Abstract: A disbursement authorization data object processing system receives disbursement authorization data objects from a plurality of client devices. A real-time status reporting service is invoked to determine real-time status report data associated with the disbursement authorization data object. Using the real-time status report data, the disbursement authorization data object processing system invokes a disbursement authorization service to determine recipient instruction data which may include a recipient instructions status code. An disbursement instruction data object may then be transmitted to the client device that transmitted the disbursement authorization data object. The client device may facilitate the submission of additional documentation, selection of certain recipient instruction data, and/or the like to transmit to the disbursement authorization data object processing system in associated with a disbursement authorization data object.

Abstract: A decorative greeting article comprising a sheet of paper having a written inscription inscribed upon its center portion, readable in an unrolled position, and formable into a rolled cylinder having a hollow interior and an opening in a rolled position. The opening of the cylinder can receive a decorative member which can be a natural or an artificial flower or a bouquet of flowers or other novelty item, and a stem part that extends into the hollow interior of the cylinder. A securing means, optionally decorative, including an adhesive surface, releasably secures the sheet of paper in the rolled, cylinder position. A user can grasp and pull a pull tab to release the securing means from the cylinder, releasing the sheet to be unrolled and viewed by the user.

Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a particulate material consisting of a plurality of porous particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, tin, germanium, aluminium or a mixture thereof, wherein the particles are assembled from a plurality of particle fragments comprising the electroactive material wherein the fragments are obtained by the fragmentation of a porous precursor. The fragmentation step may be realized e.g. by wet ball milling and the later assembling step is preferably realized by spray-drying. Also provided are particulate materials obtainable according to the process of the invention, compositions comprising the particulate materials, and electrodes and electrochemical cells comprising the particulate materials. The materials and compositions are especially useful as anode materials in the context of a metal-ion battery such as a lithium-ion battery.

Abstract: A particulate material is provided consisting of a plurality of porous particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, germanium or a mixture thereof (especially a silicon-aluminium alloy), wherein the porous particles have a D50 particle diameter in the range of 0.5 to 7 ?m, an intra-particle porosity between 50 and 90%, and a pore diameter distribution having at least one peak in the range of 30 to 400 nm as determined by mercury porosimetry. Also provided are electrodes (especially anodes) and electrode compositions comprising the particulate material, a rechargeable metal-ion battery (especially a Li-ion battery) comprising the particulate material, and a process for the preparation of the particulate material. It is suggested that the claimed particulate material can be repeatedly lithiated without fracturing, allows easy access to the electrolyte and can be easily dispersed in an electrode slurry.

Abstract: A particulate material is provided consisting of a plurality of porous particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, germanium or a mixture thereof, wherein the porous particles have a D50 particle diameter in the range of greater than 5 to 25 ?m, an intra-particle porosity in the range of from 30 to 90%, and a pore diameter distribution having a peak in the range of from 50 to less than 400 nm as determined by mercury porosimetry. Also provided are electrodes and electrode compositions comprising the particulate material, a rechargeable metal-ion battery comprising the particulate material, and a process for the preparation of the particulate material.