Abstract: The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server.

Abstract: The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server.

Abstract: The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server.

Abstract: The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server.

Abstract: The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surface treatment agent for paper such as a coating base paper. The surface treatment agent contains a cationic group-containing copolymer produced by polymerizing a specific vinyl monomer and a specific cationic group-containing vinyl monomer at a specific ratio.

Abstract: A banknote recognition apparatus (220) for recognizing a type of a banknote includes: a detection unit configured to detect the banknote to be recognized; an evaluation-value calculation unit (30) configured to calculate each evaluation value of the banknote, by using one evaluation-value-calculation-formula set composed of a combination of a plurality of predetermined evaluation-value calculation formulae, based on a detection result obtained by the detection unit; and a recognition unit (32) for recognizing the type of the banknote, by using a plurality of predetermined threshold values respectively corresponding to each type of banknote, based on each evaluation value of the banknote calculated by the evaluation-value calculation unit (30).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a coated paper, including steps of coating a base paper coated with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer with a coating liquid containing at least a pigment and an adhesive to produce a coated paper, and calendering the coated paper having a moisture content of not more than 5.5% by weight. The present invention also provides a method for producing a coated paper, including steps of coating a base paper having a moisture content of not more than 4% by weight with a coating liquid containing at least a pigment and an adhesive to produce a coated paper, and calendering the coated paper having a moisture content of not more than 5.5% by weight.

Abstract: The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server.

Abstract: The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server.

Abstract: There is provided an agent comprising solifenacin succinate in an amount of 5 mg to 10 mg or solifenacin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in an amount equimolar to 5 mg to 10 mg of solifenacin succinate for improvement of urinary urgency, pollakiuria and urinary incontinence due to neurogenic bladder caused by neurodegenerative diseases such as cerebrovascular disease or cerebral infarction, brain or spinal cord injury due to trauma, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, congenital malformation of the nerve system, peripheral neuropathy, and various spine lesions, that is, spinal cord compression and injury due to fracture, cervical and lumbar spondylosis, spondylosis deformans, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, vertebral disk hernia and the like.

Abstract: All port numbers are set at a server, whereas only one port number is set at a client. The client searches for the server by using the set port number. The server responds to searching by the client and notifies the client of the other port number that is not set at the client. The client establishes the communication with the server by using the notified port number. This makes it unnecessary to set all port numbers at the client. It is therefore possible to provide a server client system with time for setting a port number decreased.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a paper bulking promoter with which a highly bulky sheet can be obtained without impairing paper strength. Namely, this invention provides a process for producing a bulky paper, comprising the step of making paper from pulp in the presence of a bulking promoter comprising a cationic compound.

Abstract: An uploader transmits to a server a request start notification indicating the start of a registration request and then transmits to the server a plurality of registration requests for pieces of music piece data. Upon receiving the plurality of registration requests from the uploader, the server registers the pieces of music piece data in a database in an HDD. After transmitting all the registration requests, the uploader transmits to the server a request completion notification indicating the completion of the registration requests. The server transmits an updating notification to an audio client after receiving the request completion notification. Therefore, traffic between the server and the client can be reduced when the server updates the database.

Abstract: The present invention provides a paper quality improver for papermaking, for improving bulk value, brightness, and opacity of the pulp sheet. Further, the present invention provides a dry efficiency improver. A compound is used as the paper quality improver for papermaking, wherein the compound has less than 4% of lyotropic degree measured by a specific method and the compound satisfies at least two selected from (i) standard improved bulky value of not less than 0.02 g/cm3, (ii) standard improved brightness of not less than 0.5 point and (iii) standard improved opacity of not less than 0.5 point. The compound is added internally into pulp slurry before or in papermaking step.

Abstract: A system of the present invention includes a center network CE, a cache network CA, and a plurality of realm networks RL1 to RL3. Dynamic peers DP are distributed among the realm networks RL1 to RL3. The center network CE includes a main center server MC and a sub-center server SC. Each realm network includes a sub-center server SC, and forms a P2P system. The cache network CA includes a cache center server CC, and forms a P2P system by a static peer SP and dynamic cache peers CP. Each dynamic cache peer CP in a realm network caches the static peer SP, and thus serves as the source of content distribution in the realm network.

Abstract: If a peer 20 fails in an event notification (NO in S214), the peer 20 immediately stops the reproduction of a content item even when the content item is being reproduced (S221), and prohibits the reproduction of the content item (S222). After a retry interval time elapses since the prohibition of content reproduction (YES in S223), the event notification operation resumes (S213). If the event notification then succeeds (YES in S214), the prohibition of content reproduction is removed (S227). When a network failure occurs, content reproduction is not prohibited immediately after the occurrence of the network failure, but it is rather prohibited after a predetermined grace period elapses since the failure time (YES in S218).

Abstract: The system of the present invention includes a number of dynamic peers DP between which content items are exchanged, and a center server CS for controlling the exchange of content items. Each dynamic peer DP sends the operation status thereof to the center server CS, and the center server CS calculates and registers the load on the dynamic peer DP based on the operation status. Each dynamic peer DP obtains a content list from the center server CS, searches for other dynamic peers DP having the desired content item stored therein, and downloads the content item from one of the dynamic peers DP with the lowest load. The system further includes a static peer SP for uploading, to the dynamic peers DP, new content items that have not yet been circulating among the dynamic peers DP. Thus, content items originate from the static peer SP, and are then exchanged between the dynamic peers DP.

Abstract: The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server.

Abstract: An uploader transmits to a server a request start notification indicating the start of a registration request and then transmits to the server a plurality of registration requests for pieces of music piece data. Upon receiving the plurality of registration requests from the uploader, the server registers the pieces of music piece data in a database in an HDD. After transmitting all the registration requests, the uploader transmits to the server a request completion notification indicating the completion of the registration requests. The server transmits an updating notification to an audio client after receiving the request completion notification. Therefore, traffic between the server and the client can be reduced when the server updates the database.