Abstract: A method and system for facilitating direct trading of electronic transactions are provided. The method includes receiving a request to approve an electronic transaction; determining if the received electronic transaction is approved based in part on a risk score set for the received electronic transactions; tranching the received electronic transaction in a transferable tranche, wherein the transferable tranche includes a plurality of plurality of approved electronic transactions issued by at least two different users; and providing the transferable tranche to a trading platform to perform at least one action on each of the approved electronic transactions.

Abstract: A CT scanner comprising: a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation: an X-ray source mounted to the rotor having a focal spot from which an X-ray beam emanates; an X-ray detector array comprising a plurality of X-ray detectors for detecting X-rays in the X-ray beam; wherein the detector array has at least one high resolution region in which detectors have a high packing density and at least one low resolution region in which detectors have a low packing density and are separated by X-ray insensitive regions substantially larger than insensitive regions resulting from septa between detectors that function to reduce detector cross talk.

Abstract: A biomedical system for targeted delivery of a therapeutic agent to a tissue region of a subject is provided. The biomedical system comprises: (a) a biomedical device including: (i) a device body designed and configured for implantation within the tissue region of the subject; and (ii) a first member of a binding pair attached to a surface of said device body; and (b) a delivery vehicle including: (i) a carrier particle designed for carrying the therapeutic agent; (ii) a second member of said binding pair attached to said carrier particle, said second member of said binding pair being capable of specifically interacting with said first member of said binding pair thereby enabling targeting of said delivery vehicle to said biomedical device when implanted within said tissue region.