Comparison of Wood Veneer-Based Composite Characteristics Made of Jabon Wood (Neolamarckia cadamba) and Sengon Wood (Falcataria moluccana) by Eka Mulya Alamsyah, Ahmad Fawwaz Abdullah, Rafael Niko Navarro, Yoyo Suhaya, Sutrisno Sutrisno, Asep Suheri, Yooce Yustiana, Jamaludin Malik, Sasa Sofyan Munawar

“…This study will investigate whether jabon wood can be utilized as raw material for wood composite, such as laminated veneer lumber (LVL), laminated veneer board (LVB), and plywood, from the aspect of physical and mechanical characteristics, such as moisture content, density, bending strength, hardness, delamination, and formaldehyde emission. …”
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Engineered bamboo bridge structure - Report on 3rd International Collaboration on Bamboo Construction by Haitao Li, Zixian Feng, Xinqi Shen, Yifan Wang, Xin Xue, Rodolfo Lorenzo, Mahmud Ashraf, Zhenhua Xiong, Chungui Zhou, Ningjun Chen, Jian Zhang, Kewei Liu, Edwin Zea Escamilla

“…The main structure of the bamboo bridge was made of laminated bamboo lumber (LBL), and then bamboo scrimber (BS) panels were laid to form the bridge deck. …”

Étude tracéologique des bois de construction du port romain de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Frédéric Épaud

“…The preservation of the low beams in a wet environment also offered the possibility of inventorying different types of joints, some of which are quite remarkable, such as the end jointed lumber equipped with a mortise and tenon or the straight crosses in the middle of the wood for the corners of the caissons. …”
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MATN3 Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Osteoarthritis in Chinese Han Population: A Community-Based Case-Control Study by Jiaao Gu, Jiesheng Rong, Fulin Guan, Liying Jiang, Shuqing Tao, Guofa Guan, Tianzun Tao

“…The BB carrier tends to be associated with the increased osteoarthritis (P = 0.025, OR = 1.724, 95% CI = 1.071–2.77), especially the knee osteoarthritis (P = 0.021, OR = 2.402, 95% CI = 1.141–5.060) and lumber osteoarthritis (P = 0.020, OR = 1.880, 95% CI = 1.103–3.204). …”
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The low-cost technical system of rural sustainable wood construction and its suitability based on the small-diameter round timber of fast-growing Northeast Larch by Ying Wu, Hongpeng Xu, Jianmei Wu, Yuncheng Ji

“…Thirdly, compared to the LVL (laminated veneer lumber) frame structure system, the SDRT structure system can achieve a reduction in wood consumption per unit area ranging from 53.63 % to 75.87 % across various structural spans. …”
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Influence of Government Policy on Climatic Changes: A Case Study of Kigezi Region South Western Uganda. by Maniraguha, Alex

“…Climate changes in the Kigezi region south western Uganda were caused by man's endangering nature for example destruction of vegetation, occupation of wetlands, lumbering, industrial fumes, and many others. The government came up with policies to ensure that all stakeholders addressed climate change impacts and their causes through appropriate measures promoting sustainable development and a green economy for example, the Disaster Preparedness and Management Policy (DPM) 2010 the policy calls for proactive efforts to reduce the causes and the negative impacts of climate change, environmental policy(l995) that were the umbrella framework that recognized the importance of the conservation and restoration of ecosystems, biodiversity and ecological processes, Energy policy, 2002 the goal of the energy policy (2002) met the energy needs of the Ugandan population for social and economic development in an environmentally sustainable manner. …”
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Whole genome sequencing in early onset advanced heart failure by Erik Linnér, Tomasz Czuba, Olof Gidlöf, Jakob Lundgren, Entela Bollano, Maria Hellberg, Selvi Celik, Neha Pimpalwar, Philipp Rentzsch, Molly Martorella, Anders Gummesson, Olle Melander, Sebastian Albinsson, Göran Dellgren, Jan Borén, Anders Jeppsson, R. Thomas Lumbers, Sonia Shah, Johan Nilsson, Pradeep Natarajan, Tuuli Lappalainen, Malin Levin, Hans Ehrencrona, J. Gustav Smith

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