Abstract: A system and method for replacing a customer's debit card payment with a one-time loan at a point of sale (POS) is disclosed. The method receives, at a POS, a debit card input from a customer to be used as a transaction payment. The POS obtains, from the debit card input, identification information for the customer. A total monetary amount of the transaction payment and the identification information is provided to a one-time loan provider's computer system. The one-time loan provider's system uses the customer identification information to perform a credit screening for the total monetary amount of the transaction payment. The one-time loan provider's system provides to the POS a one-time loan offer for the customer. The one-time loan offer to be used in place of the debit card input to make the transaction payment.

Abstract: A system and method for replacing a customer's debit card payment with a one-time loan at a point of sale (POS) is disclosed. The method receives, at a POS, a debit card input from a customer to be used as a transaction payment. The POS obtains, from the debit card input, identification information for the customer. A total monetary amount of the transaction payment and the identification information is provided to a one-time loan provider's computer system. The one-time loan provider's system uses the customer identification information to perform a credit screening for the total monetary amount of the transaction payment. The one-time loan provider's system provides to the POS a one-time loan offer for the customer. The one-time loan offer to be used in place of the debit card input to make the transaction payment.

Abstract: A system and method for replacing a customer's debit card payment with a one-time loan at a point of sale (POS) is disclosed. The method receives, at a POS, a debit card input from a customer to be used as a transaction payment. The POS obtains, from the debit card input, identification information for the customer. A total monetary amount of the transaction payment and the identification information is provided to a one-time loan provider's computer system. The one-time loan provider's system uses the customer identification information to perform a credit screening for the total monetary amount of the transaction payment. The one-time loan provider's system provides to the POS a one-time loan offer for the customer. The one-time loan offer to be used in place of the debit card input to make the transaction payment.

Abstract: A system and method for replacing a customer's debit card payment with a one-time loan at a point of sale (POS) is disclosed. The method receives, at a POS, a debit card input from a customer to be used as a transaction payment. The POS obtains, from the debit card input, identification information for the customer. A total monetary amount of the transaction payment and the identification information is provided to a one-time loan provider's computer system. The one-time loan provider's system uses the customer identification information to perform a credit screening for the total monetary amount of the transaction payment. The one-time loan provider's system provides to the POS a one-time loan offer for the customer. The one-time loan offer to be used in place of the debit card input to make the transaction payment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating a human patient in need of growth hormone therapy by periodically administering to the human patient for more than two weeks an effective amount of a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a fusion protein whose amino acid sequence is set forth as SEQ ID NO:1, so as to thereby treat the human patient. The present invention also provides a method of treating a human patient in need of growth hormone therapy by administering to the human patient, in a clinically effective regimen, a clinically effective dose of a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a fusion protein whose amino acid sequence is set forth as SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the clinically effective dose and clinically effective regimen are selected by a series of steps.

Abstract: In a system having a component 106 which is capable of reacting with a gaseous contaminant in a gas stream, a purifier assembly 102 is positionable in the gas stream and comprises a purifier medium 112 that reacts with the gaseous contaminant in a manner in which is substantially similar to the manner in which the component 106 reacts with the gaseous contaminant.

Abstract: In a system having a component (106) which is capable of reacting with a gaseous contaminant in a gas stream, a purifier assembly (102) is positionable in the gas stream and comprises a purifier medium (112) that reacts with the gaseous contaminant in a manner in which is substantially similar to the manner in which the component (106) reacts with the gaseous contaminant.

Abstract: An intelligent caching router (ICR) balances the cost-saving and functionality-enhancing benefits of the application-service-provider (ASP) model of software delivery against the inherent risks of relying on networked computing. In so doing, the ICR makes the ASP model practical for services that require extremely high levels of reliability and availability. The ICR is inserted functionally between a (thin) client and the network (i.e., Internet, intranet or extranet) and performs certain operations, including the logging of “mission-critical” application state data; network connectivity monitoring; traditional backup routing features; mission-critical server emulation; and server resynchronization upon reconnection. When networking problems are detected, the ICR initially takes steps to try and restore connectivity. In taking such actions, the ICR is largely behaving as a traditional intelligent network router.