The present invention relates to methods for the analysis of nucleic acids present in biological samples, and more specifically to normalize a high resolution melt curve to assist in the identification of one or more properties of the nucleic acids. The present invention provides methods and systems that incorporate a background identification algorithm according to invention principles using raw melt curve data to identify reactions that are unrelated actual DNA melt reactions. Furthermore, a web-based application for analyzing experimental data is provided. The raw experimental data obtained from a variety of instruments is processed and analyzed on a server and presented to a user through a user interface (UI).

Disclosed is a specimen analysis method for analyzing a specimen regarding a plurality of measurement items, the specimen analysis method comprising: measuring a first measurement item and a second measurement item on the basis of a measurement order; executing a process related to a time difference between a measurement of the first measurement item and a measurement of the second measurement item; and obtaining a calculation value from a measurement value of the first measurement item and a measurement value of the second measurement item.

A geological core inspection system that includes a table to support core samples for inspection, a robotic geological core inspection system including a core sample sensing system to acquire sample inspection data (including an imaging sensor and a core sample position sensor), a core sample interaction system (including a dispensing system and a scoring system), and a robotic positioning system, and a control and communications system to provide for remote control of the core sample sensing system. The system further including a remote geological core inspection system to receive and communicate remote commands specifying requested operations of the robotic geological core inspection system (the control and communications system adapted to control operation of the core sample sensing system in response to the remote commands to perform the requested operations) and receive and present core data.

A method of controlling a blood analyzer for measuring platelets is provided. The method comprises: determining a relationship between at least one first measurement value obtained by detecting platelets in at least one previous test by an electrical type detector of the blood analyzer and at least one second measurement value obtained by detecting the platelets in the at least one previous test by an optical type detector of the blood analyzer, and controlling the blood analyzer to prepare the first and/or second measurement sample for a current test according to the determined relationship.

A viewer for analysis includes: a communication unit for receiving analysis results for each of a plurality of samples, the analysis results being different in type from each other and outputted from a plurality of types of analyzers; a display unit for displaying the analysis results received by the communication unit; a control unit for controlling the display unit; and a first selection means for selecting at least two or more display target samples from the plurality of samples. The display unit includes a display area for displaying the analysis results by the plurality of types of analyzers for each of the at least two or more display target samples; and a list display area for displaying at least two or more display areas in a list, the at least two or more display areas corresponding to the at least two or more display target samples.

Provided are an automatic analyzer and a maintenance method for an automatic analyzer that can reduce an operation of a user relating to maintenance in a plurality of maintenance operation processes. The automatic analyzer includes an analysis unit 111 including a plurality of components and configured to analyze a specimen, and an overall control unit 134 configured to control an operation of the analysis unit 111. The analysis unit 111 is provided with a sensor that monitors states of the components, and when the sensor detects that an operator executed a specific operation on the components, the overall control unit 134 requests confirmation as to whether execution status of a maintenance operation needs to be updated.

In one embodiment, a diagnostic system includes an instrument coupled to a client device and having at least one sample processing bay. The diagnostic system has a software architecture including instrument software (ISW) associated with the instrument. The ISW receives an assay definition file (ADF) that has a control file and an assay analysis module (AAM) file. The processing bay prepares and senses the sample according to parameters in the OPUS file and then generates sensor scan data. The diagnostic system then analyzes the sensor scan data and prepares a report according to the AAM file.

A system for titrating a solution is provided. The system includes a robotic arm, a titrator, a solution pump, an infusion pump, a scale, and an Autonomous cup dryer Carousel/Carriage. The system further includes a computer having a memory and a processor. The computer may be a programmable logic controller. The processor of the computer activates the solution pump to pump a solution into a drip chamber, directs the robotic arm to place a cup on the scale, activates the infusion pump to drip the solution from the drip chamber into the cup until a threshold weight has been reached, and directs the robotic arm to transport the cup to the titrator.

The behavior and/or internal activities of a microorganism can be simulated using a model of the microorganism. Such simulations can be used to determine the efficacy of treatments, disinfectants, antibiotics, chemotherapies, or other methods of interacting with the microorganism, or to provide some other information about the microorganism. Systems and methods are provided herein for fitting, refining, or otherwise improving such models in an automated fashion. Such systems and methods include performing whole-cell experiments to determine a correspondence between the predictions of such models and the actual behavior of samples of the microorganism. Such systems and methods also include, based on such determined correspondences, directly assessing determined discrete sets of properties of the microorganism and/or of constituents of the microorganism and updating parameters of the model corresponding to the properties of the discrete set such that the overall accuracy of the model is improved.

A method for supplying consumable items to an automated sample analyzer is presented. The automated analyzer comprises a consumable repository including two or more storage areas. Each area is configured to store a plurality of consumable items. The method comprises receiving one or more orders for analytical tests to be carried out by the analyzer, reserving consumable items corresponding to one or more sets of consumable items required for the analytical tests in a first area, switching to a second area for reserving consumable items in response to determining that a predetermined consumable item in the first area has been reserved, supplying the reserved consumable items for use in the one or more analytical tests and indicating that the first area can be replenished in response to determining that a particular consumable item of the first storage area has been used.