Volume 34, Number 1 (1988)

Original Articles

Hiroyuki URAKAMI, Manjiro FUKUYAMA
The Effect of¡¡Grain Angle on the Flexural Creep of Wood     1

Nobuhiro IMAYAMA
The Fatigue of Wood V. Investigation of heat-generation coefficient by using a solution of an equation for the conduction of heat with internal heat-generation     8

Tetsuya NAKAO, Akira TAKAHASHI, Chiaki TANAKA
Characteristics of Footstep Noises on Wood-Based Panel Floors     14

Luisa S. CANADIDO, Fujiichi SAITO, Shigehiko SUZUKI
Effect of Particle Shape on the Orthotropic Properties of Oriented Strand Board     21

Fujiichi SAITO, Shigehiko SUZUKI, Toru IWATA
Effect of Resin Blending Conditions on Particle-Bond Quality of Emulsifiable Polymeric MDI Bonded Particleboards     28

Dian Yan LEE, Sanro TACHIBANA, Masashi SUMIMOTO
Mechanochemistry of Lignin I. Alkaline-nitrobenzene oxidation of dimeric lignin model compounds     34

Mitsuyoshi YATAGAI, Tatsuro OHIRA, Genji UNRININ, AZIZOL bin Abdul Kadir, Yoshioki HAYASHI, Seiji OHARA
Terpenes Emitted from Trees II. Terpenes in the atmospheres of forests     42

Kazuhiko KINJO, Shiryo YAGA
Study on the Cultivation Culture Media of Basidiomycetes V. Characteristics of Bagasse Medium     48

Takeshi YOKONO, Kiyoshi MIURA, Tsutomu KAYAMA, Taro NAKAMURA
Calmodulin from Cultivated Mushrooms Pleurotus citrinopileatus     54

Mitsuro ISHIHARA, Kazumasa SHIMIZU
α-(1->2)-Glucuronidase in the Enzymatic Saccharification of Hardwood Xylan I. Screening of α-glucuronidase producing fungi     58

Shinso YOKOTA, Toshiaki UMEZAWA, Takayoshi HIGUCHI
Influence of Alkoxyl Ring Substituents on the Degradability of β-O-4 Lignin Substructure Model Dimers by Phanerochaete chrysosporium     65

Masaaki KUWAHARA, Tatsuro SAWADA, Yasuhiko ASADA, Yoshitoshi NAKAMURA, Masanobu UCHIKOSHI, Masafumi KOMATSU
Enzymatic Saccharification and Permentation of NaOH-treated Ezomatsu Bark     75

Note

Tetsuya NAKAO, Chiaki TANAKA, Akira TAKAHASHI
Source-Wave Analysis of Impact-Force on Solid Wood     82

Proceedings of the Society     85


Volume 34, Number 2 (1988)

Original Articles

Takeshi FURUNO, Noriyuki SUZUKI, Teruo WATANABE
Microstructure and Silica Mineralization in the Formation of Silicified Woods III. The role of resinous content in silicification     87

Hiroyuki YANO, Junsuke MUKUDAI, Misato NORIMOTO
Improvements in the Piano Pin-Block     94

Kazuo HAYASHI, Masaaki ITO
Effect of Cutting Speed on the Tool Wear in Peripheral Milling. Wear form of tool, chip shape, and cutting resistance of green wood     100

Reiichi AMEMIYA, Tsuneo AOYAMA, Toshiro TOCHIGI
Cutting Force of a Single Saw-Tooth III. Effects of clearance angles of the swage set     112

Yasutoshi SASAKI, Shinji MIURA, Tomio TAKEMURA
Non-Linear Analysis of a Semi-Rigid Jointed Metal-Plate Wood-Truss     120

Hiroaki YOSHIDA, Sohsuke YOSHIKAWA
Nail-Cluing of Structural Wood-Members as Method of Field Gluing I. Pressure effect of nails in nail-gluing of plywood-lumber assemblies     126

Hajime KISHI, Mariko YOSHIOKA, Akira YAMANOI, Nobuo SHIRAISHI
Composites of Wood and Polypropylenes I.     133

Hideaki MATSUDA, Minoru UEDA, Koichi MURAKAMI
Oligoesterified Woods Based on Anhydride and Epoxide I. Preparation and dimensional stability of oligoesterified woods by stepwise addition reactions     140

Tadanori FUKUDA, Ralph L. MOTT, Chiaki HARADA
Studies on Tissue Culture of Tree-Cambium XI. Characterization of lignin in suspension-cultured cells of loblolly pine     149

Akiko YOSHIYAMA, Tsutomu NONAKA, Tse-Chuan CHOU, Hsien-Ju TIEN
Anodic Degradation of Lignins I. Hardwood lignins     155

Yuji SAWA, Takashi SASAYA, Shuji OZAWA
Extractives of the Genus Carpinus I. Diarylheptanoids of sawashiba Carpinus cordata Blume wood (1)     162

Shuji OZAWA, Takashi SASAYA
Extractives of Todomatsu Abies sachalinensis Masters IV. New cyclolignans containing a lactol ring from the wood of Abies sachalinensis     169

Takeshi YOKONO, Yutaka TAMAI, Kiyoshi MIURA, Tsutomu KAYAMA, Mitsuro HYAKUMACHI
Electrofusion of the Auxotrophic Mutants of Rhizoctonia solani     176

Notes

Tatsuhiko SUDO, Miyato HIGAKI
Regeneration and Fruiting-Body Formation from Protoplasts in Agrocybe cylindracea     181

Mitsuyoshi YATAGAI, Genji UNRININ, Tatsuro OHIRA
By-Products of Wood Carbonization IV. Components of wood vinegars     184

Topics

Proceedings of the Society     190


Volume 34, Number 3 (1988)

Original Articles

Tomoyuki FUJII, Syoji SUDO
The Cell Wall Structure of the Latex Tube in the Rays of Pimelodendron amboinicum Hassk. (Euphorbiaceae)     195

Yutaka ISHIMARU, Arihiro ADACHI
Swelling Anisotropy of Wood in Organic Liquids I. External swelling and its anisotropy     200

Yasuhide MURASE, Kenjiro IKE, Minoru MORI
Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Wood Cutting I. Detection of tool wear by AE signals     207

Kaoru BANSHOYA, Minoru MORI
Tool Life in Machine Boring of Wood and Wood-Based Materials VIII. Some considerations in the tool-life equation of spur machine-bits     214

Akinori YAMASHITA, Kazutoshi OHTANI, Kouyou KITSUTA, Michiyoshi TANAKA
Motion Analysis of Planing with a Japanese Plane by Video-picture Motion-Analysis System Assisted by Computer     222

Yun Long PAN, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Fumihiko ONABE, Makoto USUDA
Applicability of Pore Models of Paper to the Liquid Penetration Test     228

Sung-Phil MUN, Kokki SAKAI, Hiroyuki IMAMURA
Delignification with Organic Solvents and Sulfites V. Conditions for producing low-molecular-weight phenols and preparation of chemical pulp     234

Sung-Phil MUN, Kokki SAKAI, Hiroyuki IMAMURA
Delignification with Organic Solvents and Sulfites VI. Pulp quality and improvement of pulp strength     241

Mitsuru SAKAI, Toru YAMASAKI
The Attraction of Minor Constituents, Present in the Volatile Oil from Paraquat-Induced Lightwood, for Monochamus alternatus Hope (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae)     246

Toshimi HIRATA, Sumire KAWAMOTO, Yasuo FUKUI
Combustion Properties of Plywood in Compartment Fire Experiments II. Heat release and generation of carbon monoxide from the crib combustion     251

Notes

Tomoyuki FUJII, Atsushi TAMAI, Tadakazu HIROI
Cell Wall Structure of Buried Wood of Tochinoki (Aesculus turbinata Bl.)     261

Shigeru SUGIYAMA
Frictional Coefricients on the Rake Face in Wood Cutting by Feeding the Knife into a Workpiece during the Sliding of the Knife     266

Yasuhide MURASE, Kenjiro IKE, Minoru MORI
Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Wood Cutting II. Effect of slope angle of grain on AE characteristics     271

Akiko YOSHIYAMA, Tsutomu NONAKA, Hidekuni KAWAKAMI, Tse-Chuan CHOU, Hsien-Ju TIEN
Anodic Degradation of Lignins II. Softwood lignins     275

Preliminary Report

Masami NOGUCHI, Jjro UMETSU, Isao MATSUMOTO
A New Technique for Tensioning Circular Saws. Tensioning by induction hardening     281

Proceedings of the Society     284


Volume 34, Number 4 (1988)

Original Articles

Hiroyuki INOUE
Edge Wear of Tools Tipped with New Materials in the Cutting of Wood     291

Chiaki TANAKA, Hideyuki DATE, Tetsuya NAKAO, Akira TAKAHASHI
Cutting Performance of Cermet, Ceramic, Cubic Boron Nitride, and Sintered Diamond Tools III. Cutting Performance of Ceramic Tools     298

Takao YOSHIMATSU, Shigeru NODA, Tadaaki HANAOKA
Wood Cutting by a Numerical Controlled Router III. Effects of cutting forces on defects in machined edges     305

Toshiro TOCHIGI, Reiichi AMEMIYA, Chiaki TADOKORO, Hikaru HASHIMOTO
Improving Production Systems of Timber-Processing Plants I. Development of the computer-simulation procedure to design the production line     314

Toshiro TOCHIGI, Reiichi AMEMIYA, Chiaki TADOKORO, Hikaru HASHIMOTO
Improving Production Systems of Timber-Processing Plants II. Appropriate positioning of processing machines in sawmills     320

Fumio KAMIYA, Makoto KAWAI, Yoshio HATAYAMA, Keichiro OKADA
Calculation Method for Stress and Deflection of a Metal-Plated Wood-Truss I. Experiment with a parallel-chord truss     326

Bambang SUBIYANTO, Shuichi KAWAI, Hikaru SASAKI, Nilyardi KAHAR, Shigehisa ISHIHARA
Studies on Curing Condition of Particleboard Adhesive I. Effect of environmental temperature and adhesive temperature on gelation time     333

Toshimi HIRATA, Yasuo FUKUI, Sumire KAWAMOTO
Plywood Fire-Retarded by Chemical Treatments I. Surface flammability     337

Kazuyoshi UEDA, Shiro SAKA, Yoshinori FUNAKI, Shigeru SOEJIMA
Characterization of Acetone-Insoluble Substances in Cellulose Acetate as Prepared by an Acetylation/ Ripening Process from Wood Pulps     346

Kazuo SUMIYA, Tadashi SUNAKAWA, Toshi ISHIMOTO, Zenzaburo KASAI
Plant Regeneration from Long-Term Cultured Callus of Poplar (Populus nigra)     354

Notes

Eiichi MAEKAWA, Tetsuo KOSHIJIMA
An Analytical Method for the Determination of Acidic Sugars in Wood Hemicelluloses by Gas-Liquid Chromatography     359

Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Kenko UCHIDA, Tomotaka YOSHIMOTO
Phenolics of Tissue Cultures from Eucalyptus spp. IV. Selection of Eucalyptus polybractea cell lines with large yields of hydrolyzable tannins     363

Kazuo HOSOMI, Tomotaka YOSHIMOTO, Yoshio ITOH
Triterpene-Ester Production by Tissue Culture Ceils of Dyera costulata and Couma macrocarpa     368

Proceedings of the Society     371


Volume 34, Number 5 (1988)

Original Articles

Kunio KANNO, Yoshiyuki ISHIMURA
Swelling Stress of Wood under Different Restraints V. The effect of lateral restraint     373

Yasuhide MURASE, Shuichi ONO
Corrosive Wear and Its Suppression on Tools in Woodcutting Perpendicular to the Grain     382

Satoshi SHIDA
Thermal Performance of Wood Frame Walls I. Temperatures in wood frame wall during heating in winter     388

Tetsujl TSUJINO
Deformation Analysis of Wooden Frames Assembled with Nailed Plywood Gusset-plates     395

Yasuo YOSHIDA, Orlando R.PULIDO, Shuichi KAWAI, Hikaru SASAKI
Aligning Torque Generated in Wood Particles by an Electrostatic Field II. Distribution and intensification method of aligning torque in the space surrounding electrodes     401

Takeshi FURUNO, Hiroshi SAIKI
Comparative Observations with Fluorescence and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Cell Walls Adhering to the Glue on Fractured Surfaces of Wood-Glue Joints     409

Nobuaki HATTORI, Takashi MATANO, Hajime OKAMOTO, Keizou OKAMURA
Microscopic Observations of the Solid Products Deposited on the Edge of Papers by CO2 Laser Cutting     417

Yoshihiro KATAYAMA. Seiji NISHIKAWA, Makari YAMASAKI, Noriyuki MOROHOSHI, Takafusa HARAGUCHI
Construction of the Genomic Libraries of Lignin Model Compounds Degradable Pseudornorlas paucitnobilis SYK-6 with Escherichia coli-Pseudomonas Shuttle Vectors     423

Masasuke WATANABE, Masanori SAKVMOTO, Gyosuke MESHITSUKA, Atsushi ISHIZU, Junzo NAKANO
Radical Sulfonation of Lignin. Water solubilization of acid-hydrolysis lignin     428

Jinsen XU, Shinsaku KAWACHI
Characteristics of Major Fatty Acid Components of Haze Wax from Different Cultivars and Habitats     436

Takayuki ASADA, Hiroyuki KURODA, Kazuo SUMIYA
Quantitative Variation of Monoterpenes in the Foliage of Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondai     443

Kazuhiko KINJO, Yasuumi DOUFUKU, Shiryo YAGA
Termiticidal Substances from the Wood of Chamaecyparis obtusa Endl.     451

Toshimi HIRATA, Yasuo FUKUI
Combustion Properties of Plywood in Compartment-Fire Experiments III. Corner-wall tests     456

Kengo MAGARA, Susumu UEKI, Jun-ichi AZUMA, Tetsuo KOSHIJIMA
Microwave Irradiation of Lignocellulosic Materials IX. Conversion of microwave-irradiated lignocellulose into ethanol     462

Proceedings of the Society     469


Volume 34, Number 6 (1988)

Original Articles

Masatoshi SUGIMORI, Takeshi SADOH
Distinguishing Knot Area by Image Analysis     473

Yasushi KANAGAWA, Takashi OKUYAMA, Yoshiaki HATTORI
The Increase of Permeability in Wood by the Direct Heating Method     479

Yoshiaki HAMANO, Shigeru NISHIO
Vacuum Drying of Wood with Microwave Heating I. New drying method combining microwave heating and a vacuum     485

Hideyuki YOKOCHI, Satoru TSUCHIKAWA, Shiro KIMURA
Vibration Characteristics of a Rotating Circular saw I. Difference between the amplitude of the forward traveling wave .and that of the backward traveling wave     491

Nobushige HASE, Yukihiro YAMADA, Takanori ARIMA, Shigehiko SUZUKI, Kazunori ONO
The Relationship between the Classification of Impact-Sound Insulation and the Vibrational Characteristics of Composite, Wooden, Vibration-Damping Floorings     500

Akiko MINAMISAWA
The Livability of Japanese Room Materials II. Elastic and inelastic properties of tatami     508

Takato NAKANO
Viscoelasticity of Esterified Wood Specimens V. The effect of molar volume of introduced acyl groups     516

Kyoji SUZUKI, Kazuhiko SAKAMOTO
Preparation of Tertiary Aminated Polyacrylamides and Their Applications in Papermaking I. N-chlorination of polyacrylamide     522

Tomoaki NISHIDA, Yoshinori KASHINO, Akio MIMURA, Yoshimasa TAKAHARA
Lignin Biodegradation by Wood-Rotting Fungi I. Screening of lignin-degrading fungi     530

Tsutomu SUZUKI, Eiichi KUWAHARA, Atsushi TAKAHASHI, Tetsuo YAMADA, Tsuneyuki HOMMA
Hydrogasification of Wood for High Heating-Value Gas Production V. Low temperature hydrogasification of wood charcoal catalyzed by Fe     537

Notes

Nobuo SOBUE, Kiyohiko IKEDA, Takanori ARIMA
Measurement of Flexural Rigidity of Plywood-Webbed Box-Beams by Vibration Method     543

Kokki SAKAI, John M. UPRICHARD
Acid Hydrolysis of Cellobiose and Methyl β-D-Glucoside in an Aqueous Isopropanol Solution     547

Proceedings of the Society     552


Volume 34, Number 7 (1988)

Review

Tadanori FUKUDA
Tissue Culture of Woody Plants     557

Original Articles

Takao YOSHIMATSU, Shigeru NODA, Tadaaki HANAOKA
Wood Cutting by a Numerical Controlled Router IV. Break-off length on the machined edges in down milling     564

Satoshi SHIDA
Thermal Performance of Wood-Frame Walls II. Field measurement of overall heat-transfer coefficient and thermal conductance of the wall     574

Kohei KOMATSU
Analysis of Glulam Frame Structures Considering Nonlinear Characteristics of Fasteners I. Derivation of analytical method     581

Shigehiko SUZUKI, Fujiichi SAITO
Fatigue Properties of Particleboards I. Effects of aging treatment on tensile properties parallel to the surface     590

Hideaki MATSUDA, Minoru UEDA, Koichi MUKAKAMI
Oligoesterified Woods Based on Anhydride and Epoxide II. Preparation and dimensional stability of oligoesterified woods by heating wood immersed in anhydride-epoxide solution     597

Tadanori PUKUDA, Noritsugu TERASHIMA
Heterogeneity in Formation of Lignin XII. Deposition of chemical components during the formation of cell walls of black pine and poplar     604

Ryuichiro KONDO, Hiroyuki IMAMURA
Formation of Lignin Model Glucosides by Wood-Rotting Fungi     609

Yoshiaki NAKAMURA, Koichi NISHIMOTO
Penetration of Copper-Chrome-Arsenate Solution through Incisions in Wood III. Distribution and durability changes with length of longitudinal penetration     618

Notes

Roger M. ROWELL, Misato NORIMOTO
Dimensional Stability of Bamboo Particleboards Made from Acetylated Particles     627

Yun-Long PAN, Shigenori KUGA, Furmhiko ONABE, Makoto USUDA
Evaluation of Wetting and Liquid Absorption Properties of Paper by Bristow’s Method     630

Proceedings of the Society     636


Volume 34, Number 8 (1988)

Review

Kazumi FUKAZAWA
Topochemistry of Cell Wall with a Microspectrophotometer     641

Original Articles

Masatoshi SUGIMORI, Takeshi SADOH
Measuring Three-Dimensional Grain Angles Surrounding Knots by Image Processing     647

Nobuo SOBUE
Simultaneous Determination of Young’s Modulus and Shear Modulus of Structural Lumber by Complex Vibrations of Bending and Twisting     652

Shiro OZAKI, Shiro KIMURA, Hisashi FUKUI
The Oblique Cutting of Wood IV. Shape of the chips and classification of the chip-formation mechanism     658

Hiroyuki INOUE, Minoru MORI
Tool Life in the Cutting of Wood by a Super Surfacer I. A proposed tool-life equation based on fractures of the cutting edge     669

Hiroyuki INOUE, Minoru MORI
Tool Life in the Cutting of Wood by a Super Surfacer II. Analysis of high efficiency range of cutting speed based on fractures of the cutting edge     676

Fumio KAMIYA, Makoto KAWAI, Yoshio HATAYAMA, Keichiro OKADA
Calculation Method for Stress and Deflection of a Metal-Plated Wood-Truss II. Experiment with a fink truss     682

Masaharu SUZUKI, Hiroshi FUZITA
Physical Characteristics of Esterified-Wood-Meal Furfuryl-Alcohol-Resin Composite     690

Yasuo KOJIMA, Seung Lak YOON, Tsutomu KAYAMA
Delignification from the Cell Wall of Wood Fibers with Ozone     697

Note

Akiko YOSHIYAMA, Tse-Chuan CHOU, Tsutomu NONAKA, Hidekuni KAWAKAMI, Hsien-Ju TIEN
Anodic Degradation of Lignins III. Herbal lignins     702

Proceedings of the Society     707


Volume 34, Number 9 (1988)

Review

Goro FUSE
On the Safety of Preservatives against Fungi, Termites and Insects     709

Original Articles

Masanori HATA, Shinjiro TAKINO, Hikaru SASAKI
Structural Analysis of Racking Behavior of Nailed Stressed-Skin Panels and Bebavior of Transmitted Forces through Nails II.     718

Ryuichiro KONDO, Takeshi IIMORI, Hiroyuki IMAMURA
Enzymatic Synthesis of Glucosides of Monomeric Lignin Model Compounds with Commercial β-Glucosidase     724

Naoto HABU, Yuji MATSUMOTO, Atsushi ISHIZU, Junzo NAKANO
Configurational Study of Phenylcoumaran Type Structure in Lignin by Ozonation     732

Naoto HABU, Masahiro SAMEJIMA, Norihisa TATARAZAKO, Yoshimasa SABURI, Tomotaka YOSHIMOTO
Cα-Dehydrogenases for Dimeric Lignin Model Compounds from Pseudomonas sp. TMY1OO9 Strain     739

Shoji OHGA
Biotechnological Studies of Edible Mushroom Cultivation VII. Growth stimulating activity for Lentinus edodes by hot-water extracts of Allium fistulosum and nucleic acid-related compounds therein as the principle active components     745

Hiroshi KABEYA, Takamasa KUBO
Utilization of Cellulosic Wastes VI. Agglomeration behavior of primary particles of thermomechanical pulp during grinding     753

Notes

Motoyoshi TACHI, Wakatsu NAGADOMI, Junko TANGE, Seiichi YASUDA, Noritsugu TERASHIMA
Manufacture of Wood-Cement Boards II. Cement-bonded particle boards from Malaysian fast-growing trees     761

Takeshi YOKONO, Masatake OHMASA, Kiyoshi MIURA, Tsutomu KAYAMA
Auxotropic Mutants of Edible Mushrooms Pholiota nameko and Pleurotus Cornucopiae var. citrinopileatus     765

Preliminary Report

Chiaki TANAKA, Tetsuya NAKAO, Akira TAKAHASHI
A New Technique for Adaptive Control Optimization in Circular Sawing. Adaptive control optimization by acoustic emission signals     769

Proceedings of the Society     772


Volume 34, Number 10 (1988)

Review

Raysabro OYE
Degradation of Library Materials and its Preservation     781

Original Articles

Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Takashi OKUYAMA
Analysis of the Generation Process of Growth Stresses in Cell Walls     788

Takayuki SASAKI, Misato NORIMOTO, Tadashi YAMADA, Roger M. ROWELL
Effect of Moisture on the Acoustical Properties of Wood     794

Takao YOSHIMATSU, Shigeru NODA, Tadaaki HANAOKA
Wood Cutting by a Numerically Controlled Router V. Work accuracy on the machined edge due to typical tool path control     804

Takanon ARIMA, Minoru OKABE, Noriyoshi MARUYAMA
The Structural Pertformance of Post and Beam Construction with Wood Frame Panels II. Effect of bearing walls and their arrangement on dynamic characteristics     813

Atsuhiko SUEMATSU, Motoaki OKUMA
Mechanism of Low-Density Particieboard Formation I. Hot-pressing process and mechanism of board formation     820

Kiyoshi SATO
Fracture of Medium-Density Fiberboard under Mixed Mode Loading     828

Masaharu OHMI, Masaharu SUZUKI
Water-Vapor Adsorption Character of Woodmeal and Calcium Silicate-Polymeric Materials Composite Sheets     834

Hideaki MATSUDA, Koichi MURAKAMI, Minoru UEDA
Oligoesterified Woods Based on Anhydride and Epoxide III. Preparation and dimensional stability of oligoesterified woods by heating wood impregnated with anhydride-epoxide solution     844

Shuji OZAWA, Takashi SASAYA
Extractives of Todomatsu Abies sachalinensis Masters V. A novel dibenzylbutyrolactol lignan from the wood of Abies sachalinensis     851

Kengo MAGARA, Miho TSUBOUCHI, Tetsuo KOSHIJIMA
Change of Pore-Size Distribution of Lignocellulose by Microwave Irradiation     858

Proceedings of the Society     863


Volume 34, Number 11 (1988)

Review

Yuji KAI
Color Conditioning of Wood     867

Original Articles

Naoki OKADA, Mitsunori SATO, Yukio KATAYAMA, Tadashi NOBUCHI, Yutaka ISHIMARU, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Atsushi AOKI
Trace Elements in the Stems of Trees II. Influence of age and vertical position on radial distribution in sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)     874

Song-Yung WANG, Chin-Ming CHIU
The Wood Properties of Japanese Cedar Originated by Seed and Vegetative Reproduction in Taiwan III. The variation of microfibril angles of Tracheids     881

Yutaka ISHIMARU, Haruko SAKAI
Swelling of Wood in Liquid Mixtures I. Water-ethanol and water-acetone     889

Nobuhiro IMAYAMA
The Fatigue of Wood VI. Fatigue crack-propagation of cracked specimens     896

Hideto FUJIMOTO, Tadashi ANAZAWA, Kouichi YAMAGISHI
The production of Antiswelling Particleboard I. Treatment with a maleic acid and glycerol mixture     904

Mitsuhiro MORITA, Isao SAKATA
Effect of Treatments with Some Oxidizing Agents on the Solubility of Chemically Modified Woods     910

Mitsuhiro MORITA, Isao SAKATA
Development of the Thermoplasticity and the Solubility of Cyanoethylated Woods and Barks of Various Species     917

Beibiao JIN, Makio HASUIKE, Koji MURAKAMI
Differences of Papermaking Properties between Rice and Wheat Straw Fibers     923

Toshiaki UMEZAWA, Takayoshi HIGUCHI
Cleavages of Aromatic Ring and Side Chain of a (β-O-4)-(β-O-4) Lignin Substructure Model Trimer by Lignin Peroxidase     929

Yoshioki HAYASHI, Seiji OHARA, Masanori FURUTA, Hiroshi KUROSU, Yoko KITAMURA
Changes of Chemical Components and Color of Wood of Sugi, Cryptomeriajaponica, during Drying without Lopping after Felling in the Forest     934

Shuji OZAWA, Takashi SASAYA, Yousuke TABEI
Extractives of Todomatsu Abies sachalinensis Masters VI. Dihydrobenzofurans and tetrahydrofurans from the wood of Abies sachalinensis     942

Yoshito OHTANI, Tadashi SHIGEMOTO, Akio OKAGAWA
Extractives from the Sulfate Pulp of White Lauan     947

Notes

Kiyoshi SATO
Influences of Specimen Size, Crack Length, Loading Rate, and Notch Acuity on Medium Density Fiberboard     955

Ryutarou TANAKA, Fumiko YAKU, Tetsuo KOSHIJIMA
Chemical Structure of Highly Purified Acetylglucomannan Isolated from Akamatsu Björkman Lignin-Carbohydratc Complex     959

Proceedings of the Society     964


Volume 34, Number 12 (1988)

Original Articles

Hiroki MURASE, Junji SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi SAIKI, Hiroshi HARADA
The Effect of Lignin on Mercerization of Cellulose in Wood. An electron diffraction study on the transformation from cellulose I to cellulose II     965

Shuichi KAWAI, Hikaru SASAKI, Shigehisa ISHIHARA, Akira TAKAHASHI, Makoto NAKAJI
Thermal, Sound, and Fire Resistance Performance of Low-Density Particleboard     973

Ping YANG, Masanori HATA, Hikaru SASAKI
Molding Wood-Particle Mats I. Computer simulation by finite-element method with incremental elasticity     981

Ping YANG, Shuichi KAWAI, Hikaru SASAKI
Molding Wood-Particle Mats II. The effect of the shape and radius of the die on the molding process and board properties     989

Haruhiko YAMAGUCHI, Mitsuo HIGUCHI, Isao SAKATA
Wood Adhesives Based on the Oxidative Coupling Reaction of Phenoles I. Water resistant adhesives from lignin in spent sulphite liquor     995

Hideaki MATSUDA, Koichi MURAKAMI, Minoru UEDA
Oligoesterified Woods Based on Anhydride and Epoxide IV. Preparation and dimensional stability of oligoesterified woods by heating-suction of wood impregnated with reactant solution     1004

Yoko NAGASHIMA, Kiyoharu FUKUDA, Takafusa HARAGUCHI
Bacterial Degradation Studies of Wood Cell-Walls and Wood Components     1012

Seiji NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro KATAYAMA, Makari YAMASAKI, Noriyuki MOROHOSHI, Takafusa HARAGUCHI
In Vitro Packaging and Conjugational Transfer of Lignin Model Compounds’ Degradable Pseudomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Chromosomal DNA     1021

Naoto HABU, Masahiro SAMEJIMA, Tomotaka YOSHIOTO
Metabolic Pathway of Dehydrodiconiferyl Alcohol by Pseudomonas sp. TMY1009     1026

Note

Song-Yung WANG, Kuo-Jung HONG
The Radial and Axial Variations of Tracheid Length within a Trunk of Taiwan Red Cypress     1035

Proceedings of the Society     1039