Number 4 / October 2008

Research Contributions

• Accreditation: Elevating Programs, the Profession, and SWST

  Jim Armstrong, Rubin Shmulsky

  481-483

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• Wood-Adhesive Interface Characterization And Modeling In Engineered Wood Flooring

  Benoît Belleville, Pierre Blanchet, Alain Cloutier, Jean Deteix

  484-494

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• Effect Of Processing Parameters, Resin, and wax Loading On Water Vapor Sorption of Wood Strands

  Trairat Neimsuwan, Siqun Wang, Brian K. Via

  495-504

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• Predicting Performance Of Oriented Strandboard Under Concentrated Static Loading Conditions Using Finite Element Modeling

  Zheng Chen, Ning Yan, Paul Cooper

  505-518

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• Effect of Wood Species on Water Sorption and Durability of Wood-Plastic Composites

  Jae-Woo Kim, David P. Harper, Adam M. Taylor

  519-531

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• FTIR-ATR Spectroscopic Analysis of Changes in Fiber Properties During Insulating Fiberboard Manufacture of Beech Wood

  Günter Müller, Michael Bartholme, Alireza Kharazipour, Andrea Polle

  532-543

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• A Percolation Model for Electrical Conduction in Wood with Implications for Wood-Water Relations

  Samuel L. Zelinka, Samuel V. Glass, Donald S. Stone

  544-552

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• Determination of Internal Moisture Transport and Surface Emission Coefficients for Eastern White Pine

  Hwanmyeong Yeo, Chang-Deuk Eom, Yeonjung Han, Wook Kang, William B. Smith

  553-561

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• Estimating Preservative Release From Treated wood Exposed to Precipitation¹

  Stan Lebow, Patricia Lebow, Daniel Foster

  562-571

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• Improvement of Wood CT Images by Consideration of the Skewing of Ultrasound Caused by Growth Ring Angle

  Kwang-Mo Kim, Jun-Jae Lee, Sang-Joon Lee, Hwanmyeong Yeo

  572-579

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• Influence of Moisture Content on Longitudinal, Radial, and Tangential Ultrasonic Velocity for Two Brazilian Wood Species

  Raquel Gon¸alves, Odilon Antonio Leme da Costa

  580-586

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• Preharvest Veneer Quality Evaluation of Douglas-fir Stands Using Time-of-Flight Acoustic Technique

  Dzhamal Amishev, Glen E. Murphy

  587-598

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• The Influence of Cutting-Bill Requirements on Lumber Yield Using a Fractional-Factorial Design Part I. Linearity and Least Squares

  Urs Buehlmann, D. Earl Kline, Janice K. Wiedenbeck, R. Noble

  599-609

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• The Influence of Cutting-Bill Requirements on Lumber Yield Using a Fractional-Factorial Design Part II. Correlation and Number of Part Sizes

  Urs Buehlmann, D. Earl Kline, Janice K. Wiedenbeck, R. Noble

  610-619

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• Identification of Log Characteristics in Computed Tomography Images Using Back-Propagation Neural Networks with the Resilient Back-Propagation Training Algorithm and Textural Analysis: Preliminary Results

  Qiang Wei, Ying H. Chui, Brigitte Leblon, Shu Y. Zhang

  620-633

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• A Model of Knot Shape and Volume in Loblolly Pine Trees

  Guillermo Trincado, Harold E. Burkhart

  634-646

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• Comparison of the Mechanical Properties of Branch and Stem Wood for Three Species

  Lidia Gurau, Marina Cionca, Hugh Mansfield-Williams, Gervais Sawyer, Octavia Zeleniuc

  647-656

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• Mechanical Properties of Lumber from Partially CAD-Deficient Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda)

  Teofisto C. Saralde, Perry N. Peralta, Ilona Peszlen, Bohumil Kasal

  657-662

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• Consumer Perceptions and Preferences on Solid Wood, Wood-Based Panels, and Composites: A Repertory Grid Study

  Oskar Jonsson, Siv Lindberg, Anders Roos, Mårten Hugosson, Mikael Lindström

  663-678

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• Book Review

  679-679

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