Volume 56, Number 1 (2010)     (Preview)

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

Notes
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

Rapid communication
Yusuke Taniguchi, Kosei Ando, Hiroyuki Yamamoto
Determination of three-dimensional viscoelastic compliance in wood by tensile creep test

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Volume 56, Number 2 (2010)     (Preview)

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

Notes
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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Volume 56, Number 3 (2010)     (Preview)

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 Ohta, 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

Note
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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