Eugenio Rangel
Eugenio dos Santos Rangel, Brazilian mycologist and plant pathologist (1877-1953) Identified and characterized zone spot of Cucurbitaceae caused by fungus Leandria momordicae (1915) Described Puccinia paulensis that causes pepper rust DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Valid Genera Didymothozetia 1915 Leandria 1915 Mycovellosiella 1917 Oswaldina 1921 Phaeophleosphora 1916 Species 67
Ettore Rugai
Ettore Rugai, Brazilian microbiologist at Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo (fl.1939-1968) DEVELOPED Thermal migration method for isolating nematode larvae from feces With T. Mattos & A. P. Brisola. Nova tecnica para isolar larvas de nematóides das fezes: modificações do método de Baermann. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz. 14:58, 1954 Rugai-Rugai culture medium With his wife Raquel Teixeira Rugai. Meio de cultura para diferenciar o grupo Proteus e Providencia de outras enterobactérias pela l-triptofano desaminase (1964) Rugai-Araújo culture medium With A. de Araújo. Culture medium for presumptive identification of Gram negative enteric rods. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz 28:79-83, 1968 With A. Souza. Culture of Trypanosoma cruzi in great volums by air bubbling. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz 29:61-3, 1969 With R.T. Rugai. Meio de cultura para Trypanosoma cruzi esterilizável pelo calor. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz 25:61-4, 1965 Conditioning of liquid stools for extraction of Strongyloides stercoralis larvae using Baermann’s method (1961) Developed a chemically undefined medium for culture of leishmanias Culturas de leishmanias. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz 1:153-9, 1941 Estudo comparativo entre o meio de Levine e Vaughn e um novo meio, isento de peptona, para determinação de produção de H2S pelas bactérias. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz 1(2):373-80, 1941 Novo dispositivo para distribuição asséptica de meios de cultura. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz 15:223-4, 1955 With R.T. Rugai. Reação de Schlör para diagnóstico da gravidez. Fixação do composto róseo em papel de filtro (1964)
Ernest Raharizonina
P. Ernest Raharizonina, Malagasy entomologist SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Aspect de la recherche em matiere de lutte intégrée réalisée au DRFP (1988) Recherches sur la biologie et la pathologie d’Europtera punctillata Saalmuller (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampiidae), ravageur endémique du pin à Madagacar (1979) Observations sommaires concernant le Landy-Kely Europtera punctillata (Saalmuller) à Mandaratsy, Tananarive (1973) HONORS Raharizonina Villiers 1982 (Coleoptera)
Enrique Rioja
Enrique Tomás Rioja LoBianco, Spanish / Mexican marine zoologist and hydrobiologist (Santander 16 February 1895 – Mexico 20 September 1963) From Italian mother Authored 220 works among papers, books and monographs DESCRIBED MARINE TAXA Annelida Polychaeta Family Fabriciidae 1923 Oweniidae 1917 Subfamilies Filograninae 1923 Myxicolinae 1923 Syllinae 1925 Valid Genera Mexieulepis 1961 Neanthioides 1918 Crustacea Valid Genera Creaseriella 1953 Donaldsoncythere 1942 Typhlopseudothelphusa 1952 Typhlotricholigioides 1953 Species About 75 valid species between polychaetes and crustaceans HONORS Riojatrema Lamothe Argumedo 1964 (Trematoda)
Emilio Rosenblueth Deutsch
Emilio Rosenblueth Deutsch, Mexican earthquake engineer (Ciudad de Mexico 08 April 1926 – Ciudad de Mexico 11 January 1994) Nephew of physiologist Arturo Rosenblueth Stearns Authored about 280 scientific articles With Nathan M. Newmark authored a classic book Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering (1971) Recognized as world leader in the development of the probability theory for the analysis of seismic response of linear systems ACHIEVEMENTS Introduced the concept of optimal design of structures to the section of tremors (1971) Authored several innovative structural systems that helped in obtaining efficient solutions to important engineering problems Developed a probabilistic model for studying the influence of soft soil on the characteristics of earthquake ground motion Introduced a number of innovative concepts on earthquake-resistant building design later adopted by other countries Proposed methods and criteria for taking into account the simultaneous action of several earthquake-ground motion components Developed criteria to process information coming together of several seismic sources Developed conceptual models of geophysical process of energy saving in potential seismic sources and its sudden release as tremors Showed solution to time domain for problem of cutting waves propagation in viscoelastic stratified media Introduced use of cylindrical shells of concrete reinforced to transmit the buildings’ load to soil Perfected a method for rational choice of probabilistic models to describe the process of occurrence of great subduction earthquakes Introduced square root of sum of squares (SRSS) rule (1950-1) and with J. Elorduy complete quadratic combination (CQC) rule (1969) HONORS Walter L. Huber Research Prize (1965) Moiseff Award (1966) Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal (1967) Honorary Member, International Association for Earthquake Engineering (1977) Honorary Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (1981) Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Waterloo (1983) Newmark Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers (1987) Bernardo Houssay Prize, OAS (1988) Doctor Honoris Causa, Carnegie Mellon University (1989) EPONYMY Rosenblueth rule, employed to estimate maximal structural response Rosenblueth-Esteva relaxation method (1964) Newmark-Rosenblueth method Rosenblueth point estimation method (1975) LINKS See HTTP://www100.unam.mx/images/stories/universitarios/dhc/PDF/rosenblueth-deutsch-emilio.pdf
Emilio Ribas
Emilio Marcondes Ribas, Brazilian hygienist (Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo State 11 April 1862 – São Paulo 19 December 1925) Authored notable works about alastrim and smallpox Distinguished alastrim or variola minor from variola major or smallpox A propósito do alastrim. Rev. Med. S. Paulo 14(16):, 1911 Authored many clinical studies and therapeutic methods employed in leprosy treatment HONORS Invited by Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (U.K.) to give lecture about his successful means employed against yellow fever in Brazil (1909) Invited by French Government to participate in a medical mission against yellow fever in Martinique Ribas-Torres disease (variola minor or alastrim)