Climate Indices for Wood Preservation.

Biochemical Approaches to Wood Preservation

Much progress has been made in the past several years concerning the biochemistry and molecular genetics of fungal wood decay. Aspects of this knowledge were obtained with the intent of using the fungi and their enzymes for selective and beneficial purposes; e.g., in biopulping and biobleaching of wood fiber, in bioremediation of pollutants, and in biomass conversions for fuel and chemical feed...

Basics of Wood Inspection: Considerations for Historic Preservation

Wood performs well in structures, often for hundreds of years or more, when it is kept dry and protected from the deleterious effects of moisture and biological deterioration. The open construction typical of historic structures, which provides air infiltration into the structure, makes it possible for the wood to dry quickly if it gets wet. Often this type of construction is criticized for per...

Modeling the Banana-climate indices in Taiwan

First Passage Time Analysis on Climate Indices

Climate variability is simply represented by teleconnection patterns such as the Arctic Oscillation (AO), Antarctic Oscillation (AAO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Pacific–North American pattern (PNA), and Southern Oscillation (SO) with associated indices. Two approaches can be used to predict the indices: forward and backward methods. The forward method is commonly used to predict the ind...

A Critical and Comprehensive Review of Boron in Wood Preservation

Borates have played an ever-increasing role in the preservation of wood worldwide and especially in the USA since the voluntary cancellation of CCA for residential lumber use patterns in 2004. However, there has not been a review of the efficacy and performance of borates, especially Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate, outside of the AWPA Data Package submitted by Nicholas and Preston in 1988 and...