Newton Freire-Maia
Newton Freire Maia, Brazilian human geneticist (Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais State 29 June 1918 – Curitiba 10 May 2003) Authored 474 works Recognized world authority in genetics of consanguineous marriages and ectodermal dysplasias With Marta Pinheiro created a worldwide used classification for ectodermal dysplasias With M. Pinheiro. Ectodermal dysplasias – some recollections and a classification. Birth Defects Orig. Art.Ser. 24:3-14, 1988. With Marta Pinheiro authored Ectodermal Dysplasias: a Clinical and Genetic Study (1984), the first book in the world about this theme NEW ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIAS With I. Cat, L.P. Marinoni, D.J. Giraldi, V.P. Furtado, R. Pasquini & H. Braga. Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, hypoplastic type, asociated with Pelger-Huet anomaly. Journal of Medical Genetics 4(4):302-3, 1967 With A. Freire-Maia & F.L. Freire-Maia. A newly recognized genetic syndrome of tetramelic deficiencies, ectodermal dysplasia, deformed ears and other abnormalities. American Journal of Medical Genetics 22(4):370-7, 1970. With I. Cat, V.L.V. Lopes, E.A. Chautard, F.A. Marçallo, I.J. Cavalli, R.F. Pilotto, M.C. Schetino & A.A. der Bedrossian. A new malformation syndrome. Lancet 1:840-1, 1970 With I. Cat, V.L.V. Lopes, E.A. Chautard, I.J. Cavalli, R.F. Pilotto & F.A. Marçallo. A síndrome de Maringá – Estudos clínicos, bioquímicos, dermatoglíficos e cromossômicos. Resumos da XXII Reunião Anual da Soc. Bras. Progr. Ciencia, p.130-1, 1970. With I. Cat & O. Costa. A clinical reappraisal of a newly recognized ectodermal dysplasia. American Journal of Medical Genetics 24:598-9, 1972 With V.A. Fortes, L.C. Pereira, J.M. Opitz, F.A. Marçallo & I.J. Cavalli. A syndrome of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with normal teeth, peculiar facies, pigmentary disturbances, psychomotor and growth retardation, bilateral nuclear cataract and other signs. Journal of Medical Genetics 12(3):308-10, 1975. With I. Cat & R.Rapone-Gaidzinski. An ectodermal dysplasia syndrome of alopecia, onychodysplasia, hypohidrosis, hyperkeratosis, deafness and other manifestations. Human Hereditary 27:127-33, 1977. With M.Pinheiro. Recessive anonychia totalis and dominant aplasia (or hypoplasia) of upper lateral incisors in the same kindred. Journ. Med. Genet. 17(2):45-8, 1979. With M. Pinheiro & C.C. Ortega. Recessive aplasia cutis congenita of the limbs. Journal of Medical Genetics 17(2):123-6, 1980. With M. Pinheiro & L.C. Pereira. A previouslu undescribed condition:tricho-odonto-onycho-dermal syndrome. A review of the tricho-odonto-onychial subgroup of ectodermal dysplasias. Brazilian Journal of Dermatology 105:371-82, 1981. With M. Pinheiro & L. C. Pereira. A previously undescribed condition. Tricho-odonto-onycho-dermal syndrome. A review of the tricho-odonto-onychial subgroup of ectodermal dysplasias. Br.J.Dermatol. 105:371-82, 1981. With A.F.P. Alves, P.A.B. Santos & E. Castelo Branco Neto. Na autosomal recessive ectodermal dysplasia syndrome of hypotrichosis, onychodysplasia, hyperkeratosis, kyphoscoliosis, cataract and other manifestations. Am.J.Med.Genet. 10:213-8, 1981. With D.V. Freire-Maia, C.E.P. Trindade, C.Y. Sughihara & J.M.Opitz. Nova síndrome malformativa acrorenal. Ciencia e Cultura 33:688, 1981. With M. Pinheiro & J.M. Opitz. The neurofaciodigitorenal (NFRD) syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics 11:329-36, 1982. With M. Pinheiro. Uma displasia ectodérmica pura devido a gene autossômico dominante. Ciência e cultura 34:764, 1982. With M. Pinheiro. Dermodontodysplasia: an eleven-member four generation pedigree with an apparently hitherto undescribed pure ectodermal dysplasia. Clin. Genet. 24:58-68, 1983. With M. Pinheiro & A.J. Roth. Trichoodontoonychial dysplasia – a new mesoectodermal dysplasia. Am.J.Med.Genet. 15:67-70, 1983. With M. Pinheiro, E.A. Chautard Freire-Maia, L.M.B. Araújo & B. Liberman. Aredyld: a syndrome combining na acrorenal Field defect, ectodermal dysplasia, lipoatrophic diabetes and other manifestations. Am.J.Med.Genet. 16:29-33, 1983. With M. Pinheiro & T.R. Goollop. Odontoonycho dysplasia with alopecia: a new pure ectodermal dysplasia with probable autosomal recessive inheritance. Am.J.Med.Genet. 20:197-202, 1985. With M. Pinheiro & A. Fernandes dos Santos. Trichoonychodysplasia with xeroderma, na apparently hitherto undescribed pure ectodermal dysplasia. Rev.Bras.Genet. 8(4):775-8, 1985. With M. Pinheiro, D.V. Freire-Maia, E. Miranda & O.G.Silva Filho. Trichodermodysplasia with dental alterations: an apparently new genetic ectodermal dysplasia of the tricho-odonto-onychial subgroup. Clin.Genet.29:332-6, 1986. With E.H. Tajara & M. Pinheiro. Pilodentoungular dysplasia with microcephaly, a new ectodermal dysplasia/malformation syndrome. Am.J.Med.Genet. 26:153-6, 1987. With R.B. Martínez, A.L. Monasterio & M. Pinheiro. Cleft lip, palate, oligodontia, syndactyly hair alterations, a new syndrome. Review of the conditions combining ectodermal dysplasia and cleft lip palate. Am.J.Med.Genet. 27:23-31, 1987. With L. Ceccato de Lima & M. Pinheiro. Oculotrichodysplasia (OTD), a new probably autosomal recessive condition. Journal of Medical Genetics 25:430-2, 1988. With M. Pinheiro. Displasia pêlo-unha (uma nova dysplasia ectodérmica pura): doze afetados em seis gerações de uma mesma família. Ver. Bras. Genet. 14 (Supp): 189, 1991. With M. Pinheiro. Hair-nail dysplasia. A new pure autosomal dominant ectodermal dysplasia. Clinical Genetics 41:296-8, 1992. With A. Montebelo Filho, A.R.S. Freire-Maia & M. Pinheiro. Odontoungueal dysplasia: an apparently new autosomal dominant ectodermal dysplasia. Braz. J. Genet. 19(3):162, 1996 (Suppl) With A.R.S. Freire & M. Pinheiro. Nova displasia ectodérmica do subgrupo odonto-onico-disidrótico. 48 Reunião Anual da Soc. Bras. Progr. Ciencia, 1996-7 METHODOLOGY A method to estimate mutational load With A. Freire-Maia. Novo método para a estimativa da carga mutacional. Boletim Soc. Bras. Genetica 6(1-2):23-24, 1964. A way to estimate mean number of deleterious genes in one person With a. Freire-Maia. Uma nova forma para a estimativa do número médio de gens deletérios por pessoa. Atas do Primeiro simpósio Sul-Americano de Genética, São Paulo, 264-5, 1961. With F.A. Marçallo. Coeficientes de inbreeding para gens ligados ao sexo. Bol. Soc. Bras. Genetica 2(2):14-6, 1960 Papers in top journals With M. Pinheiro. Identifying carriers for X-linked hypohydrotic ectodermal dysplasia. Lancet 2 (8044):936, 1977 With M.P. Pederneiras & E. Karam Jr. Umbilical tetanus in Brazil. Lancet 1 (7709):1134, 1971 With J.C. Brage, H. Abdala & N. Tartuce. Mental retardation: risks of recurrence. Lancet 1 (7661):1390, 1970 With L.G. Da Fonseca. Congenuital malformations of the limbs. Lancet 1 (7637):90-1, 1970 With J.B. Azevedo. Skeletal limb deficiencies. Lancet 2 (7581):1296, 1968 With E. Karam Jr. Phenylthiocarbamide and mental immaturity. Lancet 1 (7490):622, 1967 Pregnancy order and risk of abortion. Lancet 1 (7332):564-5, 1964 With A. Freire Maia A. Quelce Salgado. Parity effect on abortions. Lancet 1 (7284):774-5, 1963 With F.A. Marçallo. New recurrent series in inbreeding phenomena. Nature 189:421-2, 1961 With A. Quelce Salgado. Lethal mutations in Brazilian human populations. Nature 189:80, 1961 With A. Freire Maia. Estimate of the human load of mutations from heterogeneous consanguineous samples. Science 132 (3436):1317, 1960 EPONYMY Freire Maia syndrome (1970) Freire Maia-Pinheiro-Opitz syndrome
Newton Faller
Newton Faller, Brazilian electrical engineer and computer scientist (Rio de Janeiro 25 January 1947 – São Paulo 09 October 1996) Proposed the adaptive Huffman algorithms or Faller-Gallagher-Knuth algorithm, improved by Gallagher (1978) and Knuth (1985) An adaptive system for data compression. Record 7th Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems and Computers, pp.593-7, 1973 Headed the group that developed multiprocessor Pegasus and operating system Tropix, a real-time Unix-like operating system for PCs (1982-6) With P. Salembach & M.L. Anido. Design techniques used in the construction of the Pegasus 32X supermicrocomputer and the Plurix Operating System. Proc. Convención Inform. Latina (CIL-85), pp.178-95, 1985 With P. Salenbauch. Plurix: a multiprocessing Unix-like operating system. Proc. 2nd Workshop on Workstation Operating System, Washington, DC, USA, pp.29-36, 1989
Miguel Fernandez
Miguel Fernandez, Argentine biologist (Essen, Germany 25 September 1883 – Alta Gracia, Cordoba Province 29 April 1950) From Argentine father and German mother Performed contributions to histology, embriology and morphogenesis Demonstrated mesodermal origin of the vascular apparatus in Invertebrates Zur mikroskopische Anatomie des Blutgefässystems der Tunikaten Nebst Bemerkungen zur Phylogenie des Blutefassystems in allemeinen. Jenaische Zeitscher 39 (1904) Discovered and proved polyembryony in Mammalia Beitrage zur Embriologie der Gürteltiere. I. Zur Keimblatt erinversion und spezifischen polyembryonie der mulita (Tatusia hybrida Desm.). Morphol. Jahrbuch 39:302-33, 1909 HONORS Fernandezina Birabén 1951 (Arachnida) His wife, Kati Marcinowski de Fernandez, German / Argentine zoologist (Breslau 20 December 1877 – Alta Gracia, Cordoba Province 13 November 1955) First to establish mesenchymal origin of vascular apparatus in Vertebrata Zur Entstenhung der Gefassendothelien und des Blutes bei Amphibien. Jenaische Zeitscher 41 (1906) Authored Parasitisch und semiparasitisch an Pflanzen lebende Nematoden (1909), the most comprehensive treatise about plant parasite nematodes of his day and where she was the first to describe in detail the morphological differences between cysts and root-knot nematodes
Miguel Domingo Fuertes Loren
Miguel Domingo Fuertes Loren, Spanish-born Dominican priest, explorer, plant collector and geologist (Daroca, Zaragoza Province 04 August 1871 – Santo Domingo 04 March 1926) Discovered a number of new species from Dominican flora Cited as a discoverer of larimar, a blue variety of pectolite (1916) HONORS Fuertesia Urban 1911 (Loasaceae) Fuertesiella Schlechter 1913 (Orchidaceae)
Mario Guimarães Ferri
Mário Guimarães Ferri, Brazilian botanist (São José dos Campos, São Paulo State 07 July 1918 –São Paulo 15 June 1985) Expert on plant hormones and ecology Developed a biological test for detecting auxins in plants With Lúcia V. de Camargo. Influence of growth substances on the pulvini of the primary leaves of bean plants. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 22, 1950 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Preliminary observations on the translocation of synthetic growth substances. Contrib. Boyce Thompson Inst. 14, 1945 With S.G. Wildman & J. Bonner. The enzymatic conversion of tryptophan to auxin by spinach leaves. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 13:131, 1947 With A. Lex. Stomatal behavior as influenced by treatment of β-naphthoxyacetic acid. Contrib. Boyce Thompson Inst. 15:283-90, 1948 With M. Rachid. Further information on the stomatal behavior as influenced by treatment with hormone-like substances. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 21:155-66, 1949 Photoinactivation of the plant hormone indol acetic acid by fluorescent substances. Nature 4269, 1951 With L. Labouriau. Water balance from the “caatinga”. I. Transpiration of some of the most frequent species of the “caatinga” of Paulo Afonso (Bahia) in the rainy season. Rev. Bras. Biol. 12:301-12, 1952 Water balance of the “caatinga”, a semi-arid type of vegetation of northern Brazil. In: 8ieme Congrès Internat. Bot. Paris. Rapports et communications. Parvenus avant le congrès, sect. 7, Paris 221-3, 1954 On the moprphology of the stomata of Eucalyptus terticornis, Ouratea spectabilis and Cedrela fissilis. Bol. Fac. Cien. Letras USP 173 Bot. 11, 1954 Photoactive movement of the stomata of sugarcane. Revta. Bras. Biol. 17, 1957 Aspects of the soil-water plant relationships in connection with some Brazilian types of vegetation. In: Proc. Abidjan UNESCO and the Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa south of the Sahara. Symposium UNESCO: Tropical Soils and Vegetation 103-9, 1959 With B.L. Morretes. Contribuição ao estudo da anatomia das folhas de plantas do Cerrado. I. Bol. Fac. Fil. Cien. Letras Univ. S. Paulo 16:7-70, 1959 Contributions to the knowledge of the ecology of the “Rio Negro Caatinga” (Amazon). Bull. Res. Council Israel Sect. D 8:195-207, 1960 Problems of water relations of some Brazilian vegetation types, with special consideration of the concepts of xeromorphy and xerophytism. Plant water relationships in arid and semi-arid conditions. Proc. Madrid Symposium Arid zone Research 16:191-7, Unesco, Paris, 1961 With B.L. Morretes. Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia de folhas de plantas de uma caatinga do Rio Negro (Amazonas). Revta. Biol. Lisboa 78(1-4): 97-122, 1972 His brother, Rubens Guimarães Ferri, immunochemist (São Paulo 25 October 1922 – São Paulo 02 August 1979) DEVELOPED METHODS / OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS With H.C. Ferreira & L.G. Murat. Rapid test for fibrinolysis in vivo. Transfusion 4:21-5, 1964 With W. Cossermelli. Analyse immuno-eletrophoretique. Micro et macrométhodes, Rev. Franc. Etud. Clin. Biol. 9:134, 1964 With W. Cossermelli, S.D. Giannini & T. Tutiya. Tests for evaluation of activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Rev. Paul. Med. 49(5):353-8, 1956 With L.V. Decourt, M. Papaleo Neto, S.D. Giannini, G. Spilborghs & T. Tutiya. Serological tests in diagnosis of rheumatic activity. I. Determination of mucoprotein. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 8(4):361-78, 1955 With L.V. Decourt, T.J.B. Cardoso & T. Tutiya. Isolamento e eletroforese da mucoproteína do soro humano. Rev. Hosp. Clin. 10:389-94, 1955 Isolamento e caracterização da iso-hemaglutinina. Frações proteicas do plasma humano. Métodos de estudo. O Hospital (1955) Papers in Science With R. Guidolin. Fluorescence and photo-inactivation of snake poisons. Science 113:300-2, 1951 With A.W. Galston & R. Guidolin. Photoinactivation of indolacetic acid. Science 114 (2969): 555, 1951 Other papers Estudo imunoquimico de antígenos intracelulares. O Hospital 59:917-24, 1961 With O. Bier. Gel-precipitação e imuno-electroforese. Anais Microbiol. (1961)
Manoel Basilio Furtado
Manoel Basílio Furtado, Brazilian physician, ethnographer and naturalist (Queluz, Minas Gerais State 02 November 1826 – Rio Novo, Minas Gerais State 13 May 1903) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Anotações sobre o café Descrição de duas gitiranaboyas Descrição das águas minerais do Capim, município de Muriaé, Minas Geraes Descrição do gavião de penacho ou Montaurana Descrição e história de um crânio humano, achado em uma gruta de São Geraldo Estudo sobre o bicho da Taquaraquicé (1882) Notas sobre o vaga-lumes Operação do Trepano. Thesis, Academia de Medicina Rio de Janeiro Pequeno dicionário de palavras indígenas (1878) Itinerário de Senhor Bom Jesus do Itabapoana (RJ) à Gruta das Minas do Castelo (ES) 1884 Morcegos do Brasil – Contribuição para o estudo da zoologia no Brasil. Rev. Arqu. Publ. Mineiro 3-4, 1903 HONORS Basilia Miranda Ribeiro 1903 (Diptera)