1. Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8020, New Zealand; formerly, Research Engineer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
2. Director, IVALSA Trees and Timber Institute, National Research Council of Italy, via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy.