A system and method for control of an electric power distribution system is provided, which uses a communication network for centralized monitoring and control of the supply of electricity to a load. The compounds of 1-O-acetylbritannilactone or 1,6-O,O-diacetylbritannilactone are isolated and used for inducing apoptosis in cells and for treating cancer in an animal. In the process of patterning MIM capacitor electrodes, the MIM capacitor dielectric layer can be directly used as an anti-reflection layer. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system.