ALFRED ANDREW VAN BAAK 80 Fort Brown LHSB – 1830 Brownsville, Texas 78520 Telephone: (956) 882.5032 e-mail: Alfred.Vanbaak@utb.edu
EDUCATION: Doctor of Medicine, December 1987 São Paulo- SP, Brazil RPSGT, 2007 CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:
Lecturer Anatomy & Physiology – UTB/TSC 2007-present QEP Biology I Lecture – UTB/TSC 2010 Program Director Polysomnography Program –UTB/TSC 2009-present TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Oculoplastic Surgery at Umberto Primo Hospital 1992 – 1994
Seminar and courses of Ophthalmology for physicians and residents at Annual University of São Paulo Ophthalmology Congress from 1999 – 2007
Anatomy & Physiology Lab I & II Courses– UTB/TSC 2007 to current
Preparation and maintenance of UTB Polysomnography online course 2007 to current
Participation in UTB Summer Learning Institute 2009 in preparation for QEP Biology Course IMPROVINGTEACHING EFFECTIVENESS UTB/TSC Power of Two Summer Institute May 2009 UTB/TSC Professional Development Certification Program in aligning and assessing student writing March 2010 Implementation of Paragraph writing in Biology 2102 Anatomy & Physiology II Lab classes Fall 2009 Implementation of Clicker Quizzes in Biology 1308 classes Spring 2010 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY:
Publications: Calcium Transport across Rat inner Medullary Collecting Duct Perfused in Vitro. Am. J. Physiol. 257 : 738-745, 1989 Effect of Furosemide on water and urea transport in cortical and inner medullary collecting duct. Kidney International. 37:1248-55, 1990 Traumatism of the Optic Chiasm. Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia. 50(4):246-250, 1991 Visual Fields alterations after mechanical trauma of the optic nerve. Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia 50(5):297-304, 1991 Dacryocystectomy: indication and results – Orbit, 2003. Study of the data obtained on surgery to make an eyelid fold in Asian patients. Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia 71(5):665-669, 2008. PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEDICAL MEETINGS:
Clinical and ophthalmological study in diabetics with and without hand abnormalities. VI Brazilian Diabetes congress - 1987 Clinical and ophthalmological study in insulin dependent diabetics with and without hand abnormalities. XXIV Brazilian Ophthalmology congress. -1987. Visual Fields alterations after mechanical trauma of the optic nerve. IX Brazilian Congress for the prevention of blindness - 1990 Traumatism of the Optic Chiasm. IX Brazilian Congress for the prevention of blindness - 1990 Accommodation spasm associated with head trauma IV International Cornea and contact lens symposium - 1991. Enophthalmos – Surgical Treatment IV Congress of Ophthalmology – 2001. Surgical correction of tearing caused by conjunctivo chalasis . XXXII Brazilian Congress of Ophthalmology – 2003. SCIENTIFIC AWARDS:
Best work: Clinical and Ophthalmological study of insulin dependent diabetics with and without hand abnormalities. XXIV Brazilian Congress of Ophthalmology. – 1987 Honorable mention: Primary Duodenal Adenocarcinoma – Case report and Literature revew. II South American Scientific Congress of Medical Students. 1987
Saffron has been used traditionally to treat fever, respiratory diseases, and depression. In children it has been used for respiratory infections, colic and to relieve teething pain. Constituents Saffron contains water-soluble pigments called crocins, bitters (eg. picrocrocin), and an essential oil containing safranal. It also contains flavonoids and carotenoids (which give it its colour). Recent
Solid-State Quantum Communication With Josephson ArraysNEST-INFM & Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, SwitzerlandJosephson junction arrays can be used as quantum channels to transfer quantum informationbetween distant sites. In this work we discuss simple protoco