Reza Mansouri
Reza Mansouri, Iranian physicist (Tehran 08 January 1948 – Developed Mansouri-Sexl test theory of relativity (1977) With S. Ghassemi & S. Khakshournia. Generalized Friedman equations for a finite thick brane. J.H.E.P. (2006) With K. Nozari. Methods of gluing manifolds in general relativity. J. Math. Phys. 43:1519-35, 2002 With K. Nozari. A new distributional approach to signature change. Gen. Rel. Grav. 32:253-69, 2000 With F. Nasseri. A model universe with variable space dimension – its dynamics and wave-function. Phys. Rev. D 60 (1999) With M. Khorrami & M. Mohazzab. A decrumpling model of universe. Helv. Phys. Acta 69:237, 1996 A new class of inhomogeneous cosmological solutions of Einstein’s equations (1996) An alternative relativistic-law equation of state. Acta Phys. Polonica B13:201, 1982 An exact solution to Salam’s theory of gravity. Acta Phys. Austr. 36:86, 1973 Alternative two-tensor theory of gravitation (1971)
Renato Marinoni
Renato Contin Marinoni, Brazilian entomologist (Curitiba 26 March 1939 – Curitiba 29 June 2011) DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA TAXA Genera Anasillus 1978 with Martins Ateralphus 2001 with Restello & Iannuzzi Eucoelosis 1995 with Iannuzzi Exalphus 2001 with Restello & Iannuzzi Neoamymoma 1977 Neohebestola 1977 Neopachystola 1977 Piola 1974 Species About 125 Others Diarthrodes falcipes 1964 (Crustacea) HONORS Marinonicoris Carvalho 1988 (Hemiptera)
Raul Matera
Raul Floreal Matera Granata, Argentine neurosurgeon (Buenos Aires 07 May 1915 – Buenos Aires 21 March 1994) From Calabrese father DEVELOPED METHODS With R. Carrillo. Nueva tecnica operatoria minima. Leucotomia selectiva en el dolor visceral. Seara Medica 5(2-4):133-42, 1950 Antibioticos y quimioterarapicos en neurocirurgia. Tecnica de su empleo. Resultados terapeuticos (Antibiotics and chemotherapeutic agents in neurosurgery: technic and use and therapeutic results). Dia Med. 25(5):92-6, 1953 DESCRIBED SIGNS Signos yodoventriculograficos en las aracnoiditis encefalicas. Rev. Neurol. Bs. Aires 11(3):231-83, 1946 Matera-Insausti sign (a painful paravertebral percussion)
Raul Marsal Cordoba
Raul Jaime Marsal Córdoba, Argentine-born Mexican geotechnical engineer (Buenos Aires 11 January 1915 – Ciudad de Mexico 02 December 1990) ACHIEVEMENTS Stablished worldwide used criteria for design in built works with rockfillings. Proposed Marsal method Large scale testing of rockfill materials. Journal of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. ASCE 93(2):27-43, 1967. Proposed Marsal apparatus, a triaxial apparatus to test rockfill samples (1973) Triaxial apparatus for testing rockfil samples. 2nd Panam. CSMFE, Brazil, vol. 2, 67, 1963. Held at least 12 US patents. AWARDS Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, American Society of Civil Engineers. SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Unconfined compression and vane shear tests in volcanic lacustrine clay. Conference on Soils for Engineering Purposes, Mexico. ASTM SPT 232. Pp.229-241, 1957. Behavior of a Sandy Uniform Soil During the Jaltipan Earthquake, Mexico. Proc. 5th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Paris. 3:229-233, 1961. Stochastic processes in the grain skeleton or soils. Proc. 6th ICSMFE 1(1-2):303-307, 1965. Grain Forces in Non-Cohesive Soils. Proc. 3rd Pan-Am.Conf.Soil Mech.Found. Engng. 1:227-247, 1967. With L. Ramírez de Arellano. Performance of El Infernillo Dam 1963-1966. J. Soil Mech. Found. Div. ASCE 93(4). Proc. Paper 5318, pp.265-298, 1967. Mechanical properties of rockfill. In: Hirschfeld, R.C. & Poulos, S.J. (eds). Embankment Dam Engineering. Casagrande Volume. Wiley, New York. Pp.109-200, 1973. With P. La Rochelle. Soil improvement. State of the art report. Proc. 10th ICSMFE 4. Stockholm, 1981. With P. La Rochelle. Slope Stability. General report. Proc. 10th ICSMFE 4:485-505, Stockhom, 1981.
Raul Dodsworth Machado
Raul Dodsworth Machado, Brazilian microscopist (Belo Horizonte 11 June 1917 – Rio de Janeiro 05 August 1996) Authored about 80 scientific papers Performed outstanding contributions to knowledge of Electrophorus electricus ultrastructure Authored with K.R. Porter classic papers on plant cell division and endoplasmic reticulum of plant cells METHODS With M.E. Fonseca, N. Frimer, R.E. Mendonça & J.N. Couceiro. A combined staining technique developed for virus particle observation in the electron microscope. Rev. Bras. Biol. 44(1):37-40, 1984 With N.M. Pereira, W. de Souza & F.T. de Castro. Isolation and properties of flagella of Trypanosomatids. J. Protozool. 24(4):511-4, 1977 Developed a method for observation of phase changes in vegetable waxes Melting and crystallization of vegetable waxes. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. 34:388-93, 1957 A method of emptying and examining glass microelectrodes under the electron microscope With G.M. Oliveira Castro. Control of glass microelectrodes for intracellular recordings. Experientia 25:556-8, 1969 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With C.F. Barros. Epidermis and epicuticular waxes of Syagrus coronata leaflets. Can. J. Bot. 73:1947-52, 1995 With J.B. Fontenelle & C.G. Costa. Foliar anatomy and micromorphology of eleven species of Eugenia L. (Myrtaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115:111-33, 1994 With F.C. Miguens & R.P. Louro. A scanning electron microscope study of normal and vitrified leaves from Datura insignis plantlets cultured in vitro. Plant Cell Tiss. Organ Culture 32(1):109-113, 1993 With G.B. Fontenelle & D.M.S. Gomes. Anatomia foliar de Gomidesia martiana Berg e G. fenzeliana Berg (Myrtaceae). Rev. Bras. Bot. 16(1):17-30, 1993 With R.P. Louro & F.C. Miguens. Structure and development of stellate trichomes in Andradaea floribunda Fr. Allem. (Nyctaginaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 109(2):203-10, 1992 With M. Taffarel, M. Attias & W. de Souza. Structural and cytochemical localization of the endoplasmic reticulum in the electrolyte of Electrophorus electricus. Micros. Electron. Biol. Cell. 12(1):35-44, 1988 With F.C. Miguens & M.A. Esquibel. Scanning electron microscopy of the electric organs of Electrophorus electricus L. Cell Tiss. Res. 234(3):641-53, 1983 With W. de Souza, M. Benchimol, M. Attias & K.R. Porter. Observations on the innervated face of the electrolyte of the main organ of the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus L.). Cell Tiss. Res. 213(1):69-80, 1980 With J.T.C. Araújo & W. de Souza. Ultrastructural localization of calcium-binding sites in the electrolyte of Electrophorus electricus (L.). Cell. Set. 38:97-104, 1979 With M.M. Oliveira & C. Chagas Filho. Calcium binding to electroplate membranes from Electrophorus electricus (1978) With W. de Souza, A. Hasson-Voloch, C. Somlo & M. Benchimol. Localization of ATPases on the membranes of the electrolyte of Electrophorus electricus (L.). Cell Tiss. Res. 185:115-28, 1977 With W. de Souza, G. Cotta Pereira & G. Oliveira Castro. On the fine structure of Electrophorus electricus L. Cell Tissue Res. 174:355-66, 1976 With R. Schmid. Pit membranes in hardwoods. Fine structure and development. Protoplasma 66(1):185, 1968 With F.R. Milanez & C.A. Areia. Alguns aspectos da infraestrutura foliar. XVIII Congr. Nac. Botanica (1967) With M.A.B. Arraes & V.A. Nepomuceno. Sobre a anatomia da folha da carnaubeira (Copernicia prunifera Miller) H.E. Moore. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias (1966) With A. Mattos Filho & J.M.G. Pereira. Estrutura microscópica e submicroscopica da madeira da Bauhinia forficata Link (Leg. Caes.). Rodriguesia 37:313-28, 1966 With R. Schmid. Estrutura das pontuações guarnecidas de G. marginata Taub. (Leg. Caes.). Arq. J. Bot. 18:285-92, 1962-5 With R. Schmid. Observations on the structure of pit membranes in hardwood cells (1964) The origin and fine structure of the sculptured pits in Leguminosae. Planta p.612-6, 1964 With R. Schmid. The fine structure of vestured pits in the genus Plathymenia. Holz Roh-Werkstoff 21(2):41-7, 1963 With K.R. Porter. The endoplasmic reticulum and the formation of plant cell walls (1960) With K.R. Porter. Studies of the endoplasmic reticulum. IV. Its form and distribution during mitosis in cells of onion root tip. J. Biophys. Biochem. Cytol. 7:167, 1960 With F.R. Milanez. Aplicação da microscopia eletrônica ao estudo dos laticíferos embrionários de Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. Rodriguesia 18-19:30-31, 1956 Pareceres sobre a essência de sassafrás, método de doseamento do safrol. Bol. Inst. Oleos (1949) Estudos sobre as plantas ceríferas, sementes oleaginosas e método de análise. Bol. Inst. Oleo (1944-5) Principais diferenças anatômicas entre os segmentos foliares de Copernicia australis Becc. e de C. cerifera. Bol. Inst. Oleos 3:7-12, 1945 LINKS http://www.sbmm.org.br/arquivos/Boletim_5_Dez06.pdf (Portuguese) His father, Renato Brancante Machado, otorhinolaryngologist (Rio de Janeiro 14 February 1890 – Rio de Janeiro 15 May 1958) Developed Machado technique for surgical treatment of ozena (before C. Eyries) Considerações sobre a terapeutica cirúrgica da ozena. Rev. Bras. Otorrin. 4:311-6, 1939
Ramón Macías
Ramón Macías Zepeda, Mexican surgeon (Villa de los Reyes, Michoacán State 14 January 1856 – Ciudad de Mexico 04 September 1916) With Regino Gonzalez performed the third case of perineal prostatectomy in the world using a new procedure (1896) that described in 1897 Le cure radicale du prostatisme: quelques idees originales et nouveaux chirurgicaux. Rev. d. Anat. Pathol. et Clin. Mexico (1897) Introduced a number of improvements to hysterectomy Described a technique for intermittent drainage of pleura before Mozingo La canalización intermitente de la pleura. Rev. Anat. Patol. Clin. 2:485-80, 1879 Developed a treatment for urethral narrowings (1885) DEVELOPED/INVENTED A dilator mirror for bladder Curved handgrip needles for prostatectomy New dilator urethrotome An automatic lancet or knife