Paulo Parreiras Horta
Paulo de Figueiredo Parreiras Horta, Brazilian physician (Rio de Janeiro 24 January 1884 – Rio de Janeiro 29 July 1961) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored a clinical description of black piedra. The causative agent was named Piedraia hortae in his honor Sobre uma nova forma de piedra. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 3:86-107, 1911 Described the asci in the nodules of black piedra known as bright spots or Horta cysts Described the first case of tinea nigra and isolated its causative agent as Cladosporium werneckii. This fungus was incorporated in genus Hortaea later Sobre um caso de tinha preta e um cogumelo (Cladosporium werneckii). Rev. Med. Cir. Bras. 29:269, 1921 A new human mycosis Sobre uma nova micose humana. Brasil Med. 50:395, 1919 Described new pathogenic fungi Contribuições para o estudo das dermatomicoses no Brasil. I. Microsporon flavescens. n.sp. agente duma nova tinha microsporica. Mem.Inst. Oswaldo Cruz (today Microsporum flavescens) Uma nova tinha microsporica brasileira. Microsporon ramos n.sp. Brasil Medico 38:59, 1924 (today Microsporum ramos) Um novo mycetoma de grãos negros, produzido pela Madurella oswaldoi n. sp.. Pathologia Geral 4:1, 1919 Described the genus Fusariopsis and the type species Fusariopsis derrienii (1919) DESCRIBED Helminths (with L. Travassos) Genus Ornithostrongylus 1915 Ornithostrongylus fariai 1915 Acheilostoma paranecator 1915 Protozoa Trypanosoma chagasi 1911 with A. Machado OTHERS With A. Carini discovered that bats can transmit rabies (1911). This fact was confirmed by German scientists in 1914 With P. Ganns. Um novo sal de bismutho. Novo espirillicida – sua acção na syphilis e em outras afeções cutâneas. Brasil Med.36 vol 1(7):81-3, 1922 A vaccinação anti-rábica dos herbívoros: modificação do processo de vacinação de Nocard e Roux. Arch. Esc. Sup. Agric. Med. Vet. 11(1-2), 1918 Sobre um novo tratamento da sarna. Bras. Med. 33(37):295, 1919 Described a new veterinarian disease Uma nova moléstia de bovinos e ovinos. Rev. Vet. Zootech. 8(2):3-32, 1918 HONORS Hortaea Nishimura & Miyagi 1985 (Fungi)
Pao lu Hsu
Pao-lu Hsu or Baolu Xu, Chinese statistician (Beijing 01 September 1910 – Beijing 18 December 1970) Proposed Hsu method Contribution to the theory of Student’s t-test as applied to the problem of two-samples. Statis. Res. Mem.2:1-24, 1938 Gave important results on the optimal quadratic estimates of variance and variance components On the best unbiased quadratic estimate of the variance. Statis. Res. Mem. 2:91-104, 1938 Established the first optimal hypotheses in the likelihood-ratio test for univariate linear models or the first nonlocal optimal property for any hypotheses specifying the value of more than one parameter Analysis of variance from the power function standpoint. Biometrika 32(1):62-9, 1941 A general weak limit theorem for independent distributions (1947) Hsu-Robbins-Erdos theorem With H. Robbins. Complete convergence and the law of large numbers. Proceed. Natl. Acad. Sciences USA 33(2):25, 1947 Obtained several theorems in the matrix theory Obtained necessary and sufficient conditions for the Markov estimator to be the best unbiased second-order estimator Eponym of P.L. Hsu theorem (about optimal property for F-test) and Hsu’s method or Δ method
P. Alexander Hulley
Percy Alexander Hulley, South-African ichthyologist (23 February 1941 – DESCRIBED VALID PISCES TAXA Genera Euprotomicroides 1966 with Penrith Krefftichthys 1981 Rostroraja 1972 Sinobatis 1973 Species Amblyraja robertsi 1970 Astronethes galapagensis 1999 with Parin & Borodulina Astronethes illuminatus 1999 with Parin & Borodulina Euprotomicroides zantedeschia 1966 with Penrith Gymnoscopelus hintonoides 1981 Gymnoscopelus microlampas 1981 Lampanyctus vadulus 1981 Leucoraja wallacei 1970 Metelectrona herwigi 1981 Neoraja stehmanni 1972 Proctomyctophum choriodon 1981 Proctomyctophum gemmatum 1981 Proctomyctophum luciferum 1981 Rajella dissimilis 1970 Rajella ravidula 1970 Symbolophorus kreffti 1981
Oswaldo Handro
Oswaldo Handro, Brazilian botanist (São Paulo 30 June 1908 – São Paulo 30 August 1986) DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES Adiantum papillosum 1964 Arachis benthamii 1958 Arachis burkarti 1958 Arachis martii 1958 Arachis repens 1958 Aspidosperma gehrtii 1963 Aspidosperma nemorale 1962 Aspidosperma nigricans 1962 Asplenium bradeanum 1969 Begonia boraceiensis 1968 Begonia odeteiantha 1969 Begonia peruibensis 1979 Begonia piresiana 1964 Begonia toledoana 1969 Maytenus rostrata 1968 Mimosa coelho-de-moraesii 1958 with Pickel Nematanthus bradei 1962 Nematanthus jolyanus 1964 Nematanthus kuhlmanni 1964 Nematanthus mattosianus 1964 Nematanthus mirabilis 1962 Nematanthus striatus 1964 Nematanthus teixeiranus 1964 Pleurothallis wacketii 1971 with Pabst Siphocampylos lauroanus 1962 Vriesea vidalii 1970 with Smith HONORS Handroanthus Mattos 1970 (Bignoniaceae)
Olive Mary Hilliard
Olive Mary Hillary Hilliard, South African botanist (Durban 04 July 1925 – DESCRIBED NEW PLANTAE TAXA Genera Atrichantha 1981 with Burtt Chenopodiopsis 1990 Craterocapsa 1973 with Burtt Dolichothrix 1981 with Burtt Dracosciadium 1986 with Burtt Glekia 1989 Melanospermum 1989 Plecostachys 1981 with Burtt Pseudoselago 1995 Reyemia 1993 Saniella 1978 with Burtt Strobilopsis 1977 with Burtt Tenrhynea 1981 with Burtt Trieenea 1989 Troglophyton 1981 with Burtt Vellereophyton 1981 with Burtt Sections Bertilia 1981 with Burtt Dolichoglossa 1994 Exannularia 2002 with Burtt Macrocalyx 1994 Medixifae 1994 Pleuroschisma 2003 with Burtt Thyrsiflorae 1994 HONORS Hilliardia Nordenstam 1987 (Asteraceae)
Olga Bohomoletz Henriques
Olga Bohomoletz Henriques, Brazilian biochemist (12 January 1916 – 1995) Simple method for the calculation of photometric curves. Rev. Bras. Biol. 11:59, 1951 With M. Fichman & M.C.F. Oliveira. Novo método de separação da enzima coagulante do veneno da Bothrops jararaca. Cien. Cult. 12:175, 1960 Described the presence of kininogens in the plasma (1967) independently of Jacobson (1966) Obtained new bradykinin-potentiator peptides With I. Lebrun, F.L. Lebrun, A.K. Carmona, L. Juliano & A.C. Camargo. Isolation and characterization of a new bradykinin potentiating octapeptide from gamma-casein. Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 73(1):85-91, 1995 With L.A. Ferreira & E.W. Alves. Peptide T, a new bradykinin potentiator isolated from Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom. Toxicon 31(8):941-7, 1993 With L.A. Ferreira, I. Lebrun, M.B. Batista, B.C. Prezoto, A.S. Andreoni, R. Zelnik & G. Habermehl. A new bradykinin-potentiating peptide (peptide P) isolated from the venom of Bothrops jararacussu (jararacuçu tapete, urutu dourado). Toxicon 30(1):33-40, 1992 Isolation of a bradykinin-potentiating factor from scorpion Tityus serrulatus venom. Recent Progr. Kinins 38(1):462-8, 1992 Papers in Nature With N. Kauritcheva, V. Kuznetsova & M. Astrakan. Substrates of “releasing enzymes” isolated from horse plasma; Nature 215:1200, 1967 With M. Fichman & W.T. Beraldo. Bradykinin releasing factor from Bothrops jararaca venom. Nature 187:414, 1960 With F.R. Mandelbaum & S.B. Henriques. The blood-clotting activity of the venoms of Bothrops jararaca. Nature 183:114, 1959 With S.B. Henriques & F. Mandelbaum. Comparative hyperfibrinogenaemic action of D- and L-adrenaline. Nature 178 (4529):363-4, 1956 Papers with famous biochemists With S.B. Henriques & H. Selye. Influence of cold on blood fibrinogen concentration. Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. Med. 15:221, 1946 With S.B. Henriques, R. de Grandpré & H. Selye. Influence of amino acids on adrenal enlargement, nephrosclerosis and hypertension by anterior pituitary preparations. Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. Med. 69:591, 1948 With S.B. Henriques & H. Selye. Influence of the dietary protein concentration upon the corticotrophic action of lyophilized anterior pituitary. Endocrinology 45:153, 1949 With S.B. Henriques & H. Selye. Influence of cold fasting and adrenalectomy on the blood fibrinogen response to trauma. Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. Med. 73:611-3, 1950 With S.B. Henriques & A. Neuberger. Quantitative aspects of glycine metabolism in the rabbit. Biochem. J. 60:409, 1955 His husband, Sebastião Baeta Henriques, biochemist (04 December 1918 – São Paulo 09 February 1996) With O.A. Sant’Anna, M.E.S. Almeida, M.F.D. Furtado & E.G.J. Vieira. A computation program to analyse data obtained in quantal assays. Cien. Cult. 42(7):445-52, 1990