Articles

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1. KATRIN ZIMMER, ERIK LARNØY, OLAV HØIBØ: Assessment of fluid flow paths and distribution in conifers . . . . 1
2. ENHUA XI, GUANGJIE ZHAO: Seasonal variation in cambial anatomy and xylem cell differentiation in Populus×euramericana cv. ‘74 /76’ . . . 15
3. TOMASZ JELONEK, WITOLD PAZDROWSKI, ARKADIUSZ TOMCZAK, WITOLD GRZYWIŃSKI: Biomechanical stability of pines growing on former farmland in northern Poland . . . . 31
4. GABRIELA VICHROVÁ, HANUŠ VAVRČÍK, TOMÁŠ ŽID: The analysis of xylem and phloem cell number and analysis of the sapwood area proportion in norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) with various state of health . . . 45
5. JÓZSEF GARAB, ROLAND REIHSNER, JOSEF EBERHARDSTEINER: Mechanical behavior of spruce under triaxial compression . . . . . 57
6. STERGIOS ADAMOPOULOS, ELIAS VOULGARIDIS: Effect of hot-water extractives on water sorption and dimensional changes of black locust wood . . . . . 69
7. MIROSLAV TRČALA, PETR KOŇAS: Transformation relations and matrix implementation of multiphysics model for temperature and moisture fields in wood . . . . . 79
8. CAROLINA PUENTES, MARCELA NORAMBUENA, REGIS TEIXEIRA MENDONÇA, JUAN PEDRO ELISSETCHE, JUANITA FREER: Biodegradation of Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens by the white-rot fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and lignin characterization by thioacidolysis and CuO oxidation . . . . 91
9. CIHAT TASCIOGLU, KUNIO TSUNODA: Retention of copper azole and alkaline copper quat in wood-based composites post - treated by vacuum impregnation . . . . . 101
10. RU LIU, JINZHEN CAO, WEIYUE XU, HONGTAO LI: Study on the anti-leaching property of chinese fir treated with borate modified by phenol-formaldehyde resin. . . . 111
11. MÁRIA FIŠEROVÁ, JURAJ GIGAC, ALBERT RUSS, MARTA MAHOLÁNYIOVÁ: Using NIR analysis for determination of hardwood kraft pulp properties . . . . . .121
12. IZABELA MODZELEWSKA, MAGDALENA ZBOROWSKA, JOZEF KÚDELA, LESZEK BABIŃSKI: Changes in strength properties of wood pulp after two years of natural degradation . . . . .131
13. WAN ROSLI WAN DAUD, MAZLAN IBRAHIM, MOHD. ASRO R., LAW KWEI-NAM: Interactions of oil palm fibres with wood pulps . . . 143
14. ZDENĚK KOPECKÝ, MIROSLAV ROUSEK: Impact of dominant vibrations on noise level of dimension circular sawblades . . . 151
15. IGOR DŽINČIĆ, DUŠAN SKAKIĆ: Determining the parameters of wood machinability as a function of tangential cutting force during the process of machining wood by routing . . . 161 16. ERIK BARADIT, DANIEL KEUNECKE, THOMAS SCHNIDER, PETER NIEMZ: SHORT NOTE - Stiffness moduli of various extraneous species determined with ultrasound . . . 173