DNA barcode is known to be successfully applied in identification on the members of Insecta. In recent studies, however, it was known that the DNA approach may fail in several taxa with following cases: (1) very recent speciation and hybridization, (2) recent diverged groups with complex gene histories, (3) the spread of maternally transmitted bacteria, (4) adding more than one geographical race and at least one congener, (5) different levels of dispersal. In this study, we taxonomically review on the Korean Hatchiana using the morphological data and DNA barcodes. In morphology, they are distinct from each other by the characteristics of body coloration, eye, pronotum, scutellum, and aedeagus. In molecular data, however, the interspecific sequence distance ranged from 0.0-3.4%. This result is caused by H. glochidiatus, of which the sequence divergence is 0.2-2.8% in H. rosinae, 0.8-2.6% in H. baekripoensis, and 0.0-3.3% in H. jirisanensis. Also, H. glochidiatus produces mixed-clusters with H. rosinae and H. jirisanensis in NJ phenogram. Through this presentation, therefore, we discuss on why the four Korean Hatchiana species distinct by morphological characters produce mixed-clusters in DNA barcoding.

최근 다엽콜리메이터를 부착한 선형가속기를 이용한 방사선수술의 빈도가 점차 높아지고 있다. 이러한 정교한 방사선 수술은 소조사면 내에 고선량의 방사선이 집중적으로 조사되기 때문에 체계적이고 정확한 정도관리가 필수적이다. 본 연구는 PIB(Particle in Binder) 방식 중 침전법을 이용하여 400 ㎛ 두께의 요오드화납(PbI2)과 요오드화수은(HgI2) 광도전체 센서 시편를 제작하였다. 제작된 시편의 전기적 특성은 암전류, 출력전류, 응답특성 및 선형성을 평가하였다. 평가 결과, HgI2 가 우수한 신호발생량과 선형성을 보였다. 끝으로, 두께에 따른 HgI2 센서의 신호반응 특성 결과, 400 ㎛ 두께에서 신호발생효율이 가장 높았고, ±2.5 % 이내의 우수한 재현성을 보였다.

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) seeds have long been clinically used in Korea to promote bone formation and prevent osteoporosis. In addition, the safflower buds (SB) were found to have more useful functional ingredients than safflower seed. Thus, we investigated the preventive effects of SB diet in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. The rats were divided into five groups; sham operated group, OVX alone group, OVX plus 17β-estradiol (E2 10 ㎍/㎏, i.p.) and OVX plus SB diet feeding group (0.3% or 1%). Feeding of SB diet (0.3% or 3%) to OVX rats markedly increased trabecular formation in femur compared to OVX rats. Feeding of SB diet (0.3% or 3%) to OVX rats also decreased TRAP activity compared to OVX rats. These results suggest that SB diets have bone sparing effects by the decrease of osteoclast activity. We also observed that OVX rats fed with SB diet (0.3% or 3%) exhibited the decrease of calcium and phosphorus in serum compared to OVX-induced rats. Therefore, SB may be beneficial for the patients of osteoporosis, especially in postmenopausal women.