Abstract: A method of making a cereal product in one embodiment includes mixing at least the following ingredients together to form a primarily granular mixture: between about 50% and about 90% oats, a non-sugar sweetener present in a volumetric ratio of from about 1:1000 to about 1:3000, between about 1% and about 10% ground flaxseed meal, between about 1% and about 7% olive oil, and between 0% and about 3% salt. The method further includes spreading the mixture on a cooking surface; baking the mixture on the cooking surface until the mixture is toasted; and disrupting the mixture at least once during the baking. Various embodiments of a baked cereal product are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of making a cereal product according to one embodiment includes mixing at least the following ingredients together to form a primarily granular mixture: between about 50% and about 85% oats, between about 5% and about 12% sweetener, between about 1% and about 7% ground flaxseed meal, between about 1% and about 5% oil, and between 0% and about 2% salt. The mixture is spread on a cooking surface. The mixture on the cooking surface is baked until the mixture is toasted. The mixture is disrupted at least once during the baking. A baked cereal product according to one embodiment includes a primarily granular baked mixture of the following ingredients: between about 50% and about 85% oats, between about 5% and about 12% sweetener, between about 1% and about 7% ground flaxseed meal, between about 1% and about 5% oil, and between 0% and about 2% salt. Additional methods and products are also presented.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an animal diaper comprises a main body having an upper end, a lower end, an upper portion positioned towards the upper end, a lower portion positioned towards the lower end, an absorbent portion, a tail opening, and an axis extending between the upper and lower ends. The animal diaper also includes first members extending from the lower portion for coupling to the upper portion and second members extending from the lower portion between the first members and the lower end, distal ends of the second members having cooperating fasteners for coupling together. In addition, a spacing between the first and the second members along a wearing animal's back is less than a width of one of the second members measured in a direction parallel to the axis when the wearing animal is standing, and the spacing increases as the wearing animal moves towards a sitting position.

Abstract: A radiation detector (10) has a base (30), a frame (48), a window (46), and solder layers (50, 52) formed from a solder pre-form (58, 60) to define a vacuum chamber (56). Feedthroughs (18, 40, 44) penetrate the base (30) for electrical connection to internal components. A method for sealing the detector (10) aligns a lower detector assembly (62), the frame (48) the window (46), and the solder pre-forms (58, 60) in a non-sealed relation within a processing chamber (80, 94). High temperature and low pressure is imposed, and the getter (42) is activated by resistive heating imposed by current leads (88). The window (46), frame (48), and lower detector assembly (62) are then pressed together and sealed by the liquefied solder pre-forms (58, 60). The method eliminates the need for a seal port, combines several steps within the processing chamber (80, 94), and eliminates certain prior art cleaning steps.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing optically-transparent lids includes etching sub-wavelength structures on a surface of a lid wafer. The structures may be arrayed in a hexagonally closed-packed pattern.