A security article includes a light transmissive substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, with the first surface having an embossed region with an optical diffraction pattern or a holographic image pattern. The sample processing systems include a rotating base plate on which the sample processing devices are located during operation of the systems. The fan is for radiating heat from a hard disk and the protocol-control-information long card. The product includes a storage medium having computer readable programmed instructions recorded thereon. |\u03b1\u2212| is 15 degrees or less, where \u03b1 is the twist angle of the central core strand and \u03b2 and \u03b3 are the twist angles of the first-layer strands and first concentric strand layer, and the single wires are made of an aluminum or aluminum alloy to have elongation of 2% or more. Pharmaceutical compositions useful in treating cancer containing a Ras antagonist comprising FTS, or analogs thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and 2DG are also disclosed.