Rodrigo Escobar
Rodrigo Escobar Restrepo, Colombian orchidologist and genealogist (Medellín 1935 – 2009) Described 642 new species in Orchidaceae (568 valid)
Recep Egemen
Recep Egemen, Turkish geologist and paleobotanist (1912 – 17 August 1963) Described the fossil plant genus Linopteridium 1958 and the species Linopteridium densenervosa 1958 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The Neogene flora of some lignitiferous formations in Turkey. Abstr. Pollen et Spores 4(2):342, 1962 On some xeromorphic plant forms from the upper boundary of the Carboniferous of Turkey. Abstr. Pollen et Spores 4(2), 1962 Phytopaleontological report on the fossil plants collected by Nebert. M.T.A. Report (1960) On the significance of the flora found in the Ihsaniye beds at Kozlu, Zonguldak. Rev. Univ. Istanbul 24(1-2):1-24, 1959 On the significance of some forms of Neuropteris gigantea Sternberg from the Carboniferous of Anatolia (Turkey). J. Paleont. Soc. India 3:179-84, 1958 Paleobotanik ders kitabi (1958) A preliminary note on fossiliferous Upper Silurian beds near Karadeniz Eregli. Bull. Geol. Soc. Turkey 1(1):53-9, 1947 With S. Pekmezciler. Rapport geologique sur le Carbonifere d’Amasra. M.T.A. Report nº 1636 (1945) A comparative study of the leaf architecture of some fossil plants with particular reference to the flora of the Anatolian Carboniferous strata (1941) HONORS Egemenisporites Agrali 1969 (Fossil Sporae/Pollen)
Pedro Escudero
Pedro Escudero Osacar, Argentine physician (Buenos Aires 11 August 1877 – Buenos Aires 23 January 1963) Enunciated 4 fundamental laws in nutrition on quantity, quality, harmony and goodness of fit Proposed a new enunciate of growth laws Nuevo enunciado de las leyes del crecimiento (1940) Established the concept of normal feeding and the nutritive requirements at distinct biological conditions Established the concept of normal calories Established the evolutive concept of feeding in healthy and sick human Formulated feeding-based laws that govern the human development since childhood Established the concept of non-specific profilaxis With F.A. Puchulu established the concept of latent diabetes (1927) Determinated methods and procedures for dietetic prescription for all kinds of patients With M.E. Varela performed one of the first studies on normal myelogram Forma de estabelecer o custo da alimentação: um padrão universal. Rev. Med. Bras. 18:519-23, 1945 EPONYMY Escudero syndrome or primitive erythrocytosis Escudero test for functional depletion of pancreas Escudero hyperglycemy test Escudero-Tobías sign Escudero-Nemenov sign (a radiological sign for hidatosis) Escudero method for computing total energy value of foods (1931) Escudero test for gout and atherosclerosis Escudero reaction for lipemia Escudero reaction for determining fatty acids in oxalated blood Escudero sign in sympathetic hiperarousal Escudero milk mixture Escudero formula for determination of energy intake (Mb/Pa x Pt=Ca – básicas) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Sinergias fisiologicas y sinergias morbidas (1902) Kystes hidatiques du poumon (1912) Tratado de la diabetes (1927) Diabetes aglucosúrica, diabetes oculta; diabetes latente (1930) Influencia de la alimentación sobre la raza. La Prensa 27 March 1933 With A. Escudero & M.L. Herraiz. Valor mineral y vitaminico de la yerba mate (Ilex paraguayensis). Rev. Soc. Bras. Quim. 14(2):5, 1945 Tablas de la Composicion Quimica de los Alimentos. Publ. Inst. Nac. Nutricion. Bs. Aires (1945) La carne: alimento obligado y de alta nutrición Lecciones de Clinica Medica
Paul Escovar
Paul Antonio Escovar Díaz, Venezuelan urologist (1950 – Authored Endourologia y ondas de choque, (1987) with international repercussion DEVELOPED TECHNIQUES With P.E. Escovar La Riva, F.P. Rodríguez Escovar et al. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL): conditions for a safe performance. Arch. Esp. Urol. 70:173-95, 2017 With M. Rey, J.R. López, P. Sanchez, R. Cuervo, P.E. Escovar La Riva & A. Rasguido. Acceso transuretrovesicorenal para litiasis em riñones pelvicos: una tecnica responsible. Rev. Arg. Urol. 78(3):110-4, 2013 With F.J. Reyes Z & M.G. Porras M. Cirurgia renal percutanea. Descripción de una tecnica segura. Rev. Mex. Urol. 65(4), 2005
Omar El Seoud
Omar Abdel Monein Abou El Seoud, Egyptian-born Brazilian chemist (Cairo 21 May 1945 – Coined the term surface active ionic liquids or SAILs With P.A. Pires, T. Abdel Moghny & E.L. Bastos. Synthesis and micellar properties of surface-active ionic liquids: 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chlorides. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 313(1):296-304, 2007 His work was cover of a review With P.D. Galgano. Micellar properties of surface active ionic liquids: A comparison of 1-hexadecyl-3-methyl-imidizolium chloride with structurally related cationic surfactants. J. Col. Interf. Science (2010) With L.A. Ramos, D.L. Morgado, V.C. da Silva & E. Frollini. Acetylation of cellulose in LiCl-N,N-dimethylacetamide: first report on the correlation between the reaction efficiency and the aggregation number of dissolved cellulose. Cellulose (London) 18:385-92, 2011. With H. Nawaz & R. Casarano. First report on the kinetics of the uncatalyzed esterification of cellulose under homogeneous reaction conditions: a rationale for the effect of carboxylic acid anhydride chain-length on the degree of biopolymer substitution. Cellulose (London) 19:199-207, 2012. With C.T. Martins & B.M. Sato. First study on the thermo-solvatochromism in aqueous 1-(1-butyl)-3-methylimidazolium tetraflouroborate: A comparison between the solvation by an ionic liquid and by aqueous alcohols. Journal of Physical Chemistry 112: 8330-9, 2008. With P.L. Silva, M.A.S. Trassi & C.T. Martins. Solvatochromism in Binary Mixtures: First Report on a Solvation Free Energy Relationship between Solvent Exchange Equilibrium Constants and the Properties of the Medium. Journal of Physical Chemistry. B 113:9512-9, 2009. DEVELOPED TECHNIQUES With P.A.R. Pires, N.I. Malek, T.C. Teixeira, T.A. Bioni & H. Nawaz. Imidazole-catalyzed esterification of cellulose in ionic liquid/molecular solvents: a multi-technique approach to probe effects of the medium. Indust. Crops Products 77:180-9, 2015 With M.I. El Seoud & J.A. Mickiewicz. A proton and carbon 13NMR study on the state of water solubilized by detergent aggregates in organic solvents With R. Casarano & P.A.R. Pires. Acylation of cellulose in a novel solvent system: Solution of dibenzyldimethylammonium fluoride in DMSO. Carbohydrate Polymers 101:444-50, 2014. With R. Casarano, P.A.R. Pires & A.C. Borin. Novel solvents for cellulose: Use of dibenzyldimethylammonium fluoride/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as solvent for the etherification of the biopolymer and comparison with tetra(1-butyl)ammonium fluoride/DMSO. Industrial Crops and Products 54:185-91, 2014 With D.P. Valencia, P.D. Galgano & M. Bertotti.A simple Approach to Calculate the Micelle Aggregation Numbers of Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactants: Electrochemical Behavior of Aggregate-Solubilized Ferrocene Studied by Microelectrode Voltammetry. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 161:660-2, 2014. With L.C. Fidale & T. Heinze. Perichromism: A powerful tool for probing the properties of cellulose and its derivatives. Carbohydrate Polymers 93:129-34, 2013 With R. Casarano. A Novel Route to Obtaining Stable Quaternary Ammonium Fluoride Solutions in DMSO: Application in Microwave-Assisted Acylation of Cellulose. Lenzinger Berichte, 91:112, 2013 With C. Loffredo, P.A.R. Pires & M. Imran.β-Carotene: A green, inexpensive, and convenient solvatochromic probe for the determination of solvent polarizability. Dyes and Pigments 96:16-24, 2013. With L.C. Fidale, L.M.A. Hortencio, T. Heinze, P.A.R. Pires & P.M. Lima. Employing perichromism for probing the properties of carboxymethyl cellulose films: an expedient, accurate method for the determination of the degree of substitution of the biopolymer derivative. Cellulose (London) 19:151-9, 2012. With R. Casarano, L.C. Fidale, C.M. Luchetti & T. Heinze. Expedient, accurate methods for the determination of the degree of substitution of cellulose carboxylic esters: Application of UVa “vis spectroscopy (dye solvatochromism) and FTIR. Carbohydrate Polymers 83:1285-92, 2011. With R. Casarano, H. Nawaz, S. Possidonio & V. C. da Silva. A convenient solvent system for cellulose dissolution and derivatization: Mechanistic aspects of the acylation of the biopolymer in tetraallylammonium fluoride/dimethyl sulfoxide. Carbohydrate Polymers 86:1395-1402, 2011. With S. Possidonio & L.C. Fidale. Microwave-assisted derivatization of cellulose in an ionic liquid: An efficient, expedient synthesis of simple and mixed carboxylic esters. Journal of Polymer Science. Part A, Polymer Chemistry 48:134-143, 2010. With L.C. Fidale, S. Kohler, M.H.G. Prchtl & T. Heinze. Simple, Expedient Methods for the Determination of Water and Electrolyte Contents of Cellulose Solvent Systems. Cellulose 13: 581-92, 2006 With C.T. Martins & M.S. Lima. A Novel, Convenient, Quinoline-Based Merocyanine Dye: Probing Solvation in Pure and Mixed Solvents and in the Interfacial Region of an Anionic Micelle. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 18: 1072-85, 2005. With G.A. Marson. A novel efficient procedure for acylation of cellulose under homogeneous solution conditions. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 74:1355, 1999. With G.J. Vidotti. An Accurate Method for Determining the Residual Base Catalyst in Commercial Non-ionic Detergents. Colloid and Polymer Science 258:1200, 1980. With V. Aldrigue. Simple, Efficient Methods for Preparing N-Alkylimidazoles. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 50:87, 1978. BRAZILIAN PATENT With R. Casarano. Sistema de solventes, processo de produção de um sistema de solventes e seu uso. BR10 2013 0010979A2 (2013)
Nicolas Esposto
Nicolás E. Esposto, Italian-born Peruvian botanist and pharmacist (Genoa 01 November 1877 – 1942) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Contribución al estudio de las orquidáceas de las lomas de los alrededores de Lima. Ann. Direcc. Fomento 11:49-53, 1913 With A. Maldonado. Contribución al estudio del Myroxylon peruiferum Linn. Anales Fac. Medicina Lima (1919) With A. Maldonado. Balsamo del Peru y balsamo de Tolú (1920) With J. Octavio Solano. Contribución al estudio de las taxáceas del Perú. Boletín Museo Hist. Nat. Javier Prado, 28-38, 1939 With A. Maldonado. Contribución al estudio de la matéria medica peruana HONORS (Cactaceae) Espostoa Britton & Rose 1920 Espostoopsis Buxbaum 1968