A general, efficient, and environmentally friendly method is provided for producing mostly \u03b2-epoxides of \u03945-unsaturated steroids using certain ketones as the catalyst along with an oxidizing agent, or by using certain dioxiranes. The method entails reading customer information for a first customer and for a second customer, and then utilizing personal identification information obtained from other sources to determine if the first customer is the same as the second customer. The selected license-issuing request conversion function part converts the data into data corresponding to performance of the information receiving apparatus in accordance with the terms of use for using the content and the profile ID. The first fixed parts in each case support two types of time slot but signal in dependence on the capacity utilization of the second fixed parts, which only support one type of time slot, that they support the second or the first and second type of time slot. The first spinneret orifice distal end may be configured to be located outside of the medical device lumen and between about 0. The preparation of these compounds is also disclosed.