Review article
Shang-Tzen Chang, Sheng-Yang Wang, Yueh-Hsiung Kuo
Resources and bioactive substances from Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) 1
Original articles
Junko Yamada, Koki Fujita, Kazumi Eto, Kokki Sakai
Cell growth and nutrient uptake by cell suspensions of Cupressus lusitanica 5
Tomio Takemura
Theory to estimate the stress due to moisture in wood by using a transmission-type microwave moisture meter 11
Yasuo Kawai, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Misato Norimoto
Hybrid drying with high-frequency heating and hot air under atmospheric pressure IV: water movement in Cryptomeria japonica wood during high-frequency heating 18
Masaya Nogi, Hitoyuki Yamamoto, Takashi Okuyama
Relaxation mechanism of residual stress inside logs by heat treatment: choosing the heating time and temperature 22
Satoru Tsuchikawa, Kinuyo Inoue, Junichi Noma, Kazuo Hayashi
Application of near-infrared spectroscopy to wood discrimination 29
Z. Nafa, Mostafa Araar
Applied data for modeling the behavior in cyclic torsion of beams in glued-laminated wood: influence of amplitude 36
Xin Li, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kokki Sakai
Studies on hypersaline-tolerant white-rot fungi III: biobleaching of unbleached kraft pulp by hypersaline-tolerant manganese peroxidase from a marine white rot isolate, Phlebia sp. MG-60 42
Runcang Sun, Jeremy Tomkinson
Comparative study of organic solvent and water-soluble lipophilic extractives from wheat straw I: yield and chemical composition 47
Yoshio Hirano, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kokki Sakai
Novel stilbenoids isolated from the heartwood of Shorea laeviforia 53
Seiji Ohara, Tatsuro Ohira
Plant growth regulation effects of triterpenoid saponins 59
Musrizal Muin, Akio Adachi, Masafumi Inoue, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Kunio Tsunoda
Feasibility of supercritical carbon dioxide as a carrier solvent for preservative treatment of wood-based composites 65
Eiji Minami, Shiro Saka
Comparison of the decomposition behaviors of hardwood and softwood in supercritical methanol 73
Biao Huang, Shiro Saka
Photocatalytic activity of TiO2 crystallite-activated carbon composites prepared in supercritical isopropanol for the decomposition of formaldehyde 79
Notes
Yanni Sudiyani, Yuji Imamura, Shuichi Doi, Shigeru Yamauchi
Infrared spectroscopic investigations of weathering effects on the surface of tropical wood 86
Kyoko Saito Katsumata, Hiroyuki Shintani, Gyosuke Meshitsuka
Mechanism of detoxification of aluminum ions by Kraft lignin treated with alkaline oxygen 93
Rapid communication
Youki Suzuki, Yutaka Kataoka, Hiroaki Matsui
Electrical properties of composite cyanoethylated pullulan film 100
Announcement 104
Original articles
Ryogo Nakada, Yoshitake Fujisawa, Kana Yamashita, Yasuhiko Hirakawa
Changes in water distribution in heartwood along stem axes in Cryptomeria japonica 107
Song-Yung Wang, Chin-Ming Chiu, Cheng-Jung Lin
Application of the drilling resistance method for annual ring characteristics evaluation of Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) trees grown with different thinning and pruning treatments 116
Mauricio Hernan Ramirez Vidal, Cristian Igor Diaz Sanchez, Luis Alberto Valenzuela Hurtado
Mechanical parameters during static bending of Pinus radiata growing in a silvopastoral system I: elasticity and strength 125
Ingo Burgert, Takashi Okuyama, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
Generation of radial growth stresses in the big rays of konara oak trees 131
Futoshi Ishiguri, Saori Maruyama, Koetsu Takahashi, Zensaku Abe, Shinso Yokota, Minoru Andoh, Nobuo Yoshizawa
Extractives relating to heartwood color changes in sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) by a combination of smoke-heating and UV radiation exposure 135
Xiaoyang Yang, Takuro Amano, Yutaka Ishimaru, Ikuho Iida
Application of model analysis by transfer function to nondestructive testing of wood II: modulus of elasticity evaluation of sections of differing quality in a wooden beam by the curvature of the flexural vibration wave 145
Nicolas Richard, Motoi Yasumura, Luc Davenne
Prediction of seismic behavior of wood-framed shear walls with opening by pseudodynamic test and FE model 152
Eiichi Obataya, Yuzo Furuta, Joseph Gril
Dynamic viscoelastic properties of wood acetylated with acetic anhydride solution of glucose pentaacetate 158
Eiji Minami, Haruo Kawamoto, Shiro Saka
Reaction behaviors of lignin in supercritical methanol as studied with lignin model compounds 166
Ysuyuki Matsushita, Seiichi Yasuda
Reactivity of a condensed-type lignin model compound in the Mannich reaction and preparation of cationic surfactant from sulfuric acid lignin 166
Junko Yamada, Koki Fujita, Kokki Sakai
Effect of major inorganic nutrients on β-thujaplicin production in a suspension culture of Cupressus lusitanica cells 172
Byung-Yeoup Chung, Kenji Iiyama
Differences in chemical constituents between vascular bundles and nonvascular bundles of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) hull 176
Miyusse Sakasegawa, Keko Hori, Mitsuyoshi Yatagai
Composition and antitermite activities of essential oils from Melaleuca species 181
Satoshi Kubo, Yasumitsu Uraki, Yoshihiro Sano
Catalytic graphitization of hardwood acetic acid lignin with nickel acetate 188
Note
Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Rumi Fujita, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kokki Sakai, Shuhei Kaneko
Morphological features and dietary functional components in fruit bodies of two strain of Pholiota adiposa grown on artificial beds 193
Announcement 197
Original articles
Tamami Kawasaki, Kweonhwan Hwang, Hohei Komatsu, Shuichi Kawai
In-plane shear properties of the wood-based sandwich panel as a small shear wall, evaluated by the shear test method using tie-rods 199
Hiroshi Yoshihara
Resistance curve for the mode II fracture toughness of wood obtained by the end-notched flexure test under the constant loading point displacement condition 210
Henrik Berglind, Alexander Dillenz
Detection of glue deficiency in laminated wood with pulse thermography 216
Kenji Umemura, Akio Inoue, Shuichi Kawai
Development of new natural polymer-based wood adhesives I: dry bond strength and water resistance of konjac glucomannan, chitosan and their composites 221
Shigeru Yamauchi, Shuichi Doi
Raman spectroscopic study on the behavior of boric acid in wood 227
Subyakt, Bambang Subiyanto, Toshimitsu Hata, Shuichi Kawai
Evaluation of fire-retardant properties of edge-jointed lumber from tropical fast-growing woods using cone calorimetry and a standard fire test 235
Shigeru Yamauchi, Yasuji Kurimoto
Raman spectroscopic study on pyrolyzed wood and bark of Japanese cedar: temperature dependence of Raman parameters 241
Masahiro Ota, Hoque M Mozammel
Chemical kinetics of Japanese cedar, cypress, fir and spruce and characterization of charcoal 248
Thi Bach Tuyet Lam, Keko Hori, Kenji Iiyama
Structural characteristics of cell walls of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) and fixation of carbon dioxide 255
Jun Mu, Tohru Uehara, Takeshi Furuno
Effect of bamboo vinegar on regulation of germination and radicle growth of seed plants 262
Notes
Wen-ching Su, Yiren Wang, Nanfen Zhu, Chiaki Tanaka
Effect of tool angles on the chip generated during milling of wood by straight router-bits 271
Satoru Tsuchikawa, Kaori Yamato, Kinuyo Inoue
Discriminate analysis of wood-based materials using near-infrared spectroscopy 275
Yasuyuki Matsushita, Shigeru Miyawaki, Seiichi Yasuda
Manufacture of wood-cement boards VIII: cement-hardening inhibitory compounds of keyaki (Japanese zelkova, Zelkova serrata) 281
Sheng-Li Chen, Lucian A. Lucia
Improved method for evaluation of cellulose degradation 285
Announcement 289
Original articles
Marie Johansson, Jan Nyström, Micael Öhman
Prediction of longitudinal shrinkage and bow in Norway spruce studs using scanning techniques 291
Petri P. Kälrenlampi, Pekka Tynjälä, Pasi Ström
Effect of temperature and compression on the mechanical behavior of steam-treated wood 298
Jakub Sandak, Chiaki Tanaka
Evaluation of surface smoothness by laser displacement sensor I: effect of wood species 305
Jan Johansson, O. Hagman, B.-A. Fjellner
Predicting moisture content and density distribution of Scots pine by microwave scanning of sawn timber 312
Yi Min Wei, Bunichiro Tomita, Yasushi Hiramatsu, Atsushi Miyatake, Tsuyoshi Fujii, Tomoyuki Fujii, Shuichiro Yoshinaga
Hydration behavior and compressive strength of cement mixed with exploded wood fiber strand obtained by the water-vapor explosion process 317
Jianying Xu, Guangping Han, E.D. Wong, Shuichi Kawai
Development of binderless particleboard from kenaf core using steam-injection pressing 327
Katsuyoshi Hamada, Yuji Tsutsumi, Kazuchika Yamauchi, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Tomoaki Nishida
Treatment of poplar callus with ferulic and sinapic acids I: incorporation and enhancement of lignin biosynthesis 333
Yoshio Hirano, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kokki Sakai
5α-Reductase inhibitory tannin-related compounds isolated from Shorea laeviforia 339
Takeshi Furuno, Liang Lin, Sadanobu Katoh
Leachability, decay, and termite resistances of wood treated with metaborates 344
Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Xinglian Geng, Mika Hashiguchi, Hiroto Suhara, Syoko Fukunaga, Seiji Yasutake, Ryuichiro Kondo, Mototake Tsutsui, Ikuo Sato
Indole-3-carbaldehyde: a tyrosinase inhibitor from fungus YL185 349
Xin Li, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kokki Sakai
Studies on hypersaline-tolerant white-rot fungi IV: effects of Mn2+ and NH4+ on manganese peroxidase production and Poly R-478 decolorization by the marine isolate Phlebia sp. MG-60 under saline conditions 355
Notes
Janas Hafren, Geoffrey Daniel
Distribution of methyl-esterified galacturonan in chemical and mechanical pulp fibers 361
Katsuyoshi Hamada, Yuji Tsutsumi, Tomoaki Nishida
Treatment of poplar callus with ferulic and sinapic acids II: effects on related monolignol biosynthetic enzyme activities 366
Shi-Fa Wang, Takeshi Furuno, Zhi Cheng
Synthesis of 1-hydroxyethyl1-2-alkyl-2-imidazoline and its derivative sulfonate amphoteric surfactant from tall oil fatty acid 371
Retno Yusiasih, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Toshiaki Umezawa, Yuji Imamura
Screening method for wood extractives: direct cellulose thin-layer chromatography plate 377
Announcement 381
Original articles
Kei Sawata, Motoi Yasumura
Estimation of yield and ultimate strength of bolted timber joints by nonlinear analysis and yield theory 383
Takafumi Nakagawa, Masamitsu Ohta
Collapsing process simulations of timber structures under dynamic loading I: simulations of two-story frame models 392
Koji Hayashi, Masaharu Ohmi, Hiroshi Tominaga, Kiyoharu Fukuda
Effect of board density on bending properties and dimensional stabilities of MDF-reinforced corrugated particleboard 398
Anim Boanyo Dansoh, Akio Koizumi, Takuro Hirai
Compressive and tensile properties of a butt-jointed lamination model 405
Han-Min Park, Masami Fushitani, Keiichi Sato, Takafumi Kubo, Hee-Seop Byeon
Static bending strength performances of cross-laminated woods made with five species 411
Kazuya Minato, Kenji Ogura
Dependence of reaction kinetics and physical and mechanical properties on the reaction systems of acetylation I: reaction kinetic aspects 418
Yasuyuki Matsushita, Seiichi Yasuda
Preparation of anion-exchange resins from pine sulfuric acid lignin, one of the acid hydrolysis lignins 423
Musrizal Muin, Kunio Tsunoda
Preservative treatment of wood-based composites with 3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate using supercritical carbon dioxide impregnation 430
Yasue Arai, Makoto Takao, Reiichirou Sakamoto, Kentaro Yoshikawa, Takao Terashita
Promotive effect of the hot water-soluble fraction from corn fiber on vegetative mycelial growth in edible mushrooms 437
Notes
Song-Yung Wang, Lin Cheng-Jung, Chiu Chin-Ming
Effects of thinning and pruning on knots and lumber recovery of Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) planted in the Lu-Kuei area 444
Song-Yung Wang, Chung-Pin Hung
Electromagnetic shielding efficiency of the electric field of charcoal from six wood species 450
Hui-Ting Chang, Shang-Tzen Chang
Improvements in dimensional stability and lightfastness of wood by butyrylation using microwave heating 455
Keiji Takagi, Tohru Mitsunaga
Tyrosinase inhibitory activity of proanthocyanidins from woody plants 461
Shigeru Yamauchi, Sakae Shibutani, Shuichi Doi
Characteristic Raman bands for Artocarpus heterophyllus heartwood 466
Haruo Kawamoto, Masaru Murayama, Shiro Saka
Pyrolysis behavior of levoglucosan as an intermediate in cellulose pyrolysis: polymerization into polysaccharide as a key reaction to carbonized product formation 469
Announcement 474
Original articles
Masato Yoshida, Masayo Ikawa, Kazuko Kaneda, Takashi Okuyama
Stem tangential strain on the tension wood side of Fagus crenata saplings 475
Katsufusa Naruse
Estimation of shear moduli of wood by quasi-simple shear tests 479
Diego Elustondo, Stavros Avramidis
Stochastic numerical model for conventional kiln drying of timbers 485
Chuanshuang Hu, Chiaki Tanaka, Tadashi Ohtani
Locating and identifying splits and holes on sugi by the laser displacement sensor 492
Takafumi Nakagawa, Masamitsu Ohta
Collapsing process simulations of timber structures under dynamic loading II: simplification and quantification of the calculating method 499
Nobuo Nishiyama, Naoto Ando
Analysis of load-ship characteristics of nailed wood-joints: application of a two-dimensional geometric nonlinear analysis 505
Shigehiko Suzuki, Hideto Miyagawa
Effect of element type on the internal bond quality of wood-based panels determined by three methods 513
Kazuya Minato, Ryosuke Takazawa, Kenji Ogura
Dependence of reaction kinetics and physical and mechanical properties on the reaction systems of acetylation II: physical and mechanical properties 519
Keiichi Nakamata, Hiroshi Ohi
Examination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in process water of kraft pulp bleaching mill using chlorine dioxide from the aspect of environmental water quality 525
Seppo Andersson, Ritva Serimaa, Timo Paakkari, Pekka Saranpaa, Erkki Pesonen
Crystallinity of wood and the size of cellulose crystallites in Norway spruce (Picea abies) 531
Hirofumi Hirai, Takanori Itoh, Tomoaki Nishida
In vitro reduction of manganese dioxide by a ferrireductase system from the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete sordida YK-624 538
Notes
Tadashi Ohtani, Kengo Kamasaki, Chiaki Tanaka
Effect of combinations of wood and counterface materials on three-body abrasive wear 543
Nobuyasu Hanari, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Ken-ichi Kuroda
Distinction of resin compounds between the healthy bark and the resinous stem canker of Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae 548
Rapid communication
Rui Katahira, Hiroshi Kamitakahara, Toshiyuki Takano, Fumiaki Nakatsubo
Novel syntheses of β-0-4 type oligomeric lignin model compounds by the nucleophilic addition of carbanion to aldehyde group 553
Announcement 555