Renato Lion de Araújo
Renato Lion de Araújo, Brazilian entomologist (Lambari, Minas Gerais State 29 August 1912 – Rio de Janeiro 07 September 1978) Authored about 66 works on entomology and applied entomology DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Isoptera Genera Dihoplotermes 1961 Cyranotermes 1970 Species Angularitermes orestes 1970 Cortaritermes rizzinii 1971 Cyranotermes timuassu 1970 Dentispicotermes conjunctus 1969 Dihoplotermes inusitatus 1961 Embiratermes transandinus 1977 Labiotermes emersoni 1954 Neocapritermes araguaia 1968 with Krishna Neocapritermes guyana 1968 Neocapritermes talpoides 1968 with Krishna Neocapritermes taracua 1968 with Krishna Neocapritermes utiariti 1968 with Krishna Orthognathotermes insignis 1977 Paracornitermes emersoni 1954 Paracornitermes hirsutus 1954 Tauritermes vitulus 1979 with Fontes Hymenoptera Genus Angiopolybia 1946 Species Metapolybia azteca 1945 Metapolybia bromelicola 1945 Coleoptera Atractocerus almeidai 1941 Tiphaura annonae 1946 HONORS Genera Araujotermes Fontes 1982 (Isoptera) Araujoa Artigas & Papavero 1991 (Diptera) Species (Isoptera specialist Luiz R. Fontes kindly sent these species) Tachygonus araujoi Monte, 1941 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) Gnomibidion araujoi (Martins, 1962) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Euthima araujoi Martins, 1979 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Rhopalogaster araujoi Carrera, 1952 (Diptera, Asilidae) Procornitermes araujoi Emerson, 1952 (Isoptera) Nasutitermes araujoi Roonwal & Rathore, 1976 (Isoptera)
Reinout Altman
Reinout Ferdinand Alexander Altman, Dutch-born Brazilian chemist (Indonesia 08 March 1909 – Rio de Janeiro 24 September 1993) CONTRIBUTIONS With G.M. Kraay. Isolation and identification of lecithins from Hevea latex. Arch. Rubbercultuur. 24:58-73, 1940 Development of a general scheme of analysis. Arch. Rubbercultuur 25:1-13, 1941 Rubber metabolism in plant life. Development of a new theory. Intern. Congr. Biochem. Abst. Commun. Cambridge p.496-7, 1949 With P.M. Cotias & L. Spoladore. BUSP: a slowly growing experimental fibrosarcoma. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 71(4):485-92, 1973 A simple method for the rapid production of atherosclerosis in rats. Experimentia 25:256, 1973 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Chemistry With S.F.A. Souto. Duas oleaginosas da Amazônia. Publ. INPA Quim. 9 (1965) With P.C. de Oliveira, E.G.O. Silva, M.L. da Silva & M.C.S. Neves. Estudos sobre o fruto de “umari” (Poraqueiba paraensis Ducke e P. sericea Tulasne). Publ. INPA Quim. 8 (1964) With M.M.C. de Cordeiro. A industrialização do fruto do buriti (Mauritia vinifera Mart. ou M. flexuosa). Publ. INPA Quim. 5 (1964) With A.B. Seixas & H.B. de Souza. Le curupira. Oleagineux 15(7):555-64, 1960 A exploração industrial de sementes oleaginosas amazônicas. Publ. INPA Quim. 4:3-24, 1958 A presença de santonina no caxinguiba (Ficus antihelmintica Mart.): nota preliminar. Publ. INPA Quim 3 (1958) A presença de escatol no Tachy preto (Tachigalia mirmecophila Ducke). Publ. INPA Quim. 2, 1958 A presença de iombina na “catuaba” (Pouteria sp.). Publ. INPA Quim. 1 (1958) Estudos químicos de plantas amazônicas. Bol. Tecn. IAN 31:1-111, 1956 O caroço de açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.). Bol. Tecn. IAN 31:109-11, 1956 O leite de assacu ou arvore do diabo (Hura crepitans L.): nota preliminar. Publ. Avulsas INPA 1 (1956) Steroidal sapogenins in Amazonian plants. Nature 173(4414): 1098, 1954 Natural vulcanization accelerators in Hevea latex. Ind. Eng. Chem. 40:241-9, 1948 Natural coagulation of Hevea latex. Rubber Chem. Technol. 20(4):1124-32, 1947 Organic analysis of Hevea latex. VI. Alkaloids in whole-latex rubber. Arch. Rubbercult. Ned. Ind. 25:14-7, 1941 Contribution à l’étude des medicaments de synthese contra la malaria. Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays Bas 57(9):941-63, 1937 Medicine With A.S. Ramos de Souza. Mechanism of progression and regression of atherosclerosis (1985) With G.M.V. Schaeffer, C.A. Salles, A.S. Ramos de Souza & P.M.T. Cotias. Phospholipids associated with vitamin C in experimental atherosclerosis. Arznein. Forsch./Drug Res. 30:627-30, 1980 With P.M.T. Cotias & I.B. Kerr. Action of snake venom on tumour cells. Arch. Geschwulfstforsch. 44(4):343-6, 1974 With J.M. de Mendonça, G.M.V. Schaeffer, J.R. de Souza & J.G. Bandoli. Phospholipids in experimental atherosclerosis. Arzneim Forsch. 24:11-6, 1974 Carcinogenicity of cholesterol inhibited by phospholipids. Arch. Geschwulfstforsch 41:107-9, 1973 With L.G. Spodalore & E.L. Esch. Growth inhibition of tumour in plants by associated surface active agents. Brit. J. Cancer 24(3):528-34, 1970 With L.G. Spodalore. Glucemic agents associated with phospholipids and cholesterol as growth inhibitors of implanted tumours. Arch. Geschwulfst. 35(3):207-16, 1970 The curious interrelation between cancer and diseases of the arteries. O Hospital 72(4):1027-53, 1967 PATENTS A process for production of remedies against paludism (1939) Injectable lecithin preparation US4252793A (1979)
Rango Krishna Asundi
Rango Krishna Asundi, Indian molecular spectroscopist (Dharwar District, Karnataka State 14 August 1895 – Bombay 02 February 1982) Discovered an electronic band system in molecular spectrum of carbon monoxide (Johnson-Asundi-Herzberg bands) A new band system of carbon monoxide (31S→21P), with remarks on the Angstrom band system.Proceed. Roy. Soc. A 123(792), 1929 A new band system of carbon monoxide. Nature 123:47-8, 1929 Discovered a second band system known as Asundi bands New bands in the triplet carbon system. Proceed. Ind. Acad. Sciences Sect A 491(12), 1940 Discovered the diffuse emission bands of halogens Showed that high pressure carbon bands had the same final level as the Swan system of C2 With R.C. Johnson.The structure of the high pressure carbon bands and the Swan system. Proceed. Roy. Soc. A 123(792), 1929 Discovered several Fermi resonances in emission spectrum of benzene With M.E. Padhye. Fermi resonance in benzene. Nature 163:638, 1949 Made discoveries and interpretations of new electronic band systems in CO, CO+, I2, Br2 & Cl2 Identified the fluorescence spectrum of neutron irradiated monocesium uranyl nitrate as that of dicesium uranyl nitrate With R.M. Dixit. Fluorescence spectrum of di-caesium uranyl nitrate. Nature 200:668, 1963 Papers in Nature With P. Ramakoteswara Rao & J.K. Brody. Rotational analysis of 65Cu 35Cl bands. Nature 192:444-5, 1961 With B.D. Joshi. The near ultra-violet bands of para-dichlorobenzene. Nature 177:36, 1956 With R.S. Singh. Absorption spectrum of benzoquinone. Nature 176:1223-4, 1955 With N. Appalanarasimhan. Effect of irradiation on the intensity distribution of the second positive nitrogen bands excited in a nitrogen ozonizer. Nature 171:86-7, 1953 With P. Venkateswarlu. Emission bands of the fluctuation type in the spectrum of iodine. Nature 156:452, 1945 With M.R. Padhye. Near ultra-violet emission bands of benzene. Nature 156:368, 1945 With N.L.Singh. Selective excitation of spectra by the high-frequency discharge. Nature 150:123, 1942 With N.L. Singh & J.D. Singh. A reversible discharge tube. Nature 149:22, 1942 With B.K. Vaidya. Flame and arc spectra of some calcium and strontium salts. Nature 145:224, 1940 With R. Samuel. Dissociation of N2+ Nature 139:375, 1937 With M. Jan-Khan & R. Samuel. Spectra of SeO and SeO2. Nature 136:642-3, 1935 The emission bands of sulphur. Nature 127:93-4, 1931 With J.W. Ryde. Vibrational quantum analysis of red cyanogen bands. Nature 124:57, 1929 LINKS www.insaindia.res.in/BM/BM11_8065.pdf
Ramón Aveledo Hostos
Ramón Aveledo Hostos, Venezuelan ornithologist (04 July 1922 – 2002) DESCRIBED VALID AVES SUBSPECIES Adelomyia melanogenys debellardiana 1994 with Pérez Amazilia cupreicauda laireti 1988 with Phelps Jr. Buthraupis montana venezuelana 1989 with Pérez Catharus aurantiirostris barbaritoi 1952 with Gines Chloroceryle americana bottomeana 1994 with Pérez Cinnycerthia unirufa chakei 1952 with Gines Coccycua minuta barinensis 1994 with Pérez Colibri thalassinus kerdeli 1991 with Pérez Conirostrum sitticolor pallidum 1989 with Pérez Dromococcyx pavoninus perijanus 1950 with Gines Drymophila caudata aristeguietana 1994 with Pérez Dysithamnus mentalis viridis 1953 with Pons Euphonia xanthogaster lecroyana 1994 with Pérez Formicarius analis griseoventris 1954 with Medina Formicarius rufipectus lasallei 1952 with Gines Henicorhina leucophrys manastarae 1952 with Gines Icterus icterus metae 1966 with Phelps Jr. Lafresnaya lafresnayi tamae 1987 with Phelps Jr. Myiobius villosus schaeferi 1952 with Pons Myiothlypis cinereicollis zuliensis 1994 with Pérez Odontophorus atifrons navai 1952 with Pons Phacellodromus rufifrons castilloi 1987 with Phelps Jr. Pheugopedius coraya barrowcloughiana 1994 with Pérez Phyllomyias zeledoni wetmorei 1953 with Pons Phylloscartes poecilotis pifanoi 1952 with Pons Piculus rivolii zuliensis 1989 with Pérez Piculus rubiginosus deltanus 1953 with Gines Picumnus cinnamomeus larensis 1998 Picumnus olivaceus eisenmanni 1966 with Phelps Jr. Picumnus squamulatus apurensis 1987 with Phelps Jr. Picumnus squamulatus lovejoyi 1987 with Phelps Jr. Pionus sordidus ponsi 1950 with Gines Rallus longirostris dillonripleyi 1987 with Phelps Jr. Rhynchocyclus olivaceus jelambianus 1994 with Pérez Sclerurus albigularis kunanensis 1950 with Gines Tachornis furcata nigrodorsalis 1952 with Pons Tangara nigroviridis lozanoana 1994 with Pérez Tiaris fuliginosus zuliae 1948 with Gines Troglodytes rufulus marahuacae 1984 with Phelps Jr. Xenops minutus olivaceus 1952 with Pons Zonotrichia capensis perezchinchillorum 1984 with Phelps Jr.
Ramón Araya Echeverría
Ramón A. Araya Echeverría, Chilean physician (1856 – 19 November 1919) Regarded as one of inventors of electrical anesthesia Invented a electroanesthesia machine (1881) that was exhibited in VI International Congress of Electrology and Medical Radiology, Prague (1912) Despite the fact the machine and method were a great success, they soon became obsolete with the advent of new techniques SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY L’électro-anesthésie par le courant d’Araya (1926) Nouveau traitement des maladies fonctionnelles du systeme nerveux au moyen de l’electro-anesthésie expérimentalement démontré dans la 1re et la 8e séance du Congrès de Prague (1912) Leyes y aplicaciones de la electro-anestesia (1899) La electroanestesia. Rev. Med. Chile 10:440-53, 1881
Ramón Abarquez Jr.
Ramón Fabella Abarquez Jr., Philippine cardiologist (09 July 1928 – 10 January 2018) Discovered two pathways of hypertension: the slow and the rapid onset Proposed the concept that family members living together share the same hypertensive risk factors First proved clinically that nifedipine (a calcium channel blocker) was as potent as beta blockers (1981) Suggested 140/90 mark to level for hypertension 20 years before it was recognized (1979) Found that by treating hypertensive patients with medication and digitalis or digoxin, the onset of left ventricular hypertrophy can be prevented (1967) Promoted the use of thrombolysis as an approach to acute myocardial infarction (1960s) Devised the raised-arm maneuver to distinguish hypertensive and normal applicants or Abarquez hypothesis (2002) With Frieman, Reichel & La Due created dynamic exercise electrocardiogram (1960) HONOURS Who’s Who in the World (1980-1)