Volume 12 Issue 4 (2004)

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Pages 207–220
Near infrared spectroscopy and pattern recognition methods applied to the classification of vinegar according to raw material and elaboration process
M.J. Sáiz-Abajo, J.M. González-Sáiz and C. Pizarro
Department of Chemistry, University of La Rioja, C/ Madre de Dios 51, 26006, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain

Pages 221–232
A comparative study on the cure behaviour of thermal- and microwave-processed epoxy resin
Balkarransingh Degamber* and Gerard F. Fernando
Sensors & Composites Group, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA, UK

Pages 233–240
Kromoscopicaidentification of in vivo water variations
Howard E. Guthermann,* Michael W. Misner and Myron J. Block
Optix LP, 103 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. E-mail: optixlp@comcast.net

Pages 241–250
Effect of water and physical state on near- and mid-infrared partial least squares calibrations for multi-component carbohydrate mixturesa
James B. Reeves, III
USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Animal Manure and By- Products Laboratory, Bldg 306, Rm 101, BARC East, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA

Pages 251–258
Prediction of shive content in pilot plant processed flax by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy
Miryeong Sohn*, Franklin E. Barton, II, W. Herbert Morrison, III and Danny E. Akin
USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, PO Box 5677, Athens, Georgia 30605, USA. E-mail: msohn@qaru.ars.usda.gov

Pages 259–262
A new approach for estimating purity of processed flax fibre by NIR spectroscopy
Miryeong Sohn,* Franklin E. Barton, II, Danny E. Akin and W. Herbert Morrison, III
USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, PO Box 5677, Athens, Georgia 30605, USA. E-mail: msohn@qaru.ars.usda.go

Pages 263–270
Estimation of the physical wood properties of Pinus taeda L. radial strips using least squares support vector machines
R.P. Cogdill,a* L.R. Schimleck,b P.D. Jones,b G.F. Peter,c R.F. Danielsb and A. Clark, IIId
aGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. E- mail: cogdillr@duq.edu
bWarnell School of Forest Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2152, USA
cSchool of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
dUSDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA, USA