V.K. Ting
Wen Jiang Ting or V. K. Ting, Chinese geologist and stratigrapher (Taixing, Jiangsu Province 20 March 1887 – Changsha, Hunan Province 05 January 1936) Named Wutongshan quartzite SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Geology of the Yantze Delta With F. Solger and H. B. Wang. Report on the Geology and mining industry along the Zhengding-taiyuan Railway. Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce Republic of China 1(1): 14–17; no. 2 (1914): 15–19, 1914 Report on the Geology of the Yangtze Valley below Wuhu (1919) With J. C. Zhang. Report on the coal fields of Yu-hsien, Yang-yuan, and Kuang-ling of Shansi-Hebei Provinces. Geological Society of China Bulletin 1: 1–14, 1919 The Orogenic Movements in China. Geological Society of China Bulletin 8: 151–170, 1929 On the Stratigraphy of the Fengninian System. Geological Society of China Bulletin 10: 1–48, 1931 A statistical study of the difference between the width–height ratio of Spirifer tingi and that of S pirifer Hsieh). Geological Society of China Bulletin 11(4):465–472, 1932 With L.J. Ge. The Permian system of China and its significance towards Permian stratigraphic subdivision (1933) With L.J. Ge. The Significance of the Stratigraphic Subdivision between of Carboniferous of China and that of Mississipi and Pennsylvania (1933) With Y. L. Wang. The Cambrian and Silurian Stratigraphy of Eastern Yunnan. Memoirs Geol. Soc. China 15, 1936 With Y. L. Wang. Cambrian and Silurian Formations of Malung and Chutsing Districts, Yunnan. Geological Society of China Bulletin 16: 1–28, 1937 HONORS (Fossil) Tingia Halle 1925 (Plantae) Tingiostachys Konno 1929 (Plantae) Dingavis O’Connor, Wang & Hu 2016 (Aves)
Travassos brothers
Lauro Pereira Travassos Filho, Brazilian entomologist (Rio de Janeiro 07 February 1918 – São Paulo 29 May 1989) Son of Lauro Travassos Authored 76 papers Developed techniques for maintaining and growing arthropods in laboratory Técnicas gerais seguidas no estudo da ordem Mantodea Burmeister, 1838. Arq. Zool. Est. São Paulo 4(5): 113-56, 1945 Developed techniques for maintaining anatomical pieces Líquido para preservação das estruturas internas de lepidópteros e demais insetos que habitualmente se montam em alfinetes. Arq. Zool. Est. São Paulo 7(7):439-44, 1950 Proposed employing Armadillidium vulgare (Crustacea) in preparation of vertebrate cranes With C. Pereira. O emprego de “tatuzinhos”, Oniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) na preparação de crânios de vertebrados. Rev. Biol. Hyg. 5(2):67-8, 1934 DESCRIBED LEPIDOPTERA TAXA Family Disschematidae 1951 with L. Travassos Genera Romualdisca 1946 with D’Andretta Lepidoneiva 1940 Metamya 1946 Riccia 1953 Mirandisca 1955 Species Adelocephala amena 1940 Ecdemus pereirai 1940 Ernassa ignata 1944 Rhipha curicosilvai 1954 Romualdisca dalmeidai 1946 LINKS http://teste.pc2.com.br/butantan/arquivos/39/PDF/1.pdf (bibliography) Haroldo Pereira Travassos, Brazilian ichthyologist (Rio de Janeiro 23 March 1922 – Rio de Janeiro 13 June 1977) Authored 68 scientific works Modified the Davis-Gore staining method for vertebrate skeletons (1944) DESCRIBED PISCES TAXA Living Valid Species Apareiodon machrisi 1957 Apareiodon mogiguacuensis 1952 Astyanax saltor 1960 Characidium alipioi 1955 Characidium gomesi 1956 Characidium grajahuensis 1944 Characidium japuhybensis 1949 Characidium lagosantensis 1947 Characidium lanei 1967 Characidium lauroi 1957 Characidium oiticicai 1967 Characidium schubarti 1955 Characidium timbuiense 1946 Characidium vidali 1967 Deuterodon langei 1957 Hyphessobrycon axelrodi 1959 Hyphessobrycon cachimbensis 1964 Hyphessobrycon haraldschultzi 1960 Jupiaba minor 1964 Moenkhausia newtoni 1964 Fossil (with Silva Santos) Genera Palaeomyliobatis 1960 Procharax 1956 Rhizolatrus 1960 Species Carcharhinus ackermani 1969 Curimata mosesi 1955 Diodon ferreirai 1960 Galeocerdo paulinoi 1960 Megacheirodon unicus 1955 Palaeomyliobatis pirabensis 1960 Procharax minor 1956 Rhizolatrus vidalis 1960 Sphaerodus paraensis 1960 Sphyraena cunhai 1960 Sphyraena egleri 1960 HONORS Haroldopsis Albuquerque 1954 (Diptera)
Torre family
Carlos de la Torre y Huerta, Cuban malacologist and paleontologist (Matanzas 15 May 1858 – La Habana 19 February 1950) Internationally known as one of great names in all the time malacology Enunciated concepts about comparative osteology of fishes DESCRIBED TAXA Mollusca Genera/Subgenera (with Bartsch) Aguayotudora 1941 Annularodella 1941 Annularodisca 1941 Bermudezia 1941 Bermudezsiphona 1941 Chondropomisca 1938 Chondropomodes 1938 Chondrothyrella 1938 Cubadamsiella 1941 Cubitasiphona 1941 Cyclocubana 1942 Cylindrosiphona 1941 Dallsiphona 1941 Eutudorex 1941 Fossularia 1941 Foveothyra 1938 Guajaibona 1941 Gundlachtudora 1941 Gutierrezium 1938 Hendersonida 1938 Hendersonina 1938 Hendersonoma 1938 Incidostoma 1942 Juannularia 1941 Limadora 1941 Limadorex 1941 Liracyclotus 1942 Lugarenia 1941 Mirisiphon 1941 Opisthocoelex 1941 Opisthocoelium 1941 Opisthocoelops 1941 Plicathyra 1938 Plicathyrella 1938 Scobinapoma 1938 Solutapex 1941 Subannularia 1941 Tudorina 1941 Turripoma 1938 Turrithyra 1938 Turrithyretes 1938 Wrightudora 1941 Xenopomoides 1941 Alone Oligomita 1950 Species About 280 Subspecies About 150 Fossil Mammalia (with Matthew 1915) Genera Mesocnus Microcnus Miocnus Pisces Valid species Benthocometes claudei 1930 HONOURS Life Member, American Museum of Natural History of New York (1911) Doctor Honoris Causa, Harvard University (1912) Doctor Honoris Causa, Friedrich Schiller University, Germany (1938) Honorary Member, Washington Academy of Sciences (1939) HONORS Torreornis Barbour & Peters 1927 (Aves) Torreana Avram 1977 (Arachnida) Torreina Palmer 1934 (Foraminifera) Torrechrysias Moreno 1936 (Mollusca) Torrecoptis Bartsch 1943 (Mollusca) Torreviana Aguayo 1943 (Mollusca) Torrella Henderson & Bartsch 1920 (Mollusca) Torrellisca Henderson & Bartsch 1920 (Mollusca) Torreites Palmer 1933 (Mollusca) Torrestrongylus Vigueras 1935 (Nematoda) His nephew, Alfredo Arturo de La Torre y Callejas, malacologist and paleontologist (La Habana 12 November 1917 – 29 November 2002) DESCRIBED MOLLUSCA TAXA Genera (with Jaume 1972) Acrocoptis Amphistemma Anafecoptis Arangocoptis Asthenocoptis Bermudezicoptis Bialasmus Blaincoptis Callocoptis Capillacea Carcinostemma Cavicoptis Cenocoptis Centralia Clenchicoptis Cylindrocoptis Garciacoptis Geminicoptis Gravicoptis Heterocoptis Johaniceramus Juanocoptis Levicoptis Levistemma Mimiaxis Nodulia Organocoptis Orienticoptis Palenquecoptis Pfeiffericoptis Planostemma Poeycoptis Sagracoptis Scalaricoptis Teneria Tenuistemma Trilamellaxis Uncinicoptis Ventricochlis Species About 230 Subspecies About 100
Toranzos family
Fausto Alfredo Toranzos Cardoso, Argentine mathematician (La Plata 1938 – Enunciated Toranzos theorem The dimension of the kernel of a starshaped set. Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 14:832, 1967 Introduced the notion of visibility cell The points of local non-convexity of star shaped sets. Pacific J. 101:209-13, 1982 With Forte Cunto introduced the idea of a point of maximal visibility Enunciated a theorem for real vector spaces His father, Fausto Ismael Toranzos Juarez, statistician (Catamarca 17 June 1908 – Buenos Aires 06 November 1986) Described a class of bell-shaped frequency distributions An asymmetric bell-shaped frequency curve. Annals Math. Statis. 23:467-9, 1952 A frequency system that generalizes the Pearson’system (1948) Enunciated theorems Radial functions of convex and star-shaped bodies. Amer. Math. Monthly 74:278-80, 1967 The points of local nonconvexity of starshaped sets. Pacific J. Math. 101:209-13, 1982 Critical visibility and outward rays. J. Geom. 33:155-67, 1988 With M. Gonzalez. Un método para el calculo de la tasa de amortizaciones (1948) Sobre un sistema de polinomios ortogonales y desarollo en serie de polinomios (1949) Generalización del concepto de productividad al campo macroeconomico. Rev. Econ. Estat. 11(1-2):175-81, 1967 Proposed affine multiplication, a new kind of matrix and vector multiplication Uso del modelo de Leontief como modelo de desarrollo (1962) Adaptation of some linear models. Econometrica 34(5):91-5, 1966 (Suppl. Issue) Eponym of Toranzos t function
Tong Dzuy Thanh
Tong Dzuy Thanh, Vietnamese geologist and stratigrapher DESCRIBED FOSSIL TAXA Brachiopoda (with Rachebouef 2000) Genera Bacbonetes Cyrtochonetes Orthochonetes Tulynetes Species Bacbonetes janvieri 2000 with Rachebouef Chlupacina nariensis 2000 with Rachebouef Chonetes xiawunaensis 1978 Chonetinella intercalata 1978 Cnidaria Genera Cuctienophyllum 1988 Echyropora 1965 Paraheliolites 1966 Species Caliapora crassimuralis Caliapora deformis Caliapora dubatolovi Caliapora halangensis Caliapora yanetae Chaetetipora muonglaiensis 1967 Chaetetipora pessiformis Chaetetipora sokolovi with Dubatolov Chaetetipora vietnamica with Dubatolov Cladopora spinosa Coenites quydatensis Crassialveolites admirabilis Donetzites dovjcovi 1965 with Dubatolov Echyropora dubatolovi with Ta-Fuong Echyropora grandiporosa 1965 Favosites concavotabulatus Favosites hirtus Fossopora yenlacensis 1967 Gephuropora vietnamica with Dubatolov Litophyllum inflatiformis Pachycanalicula rariformis Paraheliolites minutus 1966 Parastriatopora champungensis Podolites obuti Squameofavosites baolacensis Squameofavosites enormis Squameofavosites grossisquamatus Squameofavosites vanchieni Stelliporella pulchra Roemeripora subbohemicus Stelliporella chekhovichae 1967 Thecostegites minutus Thamnophora polytrematiformis Trachypora dubatolovi 1967 Tyrganolithes pulcher Pisces Genera Bannhuanaspis 1993 with Janvier & Phuong Lyhoalepis 1994 with Janvier & Doan Nhat Myducosteus 1997 with Phuong, Boucot, Gouyet & Janvier Vukhuclepis 1997 with Janvier, Phuong & Truong Species Bannhuanaspis vukhuci 1993 with Janvier & Phuong Chuchinolepis dongmoensis 1990 with Janvier Lyhoalepis duckhoai 1994 with Janvier & Doan Nhat Myducosteus anmanensis 1997 with Phuong, Boucot, Gouyet & Janvier Parayunnanolepis xitunensis 1990 with Janvier Sanqiaspis vietnamensis 2009 with Janvier, Phuong, Clement & Phong Vukhuclepis lyhoaensis 1997 with Janvier, Phuong & Truong Yunnanolepis bacbonensis 1990 with Janvier Yunnanolepis deprati 1990 with Janvier Yunnanolepis meemannae 1994 with Janvier HONORS (Fossil) Tongdzuyites Meister, Khuc, Huyen & Doyle 2000 (Mollusca) Tongdzuylepis Janvier & Phuong 1999 (Pisces)
Timo-Iaria brothers
César Timo-Iaria, Brazilian neurophysiologist (São Paulo 25 July 1924 – São Paulo 27 June 2005) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored over 80 papers Described the triggering mechanism of hunger is due to hepatic metabolism fired by cytoglucopenia sensible glucoreceptors Described the region in central nervous system where the sleep is generated Discovered that nuclei of dorsolateral region of tegmentum pontis play a role on genesis of desynchronized sleep (1963) Developed the idea that behaviors consisted of vegetative and motor components Described in detail states and the phases of sleep in mice First described REM sleep in Rodents (1970) Discovered a region in medial edge of prosencephalic fascicle of median and posterior mice hypothalamus that rules strictly immune system First experimentally demonstrated atrial natriuretic factor With Massako Kadekaro. A simple device to align vertically electrodes for stereotaxic implantation. Physiol. Behav. 5(4):541-2, 1970 With M.A. Nicolelis, G. Tinone, K. Sameshima et al. Connection, a microcomputer program for storing and analyzing structural properties of neural circuits. Comp. Biom. Res. Intern. J. 23:64-81, 1990 LINKS http://www.sbfte.org.br/profcesar.htm (in Portuguese) His brother, Sebastião Timo-Iaria, food microbiologist (São Paulo 25 September 1929 – São Paulo 28 May 2005) DEVELOPED New culture media With L.G. Cotillo Z. Novo meio de isolamento de enterobactérias e diferenciação simultânea das colônias e diferenciação simultânea das colônias de Proteus e Providencia. Rev. Saude Publ. São Paulo 1:108-9, 1967 With L.G. Cotillo Z. Modificação do Agar fenil-alanina usado na identificação de enterobactérias. Rev. Saude Publ. São Paulo 1:110, 1967 Methods A new method for estimating reducing bacterial population in fisheries With A.R.S. Casimiro. Um novo método de estimativa da população bacteriana redutora do óxido de trietilamina em pescado. Programas e Resumo 12º Congr Bras Microbiol. 9º Congr. Latino Amer. Microbiol., 25-29 julho, 1983 With M. Landgraf & D.P. Falcão. Improved enrichment procedure for isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica and related species from milk. J. Food Prot. 56(5):447-50, 1993