PURPOSES : This study aimed to secure the work space in alarm valve rooms to ensure stable working conditions for the engineers. METHODS : We analyzed situations where alarm valve room work spaces were inadequately secured posing a problem. Using the Ovako working posture analysis system (OWAS) method, we measured the body size of adult male technicians and their tools to analyze the actual space needed for them to maintain a healthy posture while working. On this basis, we proposed regulations governing workspace size and acceptable durations for unstable body postures. RESULTS : By measuring valve room work space and technician body size, we found that the workspace was inadequate for technicians. Applying OWAS showed that securing more space in the valve room improved the construction stability. CONCLUSIONS : Regulations on valve room size and appropriate work space for technicians will improve construction and inspection stability. This reduces the probability of poor construction and inadequate inspection, increasing the reliability of the firefighting facility system.

In this paper, it is suggested to the certification conditions for the vertically landing site installation regulations and the application of sandwich panels at landing sites with optical measuring skills. This method was presented as a way of supporting aircraft to make safe landings, and was presented with regulations for landing sites that have not yet been determined. In order to develop technologies such as ground systems and personal aircraft of urban air transportation, which are expected to be the core of the future aviation sector, certification regulations to secure stability will be established soon.

We have investigated the washing method of as-synthesized CdSe/ZnS core/shell structure quantum dots (QDs) and the effective surface passivation method of the washed QDs using PMMA. The quantum yield (QY%) of assynthesized QDs decreases with time, from 79.3% to 21.1%, owing to surface reaction with residual organics. The decreased QY% is restored to the QY% of as-synthesized QDs by washing. However, the QY% of washed QDs also decreases with time, owing to the absence of surface passivation layer. On the other hand, the PMMA-treated QDs maintained a relatively higher QY% after washing than that of the washed QDs that were kept in toluene solution for 30 days. Formation of the PMMA coating layer on CdSe/ZnS QD surface is confirmed by HR-TEM and FT-IR. It is found that the PMMA surface coating, when combined with washing, is useful to be applied in the storage of QDs, owing to its long-term stability.

Membrane distillation (MD) has been researched as one of the promising seawater desalination processes, because of its advantages such as (1) high energy efficiency, high water flux and less fouling sensitivity. [1] Herein, thermally rearranged (TR) polymer membranes are introduced for MD application. The TR membranes were investigated by SEM, contact angle, CFP and LEPw. TR membranes showed a great MD performance with high water flux and long-term stability.

Purpose: Postural stability has an important role for developing locomotion skills, especially in childhood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the developmental change of postural stability with respect to locomotor skills. Methods: Thirty-five participants aged between five to seven year-old whom differentiated by pre examination were divided into Jumping, Hopping, Galloping and Skipping group, respectively. They were asked to perform quiet standing and leaning voluntarily forward, backward, left and right as far as possible on a force plate. A vector of center of pressure was measured to calculate postural stability and one-way ANOVA was performed. Results: Jumping group showed significant low postural stability than the others and there is no significant difference among Hopping, Galloping, and Skipping group who can perform advanced locomotor skills. Conclusion: Postural stability seems to increase when children acquire advance locomotor skills and this result might reflect nonlinear characteristic of human motor development.

고준위폐기물 처분장의 기본적인 기능은 단기간에 과도한 방사성핵종이 유출되는 것을 방지하는데 있다. 이를 위해서는, 처분시스템의 구성요소들과 관련된 많은 기술 기준이 개발되고 수립되어야 한다. 처분장 안전성평가는 합리적으로 단순화된 모델에 바탕을 두고 처분장의 미래 전개에 대한 정량적인 결과를 산출하므로 안전성평가는 기술기준의 하나로 간주되고 있다. 본문에서는 평가기간, 선량 제한치 및 평가의 불확실성 등을 중심으로 안전성평가와 관련된 주요국의 기술기준을 조사하였다. 특히, 미국의 기준을 조사하는 과정에서 안전성평가에서 도출된 peak dose가 선량 제한치를 충족하지 못하는 경우, 평가기간 및 peak dose에 대한 미국 규제당국의 접근방안은 참고할만한 가치가 있음을 알 수 있었다.