The 1st Announcement of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society in Morioka

The 1st Announcement of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society in Morioka

Date: March 27–29, 2013

Venue: Iwate University and Morioka Civic Cultural Hall, Morioka, Japan

The Japan Wood Research Society (JWRS) takes great pleasure in inviting all members of our society with an interest in the science and technology of wood to attend the 63rd Annual Meeting of the JWRS that will be held from March 27 to 29, 2013, Morioka city, Iwate, Japan.

The society members may make oral and poster presentations during the meeting. The symposium and the exhibition of the related companies will also be held.

Chief in Organizing Committee: Prof. Dr. Yasuo Iijima, Institute of Wood Technology, Akita Prefectural University.

Due dates: January 11, 2013 for the entry of presentation with an abstract

February 11, 2013 for early bird registration

For more detail information, please visit http://www.jwrs.org/index-e.html

Mokuzai Gakkaishi (Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society)

Mokuzai Gakkaishi is another official journal of the Japan Wood Research Society. This journal publishes original articles, notes, review articles, and announcements from the Society in Japanese but with English abstracts, tables, and figure captions for original reports. Contents of the latest issue of Mokuzai Gakkaishi are as follows:

Volume 58 Number 4 2012

Category I

T. Tanaka, S. Shida

Changes of through-thickness moisture distribution in wood and wood-based materials in adsorption phase II: Evaluation of heat and moisture transfer models compared to the experimental data

Category II

K. Fujita, M. Inayama, N. Ando

Embedding performance of four kinds of domestic hard wood used as wooden dowels

Category III

Sarula, S. Nakamura, K. Yoshitani, M. Tanahashi

Development of novel flattening method for bamboo cane by the high-pressure steam processing

Sarula, S. Nakamura, K. Yoshitani, M. Tanahashi

Physical properties of bamboo flattened by the high-pessure steam processing

H. Komata, Y. Kato, Y. Ohashi, Y. Ishikawa, S. Ishiko, N. Yamamoto

Economic repercussion effects using local wood products for wood frame construction in Hokkaido