Microarray readers and methods that compensate for target spots that are too dim or too bright for the microarray reader to accurately measure. An indirect execution method and program instructions to support such execution are addressed. A proximal end of the first link is attached to the wrist so as to rotate around the predetermined axis. The invention is characterized in that the crosslinking andor polymerization is carried out in the presence of an initiator capable of being activated under electron beam andor gamma radiation comprising a boron derivative of formula MB 4. Ixolaris can be isolated from the salivary glands of ticks or made by recombinant methods using various DNA expression techniques.