Abstract: A carbon based electrode for the electrochemical reduction of sulfur or oxygen, which comprises an electrode core and, in electrical contact therewith, a structure comprising a porous particulate activated carbon bonded with a polymeric binder material, characterised in that the structure is at least 1 mm thick, in that the particulate activated carbon is prepared from a lignocellulosic material and has the following properties: i) a particle size in the range of from 200 to 850 &mgr;m; ii) a pore volume of from 0.45 to 1.0 cm3 per gram; iii) a surface area in the range of from 800 to 1500 m2/g; and in that the binder is used in an amount not exceeding 25% by weight based upon the mixture of activated carbon and binder material.

Abstract: A method and system in a remote computer network (52, 80) for interactively generating leads via a web-based portal (290). Initially, it is determined if particular user-provided information contains beneficial lead attributes based on a set of predetermined lead criteria (400). The lead attributes are then recorded (432) in a database, in response to determining if the particular user-provided information contains beneficial lead attributes (416) based on the set of predetermined lead criteria. The lead attributes are periodically reevaluated (434) to determine if the lead attributes can evolve into beneficial leads based on a set of updated lead criteria, if it was previously determined that the particular user-provided information did not contain beneficial lead attributes. If beneficial lead attributes are identified, leads are then generated for appropriate follow-up action (422) on the part of organizational personnel.

Abstract: A method and system in a remote computer network (80) for interactively providing user-tailored information to a user via a web-based portal (290) wherein the remote computer network (80) has at least one client (92) connectable to one or more servers (88). Initially, user-provided information (106) is compiled via an interactive template (100) within the web-based portal (290). Thereafter, the interactive electronic template (100) and the user-provided information (106) are automatically analyzed to obtain resulting user-tailored information (132). The user-tailored information (132) is then interactively rendered in a web browser at a remote site within the remote computer network (80), in response to automatically analyzing the interactive electronic template (100) and the user-provided information (106).