Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening providing access to the interior. A tub can be located within the interior and can at least partially define a liquid chamber. A drum is rotatably mounted within the liquid chamber and at least partially defines a treating chamber. A clothes mover is located within the treating chamber and rotatable about a vertical axis. The clothes mover can include a base and a barrel.

Abstract: The present technology provides a mechanical conflict device operable to assess a physiologic experience; for example, pain or drug addiction in an animal, the device comprising: a housing having a floor connected to a plurality of walls, the floor and plurality of walls defining: a holding compartment, an alley compartment connected to the holding compartment, the alley compartment has a plurality of perforations disposed on the floor of the alley compartment, and a compensatory compartment connected to the alley compartment. The compensatory compartment is operable to provide a positive stimulus to the animal. The device also includes a noxious mechanical stimulus the noxious mechanical stimulus having a platform, a plurality of pins disposed on the platform and a platform raising mechanism capable of raising the plurality of pins through the plurality of perforations in the floor of the alley compartment.

Abstract: In a master speed regulator system for a multi-stand rolling mill, a control system and method for switching a pivot stand via a bumpless transfer back and forth from the second stand to the last stand depending on the phases of the mill and while the mill is operating. A microprocessor is used for recalculating the master speed reference B1, the integral values for the master speed reference integral controller, and the outputs for the tension/automatic gauge integral controllers for the new pivot state based on conditions of the previous pivot state.

Abstract: An improved process for the production of ##STR1## FROM ##STR2## WHICH PRODUCES BUT DOES NOT ISOLATE AN INTERMEDIATE ##STR3## WHICH COMPOUND IS RETAINED IN SITU AND MINIMIZES THE COMPLEX POLYMER FORM OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK OF AZO LINKAGES FORMED BY THE NITROSO AND AMINO GROUPS. These groups, as they appear in the nitroso intermediate, have carcinogenic possibilities. It has been found that the nitroso compound will precipitate as a stirrable slurry if the temperature parameter is kept low at about 0.degree.-20.degree. C. A preferred route for the production of the nitroso compound from the triamino starting material utilizes as reactants 1.0-1.05 moles of sodium nitrite and 1.5 moles of HOAc in water (HCl may be substituted for HOAc). In the second state of this sequential reaction, the reduction of nitroso is carried out by a reducing agent and one preferred agent is sodium dithionite. Catalytic agents such as Raney nickel and hydrazine or nickel salts, e.g.