Volume 54, Number 1 (2008)

Review article
Ryo Funada
Mechanism of regulation of cambial activity in trees     1

Original articles
Futoshi Ishiguri, Kazuya Iizuka, Shinso Yokota, Nobuo Yoshizawa
Effects of smoke drying in traditional lacquer work on the physical properties of wood     11

Takeshi Nakatani, Yutaka Ishimaru, Ikuho Iida, Yuzo Furuta
Contribution of lignin on adsorption of organic liquids onto wood     17

Yoshinori Ohashi, Masahiko Toda, Takuya Fujiwara, Tsukasa Sato, Takuro Hirai
Mechanical properties of wooden I-beams with planted timber materials in Hokkaido I: Bending, shear and partial bearing properties     24

Guangfan Jin, Shiho Takahashi, Akiko Nakagawa, Hiroshi Ohi
Chemical characteristics and kraft pulping response of Phyllostachys pubescens stem: Comparison with kenaf bast, Japanese softwood and fast-hardwood     33

Proceedings of the Society      39


Volume 54, Number 2 (2008)

Review article
Junji Sugiyama, Yoshiki Horikawa
Cellulose microfibril and its polymorphs     49

Original articles
Shinya Masuda, Kaori Fukuda, Yukio Yaguti, Tamaki Hinma
Effects of the size of viviparous seed of Kandelia candel on the initial growth after planting     58

Shinya Masuda, Takashi Kojio, Sigetomo Yonemori, Tsuyoshi Ito, Tamaki Honma
Effects of plant hormone treatment on the growth of the viviparous seed of Kandelia candel (L.) DRUCE     68

Noriko Miyazawa, Shoji Ohga
Influence of a nucleic acid-related substance on the mycelial growth and the pharmacological effects of Pleurotus nebrodensis     80

Notes
Hisashi Ohsaki, Yoshitaka Kubojima, Mario Tonosaki, Masamitsu Ohta
Changes in bending properties and shrinkage of kiln dried todomatsu (Abies sachalinensis Mast.) wetwood     86

Joo-Hoon Song, Tetsuya Nakao
Simulation of drying process using temperature in wood as calculated from moisture content     93

Proceedings of the Society      97


Volume 54, Number 3 (2008)

Review article
Tetsuo Kondo
New aspects of cellulose nanofibers     107

Original articles
Ryouta Tsuchiya, Ikuo Furukawa
The relationship between radial variation of wood fiber length, vessel lumen diameter and the stage of diameter growth in Castanea crenata     116

Chiemi Honma, Masataka Teranishi, Yoshihisa Sasaki, Takuro Hirai
Earthquake-proof reinforcement of deteriorated framing of existing wooden houses with shear-resistant components     123

Notes
Yusuke Takahashi, Akio Koizumi, Takanori Ii, Takuro Hirai
Prevention of splitting failure at hardwood dowel joints connecting two members at right angles     132

Toshiro Harada, Keisuke Ando, Masayuki Miyabayashi, Tomio Ohuchi, Keiichi Miyamoto, Daisuke Kamikawa, Nobuaki Hattori
Flame die-out of glued laminated Japanese larch lumber columns with a fire-retardant shell-layer     139

Kiyomi Ohara, Maya Kondo, Takafumi Kato
Rapid pyrolytic gasification of wood loaded with catalyst     147

Proceedings of the Society      153


Volume 54, Number 4 (2008)

Review article
Yutaka Kataoka
Photodegradation of wood and depth profile analysis     165

Original articles
Yoshinori Ohashi, Kazushige Matsumoto, Tsukasa Sato, Takuro Hirai
Mechanical properties of wooden I-beams with plantation timber materials in Hokkaido II: Long term bending creep property     174

Hideaki Korai, Kazuo Ohashi, Masahiko Kobayashi
Effects of various treatments for improving bondability on the properties of fiberboard bonded with phenol formaldehyde resin     183

Masaaki Yamada, Kinji Taki, Mitsuo Shibutani
Crosslinking reactions between isocyanate compounds and acetoacetylated PVA in water and organic solvent systems     191

Notes
Takanori Sugimoto, Yoshihiko Hirashima, Yasutoshi Sasaki
Shear properties of traditional timber structures considering moment-resisting properties of joints     199

Hideki Aoi, The late Nobuhiro Mii, Atsushi Miyatake, Fumio Kamiya
The ratio of working stress to the allowable stress on structural members of wooden house I: columns and sill plates of houses built in a general area     208

Proceedings of the Society      216


Volume 54, Number 5 (2008)

Review article
Jangyeul Sohn, Seungki Pang, Woojin Cho, Chulgoo Lee
A literature survey on research trends of volatile organic compounds and field indoor air quality in Korea     245

Original articles
Yukie Saito, Satoshi Shida, Masamitsu Ohta, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Tadatsugu Tai, Wakako Ohmura, Hiroshi Makihara, Shuichi Noshiro, Osamu Goto
Deterioration Character of Aged Timbers: Insect Damage and Material Aging of Rafters in a Historic Building of Fukushoji-Temple     255

Atsushi Tsuchiya, Yuko Fujiwara, Shogo Okumura
Cutting performance and wear characteristics of Chromium Nitride-coated tools: Edge wear and machined surface quality in end-grain milling of oak     263

Masashi Miyamura, Masamitsu Ohta, Masatoshi Sato
Shearing strength and fracture mechanism of lath-mortar wall II: Effect of metal lath-staple joints on strength properties of mortar walls     272

Qingjun Meng, Takuro Hirai, Akio Koizumi
Frictional coefficients between timber and some structural sheet materials     281

Miho Matsushita, Ayami Hato, Sadatoshi Meguro
The use of phospholipid fatty acid analysis to estimate the changes in microbial community structure during wood decay in forests     289

Proceedings of the Society      299


Volume 54, Number 6 (2008)

Original articles
Mariko Yamasaki, Yoshihiro Hirano, Yasutoshi Sasaki, Akio Mizutani, Zhe Cui, Katsumi Sakakibara
Influence of wall composition on thermo-physical properties and energy-saving in wooden houses     310

Takeshi Kajimoto, Yuya Tachibana, Yasukatsu Maeda, Shizuo Kubota, Toshimitsu Hata, Yuji Imamura
Characterization of the pulp like fibers separated from sugi with L-lactic acid     319

Koji Takabatake, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Masahiro Samejima
Recycle utilization of waste sawdust substrate for sawdust-based cultivation of Hericium erinaceum     327

Kyoko Suzuki, Tetsuo Yamada, Yukie Saito, Tsutomu Suzuki
Influence of pulverization followed by acid treatment on the properties of nickel-loaded wood charcoal     333

Takafumi Shimoda, Yousuke Baba, Kozo Nishibori
Ethanol conversion of spent mushroom culture medium by the ball-vibration simultaneous saccharification and fermentation system     340

Hideto Fujimoto
The incineration of swine feces using low quality charcoal as an auxiliary fuel and the complete use of the heat energy: A report of the city area program of Miyakonojyo basin     346

Makoto Fukino, Yukihiro Kato, Shinichi Seino, Syuuhei Ishiko
Transportation cost and crush processing cost of construction waste wood     352

Proceedings of the Society      359