In a non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, electrical power is adaptively managed. The media may have associated therewith an indicia that the media is designed to be scanned and digitally manipulated in accordance with a predetermined algorithm for printing andor displaying the image. Wherein, the nickel precursor compound is converted to the metallic nickel powders through reduction by the organic base and the polyol. An array for detecting a genetic predisposition to renal disease using probes complementary to the tag SNPs in the non-coding region of the MYH9 gene are also disclosed.