Announcement

The 4th Announcement of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society in Fukuoka

Date: March 17–19, 2017

Venue: Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan / ACROS Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Please refer to the following web site for all the information concerning the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society in Fukuoka.

http://www.jwrs.org/wood2017/index-e.html

For the Organizing Committee: Prof. Dr. Tetsuo Kondo (Chief)

Prof. Dr. Yuji Tsutsumi (Executive Chief)

Associate Prof. Dr. Hirofumi Ichinose (Secretary)

Associate Prof. Dr. Daisuke Tatsumi (Secretary)

Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University

E-mail: wood2017@jwrs.org

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 63 Number 1 2017

Review articles

Y. Tsunetsugu, E. Matsubara, M. Sugiyama

Evaluation of the impact of wooden living environments on humans

Category I

T. Kiryu, N. Matsuda, K. Kojiro, Y. Furuta

The mechanism of improvement of physical properties of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) with increasing age II: Relationship between dynamic viscoelastic properties and cell wall components

Category II

M. Sugiyama, Y. Kataoka, T.Yatougo, M. Matsunaga, H. Matsui

Impression of and preference for portable assistive devices with wooden, plastic or metal outer panels among mothers of individuals with autism

Y. Yanagawa, M. Harata

Outdoor exposure test for sugi glued-laminated timber manufactured using 7 adhesive resins I: Shear strength and wood failure ratio

R. Noda, C. Kayo, M. Yamanouchi, N. Shibata

Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of wooden roadside noise barriers in Nagano prefecture