Professor João Romildo Bueno – Physician, psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist, and much more

Professor Aristides Leão. Much more than spreading depression.

Professor Leão described cortical spreading depression (CSD) in 1944 and changed the way migraine pathophysiology is scientifically conceived. This Brazilian professor and researcher developed his career in Rio de Janeiro. Because of him, the city once became the CSD world capital, attracting scientists from many laboratories around the globe. Aristides Leão was first and foremost a naturalist,...

Antibiotics and much more.

The synthesis of biologically active natural and synthetic compounds is without doubt a topical field of activity. A forum for the exchange of the most recent results in this area was provided by the 9th International Conference on the Chemistry of Antibiotics and Other Bioactive Compounds (ICCA-9), organized by St$phane Quideau (University of Bordeaux), which took place in Arcachon (France) du...

Co-operation between physician and psychiatrist in psycho-somatic medicine.

How much more rain?

Smart Dust particles, are small smart materials used for generating weather maps. We investigate question of the optimal number of Smart Dust particles necessary for generating precise, computationally feasible and cost effective 3–D weather maps. We also give an optimal matching algorithm for the generalized scenario, when there are N Smart Dust particles and M ground receivers.

Rembrandt’s Jewish Physician—Dr Ephraim Bueno (1599–1665): A Brief Medical History

Medicine in the Middle Ages was, and ever since remained, one of the main preoccupations of the professionally restricted Jews. One of the medical dynasties on the Iberian Peninsula was the Bueno (Bonus) family. Following the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and their spread in Europe, these Iberian physicians became successful everywhere-just as the Buenos were in the Netherlands.