Abstract: A system control device that transmits a manifest file describing information necessary for acquiring video data to a viewing client in a system that performs distribution of the video data via a network includes: generation means for generating the manifest file on the basis of at least one of identification information indicating a viewer attribute, a time zone, and a state of the system according to a prescribed control policy; and transmission means for transmitting the manifest file generated by the generation means to the viewing client.

Abstract: A quality information collecting system acquiring video data distributed in response to a viewing request and collecting quality-related information regarding video viewing from a viewing client playing back a video includes a quality information control functional unit configured to determine whether or not to request the viewing client having made a viewing request to report quality-related information, based on a network communication situation in which the video data is distributed, and a quality information collecting and analysis functional unit configured to receive, in accordance with a determination of the quality information control functional unit, the quality-related information transmitted from the viewing client.

Abstract: Provided is an ophthalmic composition comprising diquafosol or a salt thereof, a vinyl-based polymer and a cellulose-based polymer. Also provided is an agent for prevention or treatment of dry eyes, comprising diquafosol or a salt thereof, a vinyl-based polymer and a cellulose-based polymer. These solution-type aqueous eye drop for treatment of dry eye each comprises diquafosol sodium with a concentration of 3% (w/v), hydroxyethyl cellulose and polyvinylpyrrolidone having a K value of 30, and is characterized in that a single dose of 1 to 2 drops is administered by eye drop three times per day.

Abstract: A system control device that transmits a manifest file describing information necessary for acquiring video data to a viewing client in a system that performs distribution of the video data via a network includes: generation means for generating the manifest file on the basis of at least one of identification information indicating a viewer attribute, a time zone, and a state of the system according to a prescribed control policy; and transmission means for transmitting the manifest file generated by the generation means to the viewing client.

Abstract: A quality information collecting system acquiring video data distributed in response to a viewing request and collecting quality-related information regarding video viewing from a viewing client playing back a video includes a quality information control functional unit configured to determine whether or not to request the viewing client having made a viewing request to report quality-related information, based on a network communication situation in which the video data is distributed, and a quality information collecting and analysis functional unit configured to receive, in accordance with a determination of the quality information control functional unit, the quality-related information transmitted from the viewing client.

Abstract: Included are a communication quality requirement derivation unit that derives, for a specific service session between a server and a terminal, a communication quality requirement to be satisfied between the server and the terminal based on a requested quality of experience of the specific service session; a monitoring unit that monitors a communication quality of the specific service session between the server and the terminal; a determination unit that determines whether the communication quality of the specific service session satisfies the communication quality requirement derived for the specific service session; and a control unit that controls, when the communication quality of the specific service session does not satisfy the communication quality requirement derived for the specific service session, a communication route used for the specific service session between the server and the terminal so as to satisfy the communication quality requirement.

Abstract: Provided is an ophthalmic composition comprising diquafosol or a salt thereof and a cationic polymer, the cationic polymer being at least one selected from the group consisting of chitosan, a chitosan derivative, a cationic (meth)acrylate copolymer, a cationic silicone polymer, a diallyl quaternary ammonium salt-acrylamide copolymer, cationic hydrolyzed keratin, cationic hydrolyzed silk, cationic hydrolyzed collagen, cationic hydrolyzed casein, cationic hydrolyzed soy protein, a cationic vinylpyrrolidone copolymer, polyvinylpyrrolidone, a dimethyldiacrylammonium chloride homopolymer, an adipic acid-dimethylaminohydroxypropyldiethylenetriamine copolymer, an adipic acid-epoxypropyldiethylenetriamine copolymer and an acrylamide-?-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammoniummethyl sulfate copolymer.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel dry eye therapeutic agent that demonstrates superior dry eye therapeutic effects, and from the viewpoint of the drug administration burden of the patient, is capable of demonstrating a medicinal effect over a long period of time in lacrimal gland tissue after the administration thereof. A dry eye therapeutic agent comprising nandrolone or an ester thereof or methenolone or an ester thereof is therapeutically effective on dry eye since it increases the amount of tear lipocalin (TL) in tears, and medicinal effects can be demonstrated over a long period of time in lacrimal gland tissue by administering a dry eye therapeutic agent comprising nandrolone or an ester thereof or methenolone or an ester thereof to eyelid skin.

Abstract: A tandem press system includes a plurality of presses disposed in a workpiece transfer direction, a workpiece transfer device that transfers a workpiece from an upstream press to a downstream press using a tool mounted on the workpiece transfer device via a crossbar, and a tool replacement device that replaces the tool mounted on the workpiece transfer device. The tool replacement device can be transferred from an inter-press space between the upstream press and the downstream press to an external space in a tool replacement direction independently of transfer of a bolster provided with a die to an external space in a die replacement direction.

Abstract: In a first transistor of a semiconductor device, a first gate insulating film is located on a first active region, and the first gate insulating film includes a first high-? material of a first metal oxide and a first metal which changes a flat-band voltage of the first transistor. In a second transistor of a semiconductor device, a second gate insulating film is located on a second active region, and the second gate insulating film includes a second high-? material of a second metal oxide and a second metal which changes a flat-band voltage of the second transistor. The first metal oxide has an amorphous structure. The second metal oxide has a tetragonal or cubic crystal structure.

Abstract: A tandem press system includes a plurality of presses disposed in a workpiece transfer direction, a workpiece transfer device that transfers a workpiece from an upstream press to a downstream press using a tool mounted on the workpiece transfer device via a crossbar, and a tool replacement device that replaces the tool mounted on the workpiece transfer device. The tool replacement device can be transferred from an inter-press space between the upstream press and the downstream press to an external space in a tool replacement direction independently of transfer of a bolster provided with a die to an external space in a die replacement direction.

Abstract: A simple, inexpensive jack that can be used in severe working environments and can check an amount of raising and lowering movements of a piston of the jack at any time during working. The jack includes a cylinder, a piston capable of raising and lowering movements within the cylinder and a protective cover for covering at least a part of the outer circumference side surface of the cylinder, the protective cover having an inner circumference larger than the outer circumference of the cylinder and having one end fixed adjacent to the top end of the piston via a saddle and the other end being open, and a scale on the outer side surface of the cylinder. The amount of the raising and lowering movements of the piston is indicated by the relationship between the open end of the protective cover and the scale.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording medium which comprises: a resin-coated paper comprising a base paper and resin layers with which both surfaces of the base paper are coated, respectively; and an ink-receiving layer formed by coating on one of the resin layers, the ink-receiving layer containing an inorganic particle and a binder for the inorganic particle and the inorganic particle being made of alumina, wherein the base paper has a thickness of 100 to 300 ?m and the thickness ratio of one of the resin layers that is located between the base paper and the ink-receiving layer to the other resin layer is as follows: (the one resin layer):(the other resin layer)=1:1 to 1:2.

Abstract: A heat-insulating container is used for an instant dried food and is excellent in heat-insulating property, design and economy. The container comprises a paper cup body with a bottom, which has an inner surface coated with a polyolefin resin and is provided with an outward curled portion formed at an upper opening end of the cup body and at least one horizontal rib formed on a side wall of the cup body so as to project outward therefrom; and an inverse-frustoconical paper sleeve provided with an inward curled portion formed at a lower end of the sleeve. The cup body and the sleeve are integrally combined with each other so that an upper end of the sleeve is joined to an outer periphery of the side wall of the cup body, which is adjacent to the outward curled portion of the cup body, and an inner surface of the inward curled portion of the sleeve is joined to an outer periphery of a lower portion of the side wall of the cup body.

Abstract: The present invention grasps in advance a portion in which traffic is concentrated and which may become a bottleneck and simplifies management of an access path. In a storage network system that forms multiple paths between a large-capacity data storage device and a host computer that employs the data storage device, and transfers data by means of a selected path, access paths are managed by a management server. The management server selects a second access path that can be used as a replacement of a first access path that connects the data storage device with the host computer, and calculates the quantity of traffic on the first access path which is associated with a device disposed on the first access path. Also, the management server calculates a variation of the quantity of traffic on the second access path which is associated with a device disposed on the second access path taking the calculated quantity of traffic into consideration.

Abstract: An ink-receiving layer has a bilayer constitution, which is formed by sequentially laminating a lower layer and an upper layer on a support. The upper layer contains alumina having an average pore diameter of less than 5 nm (alumina A) and alumina having an average pore diameter of 5 nm or more (alumina B) in a weight ratio of (alumina A):(alumina B)=100:0 to 70:30; the lower layer contains the alumina A and the alumina B in a weight ratio of (alumina A):(alumina B)=0:100 to 50:50; and the thickness ratio of the upper layer to the lower layer is as follows: (upper layer):(lower layer)=2:1 to 5:1.

Abstract: A SAN management method in which a host to which an application should be shifted can be decided so that the influence of data transfer load is eliminated as extremely as possible. To shift an application A operating on a host A to another host, a management server performs a data load conversion process S to predict data transfer load on the SAN in the case where the application will be shifted to a host B or C. The management server also performs a bottleneck analyzing process on each resource on the SAN. The management server further performs a destination host decision process on the basis of a result of the bottleneck analyzing process to decide a non-bottlenecked host as a destination host to which the application A should be shifted.

Abstract: A heat-insulating container is used for an instant dried food and is excellent in heat-insulating property, design and economy. The container comprises a paper cup body with a bottom, which has an inner surface coated with a polyolefin resin and is provided with an outward curled portion formed at an upper opening end of the cup body and at least one horizontal rib formed on a side wall of the cup body so as to project outward therefrom; and an inverse-frustoconical paper sleeve provided with an inward curled portion formed at a lower end of the sleeve. The cup body and the sleeve are integrally combined with each other so that an upper end of the sleeve is joined to an outer periphery of the side wall of the cup body, which is adjacent to the outward curled portion of the cup body, and an inner surface of the inward curled portion of the sleeve is joined to an outer periphery of a lower portion of the side wall of the cup body.

Abstract: A heat-insulating container is used for an instant dried food and is excellent in heat-insulating property, design and economy. The container comprises a paper cup body with a bottom, which has an inner surface coated with a polyolefin resin and is provided with an outward curled portion formed at an upper opening end of the cup body and at least one horizontal rib formed on a side wall of the cup body so as to project outward therefrom; and an inverse-frustoconical paper sleeve provided with an inward curled portion formed at a lower end of the sleeve. The cup body and the sleeve are integrally combined with each other so that an upper end of the sleeve is joined to an outer periphery of the side wall of the cup body, which is adjacent to the outward curled portion of the cup body, and an inner surface of the inward curled portion of the sleeve is joined to an outer periphery of a lower portion of the side wall of the cup body.

Abstract: There are included the steps of receiving an operation input for defining a plurality of setting information pieces on a disk subsystem as a command by one operation, storing the defined setting information as a file, and sending the file to the disk subsystem.