Original articles
Yoshio Kijidani, Tetsuya Hamazuna, Satoshi Ito, Ryushi Kitahara, Shinsuke Fukuchi, Nobuya Mizoue, Shigejiro Yoshida
Effect of height-to-diameter ratio on stem stiffness of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) cultivars
Takaaki Fujimoto, Shinya Koga
An application of mixed-effects model to evaluate the effects of initial spacing on radial variation in wood density in Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi)
Jinghui Jiang, Jianxiong Lu, Haiqing Ren, Chao Long
Predicting the flexural properties of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantation dimension lumber from growth ring width
Nam-Ho Lee, Chengyuan Li, Xue-Feng Zhao, Moon-Jae Park
Effect of pretreatment with high temperature and low humidity on drying time and prevention of checking during radio-frequency/vacuum drying of Japanese cedar pillar
Margot Sehlstedt-Persson, Thomas Wamming
Wood drying process: impact on Scots pine lumber durability
Yafang Yin, Hirofumi Nagao, Xiaoli Liu, Takashi Nakai
Mechanical properties assessment of Cunninghamia lanceolata plantation wood with three acoustic-based nondestructive methods
Kazuya Minato, Yuji Konaka, Iris Bremaud, Shiro Suzuki, Eiichi Obataya
Extractives of muirapiranga (Brosimum sp.) and its effects on the vibrational properties of wood
Sung Phil Mun, Chang Sub Ku
Pyrolysis GC-MS analysis of tars formed during the aging of wood and bamboo crude vinegars
Yooko Tsuchiya, Hisashi Shimogaki, Hisashi Abe, Akira Kagawa
Inorganic elements in typical Japanese trees for woody biomass fuel
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Yoshitaka Kubojima, Yoko Inokuchi, Youki Suzuki, Mario Tonosaki
Shear modulus of several kinds of Japanese bamboo obtained by flexural vibration test
Shiro Suzuki, Norikazu Sakakibara, Laigeng Li, Toshiaki Umezawa, Vincent L. Chiang
Profiling of phenylpropanoid monomers in developing xylem tissue of transgenic aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Irmanida Batubara, Tohru Mitsunaga, Hideo Ohashi
Brazilin from Caesalpinia sappan wood as an antiacne agent
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Yusuke Taniguchi, Kosei Ando, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
Determination of three-dimensional viscoelastic compliance in wood by tensile creep test
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Original articles
Marc Borrega, Petri P. Karenlampi
Three mechanisms affecting the mechanical properties of spruce wood dried at high temperatures
Honghai Liu, Lin Yang, Yingchun Cai, Masatoshi Sugimori, Kazuo Hayashi
Effect of EMC and air in wood on the new in-process moisture content monitoring concept under radiofrequency/vacuum (RF/V) drying
Yusuke Taniguchi, Kosei Ando
Time dependence of Poisson's effect in wood I: the lateral strain behavior
Keisuke Kojiro, Tsunehisa Miki, Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Masamitsu Nakajima, Kozo Kanayama
Micropores and mesopores in the cell wall of dry wood
Nobuo Sobue, Minori Fujita, Atsuko Nakano, Tomohiro Suzuki
Identification of defect position in a wooden beam from the power spectrum of longitudinal vibration
Kiho Jung, Akihisa Kitamori, Kohei Komatsu
Development of a joint system using a compressed wooden fastener II: evaluation of rotation performance for a column-beam joint
Hailan Jin, Takayuki Okayama, Hajime Ohtani
Influence of addition of bulking promoter on AKD-sizing performance
Hikaru Aimi, Ko Tahara, Yasuji Kurimoto, Shigeru Yamauchi
Formation of a complex with aluminum by ozone-treated kraft lignins and their low molecular weight fragments
Ying-Ju Chen, Sen-Sung Cheng, Shang-Tzen Chang
Monitoring the emission of volatile organic compounds from the leaves of Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana using solid-phase micro-extraction
Shingo Kawai, Kyousuke Nakata, Hiroo Ichizawa, Tomoaki Nishida
3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid is involved in the biosynthesis of myricanol in Myrica rubra
Gokdeniz Neser
Seawater exposure effect on the fracture toughness of low-density woods/GRP sandwich systems
Kei Yoshida, Hisashi Miyafuji, Shiro Saka
Methane production from organic acids obtained by supercritical water treatment of Japanese beech
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Gyu-Hyeok Kim, Won-Joung Hwang, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Yuji Imamura
Laboratory evaluation of the termiticidal efficacy of copper HDO
Kazuyuki Hattori, Sota Shikata, Ryo Maekawa, Masakazu Aoyama
Dissolution of polystyrene into p-cymene and related substances in tree leaf oils
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Original articles
Akira Kagawa, Steven W. Leavitt
Stable carbon isotopes of tree rings as a tool to pinpoint the geographic origin of timber
Bhavadee Iamtasna, Taviwan Piyasombatkul, Seeroong Prichanont, Chirakarn Muangnapoh
Use of hemicellulase in sequence with hydrogen peroxide and laccase for improvement of teak veneer surface color
Akio Koizumi, Jun-ichi Motoyama, Kei Sawata, Yoshihisa Sasaki, Takuro Hirai
Evaluation of drag coefficients of poplar-tree crowns by a field test method
Motoe Ando, Masatoshi Sato
Evaluation of the self-bonding ability of sugi and application of sugi powder as a binder for plywood
Hideaki Korai, Nan Ling, Atsushi Sumida, Osamu Yasuda, Takayoshi Osada
Effects of sealed pressing and ozonization on properties of styrene-butadiene rubber and polyethylene glycol adhesive bonded board produced by two-stage pressing
Chih-Shen Chuang, Kuang-Chung Tsai, Yi-Chung Wang, Ming-Kuang Wang, Chun-Han Ko
Impact of wetting and drying cycle treatment of intumescent coatings on the fire performance of thin painted red lauan (Parashorea sp.) plywood
Ke-Chang Hung, Jyh-Horng Wu
Mechanical and interfacial properties of plastic composite panels made from esterified bamboo particles
Ai Fujita, Masaru Hojo, Tetsuo Aoyagi, Yoshinobu Hayashi, Gaku Arakawa, Gaku Tokuda, Hirofumi Watanabe
Details of the digestive system in the midgut of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki
Tsuguyuki Saito, Masayuki Hirota, Naoyuki Tamura, Akira Isogai
Oxidation of bleached wood pulp by TEMPO/NaClO/NaClO2 system: effect of the oxidation conditions on carboxylate content and degree of polymerization
Yuki Tobimatsu, Toshiyuki Takano, Hiroshi Kamitakahara, Fumiaki Nakatsubo
Reactivity of syringyl quinone methide intermediates in dehydrogenative polymerization I : high-yield production of synthetic lignins (DHPs) in horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed polymerization of sinapyl alcohol in the presence of nucleophilic reagents
Joon Weon Choi, Osker Faix
Thioacidolytic analysis of residual lignins isolated from the chemical pulps of spruce (Picea abies) and beech (Fagus sylvatica) wood
Ikuo Momohara, Yuko Ota, Takeshi Nishimura
Assessment of decay risk of airborne wood-decay fungi
Atsushi Nakamura, Hisashi Miyafuji, Shiro Saka
Influence of reaction atmosphere on the liquefaction and depolymerization of wood in an ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride
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Seiichiro Ukyo, Hirofumi Ido, Hirofumi Nagao, Hideo Kato
Simultaneous determination of shear strength and shear modulus in glued-laminated timber using a full-scale shear block specimen
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Original articles
Mariko Yamasaki, Yasutoshi Sasaki
Determining Young's modulus of timber on the basis of a strength database and stress wave propagation velocity I: an estimation method for Young's modulus employing Monte Carlo simulation
Olav Hoibo, Andres Q. Nyrud
Consumer perception of wood surfaces: the relationship between stated preferences and visual homogeneity
Takafumi Nakagawa, Masamitsu Ohta, Takahiro Tsuchimoto, Naohito Kawai
Collapsing process simulations of timber structures under dynamic loading III: numerical simulations of real-size wooden houses
Masahiro Matsunaga, Yutaka Kataoka, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Hiroaki Matsui
A novel method of acetylation of wood using supercritical carbon dioxide
Tetsuya Takahashi, Yuji Aso, Wakako Kasai, Tetsuo Kondo
Effect of light irradiation on the antibacterial activity of compounded papers containing wasted tea leaves
Mariko Takano, Masaya Nakamura, Muneyoshi Yamaguchi
Glyoxal oxidase supplies hydrogen peroxide at hyphal tips and on hyphal wall to manganese peroxidase of white-rot fungus Phanerochaete crassa WD1694
Ikuo Momohara, Atsushi Kato, Takeshi Nishimura
Spectrophotometric assay of a wood preservative, didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC), in aqueous solution
Mohd Asmadi, Haruo Kawamoto, Shiro Saka
Pyrolysis reactions of Japanese cedar and Japanese beech woods in a closed ampoule reactor@
Natthanon Phaiboonsilpa, Kazuchika Yamauchi, Xin Lu, Shiro Saka
Two-step hydrolysis of Japanese cedar as treated by semi-flow hot-compressed water
Yuko Tsunetsugu, Mario Tonosaki
Quantitative estimation of carbon removal effects due to wood utilization up to 2050 in Japan: effects from carbon storage and substitution of fossil fuels by harvested wood products
Way Long, Haw Farn Lan, Yaw Fhu Huang
Evaluation of formaldehyde adsorption of bamboo charcoal using a photoacoustic method
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Yusuke Taniguchi, Kosei Ando
Time dependence of Poisson's effect in wood II: volume change during uniaxial tensile creep
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Review article
Mirjana Bogosanovic, Adnan Al Anbuky, Grant W. Emms
Overview and comparison of microwave noncontact wood measurement techniques
Original articles
Nobuo Sobue, Ian Woodhead
Improvement of simple impedance tomography method in RF range for estimating moisture distribution in squared timbers
Loic Brancheriau, Clement Kouchade, Iris Bremaud
Internal friction measurement of tropical species by various acoustic methods
Mariko Yamasaki, Yasutoshi Sasaki, Yasuo Iijima
Determining Young's modulus of timber on the basis of a strength database and stress wave propagation velocity II: effect of the reference distribution database on the determination
Kenji Umemura, Ayako Mihara, Shuichi Kawai
Development of new natural polymer-based wood adhesives III: effects of glucose addition on properties of chitosan
Toshiharu Enomae, Yoon-Hee Han, Akira Isogai, Michihisa Hotate, Satoshi Hasegawa
Mechanisms of perception of laid lines in Japanese paper
Tetsuya Takahashi, Yuji Aso, Wakako Kasai, Tetsuo Kondo
Improving the antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus of composite sheets containing wasted tea leaves by roasting
Yong Duck Kim, Ji Yun Min, Mi Jin Jeong, Hyun Jin Song, Jung Gyu Hwang, Chandrakant S. Karigar, Gang Won Cheong, Myung Suk Choi
Rapid selection of catechin-rich tea trees (Camellia sinensis) by a colorimetric method
Yasuyuki Matsushita, In-Cheol Jang, Takanori Imai, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Seung-Cheol Lee
Naphthalene derivatives from Diospyros kaki
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Hirofumi Ido, Hirofumi Nagao, Hideo Kato, Atsushi Miyatake, Yasushi Hiramatsu
Strength properties of laminated veneer lumber in compression perpendicular to its grain
Jurgen Follrich, Oliver Vay, Stefan Veigel, Ulrich Muller
Bond strength of end-grain joints and its dependence on surface roughness and adhesive spread
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Original articles
Thomas Goodrich, Nadia Nawaz, Stefanie Feih, Brian Y. Lattimer, Adrian P. Mouritz
High-temperature mechanical properties and thermal recovery of balsa wood
Kiyohiko Fujimoto, Yasushi Hiramatsu, Atsushi Miyatake, Kenta Shindo, Masahiko Karube, Masaki Harada, Seiichiro Ukyo
Strength properties of glued laminated timber made from edge-glued laminae I: strength properties of edge-glued karamatsu (Larix kaempferi) laminae
Takaaki Fujimoto, Yohei Kurata, Kazushige Matsumoto, Satoru Tsuchikawa
Feasibility of near-infrared spectroscopy for online multiple trait assessment of sawn lumber
Zannatul Nasrin, Misato Yoshikawa, Yuki Nakamura, Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Mikiko Uesugi, Yuriko Osakabe, Tomonori Sonoki, Kanna Sato, Ryo Funada, Yosuke Iimura, Yoshihiro Katayama, Shinya Kajita
Overexpression of a fungal laccase gene induces nondehiscent anthers and morphological changes in flowers of transgenic tobacco
Zhenfu Jin, Youming Yu, Shunliu Shao, Jiewang Ye, Lin Lin, Kenji Iiyama
Lignin as a cross-linker of acrylic acid-grafted carboxymethyl lignocellulose
Masakazu Hiraide, Atsushi Kato, Tadakazu Nakashima
The smell and odorous components of dried shiitake mushroom, Lentinula edodes V: changes in lenthionine and lentinic acid contents during the drying process
Masakazu Hiraide, Tadakazu Nakashima, Takeshi Fujiwara
The smell and odorous components of dried shiitake mushroom, Lentinula edodes VI: increase in odorous compounds of dried shiitake mushroom cultivated on bed logs
Mahendra Varman, Hisashi Miyafuji, Shiro Saka
Fractionation and characterization of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) as treated by supercritical water
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Ryouta Tsuchiya, Ikuo Furukawa
Relationship between the radial variation of ray characteristics and the stages of radial stem increment in Zelkova serrata
Koji Adachi, Katsuhiro Takehira, Tomoaki Soma, Masafumi Inoue
Study of mechanical properties of wooden bolt-nut connector I: effect of size and shape of thread on withdrawal strength
Atsushi Honma, Tomoyuki Koyama, Kazunaga Yazawa
Antihyperglycemic effects of Japanese maple Acer amoenum leaf extract and its constituent corilagin
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