Original articles
Md. Tariqur Rabbani Bhuiyan, Nobuyuki Hirai, Nobuo Sobue
Behavior of piezoelectric, dielectric and elastic constants of wood during about 40 repeated measurements between 100°C and 220°C 1
Ikuho Iida, Koichi Murase, Yutaka Ishimaru
Stress relaxation of wood during the elevating and lowering processes of temperature and the set after relaxation 8
Hiroshi Yoshihara, Yoshitaka Kubojima
Measurement of the shear modulus of wood by asymmetric four-point bending tests 14
Dede Hermawan, Toshimitsu Hata, Shuichi Kawai, Wakatsu Nagadomi, Yasuo Kuroki
Manufacturing oil palm fronds cement-bonded board cured by gaseous or supercritical carbon dioxide 20
Kenji Umemura, Shuichi Kawai
Effect of polyol on thermo-oxidative degradation of isocyanate resin for wood adhesive 25
Takao Kishimoto, Tsutomu Ikeda, Olov Karlsson, Kengo Magara, Shuji Hosoya
Reactivity of secondary hydroxyl groups in methyl b-D-xylopyranoside toward a b-0-4 type quinone methide 32
Takuya Kitaoka, Hiroo Tanaka
Fiber charge characteristics of pulp suspension containing aluminum sulfate 38
Shuichi Hirosawa, Rui Katahira, Fumiaki Nakatsubo
Chemical structural elucidation of total lignins in woods I: fractionation of the lignin in residual wood meal after extraction of milled wood lignin 46
Mitsuyoshi Yatagai, Hiroshi Makihara, Kihachiro Oba
Volatile components of Japanese cedar cultivars as repellents related to resistance to Cryptomeria bark borer 51
Nobuyasu Hanari, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Ken-ichi Kuroda
Comparison of terpenes in extracts from the resin and the bark of the resinous stem canker of Chamaecyparis obtusa and Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae 56
Yoshio Hirano, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kokki Sakai
5a-reductase inhibitory compounds produced by polymerization of resveratrol with horseradish peroxidase 64
Tomoyuki Hayashi, Atsushi Miyatake, Masaki Harada
Outdoor exposure tests of structural laminated veneer lumber I: evaluation of the physical properties after six years 69
Notes
Ryo Funada, Takafumi Kubo, Tamizi Sugiyama, Masami Fushitani
Changes in levels of endogenous plant hormones in cambial regions of stems of Larix kaempferi at the onset of cambial activity in springtime 75
Ikuho Iida, Sulaeman Yusuf, Ugai Watanabe, Yuji Imamura
Liquid penetration of precompressed wood VII: combined treatment of precompression and extraction in hot water on the liquid penetration of wood 81
Announcement 86
Original articles
Yoshiyuki Ogata, Tadashi Nobuchi, Minoru Fujita, Mohd.Hamami Sahri
Asynchronous wood formation in young Acacia mangium planted in Malaysia 89
Adya Singh, Geoffrey Daniel, Thomas Nilsson
Ultrastructure of the S2 layer in relation to lignin distribution in Pinus radiata tracheids 95
Masato Yoshida, Haruki Ohta, Takeshi Okuyama
Tensile growth stress and lignin distribution in the cell walls of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) 99
Katsuhiko Takata, Yukio Teraoka
Genotypic effects on the variation of wood quality and growth traits in plantation forest made by cutting cultivars of Japanese cedar 106
Yukie Saito, Takanori Arima
Deformation under a repetition of moisturizing and drying of bamboo subjected to a set in bending 114
Ikuho Iida, Michiyasu Kudo, Jyunji Onizuka, Yutaka Ishimaru, Yuzo Furuta
Stress relaxation of wood during elevating and lowering processes of temperature and the set after relaxation II: consideration of the mechanism and simulation of stress relaxation behavior using a viscoelastic model 119
Wen-Ching Su, Yiren Wang
Effect of the helix angle of router-bits on chip formation and energy consumption during milling of solid wood 126
Laurence R. Schimleck, Robert Evans, Colin Matheson
Estimation of Pinus radiata clear wood properties by near-infrared spectroscopy 132
Kei Sawada, Motoi Yasumura
Determination of embedding strength of wood for dowel-type fasteners 138
Xin Li, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kokki Sakai
Studies on hypersaline-tolerant white-rot fungi I: screening of lignin-degrading fungi in hypersaline conditions 147
Tohru Mitsunaga, Anthony H. Conner, Charles G. Hill, Jr.
Predicting the hydroxymethylation rate of phenols with formaldehyde by molecular orbital calculation 153
Note
Xin Li, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kokki Sakai
Biodegradation of sugarcane bagasse with marine fungus Phlebia sp. MG-60 159
Rapid communication
Takahiro Mori, Yoshifumi Miyazaki
Effect of softwood thin veneers in tatami on the activity of house dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) 163
Announcement 165
Review article
Ernst L. Back
Pattern of parenchyma and canal resin composition in softwoods and hardwoods 167
Original articles
Sverker Andreasson, Motoi Yasumura, Laurent Daudeville
Sensitivity study of the finite element model for wood-framed shear walls 171
Dede Hermawan, Toshimitsu Hata, Shuichi Kawai, Wakatsu Nagadomi, Yasuo Kuroki
Effect of carbon dioxide-air concentration in the rapid curing process on the properties of cement-bonded particleboard 179
Kohta Miyamoto, Susumu Nakahara, Shigehiko Suzuki
Effect of particle shape on linear expansion of particleboard 185
Tomoya Yokoyama, Yuji Matsumoto, Gyosuke Meshitsuka
Enhancement of the reaction between pulp components and hydroxyl radical produced by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide under alkaline conditions 191
Kazuo Ohno, Akira Isogai, Fumihiko Onabe
Solid-state 13C-NMR analysis of size components in handsheets prepared by fatty acid soap size-alum systems 197
Hiroshi Kamitakahara, Fusako Nishigaki, Yuji Mikawa, Michiko Hori, Shigetomo Tsujihata, Takashi Fujii, Fumiaki Nakatsubo
Sulfated glycofuranans as inhibitors of melanoma lung metastasis 204
Takuya Akiyama, Tomoko Sugimoto, Yuji Matsumoto, Gyosuke Meshitsuka
The erythro/threo ratio of b-0-4 structures as an important structural characteristics of lignin I: improvement of ozonation method for the quantitative analysis of lignin side-chain structure 210
Takashi Ito, Reiko Hayase, Shingo Kawai, Hideo Ohashi, Takayoshi Higuchi
Coniferyl aldehyde dimers in dehydrogenative polymerization: model of abnormal lignin formation in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase deficient plants 216
Runcang Sun, J. Tomkinson
Comparative study of organic solvent-soluble and water-soluble lipophilic extractives from wheat straw 2: spectroscopic and thermal analysis 222
Shang-Tzen Chang, Jyh-Horng Wu, Ting-Feng Yeh
Effects of chromated-phosphate treatment process on the green color protection of ma bamboo (Dendrocalamus latiflorus) 227
Sakae Horisawa, Yoh Sakuma, Keli Chen, Shuichi Doi
Effects of wood species on degradation rates and bacterial communities in a small-scale biodegradation system for garbage using wood matrices 232
Notes
Tomoya Okunishi, Naohiro Takaku, Patcharawadee Wattanawikkit, Norikazu Sakakibara, Shiro Suzuki, Fukumi Sakai, Toshiaki Umezawa, Mikio Shimada
Lignan production in Daphne odora cell cultures 237
Seiichi Yasuda, Kazushige Ima, Yasuyuki Matsushita
Manufacture of wood-cement boards VII: cement-hardening inhibitory compounds of hannoki (Japanese alder, Alnus japonica Steud.) 242
Etsuko Noda, Toru Aoki, Kazuya Minato
Physical and chemical characteristics of the blackened portion in Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki) 245
Rapid communication
Tomonori Sonoki, Yuichiro Otsuka, Seiichiro Ikeda, Eiji Masai, Shinya Kajita, Yoshihiro Katayama
Close association between the enzymes involved in the lignin metabolic pathway of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6:interaction of 0-demethylase (LigX) and ring fission dioxygenase (LigZ) 250
Announcement 253
Original articles
Anna Bergander, Jonas Brandstrom, Geoffrey Daniel, Lennart Salmen
Fibril angle variability in earlywood of Norway spruce using soft rot cavities and polarization confocal microscopy 255
Tadashi Ohtani, Takao Yakou, Shigeru Kitayama
Effect of annual rings on abrasive wear property of wood 264
Nam-Ho Lee, Jia-Yan Luo
Effect of steam explosion treatments on the drying rates and moisture distributions during a radio-frequency/vacuum drying of larch pillar combined with a longitudinal kerf 270
Katsutoshi Fujiwara
Theoretical analysis of bandsaw roll-tensioning 277
Xiaoyang Yang, Yutaka Ishimaru, Ikuho Iida, Hiroyuki Urakami
Application of model analysis by transfer function to nondestructive testing of wood I: determination of localized defects in wood by the shape of the flexural vibration wave 283
Jorgen Lauritzen Jensen, Takanobu Sasaki, Akio Koizumi
Plywood frame corner joints with glued-in hardwood dowels 289
Kweonhwan Hwang, Kohei Komatsu
Bearing properties of engineered wood products I: effects of dowel diameter and loading direction 295
JunJae Lee, JungPyo Hong
Study on half-scale model test for light-frame shear wall 302
Kohta Miyamoto, Shigehiko Suzuki, Takayoshi Inagaki, Ritsuo Iwata
Effects of press closing time on mat consolidation behavior during hot pressing and on linear expansion of particleboard 309
Eiichi Obataya, Masaki Sugiyama, Bunichiro Tomita
Dimensional stability of wood acetylated with acetic anhydride solution of glucose pentaacetate 315
Katsunobu Ehara, Shiro Saka, Haruo Kawamoto
Characterization of the lignin-derived products from wood as treated in supercritical water 320
Jun-ichi Fukushima, Mitsuyoshi Yatagai, Tatsuro Ohira
Abietane- and labdane-type diterpenoids from the cones of Chamaecyparis obtusa 326
Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Kyoko Yoshino, Akiko Kido
Termite resistance and penetrability of chemically modified tannin and tannin-copper complexes as wood preservatives 331
Mitsuyoshi Yatagai, Madoka Nishimoto, Keeko Hori, Tatsuro Ohira, Akira Shibata
Termiticidal activity of wood vinegar, its components and their homologues 338
Note
Saburou Uesugi, Toshiro Harada, Yoshitomo Namiki
Fire resistance of sugi covering materials for structural steel 343
Rapid communications
Hee-Jun Park, Hyun-Joong Kim
Optimal curing conditions of Korean Dendropanax Lacquer 346
Tomoko Ueno, Tatsuya Ashitani, Kokki Sakai
New method to determine the hydroxyl value in liquefied bark as polyurethane material 348
Announcement 352
Original articles
Chunhua Zhang, Minoru Fujita, Keiji Takabe
Extraction and analysis of the tangential arrangement of cambial cells in Japanese hardwood species 353
Katsutoshi Fujiwara
Experimental verification of bandsaw roll-tensioning theory 359
Yi Min Wei, Bunichiro Tomita, Yasushi Hiramatsu, Atsushi Miyatake, Tsuyoshi Fujii
Study of hydration behaviors of wood-cement mixtures: the compatibility of cement mixed with wood fiber strand obtained by the water-vapor explosion process 365
Han Chien Lin, Yoshiyasu Fujimoto, Yasuhide Murase, Yoshihiro Mataki
Behavior of acoustic emission generation during tensile tests perpendicular to the plane of particleboard II: effects of particle sizes and moisture content of boards 374
Kenji Umemura, Shuichi Kawai
Durability of isocyanate resin adhesives for wood III: degradation under constant dry heating 380
Kenji Umemura, Akihiro Takahashi, Shuichi Kawai
Durability of isocyanate resin adhesives for wood IV: degradation under constant steam heating 387
Makoto Ohkoshi
FTIR-PAS study of light-induced changes in surface of acetylated or polyethylene glycol-impregnated wood 394
Noboru Shintani, Yasushi Sugano, Makoto Shoda
Decolorization of kraft pulp bleaching effluent by a newly isolated fungus, Geotrichum candidum Dec 1 402
Takashi Ito, Shingo Kawai, Hideo Ohashi, Takayoshi Higuchi
Characterization of new thioacidolysis products of sinapyl aldehyde and coniferyl aldehyde 409
Fumiaki Nakatsubo, Kenichi Enokita, Koji Murakami, Keizo Yonemori, Akira Sugiura, Naoki Utsunomiya, Suranant Subhadrabandhu
Chemical structures of the condensed tannins in the fruits of Diospyros species 414
Shi-Fa wang, Takeshi Furuno, Zhi Cheng
Synthesis of new betaine-type amphoteric surfactants from tall oil fatty acid 419
Notes
Yuri Ihara, Takumi Takeda, Fukumi Sakai, Takahisa Hayashi
Transferase activity of GhCesA2(putative cotton cellulose 4-b-glucosyltransferase) expressed in Pichia pastoris 425
Tomonori Sonoki, Yosuke Iimura, Eiji Masai, Shinya Kajita, Yoshihiro Katayama
Specific degradation of b-aryl ether linkage in synthetic lignin (dehydrogenative polymerizate) by bacterial enzymes of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 produced in recombinant Escherichia coli 429
Tomonori Sonoki, Yuichiro Otsuka, Seiichiro Ikeda, Eiji Masai, Shinya Kajita, Yoshihiro Katayama
Tetrahydrofolate dependent vanillate and syringate O demethylation tightly links to one-carbon metabolic pathway associated with amino acid synthesis and DNA methylation in the lignin metabolism of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 434
Keigo Mikame, Norikazu Sakakibara, Toshiaki Umezawa, Mikio Shimada
Lignans of Linum flavum var. compactum 446
Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kokki Sakai
Antioxidant activity of heartwood extracts of Papua New Guinean woods 451
Rapid communication
Yukie Saito, Takanori Arima
Growth of cone-shaped carbon material inside the cell lumen by heat treatment of wood charcoal 451
Announcement 456
Original articles
Yoshihiro Katayama, Yoko Mashino, Nobuyuki Nishikubo, Kaori Yoshitomi, Ryo Funada, Shinya Kajita
Immunohistochemical localization of enzymes related to lignin biosynthesis in the primary xylem of hybrid aspen 457
Petri P. Karenlampi, Mika Riekkinen
Pine heartwood formation as a maturation phenomenon 467
Tadashi Ohtani, Akira Inoue, Chiaki Tanaka
Abrasive wear properties of compressed sugi wood 473
Paul Sepulveda, Johan Oja, Anders Gronlund
Predicting spiral grain by computed tomography of Norway spruce 479
Tomoyuki Hayashi, Masahiko Karube, Kouji Harada, Toshihiro Mori, Tomonori Ohno, Kohei Kamatsu, Yasuo Iijima
Shear tests of timber joints composed of sugi composite glulam beams using newly developed steel connectors 484
Naruyuki Kamo, Mitsuo Higuchi, Takehiro Yoshimatsu, Yukiko Ohara, Mitsuhiro Morita
Condensation reactions of phenolic resins III: self-condensations of 2,4-dihydroxymethylphenol and 2,4,6-trihydroxymethylphenol (1) 491
Wataru Aoyama, Shinya Sasaki, Shigeki Matsumura, Thoru Mitsunaga, Hirofumi Hirai, Yuji Tsutsumi, Tomoaki Nishida
Sinapyl alcohol-specific peroxidase isoenzyme catalyzes the formation of the dehydrogenative polymer from sinapyl alcohol 497
Shi-Fa Wang, Takeshi Furuno, Zhi Cheng
Study of extraction of phytosterol from masson pine raw tall oil 505
Toshinari Kawada, Ryuji Asano, Kozo Makino, Tomoyasu Sakuno
Synthesis of isoacteoside, a dihydroxyphenylenthyl glycoside 512
Sadatoshi Meguro, Etsuko Ishii, Shinsaku Kawachi
Cultivation of shiitake in sugi wood meal II: effects of seasoning treatment for wood meal on mycelial growth 516
Yasumitsu Uraki, Satoshi Kubo, Yoshihiro Sano
Preparation of activated carbon moldings from the mixture of waste newspaper and isolated lignins: mechanical strength of thin sheet and adsorption property 521
Notes
Yoshitaka Kubojima, Hideo Kato, Mario Tonosaki
Proportional limit of wood obtained from a load-time diagram during an impact bending test 527
Tatsuo Yamauchi, Atsushi Tanaka
Tearing test for paper using a tensile tester 532
Shiro Suzuki, Norikazu Sakakibara, Toshiaki Umezawa, Mikio Shimada
Survey and enzymatic formation of lignans of Anthriscus sylvestris 536
Yanni Sudiyani, Sakae Horisawa, Keli Chen, Shuichi Doi, Yuji Imamura
Changes in surface properties of tropical wood species exposed to the Indonesian climate in relation to mold colonies 542
Announcement 548