Abstract: A system of health care service and an associated method of the administration thereof to a plurality of subscribers including a providing entity organizationally structured to implement a health care program which includes categorizing subscribers desirous of health care service, including preventative services, into a plurality of predetermined profiles. The profiles are defined by personal characteristics including age, gender, clinical history, etc. and each profile is associated with a predetermined curative or preventative treatment regimen with which a respective subscriber is expected to comply. An incentive system is implemented to motivate the subscribers into compliance with the assigned treatment regimen and comprises the assignment of credits and penalties based on a degree of compliance with the treatment regimen. Valuable consideration is awarded to the subscriber evidencing a satisfactory degree of compliance.

Abstract: A method for oxidizing primary amino alcohol, primary or secondary alkenol or alkynol to the corresponding acid or ketone, wherein a primary amino alcohol, a primary or secondary alkenol or alkynol as a substrate is oxidized to the corresponding ketone in the presence of an equimolar amount or a molar excess, based on the alcoholic hydroxyl groups, of periodate, catalytic amounts of dichromate or CrO3, and in the presence of an acid, in water, a water/solvent mixture or in a solvent at a temperature of ?20° C. to +50° C. to give the corresponding acid or corresponding ketone.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for oxidizing primary amino alcohols, primary or secondary alkenols or alkinols into the corresponding acids or ketones. According to said method, a primary amino alcohol or a primary or secondary alkenol or alkinol is oxidized in the form of a substrate, in the presence of an equimolar quantity of periodate or a molar excess thereof in relation to the alcoholic hydroxy groups and catalytic quantities of dichromate or CrO3 and in the presence of an acid in water, a water/solvent mixture or a solvent at a temperature of −20 ° C. to +50 ° C., to produce the corresponding acid or the corresponding ketone.