Alberto Hurtado Abadía
Alberto Hurtado Abadía, Peruvian physiologist (Lima 29 August 1901 – Lima 01 November 1983) Authored over 300 works First described high altitude acute pulmonary edema known (HAPE or Hurtado disease) in Physiological and Pathological Aspects of Life at High Altitudes (1937) Pointed out that hypoventilation of one suffering sickness mountain was due to a minor sensibility of respiratory center to carbon dioxide With H. Aste Salazar showed a minor affinity of hemoglobin to oxygen in hypoxic environment (1944) HONORS Houssay Prize, OAS (1972)
Albert John Hesse
Albert John Hesse, South-African entomologist (Potchefstroom, Transvaal 04 November 1895 –Somerset West, Cape Town 11 November 1987) DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Diptera Genera Adelogenys 1938 Aetheotilus 1967 Agaperemius 1969 Amictogeron 1938 Anomaloptilus 1938 Arenomydas 1969 Atrichochira 1956 Cephalocerodes 1969 Ceratolaemis 1938 Chasmoneura 1938 Cheilohadrus 1938 Conomyza 1956 Crossoprosopus 1969 Doliogethes 1938 Epacmoides 1956 Euanthobates 1965 Françoisia 1952 Lachnocorynus 1969 Lepidochlanis 1938 Marleyimyia 1956 Namadytes 1969 Namamydas 1969 Namibimydas 1972 Neolaparopsis 1969 Nomoneuroides 1969 Nothomydas 1969 Notobates 1969 Notosyllogomydas 1969 Onchopelma 1938 Oreomydas 1969 Othniomyia 1938 Parectyphus 1972 Prorostoma 1956 Pseudoglabella 1967 Psiloderoides 1967 Pteraulacodes 1956 Vespiodes 1969 Xenoprosopa 1956 Xeramoeba 1956 Zinnomyia 1955 Species 591 species of Bombylidae Diptera Hemiptera (1925) Genera Araneaster Diazanus Igora Ikonza Imbalara Inkewana Intandela Letaba Mafa Migdilybs Paraphlegyas Tritavus Coleoptera Genera Aneilobolus 1948 Psectes 1935 HONORS Ahessea Greathead & Evenhius 2001 (Diptera) Hesseodes Ardoin 1963 (Coleoptera) Hesseops Koch 1958 (Coleoptera)
Aida Hasson-Voloch
Aída Hasson Voloch, Jewish Brazilian biochemist and biophysicist (Rio de Janeiro 28 November 1922 – Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro State October 2007) His parents were born at Rhodes Island, Greece Authored 78 papers dealing mainly with physical and chemical aspects of neuromuscular transmission ACHIEVEMENTS Authored a work about acetylcholine receptor Curare and acetylcholine receptor substance. Nature 218:330-3, 1968 Identified Na-K-ATPase responsible for active transport of cationic ions Na and K in the cells of electric organ With W. de Souza, R.D. Machado, C. Somlo & M. Benchimol. Localization of ATPases on the membranes of the electrolyte of Electrophorus electricus (L.). Cell Tissue Res. 185:115-28, 1977 With O.G. Hampe & C.V. Tondo. A biophysical model of lysozyme self-association. Biophys. J. 40(1):77-82, 1982 With N.L. Cunha e Silva & W. de Souza. Isolation of flagellum and characterization of the paraxial structure of Herpetomonas megaseliae. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. 16:705-13, 1984 With N.L. Cunha e Silva & W. de Souza. Isolation and characterization of a highly purified flagellar membrane fraction from trypanosomatids. Mol. Biochem. Parasit. 37:129-36, 1989 METHODS Described two procedures for extracting monophenolic sympathomimetic amines Estudos sobre aminas simpaticomimético (processo de extração e caracterização). Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 29(1):27-38, 1957 With M. Bernardo Filho, B. Gutfillen & E.O. de Souza. Labelling of red blood cell with 99m technetium: a very simple kit. Acta Med. Biol. 40:129-31, 1992 With M. Bernardo Filho, B. Gutfillen, M.S. Canine & E.M. Boasquevisque. Selective splenic scintigraphy, a very simple technique. Acta Med. Biol. 40:133-6, 1992
Ahmed Amin Hamza
Ahmed Amin Hamza, Egyptian experimental physicist (Giza 08 March 1941 – Authored over 130 original works Regarded as one of the best world’s experts on the field of optical interferometry of fibres METHODS A new method to measure the mean refractive indices and the birefringence of fibres of irregularly shaped transverse sections (1980) A method for measuring the diameter of fibres by observing the diffraction pattern of a He-Ne laser beam incident perpendicular to the fiber axis (1980) Built a system for colour matching on the basis of optical measurements (1975) Extended the application of the Pluta microscope to measure the mean refractive indices and birefringence of fibres with irregular transverse section (1980) A method to reconstruct the tridimensional dispersion profile A novel simultaneous photoelastic and two-beam interferometric system EXPRESSIONS/FORMULAE Suggested a relation between the quantities of trace elements and their effect on the structural and mechanical properties of cotton fibres (1975) Developed different theoretical formulae to modify the measurement accuracy of different types of optical fibers whose core has a graded index structure (1991) Modified different expressions to measure the profile shape parameter and the core/cladding refractive index difference Derived expressions to measure the refractive indices and birefringence using interference fringe shift in the fibre region (1984, 1986 and 1991) Derived expressions to obtain the refractive index profile of optical and textile fibres (1991) Derived a mathematical expression that relates the fringe shift at a point along the radius to the fibre geometrical distances (1992, 1994 & 1995) DEVICES Designed a device to help in studying the optomechanical properties of fibres (1987-8) Designed an instrument used with the multiple-beam Fizeau system to stretch longitudinally textile fibres in order to study their opto-mechanical properties (1987) A modified creep device (2010) DETERMINED The refractive index along the radius of a multilayer structure fibre using the distance method The refractive indices and birefringence of fibres with irregular cross-section of multilayer structure fibres using the area enclosed under interference fringe shift The index profile taking into consideration the area under the fringe shift The refractive index profile considering the refraction of the incident beam inside the fiber LINKS http://osp.mans.edu.eg/hamzaaa/english/Publications.htm
Adolpho Hempel
Adolpho Hempel, US-born Brazilian agricultural entomologist (Canton, Illinois 10 April 1870 –São Paulo 04 November 1949) World expert on Coccoidea Hemiptera Authored 88 papers and notes Developed a new method to combat sauba and other ants Novo methodo para combater a saúva (Atta sexdens Fabr.) e outras formigas nocivas às plantas. Bol. Agric. Secr. Agric. Com. Obras Publ. 5(2):72-4, 1904 DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Hemiptera Genera Alecanochiton 1921 Aleuronudus 1922 Apiococcus 1900 Canceraspis 1934 Ceraleurodicus 1922 Cryptokermes 1900 Diaspidistis 1900 Edwallia 1899 Luederwaldtiana 1923 Megalecanium 1920 Nealeurodicus 1923 Nealeyrodes 1923 Neocoelostoma 1932 Neolecanochiton 1932 Neoparlaspis 1934 Neotectococcus 1937 Octaleurodicus 1922 Pseudaleurodicus 1923 Pseudaleurobolus 1923 Pseudaleyrodes 1923 Pseudalichtensia 1928 Pseudischnaspis 1900 Pseudocapulinia 1932 Pseudotectococcus 1934 Pulvinella 1899 Stigmacoccus 1900 Tectococcus 1900 Species More than 60 Others New species of Water Rotifera and Protozoa (1896) HONORS Hempelia Vaz 1936 (Nematoda)
Adolar Gottlieb Herre
Adolph (Adolar) Gottlieb Julius (Hans) Herre, German-born South African botanist (Anhalt-Dessau 07 April 1895 – Pretoria 16 January 1979) Known internationally for his studies on succulent plants of South African flora DESCRIBED NEW PLANTAE TAXA (Aizoaceae) Genera Arenifera 1948 Jensenobotrya 1951 Neo-aridaria 1971 Species Crassula fusca 1953 Jensenobotrya lossowiana 1951 HONORS Herreanthus Schwantes 1928 (Aizoaceae)