Abstract: Disclosed are uniquely labeled perturbation beads used alone or in combination with a capture bead. These perturbation beads are useful in drug discovery especially in assays conducted in a mapped assay device. Such a uniquely labeled perturbation bead, when used in an examination area of a mapped assay device, allows for correlating the sequence of nucleic acids and other components from a lysed cell to the specific examination area where the nucleic acid was retrieved.

Abstract: Disclosed are capture beads that are suitable for use in an assay device which is configured to correlate the capture bead to a specific examination area in the device as well as correlating any captured nucleic acid or other cellular components generated during the assay to that bead.

Abstract: Disclosed are uniquely labeled perturbation beads used alone or in combination with a capture bead. These perturbation beads are useful in drug discovery especially in assays conducted in a mapped assay device. Such a uniquely labeled perturbation bead, when used in an examination area of a mapped assay device, allows for correlating the sequence of nucleic acids and other components from a lysed cell to the specific examination area where the nucleic acid was retrieved.

Abstract: Methods are presented for the manufacture of tubular components having complex geometries. An exemplary method includes performing three radial forging operations on a workpiece that includes a bore along a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end opposite the first end. The first radial forging operation includes holding the workpiece at the second end, and radially forging at least a portion of a first region proximal to the first end of the workpiece. The second radial forging operation includes holding the workpiece at the first end, and radially forging at least a first portion of a second region of the workpiece, the second region extending from the second end to a third region adjoining the first region. The third radial forging operation includes holding the workpiece at the first end, and radially forging at least a second portion of the second region of the workpiece.

Abstract: A beverage dispense font incorporating a portable cooling device is provided wherein the portable cooling device cools an outer housing of the dispense font in order to encourage ice formation on the dispense font. Unique visual effects can be obtained with ice formation on the outer housing of the dispense font, and the portable cooling device therefore enables independent cooling of the outer housing without redesign or modification of the existing glycol cooling system used to cool the dispensed beverage. The portable cooling device can be inherently small in size due to relatively minimal cooling capacity requirements for cooling just the outer housing of the dispense font. The dispense font and portable cooling device may be moved from location to location thereby greatly enhancing the capability to provide a frozen-appearing dispense font to many locations.

Abstract: A beverage dispense font incorporating a portable cooling device is provided wherein the portable cooling device cools an outer housing of the dispense font in order to encourage ice formation on the dispense font. Unique visual effects can be obtained with ice formation on the outer housing of the dispense font, and the portable cooling device therefore enables independent cooling of the outer housing without redesign or modification of the existing glycol cooling system used to cool the dispensed beverage. The portable cooling device can be inherently small in size due to relatively minimal cooling capacity requirements for cooling just the outer housing of the dispense font. The dispense font and portable cooling device may be moved from location to location thereby greatly enhancing the capability to provide a frozen-appearing dispense font to many locations.