Abstract:
A method for creating a special purpose entity of high credit quality with an initial amount of investment capital, comprising the steps of: acquiring an initial amount of capital; using this investment capital to acquire a plurality of life insurance policies by executing life settlement contracts; appointing a trustee to administer the acquired life insurance policies by paying ongoing premium obligations and receiving policy benefits; performing a valuation of the underlying life insurance policies; stripping the death benefit assets from the policies and transferring or assigning them to vehicle; stripping the premium obligations from the policy and transferring or assigning them to a bankruptcy remote vehicle for consideration; transferring or assigning the premium obligations to a reinsurance company or reinsurance captive entity; paying the reinsurance company or reinsurance captive entity to assume to the premium obligations; creating a plurality of senior class securities such that cash flows for the senior class of securities are received on or before a stated date with high statistical confidence; and creating a plurality of less senior classes of securities with cash flows that are received with a lower statistical confidence.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for treating cancer comprising administering a combination of gemcitabine and a liposomal platinum complex, pharmaceutical compositions comprising gemcitabine and a liposomal platinum complex, and kits comprising unit dosage forms of gemcitabine and a liposomal platinum complex.
Abstract:
A method for treating a lymphoma selected from non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphoma comprising administering an organoarsenic compound having a structure of the formula (I) wherein X is S or Se and R 1 and R 2 are independently C 1-30 alkyl (R 3 , R 3' , R 4 , R 5 , W and "n" are as defined in claim 1 ) in particular where the compound is S-dimethylarsinoglutathione, N-(2-S-dimethylarsinothiopropionyl)glycine, 2- amino-3-(dimethylarsino)thio-3-methylbutanoic acid, S-dimethylarsino-thiosuccinic acid or S-dipropylarsino-l - thioglycerol.
Abstract:
A method for creating a special purpose entity of high credit quality with an initial amount of investment capital, comprising the steps of: acquiring an initial amount of capital; using this investment capital to acquire a plurality of life insurance policies by executing life settlement contracts; appointing a trustee to administer the acquired life insurance policies by paying ongoing premium obligations and receiving policy benefits; performing a valuation of the underlying life insurance policies; stripping the death benefit assets from the policies and transferring or assigning them to vehicle; stripping the premium obligations from the policy and transferring or assigning them to a bankruptcy remote vehicle for consideration; transferring or assigning the premium obligations to a reinsurance company or reinsurance captive entity; paying the reinsurance company or reinsurance captive entity to assume to the premium obligations; creating a plurality of senior class securities such that cash flows for the senior class of securities are received on or before a stated date with high statistical confidence; and creating a plurality of less senior classes of securities with cash flows that are received with a lower statistical confidence.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for treating cancer comprising administering a combination of a liposomal platinum complex and one or more additional anticancer agents, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a liposomal platinum complex and one or more additional anticancer agents, and kits comprising unit doses of a liposomal platinum complex and one or more additional anticancer agents.
Abstract:
A wireless communication terminal (200) including a controller that configures a transceiver to monitor first and second wireless communication networks on which the terminal is concurrently registered. The controller also configures the transceiver to transmit information, for example, area update information, to only the first network while concurrently registered to both the first and second networks, wherein the information transmitted to the first network includes information intended for the second networks and the first network forwards the information to the second network.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for treating cancer comprising administering a combination of 5-fluorouracil or a derivative thereof and a liposomal platinum complex. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising 5-fluorouracil or a derivative thereof and a liposomal platinum complex, and kits comprising unit doses of 5-fluorouracil or a derivative thereof and liposomal platinum complex.
Abstract:
A web server (1) responds to a request message from a remote user device (2) by dynamically generating web page code capable of being interpreted by the user device. A device type identifier (45) is extracted from the request message and is input to a code generating engine (25) which interprets stored instructions for generating the web page code with reference to selected device dependent information corresponding to the device type identifier. The web page information is stored as a content document comprising a set of instructions written in a script language. The web server generates web pages in an appropriate form for each user device without the need to convert web pages from one form to another.
Abstract:
Provided is a scheme for implementing flexible control of subject authorizations (i.e. the authorizations which users or processes have) to perform operations in relation to computer resources. The methods, computer systems and authorization facilities which are provided by the invention enhance the security provisions of operating systems which have only very limited authorization facilities, by mapping the available operating system permissions to specified resource authorities for each of a set of aspects or characteristics of a computer system resource. Thus, the standard operating system permissions (e.g. read, write, execute) can have different meanings for different resource aspects, and an individual subject can have separate authorization levels set for the different resource aspects. The mappings between authorities and the available permissions may be different for different types of resources. The invention provides great flexibility in setting the authorizations that a subject may have in relation to particular resources.
Abstract:
The invention provides data communication systems and methods in which information for routing of messages between nodes of a commnunications network is provided by a directory service (300 such as DCE directory service), accessible from all network nodes. The provision of such information by the directory service removes the requirement for routing tables to be set up and maintained at each of the network nodes, which maintenance can involve considerable network traffic in dynamically changing networks or problems of inconsistent data being held at different nodes. The invention also identifies what minimum network configuration information must be held in a directory service for use in message-route determination, providing systems for and methods of route determination which use a directory service storing lists of each node's nearest neighbour nodes only.