Abstract: A print order accepting server comprising: a receiving device which receives an image from a customer via a network, together with the information of a dispatch destination designated by the customer; a database registering the information of production base, including the positional information of a plurality of production bases for producing a photo print; a calculation device which calculates a delivery cost of the photo print produced at each of the plurality of production bases based on the positional information of the plurality of production bases and the received dispatch destination information; a production base deciding device which decides a production base having the cheapest delivery cost based on the delivery costs calculated by the calculation device; and a transmitting device which transmits the received image and the dispatch destination information via the network to the production base decided by the production base deciding device.

Abstract: New N,N-di-alkyl- or alkenyl-substituted derivatives of oxamic acid of which the two alkyl or alkenyl groups are different from each other are now produced and found to exhibit the cerebral protective effect against cerebral anoxia in the brain of a mammalian animal, including human, and to be useful as an agent for improving or ameliorating the damaged or disturbed functions of the brain. Some known N,N-di-alkyl-substituted derivatives of oxamic acid or which the two alkyl groups are identical to each other are now also found to have similar, cerebral protective effect against cerebral anoxia and to be useful as an agent for improving the damaged functions of the brain.