Pinwen Fang
Pinwen Fang or Bingwen Fang, Chinese ichthyologist (1903 – 1944) DESCRIBED FISH TAXA Valid Genera Huigobio 1938 Liniparhomaloptera 1935 Paraprotomyzon 1934 with Pellegrin Pseudogyrinocheilus 1933 Sinibotia 1936 Sinocyclocheilus 1936 Sinogastromyzon 1930 Valid Species Aphthalmichthys wui 1942 Apogon tchefouensis 1942 Balitora kwangsiensis 1930 Beaufortia kweichowensis 1931 Beaufortia pingi 1930 Beaufortia szechuanensis 1930 Beaufortia zebroidus 1930 Carcharhinus latistomus 1932 with Wang Devario laoensis 1940 with Pellegrin Gnathopogon nicholsi 1943 Gobiobotia abbreviata 1931 with Wang Gobiobotia longibarba 1931 with Wang Gobiobotia tungi 1933 Gobiomorphus pellegrini 1942 Hemibagrus filamentus 1949 with Chaux Hemibagrus wiyckoides 1949 with Chaux Hemiculter tchangi 1942 Hemimyzon yaotanensis 1931 Hemisalanx brachyrostralis 1934 Huigobio chenhsienensis 1938 Leptobotia pellegrini 1936 Leptobotia tchangi 1936 Mystacoleucus greenwayi 1940 with Pellegrin Nemacheilus angeli 1941 Ompok urbaini 1949 with Chaux Onychostoma angustistromata 1940 Pangasius krempfi 1949 with Chaux Paraprotomyzon multifasciatus 1935 with Pellegrin Pseudobagrus rendahli 1940 with Pellegrin Rhinogobius mekongianus 1940 with Pellegrin Romanogobio vladykovi 1943 Schizothorax wangchiachii 1936 Schizothorax chongi 1936 Schizothorax longibarbus 1936 Siniperca undulata 1932 with Chong Sinocyclocheilus tingi 1936 Sinogastromyzon hsiashiensis 1931 Sinogastromyzon szechuanensis 1930 Sinogastromyzon wui 1930 Syncrossus formosus 1940 with Pellegrin Tachysurus hoi 1940 with Pellegrin Tridentiger niger 1942 Triplophysa angeli 1941 Triplophysa microphysa 1935 Triplophysa pappenheimi 1935 Vanmanenia lineata 1935 Vanmanenia pingchowensis 1935 LINKS http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology/catalog
Pedro Farinas
Pedro Luis Fariñas y Mayo, Cuban radiologist (Santa Clara, Cuba 19 October 1892 – La Habana 26 April 1951) Performed the first aortography by femoral puncture (introduced abdominal aortography with injection into a catheter that was slipped into the femoral artery through a trocar) A new technique for the arteriographic examination of the abdominal aorta and its branches. Am. J. Roentgenol. 46:641-4, (1941) Obtained the first pelvic venography (1947) Developed a device for injecting opaque substance through a syringe Developed a new method for diagnosis of pulmonary neoplasies Authored Metodo de exploración radiologico del aparato respiratorio (1941)
Paulo Leal Ferreira
Paulo Leal Ferreira, Brazilian physicist (Rio de Janeiro 16 July 1925 – São Paulo 30 December 2005) SOME CONTRIBUTIONS With J.A.C. Alcaras & A.P. Galeão. A model of the deuteron based on a Breit type equation. Mod. Phys. Lett. A9 (14):1327-33, 1994 With A.P. Galeão. General method for reducing the 2-body Dirac equation. J. Mathem. Physics 33(7):2618-25, 1992 With J.A. Helayel & N. Zagury. A linear potential model for quark confinement. Nuovo Cimento 55(2):215-26, 1980 A theorem for a class of motions in a spherical geometry. J. Physics A: Mathem. General 16(9):2087-91, 1983 With M.B. Santos. Gradient formula for the four dimensional hyperspherical harmonics. Rev. Bras. Fis. 5:61, 1975 SU(3)xSO(3) Three triplet model and the new resonances. Rev. Bras. Fisica (1975) With D. Ito. Phenomenological mass operator for hadrons 1 & 2. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 5(15):998-04, 1972 With J.L. Ferreira. Hydrogen-like quark model for baryons. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 3(2):43, 1970 With A.P.G. Malbonissou. On deviations from Newton’s law and the proposal for a fifth force. With H. Joos. Modified WKB approximation for Bothe’s differential equation in diffusion theory. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 45(2):336, 1967 With H. Fagundes. Integral equation and addition theorem for hyperspherical harmonics. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias (1964) HONOURS Associate Elected Member, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1973-8) His brother, Jorge Leal Ferreira, physicist (30 March 1928 – 26 February 1995) With P.L. Ferreira. Hydrogen-like quark model for baryons. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 3(2):43, 1970 With A.H. Zimerman. On a simple model for axial mesons. Il Nuovo Cimento (1967) With J. Soffer. Low energy theorem for radiative decays of hyperons. Physics Review (1967)
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini, Brazilian medical entomologist and epidemiologist (Rosario, Argentina 10 January 1924 – São Paulo 15 September 2007) Son of Italian immigrants ACHIEVEMENTS Authored 243 papers and 14 books Gained world renown in epidemiology and medical entomology Studied the epidemiology of many tropical diseases and ecology of its vectors Elaborated an epidemiological model of transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis Showed that dipteran species Psorophora ferox was competent for transmitting arbovirus in laboratory With C.J. Mitchell & B.R. Miller. Vector competence with Rocio virus and three mosquito species from the epidemic zone in Brazil. Rev. Saude Publica 20(3):171-7, 1986. Isolated new viral agents (Cotia and Boraceia virus) With O. Souza Lopes, J.P.G. Lacerda, I.E.M. Fonseca, D.P. Castro & E.X. Rabello. Cotia virus: a new agent isolated from sentinel mice in São Paulo, Brazil. Amer.J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 14:156-7, 1965. With O. Souza Lopes, J.P.G. Lacerda, I.E.M. Fonseca, L.A. Sacchetta & E.X. Rabello. Boraceia vírus. A new virus related to Anopheles B vírus. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 123:502-4, 1966. Described at least 42 new Diptera species Published Entomologia Medica (1962-73), a classical book in this area HONORS John Belkin Memorial Award, American Mosquito Control Association (1995) Subgenus Forattiniella Vargas 1978 (Diptera) See HTTP://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsp/v41n6/03.pdf (in Portuguese with complete bibliography)
Oswaldo Frota Pessoa
Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa, Brazilian geneticist (Rio de Janeiro 30 March 1917 – São Paulo 24 March 2010) DISEASES With A. Richieri Costa & S.M. Garcia da Silva. Late infantile autosomal recessive myotonia, mental retardation, and skeletal abnormalities: a new autosomal recessive syndrome. J. Med. Genet. 21(2):103-7, 1984 With A. Richieri Costa. Atrichia, abnormal EEG, epilepsy and mental retardation in two sisters. Hum. Hered. 29(5):292-7, 1979 With C. Penha-Serrano, D. Klein & M. Zatz. A malignant form of neurogenic muscular atrophy in adults, with dominant inheritance. J. Genet. Hum. 19:337-54, 1971 With J.A. Escalante & H. Grunspun. Severe sex-linked mental retardation. J. Genet. Hum. 19:137, 1971 (first to note macro-orchidism with X-linked mental retardation) METHODS Proposed a method for assessing the mutation rate for detrimental recessive genes in man With P.H. Saldanha. The rate of spontaneous sex-linked mutations and doubling dose in man. Annals of Human Genetics 24(4):367-73, 1960 With C.A. Moreira Filho. A method for detecting sex diferences in mutation rates of sex-linked human genes. Excerpta Med. Found. 32:173, 1961 Proposed an indirect method for evaluating the concealed genetic load expressing itself before birth Lethal equivalents acting before birth. Am. J. Human Genet. 18(1):57-61, 1966 A technique for evaluating the reactivity of human smell lymphocytes in culture. Cien. Cult. 27:1233-6, 1975 Presented the relationship between the penetrance and the recurrence risk for sibs of isolated cases of autosomal dominant conditions with incomplete penetrance With P.A. Otto & J.R. Plaza. The variation of recurrence risks with penetrance for isolated cases of autosomal dominant conditions. J. Hered. 67(4):256, 1976 Developed a procedure for identifying human Y chromosome using staining techniques With C.L. Borovik & N.S. Loghin Grosso. The human Y chromosome: its routine identification and variability. Rev. Bras. Pesq. Med. Biol. 10(3):159-73, 1977 Developed a methodology allowing the estimate of risks, heterozygosity and manifestation of Huntington ‘s chorea within preestablished periods for individuals of any age With N. Martello & J.L. Santos. Risks of manifestation of Huntington chorea. J. Genet. Hum. 26(1):33-53, 1978 With A. Rogatko & C.A. Pereira. A Bayesian method for the estimation of penetrance: application to mandibulo facial and frontonasal dysostoses. Am. J. Med. Genetics 24(2):231-46, 1986 Presented general formulae for several common situations in the genetic counseling of heterogeneous disorders With M.C. Braga & P.A. Otto. Calculation of recurrence risks for heterogeneous genetic disorders. Am. J. Med. Genet. 95(1):36-42, 2000 OTHERS Described 32 new dipteran species (1947-54) Papers in important periodicals With P.A. Otto, S. Kasahara & H.G. Nunesmaia. Risk of 45,X karyotype in offspring of Turner’s syndrome patients. Lancet 2 (8031):257, 1977 With N.R. Ferreira. Trisomy after colchicines therapy. Lancet 1 (7606):1161-2, 1969 With E.L. Gomes & T.R. Calicchio. Christmas factor: dosage compensation and the production of blood coagulation factor IX. Science 139:348, 1963 HONORS Consultant, World Health Organization Expert Committe on Human Genetics (1961-86) UNESCO International Kalinga Prize for Popularization of Science (1982)
Osvaldo Coutinho de Faria
Oswaldo Coutinho de Faria, Brazilian scientist in France (Rio de Janeiro 06 November 1886 – ?) INVENTIONS A simplified system to transform alternate to continuous currents (AC/DC) (1903) A transformer (1903) Kinetophone, a forerunner of vitaphone (1897) Introduced improvements in radiography and cinematography