Effects of contact with wood on blood pressure and subjective evaluation     

Satoshi Sakuragawa  Tomoyuki Kaneko  Yoshifumi Miyazaki 《Journal of Wood Science》2008,54(2):107-113

This study examined the effects of contact with wood on the living human body using a physiological index and subjective evaluation. Consecutive blood pressure measurements were used as the physiological index, and sensory evaluation using the semantic differential (SD) method was used for subjective evaluation. Consideration was also given to cases in which materials were cooled and heated as well as kept at room temperature, to eliminate the effects of heat flux due to differences in thermal conductivity between wood and other materials. It was found that contact with wood produced coarse/natural sensations, with no associated increase in systolic blood pressure. Contact with cold wood created subjectively dangerous/uncomfortable but still coarse/natural sensations, also with no associated increase in blood pressure; therefore, there was no correspondence between subjective evaluation and physiological responses. Contact with aluminum kept at room temperature and cold acrylic plastic created flat/artificial and dangerous/uncomfortable sensations, with an associated significant increase in blood pressure; thus, there was a close correlation between subjective evaluation and physiological responses. It was therefore concluded that contact with wood, unlike artificial materials such as aluminum, induces no physiological stress even when kept at room temperature or cooled. Part of this report was presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society in Shizuoka, April 1998  相似文献   

Microbial biomass and activity along a natural pH gradient in forest soils in a karst region of the upper Yangtze River,China     

Ye Tian  Kikuo Haibara  Hiroto Toda  Fangjun Ding  Yanhui Liu  Dongsu Choi 《Journal of Forest Research》2008,13(4):205-214

Mountain closure, considered an effective and economic measure for natural restoration of degraded forest ecosystems, has been widely carried out in the karst region of southwest China. The aim of this study was to evaluate microbial aspects of soil quality after mountain closure by analyzing soil microbial biomass, basal respiration, metabolic quotient, and relationships with basic chemical properties in Guizhou Province, a karst region of the upper Yangtze River. Soil quality was considered poor from the low levels of microbial biomass carbon (MBC), nitrogen (MBN), and microbial quotient (MBC/total C and MBN/total N), but high metabolic quotient (qCO₂). Soil pH, showing marked variation from 4.1 to 7.9 in this karst region, was proved to significantly affect soil microbial biomass and activity. Soil microbial biomass, microbial quotient, and soil basal respiration declined significantly with decreasing soil pH, while qCO₂ showed an apparently increasing, but not statistically significant, trend. The changes in microbial biomass and activity following the change in soil pH could possibly be because of a change in soil microbial composition, and more detailed research is necessary. Compared with soil pH, soil organic matter content was another, more important, factor that directly restricted microbial growth because of the serious loss as a result of disturbance. As a practical application based on microbial aspects, introduction of some N-fixing tree species may be an active and effective measure to improve soil fertility and thus to accelerate restoration of the forest ecosystem in the karst region.  相似文献   

Leaching characteristics of homologues of benzalkonium chloride from wood treated with ammoniacal copper quaternary wood preservative     

Teruhisa Miyauchi  Mitsunori Mori  Yuji Imamura 《Journal of Wood Science》2008,54(3):225-232

In Japan, ammoniacal copper quaternary wood preservatives type-1 (ACQ-1), which contains copper and benzalkonium chloride as its active ingredients, is among the most widely used wood preservatives in the pressure treatment of wood. Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) in commercial ACQ-1 products mainly comprises C12 and C14 homologues. In the present study, the leaching characteristics of these BAC homologues were investigated using the heartwood and sapwood portions of Japanese cedar, Japanese larch, and Sakhalin fir treated with ACQ-1 and 1% monoethanolamine (MEA) solution containing equimolar amounts of homologues. Distilled water (DW) and artificial seawater (SW) were used as leaching media. Consequently, it was observed that the leaching rate of the C12 homologue tended to be higher than that of the C14 homologue in DW. The leaching of C12 homologues was accelerated by using SW, resulting in a significantly higher leaching rate than the C14 homologue using SW. It was thought that the difference in the hydrophobicities based on alkyl chain lengths resulted in these phenomena. However, when the heartwood portion of Japanese larch was treated with the homologues in MEA, the leaching rate of the C14 homologue was significantly higher than that of the C12 homologue.  相似文献   

城市近郊林土壤种子库研究     

张博  高尚军  殷鸣放  金宁  张岩  管宁 《辽宁林业科技》2009,(3)

对沈阳、抚顺两城市交接的近郊林区不同林分类型土壤种子库进行研究.结果表明:不同林分类型土壤种子库均具有较好的储量和活力,其储量大小顺序为:乔木林地＞灌木林地＞宜林荒地,土壤种子库物种多样性指数大小顺序为:灌木林地＞乔木林地＞宜林荒地,种子种类以乡土树种为主;数量化分析表明坡位对乔木林地及灌木林地中土壤种子库储量和活力影响较大,而植被覆盖度对宜林荒地中土壤种子库储量和活力影响较大.  相似文献   

黄土高原半干旱区人工林刺槐展叶期树干液流动态分析   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

于占辉  陈云明  杜盛 《林业科学》2009,45(4)

应用热扩散式树干茎流计(TDP)于2008年4月26日至5月31日,在黄土高原半干旱区安塞县对人工林刺槐展叶期树干液流及其气象、土壤水分等6个指标进行连续测定.结果表明:刺槐展叶期可分为芽期、展叶初期、中期和全叶期.在芽期,刺槐树干液流速率日变化无明显昼夜波动;在展叶初期至全叶期日变化呈现出从微弱波动逐渐增大到趋于平稳的剧烈波动;在展叶中期以后液流速率表现为上升快、下降缓慢的单峰曲线;在全叶期平均峰值约为0.002 7 cm·s-1;树干液流速率与光合有效辐射强度、大气温度、水蒸气压亏缺和风速呈极显著正相关,与相对湿度呈负相关,其相关程度依次为光合有效辐射强度>大气温度>水蒸气压亏缺>相对湿度>风速,且可用光合有效辐射强度和大气温度线性表达式来估测;土壤水分在展叶期呈逐渐减少趋势,但对树干液流的胁迫不显著;在展叶期刺槐单株日蒸腾耗水量随直径的增大而增大并与胸径呈良好的线性关系,可用来估算展叶期刺槐人工林蒸腾耗水量.  相似文献   

2种喷花疏雄药剂对板栗花粉发芽率影响的研究     

方波  徐育海  蒋迎春  吴黎明  黄芳 《西部林业科学》2009,38(4):52-56

以10年生金栗王板栗树为研究对象,研究了应用板栗疏雄醇及二氯乙酸2种疏雄剂于板栗树花期进行喷花疏雄处理的效果,并对经疏雄处理后的板栗树花粉进行了发芽试验,以此研究了培养基、花期、花序类别、花粉保存时间对板栗花粉发芽率的影响。结果表明：以应用800倍板栗疏雄醇液喷花疏雄的效果最好,用0．5％琼脂＋10％蔗糖＋0．05％硼酸为培养基对板栗花粉的发芽率最高;雄花序及盛花期的板栗花粉发芽率较高。板栗花粉随着保存时间的推移,其发芽率降低,但在7天后花粉发芽率降低的趋势变慢。  相似文献   

UV老化后氧化铁颜料着色木纤维-HDPE复合材料的性能变化     

张征明  杜华  王伟宏  王清文 《林业研究》2010,21(1):59-62,I0002,I0003

探讨了氧化铁颜料对木纤维．高密度聚乙烯复合材耐老化性能的改善作用。采用四种常用的氧化铁颜料与木纤维、高密度聚乙烯和其他加工助剂干混,并用自行设计的双螺杆／单螺杆双阶挤出机组制造木塑复合材料。对该木塑复合材料进行人工加速紫外循环老化处理,用CIE1976L^＊a^＊b^＊表色体系和ASTMD790标准分别对老化前后的材料进行测试,结果显示加入颜料以后木塑复合材料的抗弯弹性模量没有明显的变化,但是弯曲强度都有一定程度的提高。经过2000h人工加速紫外老化以后,不论是颜色要是力学性能都发生了明显的变化。铁红和铁黑着色的试样在整个老化过程中表现较好,颜料添加量约2．28％比较适宜。  相似文献   

Effect of bamboo vinegar on regulation of germination and radicle growth of seed plants   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

Jun Mu  Tohru Uehara  Takeshi Furuno 《Journal of Wood Science》2003,49(3):262-270

 Two kinds of bamboo vinegar from madake bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides) and moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) were prepared to analyze their components by gas chromatography (GC). The original vinegar, distilled vinegar, ether-extracted vinegar, and three fractions including acidic, neutral, and phenolic fractions separated from ether-extracted vinegar were diluted with distilled water 10² to 10⁷ times. These diluted vinegar solutions were used to investigate the effect of bamboo vinegar on the germination and radicle growth of seed plants. High concentrations of all kinds of treated bamboo vinegars (e.g., 10² of original vinegar and 10³ of ether-extracted vinegar) showed strong inhibition against germination of the seeds. However, an appropriate dilution of bamboo vinegar showed an obvious promotional effect on germination and radicle growth for the four kinds of tested seeds (lettuce, watercress, honewort, chrysanthemum). Received: December, 12, 2001 / Accepted: July 29, 2002 RID="*" ID="*" Part of this paper was presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Tokyo, April 2001  相似文献   

退化湿地生态系统的恢复与评价方法   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

陈波 《广东园林》2005,31(5):25-28

湿地是一种独特的生境和重要的土地资源,也是城市绿地生态系统和风景园林的重要类型。本文对湿地恢复的基本方法和恢复效果的评价方法作了探讨,提出湿地的恢复方法通常包括工程治理和生物治理两大部分,采取工程治理与生物治理相结合的方针;恢复的效果可以通过选择参照系,构建评价指数,建立响应面的方法来评价。  相似文献   

滇东南岩溶地区植被结构优化造林模式研究   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

陈强  常恩福  毕波  李品荣  尹艾萍  刘永国  侬时增 《福建林业科技》2006,33(4):24-30

在岩溶地区采用墨西哥柏、川滇桤木、清香木、紫花苜蓿等16个树(草)种进行的12种配置模式试验表明:合理的乔灌草配置,有利于长短结合科学经营,前期牧草生长迅速,能很快覆盖地表,减少水土流失,并为牲畜提供大量的饲料,林木长大郁闭度增加后,牧草生长衰退,逐渐转向以经营林木为主。通过综合分析筛选出了适应性强、造林成活率高、生长旺盛、种间共生性良好的优化造林模式8种。  相似文献