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The present invention relates to methods of formulating analyte data databases, the databases themselves, and methods of manipulating the same. In one aspect the present invention includes the formulation of analyte data points, derived data, and data attributes databases comprising data points coll

The present invention relates to methods of formulating analyte data databases, the databases themselves, and methods of manipulating the same. In one aspect the present invention includes the formulation of analyte data points, derived data, and data attributes databases comprising data points collected using an analyte monitoring device capable of frequent monitoring of analyte concentrations or amounts. Such data points may comprise acquired data (e.g., values corresponding to analyte concentrations or amounts as measured by said analyte monitoring device). These data points are then associated with one or more relevant data attributes. The resulting databases may be manipulated to determine relationships among the components of the database.

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The present invention relates to methods of formulating analyte data databases, the databases themselves, and methods of manipulating the same. In one aspect the present invention includes the formulation of analyte data points, derived data, and data attributes databases comprising data points coll

The present invention relates to methods of formulating analyte data databases, the databases themselves, and methods of manipulating the same. In one aspect the present invention includes the formulation of analyte data points, derived data, and data attributes databases comprising data points collected using an analyte monitoring device capable of frequent monitoring of analyte concentrations or amounts. Such data points may comprise acquired data (e.g., values corresponding to analyte concentrations or amounts as measured by said analyte monitoring device). These data points are then associated with one or more relevant data attributes. The resulting databases may be manipulated to determine relationships among the components of the database. n claim 1 wherein said heating element, said cooling element means, and said thermal insulating element are each infrared transmissive elements. 3. A device as in claim 2 wherein said infrared transmissive window is a layered window and said cooling element means and said thermal insulating element each comprise a layer of said layered window. 4. A device as in claim 2-3 wherein said thermal insulating element comprises a layer of said layered window. 5. A device as in claim 4 wherein said heating element is selected from a group consisting of a heat exchanger, an optical heater, an infrared heater, a radio-frequency heater, an electrical resistance heating grid, a thermoelectric heater, and a wire bridge heating grid. 6. A device as in claim 4 wherein said cooling element means is selected from a group consisting of a convection air cooler, a passive conduction cooler, and an active conduction cooler. 7. A device as in claim 1 wherein said heating element is selected from a group consisting of a heat exchanger, an optical heater, an infrared heater, a radio-frequency heater, an electrical resistance heating grid, a thermoelectric heater, and a wire bridge heating grid. 8. A device as in claim 1 wherein said cooling element means is selected from a group consisting of a convection air cooler, a passive conduction cooler, and an active conduction cooler. 9. A device for determining analyte concentrations within sample tissues, the device comprising in operative combination: a layered window assembly having a plurality of infrared transmissive element means for inducing a temperature gradient in said sample tissue, said infrared transmissive element means including a heating element, a cooling element, and a thermal insulating element; the thermal insulating element in operative combination with said heating element and said cooling element; and an infrared radiation detector assembly. 10. A device as in claim 9 wherein said heating element comprises a heating grid. 11. A device as in claim 9 wherein said cooling element is a thermal electric cooler. 12. A device as in claim 9 wherein said cooling element further includes a heat sink. 13. A device as in claim 12 wherein said heat sink further includes a phase change material. 14. A device as in claim 9 wherein said infrared radiation detector assembly includes an optical scrambler. 15. The device of claim 9, wherein said device further includes a signal processing system for receiving and processing data from said infrared radiation detector assembly. 16. A device as in claim 9 wherein said infrared radiation detector assembly includes a radiation detector selected from the group consisting of discrete infrared band-pass filters and detectors, an interferometer, a spectrophotometer, a grating monochromator, Fabry-Perot filters, room temperature micro-bolometers, and a variable filter monochromator. 17. A device as in claim 9 wherein said radiation detector comprises a plurality of infrared band-pass filters and detectors optimized for the detection of at least one specific analyte. 18. A device as in claim 17 wherein said infrared radiation detector is optimized for the detection of glucose. 19. A device as in claim 18 wherein said plurality of infrared bandpass filters include filters having bandpass wavelengths of about 9.3 μm and 9.6 μm. 20. A device as in claim 18 wherein said plurality of infrared bandpass filters include filters having bandpass wavelengths in the range of about 8 μm to 9 μm and 10 μm to 11 μm. 21. A device as in claim 17 wherein said plurality of infrared bandpass filters include filters optimized for the measurement of water, said filters having bandpass wavelengths in the range of about 5.9 μm to 6.2 μm and about 11.5 μm to 13 μm. 22. A device as in claim 17 wherein said plurality of infrared bandpass filters include filters optimized for the measurement of water, said filters having bandpass wavelengths in the range of about 10 μm to 1