Napoleão João Baptista Level
Napoleão João Baptista Level, Brazilian naval engineer (Ilhéus, Bahia State 20 November 1828 – Paris 1915) From French parents ACHIEVEMENTS The vessels that he designed and built are said to have unique and innovative features Designed about 45 ships Constructed Ipiranga corvette, one of firsts in the world with screw propeller (1852-4) Designed a distinct tower for monitor warships Built monitor warship Pará (1867) with the following innovations: armor-plated rotary conning tower with bulky gauge, propellant apparatus with 2 engines and 2 propellers and small load-draught Built ironclad Sete de Setembro with fully metallic timbers Proposed a simple solution for centering any ship over the keel blocks (1861) Descripção das bóias empregadas no dique imperial para collocação dos navios sobre os picadeiros. Rev. Inst. Polytech. Brasileiro 1(1), 1867 Pioneered the practice of towing ship models to observe their buoyancy and behavior at sea in 1865 (later adopted by all major shipyards worldwide) Information obtained from the article: Carvalho, Alvanir. Construindo modelos históricos. Rev. Maritima Brasileira p.111-4, 1998
Murilo Rodolfo de Lima
Murilo Rodolfo de Lima, Brazilian paleontologist (Recife 02 December 1945 – São Paulo 27 March 1995) DESCRIBED FOSSIL SPORAE AND POLLEN Genera Cavamonocolpites 1978 Crotonipollis 1976 Regalipollenites 1980 Species Cavamonocolpites punctatus 1978 Cornetipollis perforata 1978 Crotonipollis araripensis 1976 Crotonipollis dubius 1976 Crybelosporites truncatus 1979 Deltoidospora tenuis 1978 Equisetosporites costaliferous 1980 Equisetosporites crenulatus 1981 Equisetosporites elegans 1980 Equisetosporites elongatus 1980 Equisetosporites fissuratus Equisetosporites fragilis 1980 Equisetosporites lanceolatus 1980 Equisetosporites laticostatus 1980 Equisetosporites leptomatus 1980 Equisetosporites luridus 1980 Equisetosporites minuticostatus 1980 Equisetosporites reyrei 1981 Equisetosporites strigatus 1980 Equisetosporites subcircularis 1980 Gnetaceaepollenites jansonii 1980 Gnetaceaepollenites ornatus 1980 Gnetaceaepollenites perforatus 1980 Gnetaceaepollenites retangularis 1978 Gnetaceaepollenites santosii 1980 Gnetaceaepollenites uesuguii 1980 Matonisporites silvai 1979 Paludites mamelonatus 1979 Penetetrapites incipiens 1978 Singhia acicularis 1980 Singhia crenulata 1980 Singhia minima 1980 Singhia punctata 1980 Singhia reyrei 1980 Stellatopollis araripensis densiornatus 1976 Stellatopollis densiornata 1986 Ostracoda Species Circulina minima 1979 HONORS (Fossil) Limaephyton & Limaephytophyllum Sucerquia 2006 (Plantae) Limaia Martins-Neto & Vulcano 1989 (Neuroptera)
Miguel Lillo
Miguel Ignacio Lillo, Argentine naturalist and philologist (Tucumán 27 July 1862 – Tucumán 04 May 1931) DESCRIBED TAXA Plantae About 70 new species Aves Genus Pseudocolopteryx 1905 Species Pseudocolopteryx dinelliana 1905 Eudromia formosa 1905 Subspecies Asthenes pyrrholeuca leptasthenuroides 1905 Cyanoliseus patagonus andinus 1913 with Dabbene Eudromia elegans intermedia 1913 with Dabbene HONORS Michelilloa Archangelsky & Brett 1963 (Fossil Plantae) Lilloaciura Aczel 1953 (Diptera) Lilloiconcha Weyrauch 1965 (Mollusca Gastropoda)
Miguel Layrisse
Miguel Angel Layrisse Marrero, Venezuelan nutritionist and hematologist (Caracas 06 May 1919 – Caracas 22 February 2002) Authored over 267 scientific papers and 7 books Discovered Diego blood factor, the first practically confined to people of Mongoloid origin With T. Arends & R. Domíguez Sisco. Nuevo grupo sanguíneo encontrado en descendientes de indios. Acta Med. Venez. 3:132, 1955 With Z. Layrisse, E. García, J. Wilbert & J.R. Parra. New Rh phenotype, Dcceieif, found in a Chibcha Indian tribe. Nature 191:503-4, 1961 With T. Arends, M.L. Gallango, J. Wilbert & H.D. Heinen. Albumin Warao: new type of human alloalbuminemia Blood 33(3):414-20, 1969 With Z. Layrisse, M. Pulido Rodríguez & H.D. Heinen. LD homozygous cells in the Warao population: a possible new allele at the LD1 Locus within the main histocompatibility region in man. Tissue Antigen 6(4):326-34, 2008 First to describe hemolytic anaemia caused by Ancylostoma sp. With Z.M. Layrisse & P. Díez. La naturaleza y causa de la infección por anquilostomo. Primera descripción de la anemia hemolitica, de las anemias cronicas por deficiencia de hierro, con o sin infección, por anquilostomo. (1960s) Found that heme iron from meat increased the absorption of iron from other sources known as meat effect With C. Martínez Torres & M. Roche. Effect of interaction of various foods on iron absorption. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 21:1175, 1968 Provided the concept of intraluminal pools of heme iron and non-heme iron With J.D. Cook, C. Martínez Torres, R. Walker, E. Monsen & C.A. Finch. Food iron absorption measured by an extrinsic tag. J. Clin. Invest. 51:805-15, 1972 Described a new property of vitamin A that enhances iron absorption in foods With M.N. García Casal, L. Solano, M.A. Barón et al. New property of vitamin A and beta-carotene on human iron absorption: effect on phytate and polyphenols as inhibitors of iron absorption. Arch. Latinoam. Nutr. 50(3):243-8, 2000 Methods With C. Martínez Torres & J.M. Gonzalez. Determinación de la absorción total de hierro de la alimentación por metodos isotópicos With C. Martínez Torres. Model for measuring dietary absorption of heme iron: test with a complete meal. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 25:401-11, 1972 Papers in Science/Nature With Z.M. Layrisse, H.D. Heinen & J. Wilbert. The histocompatibility system in the Warao Indians of Venezuela. Science 794:1135-8, 1976 With J. Wilbert. Absence of the Diego antigens, a genetic characteristic of early immigrants to South America. Science 134(3485):1077-8, 1961 With Z. Layrisse. Frequency of the new blood group antigen Js among South American Indians. Nature 184:640, 1959 With T. Arends & J. Wilbert. Peculiar distribution of the Diego factor among the Warao. Nature 181:118-9, 1958 With T. Arends. The Diego blood factor in Mongoloid populations. Nature 179:478-9, 1957 With T. Arends. The Diego blood factor in Chinese and Japanese. Nature 177:1083-4, 1956 With P. Levine, E.A. Robinson, T. Arends & R. Domínguez Sisco. The Diego blood factor. Nature 177:40, 1956 With T. Arends. High incidence blood group found in Venezuelan Indians. Science 123:633, 1956 PATENTS Ferroivic, an iron compound (1993) Hematalaco, an automatic device for blood transfusion in newborn babies (1965)
Mario Luxoro
Mario Fernando Luxoro Mariani, Chilean biophysicist and physiologist (Santiago 01 February 1926 – Santiago 26 December 2016) From Italian descent Some of the most relevant papers in the literature about membrane excitability were produced in his lab Provided the first demonstration that proteins rather than lipids are involved in the flux of ions across the nerve plasma membrane, participating in the generation of the action potential With Eduardo Rojas. Microinjection of trypsin into axons of squid. Nature 199:78-9, 1963 Recognized the dynamic state of intracellular calcium With S. Rissetti. Calcium eflux in giant axons. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 135:368-70, 1967 With E. Yañez. Permeability of the giant axon of Dosidicus gigas to calcium ions. J. Gen. Physiol. 51 (part.2): 115-22, 1968 With E. Rojas proposed a model that allowed the calculation of the intracellular calcium concentration, the kinetic constants for calcium binding and release, and its membrane permeability Other relevant papers Observations in myelin structure: incisures and nodal regions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 44;152-6, 1958 Incorporation of aminoacids labeled with carbon-14 in nerve proteins during activity and recovery. Nature 188;119-20, 1960 With I. Tasaki. Intracellular perfusion of Chilean giant squid axons. Science 145:1313-5, 1964 With I. Tasaki & R. Ruarte. Electrophysiological studies of Chilean squid axons under internal perfusion with sodium-rich media. Science 150:899-901, 1965
Marcos Rafael Lamothe-Argumedo
Marcos Rafael Lamothe-Argumedo, Mexican helminthologist and parasitologist (Ciudad de Mexico 25 April 1932 – Ciudad de Mexico 17 December 2013) Authored over 130 papers, 26 book chapters and 4 books DESCRIBED NEW TAXA (Monogenea, Digenea and Trematoda) Subfamilies 2 Genera Bravocotyle 1968 Caballeroiella 1977 Caballerocythus 2005 with Falcon Ordaz, Garcia Prieto & Fernandez Caluromytrema 1989 Campechetrema 1997 with Salgado Maldonado & Pineda López Mamaevicotyle 1984 Margotrema 1972 Mexicotrema 1969 Paradawesia 1976 with Bravo-Hollis Pelaezia 1986 with Ponciano Rodríguez Polycryptocylix 1973 Polymicrocotyle 1967 Pseudocaencicola 1993 with Salgado Maldonado & Pineda López Riojatrema 1964 Stunkardiella 1986 with Ponciano Tabascotrema 1990 with Pineda López Winteria 1971 Species 41 (until 2008) HONORS Lamotheoxyuris Falcón Ordaz, Fernandez & García Prieto 2010 (Nematoda)