Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray, 1867) (SHB) is one of the important pests of bee keeping industry. This species is endemic in sub-Saharan region of Africa that has recently became an invasive and distributing rapidly throughout the world. Recent detections of SHB in Philippines, Brazil and South Korea indicate that SHB has the potential to become a global pest for apiculture and wild bees. Having enough knowledge about the population source of invasion can help understand the pest ecology and develop the control tactics. SHB has invaded to South Korea in 2017 and cause heavy damage to apiaries in Miryang City, in south-eastern part of Korea and the origin of this pest is still unknown. The aim of this study is to evaluate the phylogenetic position and origin of Korean population of SHB. We sampled the SHB from different bee hives in Miryang city and used 922 bp part of cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) region of mitochondrial DNA to compare with all previously reported COI sequences of SHB. The result showed that the population of SHB in south Korea is classified with South Africa, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Canada, Australia and USA populations in one clade and among them, the lowest genetic distance between South Korean and USA populations indicated that most likely the SHB was imported from the United states to South Korea. No genetic difference has been detected between studied sequences from Korean population indicating that the invasion would had happen in one occasion.

제주도내 소 방목지와 말 방목지에서 소똥구리류의 분포를 조사하였다. 본 조사는 2018년 5월부터 9월까지 소 방목지와 인접한 말 방목지 각 3곳(조천읍, 제1 산록도로, 안덕면)을 대상으로 월 3회 실시하였으며, 각 지역마다 함정덫(Pit-fall Trap)을 5m 간격으로 5개씩 설치하여 닭내장으로 유인하였다. 조사결과 소 방목지는 뿔소똥구리(Copris ochus) 21개체, 멸종위기Ⅱ급 보호종인 애기뿔소똥구리(C. tripartitus) 64개체, 렌지소똥풍뎅이(Onthophagus lenzii) 778개체, 모가슴소똥풍뎅이(O. fodiens) 31개체, 창뿔소똥구리(Liatongus phanaeoides) 2개체로 총 5종 896개체가 조사되었고, 종풍부도(Richness Index, RI)에서 다수종(Abundant)은 렌지소똥풍뎅이 1종 이었고, 나머지 종은 희소종(Rare)으로 나타내었다. 종다양도(H’)는 조천읍(0.29), 제 1산록도로(1.06), 안덕면(0.72)로 나타났다. 말 방목지는 각 14개체, 42개체, 205개체, 51개체, 1개체로 총 5종 313개체가 조사되었고, 다수종은 렌지소똥풍뎅이 1종, 보통종(Common)은 애기뿔소똥구리, 모가슴소똥풍뎅이 2종이었고, 나머지 종은 희소종(Rare)으로 나타내었다. 종다양도(H’)는 조천읍(0.76), 제 1산록도로(1.22), 안덕면(1.03)로 나타났다. 본 조사결과 소똥구리류의 종다양도는 말 방목지가 높았지만 조사기간 동안 안덕면에서는 4개체가 잡히면서 종다양도가 높았고, 소 방목지는 렌지소똥풍뎅이의 개체수가 대부분을 차지하면서 종다양도는 낮았지만, 소똥구리류는 소 방목지에 주로 서식하는 것으로 판단된다.

두점박이사슴벌레(Prosopocoilus astacoides blanchardi)는 딱정벌레목(Coleoptera) 사슴벌레과(Lucanidae)에 속하는 종으로 국내에서는 제주도에만 분포하며, 2012년 5월 31일에 멸종위기 야생생물 Ⅱ급 보호종으로 지정되었다. 본 연구는 2014년 5월부터 2018년 8월까지 두점박이사슴벌레가 번식 및 개체군이 유지되는 기주목 12그루를 대상으로 번식지의 특성을 연구하였다. 기주목은 상수리나무(Quercus acutissima) 11그루, 떡갈나무(Q.dentata) 1그루로 분포 해발고도는 150m~355m이며, 기주목의 수고와 흉고는 각 4.5m~10m, 17cm~34cm였다. 특히, 기주목에는 두점박이사슴벌레가 은신할 수 있는 보리밥나무(Elaeagnus macrophylla), 송악(Hedera rhombea), 담쟁이덩굴(Parthenocissus tricuspidata), 마삭줄(Trachelospermum asiaticum), 청미래덩굴(Smilax china), 밀나물(S. riparia), 칡(Pueraria lobata), 으아리(Clematis mandshurica), 사위질빵(C. apiifolia), 며느리밑씻개(Polygonum senticosum), 줄사철나무(Euonymus fortunei), 남오미자(Kadsura japonica) 등의 덩굴성 식물이 기주목의 줄기를 잠식해 있었고, 잠식률은 5%~80%까지 다양했다. 하지만 덩굴성 식물의 줄기잠식률이 낮으면, 기주목에 갈라진 틈이 있거나 군락을 이루고 있어 은신처가 있었고, 단독으로 기주목이 있는 곳은 줄기잠식률이 40%~80% 매우 높았다. 본 연구를 통해 두점박이사슴벌레는 번식 및 개체군 유지를 위해 포식자를 피하고 먹이를 구하기 위해 덩굴성 식물이 줄기를 잠식하고 있는 참나무속(Quercus)의 기주목에 주로 서식하는 것으로 판단된다.

2017년 한해 동안 9개 공항만에서 중국 등 32개국, 120개 품목 8,660건을 조사한 결과, 523건에서 해충 검출이 있었다. 반입빈도가 높은 품목은 사과, 망고, 감귤, 배, 복숭아, 바나나, 오렌지, 오이, 고추. 호두(미탈각), 자두, 드래곤프릇, 포멜로, 토마토, 풋콩, 망고스틴, 대추 등의 순이었으며, 중국, 베트남, 일본, 필리핀, 대만, 태국 등의 나라에서 반입건수가 많았다. 해충 검출 빈도가 높은 품목은 망고스틴, 망고, 사과, 슈가애플, 람부탄, 고추, 자두, 구아바 등이며, 해충 검출 빈도가 높은 국가는 중국, 베트남, 태국 등이었다. 검출 해충류 중 금지해충으로 오리엔탈과실파리류(Bactrocera dorsalis sp. complex) 52건, 오이과실파리(Bactrocera cucurbitae) 1건, Bactrocera latifrons 2건이 있었으며, 과실파리류 32건이 동정중이며, 코드린나방(Cydia pomonella)이 1건 검출되었다.

The purpose of this study was to analysis of the effect of proprioceptor training and vestibular organ training for balance ability. The subjects was consist of two different subjects group, proprioceptor training group and vestibular organ training group. Proprioceptor training group consisted of 10 subjects and vestibular organ training group consisted of 10 subjects. Training was performed 3 times per week, 30 minutes per day, for 3 weeks. Balance ability analysis was performed using Romberg's one leg standing test and BT4 when opened eyes and closed eyes. The analysis results were as follows. There was no significant differences in balance after the training in both groups when they opened their eyes(p<.05). But there was significant differences in balance after the training in both groups when they closed their eyes(p<.05). And there was no significant difference in balance after the training between the proprioceptor training group and the vestibular organ training group when they closed their eyes(p<.05). Given the above results, proprioceptor training and vestibular organ training enhanced balance but there was no significant difference between the two methods.

It has been established that berberine has strong antimicrobial effects. Little is known however regarding the antimicrobial activity of berberine against endodontic pathogenic bacteria or its cytotoxicity in human oral tissue cells. The antibacterial properties of berberine were tested against 5 strains of Enterococcus faecalis and type strains of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Prevotella nigrescens, Prevotella intermedia, and Tannerella forsythia, which are involved in endodontic infections. Antimicrobial activity was evaluated through minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) measurements. The viability of normal human gingival fibroblast (NHGF) cells after exposure to berberine was measured using a methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay. The data showed that berberine has antimicrobial effects against A. actinomycetemcomitans with an MIC and MBC of 12.5 μg/ml and 25 μg/ml, respectively. In the cytotoxicity studies, cell viability was maintained at 66.1% following exposure to 31.3 μg/ml berberine. Overall, these findings suggest that berberine has antimicrobial activity against the tested bacteria. Nevertheless, lower concentrations in combination with other reagents will need to be tested before these in vitro results can be translated to clinical use.

The purpose of this study was to test the effect of Gastrocnemius and Low Back-muscle isotonic exercise on static•dynamic standing balance during the period of 4 weeks. This study was two groups pretest-posttest design. Nineteen subjects who were over 22 years old were randomly assigned to either the experimental group that received the Gastrocnemius muscle exercise(n=9) or the low back muscle exercise(n=10) : The former group performed isotonic exercise(plantar flexion), the latter group performed isotonic exercise(trunk extension) a total of 18 times for three times per week for four weeks. Two groups also performed static and dynamic balance before the exercise and 4weeks after the exercise. The data were analyzed by using the paired t-test and independent t-test. The results were as follows: As compared with change of dynamic balance performance capacity at two groups, a significant difference was shown in the test(p<.05), but not in static balance(p>.05). Also, a significant difference of balance between groups was not shown in the test. In this study indicated that gastrocnemius and low back muscle isotonic exercise will have positive impact on standing balance.