Juan Arnaldo Pisano
Juan Arnaldo Pisano, Argentine paleontologist (? – 1967) Described fossil species Phtoramys hidalguense 1965 with Pascual & Ortega SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Um nuevo significativo caso de adición prismatica observada en el premolar cuarto (p4) inferior de um ejemplar del gênero Cavia (Rodentia, Caviidae). Ameghiniana 3(6), 1964 Resultados de la aplicación del método estratigráfico em la explotación de um paradero indígena en Cañada Honda (Provincia de Buenos Aires). A propósito de la presencia de cuevas de vizcachas (1959) With J.F. Bonaparte. Dos nuevos paraderos indigenas neolíticos de la cuenca del Río Luján. Industria lítica (1950) HONORS (Fossil) Pisanosaurus Casamiquela 1967 (Reptilia) Pisanodon Zetti 1972 (Mammalia)
João Murça Pires
João Murça Pires, Brazilian botanist (Bariri, São Paulo State 08 July 1917 – Belém 21 December 1994) Authored 65 papers Performed the first employment of Preston lognormal curve for ecological analysis of tropical trees communities With T.H. Dobzhansky & G.A. Black. An estimate of the number of species of trees in an Amazonian Forest Community. Botanical Gazette 114(4):467-77, 1953 With G. O. Castro & N.T. da Silva authored the paper Application of some phytosociological techniques to Brazilian rain forest. Amer. J. Bot. 43(10):911-41, 1956 with great repercussion in this field DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Family Saccifoliaceae 1978 with Maguire Genera Belemia 1981 (Nyctaginaceae) Froesia 1948 (Quiinaceae) Saccifolium 1978 with Maguire (Saccifoliaceae) Species Anacardium negrense 1948 with Froes Anisophylla manausensis 1971 with Rodrigues Belemia fucsioides 1981 Chrysophyllum anomalum 1960 Cnestidium froesii 1954 Corythophora amapaensis 1981 Croton diasii 2001 (posthumous) Dicella amazonica 1960 Diospyros cachimboensis 1960 with Cavalcante Diospyros capimnensis 1960 with Cavalcante Diospyros egleri 1960 with Cavalcante Discophora froesii 1960 Froesia crassiflora 1950 with Froes Froesia tricarpa 1948 Hevea camargoana 1961 Lacunaria opositifolia 1954 Lacunaria umbonata 1954 Manilkara cavalcantei 1990 Micropholis submarginalis 1990 with Penn Ormosia heterophylla 1960 Ormosia tapajosensis 1960 Pouteria amapaensis 1990 with Penn Pouteria brevensis 1960 Pouteria exstaminodia 1990 with Penn Pouteria jariensis 1990 with Penn Pouteria oblanceolata 1960 Pouteria rodriguesiana 1990 with Penn Pouteria tarumanensis 1960 Pouteria tenuisepala 1990 with Penn Pouteria ucuqui 1950 with Schultes Pradosia granulosa 1990 with Penn Quiina blackii 1950 Quiina brevensis 1960 Quiina duckei 1950 Quiina guaporensis 1960 Quiina maguirei 1969 Quiina oiapocensis 1960 Quiina paraensis 1950 Quiina rigidifolia 1950 Quiina wurdackii 1960 Saccifolium bandeirae 1978 with Maguire Strychnos bovetiana 1960 Theobroma canumaense 1964 with Froes Touroulia amazonica 1950 with Foster HONORS (Poaceae) Piresia Swallen 1964 Piresiella Judziewicz, Zuloaga & Morrone 1993
João Consani Perrone
João Consani Perrone, Brazilian biochemist (Passa Quatro, Minas Gerais 22 January 1922 – Rio de Janeiro 20 May 1979) With colleagues the studies about castor bean cake gave them a number of scientific discoveries METHODS Perrone method (chromatographic technique for separation of dinitrophenyl aminoacids) Separation of aminoacids as dinitrophenyl derivatives. Nature 167:513-5, 1951 A new method for chromatographic operating of peptides Um novo método para o funcionamento cromatográfico de peptídeos. Rev. Quim. Ind. 26(300):16, 1957 Developed an industrial process for detoxifying castor bean cake With A. Iachan, G.B. Domont, L.V. Disitzer, V.R.O. Castro, R. Roitman & S.M. Gomes. Contribuição ao estudo da torta de mamona (1966) With A. Iachan. Novo método para a dosagem da prolina e da hidroxiprolina. An. Acad. Bras. Cien. 29(4):XLVI, 1957 With A. Iachan & R. Roitman. A method for the determination of proline and hydroxyproline. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 31(1):53-55, 1959 With A. Iachan & L.V. Disitzer. A new method for protein hydrolysis with crystallized oxalic acid. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 33(2):169-72, 1961 With G.B. Domont & A. Iachan developed 2 methods for the automatic determination of trypsin activity (1963) With R.A. Moreira. Purification and partial characterization of a lectin from Phaseolus vulgaris L. Plant Physiol. 59:783-7, 1977 PAPERS IN NATURE Separation of aminoacids as dinitrophenyl derivatives. Nature 167:513-5, 1951 With A. Iachan & L.V. Disitzer. Electrophoretic heterogeneity of trypsin. Nature 184:1225-6, 1959 With A. Iachan, L.V. Disitzer & G. B. Domont. Fractionation of trypsin by paper electrophoresis. Nature 203(4090):43-5, 1964 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With S. Rosenberg & P.L. Kirk. Amperometric titration of sulphydryl groups. Microgram Analysis. Anal. Chem. 22(9):1186-7, 1950 With W. Hull & P.L. Kirk. Tissue culture studies. V. Analogue for nicotinic acid. Journal Gen. Physiol. 34:75-9, 1950 With A. Neuberger & H.G.B. Slack. The relative metabolic inertia of tendon collagen in the rat. Biochem. J. 49(2):199-204, 1951 With H.M. Muir & A. Neuberger. Further isotopic studies on haemoglobin formation in the rat and rabbit. Biochem. J. 52(1):87-95, 1952 With L.D. Antonaccio. The salting-out curve of human serum. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 25(4):459-68, 1953 With A. Iachan & L.A. Moreira Carneiro. Reaction of formaldehyde with aromatic amino acids. I. Reaction with tryptophane. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 25:107-28, 1953 Reação do formaldeído com os acidos aminados básicos. II. Reação com a histidina. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 27(1):35-4, 1955 Cromatography of peptides in columns of cellulose powder. A preliminary note. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 28(4):501-8, 1956 With A. Iachan. Separação cromatográfica de ácidos aminados neutros em colunas de cellulose. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 30(2):17, 1958 With L.V. Disitzer & G.B. Domont. The automatic determination of trypsin activity. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 36(2):131-5, 1964 Fracionamento eletroforético das proteínas da torta de mamona (1964) Curvas de solubilidade das proteínas da torta da mamona (1964) Destoxicação e desalergenização da torta da mamona (1964) With S.H. Kling, E. Solewicz, M.S.P. Daumas et al. Aproveitamento industrial das folhas de mandioca. Inform. Inst. Nac. Tecnol. 9:13-18, 1976 Os processos hidrolíticos no aproveitamento dos recursos renováveis. Silvicultura 3:23-33, 1977 With D. Parreira & E. Rodrigues. Separação cromatográfica de ácidos aminados em colunas de “Dowex 50” pelo uso de um gradiente de pH. An. Ass. Bras. Quim. 15(1-4):29-32, 19?? With J. G. de Carvalho & V.R. Osorio e Castro. Reaction of glutaraldehyde with human erythrocytes. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 52(2):419-26, 1980
João Bosco Prolla
João Bosco Prolla, Brazilian mathematician (24 June 1935- First to establish a vector-valued extension of Bishop’s theorem Enunciated Prolla best approximation theorem in hyperconvex metric spaces in Numer. Funct. Anal. Optimiz. 5:449-55, 1982-3. With L. Nachbin & S. Machado proved that the polynomials of finite type from a real locally convex space into another are dense in the space of all continuous function with the compact open topology Introduced the concept of antisymmetric set in weighted spaces (1971) With R.M. Aron showed that the finite type polynomials on a Banach space are exactly the weakly continuous polynomials (1980) Generalized Von Neumann’s variant of Stone-Weierstrass theorem for continuous functions with range in [0,1] (1992) With M.S. Kashimoto presented a Choquet-Deny type theorem for downward filtering convex sets of continuous functions (2006) Eponym of Prolla-Machado condition
Joviano Pacheco
Joviano Augusto do Amaral Pacheco, Brazilian mine engineer and geologist (Capivari, São Paulo State 31 December 1873 – São Paulo 30 May 1949) Described Roxochelys harrisi 1913 (Fossil Reptilia) Authored Relatório elucidativo do esforço geológico da região compreendida entre o meridiano 4º, rio Itararé e os paralelos 23º34’ e 24º38’. Rev. Inst. Geogr. Geol. 11(4):296-303, HONOURS (Fossil) Pachecoa Harris 1919 (Mollusca) Pachecoia Almeida 1950 (Crustacea)
José Piazza
Giuseppe Piazza, Swiss-born Argentine chemical engineer (Blenio District, Ticino Canton 20 March 1892 – ?) DEVELOPED Methods Generalized the procedure of electric discharges at low pressures Gasometric procedure for determination of solid substances Distillation procedures based on a rotating system of his own invention Contribución al estudio de la destilación fraccionada. Nuevo metodo para la determinación rapida de las curvas de equilibrio entre temperatura y composición del liquido y del vapor (1927) Devices Nuevo motor termico (1938) Destilacción fraccionada con aparatos de contracorrente intensa (1941) (developed a distiller) Piezometro de laboratorio (1942) Electromagnetic rotary viscometer Glass thread microbalance