Innovative models of healthcare delivery: an umbrella review of reviews by Frances Rapport, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Yvonne Zurynski, Peter D Hibbert, Kate Churruca, Louise A Ellis, Chiara Pomare, Robyn Clay-Williams, Stephanie Best, Janet C Long, Gaston Arnolda, Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig, Zeyad Mahmoud, Mitchell N Sarkies, Hoa Mi Nguyen, Karen Hutchinson, Gilbert Thomas Knaggs, Katherine Maka, Elizabeth E Austin, Diana Fajardo Pulido, Sarah Hatem, Natalie Roberts, Emilie Francis Auton, Genevieve Dammery, Isabelle Meulenbroeks, Ann Carrigan, Mai-Tran Nguyen

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Construction and iterative redesign of synXVI a 903 kb synthetic Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome by Hugh D. Goold, Heinrich Kroukamp, Paige E. Erpf, Yu Zhao, Philip Kelso, Julie Calame, John J. B. Timmins, Elizabeth L. I. Wightman, Kai Peng, Alexander C. Carpenter, Briardo Llorente, Carmen Hawthorne, Samuel Clay, Niël van Wyk, Elizabeth L. Daniel, Fergus Harrison, Felix Meier, Robert D. Willows, Yizhi Cai, Roy S. K. Walker, Xin Xu, Monica I. Espinosa, Giovanni Stracquadanio, Joel S. Bader, Leslie A. Mitchell, Jef D. Boeke, Thomas C. Williams, Ian T. Paulsen, Isak S. Pretorius

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Author Correction: BWC0977, a broad-spectrum antibacterial clinical candidate to treat multidrug resistant infections by Shahul Hameed P, Harish Kotakonda, Sreevalli Sharma, Radha Nandishaiah, Nainesh Katagihallimath, Ranga Rao, Claire Sadler, Ian Slater, Michael Morton, Abhijeeth Chandrasekaran, Ed Griffen, Dhanashree Pillai, Sambasiva Reddy, Nagakumar Bharatham, Suryanarayanan Venkatesan, Venugopal Jonnalagadda, Ramesh Jayaraman, Mahesh Nanjundappa, Maitrayee Sharma, Savitha Raveendran, Sreenath Rajagopal, Harikrishna Tumma, Amy Watters, Holly Becker, Jill Lindley, Robert Flamm, Michael Huband, Dan Sahm, Meredith Hackel, Tarun Mathur, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, Jennifer Unsworth, Laura Mcentee, Nikki Farrington, Dhanasekaran Manickam, Narayana Chandrashekara, Sivakandan Jayachandiran, Hrushikesava Reddy, Sathya Shanker, Vijay Richard, Teby Thomas, Savitha Nagaraj, Santanu Datta, Vasan Sambandamurthy, Vasanthi Ramachandran, Robert Clay, John Tomayko, Shampa Das, Balasubramanian V

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Experimental Study on the Modification Mechanisms of Dispersive Soil Treated with Hydroxyl Aluminum by Jie Liu, Pan Chen, Zheng Lu, Hailin Yao

“…Previous studies have shown that it can well coat montmorillonite in clay and combine with it to stabilize the properties of clay. …”
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Classification and Disintegration Characteristics of the Carboniferous Rocks in Guangxi, China by Peng Mo, Junhui Luo, Decai Mi, Zhenchao Chang, Haifeng Huang, Tao Zhang, Guanhua Sun, Yan Li, Ling Zeng, Shihai Wang

“…First, based on their mineral compositions and contents, the carbonaceous rocks were divided into four types: carbonate chert, carbonaceous argillaceous limestone, carbonaceous illite clay mudstone, and carbonaceous illite clay shale. …”
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Review of the Generation of Fractures and Change of Permeability due to Water-Shale Interaction in Shales by Kerui Liu, Dangliang Wang, James J. Sheng, Jianfeng Li

“…In this process, water can interact with shales, especially with clay content. The interaction can lead to some phenomena, including clay swelling, reduction of mechanical properties of shales and fractures, generation and propagation of fractures, particle detachment, and permeability change. …”
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A Case Study on Stratified Settlement and Rebound Characteristics due to Dewatering in Shanghai Subway Station by Jianxiu Wang, Tianrong Huang, Dongchang Sui

“…The results indicate that SSR occurs when the decompression was carried out, and only negative rebound was found in sandy clay, but both positive and negative rebound occurred in the silty clay, and the absolute value of rebound in sandy clay was larger than in silty clay, and the mechanism of SSR was discussed with mechanical sandwich model, and it was found that the load and cohesive force of different soils was the main source of different responses when decompressed.…”
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The Creep Test Study and Macro-Detail Analysis of Argillaceous Red Sandstone in Different Water-Containing States by Shuntao Guo, Shujie Wen, Hongyu Guo, Helin Fu

“…The deformation level of the saturated clay red sandstone is lower than that of the dry clay red sandstone. …”
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Analyzing Tight Sand Characteristics and Its Influence on Aqueous Phase Removal by Gas Displacement by Mianmo Meng, Hongkui Ge, Yinghao Shen, Wenming Ji, Yang Wu, Xiaosong Xu, Weihan Huang, Qinyu Li, Jiayao Yu

“…Taiyuan formation has average high clay content than H8 formation. Illite is the main clay in Taiyuan formation; chlorite is the main clay in H8 formation. …”
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Adsorption Characteristics and Transport Behavior of Cr(VI) in Shallow Aquifers Surrounding a Chromium Ore Processing Residue (COPR) Dumpsite by Yu Liu, Yin Li, Yucheng Hu, Khan M. G. Mostofa, Siliang Li, Zhenying Liu

“…The adsorption capacities of Cr(VI) on three aquifers followed the order: clay > silty clay > silt. The kinetics proved that Cr(VI) is not easily adsorbed by the aquifer mediums but transports with groundwater. …”
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Critical limit for phosphorus in a Red Latosol of the Brazilian Cerrado by Louise Stefanello Hemielevski, June Faria Scherrer Menezes, Augusto Matias de Oliveira, Mariana Pina da Silva Berti, Linia Dayana Lopes Machado, Paulo Fernandes Boldrin, Veridiana Cardozo Gonçalves Cantão, Rodrigo Gomes Silva

“…Th e estimating equation to determine the CLPE for the Red Latosol of the Cerrado is CLPE = 16.64 + 0.432* (% clay), which can be simplified to CLPE = 20 + 0.5* (% clay). …”
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Effect of Expanded Polystyrene Particle Size on Engineering Properties of Clayey Soil by Chuanyang Liang, Yuedong Wu, Jian Liu, Huiguo Wu, Dashuo Chen, Hui Liu, Yuanzhuo Song

“…The particle size of expanded polystyrene (EPS) has an effect on engineering properties of EPS-clay blends. However, the effect of differences between EPS particle size groups subdivided within 1–3 mm on engineering properties is usually ignored. …”
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Effects of Deep Tillage and Straw Returning on Soil Microorganism and Enzyme Activities by Baoyi Ji, Hao Hu, Yali Zhao, Xinyuan Mu, Kui Liu, Chaohai Li

“…Two field experiments were conducted for two years with the aim of studying the effects of deep tillage and straw returning on soil microorganism and enzyme activity in clay and loam soil. Three treatments, (1) conventional tillage (CT), shallow tillage and straw returning; (2) deep tillage (DT), deep tillage and straw returning; and (3) deep tillage with no straw returning (DNT), were carried out in clay and loam soil. …”
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Strategic Resource Extraction and Recycling from Waste: A Pathway to Sustainable Resource Conservation by Inna Pitak, Anastasiia Sholokhova, Arūnas Baltušnikas, Rita Kriūkienė

“…Calcium extraction from BA can produce 29,000 tons of CaCO₃ annually for industrial use, while substituting SR for WLC in brick production could replace 30% of clay, saving 1500 tons of clay and producing millions of bricks annually. …”
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Numerical analysis of shape coefficients and bearing capacity factors of shallow foundations on heterogeneous soil by Samir Benmoussa, Ouassila Bahloul, Sadok Benmebarek, Abdelhamid Baitich, Abderrahim Mihoubi

“…The aspects of homogeneous and heterogeneous shear strength profiles were addressed at various positions of the height of the first clay layer. It was found that the critical depth of the first clay layer necessary to optimize the bearing capacity of a foundation resting on stratified soil is 2, 1.5, and 1, respectively, for strip, square, and circular footings. …”
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Impact of In Situ Soil in Soil-Bentonite Cutoff Wall Backfill on Compressibility and Hydraulic Conductivity by Ridong Fan, Yuling Yang, Songyu Liu

“…The simulated in situ soils are prepared using sand-natural clay mixtures with sand to natural clay mass ratios ranging from 0.5 to 6.0, and the bentonite content (BC) in the base mixture ranges from 0 to 15%. …”
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The Effect of Different Sulphur Sources Applied at Various Rates on Soil pH by Fatma Nur Kılıç, Osman Sönmez

“…This study investigates the effects of different Sulphur sources on the pH of sandy and clay-loam texture soils. This study investigates the effects of different Sulphur sources on the pH of sandy and clay loam textured soils. …”
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Selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH on mixed alumina–iron (III) oxide pillared montmorillonite “Cheto” Arizona, modified with hexamminecobalt (III) chloride by Paweł Ziemiański, Katarzyna Kałahurska, Bogdan Samojeden

“…Pillared clay, promoted with [Co(NH 3 ) 6 ] 3+ , showed higher selective catalytic reduction activity and much lower N 2 O formation than unpromoted, pillared sample. …”
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Development of Similar Materials for Liquid-Solid Coupling and Its Application in Water Outburst and Mud Outburst Model Test of Deep Tunnel by Yanhui Guo, Yi Yang, Zhijun Kong, Jin He

“…In order to explore the evolution mechanism of water and mud inrush, based on the fluid-solid coupling similarity theory and a large number of matching tests, fault similar materials with mountain sand, gravel, and red clay as raw materials and surrounding similar rock materials with mountain sand, red clay, cement, and water as raw materials are developed. …”
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Mechanosynthesis, characterization, and adsorptive properties of Mg–Al-LDH and Zn–Al-LDH for olive mill wastewater treatment by Hosni, Khaled, Mahmoudi, Khaled, Haraketi, Manel, Jellali, Salah, Srasra, Ezzeddine

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