Effects of quenched disorder on the kinetics and pathways of phase transition in a soft colloidal system.

Although impurities are unavoidable in real-world and experimental systems, most numerical studies on nucleation focus on pure (impurity-free) systems. As a result, the role of impurities in phase transitions remains poorly understood, especially for systems with complex free energy landscapes featuring one or more intermediate metastable phases. In this study, we employed Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the effects of static impurities (quenched disorder) of varying length scales and surface morphologies on the crystal nucleation mechanism and kinetics in the Gaussian core model system-a representative model for soft colloidal systems.

Erector spinae plane block for posterior spine fusion in children.

This manuscript, a Letter to the Editor, is in response to the study protocol that intended to analyze the effect of the erector spinae plane block (ESPB) in pediatric patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for the correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). A few concerns regarding that protocol are raised here.

Metabolites Link Intake of a Healthy Diet to Better Insulin and Glucose Homeostasis in the Microbiome and Insulin Longitudinal Evaluation Study (MILES).

Background: Dietary quality has been linked to better glycemic control, but the precise molecular mechanisms giving rise to these associations are not fully understood.

Objectives: To examine the association of metabolites associated with the intake of a healthy diet with measures of insulin/glucose homeostasis.

Methods: Using cross-sectional data from 295 United States adults, the associations between 3 diet pattern scores and metabolome-wide metabolites were estimated via linear regression models, which controlled for demographic factors and health behaviors.

Virulence perspective genomic research unlocks the secrets of associated with banded sheath blight in Barnyard Millet ().

Introduction: Banded sheath blight (Bsb) disease, caused by , is an emerging problem in barnyard millet cultivation. One of the significant goals of pathogenomic research is to identify genes responsible for pathogenicity in the fungus.

Methods: A virulence profiling-based approach was employed and six isolates were collected from various ecological zones of India.