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A novel control strategy for dry-wood termite Incisitermes minor infestation using a bait system
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Micromorphological characteristics of bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) fibers degraded by a brown rot fungus (Gloeophyllum trabeum)
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Wook Kang, Woo Yang Chung, Chang-Deuk Eom, Hwanmyeong Yeo
Some considerations in heterogeneous nonisothermal transport models for wood : a numerical study
Masamitsu Nakajima, Yuzo Furuta, Yutaka Ishimaru
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Psychoacoustical evaluation of floor-impact sounds from wood-framed structures
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Wook Kang, Chun-Won Kang, Woo Yang Chung, Chang-Deuk Eom, Hwanmyeong Yeo
The effect of openings on combined bound water and water vapor diffusion in wood
Ingela Bjurhager, Lars A. Berglund, Stig L. Bardage, Bjorn Sundberg
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Load-carrying capacity of steel-to-timber joints with a pretensioned bolt
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Manufacture of oriented board using mild steam treatment of plant fiber bundles
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Effect of postcure conditions on the dynamic mechanical behavior of water-based polymer-isocyanate adhesive for wood
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Antioxidant activity and constituents of extracts from the root of Garcinia multiflora
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Description of green versus environmentally indifferent consumers of wood products in Scandinavia: flooring and decking
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Biosafety assessment of transgenic poplars overexpressing xyloglucanase (AaXEG2) prior to field trials
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Micromorphology of abnormal and decayed xylem in rubberwood canker
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Evaluation of quality indexes of bending performance and hardness for hardwoods
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Jerome K Vanclay, Michael Henson, Graeme Palmer
Color variation and correlations in Eucalyptus dunnii sawnwood
Nguyen Tu Kim, Mikiko Ochiishi, Junji Matsumura, Kazuyuki Oda
Variation in wood properties of six natural acacia hybrid clones in northern Vietnam
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Radial variations of wood properties of an endangered species, Pinus armandii var. amamiana
Chengyuan Li, Nam-Ho Lee
Effect of compressive load on the dimensional changes of the Japanese larch dried in a radio-frequency/vacuum drier
Ali Awaludin, Takuro Hirai, Toshiro Hayashikawa, Yoshihisa Sasaki, Akio Oikawa
One-year stress relaxation of timber joints assembled with pretensioned bolts
Ana Lourenco, Isabel Baptista, Jorge Gominho, Helena Pereira
The influence of heartwood on the pulping properties of Acacia melanoxylon wood
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Chemical changes in terpenes of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) wood during steam drying in kiln at high temperature
Syamsul Falah, Takeshi Katayama, Toshisada Suzuki
Chemical constituents from Gmelina arborea bark and their antioxidant activity
Teruhisa Miyauchi, Mitsunori Mori
Effect of components of leaching medium on the leaching of benzalkonium chloride from treated wood
Sye Hee Ahn, Sei Chang Oh, In-Gyu Choi, Ho-Yong Kim, In Yang
Efficacy of wood preservatives formulated from okara with copper and/or boron salts
Kei Kumakura, Hiroyasu Kumakura, Michiro Ogura, Fumio Eguchi
Pharmacological effects of Ganoderma lucidum collected from ume (Japanese apricot) trees
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Changes in micropores in dry wood with elapsed time in the environment
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