We calculate the energy spectra of cosmic ray (CR) protons and electrons at a plane shock with quasi-parallel magnetic fields, using time-dependent, diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) simulations, including energy losses via synchrotron emission and Inverse Compton (IC) scattering. A thermal leakage injection model and a Bohm type diffusion coefficient are adopted. The electron spectrum at the shock becomes steady after the DSA energy gains balance the synchrotron/IC losses, and it cuts off at the equilibrium momentum peq. In the postshock region the cutoff momentum of the electron spectrum decreases with the distance from the shock due to the energy losses and the thickness of the spatial distribution of electrons scales as p-1. Thus the slope of the downstream integrated spectrum steepens by one power of p for pb < p < peq, where the break momentum decreases with the shock age as pbr ∝ t-1. In a CR modified shock, both the proton and electron spectrum exhibit a concave curvature and deviate from the canonical test-particle power-law, and the upstream integrated electron spectrum could dominate over the downstream integrated spectrum near the cutoff momentum. Thus the spectral shape near the cutoff of X-ray synchrotron emission could reveal a signature of nonlinear DSA.

This study was an attempt to investigate a Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) theme with the Interdependence Hypothesis in the use of Content-Based Instruction (CBI) approach. In addition, the study examined the threshold notion of language proficiency and how it would play in different groups distinguished by school level. Based on the analyses of data obtained from comprehension quizzes, proficiency tests of speaking and writing, questionnaire, and interview, the study revealed that the undergraduate group showing a higher level of proficiency and the graduate group experiencing longer period of schooling performed on the comprehension quizzes and evaluated their CBI experiences similarly. It suggested that CALP represented by schooling earned in L1 be taken advantage of as a springboard for CBI. It also indicated that reading skills may be more critical to the survival and success in CBI courses at least for the participants of the current study who showed relatively high confidence in listening skills. It suggested that there is a need for further study to examine whether such a tendency is common to the similar groups of Korean English language learners in order to accommodate their preferred way of learning English.

공학적 안전설비 공기정화계통과 관련된 실험 수행을 위해 원자력등급 ESF 공기정화계통 시뮬레이터 를 설계, 제작, 검증하였다. 영광 5,6호기 주제어실 공기정화계통의 공급자 정보, 도면 등을 기준으로 실 사를 통해 치수를 확인하여 3D CAD 모델을 작성하였다. 모델과 현장 계통의 실측 유량을 기준으로 CFD 분석을 수행하였다. 공기정화계통으로 유입되는 공기는 30 ℃, 유동형태는 균일한 것으로 가정하고, 검사 기록지에 의한 주제어실 ESF 공기정화계통의 유량이 12,986 CFM이고, 610×610 ㎟의 HEPA 필터가 9개 설치되어 있으므로 HEPA 필터 단면를 지나는 유속은 1.83 m/s이다. 주제어실 공기정화계통 모델링시 공 기 유동이 흐르지 않는 필터 테두리 지지대를 고려하여 현장과 유사한 유동현상을 모사하였다. 약 8 m/s 로 기록된 활성탄 흡착기 하단의 공기유동은 별도의 분석을 통해 7 m/s 이상의 유속이 모사되도록 CFD 분석하였다. 연료건물 비상배기계통 및 비상노심냉각계통 기기실 배기정화계통의 공기정화계통에 대해 서도 CFD 분석한 결과, 시뮬레이터의 유속을 조절하면 세가지 ESF 공기정화계통을 모두 모사할 수 있음 을 확인하였다. CFD 분석 후 시뮬레이터를 원자력등급으로 제작하였고, 본 실험에 착수하기 전에 공기유 동 분포도실험을 통해 시뮬레이터의 신뢰도를 검증하였다. 검증결과 중급 필터를 장착한 상태에서 시뮬 레이터의 필터 지지대 부분을 제외한 내부에서 공기유동이 고르게 분포함을 확인하였고, 제작된 시뮬레 이터는 Reg. Guide 1.52(Rev.3) 개정 내용 확인을 위한 실험에 사용되었다.

공학적 안전설비 공기정화계통의 규제지침인 Reg. Guide 1.52(Rev.3)의 변경사항중 성능시험과 관련 한 운전가능성 시험시간 단축, HEPA 필터 현장누설시험용 시험물질 변경 및 활성탄 성능시험 Methyl Iodidie 투과허용율 상향 변경을 영광 5,6호기에 적용하고자, 모사실험장치와 현장 설비를 활용하여 기술 적 타당성을 확인하는 실험을 수행하였다. 10시간 이상의 장시간 운전가능성 시험을 통해 계통내 습분을 제거하여도 시험후 1∼4일만에 회복됨을 확인하여 운전가능성 시험은 기기적 운전가능성 점검에 적합한 매월 15분 이상의 시험을 수행하는 것이 타당함을 확인하였다. HEPA 필터 현장누설시험용 시험물질 변 경을 위해 DOP와 PAO의 에어로졸 입자크기, 발생량, 누설인지도를 비교한 결과 PAO는 원전에서도 DOP 대체시험물질로 사용 가능함을 확인하였다. 베드깊이 4 인치 이상의 활성탄여과기에 대한 Methyl Iodide의 투과율 허용치가 0.175 %에서 0.5 %로 상향 변경된 것은, ASTM D3803(1989)으로의 활성탄 성 능시험 방법 변경에 따른 것으로서, 30 ℃ 상대습도 95 %에서의 Methyl Iodide 투과허용율 0.5 %가 사용 중 활성탄의 성능을 시험하기에 충분히 보수적인 시험방법임을 확인하였다. 본 실험 결과를 바탕으로 영 광 5,6호기는 인허가변경을 완료하였다.

Enterococcus faecalis, a gram-positive bacterium, has been implicated in endodontic infections, particularly in chronic apical periodontitis. Proinflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), are involved in the pathogenesis of these apical lesions. E. faecalis has been reported to stimulate macrophages to produce TNF-α. The present study investigated the mechanisms involved in TNF-α production by a murine macrophage cell line, RAW 264.7 in response to exposure to E. faecalis. Both live and heat-killed E. faecalis induced high levels of gene expression and protein release of TNF-α. Treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with cytochalasin D, an inhibitor of endocytosis, prevented the mRNA up-regulation of TNF-α by E. faecalis. In addition, antioxidant treatment reduced TNF-α production to baseline levels. Inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase also significantly attenuated E. faecalis-induced TNF-α expression by RAW 264.7 cells. Furthermore, activation of NF-κB and AP-1 in RAW 264.7 cells was also stimulated by E. faecalis. These results suggest that the phagocytic uptake of bacteria is necessary for the induction of TNF-α in E. faecalis-stimulated macrophages, and that the underlying intracellular signaling pathways involve reactive oxygen species, ERK, p38 MAP kinase, NF-κB, and AP-1.

We perform kinetic simulations of diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) in Type Ia supernova remnants (SNRs) expanding into a uniform interstellar medium (ISM). Bohm-like diffusion due to self-excited Alfven waves is assumed, and simple models for Alfvenic drift and dissipation are adopted. Phenomenological models for thermal leakage injection are considered as well. We find that the preshock gas temperature is the primary parameter that governs the cosmic ray (CR) acceleration efficiency and energy spectrum, while the CR injection rate is a secondary parameter. For SNRs in the warm ISM of T0 ≲ 105K, if the injection fraction is ≳ 10-4, the DSA is efficient enough to convert more than 20% of the SN explosion energy into CRs and the accelerated CR spectrum exhibits a concave curvature flattening to E-1.6, which is characteristic of CR modified shocks. Such a flat source spectrum near the knee energy, however, may not be reconciled with the CR spectrum observed at Earth. On the other hand, SNRs in the hot ISM of T0 ≈106K with a small injection fraction, < 10-4, are inefficient accelerators with less than 10% of the explosion energy getting converted to CRs. Also the shock structure is almost test-particle like and the ensuing CR spectrum can be steeper than E-2. With amplified magnetic field strength of order of 30μG Alfven waves generated by the streaming instability may drift upstream fast enough to make the modified test-particle power-law as steep as E-2.3, which is more consistent with the observed CR spectrum.