6 articles in this issue
Pier Riccardo Porceddu, Laura Rosati
For the health of workers it is necessary to consider, together with traditional risks (noise, vibrations, microclimate etc.), risks deriving from repetitive movements, which can generate muscolo-skeletal disorders. These risks can be found in artisan dai... see more
Francesco D' Asaro, Giovanni Grillone
The study regarded the regional frequency analysis of extreme rainfall in Sicily, using rainfall annual maximum series of duration 1, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours in 235 sites, stationed in all Sicily and for the period 1928-1998. The applied regional models, af... see more
Luigi Cavazza, Adriano Guarieri, Antonia Patruno, Elio Cirillo, Claudio Caprara
Soil surface crusting has severe agricultural and environmental effects. The action of beating rains can destroy soil surface structure and in some cases lead to surface sealing and crusting which, in turn, reduce soil conductivity, seed emergence and inc... see more
Francesco Bellomo, Paola D' Antonio
This paper reports the first results of experimental mechanical harvesting tests in a super-intensive olive cultivation. In this type of olive cultivation, trees were grown with a central axis mode and a tree distance of 4,00x1,50 m. A “Braud” grape harve... see more
Emanuele Cerruto, Giuseppe Emma, Giuseppe Manetto
The present paper reports the results of some spray application tests carried out in tendone vineyards to assess the performance of a new model of sprayer whose spray boom, made of seven adjustable spraying modules, partially meets the geometry of the veg... see more
Giuseppe Taglioli, Riccardo Alessandri
In the last years, many scientists have discussed about climatic changes. In Italy an important decline of precipitation and a general increase of temperatures were registered at the end of the last century. The study of precipitations over a 65 years per... see more