Benedicto de Campos Vidal
Benedicto de Campos Vidal, Brazilian biophysicist and microscopist (São Paulo 07 July 1930 – Authored 208 scientific papers (until 2012) Gained international recognition on morphology and image analysis Performed important works on collagen and molecular order of biopolymers Performed pioneering and original observations on orientation of proteoglycans and other structures employing optical anisotropy measurements Performed important works about anisotropic properties in cornea and tendons Systematized and applied form birefringency to biomedicine Described a kind of polymeric liquid crystal in collagen First observed optical non-linear and photonic properties in biological structures (2003) Proposed collagen bundles can be regarded as nanostructures DEVELOPED A testicular prosthesis for subcapsular orchiectomy With P.C. C. Palma a new absorbable pubovaginal sling (1996) With P.C.R. Palma, C.L.Z. Riccetto, V. Herrmann & N.R. Netto Jr developed a multi-spheric shaped urethral obturator for urinary incontinence in women (1996) With P.C.C. Palma, C.L.Z. Riccetto, G.L. Novaski et al. A new compatible highly purified collagen gel for therapeutic renal artery embolization (2006) INVENTIONS/PATENTS Gel de colágeno microcristalino para uso como contraceptivo (1983) Matriz óssea desmineralizada para emprego em ortopedia, cirurgia plástica e odontológica, e respectivo processo de obtenção (1984) Colágeno para prótese testicular e prótese testicular de colágeno, estabilizado e insolubilizado (1985) Preparado de fibras reconstituídos de colágeno, com grau elevado de auto-agregação, cristalinas e com arranjo helicoidal símile ao natural, para múltiplos fins e para formar com hidroxiapatita óssea um complexo para implantes ósseos PI9701570-9 A2 (1997) With A. Lenharo. Processo de fabricação de membrana colagenica biocompatível para aplicação médico-odontológica e produto obtido PI0902410-7 A2 (2011) With C.L.Z. Riccetto. Processo de complexação de colágeno tipo I puro em telas de polipropileno BR10 2012 0282070 A2 (2012) With M.A. Foglio, E.R. Pimentel, A.A. de Aro & R.A.F. Rodrigues. Composição e formulação para cicatrização tendínea e seus usos BR10 2013 0074349 B1 (2013) LINKS http://www2.ib.unicamp.br/profs/vidal/evol_port.html http://www2.ib.unicamp.br/profs/vidal/assessorias.html
Bangalore Srinivasarao Venkatachala
Bangalore Srinivasarao Venkatachala, Indian palynologist and stratigrapher (Bangalore 02 January 1933 – Dehradun 15 June 2007) Authored about 100 papers DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA Sporae/Pollen Aggerispora 1963 Altitriletes 1968 with Kar Asperitricolporites 1972 with Rawat Asterisporites 1971 with Rawat Auriculiretisporites 1973 with Rawat Bhujiasporites 1969 with Kar & Raza Boshisporites 1973 with Bharadwaj & Tiwari Bullaspora 1963 Candidispora 1963 Caperetriporites 1972 with Rawat Cauveripollis 1973 with Rawat Clavisporis 1962 with Bharadwaj Coneopollis 1973 with Rawat Corbulispora 1962 with Bharadwaj Corisaccites 1966 with Kar Costatipollenites 1973 with Rawat Couperipollis 1969 with Kar Cryptopolyporites 1969 with Kar Cyclofoveolatispora 1968 with Kar Cymbospora 1963 Didecitriletes 1964 with Kar Divarisaccus 1966 with Kar Fossulatisporites 1971 with Bharadwaj & Tiwari Frangospora 1968 with Kar Gliscopollis 1966 Granuloperculatipollis 1964 with Goczan Impardecispora 1969 with Kar & Raza Iugisporis 1962 with Bharadwaj Iugopollis 1972 with Rawat Katrolaites 1967 with Kar Lacinitriletes 1965 with Kar Lacrimapollis 1973 with Rawat Lakiaspollis 1969 with Kar Maculoporites 1973 with Rawat Meyeripollis 1970 with Baksi Nymphaeoipollis 1969 with Kar Orbisporis 1962 with Bharadwaj Polybrevicolporites 1969 with Kar Pseudonothofagidites 1969 with Kar Psilospora 1968 with Kar Radiatispinospora 1973 with Bharadwaj & Tiwari Rostratispora 1962 with Bharadwaj Rostriapollenites 1968 with Kar Sastriipollenites 1969 with Kar Schizopollis 1964 with Kar Sonneratioipollis 1969 with Kar Striasulcites 1968 with Kar Thymospora 1963 with Wilson Tricollareporites 1973 with Rawat Umbelliferoipollenites 1969 with Kar Velamisporites 1962 with Bharadwaj Acritarcha Concentrites 1974 Rugocystis 1974 Rugulasphaeridium 1971 with Bharadwaj & Tiwari Fungi Pseudosphaerialites 1969 with Kar Sphaerialites 1969 with Kar Algae Aculeophyton 1966 with Krausel Palaeonostoc 1972 with Sastri & Desikachary
Antonio Vivacqua Filho
Antonio Vivacqua Filho, Brazilian inventor (Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo State 1915-?) INVENTIONS (more than 60) Artificial milk and creams Meat shredding technique Technique of breaking and mechanical separation of coconuts Process for brandy’s deodorization and electronic aging Process for protecting seals, checks and documents against falsification An improved process for partial production of animal fats A Synthetic carbide An original process for obtaining soluble coffee An process of hydrogenising under pressure oleaginous seeds and fruits A portable device for detecting suffocant gases Synthetic tissue for employ as substitute for human skin Electronic device for immunization of cereal plants Perfected a distillation process for melioration of babassu coconut With R.G. Pedrazzi. A process for fabrication of the soya milk (1977) A method for production of fuels from babassu and other plants With M. Almeida & J. Baptista. New process for wood carbonization including byproducts utilization / Design of a new masonry furnace for making the use of condensable and noncondensable by-products as well as metalurgical coal) 1982 Vivacqua Filho process for use of babassu products Forno carbodestilador de madeira, babaçu e análogos BR8301009A (1983) / A furnace for carbonization and distillation of wood, babassu, etc. (1983) With J.B. de Oliveira & P.A. Gomes. Forno de alvenaria com porta de carga em dois níveis, adaptado com câmara de combustão externa para carbonizar madeira e coco babaçu BR6201468U (1982) With P. Vivacqua de Biase. Exhaust manifold for an internal combustion engine apparatus for the catalytic transformation of fuel and improved internal combustion engine including such an apparatus IT8267225DO DE3206985A1 GB8205440 IT212653B FR8203242 (1982) or Device for catalytic conversion of fuel for a combustion engine DE3206985A1 (1982) With P. Vivacqua de Biase. Motor a explosão e aparelho para a transferência catalítica de alcool e/ou hidrocarbonetos e suas misturas, em gases combustíveis carburantes BR8101247 (1981)
Anna Verster
Anna Johanna Maria Verster, South African veterinarian parasitologist and helminthologist (Bethulie, Free State Province 20 November 1930 – Pretoria 01 September 1994) Gained international recognition for her studies on hookworms that affects man and animals Authored A Taxonomic revision of genus Taenia Linnaeus, 1758 s.str. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. 36:358, 1969 regarded as a classic DESCRIBED CESTODA TAXA Species Taenia pseudolaticollis 1969 Subspecies Echinococcus granulosus africanus 1965 Echinococcus granulosus newzealandensis 1965 Echinococcus granulosus ortleppi 1965 Taenia ovis krabbei 1969 HONORS Versternema Bain, Chabaud & Burger 1952 (Nematoda)
Alvaro Velasco Chiriboga
Alvaro Velasco Chiriboga, Ecuadorian-born Colombian obstetrician (Quito 1929 – Developed Velasco or Colombian spatulae for fetal extraction Espatulas para la extracción fetal. Nuevo instrumento obstétrico. Rev. Col. Obst. Ginecol. 26:17, 1975 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J.A. Salazar Galindo, C.J. Pacheco Consuegra & A. Guzmán Niño. Determinación de lós valores de densidad óptica a 650 nm en el liquido amniotico del embarazo normal entre lãs semanas 27 a 43 como índice de madurez pulmonar fetal. Rev. Col. Obst. Ginecol. 32(3):177-85, 1981 With M. A. Perdomo. Efecto de los senosidos a y b sobre el peristaltismo intestinal durante El puerperio. Rev. Col. Obst. Ginecol. 32(2):141-4, 1981 With R. Ramírez Merchán, A. Ariza, E. Aaron & E. Cabal. Las espátulas de Velasco. Evaluación clinica. Rev. Col. Obst. Ginecol. 26:111, 1975 With E. Valderrama & H. Rocha Rosado. Rotura prematura de las membranas. Aspectos bacteriologicos. Rev. Col. Obst. Ginecol. 18(6):421-9, 1967 With E. Valderrama & H. Rocha Rosado. Rotura prematura de las membranas. Consideraciones clinico-patologicos y de tratamiento. Rev. Col. Obst. Ginecol. 18(6):407-19, 1967 Prevención intraparto del daño cerebral Infección ovular. Rev. Col. Obst. Ginecol. 16(3):193-9,
Alejandro Villalobos Figueroa
Alejandro Villalobos Figueroa, Mexican carcinologist (Pochutla, Oaxaca State 31 March 1918 – Veracruz State 23 October 1982) His Doctoral thesis, Los cambarinos de la fauna mexicana (Crustacea Decapoda) (1955) was the first monograph about the Cambaridae family in the world being translated into English by Horton Hobbs Jr. in 1983 DESCRIBED CRUSTACEA TAXA Genus Archaeatya 1960 Species Ankylocythere barbouri 1974 with Hobbs Jr. Archaeatya chacei 1960 Atya ortmannioides 1956 Bogidiella tabascensis 1961 Cambarellus alvarezi 1951 Cambarellus lermensis 1943 Cambarellus patzcuarensis 1943 Cambarellus prolixus 1981 with Hobbs Jr. Cambarelus zampoalensis 1943 Macrobrachium acanthochirus 1966 Palaemon lindsayi 1974 with Hobbs Jr. Paracambarus ortmanni 1949 Paracambarus tlapacoyanensis 1947 Procambarus acanthophorus 1949 Procambarus caballeroi 1944 Procambarus erichsoni 1950 Procambarus gonopodocristatus 1958 Procambarus hoffmanni 1944 Procambarus hortonhobbsi 1950 Procambarus llamasi 1954 Procambarus mirandai 1954 Procambarus niveus 1964 with Hobbs Jr. Procambarus regiomontanus 1954 Procambarus riojai 1944 Procambarus roberti 1974 with Hobbs Jr. Procambarus teziutlanensis 1947 Procambarus vasquezae 1954 Procambarus veracruzanus 1954 Procambarus zapoanensis 1954 Procambarus zihuateutlensis 1950 Spelaeomysis quinterensis 1951 Troglomexicanus perezfarfantae 1971 Subspecies Cambarellus montezumae lermensis 1943 Cambarellus montezumae zempoalensis 1943 Procambarellus ruthveni zapoapensis 1954 HONORS Subgenus Villalobosus Holthuis 1972 (Crustacea)