The invention relates to a composite material, a method for controlling the thermal effects generated in a physicochemical process using said material, and applications of the material and the method. The medical information is analyzed to extract further information using information extractors and to store extracted medical information in the concept frame data structure. This system incorporates unique distributional piping schemes enabling periodic removal of suspended solids from otherwise inaccessible structures. The disclosed test strip includes at least one reaction site for testing analyte concentrations and a means for linking to many commercially available test strip meters to provide readout of the analyte concentration. Also included is the composition formed following the method. The semiconductor device may further include a reflowable dielectric layer covering an upper surface of the particulate insulating layer, the insulating particles being stable at the melting point or the softening point of the reflowable dielectric layer.