The use of a solvent for bitumen extraction, either from mined oil sands or in situ. The active mass damper includes a support unit for supporting a weight movably and horizontally, a motor for driving the weight, and a controller for controlling the motor. Preferably the cartridges are removable and interchangeable to facilitate the production of individual analytic substrates having different coatings or different coating patterns. The first range of formats does not include a format that is in the second range of formats. Thus, the database is continuously populated as routine, successful communications occur over the database.