Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu
Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, Indian astronomer (Madras 10 August 1927 – Munich, Germany 19 August 1982) Discovered Bappu-Bok-Newkirk comet (1949) Observed that width of emission lines of ionized calcium in the chromosphere of late type-stars was proportional to the absolute luminosity of these stars known as Wilson-Bappu effect (1957) Showed that behavior of sodium emission in comets near perihelion passage as influenced by solar wind effects HONORS Donohue Comet Medal, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1949) for discovery of Bappu-Bok-Newkirk comet Honorary Foreign Member, Belgium Alcademy of Sciences Honorary Member, American Astronomical Society Honorary Associate Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society President, International Astronomical Union (1979-81) Asteroid VainuBappu 2596
Mahendra Nath Bose
Mahendra Nath Bose, Indian palynologist and palaeobotanist (Jainagar-Majilpur, West Bengal 03 March 1925 – Gurgaon, Haryana 27 April 2011) DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA Sporae/Pollen With Kar Aleteverrucopsispora 1976 Berckmaniates 1976 Boutakoffites 1966 Bulbospinosa 1976 Caheniasaccites 1966 Cyclodendronoisporites 1967 Disparispora 1976 Divaricrassus 1976 Elilasaccites 1966 Enigmaspora 1976 Fundispora 1976 Fusacolpites 1966 Greinervillites 1967 Hoeegiasaccites 1966 Katangaites 1967 Kibambaites 1967 Leioplicates 1976 Luenaites 1967 Lukugasporites 1967 Lutorimites 1976 Mabuitasaccites 1966 Monoletesaccites 1976 Neocalamospora 1976 Pachytriletes 1966 Passauisaccites 1966 Psilaplicates 1976 Punctacolpites 1967 Punctasaccites 1966 Valiasaccites 1966 Varlamoffites 1966 Walikalesaccites 1966 Zaireacolpites 1976 With others Cirrabaculisporites 1969 with Maheshwari Duosporites 1955 with Hoeg & Manum Gondwanipollenites 1968 with Maheshwari Kagulubeites 1968 with Maheshwari Walikalia 1960 with Hoeg Plantae Cycadophytites 1958 with Rao Farndalea 1955 Glottolepis 1970 with Srivastava Kachchhia 1984 with Banerji Lorumformophyllum 1984 with Banerji Marwaria 1974 with Sukh Dev Morrisia 1959 Nidia 1973 with Srivastava Nidistrobus 1973 with Srivastava Pachydermophyllum 1955 with Thomas Podostrobus 1971 with Rao Ramsaia 1991 with Manum & Vigran Sahnioxylon 1955 with Sah Taxulus 1955 Trambaua 1984 with Banerji Annelida Pilothylakos 1991 with Manum & Sawyer HONORS (Fossil) Sobea Kumaran & Bonde 1991 (Plantae) Boseisporites Sukh Dev 1961 (Sporae)
Luiz Pereira Barretto
Luiz Pereira Barretto, Brazilian farmer, physician, philosopher, sociologist and agronomist (Resende, Rio de Janeiro 11 January 1840 – São Paulo 11 January 1923) Corresponded with many European wine experts and became renowned viticulturist Developed Bourbon coffee variety Discovered beneficial properties of guarana devising a processing method to produce guarana syrup and a recipe of guarana soda (1905). This recipe of soda guarana was improved by Pedro Baptista de Andrade and is marketed under the name Guarana Antarctica
Luiz Muniz Barreto
Luiz Muniz Barreto, Brazilian geophysicist and astronomer (Rio de Janeiro 02 April 1925 – 12 April 2006) With E.P. Lopes, E.P. Lopes & J. M. Barreto. A new selective filter for improving the performance of geotomographic algorithms (1997) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Observações de estrelas variáveis. Primeira série 1959/1960. Publ. Serv. Astr. Rio de Janeiro 13:1-28, 1960 Ocultações lunares. J. Intern. Lunar Soc. 1(7):183-7, 1960 With J.J. D. Nogueira & M. Migon. Occultations of stars by the Moon. Acta Astron. 21(1), 1970 Secular variation and geomagnetic normal field modeling in Brazil. Deutsch. Hydrogr. Zeitsch. 4, 1988 With A.L. Orozco. Magnetic effects during the solar eclipse of July 11, 1991. Geof. Intern. 3213-13, 1993 Methods of Azimuth determination at a magnetic repeat station: a comparison. J. Geomagn. Geoelectron. 48:1522-30, 1996 With E. P. Lopes. Multiplicative version of the Dinis and Lytle algorithm. Electr. Letters 33(9): 763-5, 1997 With E. P. Lopes. Robust nonlinear inversion of wave-tilt data. Inverse Problems 14(4): 955-77, 1998 With G.K. Rangarajan. Use of Kp index of geomagnetic activity in the forecast of solar activity. Earth, Planets & Space 51:363-72, 1999 With G.K. Rangarajan. Secular change in the location of the magnetic dip equator in the twentieth century. Geofis, Intern. 39:323-6, 2000 With G.K. Rangarajan. Long term variability in solar wind velocity and IMF intensity and relationship between solar wind parameters and geomagnetic activity. Earth, Planets & Space 52:121-32, 2000 With G.K. Rangarajan. Cyclic components in the length of solar cycle. Rev. Geof. 56:5-15, 2002 With N.B. Trivedi, N.J. Schuch & B.M. Pathan. Electron precipitation in the South Atlantic Anomaly Region in Brazil. Geophys. Res. Abstracts 5, 2003 With A.R.R. Papas & N.A.B. Seixas. Statistical study of magnetic disturbances at the Earth’s surface. J. Atm. Solar Terr. Phys. 68(8):930-6, 2006 HONORS Asteroid Munizbarreto (6595)
Luiz Marino Bechelli
Luiz Marino Bechelli, Brazilian leprologist (Pirambóia, São Paulo State 25 March 1912 – Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State 16 August 2004) Considered in the world as a great name in leprology Authored nearly 300 publications Proposed Bechelli-Pacheco test for studying vasomotor cutaneous reflex in leprosy With J. Novo Pacheco. A simples picada com agulha como elemento subsidiário de diagnóstico das máculas lepróticas hipocrõmicas e acrômicas. Rev. Bras. Leprol. 11(1):57, 1943. Developed Rotberg-Bechelli technique for preparation of Mitsuda antigen Tratado de Leprologia II. Etiopatogenia e Anatomia Patológica (1944) With V. Martínez Domínguez. Disability index for leprosy patients. Bull. World Health Org. 44(5):709-13, 1971. 1961-1972 Chief, Leprosy Unit, World Health Organization http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962004000500014 (in Portuguese)
Luiz Bevilacqua
Luiz Bevilacqua, Brazilian structural engineer (Rio de Janeiro 26 February 1937 – His theoretical work on approximate algorithms for variational methods is known worldwide Proposed a new method of fractal dimension via dynamic response With J. Lugon Jr & A. Silva Neto. Solution of fourth order diffusion equations and analysis using the second moment. Defect Diff. Forum 399:10-20, 2020 With E.Y. Veslin, M.S. Dutra, L.S.C. Raptopoulos, W.S. Andrade & J.G.M. Soares. Development of a closed-loop BMI for elbow movement assistance based on kinematical decoding. J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Engin. 41:91-105, 2019 With M.S. Jiang, A. Silva Neto, D.C. Knupp & A.C.N. Galeão. A new approach for the diffusion of a single class of particles under two distinct energy states (2017) With M.S. Jiang, A. Silva Neto & A.C.N. Galeão. An evolutionary model of bi-flux diffusion processes. J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Engin. 38:1421-32, 2016 A new model for single particle diffusion processes under several excitation states (2014) With A.C.N. Galeão, J.G. Simas & A.P. Rio Doce. A new theory for anormal diffusion with a bimodal flux distribution. J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Engin. 35:431-40, 2013 With L. Silva, D.C. Knupp, J. Simas, J.F.V. Vasconcellos & A. Silva Neto. Investigation of a new model for anomalous diffusion phenomena by means of inverse analysis (2013) With A.C.N. Galeão & A.P. Rio Doce. A model for knowledge transfer in a production chain (2012) With F.P. Costa & A.C.N. Galeão. A new analytical formulation of retention effects on particle diffusion processes. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 83:1443-64, 2011 (a new theory of temporary retention effect on diffusion processes) With F.P. Costa & A.C.N. Galeão. A new iterative model coupled to superficial to subsuperficial water porous médium flows convergence analysis (2011) With F.P. Costa & A.C.N. Galeão. A physically based iterative procedures for computational simulation of coupled surface to subsurface flow (2010) With C.M. Dias, S. Delphine & A.C.N. Galeão. A model for the economic costs of biological invasion (2008) With M. Barros. Practical methods to calculate fractal dimension of irregular digitalized functions based on moments of arbitrary order. Anais CNMAC (2007) With F. Pietrobon Costa & A.C.N. Galeão. A stabilized model for convective dominant flow for coupling of Navier-Stokes and D’Arcy equations (2007) With A. Wyse & M. Rafikov. Mathematical model for interaction between wild and transgenic mosquitoes (2007) With A. Wyse & M. Rafikov. Modelo matemático sazonal para a malária. Bol. Soc. Bras. Matem. Aplic. Comput. 7:391-40, 2006 With N. Ebecken & R. Batista. Dynamical analysis of a new type of offshore platforms (2000) Constitutive laws for Strong geometric non-linearity. J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Engin. 22:217-30, 2000 With F.C. Pinto. Método geométrico interativo para solução de cinemática inversa de manipuladores mecânicos (1989) With A. Muller & R. Feijoo. Um novo elemento finito para cascas e placas (1981) With J. Gouvea. The complementary energy principle for mukltiple-connected domains. Rev. Bras. Cien. Mecan. 4(1):7-14, 1980 With R. Feijoo, L.Jospin & E. Taroco. A curvilinear finite element for shells of Revolution. Int. J. Numer. Methods in Engin. 16:19-33, 1980 With M. Zindeluk. Solução semi-analítica para pulsos em barras (1979) With M.A.G. Silva. A rigid plastic model for pipe whip analysis (1978) Generalization of the Ritz method via extended functionals. Zentralbl. f. Angew. Mathem. Ihre Grenz Geb. 293:339, 1975 With R. Feijoo & L. Rojas. A variational principle for the Laplace’s operator with application in the torsion of composites rods. Int. J. Sol. Struc. 5:1091-1102, 1974 A simple model for assessment of variational solutions for waves in composites (1973) Established a method for identifying discrete changes in mechanical features of beams using Riemann method and an extended functional for continuous sectional means (1968-71) Developed a tension analysis technique for architecture of beam-coffin (1966) HONOURS Honorary Member, Czechoslovakia Mechanics Association (1987) PATENT With T.S. Camilo. Vibration buffer for industrial pipes. PI0105887 (2001)