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An engine stop and start control system for securing a normal line pressure in a hydraulic circuit of the transmission. The system has an engine as a power source for driving the vehicle; a transmission; a mechanical oil pump, operated by the power produced by the engine, for supplying oil pressure to the transmission; an automatic engine stopping and starting section for automatically stopping the engine under predetermined stopping conditions and automatically starting the engine under predetermined starting conditions; and an electric oil pump operated when the predetermined stopping conditions are satisfied, so as to supply the oil pressure to the transmission. The automatic engine stopping and starting section has a control section for prohibiting the automatic engine stop when the line pressure in a hydraulic circuit for supplying oil pressure to the transmission is equal to or lower than a predetermined value while the engine is operated.

A positive electrode material for a nonaqueous lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery that has superior cycle life and safety and reduced internal resistance of the battery at low temperature is provided. The positive electrode material for a nonaqueous lithium secondary battery comprise a layered structured complex oxide expressed by a composition formula LiaMnxNiyCozMαO2, where 0<a≦1.2, 0.1≦x≦0.9, 0≦y≦0.44, 0.1≦z≦0.6, 0.01≦α≦0.1, and x+y+z+α=1. A diffraction peak intensity ratio between the (003) plane and the (104) plane (I(003) / I(104)) in an X-ray powder diffractometry using a Cu—Kα line in the X-ray source is not less than 1.0 and not more than 1.5.

A system and method for regulating blood flow rate or blood pressure in a second blood vessel or heart chamber to achieve a balanced flow rate or blood pressure between the second blood vessel or heart chamber and a first blood vessel or heart chamber, wherein the first and the second blood vessels and heart chambers are on opposite sides of the circulatory system. The system comprises a monitor that monitors parameters indicative of a difference between the flow rates or blood pressures of the first and the second blood vessels or heart chambers. A regulator regulates the blood flow rate or blood pressure in at least a portion of the second blood vessel or heart chamber. A controller is configured to receive a signal from the monitor and to determine a difference between the flow rate or blood pressure of the first blood vessel or heart chamber and the flow rate or blood pressure of the second blood vessel or heart chamber. The controller determines a second blood flow rate or blood pressure in the second blood vessel or heart chamber that generates the balanced flow rate or blood pressure between the first and the second blood vessels or heart chambers. The controller then signals the regulator to generate the second determined blood flow rate or blood pressure in the at least portion of the lumen of the second blood vessel or heart chamber.

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an energy control system. The energy control system includes a grid interconnection, a backup load interconnection, a non-backup load interconnection, and a backup power interconnection. The method includes receiving electronic data from a plurality of backup loads. The method includes detecting a power outage at the grid interconnection electrically coupled to a utility grid. The method includes disconnecting the grid interconnection from the backup power interconnection, in which the backup power interconnection is electrically coupled to a backup power source. The method includes connecting a first set of the plurality of backup loads to the backup load interconnection, in which the backup load interconnection is electrically coupled to the backup power interconnection such that power is supplied from the backup power source to the first set of backup loads.

A work vehicle includes an engine, a travel device, a hydraulic pump, a work implement, a torque converter device, and a controller. The torque converter includes a torque converter and a lockup clutch. The controller is configured to switch the lockup clutch between a connected state and a non-connected state in accordance with a travel state of the work vehicle. The controller is configured to determine whether load increase conditions associated with an increase in load on the work implement are satisfied, and to control the lockup clutch so that the lockup clutch is in the non-connected state when the load increase conditions are satisfied.

An output voltage is generated, in that an initializable current source is transferred into a current-conducting state by an initializing signal produced by an initializing unit, and then provides current to a voltage-limiting element. The output voltage is tapped from the voltage-limiting element. Thereby, a small operating current consumption can be achieved with a large supply voltage range.

A dicing blade (2) which rotates at high speed is surrounded by a case (3). A semiconductor wafer (1) is cut by a dicing device in which the case is filled with a cooling water (4). The case (3) is provided with a cooling water nozzle (8) for continuously supplying the cooling water and a gap (10) for discharging the cooling water out of the case. By adjusting a supply rate and a discharge rate of the cooling water, a proper water pressure can be applied to an inside of the case, thereby making it possible to cool the dicing blade and the cutting point with efficiency. As a result, it is possible to suppress chipping and cracking of the semiconductor device due to lack of cooling.

A steam vacuum cleaner includes a main assembly functioning as a mopstick, and the main assembly has an exhaust duct with a built-in filter formed at a rear face thereof.

A power control system and method for vehicle power outlets is provided which integrally controls power of power outlets mounted in a vehicle to improve the efficiency of power distribution in the vehicle and enable ordinary use of the power outlets while the vehicle is turned off. To this end, the power control system includes a startup power source configured to supply power to a plurality of power outlets mounted in a vehicle while the vehicle is turned on, a battery power source configured to supply power to the power outlet while the vehicle is turned off, and a controller configured to detect whether the vehicle is turned on, a battery charge capacity, and an electric current consumption quantity of each of the plurality of power outlets and determine a type of power that should be supplied to each power outlet and whether to supply power to each power outlet.

While supplying methanol and carbon monoxide via feed lines 17 and 19, respectively, to a liquid phase reaction system 3 including a carbonylation catalytic system, and maintaining a substantially constant liquid level of the reaction system, part of the reaction mixture containing the produced acetic acid is drawn out from the reaction system and supplied to a flash distillation column 4, and the high boiling point component, which contains the carbonylation catalytic system that has been separated by ths flash distillation, is circulated to the reaction system 3 by means of a circulation line 21. At circulation line 21, the flow rate is detected by a flow rate sensor F3 and the temperature is detected by a temperature sensor T2, and based on the detection data, a control unit 8 is used to control the temperature of the circulated high boiling point component by means of a temperature regulating unit 6 and thereby to suppress temperature and pressure fluctuations of the above-mentioned reaction system.

A fluidized bed gasification system which comprises a fluidized bed gasification reactor having a bottom ash discharge outlet below the reactor, wherein an L-valve is used to control the rate of bottom ash discharge. The L-valve uses an aeration port located on distal side of the L-valve vertical pipe at a location that is above the center line of the horizontal pipe. Also provided are methods of controlling the bottom ash discharge as well the fluidized reaction bed height of the system.

An apparatus for preventing a light leakage from a light guide plate may include a sensing unit to sense at least one side surface of a light guide plate, a dispenser to discharge a reflective material to the at least one side surface of the light guide plate, the reflective material used to prevent light generated from a back light unit from leaking from the side surface of the light guide plate, and a control unit to control the dispenser.

Provided is a radiofrequency balloon catheter system that allows inflation / deflation of the balloon in a controlled manner to enable the same to easily pass through the stenosis site without significantly changing the profile of a balloon (6). When a coolant is injected into the inside of the balloon (6), the balloon is inflated while discharging the coolant to the outside of the balloon (6), thus cooling the balloon (6) while applying a pressure to the balloon (6), with an intima being protected by perfusing the inside of the balloon (6) with a coolant. The radiofrequency balloon catheter system comprises a catheter shaft (1) comprising an inner tube shaft (3) and an outer tube shaft (2) that are slidable with each other; and a resilient balloon (6) that is inflatable and deflatable and provided between distal ends (4) of the inner tube shaft (3) and the outer tube shaft (2), said balloon (6) covering the inner tube shaft (3). The balloon (6) and the inner tube shaft (3) are in close proximity with each other to define a check valve (8). When the solution within the balloon (6) is suctioned to turn the pressure inside the balloon (6) to negative, the check valve (8) is closed and then the balloon (6) is deflated. Also, when a coolant is injected thereinto, the balloon (6) is inflated to open the check valve (8), thereby discharging the coolant to the outside. The radiofrequency balloon catheter system further includes an electrode for delivery of radiofrequency current (11) connected to a radiofrequency generator via a connecting wire (42) within said catheter shaft (1); and a solution transport path being in constant communication with an inside of the balloon (6) and connected to a liquid feed pump (29) for feeding a coolant (C).

Herein is reported a method for producing a thymocyte supernatant comprising the steps of co-cultivating thymocytes and mononuclear cells at a cell ratio of at least 0.5:1.2 in the presence of phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate and Phytohemagglutinin M for up to 60 hours, and separating the co-cultivation medium from the cells and thereby producing the thymocyte supernatant.

The present disclosure provides energy control systems for whole home and partial home backup with integrated breaker spaces and metering. The energy control system includes a grid interconnection electrically coupled to a utility grid, a backup power interconnection electrically coupled to a backup power source, a backup load interconnection electrically coupled to at least one backup load, and a non-backup load interconnection electrically coupled to at least one non-backup load. The energy control system includes a microgrid interconnection device that switches between an on-grid mode to electrically connect the grid interconnection and the backup power interconnection with the backup and non-backup load interconnections and a backup mode to electrically disconnect the grid interconnection and the non-backup load interconnection from the backup power interconnection.

The invention discloses GIL conductor three-post insulator crimping equipment, which relates to the technical field of high-voltage and extra-high-voltage power transmission and transformation bus (GIL) dust-free assembly. The three-post insulator crimping equipment comprises two crimping plates and an oil cylinder, two ends of an insulator are sleeved with the two crimping plates, the oil cylinder is contracted through working of a hydraulic station, and a three-post insulator is crimped to a designed position on a conductor by using a taper hole in a crimping plate mold. Through the design of the crimping plate structure, the design of the fixed plate is combined, and the contraction pressure of the oil cylinder is utilized, so that the three-post insulator is crimped on the conductor.

The invention relates to the technical field of dust-free assembly of high-voltage and extra-high-voltage power transmission and transformation buses (GIL) and particularly relates to GIL conductor three-post insulator crimping equipment. The equipment comprises an upper fixing plate, a pull rod is horizontally arranged on one side of each upper fixing plate; a first upper crimping plate is vertically arranged at one end of the pull rod, an oil cylinder is horizontally and fixedly installed between one side of the upper fixing plate and one side of the first upper crimping plate through screws, a telescopic shaft is arranged in the oil cylinder and extends to the exterior of the first upper crimping plate, and a second upper crimping plate is fixedly arranged at one end of the telescopic shaft in a sleeving mode. The crimping position is fixed through the upper fixing plate and the lower fixing plate without displacement; compared with a traditional screw fixing plate, the crimping method has the advantages that contact with the surface of the conductor can be reduced, pollution to the surface of the conductor is reduced at the same time, the discharge rate is reduced, the applicability is high, the production efficiency is greatly improved, and the assembly quality is guaranteed.

The invention relates to the technical field of artificial intelligence, and aims to provide a big-data-driven mahjong artificial intelligence algorithm, which can find a specific solution under limited resources. According to the big-data-driven mahjong artificial intelligence algorithm, a method comprises the following steps: mahjong tile playing processes in historical mahjong tile games are selected; node mahjong tiles in the tile playing processes are extracted and stored according to constituent components to serve as behavior guide of AI; and the AI performs mahjong tile playing based on the behavior guide according to the node components of the current mahjong tiles.

Disclosed are embodiments of a pixel imaging circuit that incorporates a standard photodiode. However, the imaging circuit is modified with a feedback loop to provide a first photo response over a first portion of the light sensing range (e.g., at higher light intensity range) and a second reduced-sensitivity photo response over a second portion of the light sensing range (i.e., at a lower light intensity range), thereby extending the circuits dynamic range of coverage. Also disclosed are embodiments of an associated imaging method and a design structure that is embodied in a machine readable medium and used in the imaging circuit design process.