (v) forest governance assessment initiatives; (vi) multi-actor,
multi-sector and multi-level governance; (vii) governance and public participation in conflicting situations,
negotiation procedures;(viii) sustainability, multifunctionality and cross-sectoral impact concepts as
discussed for forest policy analysis; (ix) various examples (case-studies from tropical and mediterranean
areas) related to: national forest policy formulation processes, forest certification initiatives, community-
based forestry, forest-based rural development projects.
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FOREST POLICY
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Davide Pettenella
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written (4-5 open questions) and oral tests. To access to the oral test it is compulsory to pass
the written one. The written exam is valid for 12 months.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites are requested (attendance to the course Forest economics is advisable)
Programme:
1. general elements of the presentation of the processes of policy formulation, the instruments
(command and control, voluntary, disclosure), actors (public institutions, companies and civil society actors)
and their alliances and coalitions.
2. specific analysis of specific policies at international, European and EU level, for the forest sector and
forest components of rural development policies, for the climate change, trade and energy
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FOREST RESOURCES EXPLOITATION
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Stefano Grigolato [email protected]
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination:
Prerequisites:
Programme:
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GEOLOGY OF MOUNTAIN AREAS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Bernardo Cesare
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination:
Prerequisites:
Programme:
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GLOBAL HISTORY OF FOOD
1st Cycle Degree in SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF GASTRONOMY AND CATERING
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Salvatore Ciriacono
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The examination will be addressed in oral form and at individual level, although the
preparation of a term paper can be addressed and presented in aggregate form.
Prerequisites: Students must be able, through the general knowledge gained in previous years, to
assimilate the contents of the history of food in a long-term perspective. They have yet to put this
particular field of study in a broader framework that incorporated the general history, culture and
economic development of much of the globe.
Programme: Special attention will be given to the agronomical exchange between the Americas and Europe
as consequence of the transatlantic links. The Asian tradition in the cultivation of many crops - rice in the
first place - as well in the expansion of its kitchen will also be considered. Colonial produce as sugar, coffee,
cacao will be analyzed as a fundamental chapter of the European “consumption revolution” during the
Early Modern Times, opening a new era during which the expansion of the markets and the “globalization”
of the taste characterized modern nutrition. The industrial preparation and conservation of food which
started in the 19th century are today confronted with the discovery of the regional kitchen and new
dimensions of food consumption (e.g. slow food).
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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
1st Cycle Degree in SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF GASTRONOMY AND CATERING
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Diego Campagnolo
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination: The final exam is a written exam. There will be some multi-choice questions (10 questions)
and some open questions (5 questions).
Oral exam is up to the choice of each student and is not mandatory (in addition to the written exam).
Students have also the opportunity to do a project work in team (in addition to the written exam).
Prerequisites: Students are required to know the main principles of business economics
Programme:
Organization and Organizational Effectiveness
Stakeholders, Managers, and Ethics
Managing in a Changing Global Environment
Basic Challenges of Organizational Design
Designing Organizational Structure: Authority and Control
Designing Organizational Structure: Specialization and Coordination
Creating and Managing Organizational Culture
Organizational Design and Strategy in a Changing Global Environment
Organizational Design, Competences, and Technology
Types and Forms of Organizational Change
Human Resources Management and Human capital
Motivation in work organizations
HRM competency-based
HR planning
Job market and recruitment
Selecting human resources: strategy, tools and targets
Organizational needs and training
Work analysis and job design
Assessing human resources
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INSECT ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Andrea Battisti
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The exam will consist of written reports on the laboratory/field activity done during the
course as well as of an oral presentation on a subject agreed with the teacher.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of ecology and entomology.
Programme: Insect abundance and distribution: species-area relationships. Diversity of forest insects in
relation to tree species, feeding guilds, and to the history of forest stands.
Classification of the outbreaks and related examples. Population dynamics: demographic growth versus
mortality. Population cycles in different types of forest ecosystems.
Ecological factors affecting the populations of forest insects. Effects of climate and temperature, including
climate change. Mechanisms of resistance developed by the host plants and adaptations of the insects.
Role of competition and of natural enemies in population regulation.
Principles of integrated pest managements based on the knowledge of the insect ecology. Prevention,
direct and indirect control, economic assessment of costs and benefits of IPM in forestry.
Relationships between climate change, range expansion and insect population dynamics.
Invasive species in forestry: definitions, concepts, and applications.
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INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Paolo Tarolli
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Drafting of a technical report that must include the main topics illustrated during the labs.
Prerequisites: None
Programme: LECTURES
1. Introduction
- Anthropocene
- Discussion (seminar)
2. Climate change vs. land cover change
- Climate change from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene
- Land cover change from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene
- Discussion (seminar)
3. Scale concept and remote sensing techniques
- Scale
- Digital Terrain Models
- Remote sensing techniques
- Discussion (seminar)
4. Natural Hazards (rainfall-runoff, landslide types and processes)
- Rainfall-Runoff processes analysis and modelling
- Landslide processes analysis and modelling
- Discussion (seminar)
5. Hydrogeological Risk Assessment
- Solutions
- Future and strategic directions
- Discussion (seminar)
GIS LABORATORY
Lab 1 - Introduction and usefulness of GIS platforms for hydrogeological risk assessment
Lab 2 - Rainfall interpolation: analysis of a real event
Lab 3 - Digital Terrain Analysis: DTM & topographic attributes
Lab 4 - Land use change, and hydrograph change
Lab 5 - Landslide hazard, and landslide risk
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INTRODUCTION TO GIS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Francesco Pirotti
Credits: 2 ECTS
Examination:
- Multiple choice exam at the end of course
- Evaluation of final GIS-based project report
- Evaluation of presentation to classroom of summary of article
Prerequisites:
- Math and geometry
- Basic knowledge of computer systems (Windows Operating System)
- A plus if student has used a software for data analysis (spreadsheet-like, or statistical packages such as R-
cran)
Programme: Introduction to computer systems and data processing software for analysis of natural
resources. Basics of structuring of a geographic information system (GIS); basic introduction to concepts of
surveying, mapping, and remote sensing as data sources; methods of data ETL (Extract Transform and Load)
related to different data models (vector , raster and others); data processing and analysis including map
overlay, buffer analysis, topographic modeling, spatial interpolation, and map design with GIS. Hands-on
lab time using open-source relevant computer software packages.
- Lectures
- Lab work with GIS tools
- GIS project based on processing a dataset and writing a report
- Comprehensive reading of a peer-reviewed scientific article
- Explanation of article to class via a concise presentation
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ITALIAN FOOD, CUISINE AND DIETS
1st Cycle Degree in SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF GASTRONOMY AND CATERING
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Giovanni Bittante
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination: the evaluation will be based on the ability of the student to analyze and evaluate a complex
problem relative to gastronomy and food service field.
Prerequisites: to have attended to the first two years of the course.
Programme: 1st credit General – ecological – approach to feeding and nutrition.
2nd credit Historical evolution of relationships between agriculture, pastoralism and human nutrition.
3rd credit Seminars on culture of food and cuisine.
4th credit Meeting and seminars with entrepreneurs, managers and technicians from industries and their
associations.
5th credit Traditional foods, Diets and Cuisines.
6th credit Practical activities and bibliographic search.
7th credit Technical visits.
8th credit Information and training on stage and final evaluation.
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LIVESTOCK BIODIVERSITY AND ANIMAL FOOD SAFETY
2nd Cycle Degree in ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Martino Cassandro
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination: Written, oral on request.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of: basic elements of Anatomy and physiology of animals in livestock production.
Any preparatory lessons (recommended): organic chemistry, animal biology
Programme:
1 ECTS: Animal Biodiversity
2 ECTS: Livestock Biodiversity
3 ECTS: Livestock species to bring into the Ark
4 ECTS: Strategies and conservation schemes
5 ECTS: Measures of genetic diversity and uniqueness
6 ECTS: Molecular markers
7 ECTS: Case studies
8 ECTS: Exercises and visits
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LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION BREEDING, SELECTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
2nd Cycle Degree in ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester, available only during the academic year 2015/2016
Lecturer: Flavio Forabosco, Armenian National Agrarian University
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination:
Prerequisites:
Programme:
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MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT IN MOUNTAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Mario Pividori
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written exam
Prerequisites: Knowlede of tha basis of forest ecology, dendrometry and general silviculture
Programme: After an analysis of the main environmental and anthropic factors influencing the mountain
environment, the course focuse on the different ecological and silvicultural techniques of analysis and
management wich can be applied in mountain forests. Hereafter Cable crane planning (field survey,
calculation and dimensioning of the structural parts, line configuration)al examples of silviculture in Veneto
region are shown and discussed.
3 days excursion to dolomite mountains
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MANAGEMENT OF MOUNTAIN FORESTS AND LOGGING SYSTEMS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Marco Carrer/ Raffaele Cavalli
Credits: 10 ECTS
Examination: The students will be required to prepare a written report on at least one of the three course
modules. Field trips participation is essential. The report counts 1/3 of the final marking, while 2/3 is
obtained through oral or written examinations on the whole programme of the course. Internal
commission of examiners.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of ecology, forest botany and, especially, forest ecology.
Programme: Over the last years, the quantitative definition of forest structure and stand dynamics has
rapidly become more and more important because the knowledge of the main patterns and processes
controlling a forest ecosystem is a critical prerequisite for a high-quality forest management. Therefore, an
overall view starting from the ecological side of the ecosystem, to the management and finally to the
exploitation strategies are becoming key instruments for a thorough knowledge and a wise management of
forest systems. More specifically, the course includes: (i) Understanding the role of different forest types in
view of choosing the right management system; (ii) Knowledge of key issues, instruments and
methodologies of dendroecology; (iii) Knowledge of instruments and methodologies of spatial analyses
related to forest dynamics; (iv) Assessment of the different forest functions and choice of the main one in
the context of the landscape mosaic in subalpine environments; (v) Practical application of different
silvicultural systems in subalpine forests. (vi) Knowledge of forest survey, mechanisation and logging in
steep areas. (vii) Ability to analyse case-studies and to use them in understanding theory and concepts and
in identifying weaknesses and strengths. In addition, most of the case-studies discussed are directly visited
by the students; they are (a) an even-aged beech forest located in the pre-Alps; (b) a Pinus sylvestris stand
heavily disturbed; (c) a typical subalpine spruce stand; (d) a typical uneven-aged, mixed larch-stone pine
high-elevation stand.
Excursions to Dolomites and Austria
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MARKETING
1st Cycle Degree in SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF GASTRONOMY AND CATERING
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Michele Bianco
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Multiple choice test
Prerequisites: n.a.
Programme:
The most important objective in your business is to understand the wishes, identify and satisfy the right
customers. This is the scope of marketing—a continuous process in which your ideas and analysis lead to
actions and results, and controlling them you could generate further ideas and analysis. In the present era,
in which competition is strenuous and demand is uncertain, a marketing orientation is vital to success:
"differentiate or die"...
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MEAT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2nd Cycle Degree in ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Antonella Dalle Zotte
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination: written exam at the official exams timetable
Prerequisites: Animal feeding and nutrition, Animal breeding, Animal management.
Programme: 1st credit: Producing and eating meat. The mechanism of muscle contraction. Muscle fibre
types. Muscle energy metabolism. Conversion of muscle to meat.
2nd credit: Factors that influence the post mortem variation and the resulting meat quality.
3rd credit: Variables that define the meat quality. Physical, chemical and sensory techniques for evaluating
the meat quality.
4th credit: Properties of fresh meat. Nutritive value of the meat.
5th credit: Principles of meat processing.
6th credit: Processes and ingredients in manufacturing a variety of meat products. EU food quality
certification and quality schemes-guaranteeing quality.
7th credit: General information on poultry breeds and hybrids, and productive systems used to obtain meat
and meat products. Poultry meat products’ processing and quality evaluation.
8th credit: Rabbit farming for meat production. Rabbit meat quality. The yield and nutritional value of meat
from alternative species (ungulates, camelidae, rodents, ratites and reptiles).
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AG0065/2008
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MOUNTAIN FLUVIAL MORPHOLOGY AND STREAM RESTORATION/
EROSION CONTROL AND STREAM RESTAURATION
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Vincenzo D’Agostino
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination: Oral examination, written examination, final report (4 ECTS, Prof. Lenzi).
Written exam with open questions plus a presentation and discussion of a techinical report to the teacher
(4 ECTS, Prof. D'Agostino).
Prerequisites: Basics on forest hydrology
Programme: 4 ECTS taught by Prof. Mario A. Lenzi as follows:
1 ECTS - Different scales of analysis in river morphology. Landscape evolution. Tectonic and climatic effects.
Forms due to geological changes: megafans, terraces, paleochannels. Drainage networks, orders of
drainage systems, drainage density. Morphology of mountain basins. Colluvial and alluvial processes. Basics
of freshwater ecology.
Fundamentals of open-channel hydraulics. Continuity, Energy and Momentum equations. Flow resistance,
velocity and discharge. Boundary shear stress. Grain size distribution of sediments. Incipient motion of
sediments. Sediment transport capacity. Equilibrium concepts. Lane’s balance (1 ECTS).
Reach scale morphology. Bar and meander formation. Development of riffles, steps and pools. Role of
boundary constraints. Influence of Large wood elements. Classifications by Leopold and Wolman,
Montgomery and Buffington, Rosgen, Church (1 ECTS).
Changes in reach morphology induced by human activities and their effects on river ecosystems. Principles
of stream restoration. Reference conditions. Main restoration interventions and their sustainability (1
ECTS).
4 ECTS taught by Prof. Vincenzo D'Agostino as follows:
Erosive forms in the landscape. Rill, interrill and gully erosion. The mechanisms of erosion and their linkages
with catchment morphology and environmental conditions.
1 ECTS - The Universal Soil Loss Equation: USLE. Use and applications (1 ECTS).
Landslide classification. Infinite slope analysis. Erosion control on hilly and mountain slopes. Slope
stabilization and bioengineering systems for shallow landslides. The root contribution. Use of geo-textiles.
Terraces and drainage works. Exercises and applications (1 ECTS).
1 ECTS - Erosion control in open channel flows. River training works. The river-morphological approach for
stream stabilization. Field trip (1 ECTS).
The course Erosion control and stream restoration takes part on this course for the first 6 ECTS.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014/002LE/1107382
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PLANT BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD
2nd Cycle Degree in Italian Food and Wine
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: PAOLO SAMBO [email protected]
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The final evaluation will be by means of oral exam and by means of the preparation and
exposition of a group work.
Prerequisites: The class does not require any "bridging courses" and some basic knowledge on general
aspects of livestock production systems will be given during the first credit of the course.
Programme:
1st credit: Introduction. Quality definition, quality parameters and their importance and methods of
measure.
2nd credit: Interaction Genotype X Environment X Tradition in order to obtain a “high quality product”.
Italian plant biodiversity will also be descripted and analyzed.
3rd and 4th credit: Typical Italian vegetables – Quality traits and their relations with the production
systems. (vegetables, cereals) and Typical Italian fruits – Quality traits and their relations with the
production systems (fruits)
5th credit: Case study on an Italian Typical Product (Radicchio Rosso di Treviso Tardivo IGP and/or Olio
extravergine di oliva Garda). Tradition, production and valorization.
6th credit: field trips connected with the case study treated during the course.)
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2190/2015/000ZZ/1122577
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POULTRY AND RABBIT FARMING
Single Cycle Master Degree in VETERINARY MEDICINE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Ana Luisa Renteria Monterrubio, Guest lecturer University of Chihuahua (Mexico)
Credits: 4 ECTS
Examination:
Prerequisites:
Programme:
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/corsi_in_lingua
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PROJECT PLANNING AND EVALUATION (MOD. A)
2nd Cycle Degree in Local Development
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Elena Pisano
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written exam. Not attending students are invited to contact the professor before the exam.
1. Completeness and precision in the understanding of the theoretical parts.
2. Completeness and precision in the understanding of the applied parts.
3. Capacity of formulation of a local development project with the EuropeAid format.
4. Capacity to perform a cost-benefit analysis and specifically the financial analysis.
Prerequisites: None
Programme:
1st ECTS: INTRODUCTION : Organization, examination and teaching materials, web sites, etc. , Introduction
to project planning of local development, Donors of local development projects, Typologies of local
development projects in development co-operation, Other typologies of local development projects
financed by E.U.
2nd ECTS: PCM 1: The Project Cycle Management (PCM), PCM: Programming, Identification, Formulation,
Implementation, Financing, Evaluation, The Logical Framework Approach (LFA): the analysis stage, The
Logical Framework Approach (LFA): the Planning stage, The Logical Framework Approach (LFA): Activities,
Resources and Cost Schedules and the budget of the action
3rd ECTS: PCM 2: EuropeAid Administrative Procedures, Participation instruments
4TH ECTS: PROJECT EVALUATION: Introducing development evaluation, Preparing effective development
evaluation, Designing and Conducting development evaluation, Examples
5TH ECTS: COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS (CBA): Feasibility and option analysis,Financial analysis
6TH ECTS: APPLICATIONS: Problem tree and problem objective, Logical framework, Budget, Financial
Analysis
More information: http://didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/SU/IF1784/2014/000ZZ/1121956
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REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester; Available only during the academic year 2015/2016
Lecturer: Filiz Sunar, Guest lecturer of the Istanbul Technical University
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination:
Prerequisites:
Programme:
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014/001LE/1135496
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RESEARCH PLANNING
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Thiene Mara
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written test
Prerequisites: Principles of mathematics and statistics
Programme: Topics covered in the course include:
• Descriptive statistics and visual display of information (1 ECTS)
• Basic probability theory (1 ECTS)
• Sampling distribution and statistical inference (1 ECTS)
• Simple and multiple linear regression (2 ECTS)
• Logistic regression (1 ECTS)
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014/000ZZ/1107383
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SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Emanuele Lingua
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Oral exam
Prerequisites: Forest ecology, Botany
Programme:
Introduction to Silviculture. Stand dynamics. Tending and intermediate cutting. Silviculture in even-aged
stands. Silviculture in uneven-aged stands. The coppice system. Silvicultural management objectives.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014
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SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Davide Pettenella
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written text (open questions; one for each teaching module) and oral exam.
Prerequisites: No one
Programme: After discussing some general concepts related to the responsible behaviour of private and
public organisations, the course will present an overview of the tools implemented in the field of Corporate
Social Responsibility and the main foundations and level of commitments in CSR in the forestry sector.
Main contents of the course are the following ones:
(i) Marketing development path, concepts and definition of CSR and government ethics in forestry (1 ECTS)
(ii) Private, public and partnership tools to support CSR (3 ECTS)
(iii) Foundations of CSR and different level of commitments in CSR (2 ECTS)
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014/003LE/1107384
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SOCIETAL MARKETING: FOREST CERTIFICATION AND OTHER TOOLS
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Mauro Masiero
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The students are first required to pass a written examination (open-ended questions on main
contents of the course). Only those passing the written examination are admitted to the final oral
examination. The oral examination includes: a) discussion on eventual weaknesses identified in the
previous written examination; b) additional open-ended questions on the modules’ contents. During the
course, the students are required to prepare reports, PPT presentations and other documents as part of
classrooms exercises and/or home assignments. Their active partipation and quality of reports/documents
presented are taken into consideration for final assessment of their performances.
Prerequisites: None. However, it would be useful to contemporarily follow or to have previously followed
the course on “Social Responsibility by public and private organisations”.
Programme: In the rapidly changing global scenario, in a market economy with competitive and
transparent markets and environmentally conscious citizens and consumers, organisations are rewarded
for their environmental and social achievements, while they face constraints if they use environmentally or
socially poor practices without taking into account stakeholders’ point of views. Due to this trend, which is
influencing the forestry sector’s producers, traders and users, the societal marketing is becoming a
strategic instrument for business and public administration's action.
The aim of the course is to give students a thorough understanding of the current situation and potential
role of societal marketing applied to forestry sector. Particular attention is given to forest certification as an
environmental and social-based marketing instrument.
1st ETCS: Fundamentals of Marketing, Societal marketing and strategic planning: the Marketing Mix: “4+2
P’s“); Market Segmentation and Differentiation; (iii) Introduction to the various instruments and initiatives
for adopting and implementing environmental and social responsible behaviors, included legal and
institutional tools such as the EU FLEGT.
2nd ETCS: (iv) Sustainable Forest Management standards (contents’ analysis, system-based vs.
performance-based, stakeholders consultation in standards setting processes; focus on the Forest
Stewardship Council - FSC and the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes - PEFC).
3rd and 4th ETCS: (v) Certification systems to be applied in forestry (definition of independent & accredited
cert., comparative analysis of FSC and PEFC certification about governance; audit and certification
procedures; accreditation; labelling rules; communication strategies).
5th ETCS: Special topics - certification of: Carbon offsets projects; Groups of forests/companies; Non-wood
forest products; Fairtrade certification and other environmental and/or social certification schemes (ISO
14001).
6th ETCS: All the above mentioned topics further explored by the students (working groups) by means of
class-room exercises, case-studies analysis, specialized advanced seminars by experts, plenary discussions
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in classroom, additional readings, field trip to a certified forest and a certified wood processing company in
Veneto region.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014/003LE/1107385
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SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
2nd Cycle Degree in AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Paolo Tarolli
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The final exam consists in two section:
(1) numerical exercises.
(2) discussion of a case study through a technical report.
Prerequisites: Students are supposed to have a basic knowledge of math, physics, and trigonometry.
Programme: LECTURES
1. Introduction
- Major critical issues related to Soil and Water Resources Management in the Anthropocene era
2. Principles of Hydraulics
- SI units, properties of fluids
- Pressure, forces on submerged surfaces
- Continuity, energy and momentum equations and their applications
- Kinematic of fluids, types of flows: open channel flow and flow under pressure, steady flows
- Measurement instruments
3. Principles of Hydrology
- Water cycle, Rainfall, Soil hydraulic properties, Infiltration (Green-Ampt), Surface and sub-surface water
flow processes, Measurement instruments and hydrometeorological networks
4. Soil erosion
- Types of soil erosion, Impact of water soil erosion, Water soil erosion analysis and modelling
5. Remote Sensing Technologies
- Satellite, SAR, airborne LiDAR, Terretrial Laser Scanners, SfM (Structure from Motion)
- Effectiveness of high-resolution topography in different agricultural contexes
6. Soil and Water Resources Management
- Mitigation and control of land degradation (terraced landscapes, surface-water drainage systems)
- Land use change effects on runoff processes
- Sustainable soil and water resources management
GIS LAB
1. Lab.1- Introduction and usefulness of GIS platforms for soil and water resources management
2. Lab.2- Rainfall interpolation (analysis of a major event)
3. Lab.3- Digital Terrain Analysis (DTM, topographic attributes, surface water flow directions)
4. Lab.4- Soil erosion analysis
5. Lab.5- Surface water storage capacity
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AG0063/2014/000ZZ/1117243
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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT
2nd Cycle Degree in AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester, available only during the academic year 2015/2016
Lecturer: Dorcas Franklin, University of Georgia
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination:
Prerequisites:
Programme:
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AG0063/2014/000ZZ/1135517
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VALUE ADDING QUALITY SCHEMES AND CONSUMER DEMAND
2nd Cycle Degree in Italian Food and Wine
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: EDI DEFRANCESCO [email protected]
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The final mark is made up of three components: class participation; individual project work
based on a case-study analysis; oral exam. Weight of the three components will be provided at the
beginning of the lectures.
Prerequisites: None
Programme:
1st credit: Introduction. The quality attributes within the supply chain and the value-adding food quality
attributes as perceived by consumer.
2nd and 3rd credit: The food EU quality framework and the value-adding food quality schemes. The sui
generis EU geographical indication (GI) protection. The issue of the GI international protection.
4th credit: The market of the value-adding food and wines.
5th and 6th credit: The structure, the collective management system of the GI supply chains and their
marketing strategies. Case-study analysis followed by discussion.
7th and 8th credit: expert’s seminars and field trips.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2190/2015/000ZZ/1124176
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VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF FOREST AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND SERVICES
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: First semester
Lecturer: Mara Thiene
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Written test
Prerequisites: Principles of mathematics and statistics.
Programme: Topics covered in the course include:
1. Principles of environmental economics, market failure, public goods, externalities and economic
value of environmental resources
2. Environmental damages assessment
3. Revealed Preference methods: Travel Cost, Hedonic Pricing
4. Stated Preference methods: Contingent Valuation, Choice Experiments
5. Benefit Transfer
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014
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VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
2nd Cycle Degree in LAND AND ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Andrea Pitacco
Credits: 8 ECTS
Examination: The examination will be based on: a) a mid-term presentation by the student on a key topic
selected among a range of papers proposed by the teacher; b) the write-up of a technical report on the
data collected during the practical work; c) a final oral colloquium.
Prerequisites: No specific prerequisites are strictly needed, but a basic knowledge of Calculus, General
Physics, and Plant Physiology is requested, as given in most of graduate courses.
Programme: 1st Credit: Introduction to Biosphere-Geosphere Interactions; Basic concepts; Energy
exchanges; Mass and momentum fluxes.
2nd Credit: Radiation; Basic laws; Radiation fluxes in the natural environment; Shortwave radiation;
Longwave radiation; Net all-wave radiation; Radiation budget; Radiative properties of leaf canopies;
Instruments and measurements.
3rd Credit: Energy balance; Soil thermal properties; Heat conduction in the soil; Soil temperature regime;
Introduction to measurement techniques and data logging equipment; Practical setup of an environmental
monitoring station.
4th Credit: Water and hygrometry; Thermodynamics of evaporation; Water vapour fluxes and
transpiration; Fick's law and diffusion; Techniques for measuring leaf gas exchanges.
5th Credit: Wind; Laminar and turbulent flow; Statistical properties of turbulence; Navier-Stokes equation
and turbulent transport; Momentum transfer; Logarithmic wind profile; Concept of boundary-layer at leaf
and canopy scales; Aerodynamical properties of vegetation.
6th Credit: Introduction to the Eddy-Covariance technique; Heat and mass fluxes above vegetation; Sonic
anemometry; Infra-Red gas analyzers.
7th Credit: Introduction to energy budget partitioning; Sensible and latent heat fluxes; Bowen ratio; Flux-
gradient relationships; Aerodynamical properties of canopies; Evapotranspiration and Penman-Monteith
equation.
8th Credit: Integrated view of energy, water, and carbon fluxes; Carbon budget of vegetation canopies; Net
ecosystem exchange; Carbon flux partitioning; Carbon sequestration and its role in mitigation of climate
change; Mathematical modelling of plant canopies and Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer schemes.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/IF0321/2008
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VETERINARY GENERAL PATHOLOGY
Single Cycle Master Degree in VETERINARY MEDICINE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Luca Aresu
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: six written interim evaluations (10-15 MCQ) and final written examination (20 MCQ) and lab
assessment at the end of each section with 5 MCQ and/or SAQ
Prerequisites: the requested knowledge regards anatomy, histology and physiology
Programme: The endogenous causes of diseases: DNA and gene expression. DNA repair mechanisms.
Mendelian (monogenic, polygenic and chromosomal) diseases. Phenotypic consequences of mutations.
Disorders with multifactorial inheritance. Non-mendelian genetic disorders (mitochondrial DNA, genomic
imprinting, triplet-repeat disease, gonadic mosaicism).
Hexogen causes of diseases: Pathogenic mechanisms of ionizing and non-ionizing radiations. Thermal
injuries (thermal burns, hyperthermia and heat stroke, hypothermia and freezing). Electrical injuries.
Foreign bodies reactions. General principles of diseases caused by microorganisms (viruses, bacteria and
parasites).
Cell degeneration and necrosis:
Acute and chronic inflammation: Tissue repair: Definition of tissue repair mechanisms. Control of normal
cell proliferation. Stem-cell and differentiative tissue niches. Mechanisms of cell growth and differentiation:
growth factors, their receptors and signal transduction pathways. Mechanisms of tissue regeneration:
hepatic compensatory growth. Growth factors and the extracellular matrix. Angiogenesis. Mechanisms of
wound healing (first and second intention). Tissue repair in specific tissues (bone, CNS) The pathology of
tissue repair.
Amyloidoses: Definition and criteria of amyloid identification. Classification criteria of amyloidoses.
Mechanisms of amyloidoses. Morphologic features of amyloidoses in animals.
Veterinary General Oncology: Definition and general features of neoplasia. Epidemiology of human and
animal neoplasias. Geographic and environmental factors associated with neoplasias. Genetic and non
genetic predisposition to neoplasia. Benign and malignant neoplasias. Criteria for classification of animal
neoplasias. Gross and histologic features of animals neoplasias. Cell kinetic factors. Biology of neoplastic
growth. Molecular bases of neoplasia. Clonal origin and progression of neoplasia. Neoplastic progression.
Essential molecular changes for neoplastic progression: self-sufficiency in growth signals (oncogenes),
insensitivity to growth inhibitory signals (tumor suppressor genes), evasion of apoptosis, DNA repair defects
and genomic instability, limitless replicative potential, sustained angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis.
Pathways of metastatic spread. Gatekeepers and caretakers genes. Oncofetal antigens. Tumor immunity.
Local and systemic effects of neoplasia. Paraneoplastic syndromes. Neoplastic cachexia. Acute tumor lyses
syndrome. Grading and staging of tumors. Mechanisms in multidrug resistance. Carcinogenic agents.
Chemical carcinogenesis: initiators and promoters. Mechanisms in viral oncogenesis.
Hemodynamic disorders: Control of extracellular fluids and mechanisms of edema formation. Hyperemia
and congestion. Hemorrhages. Haemostatic process. Pro-thrombotic and anti-thrombotic activity of
endothelial cells. Platelets. The clotting system. Hemorrhagic disorders. The fibrinolytic system.
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Emboli and embolisms. Ischemia and infarctions. Shock.
Immunopathology: Atopy and the main immunomediated allergic diseases. Reactions to non-microbic
components. Hypersensitivity reactions
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WILDFIRE AND NATURAL DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Emanuele Lingua
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: Oral exam
Prerequisites: Forest Ecology, Forest Management, Silviculture
Programme: Disturbance ecology. Natural Disturbances: definitions, categories. Disturbance regimes.
Disturbance analysis. Disturbances and biodiversity. Volcanoes, earthquakes. Landslides, rockfalls,
avalanches, windthrows and snow breaks, gap dynamics. Forest fires. Fire Ecology. Forest fuels. Fire
behavior. Firefighting. Fire management and planning. Post disturbance restoration.
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014
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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
2nd Cycle Degree in FOREST SCIENCE
Language: English
Teaching period: Second semester
Lecturer: Maurizio Ramanzin
Credits: 6 ECTS
Examination: The exam is oral
Prerequisites: No prerequisites are requested.
Programme: The course is organised in 6 sections:
1. introduction to wildlife conservation and management.
The value of wildlife as a natural resource. Economic and social implications of wildlife conservation and
management. Goals of wildlife management and management options. What do we conserve/manage?
Concepts of species, evolutionarily significant unit, management unit and population: genetic approach,
demographic approach, and geographic approach. Distribution, dispersal and metapopulation theories.
2. Population growth
Rate of increase; geometric or exponential population growth; intra-specific competition and density-
dependent population growth; the logistic model of population growth and its limitations, population
stability and cycles. Age-specific population models. The concepts of sensitivity and elasticity.
3. Wildlife populations monitoring
Counting animals: sampling, accuracy and precision of estimates, overview of the main principles and
methods for large mammals and gamebirds. Principles, methods and associated problems in estimating sex
ratio, age distribution, reproductive output, survival and mortality. Morphological and physiological
measures of individual condition. Molecular genetic tools and approaches to population biology and
monitoring.
4. Wildlife harvesting
Concept of sustainable harvest. Effects of harvest on population dynamics and evolution: overharvesting,
age and sex biased harvest, the potential of harvest as a selective force, effects of hunting on behaviour.
Setting harvest quotas: from a predictive towards an adaptive approach. Harvest as a source of information
on population status/tendency. Social, recreational, economic and conservation pros/cons of wildlife
harvesting.
5. Inter-specific interactions and wildlife-habitat interactions.
Types of interactions, competition and facilitation. Interactions between domestic animals and wildlife. The
problem of alien and invasive species. Wildlife damages to agriculture and forestry. The growing problem of
wildlife-vehicle accidents. Wildlife control: the concept of overabundance; ethics, principles and methods
of control. Habitat loss and fragmentation; restoring connectivity, corridors and barriers. Habitat
improvement/restoration: basic principles, the problem of spatial scale and economic feasibility.
6. Conservation of small and declining populations
Genetic and demographic problems of small and isolated populations; effective population size; population
viability analysis. Animal translocations. The role of Parks and natural reserves. Concept of ecological
networks. Concepts of biodiversity hotspot. Gap analysis. International conservation: IUCN, CITES, The
Natura 2000 network.
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The concepts of each section will be illustrated with reference to case studies. One field session will provide
students with direct experience of some techniques used in population monitoring
More information: http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2015/AV/AV2091/2014