Pharmaceutical Calculations
Cálculo Farmacêutico
Curse code:9494119
Luís Francisco Alexandrino Proença
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
The unit's main goal is to provide students a basic formation in quantitative methods, developing some of the fundamental concepts of data analysis, calculus and numerical methods.
The topics are addressed in an applied perspective, using practical examples from the pharmaceutical sciences field.
Syllabus:
- Representation and precision of numbers
- Units of measurement and their conversion
- Dimensional analysis
- Error analysis
- Chemical calculations
- Formulae and equations. Algebraic manipulation
- Functions. Polynomial functions. Quadratic functions. Powers and indices
- Exponential and logarithmic functions
- Representing data using graphs
- Fitting experimental data to functions
- Differential calculus
- Integral calculus
- Numerical methods
Suggested Bibliography:
- Ansel, H.C., “Pharmaceutical Calculations”, WKH/LWW, (2010) [ISBN: 978-1-58255-837-0].
- Azenha, A., Jerónimo, M.A., “Elementos de Cálculo Diferencial e Integral em R e Rn”, McGraw-Hill, Lisboa (1995) [ISBN: 978-97-2829-803-6].