Mauro Taveira Magalhães
Mauro Taveira Magalhães, Brazilian plant chemist (Rio de Janeiro 24 May 1929 – 1997) ACHIEVEMENTS Identified and isolated the first odoriferous nitroderived compound (1-nitro-2-phenylethane) in essential oils With O.R. Gottlieb. Occurrence of 1-nitro-2-phenylethane in Ocotea pretiosa and Aniba canelilla. J. Org. Chem. 24:2070, 1959. Discovered dalbergiones, a new class of natural products and suggested the name neoflavanoids With W.B. Eyton, W.D. Ollis, I.O. Sutherland, L.M. Jackman & O.R. Gottlieb. The neoflavanoid group of natural products. I. Dalbergiones: a new group of natural products. Tetrahedron 21(9):2683-96, 1965 With R. Braz Filho, W.B. Eyton & O.R. Gottlieb. A química de leguminosas brasileiras. XII. As apuleínas, flavona-hepta oxigenadas da Apuleia leiocarpa. An. Acad. Bras. Cien. 40(1):23-7, 1968 Isolated a new type of natural 6-styryl-2-pyrones from Aniba parviflora and showed the natural occurrence of 6-styryl-2-pyrones and reported a general route for their synthesis With A.M. Bittencourt, O.R. Gottlieb, W.B. Mors, S. Mageswaran, W.D. Ollis & I.O. Sutherland. The natural occurrence of 6-styryl-2-pyrones and their synthesis. Tetrahedron 27(5):1043-8, 1971 With V. da Silva, O.R. Gottlieb, H.E. Gottlieb & M.A. Alvarenga obtained diasin, a novel rearranged labdanic diterpene (1978) METHODS/TECHNIQUES Developed a method for volumetric determination of ionic nitrate With O.R. Gottlieb. Determinação volumétrica do íon nitrato. Bol. Inst. Quim. Agr. 47:7-18, 1956 With M. Koketsu & L.L. Moura. Estimativa de eugenol em oleos essenciais através do reagente de Gibbs. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 43 (1971) APPARATUSES Developed a Clevenger apparatus modified With O.R. Gottlieb. Modified distillation trap. Chemist. Analyst 49(4):114, 1960. With P. Henriques Mendes. Simples dispositivos para o registro de cromatoplacas. An. Assoc. Bras. Quim. 27:177, 1968 PAPERS IN FAMOUS REVIEWS With O.R. Gottlieb. Isolation of piperonylic acid from Ocotea pretiosa. Nature 182:742-3, 1958 PATENTS With M. Koketsu & V.C. Wilberg. Processo de obtenção de 1-carvona a partir de d-limoneno PI8200508-7 B1(1982)
Mattos Pimenta family
Aloysio de Mattos Pimenta, Brazilian neuropsychiatrist (Rio de Janeiro 13 December 1912 – June 1987) With J.M. de Castro. Avaliação prática do volume de sangue perdido em neurocirurgia. Nova variante técnica para a avaliação visual. Rev. Paul. Med. 47:375-8, 1955 Derivação aracnoido-ileo-vesical com alça intestinal totalmente excluída no tratamento da hidrocefalia. Nota prévia (1956) Hemopalidotomia – modificação da técnica de Cooper (1959) With L.H. Mattos Pimenta & M. Okamura described Black/Amazonas River syndrome (1973), an arteriovenous difference between both sides of brain hemisphere With L.H. Mattos Pimenta & M. Okamura. Carotid fibromuscular dysplasia: crushing therapeutic method. Seara Med. Neurocir. 13(1):23-9, 1984 With M. Okamura. O implante miodural subcortical, novo tratamento da isquemia cerebral. I. Bases teóricas. Seara Med. Neuroc. 14(4):177-86, 1985 Mattos Pimenta leucotomy HONOURS President, International Congress of Neurosurgery (1977) Correspondent Member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (1969) Honorary Vice-President, III International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Kopenhagen (1965) His son, Luiz Henrique de Mattos Pimenta, neurosurgeon (30 March 1947 – Co-developed XLIF (extreme lateral interbody fussion) technique for minimally invasive spine surgery Developed cervical discal prosthesis (PCM) HONOURS President, World Society of Spinal Cord President, International Society for Advancement of Spinal Cord Surgery (2013-4)
Mario Rubens Montenegro
Mário Rubens Guimarães Montenegro, Brazilian pathologist (10 March 1923 – Botucatu, São Paulo State 11 February 2005) With K. Iabuki proposed guinea pig as experimental model of paracoccidiodomycosis research SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J.F. Pontes & L.C. Silva. Considerações sobre o conceito e classificação das cirroses. Rev. Hosp. Clin. 77:29-40, 1956 With F.G. Germuth & C. Flanagan. The relationship between the chemical nature of the antigen, antigen dosage, rate of antibody synthesis and occurrence of arteritis and glomerulonephritis hypersensitivity. Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 10:149-69, 1957 With D.A. Eggert. Topography of atherosclerosic lesions in the coronary arteries. Lab. Inves. 18:586-93, 1968 Anticorpo antimiocárdico na doença de Chagas crônica. Correlação entre a sorologia e a eletrocardiografia. Arq. Bras. Cardiologia 28(5):327-344, 1975 Injeção prostática de solução esclerosante. Estudo experimental no cão. J. Bras. Urol. 2:278-81, 1976 With M.C.F.L. Mauos & C.R.V. Silva. Walker carcinossarcoma: pathology, microscopic and ultrastructural features of the tumoral circulating cells. Cien.Cult. 32:849-57, 1980 With J.L.V. Camargo, R.C. Burini & A.O. Campana. Parietal cell mass in the stomach of malnourished adult rats. Patologia 19:89-98, 1981 With T.S. Peracoli & N.G.S.Mota. Experimental paracoccidioidomycosis in the Syrian hamster: morphology and correlation of lesions with humoral and cell-mediated immunity. Mycopathologia. 79: 7-17, 1982 With E.M. Tani & J.L. Viana de Camargo. Urinary bladder washings in autopsies. A cytopathologic study of 63 cases. Acta Cytol. 27:128-32, 1983 With M.A.M. Rodrigues, J.L.V. Camargo, K.I.R. Coelho et al. Morphometric study of the small intestinal in young adult and old rats submitted to protein deficiency and rehabilitation. Gut 26:816-21, 1985 Clinical forms of paracoccidioidomycosis letter to the editor. Rev Inst Med Trop 8:203-204, 1986 With M.F. Franco et al. A proposal for classification of the clinical forms of paracoccidioidomycosis based on its natural history. Mycopathologia 25:5-18, 1987 With M.A.M. Rodrigues, E.A. Bregagnollo & P.J.F. Tucci. Coronary vascular and myocardial lesions due to experimental constriction of abdominal aorta in rat. Intern. J. Cardiol. 35:253-7, 1992 With R.Iwasso et al. Dialysable leucocyte extracts modify the course of experimental paracoccidioidomycosis in the Syrian hamster. Mycopathologia 121:149-156, 1993. With M.S.P. de Arruda. The hamster cheek pouch: an immunologically privileged site suitable to the study of granulomatous infections. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. S. Paulo 37:303-9, 1995 With E. Bagagli et al. Isolation of Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis from armadillos captured in an endemic area of paracoccidioidomycosis. American J Trop Med Hyg. 58: 505-512, 1998 With J.L.M. Machado, A.R. Macedo, M.D. Silva & C.T. Spadella. Caracterização de um modelo experimental de neuropatia em ratos diabéticos induzidos por aloxana. Acta Cir. Bras. 15(2), 2000 With A.M. Soares, M.T. Rezkallah-Iwasso, S.L. Oliveira et al. Experimental paracoccidiodomycosis in high and low antibody responder mice. Med. Mycol. 38:309-15, 2000 With A.L. Coradazzi & A.L.C.Morganti (2003) Discrepancies between clinical diagnosis and autopsy findings. Braz J Med Biol Res 36:385-391, 2003 With G.M.F.S Mazeto, M.L.C.S. Oliveira, C.R.Padovani et al.Thyroid Cell Proliferation in Graves’ Disease: Use of MIB-1 Monoclonal Antibody. 48:57- 63, 2004 With R. S. Hossne & W.S. Hossne. Effects of intraperitoneal injection of phenol, glycerin and acetic acid on the liver of guinea pigs. Acta Cir. Bras. 22(6):436-40, 2007 With R. S. Hossne & W.S. Hossne. Effects of intraperitoneal injection of phenol, glycerin and acetic acid on neoplastic ascitis in guinea pigs. Acta Cir. Bras. 23(6):501-3, 2008 With W.S. Hossne. Irrigação da pequena curvatura gástrica no cão após va? gástrica proximal. Avaliação pela arteriografia pos-morte e período das alterações histopatológicas. HC Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med S.Paulo, 37: 114, With A.B. Lefevre & A. Djament. Teratoma intracraniano em crianças. Arq.Neuro-Psiqu.
Mario Molina
Mario José Molina Pasquel y Henríquez, Mexican chemical engineer (Ciudad de Mexico 19 March 1943 – Ciudad de Mexico 07 October 2020) Developed the CFC ozone depletion theory With F. Sherwood Rowland. Stratospheric sink for chlorofluoromethanes: chlorine-atom catalysed destruction of ozone. Nature 249:810-2, 1974 Showed that chlorine-activation reactions take place very efficiently in the presence of ice under polar stratospheric conditions Proposed and demonstrated that chlorine peroxide (produced by decomposition of CFCs) would act as an ongoing catalyst for the destruction of ozone in the polar stratosphere With L.T. Molina. Production of chlorine oxide (Cl2O2) from the self-reaction of the chlorine oxide (ClO) radical. J. Phys. Chem. 91(2):433-6, 1987 With A.K. Bertram, T. Koop & T.L.Molina demonstrated ice nucleation by common water-soluble inorganic aerosol types (1999-2001) With R. Zhang, I. Suh, J. Zhao, D. Zhang, E.C. Fortner, X.X. Tie & L.T. Molina. Atmospheric new particle formation enhanced by organic acids. Science 304(5676):1487-90, 2004 With F. Zhang, Y. Wang, J.F. Peng, L. Chen et al. An unexpected catalyst dominates formation and radiactive forcing of regional haze. Proceed. Nat. Acad. Sciences USA 117(8):3960-6, 2020 Developed novel optical and spectroscopic techniques With S.T. Martin, D. Salcedo & L.T. Molina. Phase transformation of micron-sized H2SO4/H2O particles studied by infrared spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. B 101(27):5307-13, 1997 With T. Koop, H.P. Ng & L.T. Molina. A new optical technique to study aerosol phase transitions: the nucleation of ice from H2SO4 aerosols. J. Phys. Chem. A 102(45):8924-31, 1998 With S. Frey, L.T. Molina & L. Woste. Design and implementation of a compact Raman-LIDAR for ozone and aerosol measurements. Europ. Space Agency 1:151-4, 2004 Derived Arrhenius expressions that are widely used in stratospheric chemical modeling With J.V. Seeley & J.T. Jayne. Kinetic studies of chlorine atom reactions using the turbulent flow tube technique. J. Phys. Chem. B 100(10):4019-25, 1996 With J.V. Seeley, R.F. Meads & M.J. Elrod. Temperature and pressure dependence of the rate constant for the HO+NO reaction. J. Phys. Chem. B 100(10):4026-31, 1996 HONOURS Chemistry Nobel Prize (1995) Asteroid 9680 Molina His uncle, Claudio Alberto Molina Pasquel, Mexican parasitologist and tropical medicine expert (Veracruz 14 July 1905 – Ciudad de Mexico 18 November 1992) Demonstrated that trench fever is transmitted by the body louse and caused by the bacterium Rickettsia quintana With G. Varela & J.W. Vinson. Trench fever II. Propagation of Rickettsia quintana on cell-free medium from the blood of two patients. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 18:708-12, 1969 With J.W. Vinson & G. Varela. Trench fever III. Induction of clinical disease in volunteers inoculated with Rickettsia quintana propagated on blood agar. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 18:713-22, 1969 Developed a method for diagnosis of amebiasis With J.F. Kessel, W.P. Lewis & J.A. Turner. Indirect hemagglutination and complement fixation tests in amebiais. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 14:560, 1965
Maria Ema Mulgura
Maria Ema Mulgura, Argentine botanist (1943 – DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Species Atriplex nitrophiloides 1984 Atriplex quixadensis 1993 with Del Vitto & Petenatti Atriplex sorianoi 1979 Lippia ganevii 2015 with Salimena Oxalis morronei 2011 with A. López Tragia giardellii 1986 with Gutierrez de Sanguinetti Others Atriplex cordobensis subsp. grandibracteata 1981 Section Dentium 2008 with Peralta Oxalis sellowiana var. alba 1973 HONORS Mulguraea O’Leary & Peralta 2009 (Verbenaceae)
Marcos Moshinsky
Marcos Moshinsky Borodiansky, Ukrainian-born Jewish Mexican physicist (Kiev 20 April 1921 – Ciudad de Mexico 01 April 2009) Authored over 300 papers and 5 books (about 5000 citations) ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered the diffraction in time (1952) Introduced the concept of transformation parenthesis or brackets for functions of harmonic oscillation (1959) With T.A. Brody prepared the tables of transformation brackets With V. Bargmann introduced the systematic use of harmonic oscillators to solve problems in physics (1960-1) With P. Kramer introduced states of permutation symmetry (1966-8) Invented Dirac oscillator HONORS Houssay Prize, OAS (1990) UNESCO Prize for Scientific Research (1997) Eugene Wigner Medal (1998) Weizmann Award, Weizmann Institute (2003) Doctor Honoris Causa, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (2000) EPONYMY Moshinsky parenthesis or brackets Gelfand-Moshinsky bases Dirac-Moshinsky oscillator Bargmann-Moshinsky operator Bargmann-Moshinsky space Talmi-Moshinsky transformation Talmi-Moshinsky rule Quesne-Moshinsky transforms Nagel-Moshinsky operators Moshinsky-Smirnov coefficients LINKS (Curriculum Vitae) https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Cl4ORymrmScJ:www.colegionacional.org.mx/SACSCMS/XStatic/colegionacional/docs/espanol/moshinsky.pdf+moshinsky+algebras&hl=pt-BR&gl=br&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjDmR7trR1oEklMxi2y37bX-xfNt7kQJCCxkKAFuXRVm1T1BAoKCFFo2T87zpau_o4c5seVaTycdqkmgSRk9bxyyjUbNLn-zQW2XcJindweAf8X7e5QXbyo36MuO9hNCcJK40re&sig=AHIEtbR0H8SnvPst5BFo5iRWFm73XVd7bQ