Abstract: A thermistor layer of the present invention is configured to be disposed in an electrical current path. The thermistor layer comprises a thermosensitive particle, a plurality of electro-conductive particles covering a surface of the thermosensitive particle, and a binder adhering the electro-conductive particles, the electro-conductive particles form an electro-conductive network, at least the surface of the thermosensitive particle is made of a thermoplastic resin, the thermoplastic resin softens at a temperature lower than a temperature at which the binder softens, and the thermistor layer is provided to become highly resistive due to softening and deformation of the thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including generating a virtual machine when a processing load regarding one or more virtual machines on which a software runs exceeds a threshold, determining whether a number of first type licenses of the software used for the one or more virtual machines is less than a predetermined number, the first type licenses being flat-rate licenses for a given period or permanently, obtaining a second type license of the software when the number of first type licenses is no less than the predetermined number, the second type license being a pay-for-use billing license, and applying the second type license to the generated virtual machine.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including generating a virtual machine when a processing load regarding one or more virtual machines on which a software runs exceeds a threshold, determining whether a number of first type licenses of the software used for the one or more virtual machines is less than a predetermined number, the first type licenses being flat-rate licenses for a given period or permanently, obtaining a second type license of the software when the number of first type licenses is no less than the predetermined number, the second type license being a pay-for-use billing license, and applying the second type license to the generated virtual machine.

Abstract: A system includes circuitry configured to identify an accumulated amount of service that has been provided by a service, and determine whether to restrict access to a software resource provided by the service based on the accumulated amount of service.