Octavio Mangabeira Filho
Octavio Mangabeira Filho, Brazilian medical entomologist (Rio de Janeiro 13 July 1913 – Salvador 04 May 1963) Recognized as world authority on leishmaniasis vectors studies World pioneer on morphology and determination of periods of development phases in Phlebotominae under laboratorial conditions Standardized sandflies breeding under laboratorial conditions DESCRIBED DIPTERA TAXA Genera Evandromyia 1941 Viannamyia 1941 Subgenera Castromyia 1942 Pressatia 1942 Psychodopygus 1942 Species About 50 Sandflies species
Nelson Maculan Filho
Nelson Maculan Filho, Brazilian industrial and computational engineer (Londrina, Paraná State 19 March 1943 – Created algorithms for use in the field of combinatorial optimization Proposed formulation for s-directed spanning tree With Armin Claus and independently of J. Beasley & R. Wong proposed a reformulation of Steiner graph problem through a digraph obtained from a G graph OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS/SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With C.T. Bornstein, M. Portugal & L. de Lima Pinto. Multiobjective combinatorial optimization problems with a cost and several bottleneck objective functions: an algorithm with reoptimization. Computers & Operations Research 39:1969-76, 2012. With R. Q. Nascimento, A.F. Uzeda & L.A.F. Cabral. A Model to the Ellipsoidal Filling Problem. Vietnam Journal of Mathematics, 40:345-54, 2012. With Y.A. Frota, T.F. Noronha & C.C. Ribeiro. A branch-and-cut algorithm for partition coloring. Networks (New York, N.Y. Print) 55:437-44, 2010. With J.A.M. Brito, M. Lila & F.M.T. Montenegro. An exact algorithm for the stratification problem with proportional allocation. Optimization Letters 4:185-95, 2010. With D. Mauricio & L. Rivera. An efficient FFD method to solve the one-dimensional stock cutting problem. GESTS International Transactions on Computer Science and Engineering 61:25-36, 2010. With A.S. Cunha, A.P. Lucena Filho & M.G.C. Resende. A Relax-and-Cut Algorithm for the Prize-Collecting Steiner Problem in Graphs. Discrete Applied Mathematics 157: 1198-17, 2009. With M. S. Ibrahim & M. Minoux, A strong flow-based formulation for the shortest path problem in digraphs with negative cycles, International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR) 16:361–9, 2009. With L.S.B.S. Leite, Y.A.Frota, T.F. Noronha & C. C. Ribeiro, A branch-and-cut algorithm for equitable coloring based on a formulation by representatives. Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics 35: 347-52, 2009 With E. Amaldi, L. Liberti & F. Maffioli. Edge-swapping algorithm for the minimum fundamental cycle basis problem, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 69: 205–3, 2009 With M. Drazic, C.C. Lavor & N. Mladenovic, A continuous variable neighborhood search heuristic for finding the three-dimensional structure of a molecule, EJOR (European Journal of Operational Research), 185 (3):1265-73, 2008 With L. Liberti & C. C. Lavor. A branch-and-prune algorithm for the molecular distance geometry problem, International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR), 15:1-17, 2008 With E.F.G. Goldbarg & M.C. Goldbarg. A new neighborhood for the QAP. Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics 30:3-6, 2008. With S. Kucherenko, P. Belotti & L. Liberti. New formulations for the kissing number problem. Discrete Applied Mathematics 155(14): 1793-1894, 2007 With E.M. Macambira & C. C. de Souza, A column generation approach for SONET ring assignment. NETWORKS 47 (3):157-71, 2006 With C.C. Lavor. A function to test methods applied to global minimization of potential energy of molecules. Numerical Algorithm 35(2-4):287-300, 2004 With C. Prata Santiago, E.M. Macambira & M.H.C. Jardim, An O(n) algorithm for projecting a vector on the intersection of a hyperplane and a box in Rn. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (JOTA), 117(3):553-74, 2003 With R. Hoto, M. Arenales & F. Marques. Um novo procedimento para o cálculo de mochilas compartimentadas. Investigação Operacional 22:213-34, 2002 With M. Fampa. A new relaxation in conic form for the Euclidean Steiner Problem in Rn. RAIRO-Operations Research 35(4): 383-94, 2001 With Ph. Michelon & S. Ripeau. Un algorithme pour la bipartition d’un graphe en sous-graphes de cardinalité fixée. RAIRO – Operations Research, 35(4):401-14, 2001 With M. Rozenthal, D.D. Lages & E. Engelhardt. Desenvolvimento de aplicativo usando inteligência artificial para classificação de pacientes esquizofrênicos segundo perfis neuropsicológicos. Arquivos Brasileiros de Psiquiatria, Neurologia e Medicina Legal 95(74):39-42, 2000 With H.H. Yanasse & N.Y. Soma. An algorithm for determining the k-best solutions of the one-dimensional knapsack problem. Pesquisa Operacional 20(1):117-134, 2000 With R. Figueiredo. O Problema do Caixeiro Viajante Assimétrico: Limites Inferiores e um novo Algoritmo de Separação. Investigação Operacional 20(2):127-46, 2000 With D. Mauricio. A Boolean penalty method for zero-one nonlinear programming. Journal of Global Optimization 16:343-54, 2000 With P. Michelon & A.E. Xavier. The Euclidian Steiner tree problem in Rn: A mathematical programming formulation. Annals of Operation Research 96:209-20, 2000 With H. Barbosa, F. Raupp, C. Lavor & H. Lima. A hybrid genetic algorithm for finding stable conformations of small molecules. Proceedings of the VIth Brazilian Symposium on Neural Networks 1:90-4, 2000 With C.C. Ribeiro, S.C.S. Porto & C.C. de Souza. A new formulation for scheduling unrelated processors under precedence constraints. RAIRO-Operations Research 33(1): 87-92, 1999 With L.S. Ochi & R.M.V. Figueiredo. A new self-organizing strategy based on elastic networks for solving the Euclidean traveling salesman problem. Lectures Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 1416: 479-87, 1998 With D. Mauricio. A relationship between global optimization and 0-1 nonlinear programming. Pesquisa Operacional 17(2):165-72, 1997 With M. Minoux & G. Plateau. A O(n) algorithm for projecting a vector on the intersection of a hyperplane and Rn+. RAIRO- Operations Research 31(1): 07-16, 1997 With D. Mauricio. A trust region method for zero-one nonlinear programming, RAIRO – Operations Research 31(4):331-41, 1997 With V. Parada-Daza. Un Nuevo Método de Solución para el Problema de Equilibrio de Tráfico Generalizado. Revista del Instituto Chileno de Investigación de Operaciones (ICHIO) 4(2):29-41, 1995 With D.J. Aloise. Uma classe de algoritmos aproximativos decrescentes para o problema “bin-packing”. Revista Brasileira de Computação, 6:3-12, 1993 With L. Pradenas-Rojas. Un Método de Solución para el Problema de Camino Mínimo con Múltiples Objetivos. Investigación Operativa 3:191-200, 1993 With H. Reinoso. Lagrangean decomposition in integer linear programming: A new scheme. INFOR 30:1-5, 1992 With A. Candia Vejar. Algoritmos de reducción para el problema de Steiner en dígrafos. Trabajos Seleccionados del V CLAIO – Congreso Latino-Ibero-Americano de Investigación Operativa e Ingeniería de Sistemas, 63-70, 1992 With P. Souza & A. Candia Vejar. Reduction tests for the Steiner problem in directed graphs. Pesquisa Operacional, 11(2): 48-56, 1991 With J.J.C. Salles. A lower bound for the shortest Hamiltonean path in directed graphs. OR Spektrum, 13: 99-102, 1991 With G.G. de Paula Jr. Uma heurística de decomposição primal para a solução de problemas não capacitados de localização de p-medianas. Experientiae 30(10):123-134, 1989 With G.G. de Paula Jr. A linear-time median-finding for projecting a vector on the simplex of Rn. Operations Research Letters 8:219-2, 1989 With Lomba Rosa, L.F. Algoritmo O(n) para o problema de programação linear
Nelamangala Vedavyasachar Madhusudana
Nelamangala Vedavyasachar Madhusudana, Indian physicist (Mysore, Karnataka State 09 May 1944 – Authored over 160 papers First to demonstrate the electromechanical coupling effects in cholesteric liquid crystals First to demonstrate the suppression induced by curvature in the smectic A phase of the crystals Elucidated the phenomenon of smectic A phase with tilted molecules caused by off-axis molecular dipoles Suggested an explanation for the anti-parallel correlations of near-neighborn molecules and apolar direction of highly polar compounds Demonstrated the impact of flexoelectricity in nematic phase transitions Discovered many relationships between elastic constants and molecular organizations Discovered high strength defects in impure nematics Found unusual growth phenomena in smectic A phase and smectic C liquid crystals Found spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in some smectic C cylinders Discovered a new phase undulated twist grain boundary smectic C* with an extreme type in nature Discovered the biaxial smectic A phase in mixture of bent-core and rod-like molecules and striking stripe structures in such a medium Discovered an anomalous temperature dependency of elastic constants in the nematic phase of mixtures Found an unusual “odd-even” effect in the properties of disulphide-bridged dimmers, depending on the chain length of the monomeric moiety Showed that quenching of direct fluctuations by electric fields determines the field-induced enhancement of the nematic isotropic transition temperature With S. Chandrasekhar & P.P. Kant developed a simple and direct method to measure twist elastic constant (1973) Developed a technique to measuring the local temperature LINKS http://www.rri.res.in/htmls/library/imprints_collection/bios/madhusudana.html
Naércio Aquino Menezes
Naércio Aquino Menezes, Brazilian ichthyologist (Aracaju 27 May 1937 – DESCRIBED VALID PISCES TAXA Genera Amphiarius 2007 with Marceniuk Bryconadenos 2005 with Weitzman, Evers & Burns Carlarius 2007 with Marceniuk Chrysobrycon 1998 with Weitzman Lepidocharax 2011 with Ferreira & Quagio-Grassiotto Nematocharax 1986 with Weitzman & Britski Phallobrycon 2009 with Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira Potamosilurus 2007 with Marceniuk Species 61 (until 2019) LINKS http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
Naomi Millard
Naomi Adeline Helen Bokenham Millard, South African marine zoologist (Cape Town 16 July 1914 – 12 June 1998) DESCRIBED VALID HYDROZOA TAXA Family Halopterididae 1962 Genera Bicorona 1966 Corhiza 1962 Silhouetta 1973 with Bouillon Uniscyphus 1977 Species 66 HONORS Millardiana Wedler & Larson 1986 (Hydrozoa)
Nanuza Luiza de Menezes
Nanuza Luiza de Menezes, Brazilian plant morphologist (São Roque, São Paulo State 27 September 1934 – Described a new kind of underground system in Vernonia species (Rhizophores) With M.G. Sajo & R.A. Azevedo. Um novo e peculiar tipo de sistema subterrâneo em espécies de Vernonia da serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Bol. Bot. Univ. S. Paulo 7(1):33-38, 1979 Described a new kind of fruit in Velloziaceae With M.S. Souza. Um novo tipo de fruto em Velloziaceae. 58th Congr. Nac. Botanica v.1, 2007 First to show the presence of transfusion tracheids in a flower plant Traqueídes de transfusão no gênero Vellozia Vand. Cien. Cult. 23(3):389-409, 1971 Named corona appendices Natureza dos apêndices petalóides em Barbacenioideae (Velloziaceae). Bol. Zool. Biol. Mar. NS 30:713-55, 1973 Named mestomatic sheath Presença de traqueídes de transfusão e a bainha mestomática em Barbacenioideae (Velloziaceae). Bol. Bot. Univ. S. Paulo 3:29-60, 1975 Proposed the continuity of tissues between the root, stem and leaf in monocotyledons, the pericycle as a generating layer of vascular tissues and the endodermis as having a meristematic function in the root, stem and leaf With D.C. Silva, R.C.O. Arruda, G.F. Melo de Pinna, V.A. Cardoso et al. Meristematic activity of the endodermis and the pericycle in the primary thickening in monocotyledons. Considerations on the “PTM”. Anais Acad. Bras. Cien. 77(2):259-74, 2005 DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Subfamilies Barbacenioideae 1971 Vellozioideae 1971 Genera Aylthonia 1971 Grazielanthus 1975 Burlemarxia 1991 with Semir Subgenus Grazielae 1980 Species Barbacenia lymansmithii 1999 with Mello-Silva Barbacenia tuba 2014 with Mello-Silva Burlemarxia pungens 1991 with Semir Burlemarxia rodriguesii 1991 with Semir Pleurostima fanniae 1980 Pleurostima riparia 1988 with Mello-Silva Vellozia auriculata 1999 with Mello-Silva Vellozia everaldoi 2014 with Mello-Silva Vellozia gigantea 1999 with Mello-Silva Vellozia giuliettiae 2014 with Mello-Silva Vellozia luteola 1988 with Mello-Silva Vellozia semirii 2014 with Mello-Silva Vellozia strangei 2014 with Mello-Silva Xerophyta giuliettii 1995 HONORS Nanuza Smith & Ayensu 1974 (Velloziaceae) Elected, Linnean Fellow Society of London 1979