Voichita Bucur

Delamination in Wood, Wood Products and Wood-Based Composites Voichita Bucur 2011 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Jacket Description/Back: In the last quarter century, delamination has come to mean more than just a failure in adhesion between layers of bonded composite plies that might affect their load-bearing capacity. Ever-increasing computer power has meant that we can now detect and analyze delamination between, for example, cell walls in solid wood. This fast-moving and critically important field of study is covered in a book that provides everyone from manufacturers to research scientists the state of the art in wood delamination studies. Divided into three sections, the book first details the general aspects of the subject, from basic information including terminology, to the theoretical basis for the evaluation of delamination. A settled terminology in this subject area is a first key goal of the book, as the terms which describe delamination in wood and wood-based composites are numerous and often confusing. The second section examines different and highly specialized methods for delamination detection such as confocal laser scanning microscopy, light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and ultrasonics. Ways in which NDE (non-destructive evaluation) can be employed to detect and locate defects are also covered. The book s final section focuses on the practical aspects of this defect in a wide range of wood products covering the spectrum from trees, logs, laminated panels and glued laminated timbers to parquet floors. Intended as a primary reference, this book covers everything from the microscopic, anatomical level of delamination within solid wood sections to an examination of the interface of wood and its surface coatings. It provides readers with the perspective of industry as well as laboratory and is thus a highly practical sourcebook for wood engineers working in manufacturing as well as a comprehensively referenced text for materials scientists wrestling with the theory underlying the subject."Table of Contents: Part I. Background: Biology, Physiology, and Pharmacology -- 1. Introduction to the Hematopoietic Growth Factors / Gary H. Lyman, David C. Dale -- 2. Early-Acting Hematopoietic Growth Factors: Biology and Clinical Experience / Stephen J. Szilvassy -- 3. Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factors / Graham Molineux -- 4. Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents / Steve Elliott -- 5. Thrombopoietin Factors / Ping Wei -- Part II. The Colony-Stimulating Factors -- 6. Cyclic and Chronic Neutropenia / David C. Dale, Karl Welte -- 7. The Myeloid Growth Factors / Gary H. Lyman -- 8. Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Prophylaxis in Adult Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy / Nicole M. Kuderer -- 9. Summary and Comparison of Myeloid Growth Factor Guidelines in Patients Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy / Gary H. Lyman, Jessica Malone Kleiner -- 10. Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factors and Risk of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome / Gary H. Lyman, Nicole M. Kuderer -- Part III. The Erythroid-Stimulating Agents -- 11. Do Erythropoietic-Stimulating Agents Relieve Fatigue? A Review of Reviews / David T. Eton, David Cella -- 12. Randomized Controlled Trials of the Erythroid-Stimulating Agents in Cancer Patients / John A. Glaspy -- 13. Ten Years of Meta-analyses on Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents in Cancer Patients / Thomy Tonia, Julia Bohlius -- 14. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Use of Erythroid-Stimulating Agents: ASCO, EORTC, NCCN / Alan E. Lichtin -- Part IV. The Thrombopoietic Agents -- 15. Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Transfusions in Patients with Cancer / Jason Valent, Charles A. Schiffer -- 16. Romiplostim / David J. Kuter -- 17. Eltrombopag / James B. Bussel, Mariana P. Pinheiro -- Part V. Special Considerations -- 18. The Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Acute Leukemia: US Perspective / Olga Frankfurt, Martin S. Tallman -- 19. The Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Acute Leukemia: A European Perspective / Michael Heuser, Arnold Ganser, Dieter Hoelzer -- 20. The Hematopoietic Growth Factors in the Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Jose Ortega, Rami Komrokji, Alan F. List -- 21. Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Older Cancer Patients / Michelle Shayne, Lodovico Balducci -- 22. The Economics of the Hematopoietic Growth Factors / Adi Eldar-Lissai, Gary H. Lyman -- Index.

Contributor Bio:  Bucur, Voichita 2005 Silver medal "SociA(c)tA(c) d'Encouragement au ProgrA]s" Paris, France 1993-1994 cited in Who's Who - Publications Board 1999 Professor - honorific- University Transylvania- Brasov, Roumania 1978-2005 senior Scientist at INRA -Centre de Recherches ForestiA]res de Nancy, France since 1979- participation to numerous international conferences on nondestructive testing, ultrasonics, wood, musical instruments - 1984 Ph D thesis - Dr. Ing. on "ultrasonics and wood" -Institut SupA(c)rieur de MatA(c)riaux, St. Ouen- Paris, France 1962 diploma on "wood mechanics" Polytechnic Institute, University Transylvania, Brasov, Roumania