The Arctic zone of the Republic of Karelia: Search for ways of Development by Valery P. Zhuravel

“…The activities on the formation of a cluster of deep wood processing enterprises, the development of the fisheries cluster, cultural, historical and ecological tourism and the development of international cooperation are analysed. …”
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Redbay Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Rajinder Mann, Jiri Hulcr, Jorge E. Peña, Lukasz Stelinski

“…Ambrosia beetles are wood-degrading insects that live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. …”
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Finite Element Method Solution of Boundary Layer Flow of Powell-Eyring Nanofluid over a Nonlinear Stretching Surface by Wubshet Ibrahim, Gosa Gadisa

“…The attributes of local skin friction coefficient, Nusselt number, and Sheer wood number are investigated and validated with existing literatures.…”
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Beyond the perception of wind only as a meteorological hazard: importance of mechanobiology for biomass allocation, forest ecology and management by Jana Dlouhá, Bruno Moulia, Meriem Fournier, Eric Badel, Thiéry Constant

“…This process alters the tree’s growth patterns and wood properties to enhance its mechanical stability. …”
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La Madonna della Clemenza, l’incidence de la réintégration picturale sur le maintien des fonctions portées par l’œuvre restaurée by Stéphanie Ricordeau

“…In the Basilica Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome is kept the Madonna della Clemenza, an encaustic on canvas and wood, from  the sixth or seventh century. This painting, still an object of worship and devotion, has emerged as a major work of the Christian Occident, both by its beautiful realization and  by the historical testimony that it represents. …”
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Sub-critical water as a green solvent for production of valuable materials from agricultural waste biomass: A review of recent work by A. Shitu, S. Izhar, T. M. Tahir

“…The utilization of biomass residue from agriculture, forest wood production and from food and feed processing industry may be an important alternative renewable energy supply. …”
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Redbay Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Rajinder Mann, Jiri Hulcr, Jorge E. Peña, Lukasz Stelinski

“…Ambrosia beetles are wood-degrading insects that live in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. …”
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Western Drywood Termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen) (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) by Brian J. Cabrera, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

“…Some members of the Kalotermitidae are called drywood termites because colonies live entirely within sound, dead, dry wood. Drywood termites do not require any contact with the ground. …”
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En los orígenes de la observancia by María Luz Ríos Rodríguez, M.ª Dolores Fraga Sampedro

“…They settle in their surroundings in poor habitats, in wooded and lonely areas, recalling the first steps of Saint Francis of Assisi and his Fraternitas. …”
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Western Drywood Termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen) (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) by Brian J. Cabrera, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

“…Some members of the Kalotermitidae are called drywood termites because colonies live entirely within sound, dead, dry wood. Drywood termites do not require any contact with the ground. …”
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Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals Pseudolomaantha thailandica gen. et sp. nov. and Submultiguttulispora multiseptata gen. et sp. nov. in Chaetosphaeriaceae by Jing-Yi Zhang, Kevin D. Hyde, Jian Ma, Na Wu, Fatimah Al-Otibi, Li-Juan Zhang, Yong-Zhong Lu

“…During an ongoing taxonomic study of microfungi, two intriguing chaetosphaeriaceous hyphomycetes were collected from dead wood and dead bamboo stems in China and Thailand. …”
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Public Perception and Adaptation to Climate Change in Moro Local Government, Kwara State, Nigeria by O. O. Salami, F. O. Rafiu, M. A. Akanbi-Gada, S. Walliyyulahi

“…While only 40% acknowledged contributing to climate change through deforestation, 46.7% were willing to adopt adaptation strategies like reducing wood burning and participating in environmental campaigns. …”
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La catastrophe d’AZF by Karim Lahiani

“…The axiological transformation was initially intended to be radical : ‘reconciliation’ with the site through health and the emergence of the Cancéropôle, a large, wooded campus that reconnects with the natural environment of the River Garonne. …”
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Acrylated Biopolymers Derived via Epoxidation and Subsequent Acrylation of Vegetable Oils by Yee Heng Ho, Anupreetha Parthiban, Min Chyong Thian, Zhen Hong Ban, Parthiban Siwayanan

“…Acrylated epoxidized vegetable oil is a biopolymer that has a multitude of applications and is used mainly as a coating material for plastic, paper, and wood. There is an enormous demand for this biopolymer, and the market growth prospects are huge in some regions of the world. …”
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Combined effects of basalt fiber geometrical characteristics on pavement performance of asphalt mixtures. by Heng Zhou, Mengxin Li, Guyue Jin, Mengyu Guo, Yingjun Jiang

“…Lignin fiber is derived from wood, which is not aligned with the principles of sustainable development. …”
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In-situ measurement of residential buildings with hempcrete walls: a case study by Ali M. Memari, Nadia Mirzai, Mahsa Hashemi, Xinrui Lu, Corey Gracie-Griffin, Hojae Yi, Sarah Klinetob Lowe

“…With growing interest in hempcrete for home construction and a lack of comprehensive data on its performance, a case study assessed the thermal resistance of walls in a home retrofitted with hempcrete insulation in wood-framed walls. This paper focuses on practical in-situ instrumentation and determination of the thermal resistance of hempcrete walls in a retrofitted house. …”
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Efektivitas Fitoremediasi Kayu Apu (Pistia Stratiotes L.) Dalam Memperbaiki Kualitas Air by Prahmawati Dewi

“…Water samples were taken in the Bantaran River, Madiun, then incubated with apu wood plants. The parameters tested include Ph, temperature and water condition (turbid/clear). …”
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Exploitation végétale des oasis d’Arabie by Charlène Bouchaud

“…Besides the date palm, numerous other cultivated plants constitute a rich plant assemblage that does not change through time and provides a lot of food and craft products. Imported fruits and wood underline the importance of the commercial activities during Antiquity and some products of the oasis are likely to have been involved in such networks.…”
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A study of the calorific power of corncob briquettes, using residual oils as binders by Danielle Jaguaribe, Joelma Ferreira, Erika Santana, Anderson Silva

“…The superior calorific power values found in these briquettes were greater than 16,900 kj/kg, akin to certain wood types and equivalent to sugarcane bagasse briquettes produced using identical methodology.…”
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Forest Systems Services Provisioning in Africa: Case of Gambari Forest Reserve, Ibadan, Nigeria by Tolulope Ayodeji Olatoye, Sonwabo Perez Mazinyo, Akinwunmi Sunday Odeyemi, Israel Ropo Orimoloye, Emmanuel Tolulope Busayo

“…The respondents stated that moringa 164 (84.5%), mint leaf (166 (85.6%), bitter kola 143 (73.7%), and shea tree accounts for 176 (90.7%), and the wood species utilized by producers in the study area include Leucaena leucocephala, Leucaena glauca, Gliricidia sepium, Tectona grandis, and Gmelina arborea, among others. …”
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