Abstract: A network of a new configuration is flexibly constructed while maintaining a stable operation in the network. A management device includes: a detection unit that detects addition of a function unit to a network including one or a plurality of on-vehicle function units; an acquisition unit that acquires function unit information of a new function unit that is the function unit the addition of which has been detected by the detection unit and function unit information of each on-vehicle function unit, each piece of function unit information including information regarding network configuration of a layer lower than an application layer; and a generation unit that, based on the pieces of function unit information acquired by the acquisition unit, generates configuration information of a new network that is the network further including the new function unit.

Abstract: A shoe for use in sports involving running and comprising an outer ground engaging sole, an inner foot engaging sole and a midsole therebetween, the midsole having therein, at least at the outer portion of the heel, a shock absorbing member comprising a shock absorbing synthetic resin foam layer bonded at its upper and lower surfaces to hard plates.

Abstract: An insole for use in athletic shoes comprises an upper layer, a lower layer laminated on the upper layer, and a shock-absorptive foamed material layer laminated on the underside of the lower layer at least at the heel portion. The upper layer has a hardness of 30.degree.-50.degree., and the lower layer has a hardness of 50.degree.-70.degree.. The shock-absorptive foamed material layer has a hardness of 50.degree.-80.degree..