Juan Carlos Zanotti Cavazzoni
Juan Carlos Zanotti Cavazzoni, Paraguayan industrial chemist (died 18 August 2013) From Italian ancestry Authored more than 100 scientific works Developed a new technique for detection of cancer using ultraviolet light With V.E. Zanotti Cavazzoni, A. Miquel & J. Malvetti. Nueva tecnica de detección del câncer en orina observada con luz ultravioleta. Rev. Soc. Med. Mil. Bogotá (1979) Held over 16 patents on biostimulators SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With V. Cabrera, A. Miquel & J. Malvetti. Enteropatias a colepatogenos tratadas con autovacunas (1998) Cultivo de leguminosas en distintos tipos de suelos con tierras raras y/o ascorbato de titânio. Rev. DIPRI-UNA (1998) Las micorrizas de la mandioca. DIPRI-UNA (1997) With F. Yubero. Cinetica de hidrolisis de nicotinamida con lantanidos en presencia de fosfatos o arseniatos o piroantimoniatos o nitratos (1996) With J.V. Boveda & A. Abrão. Reconhecimento de terras raras individuais por meio de seus complexos fluorescentes com tetraciclina (1993) With V. Zanotti Cavazzoni, A. Miquel, P. Maisare & J. Malvetti. Los autoantígenos en el diagnostico y la terapia del câncer. Autoantígenos y marcadores (1987) With H. Zaldívar de Espínola, V.E. Zanotti Cavazzoni, J. Malvetti & A. Miquel. Terapeutica autoantigenica en alergia infantil (1982) With V.E. Zanotti Cavazzoni, J. Malvetti & A. Miquel. Detection of cancer for antigen-antibody interaction. J. Clin. Chem. Clin. Biochem. 19(8):885, 1981 With C. Sanabria & A. Miquel. Contribución en el tratamiento de procesos alergicos con autoantígenos. Rev. Soc. Cient. Paraguay (1981) Paraguayan diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Coevol. Quart. (1978) Contribución en el tratamento de los procesos alérgicos con la autovacuna E Autovacuna microbiana coadyuvada por fosfolipídios Analisis físico-quimico para el diagnostico clinico y preclinico. Rev. Circ. Parag. Medicos Screening de hongos comestibles que crecen en el Paraguay. Rev. Soc. Cient. Paraguay 1(2):85-9, Prueba de fluorescência de las sustâncias extraídas de la sangre y de otros líquidos orgânicos. Rev. Soc. Parag. Med. Militar 206:9-19, With J. Malvetti, V.M. Zanotti Cavazzoni & B. Cohenca de Siminovich. Bacterias patógenas más frecuentes encontradas en tracto genito urinário y sus sensibilidades antibióticas
José Zaclis
José Zaclis, Romanian-born Brazilian neuroradiologist (Telenesti, Moldavia 15 February 1917 – São Paulo 20 October 1983) Developed many surgical techniques Modification on the technique of peripheral neurectomy for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. Arq. Neuropsiq. 7(1):29-30, 1949 As neurectomias periféricas no tratamento das neuralgias do trigêmeo. Arq. Neuropsiqu. 9:228-75, 1951 Authored the thesis Pan-angiografia cerebral por hipertensão pulmonary (1958) translated into many languages in which described the technique of cerebral pan-angiography by means of injection of contrast medium into a single artery while simultaneously producing transient intrathoracic hypertension A new method of cerebral angiography. Arch. Neuropsiqu. S. Paulo 17:1-22, 1959 Developed a modified Valsalva manoeuvre (1964) With R. Zaclis. A new method of surgical treatment for carotid-cavernous fistula (1973)
Jose Francisco Zikan
José Francisco Zikán, Czech-born Brazilian entomologist (Tepliz-Schoenau, Bohemia 19 March 1881 – São Paulo 23 May 1949) Authored 61 papers Elucidated the complete life cycle of a number of Brazilian species of insects DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Lepidoptera Genera Stichelia 1949 Neomelese 1968 Paramelese 1968 Species At least 95 Coleoptera O gênero Parandra Latr., 1804, com a descrição de 14 espécies novas (Col; Cerambycidae). Rev. Soc. Ent. Arg. 14:22-50, 1948 Hymenoptera Described 90 new species of genus Mischocyttarus, beyond other species in this group HONORS Zikania Borgmeier 1925 (Diptera) Zikaniola Carvalho 1946 (Hemiptera) Zikanita Lane 1943 (Coleoptera) Zikanapis Moure 1945 & Zikaniella Moure 1941 (Hymenoptera) Lepidozikania Travassos 1949 (Lepidoptera) Zikanella Hering 1932 (Lepidoptera) Zikanyrops Hopp 1928 (Lepidoptera) Subg. Zikandra Santos Silva 2003 (Coleoptera) His son, Walter Zikán, entomologist and politician (Mar de Espanha, Minas Gerais State 06 June 1910 – Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro State 05 March 1989) Authored 12 entomological works With his father co-described at least 16 new species of butterflies HONORS Walterianella Bechyné 1955 (Coleoptera)
Jose Castulo Zeledon
José Castulo de Jesús Zeledón Porras, Costa Rican ornithologist (Las Anonas, San Jose Province 24 March 1846 – Torino, Italy 16 July 1923) Relative of former presidents of Costa Rica Collected several thousand specimens, among which were a considerable number of new species (40 avian species and subspecies) First to obtain the breeding of resplendent quetzal in captivity Described the subspecies Aramides albiventris plumbeicollis 1888 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Catalogue of the Birds of Costa Rica. Proceed. U.S. Nat. Museum 8:104-118, 1885 Catalogo de las aves de Costa Rica. Anales Museo Nac. Costa Rica 1:103-35, 1887 HONORS Genus Zeledonia Ridgway 1889 (Aves) Corresponding Member, American Ornithologists Union (1884)
Hongzhao Zhang
Hongzhao Zhang or Hung Cao Chang, Chinese geologist and stratigrapher (Wu County, Zhejiang Province 11 March 1877 – Nanjing 06 September 1951) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Compilation of Chinese thermal springs (1956) Records of ancient mining sites (1954) The Triassic palaeogeography and stratigraphy of Yunnan (1947) With Y.C. Sun. New graptolite faunas from Lientan, Kwangtung. Contr. Geol. Inst. Nat. Univ. Peking 29:9-17, 1947 On some new occurrences of the marine Triassic of Kueichou. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 22(1-2), 1942 Fossil fishes of Choukoutien (1936) With P. Teilhard de Chardin, C.C. Young & W.C. Pei. On the Cenozoic formations of Kwangsi and Kwangtung. Bull. Geol. Soc. China 24:179-205, 1935 The Mesozoic orogenic mouvement South Eastern China. Geol. Surv. Kwangtung & Kwangsi Sci. Publ. 11 (1933) On the discovery of the graptolite-shale from Lientan, Yunnan District in Kwantung Province and its Stratigraphic Correlations. Bull. Geol. Soc. China (1933) A brief summary of the tertiary formations of inner Mongolia and their correlation with Europe and North America (1931) Permian plants from the La-Shih Pa and Tien-Lo Chung Coalfields, Northest of Chu-Chiang Kwantung. Palaeont. Mem. Geol. Surv. Kwantung & Kwangsi (1930) A preliminary report on the identification of some Lower Devonian brachiopods and pelecypods of Kwangsi Province. Geol. Surv. Kwangtung & Kwangsi Sci. Publ. 3 (1929) The Geology of Sa Shui, Szu Hui, Kuang Ning and Kao Yao Districts of West Kwangtung. Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Kwangtung & Kwangsi 2(2):109-117, 1928 Lapidarium sinicum: a study of minerals, rocks and fossils as shown in Chinese literature. Mem. Geol. Surv. China Series B 2:1-432, 1921 HONORS Genus Changisaurus Young 1959 (Fossil Reptilia) Hungchaoita Zhu, Xie, Liu & Qian 1964 (Mineral)
Hans Zocher
Ernst Werner Hans Zocher, German/Brazilian physical chemist (Bad Liebenstein, Thüringen 27 April 1893 – Rio de Janeiro 16 October 1969) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored over 80 works First to recognize a lyotropic nematic phase known as Zocher phase (1925) Observed that colloidal particles sometimes aggregate in bundles which named tactoids (1925) Presented equations for an orthotropic linear viscoelastic material With Oseen introduced the macroscopic thermodynamical description of the liquid crystals With Jacobsohn described a new type of sol called tactosol (1929) Discovered inorganic lyotropic liquid crystals (1920s) First to observe cholesteric-nematic phase transition effect (1929) With Clara Torok first introduced tactoid shape characterization Introduced term mesophase Introduced an apparatus for examining shape of particles in colloidal solutions With F. Stiebel introduced an ultramicroscopic technique for the study of monolayers by which they established the existence of inhomogeneities in extremely thin surface layers (1930) Described an electrode cleaning method (with Birstein) With P. Kubelka and C. Torok developed and patented a method for extraction of potassium salts from saltwater employing its precipitation as syngenite (1959) EPONYMY Zocher effect Zocher layers Zocher number Zocher rule “the linear dichroism of a colloidal dispersion reaches a maximum when its linear birefringence is zero” (1925) Zocher type particles Oseen-Zocher-Frank equations Oseen-Zocher-Frank elastic constants Oseen-Zocher-Frank free energy density Zocher ferric oxide iridescent films Zocher-Jacobsohn method (1928) Zocher method for preparing sols