Antonio Divino de Moura
Antonio Divino de Moura, Brazilian meteorologist (Ituitutaba, Minas Gerais State 21 October 1945 – His thesis Eigensolutions of the balance equations over a sphere (1975) was Rossby Award winner as the Best Thesis of Year in Massachusetts Institute of Technology Proposed a mechanism for the occurrence of severe droughts over Northeastern Brazil by establishment of an anomalous thermally circulation in Atlantic Ocean With J. Shukla. On the dynamics of droughts in Northeastern Brazil: observations, theory and numerical experiments with a general circulation model. J. Atmos. Sciences 38(12), 1981 With L. Sun, D.F. Moncunil, H. Li, F.D.A.D.S. Filho & S.E. Zebiak developed the first operational climate dynamical downscaling prediction system (2006) HONOURS Honorary Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society IMO Prize 2018
Antonio da Silva Mello
Antonio da Silva Mello, Brazilian physician (Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State 10 May 1886 – Rio de Janeiro 19 September 1973) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored about 20 books on anthropology, sociology, psychology, medicine and philosophy Performed works on biological effects of radioactivity that had international repercussion. He distinguished between radio and x-rays effects Ueber die Wirkung der strahlenden Energie auf das Blut und die blutbildenden Organe. Strahlentherapie 6:387, 1915 Experimentelle Untersuchungen uber die biologische Wirkung des Thorium X inbesondere auf das Blut. Z.Klin. Med. 81:285-354, 1915 Described a new device for measuring capillary resistance Silva Mello maneuver for capillary resistance First to draw attention to the effect of psychogenic factors in capillary resistance Die Wandresistenz der Blutkapillaren (Eine einfaches klinische Methode zu ihrer genauen messung) Munchen Med. Wochenschr. 76(41):1717-8, 1929 Described Silva Mello sign in chronic intestinal amoebiasis (left hypogastric tenderness sign) Amibíase intestinal crônica e um symptoma de valor para o seu diagnóstico. Brasil Med. 44(41):1147-52, 1930 Die chronischen Amöben-Infektion des Darmes und ein für ihre Diagnose bedeutsames Symptom. Arch. f. Schiffs-und Tropen-Hygiene 34(8):411, 1930 Described new clinical signs such as xiphoid sign La douleur xiphoidienne et sa valeur diagnostique. Arch. Mal. App. Digest. Par 20:808-34, 1930 Discovered a new set of chronic nephritis Die chronischen syphilitischen Nephritiden als eine selbstandige Gruppe von Nierenkrankheiten. Dtsch. Med. Wschr. 62:70, 1936 As hidroses: um novo conceito de patologia. Rev. Bras. Med. 2:543-56, 1945 Proposed a new visiometer A practical and simple visiometer for the examination of vision and its defects. Rev. Bras. Med. 10:309-13, 1953
Annibal de Mattos
Anníbal Ramos de Mattos, Brazilian industrial chemist (Recife 25 April 1904 – Recife 16 March 1986) With José Julio Bettencourt Rodrigues developed Motogás, an alcohol and ether-based mixture (1920s) With O. Gonçalves de Lima demonstrated that vinasse could be employed as fertilizing (1934) Proposed a process and apparatus for recovering chemicals from alcohol industry and use them as fertilizing agents PATENTS Process and apparatus for producing alcohol from a nutrient medium by fermentation with yeast. US2451156 (1949) Processo Amatos de fermentação contínua nº31.064 Um novo processo para fabrico de açúcar nº 43.045 Brazilian Patent nº 62.597 (1953) Apparatus and method for continuous production of beverage spirits, industrial alcohol and/or fuel
Angelo Machado
Angelo Barbosa Monteiro Machado, Brazilian neuroanatomist and entomologist (Belo Horizonte 22 May 1934 – Belo Horizonte 06 April 2020) Authored about 165 publications MORPHOLOGY Discovered a new function of smooth endoplasmatic reticulum i.e. the formation of noradrenaline synaptic vesicles in axon terminals Made influential discoveries on lesions of autonomic nervous system in Chagas disease (1960s) ENTOMOLOGY DESCRIBED ODONATA TAXA Genera Helveciagrion 1980 Navicordulia 1995 with J.M. Costa Amazoneura 2004 Schizocordulia 2005 Tukanobasis 2009 Denticulobasis 2009 Tuberculobasis 2009 Austrotepuibasis 2011 with Lencioni Carajathemis 2012 Franciscobasis 2015 with Bedê Franciscagrion 2015 with Bedê Species 98 (until 2017) Others Helicopsyche planorbides 1957 (Trichoptera) HONORS Genus Machadoporites Nemesio 2005 (Cnidaria)
Angel Mercado
Angel A. Mercado Sierra, Cuban mycologist (10 March 1937 – 24 February 2008) DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Valid Genera Acarocybiopsis 1999 with Mena Portales & Hernandez Gut. Ancorasporella 1998 with Mena Portales & Heredia Cheiromyceopsis 1988 with Mena Portales Consetiella 1982 with Holubová-Jechová Digitomyces 2003 with Calduch & Gené Holubovaea 1983 Neosporidesmium 1988 with Mena Portales Odontodictyospora 1984 Phialosporostilbe 1985 with Mena Portales Phragmospathulella 1986 with Mena Portales Piricaudiopsis 1987 with Mena Portales Polytretophora 1983 Veracruzomyces 2002 with Mena, Guario & Heredia Species More than 60 HONORS Mercadomyces Mena Portales 1988 (Fungi)
Amilcar Vianna Martins
Amílcar Vianna Martins, Brazilian parasitologist and medical entomologist (Belo Horizonte 09 September 1907 – Belo Horizonte 13 April 1990) Showed the worth of fecal test by water spontaneous sedimentation for diagnosing schistosomiasis Diagnostico de laboratorio da esquistossomose mansoni. Dissertation, Fac. Med. Univ. Federal Minas Gerais (1949) DESCRIBED TAXA Diptera Genus Barrettomyia 1965 with Silva Species Brumptomyia ortizi 1971 with Falcão & Silva Evandromyia termitophila 1964 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia abunaensis 1965 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia acanthopharynx 1962 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia alencari 1962 with Falcão & Souza Lutzomyia appendiculata 1961 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia bacula 1965 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia borgmeieri 1972 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia calcarata 1964 with Silva Lutzomyia caligata 1965 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia callipyga 1965 with Silva Lutzomyia capixaba 1987 with Falcão, Silva & Dias 1987 Lutzomyia cipoensis 1964 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia conviti 1976 with Ramírez Perez & Ramírez Lutzomyia correalimai 1970 with Coutinho & Luz Lutzomyia cuzquena 1975 with Llanos & Silva Lutzomyia diacantha 1965 with Silva Lutzomyia dispar 1963 with Silva Lutzomyia dubia 1965 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia elegans 1976 with Silva & Llanos Lutzomyia eurypyga 1963 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia evangelistai 1971 with Fraiha Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) fairtigi 1970 Lutzomyia ferreirana 1956 with Barretto & Pellegrino Lutzomyia firmatoi 1956 with Barretto & Pellegrino Lutzomyia flabellata 1964 with Silva Lutzomyia fraihai 1979 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia gasparviannai 1962 with Godoy & Silva Lutzomyia goiana 1962 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia hermanlenti 1970 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia inornata 1965 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia ischnacantha 1962 with Falcão, Souza & Silva Lutzomyia machupicchu 1975 with Llanos & Silva Lutzomyia mangabeirana 1963 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia oliveirai 1970 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia omagua 1976 with Llanos & Silva Lutzomyia paulwilliamsi 1977 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia petropolitana 1968 with Silva Lutzomyia pusilla 1986 with Dias, Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia quechua 1975 with Llanos & Silva Lutzomyia ramirezi 1982 with Falcão, Silva & Miranda Lutzomyia renei 1957 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia rondoniensis 1965 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia ruparupa 1976 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia rupicola 1962 with Godoy & Silva Lutzomyia sherlocki 1971 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia souzalopesi 1970 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia spathotrichia 1963 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia teratodes 1964 with Falcão & Silva Lutzomyia torrealbai 1979 with Ordoñez & Falcão Sergentomyia schreiberi 1975 with Falcão & Silva Hemiptera Species Spiniger lenti 1942 Triatoma arthurneivai 1940 with Lent HONORS Subgenus Viannamyia Mangabeira Filho 1941 (Diptera)