José Carneiro Felippe

José Carneiro Felippe, Brazilian statistician and physical chemist (São João del Rei, Minas Gerais State 06 October 1886 – Rio de Janeiro 15 January 1951) ACHIEVEMENTS Dosage de l’urée par la methode comparative. I. Solution étalon. II. Formule pour la preparation de la solution d’hypobromite de sodium au moment de l’emploi. C.R. Soc. Biol. 96(37):1948, 1926 Calculos originais para a aplicação da curva logística e representação do crescimento da população do Brasil (unpublished) Carneiro Felippe technique for studying proteins in blood serum (a Howe technique modification) An innovative process for high concentration solubilisation of mercurial salts (patented) With A. Machado. Uma nova applicação das substâncias reguladoras de reacção para o fim de estabilizar preparações de mercúrio destinadas a emprego em therapeutica (1930) With T. Martins developed a new process for extracting hormones by absorption (1929) (patented) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Sobre o preparo das reações tituladas em cyclo; o soluto para a dosagem da urea por comparação; a concentração iônica dos hydrogenios nos liquidos do organismo With A. Godoy. Sobre a acidez dos meios de cultura e distillação dos líquidos With J. Gomes de Faria. Sobre os derivados da quinina e dosagem do phenol e dos cresoes nos soros With A. Godoy. Tempo de pose pela cellula de selenio With A. Godoy & Marques Lisboa. Focalisação micro-photographica indirecta, por cálculo e com lentes compensadoras With A. Machado. Suspensões colloidaes, derivados aromáticos e etheres dos acidos graxos Radioactivité et action oligodynamique des mineraux (1926) With T. Martins. Inactivation et activation oligodynamique de l’argent. C. R. Soc. Biol. 97(31):1364, 1927 Análise pelo método de interpolação das medidas de radioatividade (1937) Via Nuova (1950; unpublished) about integration of differential and convex equations MEMBERSHIP/OFFICES Head of Physiological Chemistry & Therapeutics, International Center of Leprology from Nations League (1934) Correspondent Member, The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Pittsburgh)

José Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz

José Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz, Brazilian civil engineer (Campinas, São Paulo State 16 September 1918 – São Paulo 26 June 1994) TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Developed a new process for distribution of stirrups and folded reinforcements Ainda a distribuição da armadura de cisalhamento. Boletim DER (1944) Contribuição ao Estudo das Grelhas. Doctoral Thesis (1951) regarded in Germany as a great contribution to calculating methods Applied probability theory to safety calculation of structures  Fundamentos para uma nova orientação no cálculo estrutural. Thesis (1956) Developed Ferraz protension system (1958) Um novo processo de protensão com sistema próprio de ancoragem na pós-tração (1966) Developed a general and simple method for resolution of bridge grids  WORKS World’s biggest vain of this day (Museu de Arte de São Paulo in 1968) described in The São Paulo Art Museum. ACI Journal 7 (1970) World’s biggest prestressed concrete continuous beam in the Colombo Salles Bridge at Florianópolis City of its day (1975)  His design of ascending highway of Rodovia dos Imigrantes (São Paulo State) gained international acclaim One of the headed the building of Rodovia dos Imigrantes (1974), considered as among the 5 greatest highway works in the world  BRAZILIAN PATENTS Método de aplicação de protensão em estruturas de concreto ou metálicas (1992) PI9204876-5 Método de obtenção de casas e outras edificações pré-fabricadas (1992) Protensão portátil (1993) PI9304517-4

Jose Raimundo Fandi

José Raimundo Fandi S., Argentine inventor (Cruz Alta, San Miguel de Tucumán Province 25 December 1926 – His grandfather Julio invented hand shower Founded a political party (Innovación Capitalista) Authored a book Teoria del Todo (Theory of Everything) Authored 250 inventions with over 100 patents INVENTIONS/PATENTS Single piece squeegge (1950) Automatic washing machine   Educative cup and ball toy   Flat and extensible bench vise   Chainless bicycle   A smart traffic signal (with Gabiel Maissonave) Rubber clothespin A torpedo tubes submarine that can be carried by a helicopter A rotary and floating house   A hat (2013) Single piece handle for shovels (1998) Cap for fizzy drink packages specially siphons A hook cam with crowbar to be used as an accessory of shoes clasps and other utilizations (1998) A joined fuse holder and key switch apparatus Metallic durable shuttles Tools, packages and naval designs 

Jose Lima Pedreira de Freitas

José Lima Pedreira de Freitas, Brazilian hygienist and parasitologist (Mococa, São Paulo State 12 January 1917 – Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State 15 June  1966) He was the foremost world authority on Chagas disease in his time Authored nearly 70 works Described a new antigen and improved a quantitative reaction of complement fixation for Chagas disease With J.O. Almeida. Nova técnica de fixação de complemento para a moléstia de Chagas (reação quantitativa com antígeno “gelificado” de culturas de Trypanosoma cruzi. O Hospital (R. Janeiro) 35(6):787-800, 1949 With V. Nussenzweig, R. Sonntag , V.Amato Neto et al. proposed in vitro sterilization of blood employing gentian violet (1953) Developed an innovative serological reaction for Chagas disease With J. O. Almeida & A.F. Siqueira. Capacidade reativa específica do antígeno em reações de complemento para moléstia de Chagas. Anais Congr. Intern. Doença de Chagas 1:51-62, 1959 

Jorge Fontella Pereira

Jorge Fontella-Pereira, Brazilian botanist (Rio de Janeiro 17 December 1936 – Genera (Apocynaceae) Austrochthamalia 2013 with Morillo Morilloa 2014 with Goes & Caceres Moral Species Described 94 species (until 2015) HONORS  Fontellaea Morillo 1994 (Asclepiadaceae)

Jorge Ferigolo

Jorge Ferigolo, Brazilian paleontologist (c.1947 – Studied anatomy and pathology of fossil vertebrates DESCRIBED FOSSIL VERTEBRATA TAXA Genera Reptilia Decuriasuchus 2011 with França & Langer Guaibasaurus 1999 with Bonaparte & Ribeiro Riograndia 2001 with Bonaparte & Ribeiro Sacisaurus 2007 with Langer Mammalia Octodontobradys 1993 with Rodrigues dos Santos & Rancy Species Reptilia Colombophis spinosus 2010 with Hsiou & Albino Decuriasuchus quartacolonia 2011 with França & Langer Dicynodontipus protherioides 2008 with Silva, Carvalho & Fernandes Guaibasaurus candelariensis 1999 with Bonaparte & Ribeiro Lesothosaurus diagnosticus 2006 with Langer Rhynchosauroides retroversipes 2008 with Silva, Carvalho & Fernandes Riograndia guaibensis 2001 with Bonaparte & Ribeiro Sacisaurus agudoensis 2007 with Langer Mammalia Clyomys riograndensis 2008 with Hadler, Verzi, Vucetich & Ribeiro Octodontobradys puruensis 1993 with Rodrigues dos Santos & Rancy Tapirus rondoniensis 2011 with Holanda & Ribeiro HONORS Ferigolomys Kerber, Bissaro Jr., Negri, Souza-Filho, Guilherme & Hsiou 2017 (Fossil Mammalia)