Abstract: An apparatus for depositing and staining a cellular sample, includes a slide processing module comprising a specimen input port (SIP) dock configured to receive a SIP consumable comprising the cellular sample, and position the SIP consumable such that a spray nozzle of the SIP consumable and an air nozzle of the slide processing module are aligned prior to a deposition operation, and a user interface configured receive an input from a user that configures the deposition operation and a staining operation, and an auxiliary systems module, coupled to the slide processing module, comprising a chassis including a removable storage container configured to hold a plurality of bottles comprising one or more of a reagent, a buffer solution, or an ethanol-based fixative, and an electronics subsystem configured to execute, based on the input from the user, a pre-programmed protocol for the deposition operation and the staining operation.

Abstract: A transistor (100), including a planar semiconducting substrate (36), a source (42) formed on the substrate, a first drain (102) formed on the substrate, and a second drain (104) formed on the substrate in a location physically separated from the first drain. At least one gate (38, 40) is formed on the substrate and is configured to selectably apply an electrical potential to the substrate in either a first spatial pattern, which causes a first conductive path (62) to be established within the substrate from the source to the first drain, or a second spatial pattern, which causes a second conductive path to be established within the substrate from the source to the second drain.

Abstract: A transistor (100), including a planar semiconducting substrate (36), a source (42) formed on the substrate, a first drain (102) formed on the substrate, and a second drain (104) formed on the substrate in a location physically separated from the first drain. At least one gate (38, 40) is formed on the substrate and is configured to selectably apply an electrical potential to the substrate in either a first spatial pattern, which causes a first conductive path (62) to be established within the substrate from the source to the first drain, or a second spatial pattern, which causes a second conductive path to be established within the substrate from the source to the second drain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to chemically-modified polynucleotides of formula (I): 5?-CONS-SEQ.ID.n-CONS-3? (I) containing one or more modified pyrimidines and at least one inverted nucleotide repeat, and to the method for producing the same.

Abstract: A pelvic floor muscle training and profiling apparatus for inserting into a body cavity of a human, said apparatus comprising; a body having a distal end, an opposite proximal end and an outer surface, the body extending between said ends, a sensor array encompassed in the body, the sensor array comprising a sensor unit, the sensor unit being adapted for detecting an exterior force applied to the outer surface of the body, a micro-control unit adapted to receive sensor data from the sensor array, wherein the sensor unit is adapted for detecting a specific position of the exterior force applied to the outer surface of the body.

Abstract: A transistor (100), including a planar semiconducting substrate (36), a source (42) formed on the substrate, a first drain (102) formed on the substrate, and a second drain (104) formed on the substrate in a location physically separated from the first drain. At least one gate (38, 40) is formed on the substrate and is configured to selectably apply an electrical potential to the substrate in either a first spatial pattern, which causes a first conductive path (62) to be established within the substrate from the source to the first drain, or a second spatial pattern, which causes a second conductive path to be established within the substrate from the source to the second drain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to chemically-modified polynucleotides of formula (I): 5?-CONS-SEQ.ID.n-CONS-3? (I) containing one or more modified pyrimidines and at least one inverted nucleotide repeat, and to the method for producing the same.