Dioscoro Rabor

Dioscoro Siarot Rabor, Philippine zoologist and conservationist (Carcar, Cebu 18 May 1911 –College Laguna, Luzon 25 March 1996) DESCRIBED VERTEBRATE TAXA Aves Species Dicaeum proprium 1966 with Ripley Erythura coloria 1961 with Ripley Micromacronus sordidus 1968 with Ripley Napothera sorsogonensis 1967 with Rand Otus mirus 1968 with Ripley Ptilimopus arcanus 1955 with Rand Stachyris nigrorum 1952 with Rand Subspecies With Rand Aethopyga boltoni malindangensis 1957 Aracnothera clarae malindangensis 1957 Brachypteryx montana andersoni 1967 Coracina striata boholensis 1959 Corvus enca sierramadrensis 1961 Cyornis herioti camarinensis 1967 Dasylophus superciliosus cagayanensis 1967 Dicaeum anthonyi masawan 1957 Dicaeum hypoleucum cagayanense 1967 Dicaeum trigonostigma isidro 1969 Ficedula hyperythra malindangensis 1957 Ficedula westermanni palawanensis 1962 Harpactes ardens linae 1959 Harpactes ardens luzonensis 1952 Hypothymis azurea catarmanensis 1969 Ixos everetti catarmanensis 1969 Lanius validirostris quartus 1957 Napothera sorsogonensis sorsogonensis 1967 Pachycephala philippinensis siquijorensis 1957 Phylloscopus cebuensis sorsogonensis 1967 Ptilocichla mindanensis fortichi 1957 Pycnonotus goiavier samarensis 1960 Pycnonotus urostictus ilokensis 1957 Rhabdornis inornatus zamboanga 1957 Rhinomyias ruficauda boholensis 1957 Rhinomyias ruficauda zamboanga 1957 Sitta oenochlamys zamboanga 1957 Sitta oenochlamys isarog 1967 Stachyris nigrocapitata boholensis 1957 Stachyris whiteheadi sorsogonensis 1967 Trichoglossus johnstoniae pistra 1959 Zosterops nigrorum catamarensis 1969 Zosterops nigrorum sierramadrensis 1969 With Ripley Brachypteryx montana sillimani 1962 Cettia vulcania palawana 1962 Lonchura leucogastra palawana 1962 Ninox scutulata palawensis 1962 Pericrocotus speciosus gonzalesi 1961 Phylloscopus trivirgatus benguetensis 1958 Pitta erythrogaster thompsoni 1962 Pyrrhula leucogenis coriaria 1961 Serinus estherae mindanensis 1961 With Du Pont Macronous striaticeps alcasidi 1973 Mammalia Petinomys mindanensis 1939 Crocidura negrina 1952 Dobsonia chapmani 1952 Crateromys australis 1985 with Musser & Heaney Reptilia (with Brown in 1967) Brachymeles boholensis Brachymeles cebuensis Brachymeles mindorensis Brachymeles orientalis Sphenomorphus diwata

Diego Rodríguez

Diego Rodríguez, Mexican mathematician, astronomer and engineer (Atitalac, Hidalgo State 1596 – Ciudad de Mexico 1668) He was a mercedarian Performed important contributions to knowledge of comets Determined Mexico city longitude (1638), more accurate that measurements from A. Von Humboldt centuries later   Elaborated his own logarithmic tables of trigonometric functions independent from E. Gunter BIBLIOGRAPHY Modo de Calcular qualquier eclipse del Sol y Luna Doctrina General repartida por capítulos de los eclipses del Sol y Luna Tratado de las ecuaciones. Fabrica y uso de La tabla algebraica discursiva Tractatus Proemiabium Mathematices y de Geometria De los logaritmos y aritmetica Tratado del modo de fabricar reloxes horizontales, verticales, etc. Discurso ethereologico del nuevo cometa, visto en aqueste Hemisferio Mexicano y generalmente em todo el mundo este año de 1652 Authored  optical notes about light refraction or reflexion  and a treatise about logarithms and its applications (c.1642) too. These works are lost  

Damaso de Rivas

Damaso de Rivas Alemán, Nicaraguan pathologist and parasitologist (Diria, Granada 11 December 1874 – ?) Developed Telemann-Rivas method or Damaso de Rivas method An efficient and rapid method of concentration for the detection of ova and cysts of intestinal parasites. Am. J. Trop. Med. 8:63-72, 1928 Acute trichiniasis with special reference to diagnosis and a new treatment by the application of heat to the small intestine. J. Parasitol. 26(6):24-5, 1940 (Suppl.)  

Clóvis da Cruz Reis

Clóvis da Cruz Reis, Brazilian odontologist (Muriaé, Minas Gerais State 22 August 1930 – Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State July 1996) Developed and created techniques and equipment for dentistry His procedures in the field of implantodontics were internationally recognized  DEVELOPED Controle Constante de Qualidade (CCQ) ou Quality Constant Control, a rehabilitation system  Bioform, an innovative implant for osteointegration Allumina With M.C.A. Cruz & V. Cruz Silva. Utilization of alumina (Al2O3) as a membrane for guided tissue regeneration. Odontol. Mod. 20(6):6-13, 1993 TECHNIQUES/BIBLIOGRAPHY With M. Cruz. Reposição cirúrgica do nervo mandibular para a colocação de implantes. Rev. Bras. Implant. 4(2), 1998 With M. Cruz. F1-implante de fixação imediata: desenvolvimento de duas formas distintas. Rev. Bras. Implant. 2(3), 1996 With M. Cruz & J. Mondelli. Intrusão e remodelagem óssea em molares e pré molares superiores extruídos. Rev. Paul. Odontol. 15 (4), 1993 With M. Cruz. Blades application into lower jaw with partial or total absence of alveolar bone. Technique (1989) With M. Cruz. Placing of blade implants into lower jaws with partial or total absence of alveolar. Technique. Odontol. Mod. 16 (1):22-31, 1989 With M. Cruz. Fixação das coroas de transferência à moldeira. APCD 39(5):299-02, 1985 With M. C.A. Cruz. Turbina vibratória para a condensação das cerâmicas. Quintessência 11(9):9-13, 1984 BRAZILIAN PATENTS (with Mauro Cruz) Membrana biológica de alumina para regeneração guiada dos tecidos MU7701341-7 U2 (1997) Membrana biológica de alumina para regeneração guiada dos tecidos PI9104132-5 A2 (1991) Turbina vibratória para compactação de metalocerâmica PI8304477-9 A2 (1983) 

Cherubala Pathayapurayil Ramachandran

Cherubala Pathayapurayil Ramachandran, Malaysian parasitologist (Kuala Lumpur 03 June 1936 – 12 January 2019) Established new methods to improve the treatment, control and elimination of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis Made most of the clinical trials globally of the drug ivermectin Developed laboratory infection model (Brugia infections in Aedes sp.) With J.F.B. Edeson & W.E. Kershaw. Aedes aegypti as an experimental vector of Brugia malayi. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasit. 54:1-375, 1960 DESCRIBED HELMINTHS TAXA Species Litomosa aelleni 1979 with Tibayrenc & Bain Litomosa maki 1979 with Tibayrenc & Bain Onchocerca dewittei 1977 with Bain, Petter & Mak HONOURS Mary Kingsley Award (1999)

Charles Theodore Ramsden

Charles Theodore Ramsden de La Torre, Cuban naturalist (Santiago de Cuba 11 February 1876 – Santiago de Cuba 24 August 1951) From English father and nephew of naturalist Carlos de la Torre DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Reptilia Valid Species (with Barbour) Anolis allogus 1919 Anolis mestrei 1916 Anolis quadriocellifer 1919 Anolis rubribarbus 1919 Sphaerodactylus intermedius 1919 Sphaerodactylus scaber 1919 Mollusca Amphistemma pilsbryana 1914 Annularia mayensis 1914 with Torre Annularisca prestoni 1914 Arangia scobinata 1915 with Torre Brachypodella torreana 1914 Diplopoma torrei 1915 Gongylostomella mayensis 1915 with Torre Limadora tollini 1915 Planostemma intusfalcata 1929 with Torre Pseudosubulina iridescens with Torre Caracolus marginella goodrichi Lepidoptera Ganyra josephina menicae 1914 Kricogonia cabrerai 1920 Xylophanes clarki 1921 HONORS Ramsdenia Preston 1913 (Mollusca)