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The substitution of iron ore tailing powders(IP) for fly ash as mineral admixtures was studied in the development of engineered cementitious composites(ECC). The focus was placed on the effect of IP content on the tensile properties and compressive strength of ECC. The mechanical properties of ECC with IP were also compared with those of traditional ECC with fly ash. Experimental results show that it is feasible to use IP as mineral admixtures to produce high-ductile ECC. ECC with IP exhibits a lower strength performance but a higher ductility under tensile load than ECC with fly ash at the same addition of mineral admixtures. ECC with an IP/cement mass ratio of 1. 2-2. 2 shows a 28-d compressive strength of 36. 7-54. 2 MPa,which meets the compressive strength requirement of normal concrete structures,and a 28-d tensile ductility of 3. 4%-4. 3%. The amount of iron ore tailings in those mixtures accounts for 66. 6%-77. 0% of the total solid matrix ingredients of ECC.

On the purpose of improving the utilization level of mine solid wastes and reducing the cost of backfill mining, this article reports an experimental study on preparing cementitious materials for backfilling by using water-granulated nickel slag. Mechanical and chemical activation methods were adopted to improve the cementitious activity of the slag. Taking the strength of backfill bodies as evaluation standards, the hydration activity and cementitious performance of the slag were investigated by changing the grinding fineness and activated agents, and the chemical activation mechanism was analyzed. The results indicate that the cementing agent prepared from the slag (occupying 85% of the total raw materials) can be used to replace cement and meet the production requirements of back-filling materials.

A new minimum connected dominating set algorithm based on directed diffusion MCDSDD was proposed, which attempted to improve the existed area coverage algorithms through introducing node’s gradient in wireless sensor networks. During built a directed tree rooted from sink node using directed diffusion routing algorithm, an ascending node’s gradient series could be constructed. Non-adjacent sensor nodes were picked out and made up a maximum domi- nator set during routing information diffusion gradient by gradient, and then some intermediate nodes are sought from those nodes, which were adjacent to both nodes unconnected in maximum dominator set and their gradients just between them yet, to "glue" the non-adjacent two nodes in maximum dominator set, and last, an approximate minimum connected dominator set was constructed. Simulation results show that MCDSDD can save time and multiple covers hot spot in the surveillance area, and prolong the life time of the WSN.

The article discusses a study which investigates the use of antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP) medication in China for the treatment of patients suffering from schizophrenia and its association with factors including quality of life and treatment satisfaction. Topics covered include the use of survey techniques to collect data, the use of the computer software the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences to evaluate the acquired data, and a detailed analysis of the results.

Adverse perinatal factors can interfere with the normal development of the brain, potentially resulting in long-term effects on the comprehensive development of children. Presently, the understanding of cognitive and neurodevelopmental processes under conditions of adverse perinatal factors is substantially limited. There is a critical need for an open resource that integrates various perinatal factors with the development of the brain and mental health to facilitate a deeper understanding of these developmental trajectories. In this Data Descriptor, we introduce a multicenter database containing information on perinatal factors that can potentially influence children's brain-mind development, namely, periCBD, that combines neuroimaging and behavioural phenotypes with perinatal factors at county/region/central district hospitals. PeriCBD was designed to establish a platform for the investigation of individual differences in brain-mind development associated with perinatal factors among children aged 3–10 years. Ultimately, our goal is to help understand how different adverse perinatal factors specifically impact cognitive development and neurodevelopment. Herein, we provide a systematic overview of the data acquisition/cleaning/quality control/sharing, processes of periCBD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Although observational studies have assessed the relationship between parity and thyroid cancer risk, the findings are inconsistent. To quantitatively assess the association, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. PubMed and Embase were searched up to January 2015. Prospective or case-control studies that evaluated the association between parity and thyroid cancer risk were included. We used the fixed-effects model to pool risk estimates. After literature search, 10 prospective studies, 12 case-control studies and 1 pooled analysis of 14 case-control studies including 8860 patients were identified. The studies had fair methodological quality. Pooled analysis suggested that there was a significant association between parity and risk of thyroid cancer (RR for parous versus nulliparous: 1.09, 95% CI 1.03-1.15; I2=33.4%). The positive association persisted in almost all strata of subgroup analyses based on study design, location, study quality, type of controls, and confounder adjustment, although in some strata statistical significance was not detected. By evaluating the number of parity, we identified that both parity number of 2 versus nulliparous and parity number of 3 versus nulliparous demonstrated significant positive associations (RR=1.11, 95% CI 1.01-1.22; I2=31.1% and RR=1.16, 95% CI 1.01-1.33; I2=19.6% respectively). The dose-response analysis suggested neither a non-linear nor linear relationship between the number of parity and thyroid cancer risk. In conclusion, this meta-analysis suggests a potential association between parity and risk of thyroid cancer in females. However, the lack of detection of a dose-response relationship suggests that further studies are needed to better understand the relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]