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Estimating hydraulic conductivity of a crusted loamy soil from beerkan experiments in a Mediterranean vineyard
2017
In bare soils of semi-arid areas, surface crusting is a rather common phenomenon due to the impact of raindrops. Water infiltration measurements under ponding conditions constitute a common way for an approximate characterization of crusted soils. In this study, the impact of crusting on soil hydraulic conductivity was assessed in a Mediterranean vineyard (western Sicily, Italy) under conventional tillage. The BEST (Beerkan Estimation of Soil Transfer parameters) algorithm was applied to the infiltration data to obtain the hydraulic conductivity of crusted and uncrusted soils. Soil hydraulic conductivity was found to vary during the year and also spatially (i.e., rows vs. inter-rows) due to…
Biodegradation of differently cross-linked collagen membranes: an experimental study in the rat.
2005
Contains fulltext : 47774.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) The aim of the present study was to compare the biodegradation of differently cross-linked collagen membranes in rats. Five commercially available and three experimental membranes (VN) were included: (1) BioGide (BG) (non-cross-linked porcine type I and III collagens), (2) BioMend (BM), (3) BioMendExtend (BME) (glutaraldehyde cross-linked bovine type I collagen), (4) Ossix (OS) (enzymatic-cross-linked bovine type I collagen), (5) TutoDent (TD) (non-cross-linked bovine type I collagen, and (6-8) VN(1-3) (chemical cross-linked porcine type I and III collagens). Specimens were randomly allocated in unconnected subcutaneous po…
Se on yhteistä työtä : alueellisen erityislastentarhanopettajan työn muotoutuminen lähipäiväkodissa
2011
Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on ollut tuottaa tietoa alueellisen erityislastentarhanopettajan (alue-elto) työn muotoutumisesta tavallisen päivähoidon arkiympäristössä sekä päiväkotien kasvatushenkilöstön arvioista koskien alue-elton työtä ja yhteistyötä hänen kanssaan. Tutkimus on tehty toimintatutkimuksena. Tutkimuksessa kuvataan alue-elton ajankäyttöä ja työtehtäviä sisällöllisesti. Tutkimuksen aineistona on alue-eltojen työajanseuranta runsaan vuoden ajalta. Työajanseurannassa alue-eltot kuvailivat työtehtäviään 15 minuutin tarkkuudella yhden viikon ajan kuukaudessa lokakuusta 2000 joulukuuhun 2001. Alue-eltot vastasivat kyselyyn kokemuksistaan vuosina 2001 ja 2006. Kyselyssä he myös …
Petrogenesis of Potassic Basalts from Northeast China: New Constraints from Trace Elements in Olivine
2015
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Whole body vibrations during field operations in the vineyard
2013
Human exposure to mechanical vibration can be a significant risk factor for exposed workers and this also occurs in the agricultural sector, in particular with reference to the driver of the tractor during field operations. The aim of this paper is the evaluation of Whole Body Vibrations for the operator driving tractors during the field operations in the vineyard. The experimental tests were performed using a wheeled and a track-laying tractor. They were coupled to four different machines: rototilling (RT), chisel plough (CP), flail mowers (FM) and vibro farmer (VF). Two homogeneous plots of vineyard, about 200 m long, were identified different only for slope: 0% and 30%. The tests were pe…
Noise levels of a track-laying tractor during field operations in the vineyard
2013
Noise in agriculture is one of the risk factors to be taken into account in the assessment of the health and safety of workers; in particular, it is known that the tractor is a source of high noise. The Italian Low Decree 81/2008 defined the requirements for assessing and managing noise risk identifying a number of procedures to be adopted at different noise levels to limit workers exposure. This paper concerns the analysis of the noise risk arising from the use of a tracklaying tractor during field operations carried out in the vineyard. The objective of this study was to evaluate the noise level that comes close to the ear of the operator driving the tractor measuring the values of equiva…
A tractor mounted scanning LIDAR for the non-destructive measurement of vegetative volume and surface area of tree-row plantations: A comparison with…
2009
The use of a low-cost tractor-mounted scanning Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system for capable of making non-destructive recordings of tree-row structure in orchards and vineyards is described. Field tests consisted of several LIDAR measurements on both sides of the crop row, before and after defoliation of selected trees. Summary parameters describing the tree-row volume and the total crop surface area viewed by the LIDAR (expressed as a ratio with ground surface area) were derived using a suitable numerical algorithm. The results for apple and pear orchards and a wine producing vineyard were shown to be in reasonable agreement with the results derived from a destructive leaf sampli…
Origin of SiO2-rich components in ordinary chondrites
2006
Abstract Silica-rich objects are common minor components in ordinary chondrites (OC), occurring as fragments and as chondrules. Their typical paragenesis is orthopyroxene + SiO 2 (with bulk SiO 2 >65 wt%) and occasionally with additional olivine and/or spinel. Individual silica-rich components (SRC) have previously been studied in various types of OCs, although there is only one comprehensive study of these objects by Brigham et al. [Brigham, C.A., Murrell, M.T., Yabuki, H., Ouyang, Z., El Goresy, A., 1986. Silica-bearing chondrules and clasts in ordinary chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 50, 1655–1666]. Several different explanations of how SRCs formed have been published. The main ques…
Soil erosion assessment on tillage and alternative soil managements in a Sicilian vineyard
2011
Mediterranean crops favour high erosion rates. Vineyards use to reach the highest soil and water losses due to the lack of vegetation cover. A topographical approach by means of the use of vineyards poles as fixed reference point as erosion markers allowed to quantify high and non-sustainable soil erosion rates on the Sicilian vineyards during 9 years. In order to develop strategies to control the soil losses, seven land management were selected and applied in a typical blanc wine grape vineyard located in southwestern Sicily. Comparable plots were managed traditionally using conventional tillage and alternatively using various cover crops: 1) Vicia faba; 2) Vicia faba and Vicia sativa; 3) …
Conformación tridimensional y reconocimiento molecular de biopolímeros : aplicación de RMN multidimensional y desarrollo de metodología de cálculo y …
1998
El objetivo principal de la Tesis ha sido la exploración, el análisis y el perfeccionamiento de las técnicas más habituales utilizadas en la determinación de la estructura y dinámica de biopolímeros en disolución. En concreto, se han utilizado métodos teóricos y experimentales para obtener las estructuras de dos biopolímeros entre los grupos más numerosos de ellos: proteínas y ácidos nucleicos. La obtención de la estructura de una proteína de interés bioquímico por sus peculiaridades cinéticas mediante dos técnicas diferentes ha sido uno de los objetivos principales en la Tesis. La aplicación de las técnicas de modelización por homología y la realización de un análisis exhaustivo sobre los …