James Leonard Brierley Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith, South African ichthyologist (Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape Province 26 October 1897 – Grahamstown 07 January 1968) He is most known for describing the first living coelacanth (1939) Described supraorbitary canal or Smith parafrontal canal and temporal canal or Smith supratemporal canal both in Latimeria chalumnae (1939) DESCRIBED PISCES TAXA Valid Genera Anisochromis 1954 Apogonichthyoides 1949 Argyrozona 1938 Aspasmodes 1957 Austrobatrachus 1949 Barchatus 1952 Batrichthys 1934 Bolbometopon 1956 Bryaninops 1959 Cabillus 1959 Calumia 1958 Cancelloxus 1961 Cetoscarus 1956 Chalinops 1963 Chatrabus 1949 Cheimerius 1938 Chelonodontops 1958 Chlidichthys 1953 Cirrhitops 1951 Clarkichthys 1958 Coryogalops 1958 Croilia 1955 Ctenogobiops 1959 Cymatoceps 1938 Dermatopsoides 1948 Eckloniaichthys 1943 Feia 1959 Fucomimus 1946 Glyptoparus 1959 Halimuraena 1952 Hipposcarus 1956 Hirculops 1959 Hypogaleus 1957 Jaydia 1961 Laiphognathus 1955 Latimeria 1939 Lissonanchus 1966 Luposicya 1959 Muraenoclinus 1946 Nemanthias 1954 Neoscorpis 1931 Oplomops 1959 Palutrus 1959 Paroncheilus 1964 Pavoclinus 1946 Pereulixia 1959 Petrus 1938 Porcostoma 1938 Powellichthys 1966 Psammogobius 1935 Pseudamiops 1954 Ptarmus 1947 Pterogymnus 1938 Richardsonichthys 1958 Riekertia 1952 Saloptia 1964 Sanopus 1952 Silhouettea 1959 Sparodon 1938 Stanulus 1959 Suezichthys 1958 Sufflogobius 1956 Suttonia 1953 Teixeirichthys 1953 Teramulus 1965 Thamnaconus 1949 Tomiyamichthys 1956 Trigloporus 1934 Vanderhorstia 1949 Xenopoclinus 1948 Species Over 375 HONORS Smithichthys Hubbs 1952 (Pisces)
Jae Hyung Shim
Jae Hyung Shim, South Korean marine ecologist (05 February 1938 – SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With B.K. Khim, H. Yoon, Y.C. Kang & Y.H. Jang. Lithogenic and biogenic particle deposition in an Antarctic coastal environment (Marian Cove, King George Island): seasonal patterns from a sediment trap study. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 73(1):111-22, 2007 With H.J. Jeong, J.S. Kim, Y.D. Yoo, S.T. Kim et al. Feeding by the heterotrophic Oxyrrhis marina on the red-tide Raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo: a potential biological method to control red-tide using mass-cultured grazers. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 50(4):274-82, 2003 With H.J. Jeong, C.W.Lee, J.S.Kim & S.M. Koh. Growth and grazing rates of the marine planktonic ciliate Strombidinopsis on red-tide and toxic dinoflagellates. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 46(1):69-76, 1999 With M.G. Park, S.R. Yang, S.H. Kang & K.H. Chung. Phytoplankton biomass and primary production in the marginal ice zone of the Northwestern Weddell Sea during austral summer. Polar Biology 21(4):251-61, 1999 With J.H. Kang, B.C. Cho, S.J. Pae & W.S. Kim. The microalgal attachment and its growth on the artificial surfaces immersed in seawater. II. Chlorophyll a and primary productivity. The Sea 4(2), 1999 With J.H. Kang, B.C. Cho & J.K. Choi. An effect of pre-attached bacteria on attachment of diatoms to artificial surfaces immersed in seawater. The Sea 3(4), 1998 With J.H. Kang, B.C. Cho & W.S. Kim. The microalgal attachment and its growth on the artificial surfaces immersed in seawater. I. Attachment and micro-succession. The Sea 3(4), 1998 With B.C. Cho, M.G. Park & F. Azam. Significance of bacteria in urea dynamics in coastal surface waters. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 142:19-26, 1996 With M.G. Park & B.C. Cho. Adaptations of estuarine and freshwater phytoplankton to urea decomposition. J. Oceanol. Soc. Korea 28:323-31, 1993 With B. Kim & K.S. Cho. Temporal and spatial variation of chlorophyll a concentration in Lake Soyang. J. Kor. Wat. Pollut. Res. Contr. Vol. 1(1):18-23, 1985 With M. Chang & J.H. Lee. A study on the phytoplankton of the Yellow Sea in Summer 1983 Biological oceanography of the Gamayang Bay- The Yeoja Baywater System (1980) A taxonomic study of marine planktonic diatoms of Vancouver Island coastal waters (1977) Distribution and taxonomy of planktonic marine diatoms in the Strait of Georgia, BC. Doctoral Thesis, University of British Columbia (1976) The Composition and Abundance distribution of zooplankton in the vicinity of Yeosu, Korea HONORS Shimia Choi & Cho 2006 (Bacteria)
Italo Sherlock
Ítalo Rodrigues de Araújo Sherlock, Brazilian medical entomologist and parasitologist (Sobral, Ceará State 05 April 1936 – 19 March 2009) Authored 166 papers and 10 book chapters First showed photographically the Phlebotominae infection by Leishmania chagasi Developed a method for Phlebotominae capture With S.B. Pessoa. Métodos práticos para a captura de flebótomos. Rev. Bras. Biol. 24:331-40, 1964 With H. Bermudez, J.P. Dedet, A. L. Falcão, D. Feliciangeli, E.F. Rangel, C. Ferro de Carrasquilla, E.A.B. Galato, E.L. Gomez, E. Perez, A. Morales Alarcón, M. Torrez, R. Vignes & M. Wolff. Proposition of a standard description for Phlebotominae sand flies Parasitologia 33(1):127-35, 1991 DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Diptera Brumptomyia bragai 1961 with Mangabeira Filho Brumptomyia figueiredoi 1961 with Mangabeira Filho Brumptomyia mesai 1962 Brumptomyia virgens 1961 with Mangabeira Filho Lutzomyia bahiensis 1961 with Mangabeira Filho Lutzomyia dubitans 1962 Lutzomyia gasti 1962 Lutzomyia pelloni 1959 with Alencar Lutzomyia viannamartinsi 1970 with Guitton Phlebotomus montoyai 1962 Hemiptera Microtriatoma pratai 1982 with Guitton Rhodnius paraensis 1977 with Guitton & Miles Triatoma pessoai 1967 with Serafim Triatoma lenti 1967 with Serafim HONORS Diplome & Medal, 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century, International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England (1999) Who’s Who in the World (2000)
Imre Simon
Imre Simon, Hungarian-born Jewish Brazilian computer scientist (Budapest 14 August 1943 – São Paulo 13 August 2009) Authored 20 papers and 7 books Introduced the algebraic structure known as tropical semiring to computer science Laid the basis of multiplicities theory of tropical semiring Introduced formal study in theoretical computer science Characterized algebraically the class of piecewise testable elegants or Simon theorem (1972-5) Proved a decomposition theorem in terms of the classical wreath product operation (1972) Introduced factorization forests (1990) Defined nondeterministic complexity of a finite automation (1990) Improved Knuth-Morris-Pratt string searching algorithm that became Simon algorithm (1994) With J. Brzozowski solved the problem of the effective characterization of the locally testable languages independently of McNaughton (1973) Defined a system of finite-index congruences to classify languages in the family Characterized two natural hierarchies i.e. piecewise testable languages and the locally testable languages Developed an efficient algorithm for distinguishing 2 words by their subwords (2003) Eponym of Simon congruence
Hussein Mohamed Sadek
Hussein Mohamed Sadek, Egyptian physical chemist (15 January 1917 – ?) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With F.Y. Khalil & M.T. Hanna. Kinetics and solvent effects in the acid hydrolysis of potassium ethyl malonate in dioxane-water and acetrone-water mixtures. Monat. f. Chem. 108(2):469-75, 1977 With A.A. El Harakani 7 V.M. Sabet. The dissociation constant of p-nitroanilinium ion in water-acetonitrile solvents. Z. Phys. Chem. 97(5-6):225-33, 1975 With V.M. Sabet. Adsorption of potential determining ions on TrO4 (1971) With A.K. Helmy, V.M. Sabet & T.F. Tadros. Adsorption of potential determining ions at the aluminium oxide aqueous interface and the point of zero charge. J. Electroanal. Chem. 27:257-66, 1970 With M.S. Abu Elamayem & M. Elsemongy. Alkaline hydrolysis of acetamide in the presence of methanol glycol or glycerol. J. Chem. UAR (1969) With F.Y. Khalil. Kinetics of the acid hydrolysis of benzyl acetate in glycol-water and glycerol-water mixtures. Finn. Chem. J. (1967) With A.S. Rizk. Stress during the deposition of zinc on copper substrate. J. Chem. UAR 8(3):239-50, 1965 With M.G. Habashy. Reduction of metal oxide fines by direct mixing with mazut. III. Application to pure stannic oxide and cassiterite. J. Appl. Chem. 15(7):338-44, 1965 With M.G. Habashy. Reduction of metal oxide fines by direct mixing with mazut. II. Application to hematite fines. Iron Steel 37(7):303-6, 1964 With Th.F. Tadros & V.M. Sabet. Behaviour of hydrochlorioc acid solutions containing alumina. Koll. Zeisch. Zeitsch. f. Polym. 199(1):56-62, 1964 Dissociation constant of p-nitroaniline in dioxin-water mixtures (1964) With A.K. Helmy & S.K. Doss. Electrical conductance of kaolin-electrolyte systems (1964) With F.G. Sherif & W.M. Oraby. Spectrophotometric study of the chromium (III) azide reaction. J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 24(11):1373-9, 1962 With Th.F.Tadros. Standard potentials in aqueous hydrochloric acid solutions containing suppressed succinic or p-hydroxybenzoic acid at 25° C. Trans. Farad. Soc. 58:2192, 1962 With Z.F. Saleeb. Conductance of acidified stannic acid solutions (1961) With R.M. Fuoss. Electrolyte-solvent interaction. VII. Conductance of tetrabutylammonium bromide in mixed solvents. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 81:4507-12, 1959 With S. Abou Haroun. Hydrochloric acid solutions containing silica. II. Potentiometric measurements. J. Ind. Chem. Soc. 34(6):447-51, 1957 With A. Sasson. Hydrochloric acid solutions containing silica. I. Conductivity and transport number measurements. J. Ind. Chem. Soc. 34 (1957) With R.M. Fuoss. Electrolyte-solvent interaction. IV. Tetrabutylammonium bromide in methanol-carbon tetrachloride and methanol-heptane mixtures. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 76(23):5897-01, 1954 With R.M. Fuoss. Electrolyte-solvent interaction. V. Tetrabutylammonium bromide in ethanol-carbon mixtures. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 76(23):5902-4, 1954 With R.M. Fuoss. Electrolyte-solvent interaction. VI. Tetrabutylammonium bromide in nitrobenzene-carbon tetrachloride mixtures. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 76(23):5905-9, 1954 Interaction between acids in solution. J. Ind. Chem. Soc 29:846-50, 1952 Compound formation between silicic acid and hydrochloric acid. J. Ind. Chem. Soc. 29(7):507-10, 1952 With M.R. Fuoss. Mutual interaction of polyelectrolytes. Science (1949) With T.F. Tadros & V.M. Sabet. Conductance and transport numbers of acidified sodium aluminate solutions and the zero point of charge of aluminium hydroxide With H.S. Taylor. Heterogeneity of catalyst surfaces for chemisorptions. III. Metallic nickel
Hugo Salomon
Hugo Salomon, German-born Argentine physician (Coblenz 28 February 1872 – Buenos Aires October 1954) Described distinct morphological types of gastric bacteria in a variety of animal species (1896) Proposed the existence of diabetes innocens (1914) EPONYMY Salomon test for stomach ulcer Salomon-Saxl or neutral sulphur test for sulphur in urine (1910) Porges-Salomon reaction for syphilis (1908)