Manuel Augusto Montes de Oca
Manuel Augusto Montes de Oca Rodríguez, Argentine surgeon (Buenos Aires 15 December 1831 – Buenos Aires 02 December 1882) DEVELOPED Drainage tube method for vaginal hydrocele A laparotomy technique Subcutaneous insuflation for aiding tumor cysts extirpation (1877) A periurethrotomy method for treatment of fistulous and fibrous narrowness of urethra Osteoplastic amputation of leg muscle with anterior patellar flap
Mangabeira Albernaz Family
Paulo Mangabeira Albernaz, Brazilian otorrhinolaringologist (Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul 25 January 1896 – Campinas, São Paulo State 23 April 1982) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored over 500 medical and non-medical works Conceived a new method of corrosive paste applications for palatine amygdalae ablation (1921) Employed bismuth salts for Plaut-Vincent angina and tropical ulcer. This approach attracted international interest O bismuto na angina de Vincent. J. Clinicos 23, 1922 Tratamento simples e practico da úlcera tropical. J. Clinicos 9, 1923 Described the diffuse leishmaniotic polyp of nasal septum or Mangabeira-Albernaz polyp (1924) Albernaz maneuver Cephalic nystagmus of position. Rev. Oto-Neuro-Oftal. 6:489-96, 1931 Possibly first reported a maxillary sinusitis of dental etiology Etiologia dentaria da sinusite maxilar na criança. Clinica Oto-rino-laringologica (Estudos e Observações) p.334, 1933 Described the leishmaniotic rhinophyma (1934) Novas ideias acerca da patogenia e da terapêutica do rinofima. Anais Otorrinol. 1(1), 1935 Presented a new incidence for radiographic study of ethmoid being a variant of axial incidence Extra-capsullar tonsillectomy: standardization of technique. Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol. 22 (2): 152-63, 1954 Processo simples e prático de anestesia para as injeções endotraqueais. Rev. Otolar. S. Paulo 2(4):279-87, 1934 Soluto concentrado para a anestesia cirúrgica do tímpano. Rev. Otolar. S. Paulo 2(6):494-8, 1934 Eponym of Mangabeira Albernaz anesthesic solution His son, Pedro Luiz Mangabeira Albernaz, otorrhinolaryngologist (Campinas, São Paulo State 06 June 1932- Authored over 600 works and 16 books With Y. Fukuda first to describe association between the carbohydrate metabolism disturbances and balance alterations DEVELOPED New semiological methods A simplified surgical technique for investigate globus pallidus area An endolymphatic subarachnoid derivation (1967) A technique of neurootological examination (with Ganança) in 1977 PATENT With R.F. Bento & S.P. Penteado. Dispositivo eletrônico e digital para cancelamento ativo de ruídos para substituir cabines audiométricas dos exames de audiometria e afins PI1002508-1 A2 (2010) HONOURS Honorary Fellow, American Otological Society (1993)
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, Indian physicist (Mangalore, Karnataka 28 August 1928 – New Delhi 22 November 2016) ACHIEVEMENTS With B. Peters elucidated the properties of the strange particles that are responsible for establishing decay modes of some K-mesons First observations and analysis of natural neutrino interactions and observations of Kolar events First detected atmospheric neutrinos (1965) First established the existence of muons of varying energies mono-energetic high energy charged pions and electrons as secondaries in the decays of heavy mesons First demonstrated scattering phenomena involving K-particles Coined the term associated production used to describe the property of kaons that are always produced in pairs Developed high-precision measurement techniques for cosmic rays (e.g. the use of large stripped emulsion stacks) With Virendra Singh developed the technique of flying large-volume plastic balloons to very high altitudes HONORS Asteroid 7564 Gokumenon Honorary Foreign Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1970) Honorary Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences Honorary Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Honorary Fellow, Institute of Physics, United Kingdom (1997) President, International Society Council of Scientific Union (1988-93) Blackett Memorial Lecture, Royal Society (1987)
Mahadeva Subramanian Mani
Mahadeva Subramanian Mani, Indian entomologist (Tanjore, Tamil Nadu State 02 March 1908 – Bangalore 08 January 2003) About over 450 papers and 28 books DESCRIBED INSECTA TAXA Family Chryomyzidae 1974 (Diptera) Valid Genera Diptera Amradiplosis 1947 Anjeerodiplosis 1938 Bainidiplosis 1935 Neolestremia 1934 Odinadiplosis 1935 Pipaldiplosis 1942 Pruthidiplosis 1934 Punarnavomyia 1953 Sissudiplosis 1942 Hymenoptera Ecrizotomorpha 1939 Kapaloides 1942 Krishnieriella 1935 Neparaprostocetus 1939 Pararretoceroides 1938 Coleoptera Palaeotanymecides 1946 Species About 375 in Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera and other orders HONORS Maniaspis Borchsenius 1964 (Hemiptera) Manicnemus Hayat 1981 (Hymenoptera) Manineura Boucek 1978 (Hymenoptera)
Mahadev Atmaram Moghe
Mahadev (Mahdav) Atmaram Moghe, Indian helminthologist and reproductive biologist (Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh State 21 April 1896 – Nagpur 12 May 1966) DESCRIBED CESTODA TAXA Genera Megacalanthus 1926 Southwellia 1925 Species Acanthotaenia woodlandi 1926 Arhythmorhynchus tigrinus 1953 with Das Cephalogonimus emygdalis 1930 Choanotaenia chandleri 1925 Diorchis magnicirrosa 1934 with Inamdar Echinostomum govindum 1932 Hymenolepis oweni 1933 Lytocestus indicus 1925 Mogheia orbiuterina 1933 Oochoristica sigmoides 1926 Ophryocotyloides meggitti 1933 Ophryocotyloides monocantis 1934 with Inamdar Panwua chandleri 1925 Paramonostomum microstomum 1932 Paroniella duosyntesticulata 1934 with Inamdar Paruterina septotesticulata 1934 with Inamdar Skrjabinotaurus nagpurensis 1925 Skrjabinotaurus quadritesticulatus 1925 Unciunia scapillicirrosa 1933 HONORS Mogheia López-Neyra 1944 (Cestoda)
Maffei family
Carlos Eduardo Moreira Maffei, Brazilian structural engineer (São Paulo 23 June 1941 – DEVELOPED With H.H.S. Gonçalves & M.C. Guazzelli. An innovative method used to build an underground crossing downtown, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2005) With H.H.S. Gonçalves & M.C. Guazzelli. An innovative constructive method for the retaining structures of excavation of the underground parking Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar in São Paulo, Brazil (2000) With H.H.S. Gonçalves, P.M. Pimenta & R.M. Pauletti. A programming system non-linear dynamic and static analysis of tall buildings (1998) With H.H.S. Gonçalves & M.C. Guazzelli. Uma utilização pioneira de jet-grouting como escoramento (1998) With H.H.S. Gonçalves, M.E.G. Boscov & R.L.E. Silva. Uma maneira simplificada de considerar a rede de fluxo no cálculo do empuxo ativo (1994) With H.P. Ching. A method for determining internal forces in retaining walls (1987) With R. Esquivel & R. Oliveira. A model for calculating Earth-retaining structures. Ann. Intern. Symp. Soil-Struct. Interaction (1977) With J.C. André. Methods for calculating braced excavations. Ann. Intern. Symp. Soil-Struct. Interaction (1977) With E.M. Amaral Filho & P.F. Rocha built Boa Vista stretch of North-South line of São Paulo subway, that was rated in a number of world congresses of this specialty as the foremost achievement of tunnel engineering in cities (1970s) His father, Francisco João Humberto Maffei, chemical engineer (São Paulo 19 March 1899 – São Paulo 26 January 1968) Authored over 40 publications DEVELOPED METHODS Metodo de análise química da gipsita. Quim. Ind. 11(1):43-4, 1948 Método de análise química do cimento Portland A determinação do titânio pelo azul de metileno. Bol. Inst. Pesq. Tecnol. 37:7, 1937 Contribuição para o estabelecimento de métodos de ensaios para as pozzolanas (1941) With J.R. Pucci. A determinação direta dos hydrocarbonetos de borracha. Anais Assoc. Quim. Brasil 4:65, 1945 With R. Wasicky. Um aparelho de construção simples de micro e macro determinação do ponto de fusão. Anais Assoc. Quim. Brasil 7:111, 1948 PATENT Novo processo de solubilização do óleo de mamona (nº 24.876) 1937 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With M. Outa. Reaction of bromine with rubber in aqueous dispersion and its analytical use. Anais Assoc. Quim. Brasil 7:195-9, 1948 The velocity of inversion of sucrose by tartaric acid and phosphoric acids. Anais Assoc. Quim. Brasil 7:98, 1948 With A. Hoffmann. A determinação do linalol. Anais Assoc. Quim. Brasil 6:93-7, 1947 Características anomalas do óleo de casca de laranja. Anais Assoc. Quim. Brasil 5:61-4, 1946 With O. Bergstrom Lourenço. Solarização de vidro transparente aos raios ultra-violetas (1943) O aproveitamento da bauxita como agente adsorvente na clarificação do açúcar. Anais Assoc. Bras. Quim. (1942)