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A railcar with discharge control system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a railway car includes an underframe and at least one hopper for transporting lading. The railway car further including the underframe including a center sill which defines in part a longitudinal axis of the railway car. A discharge opening formed proximate to a lower portion of the hopper. A respective door assembly pivotally mounted adjacent to the discharge opening to control the flow of lading from the hopper. The door assembly operable for movement between a first, closed position and a second, open position relative to the discharge opening. A discharge control system operable to move the door assembly between the first position and the second position. The discharge control system operably moves generally longitudinally along the axis of the railway car to move the door assemblies between the first, closed position and the second, open position.

A hydraulic lift / flotation system for the header of a crop harvesting machine wherein each side of the header is supported by a single cylinder, which performs both the flotation and lift functions. To accommodate unbalanced headers (center of gravity not centered between the lift arms), hydraulic oil is sent to the return side of the lift cylinder on the lighter side of the header, thus resulting in even raising, lowering and float.

A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel 11 and a lighting device 12. The liquid crystal panel 11 has a liquid crystal layer 50 between a pair of glass substrates 31 and 41. The lighting device 12 provides illumination light to the liquid crystal panel 11. An externally communicable void section 63 is formed in the glass substrate 31 among the pair of glass substrates 31 and 41 in an area that can block light toward a luminance point defect occurrence area X, which is a possible cause of a luminance point defect. The externally communicable void section 63 has a void portion 61 that is formed in the glass substrate 31 and a through portion that penetrates from the void portion 61 through an opposite surface of the glass substrate 31 from the liquid crystal layer 50. A light blocking layer 60 is formed in the externally communicable void section 63.

Devices, systems and methods for treating pain or other conditions while minimizing possible complications and side effects. Treatment typically includes electrical stimulation and / or delivery of pharmacological or other agents with the use of a lead or catheter. The devices, systems and methods provide improved anchoring which reduces migration of the lead yet allows for easy repositioning or removal of the lead if desired. The devices, systems and methods also provide for simultaneous treatment of multiple targeted anatomies. This shortens procedure time and allows for less access points, such as needle sticks to the epidural space, which in turn reduces complications, such as cerebral spinal fluid leaks, patient soreness and recovery time. Other possible complications related to the placement of multiple devices are also reduced.

Disclosed is a polymerization process comprising feeding a monomer as a raw material, a polymerization catalyst, and optionally, an inert medium to a tubular reactor in a pressurized state; permitting a part of the raw material monomer and the inert medium fed to the reactor to form a gas phase and the remainder to form a liquid phase, so that both of the gas phase comprising the raw material monomer and / or the inert medium and the liquid phase comprising the raw material monomer and / or the inert medium are present in the reactor, wherein said liquid phase may contain a resulting polymer as a solid, and so that a gas-liquid separated flow or a gas-liquid-solid separated flow has the gas phase that is continuous in the direction of flow is formed in the reactor; and polymerizing the raw material monomer while carrying the liquid phase by the gas phase flow, wherein the ratio of a volume flow rate of the liquid phase to a volume flow rate of the gas phase at the outlet of the reactor is 0.00001 to 100,000. According to the polymerization process, polymerization can be accomplished with excellent thermal efficiency and small power energy, and besides various polymers almost free from restrictions on their properties such as viscosities and melting points can be produced.

A prismatic battery module includes a prismatic battery case having a plurality of prismatic cell cases connected to one another through separation walls, a planar electroconductive connector forming part of the separation wall between the cell cases, an electrode plate group arranged in each cell case, and an electrolyte placed in each cell case. Lead portions of positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates of the electrode plate group are directly connected to the electroconductive connector. The prismatic battery module requires fewer connection points and provides shorter electrical communication paths, thereby reducing internal resistance.

A hydraulic lift / flotation system for the header of a crop harvesting machine wherein each side of the header is supported by a single cylinder, which performs both the flotation and lift functions. For even lifting and flotation of an unbalanced header, each cylinder has its own control valve, pump, and accumulator. The operator sets the desired flotation force by actuating rocker switches; one switch position allows hydraulic oil to enter an accumulator to reduce header contact force with the ground. The other position allows oil to exit the accumulator to increase header contact force with the ground. To evenly float an unbalanced header, separate switches adjust each side independently. Once the flotation forces are set, the control valves will return to this preset flotation condition whenever float mode is selected, regardless of subsequent header lift and lower operations.

Methods and compositions comprising combinations of one or more anti-connexin agents and one or more other agents useful for the promotion and / or improvement of wound healing and / or tissue repair.

A system and method for managing the electrical control system of a header flotation and lift system of an agricultural harvesting machine, particularly one using only once fluid cylinder in connection with each respective side of the header, which system and method, in addition to executing header raise and lower commands, provides several automatically executable operating modes for the flotation and lift system, including a wake-up mode; a normal mode, which can include float; a charge accumulator mode; a transport mode; and a header remove mode, and the ability to seamlessly and easily transition between the modes.

A method and apparatus for automatically controlling a header lift system of an agricultural harvesting machine, particularly a windrower, to put a header of the machine into a transport mode wherein the header is raised to an elevated transport position, under certain specific conditions. Such conditions can include, but are not limited to, the machine operating in a high-speed range, the header not operating, the speed of the machine being above a predetermined level, and the last inputted control command being a header raise command. When in the transport mode, the lift system can also be operated in a float mode. Further, the header lift system can be returned to a normal mode when certain criteria are present for doing so.

A system and method for managing the electrical control system of a header flotation and lift system of an agricultural harvesting machine, particularly one using only once fluid cylinder in connection with each respective side of the header, which system and method, in addition to executing header raise and lower commands, provides several automatically executable operating modes for the flotation and lift system, including a wake-up mode; a normal mode, which can include float; a charge accumulator mode; a transport mode; and a header remove mode, and the ability to seamlessly and easily transition between the modes.

The invention describes an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment with a dialyzer which is separated by a semipermeable membrane in to a first and second chamber (29, 30), wherein the first chamber (29) is arrange in a dialysate pathway and the second chamber (30) is connectable to the blood circulation of a patient by means of a blood supply conduit (32) and a blood return conduit (31), an inlet (20) for fresh dialysate, an outlet (30) for spent dialysate, a measuring device (37) arranged in the outlet (36), wherein said measuring device (37) has at least one radiation source consisting of several light sources (1) for electromagnetic radiation. The invention is characterized in that the measuring device (37) is designed to generate substantially monochromatic electromagnetic radiation of different wavelengths, and to lead only one of these wavelength (at the same time) though the outlet (36) for spent dialysate, wherein at least one detector system (5) is provided for detection of the intensity or the absorption of the substantially monochromatic electromagnetic radiation passing through the outlet (36) for spent dialysate.

Methods, compounds, compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising anti-connexin polynucleotides for prevention and / or treatment of abnormal scars, including keloid scars, hypertrophic scars, atrophic scars, and widespread scars.

Multi-armed, monofunctional, and hydrolytically stable polymers are described having the structurewherein Z is a moiety that can be activated for attachment to biologically active molecules such as proteins and wherein P and Q represent linkage fragments that join polymer arms polya and polyb, respectively, to central carbon atom, C, by hydrolytically stable linkages in the absence of aromatic rings in the linkage fragments. R typically is hydrogen or methyl, but can be a linkage fragment that includes another polymer arm. A specific example is an mPEG disubstituted lysine having the structurewhere mPEGa and mPEGb have the structure CH3O—(CH2CH2O)nCH2CH2— wherein n may be the same or different for polya- and polyb- and can be from 1 to about 1,150 to provide molecular weights of from about 100 to 100,000.

This invention is of a method and equipment for reducing stress concentrations in a body supported in a horizontal or any reclining position up to and including a fully seated position. The stress reduction is accomplished by means of specially designed or arranged cushioning material contained inside a membrane or bladder wherein the pressure of a fluid inside the membrane can be controlled as a means of varying the cushioning effect (compressibility) of the material inside and holding the cushioning material in specific places to reduce fight-back of the material over supporting edges that may otherwise create undesirable shear on the supported body tissue.

A circuit design system has: a storage unit in which a netlist is stored; a fault-candidate extracting module configured to extract equivalent fault class Gi from the netlist; a judgment module configured to select a target node out of a plurality of nodes Ni1 to Niji included in the equivalent fault class Gi, wherein Ji is a number of nodes included in the equivalent fault class Gi; and an observation-point inserting module configured to update the netlist by inserting at least one observation point into the target node. The judgment module decides the target node based on the number Ji.