Abstract: The invention covers a powderous lithium transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure Li1+aM1?aO2+bM?k Sm with ?0.03<a<0.06, b?0, M being a transition metal compound, consisting of at least 95% of either one or more elements of the group Ni, Mn, Co and Ti; M? being present on the surface of the powderous oxide, and consisting of either one or more elements from (IUPAC) of the Periodic Table, each of said Group 2, 3, or 4 elements having an ionic radius between 0.7 and 1.2 Angstrom, M? however not comprising Ti, with 0.015<k<0.15, k being expressed in wt %, and 0.15<m?0.6, m being expressed in mol %. The addition M? (like Y, Sr, Ca, Zr, . . . ) improves the performance as cathode in rechargeable lithium batteries. In a preferred embodiment a content of 250-400 ppm calcium and 0.2-0.6 mol % of sulfur is used. Particularly, a significantly lower content of soluble base and a dramatically reduced content of fine particles are achieved.

Abstract: A lithium cobalt oxide powder for use as an active positive electrode material in lithium-ion batteries, the lithium cobalt oxide powder having a Ti content of between 0.1 and 0.25 mol %, and the lithium cobalt oxide powder having a density PD in g/cm3 dependent on the powder particle size expressed by the D50 value in ?m, wherein PD?3.63+[0.0153*(D50?17)].

Abstract: Disclosed is a cathode active material and a method to produce the same at low cost. The cathode powder comprises modified LiCoO2, and possibly a second phase which is LiM?O2 where M? is Mn, Ni, Co with a stoichiometric ratio Ni:Mn?1. The modified LiCoO2 is Ni and Mn bearing and has regions of low and high manganese content, where regions with high manganese content are located in islands on the surface. The cathode material has high cycling stability, a very high rate performance and good high temperature storage properties.

Abstract: Methods and devices for creating and transferring custom emoticons allow a user to adopt an arbitrary image as an emoticon, which can then be represented by a character sequence in real-time communication. In one implementation, custom emoticons can be included in a message and transmitted to a receiver in the message. In another implementation, character sequences representing the custom emoticons can be transmitted in the message instead of the custom emoticons in order to preserve performance of text messaging. At the receiving end, the character sequences are replaced by their corresponding custom emoticons, which can be retrieved locally if they have been previously received, or can be retrieved from the sender in a separate communication from the text message if they have not been previously received.

Abstract: The invention covers a powderous lithium transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure Li1+aM1?aO2+bM?k Sm with ?0.03<a<0.06, b?0, M being a transition metal compound, consisting of at least 95% of either one or more elements of the group Ni, Mn, Co and Ti; M? being present on the surface of the powderous oxide, and consisting of either one or more elements from (IUPAC) of the Periodic Table, each of said Group 2, 3, or 4 elements having an ionic radius between 0.7 and 1.2 Angstrom, M? however not comprising Ti, with 0.015<k<0.15, k being expressed in wt %, and 0.15<m?0.6, m being expressed in mol %. The addition M? (like Y, Sr, Ca, Zr, . . . ) improves the performance as cathode in rechargeable lithium batteries. In a preferred embodiment a content of 250-400 ppm calcium and 0.2-0.6 mol % of sulfur is used. Particularly, a significantly lower content of soluble base and a dramatically reduced content of fine particles are achieved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powderous electrode active material of lithium transition metal oxide LiaMbO2, wherein 0.9<a<1.1, 0.9<b<1.1 and M is dominantly transition metal chosen from Mn, Co and Nickel, having particles with a distribution of sizes, where the composition M varies with the size of the particles, and a preparation method thereof. The present invention also relates to an electrochemical cell, particularly rechargeable lithium battery, using the powderous electrode active material.

Abstract: A powderous lithium transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure Li1+aM1?aO2±bM?kSm with ?0.03<a<0.06, b?0, 0?m?0.6, m being expressed in mol %, M being a transition metal compound, consisting of at least 95% of either one or more elements of the group Ni, Mn, Co and Ti; M? being present on the surface of the powderous oxide, and consisting of either one or more elements of the group Ca, Sr, Y, La, Ce and Zr, wherein: either k=0 and M=Ni1?c?dMncCOd, with 0<c<1, and 0<d<1; or 0.015<k<0.15, k being expressed in wt % of said lithium transition metal oxide; characterized in that for said powderous oxide, the X-ray diffraction peak at 44.5±0.3 degree, having as index 104, measured with K alpha radiation, has a FWHM value of ?0.1 degree. By optimizing the sintering temperature of the metal oxide the FWHM value can be minimized.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of eliciting antibodies and neutralizing of binding antibodies against a hepatitis C virus (HCV) E1E2 or E2 antigen using HCV E2 or HCV E1E2 polypeptides and/or HCV E2 or E1E2 polynucleotides. Elicitation of anti-E2 antibodies and anti-E2 NOB antibodies can be used, inter alia, to provide model systems to optimize anti-E2 antibody responses and/or anti-E2 NOB antibody responses to HCV and to provide prophylactic or therapeutic treatment against HCV infection.

Abstract: A coffee machine 1 comprises a brewing unit 2 and at least one outlet 7 for delivering the brewed coffee and at least one outlet 7.1 for delivering the second beverage component. Moreover, this coffee machine 1 comprises a foaming device 17 applied to the at least one second outlet 7.1. The outlets 7, 7.1 are part of an outlet module 2 that can move relative to the foaming device 17 and the brewing unit 27. This ensures that the at least one outlet 7.1 to which the foaming device 17 can be applied is connected to a line 13 with a coupling element 14 at its free end for docking of the line 13 to the exit 16 of the foaming device 17. In the position of the outlet module 2 for delivery of a beverage, the coupling element 14 is held docked to the exit 16 of the foaming device 17.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for enabling scrolling on a display in a first direction by turning a scroll wheel of a computer mouse without the need to lift a finger from the scroll wheel during scrolling. This is obtained by switching the mode of operation of the scroll wheel from a first mode of operation, mode 1, to a second mode of operation, mode 2, by performing an action, such as holding down a specific key. The program procedure for mode 2 is such that when the scroll wheel is first turned upon switching to mode 2, a first direction of turning is de-fined. Continued turning of the scroll wheel in either the first direction of turning or another direction of turning will cause a scrolling on the display in the first direction.

Abstract: The invention concerns materials and methods used for the concentration, desalination, purification or stabilization of biological compounds, in particular biological macromolecules and supramolecular structures, by means of superabsorbent polymers or superabsorptive composite materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powderous electrode active material of lithium transition metal oxide LiaMbO2, wherein 0.9<a<1.1, 0.9<b<1.1 and M is dominantly transition metal chosen from Mn, Co and Nickel, having particles with a distribution of sizes, where the composition M varies with the size of the particles, and a preparation method thereof. The present invention also relates to an electrochemical cell, particularly rechargeable lithium battery, using the powderous electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel magnetic sensor device performing direct magnetic field imaging, comprising a probe having a conical tip portion which is configured as a sensor having two superconductors separated by a thin non-superconducting layer (such as a Josephson junction based sensor), where the non-superconducting layer is located at the apex portion of said conical tip, thereby defining electron tunneling region(s) at said apex portion. The technique of the present invention enables the sensor device to be very small and to be brought very close to the sample surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powderous electrode active material of lithium transition metal oxide LiaMbO2, wherein 0.9 < a < 1.1, 0.9 < b < 1.1 and M is dominantly transition metal chosen from Mn, Co and Nickel, having particles with a distribution of sizes, where the composition M varies with the size of the particles, and a preparation method thereof. The present invention also relates to an electrochemical cell, particularly rechargeable lithium battery, using the powderous electrode active material.

Abstract: Method for comminuting and cleaning waste plastic, in particular, mixed plastic (MKS) with the following steps: a compacted material, especially, an agglomerate is produced from film scraps or film remnants comminuted into flakes and/or thick-walled plastic parts chopped up into chips, the compacted material is introduced into a disc or drum refiner and is ground therein in the presence of water, wherein the portion of compacted material of the goods located in the refiner amounts to at least 10 percent by weight, a fine grain fraction is removed from the ground stock exiting from the refiner, the remaining ground stock is washed and either mechanically dewatered and dried, or pulverized again in a further refiner stage in the presence of water, and subsequently dewatered and dried.

Abstract: A beverage making machine, such as a coffee machine, has a thermally insulated milk holder 1 coordinated with the machine to hold a milk package 11. The milk holder 1 has a pipeline opening 5 to let through a milk pipeline reaching into the package 11 to tapping the milk. At least one compartment 12 to receive at least one passive cooling element 16 is arranged in a chilling space 10 of the milk holder 1 separately from a milk package 11. In the cooling element compartment 12, a cooling element 16 can be inserted and removed.

Abstract: A touchpad-or touch screen-based device has a touch-sensitive sensor surface and can generate electrical and/or optical signals dependent on the placement and/or movement of a finger physically contacting the sensor surface. The sensor surface comprises a corrugated surface in at least one sub-area, thereby providing a user with two modes for finger movement across the sensor surface, namely a first mode for sliding movement at a first finger pressure, and a second mode for guided movement at a second finger pressure higher than the first finger pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed are primary materials, precursor materials and final materials as well as methods to prepare these materials. The final materials are mixed lithium transition metal oxides, useful as performance optimized cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries. The transition metal is a solid solution mixture of manganese, nickel and cobalt, M=(Mn1-uNiu)1-u-yCoy, with 0.2.