Armando Dias Tavares
Armando Dias Tavares, Brazilian physicist (Rio de Janeiro 27 February 1917 – Rio de Janeiro 26 February 1988) Gave an electronic interpretation for thermodielectric effect suggesting a quantum theory such as semiconductor conductivity theory Developed a method for experimental study of thermodielectric effect New method for the determination of space charge in dielectrics. J. Chem. Phys. 59(4):2154-5, 1973 A theorem on a real function of a real variable. Rev. Cient. 1(1):91-11, 47, 1951 Imagined a spherical kind of Geiger counter SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The Costa Ribeiro effect and allied phenomena. J. Molec. Liquids 39:171-94, 1988 Experimental proof of the existence of the double space charge developed in dielectrics by the Costa Ribeiro effect. Phys. Status Solidi 21(2):717-24, 1974 Resistivity measurements in organic semiconductors. Physica Status Solidi 15(2):559-64, 1973 Contribuição ao estudo do efeito Costa Ribeiro. Thesis, Universidade do Brasil (1961) Crescimento de cristais. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 30(4), 1958 Cargas espaciais residuais em eletretos naturais. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 30(4): 1958 Um efeito fotoelétrico em cristais de naftaleno. Thesis, Universidade do Distrito Federal (1955) Further quantitative experiments on the Costa Ribeiro effect. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 25(4), 1953 On a possible explanation of the Costa Ribeiro effect. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 25(1), 1953 Some consequences of “an electronic explanation of the Costa Ribeiro effect”. Rev. Cientifica 4(1-2):75-9, 1953 The thermodielectric constant of water. Rev. Cientifica 3(12):39-41, 1952
Antonio Tossolini
Antonio Olivo Tossolini, Argentine mechanic and carpenter (1900 – Bell Ville, Cordoba Province 22 June 1959) From Italian parentage With Juan Valbonesi (Italian-born commercial employee died 1970) and former soccer player Luis Romano Polo Tonello (Unión Cordoba 01 February 1901 – Unión Cordoba 25 July 1957) patented Superball, the first leather lace-free soccer ball with perfect roundness that revolutionized the sport Argentine patent 35.779 (1931) Valbonesi patented it in United Kingdom (Improvements in inflatable balls for use in ball games such as football GB number 19,285 (1931) and Italy Invented Topoval, the first hand inflator of the world (1948) Improvements in/or relating to liquid supply pumps particularly for liquid fuel mixtures With his brothers Eduardo & Eugenio developed a number of inventions
Alcides Ribeiro Teixeira
Alcides Ribeiro Teixeira, Brazilian mycologist (Torrinha, São Paulo State 06 April 1918 – São Paulo 13 June 2003) Developed techniques for sampling and mounting of hyphae (1956 and 1962) Método para estudo das hifas do carpóforo de fungos poliporáceos Publ. Inst. Bot. Est. S. Paulo 22 (1956) DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Genera Albatrellopsis 1994 Coltriciopsis 1989 Hornodermoporus 1993 Species Lentinus campinensis 1946 Lenzites cubamyces 1992 Peloronectria bambusina 1955 Phellinus bresadolianus 1992 Phellinus piptadeniae 1950 Phellinus rickii 1950 Physoderma hydrocotylidis 1943 with Viegas Polyporus lucienqueletii 1986 Pseudolpidiopsis achylae 1943 with Viegas Stereum beigehymenium 1945 Syncephalis ubatubensis 1943 with Viegas HONORS Teixeiranthus King & Robinson 1980 (Asteraceae)
Alberto Carlos Taquini
Alberto Carlos Taquini Castiglioni, Argentine medical researcher (Buenos Aires 06 December 1905 – 04 March 1998) Authored 350 scientific papers mainly on cardiology and arterial hypertension With L.F. Leloir, J.C. Fasciolo, J.M. Muñoz and E. Braun Menendez discovered angiotensin and described enzymatic nature of rennin-angiotensin system and its relationship to arterial hypertension With J.M. Muñoz, J.C. Fasciolo & L.F. Leloir. Hypertensin: the substance causing renal hypertension. Nature 144:980, 1939 Proposed universal thoracic heartbeat (Arrillaga-Davobe sign) as a diagnostic way of retro cardiac aorta aneurisms With F. C. Arrillaga. Battement thoracique universal: nouvel element de diagnostic pour les anévrismes de l’aorte retrocardiaque (1933) Proposed the evolutive hypertension Hipertensión arterial evolutiva (1952) With R. Labriola, O.Orias, E.M. de Españes & V. Deulofeu. Fagarine, a possible substitute for quinidine. Science 102(2638):69-70, 1945 METHODS Ideated original techniques of intraesophagic electrocardiography With J.C. Fasciolo. Metodo para el reconocimiento de pequeñas quantidades de renina. Rev. Soc. Arg. Biol. (1947) With J.M. Muñoz, E. Braun-Menendez, J.C. Fasciolo & L.F. Leloir. Metodo para la medición de la renina humana. Rev. Soc. Arg. Biol. 19:321-31, 1943 HONORS Honorary Member, American College of Physicians, American Heart Association, American Physiological Society, Cardiology Society of Belgium, Cardiology Society of France, International Academy of Medicine President, World Heart Federation (1954-62) and International Council of Hypertension (1954-68)
Adolphe Tonduz
Jean François Adolphe Tonduz, Swiss-born Costa Rican botanist and plant pathologist (Pulley, Vaud Canton, Lavraux-Oron District 18 September 1862 – Ciudad de Guatemala 19 December 1921) Authored about 90 works Described the plant species Myroxylon sonsonatense (1908) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY El pudrimiento del tallo del banano. Bol. Inst. Fis. Geogr. Costa Rica 11:309-10, 1901 El blanco o mofo de las raices del cafeto. Bol. Inst. Fis. Geogr. Costa Rica (1900) La fumagina del cafeto. Anal. Inst. Fis-Geogr. Nac. 6 (1897) Herborisations au Costa Rica. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4:163-77, 1896 Exploraciones botánicas em Talamanca. Anales Inst. Fis-Geogr. Nac. (1895) Expediciones botánicas efectuadas en la parte meridional de Costa Rica por los años 1891-1892 (1893) Informe sobre la enfermedad del cafeto (1893) HONORS Tonduzia Pittier 1908 (Apocynaceae) Dontuzia Gómez 1973 (Fungi)
Yvonne Sanguinetti
Yvonne Therezinha Sanguinetti, Brazilian paleontologist (193? DESCRIBED FOSSIL OSTRACODA TAXA Genera Bisulcocypris 1958 with Pinto Brasilicythere 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Species Ambostracon crucicostatum 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Argenticythere levipunctata 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Argenticytherella variabilis 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Australicythere bensoni 1979 Bensonia midipunctata 1979 Bensonia minipunctata 1979 Bensonia tripunctata 1979 Bisulcocypris albertensis 1962 with Pinto Bisulcocypris castellonensis 1987 with Pinto Bisulcocypris lubimovae 1987 with Pinto Bisulcocypris pricei 1987 with Pinto Bisulcocypris truncata 1987 with Pinto Bisulcocypris uninodosa 1987 with Pinto Bradleya pelotensis 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Bradleya rheingantzi 1979 Brasilicythere reticulispinosa 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Callistocythere fossulata 1995 with Coimbra & Bittencourt Calcagno Callistocythere laminata 1995 with Coimbra & Bittencourt Calcagno Callistocythere multicellulosa 1995 with Coimbra & Bittencourt Calcagno Callistocythere sigmocostellata 1995 with Coimbra & Bittencourt Calcagno Caudites diagonalis 1979 Caudites posdiagonalis 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Coquimba bertelsae 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Costa riograndensis 1993 with Ornellas & Coimbra Cyprideis maxipunctata 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cyprideis mostardensis 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cyprideis posteroinflata 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cyprideis sparsopunctata 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cypris cassinensis 1993 with Ornellas, Coimbra & Ramos Cytheretta punctata 1979 Cytheropteron tuberculatum 1979 Henryhowella kempfi 1993 with Ornellas & Coimbra Henryhowella rectangulata 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Henryhowella spinosa 1992 with Ornellas & Coimbra Krithe coimbrai 1999 with Do Carmo Krithe gnoma 1999 with Do Carmo Munseyella vandenboldi 1979 Pellucistoma gibosa 1979 Quadracythere eichlerae 1997 with Carreno & Coimbra Quadracythere nealei 1979 Rocaleberis bertelsae 1979 Rocaleberis sylvesterbradleyi 1979 Theriosynoecum martini 1962 with Pinto Theriosynoecum uninodosa 1958 with Pinto