Volume 53, Number 1 (2007)

Review article
Takashi Watanabe
Trends in biorefinery and pretreatments of lignocellulosics by white rot fungi     1

Original articles
Han-Min Park, Masami Fushitani
Bending creep property of wood-aluminum hybrid laminated material     14

Masaaki Yamada, Kinji Taki, Hiroaki Yoshida, Tatsuhiko Ezaki
Physical properties and wood bonding performance of polyvinyl acetate emulsion with acetoacetylated PVA as protective colloid     25

Notes
Junpei Hida, Saki Takatsuka, Masaaki Yamada, Kinji Taki, Hiroaki Yoshida, Makoto Yamada
Field measurement of indoor air quality in newly constructed houses according to the revised building standard law in Japan I: Field measurement of concentration of carbonyl compounds in indoor air     34

Junpei Hida, Saki Takatsuka, Masaaki Yamada, Kinji Taki, Hiroaki Yoshida, Makoto Yamada
Field measurement of indoor air quality in newly constructed houses according to the revised building standard law in Japan II: Field measurement of concentration of VOCs in indoor air     40

Hiroshi Takiuchi, Kei Sawata, Takanobu Sasaki, Yasuo Okazaki, Shuichi Doi, Yasuo Iijima
Embedding strength of wood exposed to decay fungi     46

Proceedings of the Society      52


Volume 53, Number 2 (2007)

Review article
Yasuo Iijima
Standardization of testing and evaluation method for full-size structural timber strength in Japan     63

Original articles
Kana Yamashita, Naoki Okada, Takeshi Fujiwara
Use of the Pilodyn for estimating basic density and its applicability to density-based classifying of Cryptomeria japonica green logs     72

Hideaki Sugino, Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Tsunehisa Miki, Kozo Kanayama
Fine structure changes of wood during moisture adsorption and desorption process analyzed by X-ray diffraction measurement     82

Seiichiro Ukyo, Tomoyuki Hayashi, Masaki Harada, Masahiko Karube
Effect of longitudinal shear plane length on the tensile strength of half-lapped “gooseneck” splice joints (Kama-tsugi): Strain distribution analysis of the tenon using digital image correlation     90

Notes
Takeshi Fujiwara
Estimation of annual increase of oven-dried weight of sugi (Crypromeria japonica) trunks     99

Noboru Sekino, Go Yamauchi
Binder-less wood chip insulation panel for building use made from wood processing residues and wastes V: Thermal conductivity and drop impact resistance of sugi bark chip panels     104

Proceedings of the Society      110


Volume 53, Number 3 (2007)

Review article
Takuro Hirai
Current issues of timber construction     117

Original articles
Junji Matsumura, Misato Tanoue, Rie Ogata, Koichiro Gyokusen, Shinji Muta, Kenji Kamiwaki, Masumi Hasegawa, Kazuyuki Oda
Cultivation and utilization of Japanese fast growing trees with high capability for carbon stock II: Potential of Choerospondias axillaris     127

Takeshi Saito, Masamitsu Funaoka
Preparation and physical properties of wood-lignophenol composites     134

Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Yuji Imamura
Development of an evaluation method of photo-stability for house interior materials II: Application of the new photo-stability test method to wood-based house interior materials     141

Notes
Toshimasa Ohgama, Katsuji Noda, Shun Sakuraba, Masaaki Hohjo, Masatoshi Komiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Tomoko Akanuma, Fumio Terauchi, Fumio Ikegami
Ergonomic design of wood-based raised bed for horticultural therapy: Comfortable height and reach distance for elderly persons     149

Seungmin Lee, Eri Tamaki, Sadanobu Katoh, Takeshi Furuno
Identification of Quercus section Prinus species using RAPD markers     157

Proceedings of the Society      163


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Volume 53, Number 5 (2007)

Review article
Naohiro Kuroda
Development of fundamental research on drying of boxed-heart square timber of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)     243

Original articles
Ikuho Iida, Kenichi Yamamoto, Nao Zenda, Yue Wang
The mechanism of liquid movement in a wood cell cavity by continuous visual observation I: Liquid penetration in tracheid cells for each pretreated samples under a vacuum     254

Hiroya Ohbayashi, Takao Momoi, Toshiro Tochigi, Jun Kobayashi
Evaluation of machinability of thermal-compressed Japanese cedar at the cellular level     262

Mitsunori Mori, Makoto Sakurai, Teruhisa Miyauchi, Tomoaki Sugiyama
Effect of a wood preservative used as a surface treatment on slightly-decayed wood caused by Serpula lacrymans     269

Note
Shinichi Kikuchi, Satoshi Maeda
Effects of fire retardant chemicals and retention on heat release rate of wood     276

Proceedings of the Society      283


Volume 53, Number 6 (2007)

Review article
Kazuhiko Fukushima, Kaori Saito
The chemical analysis of wood using ToF-SIMS     291

Original articles
Shinya Masuda, Kaori Fukuda, Yukio Yaguchi, Tamaki Honma
Effects of planting depth on the growth of viviparous seed of Kandelia candel     298

Kiho Jung, Akihisa Kitamori, Kohei Komatsu
Improvement of creep resisting performance of kanawa-tsugi (Japanese traditional beam to beam joint) by using the recovery-property of compressed sugi komisen     306

Kinsaku Nakata, Kohei Komatsu
Development of timber portal frames composed of compressed LVL plates and pins I: Shear strength of joints composed of compressed LVL calculated using the theory of a beam on an elastic foundation     313

Ken Yamamoto, Yutaka Kataoka, Yasuyuki Furuyama, Tsutomu Matsuura, Makoto Kiguchi
The effect of irradiation wavelength on the discoloration of wood     320

Proceedings of the Society      327