G. P. Channabasavanna
Gulur Puttappa ChannaBasavanna, Indian agricultural entomologist and acarologist (Gulur, Baramulla District, Jammu & Kashmir State 08 September 1920 – 01 May 2000) DESCRIBED ACARI TAXA Genera Neocalarus 1966 Neosuidasia 1983 with Ranganath Paratetra 1966 Tenuipalponychus 1977 with Lakundi Species At least 54 HONORS Channabasavannella Bagdasaryan 1975 (Acari)
Frank Wang Co-Tui
Frank Wang Co-Tui, Chinese physician (Jinjiang, Fujian Province 24 June 1897 – November 1983) Lived most of his life in USA and Philippines. ACHIEVEMENTS Established standardized rabbit pyrogenicity test (1942) with Schrift Eponym of Co-Tui treatment for gastric ulcer employing protein hydrolysates and Co-Tui method of removing pyrogens by adsorptive filtration
Francisco Mendes de Oliveira Castro
Francisco Mendes de Oliveira Castro, Brazilian mathematician (Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro 19 May 1902 – Rio de Janeiro 30 May 1993) Brother of biologist Gustavo Mendes de Oliveira Castro Solved the Volterra integral equation using iterated nuclei method that earned him world renown Zur theorie der dielektrischen Nachwirkung . Z. Physik Sonderabdruck 114(1-2):116-26, 1939 Solved the Schrödinger equation for harmonic oscillator in finite differences Showed that random distribution of nucleons under interactions is ruled by Poisson distribution Poisson statistics and the diffusion-equation of nucleons and charged pions in the atmosphere. An. Acad. Bras. Ciencias 49, 1977 With H.M. Portella & N. Arata. Exact solution of the diffusion equation of cosmic-ray nucleons with rising cross section With C. Lattes, N.M. Amato, W.A. Rodrigues Jr., J.B. Filho, J.L. Cardoso, J.A. Chinellato, Y. Fujimoto & N. Arata. New type of nuclear interaction in the Σ Eγ ≥1014 eV Region. AIP Conf. Proc. 49, 1978 With H.M. Portella, N.M. Amato & R.C.H. Maldonado. An alternative method to solve the hadronic cosmic-ray diffusion equations: the muon and neutrino fluxes. J. Phys. A Math.Gen. 27:539-45, 1994 Son of his cousin, Gilberto Mendes de Oliveira Castro, cellular biophysicist (Rio de Janeiro 20 August 1940 – Rio de Janeiro 05 August 2015) Demonstrated the formation of communicating junctions in lecythin-stimulated human lymphocytes With M.A. Barcinski & S. Cukierman. Intercellular communication in stimulated human lymphocytes. J. Immunol. 111:1616-9, 1973 Characterized the ionic basis of electric signals of macrophages membrane With P.M. Persechini & E.G. Araújo. Electrophysiology of phagocytic membranes induction of slow membrane hyperpolarizations in macrophages polykaryons by a pot+2 injection. J. Memb. Biol. 61:81-90, 1981 With E.G. Araújo & P.M. Persechini. Electrophysiology of phagocytic membranes: role of divalent cations in membrane hyperpolarizations of macrophage polykaryons. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 856:362-72, 1986 With C. Albuquerque, S.M.C. Oliveira, R. Coutinho Silva & P.M. Persechini. ATP-and UTP-induced currents in macrophages and macrophages polykaryons. Amer. J. Physiol. 265 (6Pt1):C1663-73, 1993 OTHERS With W.R. Loewenstein. Junctional membrane permeability: effects of divalent cations. J. Memb. Biol. 5:51-77, 1971 A method of emptying and examining glass microelectrodes under the electron microscope With R.D. Machado. Control of glass microelectrodes for intracellular recordings. Experientia 25:556-8, 1969
Francisco José de Caldas
Francisco José de Caldas y Tenorio, Colombian geographer, botanist and political personality (Popayán, New Granada 04 October 1768 – Bogotá 28 October 1816) ACHIEVEMENTS Performed astronomical, botanical, vulcanological and anthropological observations With Alexander Von Humboldt is claimed as a founder of geobotany for anticipating many problems about botanical geography in “Discurso sobre el calendario rural del Nuevo Reino” (1801) Developed an original formula relating the boiling point of water to elevation employing a hypsometer (Caldas hypsometric law of formula) and developed Caldas hypsometric thermometer Draft of a new method to measure the altitude of mountains by means of the thermometer and boiling water (1802) Calculated with accuracy the immersion motion of first Jupiter moon (1798) Authored El influjo del clima sobre los seres organizados DESCRIBED PLANT GENERA Ullucus 1809 (Basellaceae) Consuegria 1810 (Incertae sedis) Pombea 1810 (Incertae sedis) HONORS (Asteraceae) Floscaldasia Cuatrecasas 1968 Neocaldasia Cuatrecasas 1944
Francisco de la Cruz
Francisco de la Cruz, Spanish-born Argentine physicist (Barcelona 01 May 1938 – Authored over 150 works First to determinate configurations and longitudes of superconductive vortices Found that vortices provide an excellent model to study how an elastic hexatic structure responds to the presence of a structural rigid perturbation Developed a methodology to measure the effective length of a vortex (1996) Determinated experimentally the vortex melting and properties in layered superconductors Discovered a new structural type of vortex Explained the importance of coupling between layers in laminar superconductors Performed innovative application of vortices imaging techniques to a number of important problems Developed and applied electromagnetic techniques to study of phase transitions in vortices matters HONORS Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institut (1975) Foreign Associated Member, National Academy of Science, United States (2000)
Francisco Carrasco Zamora
Francisco Carrasco Zamora, Peruvian agricultural entomologist (fl.1959-1995) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Insectos de importancia economica em la Región del Cusco. Rev. Centro Estud. Biol. Univ. Nac. Cusco 1:23-31, 1959 Sistematica y biologia del gorgojo de los Andes Premnotrypes latithorax (Pierce, 1914). Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr. 4(1):30-42, 1961 Coccinellidos predatores em la Región del Cusco. Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr.5(1):91-93, 1962 Lista preliminar de insectos del Departamento de Entomologia. Rev. Fac. Ciencias Univ. Nac. Cusco 2:177-92, 1968 Contribución al estudio de Triatoma infestans (Reduviidae, Heteroptera) en el Perú. Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr. 13(1):9-14, 1970 Tabanos del Peru. Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr. 15(2):317-23, 1972 Catalogo de La família Ichneumonidae peruanos. Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr. 15(2):324-32, 1972 Notas sobre Carpophilini (Col. Nitidulidae) del sur del Peru. Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr. 29:21-3, 1986 Insectos en el cultivo de kiwicha em Cusco, Apurimac. Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr. 30:20, 1987 Temperature and humidity as factors to control the Andean potato weevil. Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr. 34:69-70, 1991 Langostas en la Cuenca de Apurimac. Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr. 35:85-92, 1992 Insectos plaga del “tarhui” (Lupinus mutabilis) en el Cusco. Rev. Per. Entomol. Agr. 37: 1995 HONORS Carrascotettix Carbonell 1995 (Orthoptera)