Decay and mold resistance of zinc borate (ZB) and calcium borate (CB) modified oriented strandboard (OSB) from southern mixed hardwoods and yellow pine was investigated in this study. Tests were done with brown rot, Gloeophyllum trabeum, and white-rot, Trametes versicolar, fungi for 8 and 12 weeks, respectively. Wood species and fungus type had significant influence on the decay resistance. Dec...

Oriented strandboard (OSB) is generally manufactured as a three-layer mat structure for enhanced bending performance. Virtually all OSB is manufactured to achieve performance standards, however, different manufacturers have different process techniques that result in different performance. Comparisons of the performance of commercial OSB in the current market have not been exclusively conducted...

Adults detect conspecific faces more efficiently than heterospecific faces; however, the development of this own-species bias (OSB) remains unexplored. We tested whether 6- and 11-month-olds exhibit OSB in their attention to human and animal faces in complex visual displays with high perceptual load (25 images competing for attention). Infants (n = 48) and adults (n = 43) passively viewed array...

Strand-based composites are formed by arranging wood strands in a mat and bonding them together with adhesives under heat and pressure. The performance of these products is governed by the properties of wood strands, adhesive, manufacturing strategy, and production process. In this paper, a method of building a model to represent internal structure of oriented strandboard (OSB) based on x-ray t...

OBJECTIVE Morphological investigation of the central nervous system (CNS) in fetuses with positive markers for open spina bifida (OSB) detection, visualized by ultrasound during the first trimester of pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from fetuses that underwent routine first trimester ultrasound scan in our center during September 2007-March 2011 and presented abnormal aspects of the fou...

This study evaluated the effects of a number of chemicals on the physical and mechanical properties and fire, decay, andtermite resistance of oriented strandboard (OSB) panels. Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (DOT), boric acid (BA), melamine phosphate (MP), and a BA/DOT mixture were sprayed onto the furnish at varying concentrations. Thepanels were tested for thickness swell, water absorption,...

We previously reported a new approach for culturing difficult-to-preserve primary patient-derived multiple myeloma cells (MMC) using an osteoblast (OSB)-derived 3D tissue scaffold constructed in a perfused microfluidic environment and a culture medium supplemented with patient plasma. In the current study, we used this biomimetic model to show, for the first time, that the long-term survival of...

For the TREC 2007 conference, the CRM114 team considered three non­Bayesian methods of spam filtration in the CRM114 framework – an SVM based on the " hyperspace " feature==document paradigm, a bit­entropy matcher, and substring compression based on LZ77. As a calibration yardstick, we used the well­tested and widely used CRM114 OSB markov random field system (basically unchanged since 2003). T...

In this study OSB strands produced by a CAE 6/36 disk flaker from resaturated moso and guadua bamboo tissue were classified by surface quality and compared with industrial aspen OSB strands. Strands were first classified into three groups based on surface appearance and texture. The topographic features that characterize the surface were then measured using a laser surface profiler to give two ...

In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) approach was employed for modeling the moisture absorption (MA) and thickness swelling (TS) properties of oriented strand board (OSB) in various applications. A series of ANN models were developed for the analysis and prediction of correlations between processing parameters and MA and TS of OSB. An ANN model was found for modeling the effects of...