Agustín Eduardo Riggi
Agustín Eduardo Riggi Ortiz, Argentine geologist, geographer and pedologist (Buenos Aires 19 September 1904 – Buenos Aires 11 June 1979) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY La Antartida Argentina: su geografia y su geologia (1950) With M. Tschapek. Arcillas como base impermeable (1949) Withn M. Tschapek. Quimica coloidal del suelo (1949) With D. Cappannini. Bosquejo general de los materiales originários de los suelos (1948) Cuencas geohidrograficas de Argentina (1944) Ambientes hidrogeologicos de Argentina (1943) With M.T.C. de Riggi. Contribución al conocimiento de los yacimientos de cromo de la provincia de Cordoba. Industria Minera 23, 1943 Observaciones geológicas en el SW de Santiago del Estero. Physis 12:364-5, 1938 Resultados de las investigaciones geológicas em sierras australes de Buenos Aires y sus correlaciones con otras estructuras de la Argentina (1938) Las islas Malvinas. Reseña geográfica y geológica (1938) With R. Croce. Los yacimientos de hierro de la Republica Argentina: sus correlaciones geológicas genéticas e importância (1937) Fiso-orografica del bloque de la Puna. Rev. Geogr. Amer. 3:93-102, 1935 Geologia de las sierras de “Las Tunas” y sus relaciones com las demás sierras australes de la província de Buenos Aires (1935) Nota geológica sobre el borde sur de lago San Martín, território de Santa Cruz. Rev. Min. 6(1):19-22, 1934 Corte geologico del río Salado (Bs. As.) y su significación en el diastrofismo pampeano. Physis 40:399-03, Datos geológicos sobre el departamento de Paso de los Libres (Corrientes) 43:153-60, With G. Gagarin. Comprobación geoquímica de la hipótesis sobre la heteromorfia del magnésio. Comum. Inst. Nac. Invest. Cienc. Natur. 1(9), With G. Gagarin. Vinculación geoquímica entre algunos elementos según la hipótesis de H. Freimuth HONORS Riggia Szidat 1948 (Crustacea) Riggiella Kormilev 1949 (Hemiptera)
Adolfo Max Rothschild
Adolfo Max Rothschild, Jewish Brazilian pharmacologist (São Paulo 09 September 1926 – Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State 10 April 2009) Observed reversible granular swelling of mast cells With M. Rocha e Silva & I. Vugman established the role of cellular energetic metabolism in histamine release Demonstrated the importance of experimental utilization of celluloses sulphate as depleting agent of bradykinin precursor Demonstrated the importance of bradykinin release in mediating adrenaline-induced lung edema Developed methods and techniques for studying histamine release With M. Rocha e Silva. Experimental design for bioassay of a material inducing strong tachyphylactic effect (anaphylatoxin). Br. J. Pharmacol. Chemother. 11(3):252-62, 1956 With M. Rocha e Silva authored Anaphylatoxin, histamine depletion and skin reactions in the rat. Nature 175:987, 1955 HONORS Visiting Professor, College of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (1969)
Abrahão Rotberg
Abrahão Rotberg, Brazilian dermatologist (Rio de Janeiro 12 January 1912 – São Paulo 01 November 2006) From Jewish Romanian parents Internationally known on leprosy allergy and immunology Authored about 200 scientific and popular works Distinguished tuberculoid leprosy and Virchowian leprosy (1933) Demonstrated the value of Mitsuda reaction forecast (1934) Proposed the existence of a genetic factor of natural resistance to leprosy (factor N of Rotberg) and hansen-anergic fringe of susceptilibility to disease Some aspects of immunity in leprosy and their importance in epidemiology, pathogenesis and classification of forms of the disease; based on 1529 lepromin tested cases. Rev. Bras. Leprol. Suppl. 5:45-97, 1937 Fator N de resistência à lepra e relações com a reatividade lepromínica e tuberculínica. Valor duvidoso do BCG na imunização antileprosa. Rev. Bras. Leprol. 25:85-106, 1957 Developed Rotberg-Bechelli technique for preparation of Mitsuda antigen Tratado de Leprologia II. Etiopatogenia e Anatomia Patológica (1944)
A. Ranga Rao
Anne Ranga Rao, Indian geologist and paleontologist (Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh State 10 October 1930 – Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand State 1999) DESCRIBED FOSSIL MAMMALIAN TAXA Genera Auxalophus 1972 Indohyus 1971 Kalakotia 1972 Paratritemnodon 1973 Species Auxalophus quadrangularis 1972 Hyrachus asiaticus 1973 with Obergfell Indohyus indirae 1971 Kalakotia simplicidentata 1972 Khirtharia inflata 1972 Kunmumella kalakotensis 1971 Paratritemnodon indicus 1973 Others Brachiopoda (with Waterhouse 1989) Genus Lamniplica 1989 Species Arctitreta bapensis Lamniplica punctata Strophalosia perfecta HONORS (Fossil Mammalia) Raoella Sahni & Khare 1971 (Fossil Mammalia) Obergfellia Cooper, Seiffert, Clements, Madar, Bajpai, Hussain & Thewissen 2014 His spouse, Friedlinde Albertine Obergfell, German paleontologist (Germany 24 November 1915 – Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand State 2007) Described Mammalian Fossil Species Andegameryx serum 1957 Hyrachus asiaticus 1973 with Ranga Rao Procervulus praelucidus 1957 HONORS Obergfellia Cooper, Seiffert, Clements, Madar, Bajpai, Hussain & Thewissen 2014 (Fossil Mammalia)
Xuesen Qian
Xuesen Qian or Hsueh-sen Chien or Hsue-shen Tsien, Chinese engineer and physicist (Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 11 December 1911- Beijing 31 October 2009) His relative is Nobel Prize winner Roger Yonchien Tsien Recognized as one of the world’s leading aerodynamicists ACHIEVEMENTS A method for predicting the compressibility burble With M.C. Chang. A similarity law for stressing rapidly heated thin-walled cylinders A method for comparing the performance of power plants for vertical flight Developed a method for two dimensional subsonic compressible flow and a procedure which enables the prediction of the compressibility burble from test data obtained at low air speeds With T. Von Karman gave a general relation between drag and heat transfer as function of Mach’s number Developed a general method using step-wise doublet distribution for a pointed projectile With E.J. Malina presented an exact solution of the problem of determining the height reached by a body in vertical flight in vacuo propelled by successive impulses Developed a new principle involving the energy level and the geometric restraint to determine buckling of thin shells in equilibrium states Gave a generalization of Blasius theorem for calculating aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil With E. Reissner & C.C. Lin presented a simple unified treatment of the unsteady two-dimensional polytropic potential flow around a slender body Formulated rules for achieving complete flow similarity of rarified gas flow Generalized Alfrey theorem for isotropic compressible media involving body forces With T.C. Adamson & E.L. Knuth suggested a scheme of tracking and automatic navigation involving a high-speed computer and elevator servo for a long range rocket vehicle Co-authored the article Comment and initial analysis of long-range rocket, which laid a foundation for ground-to-ground missiles and sounding rocket theory Put forward a new methodology of systems engineering, the metasynthetic engineering With J.Y. Yu & R.W. Dai. A new discipline of science. The study of open complex giant system and its methodology (1988) EPONYMY Karman-Qian formula Karman-Tsien method Karman-Tsien law Karman-Tsien correction factor HONOURS Qianxuesen 3763 (asteroid)
Weichang Qian
Weichang Qian or Weizang Chien, Chinese physicist (Wuxi County, Jiangsu Province 09 October 1912 – Shanghai 30 July 2010) Authored over 200 papers and 18 monographs Studied new generalized variational principles and established a new variational functional Suggested using the Lagrange multiplier for eliminating the constraint conditions of all kinds of variational problems and established a new variational function using it Put forward a systematic method to construct generalized variational principles (1964) published only in 1979 Introduced the intrinsic methods in elasticity (1944) With J.L. Synge authored a pioneering classical work on the intrinsic theory of plates and shells in solid mechanics Established the complete intrinsic theory of plates and shells (1942) Proposed a method to calculate the resistance of radar-wave guides Perturbation theory (1947) Developed the method of composite expansions, a novel singular perturbation method (1948) Initiated a perturbation method by using the central deflection as ther perturbation parameter Solved the variable twist torsion problem of thin-walled cylinders with closed cross sections First to obtain the limit equation for thin ring shells and the general solution to the homogeneous equation Developed a new field of non-Kirchhoff-Love theory of plates and shells Derived a general solution for axisymmetric circular ring shells Developed a new method of encoding Chinese characters (1984) EPONYMY Successive approximation method of treating large deflection problem or Chien method (1948) Qian Weichang equation for nonlinear stability of shallow shell (1960s) Qian Weichang general equation