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The application of standardized categories enables the comparison of results for various aneurysms' geometric formations, thus assisting in their management. The proposed classification system may provide a promising means of understanding the natural history of saccular intracranial aneurysms.

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We study the performance and reliability of carbon nanofiber (CNF) interconnects under high-current stress by examining CNF breakdown for four test configurations, suspended/supported with/without tungsten deposition. The use of W is to improve the CNF-electrode contact. The supported cases show a larger current density just before breakdown than the suspended ones, suggesting an effective heat dissipation to the substrate. The W-deposited contacts reduce the initial total resistance from megaohm range without W to kilo-ohms. High-current stress does not change the total resistance of the test structures with W unlike those without W deposition.

The toxicities of 24 insecticides for the biological control of whiteflies were evaluated for Eretmocerus mundus (Mercet), Eretmocerus eremicus Rose and Zolnerowich and Encarsia formosa Gahan using the residual film method (for adults) and the dipping method (for pupae). Mortalities from insect growth regulators (IGRs) (flufenoxuron and lufenuron), Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), pymetrozine and sulfur were\30% for both pupae and adults of all three species, indicating that the parasitoids were not seriously affected by these insecticides. Neonicotinoids (acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid and nitenpyram), synthetic pyrethroids (etofenprox and permethrin), organophosphates (acephate and fenitrothion), chlorphenapyr, emamectin benzoate, spinosad and tolfenpyrad were seriously harmful (100% mortality) and acaricides (chinomethionat, milbemectin and pyridaben) were moderately harmful or seriously harmful to adult parasitoids (leading to mortalities of [92%). For each insecticide, the mortality of pupae was generally lower than that of adults, even though the toxicity classification for the two groups was similar. The results indicate that IGRs, Bt, pymetrozine and sulfur are relatively harmless, and are compatible with the use of parasitoids to help control whiteflies for integrated pest management in greenhouses.

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