Telemaco Hippolyto de Macedo Van Langendonck
Telêmaco Hippolyto de Macedo Van Langendonck, Brazilian structural engineer (Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul State 02 April 1909 – 09 February 1994) From Belgian and Portuguese descent Son in law of physician Adolpho C. Lindenberg First to determine the deck contribution on arch bridges resistance (1942) Showed the influence of elastic and slow deformations on determining the resistance to buckling (1945) First to take account loading in reduced area on concrete Proposed employing orthogonal functions for solving torsion problems creating many algorithms for calculating the moments of inertia to the torsion and moments of resistance to the torsion Funções ortogonais na resolução de problemas da teoria da elasticidade (1952) with international acclaim First to propose Heaviside step-function in solving problems at building statics Discussion of the application of Heaviside’s step-function to beam problems. Proceed. ASCE (1953) First in the world to introduce the calculation of concrete plastificaction as a technical norm (1937) before German engineers (1972) Proposed simplified formulae that enable the coefficients calculation of slow deformation and concrete shrinkage as a function of time Enunciated elementary theory of elastic joints (1975) Developed a iterative process for determining buckling load in lattice portal and buildings Critical loads of building frame. Mémoires da AIPC (1975), a very worldwide used for structural calculations Developed computer program named Flampor for calculating buckling load in HP-41 pocket calculators Eponym of Van Langendonck process AUTHORED Tabelas para o cálculo de carga de flambagem de barra reta isostática de secção variável (1953) e Carga axial de flambagem de barras retas de secção variável, with international repercussion and they were reproduced under the title Eine Numerische Lösung des Knickproblems A study about partially buried piles and bridges by ABCP de São Paulo (1957) later translated into French Critical loads of building frame. Mémoires da AIPC, a very worldwide used for structural calculations Cálculo de Concreto Armado (1944-54) Novos métodos de dimensionamento das peças flécticas de concreto armado (1937) Teoria Elementar das Charneiras plásticas (1970), quoted in a number of international publications about concrete HONORS Honorary Member, American Concrete Institute (1974) & Académie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer, Belgium Main Bibliography A Construção São Paulo 2181:6-9, 1989
S C Verma
S.C. Verma, Indian helminthologist and parasitologist (fl.1917-55) Genera Acanthosentis 1929 with Datta Episthochasmus 1935 Pseudoechinochasmus 1936 Dissurus 1936 Procrassiphiala 1936 Ridgeworthia 1936 Species Acanthobothrium semnovesiculum 1928 Acanthobothrium semivesiculum 1928 Acanthogyrus antespinus 1929 with Datta Alaria robusta 1936 Allodiplostomum hindustani 1936 Apharyngostrigea egrettii 1936 Apharyngostrigea ramai 1936 Bucephalopsis garuai 1936 Bucephalus aoria 1936 Bucephalus tridenticularia 1936 Bucephalus jagannathai 1936 Bucephalopsis magnum 1936 Chaunocephalus similiferox 1936 Cotylurus streptocorpus 1936 Cyathocotyle calvusi 1936 Dissurus farrukhabadi 1936 Echinochasmus bagulai 1935 Echinochasmus caninus 1935 Echinochasmus ruficapensis 1935 Echinoparyphium gizzarda 1936 Echinoparyphium splendens 1936 Echinostoma bhattacharyai 1936 Echinostoma crecci 1936 Echinostoma longicirrus 1936 Echinostoma minimus 1936 Echinostoma novum 1936 Echinostoma pentalobum 1936 Episthmium caninum 1935 Gangesia agraensis 1928 Hypoderaeum longitestis 1936 Hypodaerum magnocirrusa 1936 Hypodaerum mainpuria 1936 Microparyphium montei 1936 Neodiplostomum cuckooai 1936 Neodiplostomum globiferum 1936 Ophiosoma macrocephalum 1936 Opisthorchis pedicellata 1927 Paryphostomum novum Patagifer wesleyi 1936 Posthodiplostomum grayi 1936 Procrassiphiala triticum 1936 Prosorhynchoides confusus 1936 Prosorhynchoides fusiformis 1935 Prosorhynchus minimus 1936 Prosorhynchus truncatus 1936 Proteocephalus rita 1926 Proteocephalus vitellaris 1928 Pseudodiplostomum cochlearis 1936 Pseudodiplostomum fraterni 1936 Pseudoechinasmus satjivani 1936 Ridgeworthia rami 1936 Spinitectus indicus 1932 with Agarwala Stephanophora pennanti 1936 Strigea globocephala 1936 Strigea streptocorpus 1936 Tremiorchis varanum 1930 Vermaia pseudotropii 1928 HONORS Vermaia Nybelin 1942 (Cestoda)
Rustom Jal Vakil
Rustom Jal Vakil, Indian cardiologist (Mumbai 17 July 1911 – Mumbai 20 November 1974) Authored 380 publications between papers and case reports First reported the therapeutical application of Rauwolfia serpentina in cases of human hypertension (1940) Suggested useful drug combinations for the management of severe forms of hypertension (1954) Defined new clinical signs of diagnostic value in ventricular aneurysms (1955) Authored probably the first case of fusion beat in conjunction with repetitive paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia associated with normal sinus rhythm (1957) Suggested the use of anticoagulant therapy as a routine measure for pre infarction syndrome (1962) Described transitory pulsation in coronary thrombosis (1956) and subacute pulmonary edema (1967) Described hexalogy of the heart, giant cell arteritis in aortic regurgitation and gummatous forms of rat-bite fever Suggested the term pre thrombotic syndrome HONOURS International Albert Lasker Award (1959) LINKS http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1524711/
Roberto Vasquez
Roberto Vasquez Chavez, Bolivian botanist (Cochabamba 07 December 1941 – Santa Cruz de la Sierra August 2015) Described about 230 new plant species being most of them orchids SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With R. Lara Rico. Notas acerca del gênero Hippeastrum (Amaryllidaceae) en Bolivia. Fontqueria 56(35), 2015 With D. R. Riera. Aves de Santa Cruz. Vol I (2013) With P.L. Ibisch & W. Rauh. Illustrated catalogue of the Bromeliaceae of Bolivia (2000) With P.L. Ibisch. Orquídeas de Bolívia I & II (2000) With C.H. Dodson. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum. III & IV. Orchids of Bolivia With G. Coimbra. Frutas silvestres comestibles de Santa Cruz (1996) HONORS Vasqueziella Dodson 1982 (Orchidaceae)
Ricardo Veronesi
Ricardo Veronesi, Brazilian infectologist and virologist (São Paulo 24 October 1919 – São Paulo 08 May 2004) Obtained international recognition for his studies on tetanus Vice-president, International Federation for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Collaborating Author in Infectious Disease and Medical Parasitology (from A.L. Braude), Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (from B. Goldsmith & D. Heyneman), Current Diagnosis (from Conn & Conn), Temas de Infectologia (Cecchini & Ayala) and Tratado de Pediatria (from J. Meneghello) Developed Veronesi-Correa method for microscopic seroagglutination With A. Correa & D. Alterio. Single-dose immunization against tetanus. Promising results in human trials. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. 12:46-54, 1970 A new method of treatment of tetanus Clinical observations on 712 cases of tetanus subject to four different methods of treatment: 18,2% mortality rate under a new method of treatment. Am.J. Med. Sci. 232(6):629-47, 1956 Discovered naturally acquired immunity against tetanus With H. Cecin, A. Correa, J. Tavares, C. Moraes & O.J. Nascimento. New approaches on tetanus immunization: naturally acquired immunity. Rev. Hosp. Clin. S. Paulo 28:1973 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With F.J. Mello, G. del Negro & J.C. Macedo Soares Jr. Blastomicose retal primitiva (Revisão da literatura e apresentação de um caso). Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 9:327, 1954 With M.O.A. Correa, V. Amato Neto & O.S. Fabri. Leptospirose em equinos: inquérito sorológico. Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz 13:186-93, 1955 With R.P.S. Carvalho & C. Fava Netto. Viroses do aparelho respiratório. Comprovação da infecção pelos “vírus hemadsorventes” e adenovírus em diferentes grupos etários de S. Paulo. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 13:355-62, 1958 Electrophoretic patterns of serum proteins in tetanus. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 16:257-9, 1961 With R. Guidolin. Immunological response of guinea pigs vaccinated against tetanus with serum infected with Clostridium tetani spores. Deductions applicable to human immunopathology. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 18:39-46, 1963 With et al. Revisão de dados da epidemiologia e etiologia do sarampo e subsidies para a vacinação contra a doença. Arq. Fac. Hig. S. Paulo 11(2): 135-20?, 1963 With R. Guidolin. Tetanus prevention: role of delayed action terramycin (micronized) ando f rapid action terramycin. Results in experimental tetanus. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 19:311-20, 1964 With R. Guidolin. Prevention of tetanus: role of the penicillins. Results in experimental tetanus. Rev. Paul. Med. 66(5):281-92, 1965 Eficácia de um novo antibiotic (Rondomicina) em comparação com o soro antitetânico na profilaxia do etano experimental. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 20(5):251-7, 1965 With et al. Tetanus immunization with a single dose of vaccine. Importance and possibilities for mass immunization programs. Preliminary report on experimental studies. Rev. Inst Med. Trop. 8:83-8, 1966 Antibiotic versus antitetanic serum in the prevention of human tetanus. Principles on tetanus. In Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Tetanus, p. 417, 1966 With U. Ferraro. Hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of experimental tetanus. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 21(2):89-91, 1966 With R. Guidolin & A.M. Santiago. Doxycycline (vibramycin) in the prevention of experimental tetanus. Preliminary reports. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 26(4):133-6, 1971 With A. Correa & J. Tavares. A new outlook on the prophylaxis of tetanus: immunization by the digestive route. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. S. Paulo 27(3):123-8, 1972 With A. Correia, H. Ferreira, A. Costa, R. Focaccia, J.R.C. Bazone & J. Tavares. Naturally acquired tetanus immunity: further evidences in human and animals. J. Infect. Dis, 1975 Tetanus: Important New Concepts, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1981 With B. Bizzini, R. Focaccia et al. Naturally acquired antibodies to tetanus toxin in human and animals from the Galapagos Islands. J. Infect. Dis. 147:308-11, 1983 With T.C. Merigan, G.M. Baer, W.G. Winkler et al. Human leukocyte interferon administration to patients with symptomatic and suspected rabies. Ann. Neurol. 16:82-7, 1984 With A.B. Sabin, P. Albrecht, A.K. Takeda & E.M. Ribeiro. High effectiveness of aerosolized chick embryo fibroblast measles vaccine in seven-month old and older infants. J. Infect. Dis. 152:1231-7, 1985 HONOURS Golden Yodh Memorial, India
Reinaldo Vanossi Dupont
Reinaldo Vanossi Dupont, Argentine analytical chemist (Esperanza, Santa Fe 16 January 1897 – Buenos Aires 22 October 1974) Son of Italian father and French mother ACHIEVEMENTS Vanossi’s reaction – a microchemical reaction for detecting mercury First in the world to use liquid-liquid extractions Developed a formula for computing salinity in function of electric resistivity in mineral waters Designed simple methodologies for identifying and isolating compounds from complex mixtures Dispositivo para la técnica con electrodo gotero de mercúrio (polarografia de Heyrovsky). Anales Soc. Cien. Arg. (1939) (an improved arrangement for polarograph) With D.J. Bengolea. Voltimetro a valvula “doble triodo” GC:8-G, para medir la FEM de pilas de alta y baja resistencia. Anales Soc. Cien. Arg. (1940) Determinación de micro y semimicrocuantidades de zircônio. Metodo general separativo y aplicación de la quercetina. Anales Soc. Cien. Arg (1964) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Dissolved oxygen in waters. Anales Soc. Quím. Arg. 9: 235-245, 1921. The electrical conductivity and residue of natural waters. Anales Soc. Quim. Arg. 10: 21-33, 1922. La industria del yodo. Anales Soc. Cient. Arg. 118: 1934. An apparatus for measurements with the dropping mercury electrode. Anales Soc. Quim. Arg. 54: 1937. Elektrode und Gefässelektrode für Potentiometrie. Anales Asoc. Quim. Arg. 25: 1937. Electroanalysis by the dropping mercury electrode. Chemia (Buenos Aires). 11: 165-207, 1940. Identification du rhodium et de l’iridium. Chimie Analytique. 35-36:1953. Separation and identification of some elements whose chloride are extractable with ethyl acetate. Anales Soc. Quím. Arg. 43: 151-172, 1955. La identificación del wolframio. Anales Asoc. Quím. Arg. A good source of information about him is in http://www.biol.unlp.edu.ar/vanossi.htm (in Spanish)