Roberto Sampaolesi
Roberto Sampaolesi Bouzón, Argentine ophthalmologist (Caleufu, La Pampa Province 08 September 1925 – Buenos Aires 08 November 2015) Described new signs such as Sampaolesi wave line or sign 2 New signs which are specific for the so-called syndrome of “capsular exfoliation of the crystalline”. Ann. Ocul. 192:839-48, 1959 New gonioscopic sign in congentital glaucoma of late onset. Arch. Oftalmol. Bs. Aires 37:161-5, 1962 & Bibli. Ophthalmol 74:106-23, 1968 With J.M. Muñoz. Simple method for the determination of protein in aqueous humor. Doc. Ophthalmol. Proc. Ser. 11:106-12, 1957 Showed diurnal intraocular pressure curve as best method to evaluate intraocular pressure (1961) Proposed that trabeculotomy combined with echometry was the surgical procedure of choice in refractory congenital glaucomas (1972) Showed that most reliable mode to check glaucoma in newborn and infants was the measurement of length of the globe using echometry as long as intraocular pressure had to be measured under general anesthesia with all its sources for errors (1973) With J. Zarate & O. Croxatto described the clinical picture of the chamber angle in capsular glaucoma (1988) With J.R. Sampaolesi developed Buenos Aires staging system (BASS) which classifies optic nerve damage in five phases (1995)
Roberto Salmerón
Roberto Aureliano Salmerón, Brazilian/French nuclear physicist (São Paulo 16 June 1922 – Paris 17 June 2020) From Spanish and Italian ancestry Published nearly 150 works With A. Zichichi et al discovered neutral tau meson reported in Nuovo Cimento 4:1433, 1956 With others obtained the first K meson associated production reported in Nuovo Cimento 5:1388, 1957. OTHERS First Non-European Member of Permanent Staff of CERN Founder, Ecole d’Eté de Physique de Particules de Gif sur Yvette, CERN (1969)
Rita Schiapelli
Rita Delia Esther Schiapelli, Argentine arachnologist (1906 – 1976) DESCRIBED ARACHNIDA TAXA (with Pikelin) Genera Amaloxenops 1958 Bolostromoides 1945 Melloleitaoina 1960 Paracleocnemis 1942 Pycnothelopsis 1942 Simonida 1958 Xenoplectus 1958 Species About 165
Rigoberto Soler
Rigoberto Soler Gisbert, Spanish-born Brazilian automobile designer (near Valencia, Spain 1926 – São Paulo 15 November 2004) DESIGNED Cars Capeta 1963 Brasinca Uirapuru (1965) FEI XI (1968) FEI X2 Hovercraft FEI X3 Lavinia (1971) FEI X9, a protoype of Formula one driving car (1974) Lafer LL (1976) DKW Others Delta transport system TAL (Transporte Automático Leve) TALAV (Trem Aerodinâmico de Alta Velocidade) 1972 VA (Veículo Aerodeslizante) Uiraquitan, a model of urban bus (1972)
Ricardo Sureda
Ricardo José Sureda Leston, Argentine geologist, mineralogist and petrologist (Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province 1946 – DESCRIBED NEW MINERALS Catalanoite (2002) with Ruiz Brodtkorbite (2002) with Paar, Roberts, Criddle & Amann Jagueite (2004) with Paar, Topa, Makovicky, Brodtkorb, Nickel & Putz Coiraite (2008) with Paar, Moelo, Mozgova, Brodtkorb et al. HONORS Suredaite Paar, Milletich, Topa, Criddle, Brodtkorb, Amthauer & Tippelt 2000 (Mineral)
Riaz Ali Shah
Syed Riaz Ali Shah, Pakistani analytical chemist (Lahore 20 October 1924 – 27 January 2018) Developed a method to inactivate all the toxic principles present in rice brain in a single operation SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With A.H. Kahn, M.A. Chaudhry & M.A. Qaiser. Utilization of RHA for the production of cement-like materials in rural areas (1979) With M.A. Naz, A.A. Naqvi & M. Safdar. A study of swat kaolinite. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Research 7:183, 1964 With M. Talvani & S.M. Hassan. Manghopir spring water(1964) With S.T. Hasan, M. Sabir, M. Aslam & H. Imam. Lightweight and cellular clay bricks as insulating and structural material. Science & Industry 1-2:143, 1963 The effect partial replacement of Portland cement by alkaline earth sulfate on the physical properties, reference to sulfate resistance (1963) With N. ud Din Zahid, M.K. Bhatty & Karimullah. Indigenous bentonites for refining cottonseed oil. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Research 4:66, 1963 With M. Ashraf & M.K. Bhatty. Elimination of distillation in the Kjeldahl method for the micro- and semimicrodetermination of nitrogen in nitro- nitroso- and azocompounds. Anal. Chim. Acta 25(5), 1961 PATENTS With A.H. Khan & M.A. Chaudhary. Incinerator for the production of active silica from rice husk (1979) With M. Aslam & M.H. Naqvi. A process for the production of carbonates of barium and strontium from their sulphates GB1271126A (1969) With M. Aslam, S.T. Hasan & K.N. Zaidi. Method of producing artificial marble from barium sulfate and aqueous alkali silicate. US Pat. 3, 169, 932 (1965) With M. Aslam & M.H. Naqvi. Pak. Patent 114,805 (1965) With M. Aslam, S.T. Hasan & K.N. Zaidi. A process for the production of artificial marble GB976358 A (1962), AU262822B2 (1963) & AU1576462A (1963) HONORS (Hemiptera) Riaziana Hasan, Afzal & Ahmad 1989 Riazocoris Ahmad & Afzal 1979