First characterization of cultivable extremophile isolates from a solar panel.

Introduction: Microorganisms colonize a wide range of natural and artificial environments. Even though most of them are unculturable in laboratory conditions, some ecosystems are ideal niches for bioprospecting extremophiles with unique properties. Up today, there are few reports concerning microbial communities found on solar panels, a widespread, artificial, extreme habitat.

Ab initio reconstruction from one-dimensional crystal diffraction data.

Filamentary and rod-like assemblies are ubiquitous in biological systems, and single such assemblies can form one-dimensional (1D) crystals. New, intense X-ray sources, such as X-ray free-electron lasers, make it feasible to measure diffraction data from single 1D crystals. Such experiments would present some advantages, since cylindrical averaging of the diffraction data in conventional fiber diffraction analysis is avoided, there is coherent signal amplification relative to single-particle imaging, and the diffraction data are oversampled compared with those from a 3D crystal so that the phase problem is better determined than for a 3D crystal [Millane (2017).

Macromolecular phasing using diffraction from multiple crystal forms.

A phasing algorithm for macromolecular crystallography is proposed that utilizes diffraction data from multiple crystal forms - crystals of the same molecule with different unit-cell packings (different unit-cell parameters or space-group symmetries). The approach is based on the method of iterated projections, starting with no initial phase information. The practicality of the method is demonstrated by simulation using known structures that exist in multiple crystal forms, assuming some information on the molecular envelope and positional relationships between the molecules in the different unit cells.

Prevalence and predictors of penile nodules in French Guiana's sole prison facility.

Purpose: Penile implants or nodules are objects inserted beneath the skin of the penis mostly for erotic purposes. The procedure is painful and there may be complications. It is often associated with prison.

The phase problem for two-dimensional crystals. II. Simulations.

Phasing of diffraction data from two-dimensional crystals using only minimal molecular envelope information is investigated by simulation. Two-dimensional crystals are an attractive target for studying membrane proteins using X-ray free-electron lasers, particularly for dynamic studies at room temperature. Simulations using an iterative projection algorithm show that phasing is feasible with fairly minimal molecular envelope information, supporting recent uniqueness results for this problem [Arnal & Millane (2017).

High prevalence rates for multiple psychiatric conditions among inmates at French Guiana's correctional facility: diagnostic and demographic factors associated with violent offending and previous incarceration.

Background: French Guiana has the highest incarceration rate among French territories, it is higher than that of Brazil, Colombia or Venezuela. It is well known that mental health problems are over-represented in correctional facilities. Our objectives were to describe the prevalence of various psychiatric conditions and to study factors associated with violence and repeated offenses among arriving detainees at the sole correctional facility of French Guiana.

Mental health of jail inmates within the prison of Ducos, Martinique - a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Background: Prisoners' sociocultural backgrounds and prison environments have an influence on detainees' psychopathology; complex judicial and public policies are also to be taken into account in the dynamics of that environment. Scientific literature shows a wide range prison inmates' profiles across the world. However, very little data about the mental health of Caribbean jail inmates has been published.

The phase problem for two-dimensional crystals. I. Theory.

Properties of the phase problem for two-dimensional crystals are examined. This problem is relevant to protein structure determination using diffraction from two-dimensional crystals that has been proposed using new X-ray free-electron laser sources. The problem is shown to be better determined than for conventional three-dimensional crystallography, but there are still a large number of solutions in the absence of additional a priori information.

[Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Incomers in Remire-Montjoly Prison, French Guiana].

Despite the recent interest in psychiatric illness in prison, the psychopathology of the Remire-Montjoly prison population remains largely unknown. Subject to significant population movements, French Guiana and its prison houses a very mixed population in which recent history has left a strong mark (earthquake in Haïti, civil war in Suriname, violence related to gold mining population and drug trafficking). These negative life events appear as potential vectors of psychological trauma.

Uniqueness of the macromolecular crystallographic phase problem.

Uniqueness of the phase problem in macromolecular crystallography, and its relationship to the case of single particle imaging, is considered. The crystallographic problem is characterized by a constraint ratio that depends only on the size and symmetry of the molecule and the unit cell. The results are used to evaluate the effect of various real-space constraints.

Musculoskeletal involvement of syphilis--a forgotten lesson.

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease with a myriad of presentation and called 'the great impostor' for the variety of the symptoms. As a venereal disease it is transmissible mainly by sexual contact with infectious lesions but can spread by blood contamination. Without treatment it progresses through early and late syphilis.

[The short version of Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI): adaptation and validation for a spanish sample].

Relatives play an important role in the disease process of patients admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU). It is therefore important to know the needs of people close to the patient in order to try to improve their adaption to a situation as difficult as an ICU admission. The aim of this study was the adaptation and validation of the short version of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) for a Spanish sample.