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Introduction to computer programming. Functional programming; Declarative programming; Logic programming; Scripting languages. Introduction to object-orientation as a technique for modelling computation. structured, and even some level of functional programming principles; Introduction of a typical object-oriented language, such as Java; Basic data types, variables, expressions, assignment statements and operators; Basic object-oriented concepts: abstraction; objects; classes; methods; parameter passing; encapsulation. Class hierarchies and programme organisation using packages/namespaces; Use of API – use of iterators/enumerators, List, Stack, Queue from API; Searching; sorting; Recursive algorithms; Event-driven programming: event- handling methods; event propagation; exception handling. Introduction to Strings and string processing; Simple I/O; control structures; Arrays; Simple recursive algorithms; inheritance; polymorphism. Lab work: Programming assignments; design and implementation of simple algorithms, such as average, standard deviation, searching and sorting; Developing and tracing simple recursive algorithms. Inheritance and polymorphism.

Definition and principles of Consumer Education. Analysis of economic forces affecting nutritional status of individuals and families as consumers of goods and services; creating awareness of the rights to food and responsibilities of consumers in the market place; such as nutrition labelling, food safety, street food vending, personal and environmental hygiene, food quackery and understanding of food based dietary guidelines.

Examination, diagnosis, and treatment of patients for contact lens wear. Management of contact lens cases using appropriate fitting techniques and care regimen. Advanced fitting techniques; toric and bi-toric lenses, Keratoconic patients. Monitoring Contact lens wear and fitting presbyopic patients.

History and development of contact lenses. Physico-chemical and mechanical properties of contact lens materials. Optical and mathematical concepts. The anatomical implications of, and physiological response to contact lens wear. Patient selection: Indications and contraindications for contact lens wear. Contact Lens selection and designs/types. Basic fitting techniques for hydrogel soft contact lenses. Care and maintenance of contact lenses. Assessing success of contact lens therapy.

A continuation of OPT 413. Comparison between soft and rigid gas permeable contact lenses. Fitting techniques for rigid gas permeable contact lenses. Detection and management of chronic and acute complications induced by contact lenses. Advanced fitting techniques for toric and bi- toric lenses. Contact lens management options for special conditions such as dry eye, aphakia and keratoconus (and other corneal irregularities). Scleral lenses. Disposable lenses and replacement regimes. Monitoring contact lens wearers and fitting presbyopic patients. Alternative management of refractive errors such as orthokeratology and refractive surgery. Laboratory sessions include pre-fitting examination, contact lens selection and fitting, evaluation of fit, insertion and removal. Lens inspection and verification. Lens modification (Hard or rigid gas permeable lens) ordering and dispensing.

Auditory and non-auditory effects of hearing loss. Psychological effect of hearing impairment. Counselling tools on acceptance of hearing loss and rehabilitation. Stages of acceptance of hearing loss. Personality, gender, family, faith, age, attitude and cultural effect on acceptance. Individual and group counselling techniques. Advantages and disadvantages of individual and group counselling.

Definition and description of development of cryotherapy. Physical principles underlying energy transfer with cooling agents. Biophysical effects of cold therapy (Cryotherapy). General principles of selecting a cooling agent. General preparations of cold therapy - Cold packs, Ice massage, Ice towels, Cold baths, Vapocoolant sprays, Controlled cold - Compression units. Clinical conditions for which cold can be of benefit. Indications and Contra-indications. Precautions to be taken to ensure the safety of the patient during cold therapy (Cryotherapy). Dangers and safety measures in CT. Practical demonstrations of method of cold therapy Cryotherapy). Therapeutic effects of cold therapy Historical Background of Hydrotherapy & Spa. Physical Properties of Water as Applied to Therapeutic Pool. Indication and Contraindication for Hydrotherapy. Physiologic Effect of Hydrotherapy. Hydro-gymnasium/Techniques of Therapeutic Exercise in Water/Aquatic Therapy. Types of Hydrotherapy. Therapeutic Pools & Common Equipment. Health and Safety in Hydrotherapy. Purification of Pool.

This course examines computer networks and data communication. Topics include: Network services and applications: DNS, HTTP, peer-to-peer systems, socket programming; Network transport architectures, TCP, UDP, TCP congestion control; Routing and forwarding, intra- domain and inter-domain routing algorithms; Link layers and local area networks, especially Ethernet and WiFi; As time permits: Software-defined networking and network function virtualisation; The Internet of Things (IoT); Multimedia communications and quality of service; Network measurement, inference, and management; Network experimentation and performance analysis; Network security; Protocol verification. Introduction, wares, Fourier analysis, measure of communication, channel characteristics, transmission media, noise and distortion, modulation and demodulation, multiplexing, TDM FDM and FCM Parallel and serial transmission (synchronous vs asynchronous). Bus structures and loop systems, computer network Examples and design consideration, data switching principles broadcast techniques, network structure for packet switching, protocols, Content of network such as ARPANET, and many others.

General concept, evolution, telecommunications network, transmission facilities, data encoding, data transmission techniques, convergence of computers and telecommunications, transmission links and procedures: links, switched and leased line. Connections, point- to- point and multipoint broadcast, and asynchronous and synchronous transmission. Logical and physical communication networks, network evolution. Integrated digital network, customer interface, ISDN services and access, broadband ISDN, PABX, wireless communications. Cost modeling and analysis of telecommunication systems. Performance evaluation of telecommunication systems. Local and wide area computer networking including network topologies and hardware, packet switching, client/server architectures network protocols, and network server and applications. Address server operating systems. Management, security authentication, and policy issues association with distributed network. Data structure in programming languages, basic structures fir data representation atomic, simple complex, storage allocation: static, dynamic, linear data structures: strings, stack. Linear list, and many others: graph, sorting and searching algorithms, file structure: organisation methods, programming exercises involving implementation of different data structures.

Fundamentals of data mining, Data Mining Functionalities, Classification of Data Mining systems, Data Mining Task Primitives, Integration of a Data Mining System with a Database or a Data Warehouse System, Information retrieval, machine learning, optimisation, microeconomics, algorithms, mathematical formulas, computer programs, analytic tools and online portals, Data Cleaning, Data Integration and Transformation, Data Reduction, Discretisation and Concept Hierarchy Generation, Data Warehouse and OLAP Technology for Data Mining: Data Warehouse, Multidimensional Data Model, Data Warehouse Architecture, Data Warehouse Implementation, Further Development of Data Cube Technology, From Data Warehousing to Data Mining Data Cube Computation and Data Generalisation