Willer Florencio
Willer Rangel Florencio, Brazilian geochemist (1914 – 19 February 1983) Described ribeirite, a new variety of zirconite Uma nova variedade de zirconita. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 24(3):249-59, 1952 Developed or improved methods Modificação introduzida no processo de Schoeller (1946) Marcha analítica dos minerais do grupo da betafita (1948) Uraninita no Brasil (1948) (gave an analytical scheme for complete analysis of uraninite)
Wen Pei Fang
Wen Pei Fang, Chinese botanist (Zhongxian, Sichuan Province 12 December 1899 – Chengdu 30 November 1983) Described 107 plant species, 15 subspecies, 53 varieties and 3 forms
Virgilio Gerardo Foglia
Virgilio Gerardo Foglia Dufour, Argentine endocrinologist and diabetes researcher (Buenos Aires 13 February 1905 – 15 July 1993) From Italian and French ancestry Considered as one of foremost experts on diabetes physiology in the world Authored over 400 scientific works Eponym of Malgor-Foglia syndrome SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With B.A. Houssay & J.T. Lewis. Papel del pancreas en la regulación de La glucemia (1929) With B. A. Houssay & J.T. Lewis. Action compensatrice on prevention de la greffe pancreatique sur la glycemie diabetique on normal. C. Rend. Soc. Biol. 100:140, 1929 With E. Braun Menendez. El registro grafico de la actividad de los corazones linfáticos (1939) With R. Gerschman. Trastornos humorales y circulatórios por destrucción de lós corazones linfáticos del sapo (1939) With F.K. Cramer. Experimental production of diabetic cataract in the rat. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. (New York) 55:218, 1944 Caracteristicas de la diabetes en la rata. Rev. Soc. Arg. Biol. 20:21, 1944 Diferencia sexual en la diabetes. Rev. Soc. Arg. Biol. 21:360, 1945 With B.A. Houssay & C. D. Pasqualini. Diabetes hipofisaria en perros sin suprarrenales. Rev. Soc. Arg. Biol. 22:147-58, 1946 With B.A. Houssay & R.R. Rodríguez. Production and prevention of some types of experimental diabetes by oestrogens or corticosteroids. Acta Endocrinol. 17:146-64, 1954 La diabetes por pancreatectomia en la tortuga normal e hipofisopriva (1955) Trastornos sexuales de La rata diabética. Acta Physiol. Latinoam. 12:22-35, 1962 With A.A. Boveris, M. Cattaneo de Peralta & A.O.M. Stoppani. Phosphorylation, oxidation and ubiquinone content in diabetic mitochondria. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 132:171, 1969 With J.A. Moguilevsky & C. Libertun. Oxidative metabolism of the hypothalamus in hypophysectomized, castrated rats. Experientia 26:421, 1970 With E.L. Fernandez-Collazo. Sexual behavior of the male diabetic rat. Physiol. Behav. 5:1451-4, 1970 With A. Renauld, J.E. Pinto, A. Florin Christensen & R.C. Sverdlik. Serum immunoreactive insulin in the hypophysectomized dog. Effect of cortisol. Horm. Metab. Res. 2:157-60, 1970 With R.A. Chieri, I.C. Basabe & I.M.S. Farina. Studies on the carbohydrate metabolism in penguins (Pygocellis papua). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 18:1-4, 1972 With J.C. Cristo, I.L. Dujovne, P.I. Castellani et al. Insulin radio immunoassay by the charcoal dextran technique. Diabetol. 8:292, 1972 With A.F. de Nicola, O. Fridman & E.J. del Castillo. The influence of streptozotocin diabetes on adrenal function in male rats. Horm. Metabol. Res. 8:388-92, 1976 With A.A. Renauld, R.C. Sverdlik, A. Aguero & R.R. Rodríguez. Serum insulin, free fatty acids and blood sugar during the estrous cycles in dogs. Horm. Metab. Res. 14:4-7, 1982 With H. E. Houssay. Evolución de las modificaciones anatomicas en la rata hipofisopriva With R. Fernandez. Action directe du glucose sur la secrétion de l’insuline par le pancreas. With N. Schuster & R.R. Rodríguez. Influencia de las glandulas y hormonas sexuales sobre la diabetes de la rata With J.T. Lewis & R.R. Rodríguez. The effects of steroids on the incidence of diabetes in rats after subtotal pancreatectomy With R.A. Chieri & O.H. Pivetta. Altered ovulation pattern in experimental diabetes With R.A. Chieri & O.H. Pivetta. Altered ovulation pattern in experimental diabetes HONORS International Man of the Year, Biographical Centre Institute, Cambridge
Vicente Fernandez Rodriguez
Vicente Fernandez Rodríguez, Mexican chemist and inventor (Silao, Guanajuato State 05 April 1836 – 1901) With Navia discovered the mineral species guanajuatite (1873) described by del Castillo Discovered Fernandez reagent for studying glucose in urine With Navia discovered several chemical compounds Isolated an alkaloid named agavine or agavic acid from Agave sp. (1876) With Navia developed the alcoholic tincture of Guayacán resin as a reagent for recognizing manganese oxides, alkalis and alkaline carbonates (1886) INVENTIONS Short-range phone Microphone Solar powered apparatus for raising water from wells Sewing machine Pneumatic Clock Pluviograph
Toshiyasu Fujioka
Toshiyasu Fujioka, Brazilian cardiologist (11 February 1923 – São Paulo 22 August 2001) With L.V. Decourt, J.V. Barbas, J.L. Faria, M.F. Lion & U. Andrade e Silva. Pulmonary schistosomotic arteriovenous fistulas producing a new cyanotic syndrome in Manson’schistosomiasis. Amer. Heart J. 58:556-67, 1959 With D.P. Garcia, R. Macruz & S.S. da Silva. New technique for catheterization of the ductus arteriosus. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 24(4):71-6, 1971 With R. Macruz, L.V. Decourt et al. The costobronchogenic angle – a new method for the radiologic evaluation of volumetric changes in the left atrium. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 28(5):523-35, 1975 Established an original mathematical correlation between the arterial pressure of arms and thigh enabling the computation of pressure in a segment With B. Tranchesi, M.F. Lion, J.T.A. Tartari, I. Nussenzveig & J. Tranchesi. Pressão arterial nos membros superiors e inferiores em 600 indivíduos normais. Rev. Hosp. Clin. 15:51-76, 1950
Teodoro Flores
Teodoro Flores de los Reyes, Mexican engineer and geologist (Ciudad de Mexico 08 April 1873 – 14 February 1955) MEMBERSHIP/HONORS Vice President, XV International Geological Congress, Toronto, Canada (1913) Honorary Member, Geological Society of America Genus Floresomys Fries, Hibbard & Dunkle 1955 (Fossil Mammalia)