Review article
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Current progress in breeding of edible and pharmaceutical mushrooms 1
Original articles
Kana Yamashita, Naoki Okada, Koichi Kamo
Application of the wire dendrometer for monitoring the radial growth of trees: A Comparison with the conventional band dendrometer and the pinning methods 8
Wenbo Zhang, Morihiko Tokumoto, Takashi Takeda, Koh Yasue
Effects of delignifying treatment on mechano-sorptive creep of wood I: Instantaneous and total compliance for radial specimens 19
Wenbo Zhang, Morihiko Tokumoto, Takashi Takeda, Koh Yasue
Effects of delignifying treatment on mechano-sorptive creep of wood II: Set recovery for radial specimens 29
Fukumi Maki, Tsutomu Aoki
Changes of indoor humidity in various living spaces 37
Ki-ho Jung, Kweon-hwan Hwang, Kohei Komatsu
Effect of changes in the moisture content due to surrounding relative humidity on the contact stress in traditional mortise and tenon joints I: Effects of komisen insertion and joint drying on the contact stress between end grain of column and sill 44
Note
Naomi Nishikawa, Masaki Murayama, Kanichi Kamiya
Adsorption and photocatalytic characteristics of activated carbon made from TiO2-coated woody waste 50
Proceedings of the Society 55
Review article
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Production of tannin by tissue culture of woody plants and tannin biosynthesis 67
Original articles
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Cultivation and utilization of Japanese fast growing tree with high ability of carbon stock I: Possibility of Melia azedarach 77
Yue Wang, Ikuho Iida, Yuzo Furuta, Yutaka Ishimaru
Mechanical properties of wood under the unstable state due to temperature changes, and the analysis of their mechanism I: The behavior of stress relaxation for the swollen-wood by quenching 83
Ikuho Iida, Kensuke Ooi, Tetsupeii Asada, Yue Wang, Yuzo Furuta, Yutaka Ishimaru
The effects of quenching on the mechanical properties of wet wood II: The most appropriate condition of evaluation on mechanical properties of wood under the unstable state 93
Hideaki Fukuda, Kaoru Banshoya, Yasuhide Murase
Effect of electrical potentials on tool wear and measurement of electrostatic voltage in machining of air-dried Douglas-fir 100
Guangfan Jin, Akiko Nakagawa, Katsuyoshi Shimizu, Hiroshi Ohi
Chemical characteristics and kraft pulping response of Hibiscus cannabinus bast 107
Note
Kohta Miyamoto, Shin-ichiro Tohmura, Akio Inoue
Aldehydes and volatile organic compounds emissions from laminated veneer lumber 113
Proceedings of the Society 119
Review article
Takayoshi Matsumoto
Solution properties of cellulose 129
Original articles
Ryogo Nakada, Akira Tamura
An application of lateral impact vibration method to the genetic improvement on heartwood moisture content in Cryptomeria japonica D. Don 137
Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Yuji Imamura
Development of the evaluation method of photo-stability for house interior materials I: Newly-designed photo-stability testing apparatus of metalhalide-lamp with glass-filters 145
Kiho Jung, Kweonhwan Hwang, Kohei Komatsu
The effect of change in the moisture content due to surrounding humidity on the contact stress at traditional mortise and tenon joint II: Evaluation for anti-relaxation effects by deformation recovery of compressed wooden komisen on the contact stress of 153
Makoto Nakatani, Kohei Komatsu
Mechanism of pull-out performance in Lagscrewbolted timber joints III: Development of theory on pull-out properties perpendicular to the grain 160
Notes
Yue Wang, Kazuya Minato, Ikuho Iida
Mechanical properties of wood under the unstable state due to the temperature changes, and the analysis of their mechanism II: Selective and uniform elimination of chemical constituents from wood block 168
Masafumi Inoue, Junichi Kodama, Yasuji Yamamoto, Yumi Misawa, Susumu Nakatani
Dimensional stabilization of compressed wood using high-frequency heating II: development of continuous press system for laminated compressed wood 173
Proceedings of the Society 178
Review article
Hiroshi Yoshihara
Characterization of fracturing properties of wood and wood materials based on the fracture mechanics 185
Original articles
Syunji Tsushima, Shinya Koga, Kazuyuki Oda, Susumu Shiraishi
Effects of initial spacing on growth and wood properties of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) cutting cultivars 196
Wenbo Zhang, Morihiko Tokumoto, Takashi Takeda, Koh Yasue
Effects of delignifying treatments on mechano-sorptive creep of wood III: MS creep for longitudinal specimens 206
Junpei Hida, Yuya Yamada, Masaaki Yamada, Kinji Taki, Hiroaki Yoshida
Field measurement of carbonyl compound concentration in indoor air of newly constructed wooden residential houses from 2001 to 2002 215
Masanobu Kawazoe, Yukitoshi Tuchiya, Takuro Mori, Kohei Komatsu
Effect of crossbanded laminates on bearing properties of mechanical joints of laminated veneer lumber with a drift pin 221
Mizuki Akitomo, Rika Suzuki, Yutaka Ishimaru, Ikuho Iida, Yuzo Furuta
Micropore structure of wood and bamboo charcoals establishment of method for the calculation of effective pore size distribution and possibility of controlling micropore structure 228
Yukinobu Sawada, Keisuke Ando, Nobuaki Hattori, Yasuo Tamura
Inventory analysis on adhesives used for wood based materials 235
Proceedings of the Society 241
Review article
Masato Noda
Present state and prospects of research on tree-ring analysis in Japan 271
Original articles
Syunji Tsushima, Yoshie Fujioka, Kazuyuki Oda, Junji Matsumura, Susumu Shiraishi
Variations of wood properties in forests of seedlings and cutting cultivars of hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) 277
Takeshi Nakatani, Yutaka Ishimaru, Ikuho Iida, Yuzo Furuta
Adsorption of some organic liquids onto the main constituents of wood 285
Hirofumi Ido, Hirofumi Nagao, Hideo Kato
Evaluation of the shear strength of lumber by different test methods 293
Masashi Miyamura, Masamitsu Ohta, Masatoshi Sato
Shearing strength and fracture mechanism of lath-mortar wall I: Analysis of shearing deformation of mortar wall with lath board 303
Notes
Yoshihiko Hirashima, Masaru Tahara
Racking tests of plywood sheathed frames and braced frames 312
Kazuhiko Kinjo, Tsuyoshi Miyagi
Nutritional requirements for mycelial growth and artificial cultivation of Tricholoma giganteum 320
Proceedings of the Society 327
Review article
Yasumitsu Uraki, Satoshi Kubo
Fibrous carbons from woody biomass 337
Original articles
Taiichi Iki, Akira Tamura, Naoki Nishioka, Masanobu Abe
Longitudinal change of dynamic modulus of elasticity and quality evaluation by a non-destructive method in todomatsu (Abies sachalinensis) plus trees 344
Takato Nakano, Shinji Yamamoto, Misato Norimoto, Takahisa Nakai, Yukiko Ishikura
Effects of ultrastructure on water adsorption of bamboo 352
Kiho Jung, Akihisa Kitamori, A.J.M. Leijten, Kohei Komatsu
Effect of changes in the moisture content due to surrounding relative humidity on the contact stress in traditional mortise and tenon joints III: Pull-out strength of compressed sugi komisen joints 358
Takumi Fujita, Naotoshi Komatsu, Shuichi Kawai
Manufacture and properties of gypsum-bonded particleboard IV: Properties of gypsum-bonded particleboard made with raw material from waste gypsum boards 368
Hideki Morita, Yoshiyasu Fujimoto, Kohei Komatsu, Yasuhide Murase
Development of a shear testing method for full-sized structural lumber 376
Note
Futoshi Ishiguri, Junji Eizawa, Yasuno Saito, Kazuya Iizuka, Shinso Yokota, Nobuo Yoshizawa
Comparison of wood properties in hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) small diameter logs collected from different tree ages and heights 383
Proceedings of the Society 389