Effect of the Meal Interval Setting of an Automated Concentrate Feeding System on Feed Intake and Feeding Behavior in Fattening Hanwoo Steers.

An automatic concentrate feeding system (ACFS) divides the day into several intervals, allowing cattle to consume a predetermined amount of concentrate mix per interval. This study investigated the impact of changing these intervals (four vs. six) in an ACFS on its precision in monitoring the feed intake and feeding behavior of fattening Hanwoo steers.

Abdominal Actinomycotic Abscess after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: A Case Report.

Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic, suppurative, and granulomatous bacterial disease. The species exist as normal flora in the oropharynx, gastrointestinal tract, and the female genital tract. They are incapable of penetrating the normal mucous membranes and become pathogenic only when this barrier has been destroyed by trauma, surgery, immunosuppression, or after viscus perforation.

Analysis of the Factors Influencing Body Weight Variation in Hanwoo Steers Using an Automated Weighing System.

This study aimed to determine the factors affecting the body weight (BW) of Hanwoo steers by collecting a large number of BW measurements using an automated weighing system (AWS). The BW of 12 Hanwoo steers was measured automatically using an AWS for seven days each month over three months. On the fourth day of the BW measurement each month, an additional BW measurement was conducted manually.

Comparison of laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy for benign, pre-malignant, and low grade malignant pancreatic tumors.

Backgrounds/aims: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy in benign disease is is safer and more favorable to patients than open distal pancreatectomy.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data of 150 patients who underwent laparoscopic (n=69) or open (=81) distal pancreatectomy at a double institutes from 2008 to 2018. We reviewed each patient's history for age, sex, pathologic diagnosis.

Natural course of tonsillectomy pain: A prospective patient cohort study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the natural course of pain after tonsillectomy.

Methods: This study included 119 patients that underwent tonsillectomy between November 2013 and November 2015. After undergoing tonsillectomy, patients scored their pain using the visual analogue scale three times daily (morning, midday, and evening) for 2 weeks.

Severe hearing impairment and risk of depression: A national cohort study.

Objective: Hearing impairment is suggested to be associated with depression in the elderly. The present study evaluated the risk of depression after hearing impairment in all age groups matched by age, sex, income, and region of residence.

Methods: The Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service-National Patient Samples were collected for a period from 2002 to 2013.

Carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder: report of two cases.

Adenocarcinoma is the predominant histological type of carcinoma of the gallbladder, accounting for more than 80% of all gallbladder carcinomas. In contrast, carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder is an extremely atypical subset of gallbladder malignancies. It is characterized by the presence of both epithelial and mesenchymal components.

Primary extragastrointestinal stromal tumor arising in the pancreas: report of a case.

Primary extragastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs) arising in the pancreas are extremely rare, with only ten cases documented to our knowledge. We report a further case of EGIST of the pancreas. The patient was a 55-year-old man who presented with postprandial abdominal discomfort.