Genome sequence of PSonyx, a singleton bacteriophage infecting Corynebacterium glutamicum

PSonyx is a newly isolated phage that infects Corynebacterium glutamicum. This siphovirus was isolated from a French pond in the south of Paris by students from Paris-Saclay University. Its 80,277-bp singleton genome carries 136 protein-coding genes and 5 tRNAs.

[Forehead rejuvenation]

The goal of this article is to provide a systemic approach to forehead rejuvenation. Fillers, botulinic toxin injections, transpalpebral, endoscopic or bicoronal brow lift must be usual techniques for every plastic surgeon in overall facial rejuvenation. Achieving a long lasting and aesthetically pleasing forehead is possible only with surgical techniques when aging is obvious.

A Statistical Model of the Fluctuations in the Geomagnetic Field from Paleosecular Variation to Reversal

The statistical characteristics of the local magnetic field of Earth during paleosecular variation, excursions, and reversals are described on the basis of a database that gathers the cleaned mean direction and average remanent intensity of 2741 lava flows that have erupted over the last 20 million years. A model consisting of a normally distributed axial dipole component plus an independent isotropic set of vectors with a Maxwellian distribution that simulates secular variation fits the range of geomagnetic fluctuations, in terms of both direction and intensity. This result suggests that the magnitude of secular variation vectors is independent of the magnitude of Earth's axial dipole moment and that the amplitude of secular variation is unchanged during reversals.

Lack of ossification after cranioplasty for craniosynostosis: a review of relevant factors in 592 consecutive patients

The Center for Craniofacial Anomalies of Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital presents a retrospective study of the outcome of 592 patients who were operated on for craniosynostosis between 1976 and 1991. The quality of ossification 1 year after operation is reported, with a focus on influencing factors. The lack of ossification rate was 5% (30 of 592). Three parameters are identified as increasing the risk of poor osseous wound healing: local postoperative infection; forehead advancement, especially when accomplished with resorbable osteosynthesis; and brachycephaly. In contrast, repaired tears of the dura mater do not seem to pose a risk. Seventy-five percent of patients with local infection and 12.4% with forehead advancement presented a lack of ossification, which is statistically significant (p < 0.001). Lack of ossification can compromise aesthetic and functional results. Decreasing postoperative infection and stable fixation may help promote ossification.