This invention provides a new class of medical devices and implants comprising amorphous metal alloys. A multiplexer and a demultiplexer switch between the two check node processing devices, and a memory holds the two sorts of data. Further, the menu guide unit 123 is constructed to perform only the display of menus, whereas the menu selection unit 127 is constructed in the form of a touch screen so that an arbitrary menu can be selected among the menus displayed on the menu guide unit 123. In the described embodiment, the appliance hard drive is configured with multiple partitions that can be utilized to boot the appliance thereby reducing the chances that the appliance will not boot. The second measurement system allows the detection of extended measurement data which, in addition to cross-sectional images, also includes the wavefront profile, so that not only geometric eye parameters but also optical characteristics of the eye, in particular optical characteristics of the eye lens, can be determined on the basis of the detected measurement data. 1 to 4, as polynucleotides having polymorphism sites capable of being useful indicators for prediction of validity of interferon therapy.