Nerio Rojas
José Nerio A. Rojas Sosa, Argentine coroner (Santiago Del Estero 07 March 1890 – Buenos Aires 01 April 1971) Authored over 300 works between them classical books about legal medicine and forensic psychiatry that brought him international recognition Described a sign in purulent stomatitis (with Belbey) With Belbey developed a method for treating drug addiction employing adrenaline injections many times a day (1926) EPONYMY Rojas crucial pseudo fraying Rojas sign or crucial fraying (1929) Rojas tactile docimasia
Nanoo Ravi
Nanoo Ravi, Indian agrostologist (1938 – DESCRIBED PLANT SPECIES Chrysopogon copei 2001 with Mohanan Chrysopogon purushothamanii 2001 with Mohanan & Kiran Raj Dimeria agasthyamalayana 2001 with Kiran Raj Dimeria chelariensis 1995 Dimeria copei 1996 Dimeria eradii 1995 Dimeria idukkiensis 1992 with Anil Kumar Dimeria josephii 2001 with Mohanan Dimeria kalavoorensis 1996 Dimeria mahendragiriensis 1995 with Saxena & Brahman Dimeria namboodiriana 1997 with Mohanan Dimeria sivarajani 1996 with Mohanan Dimeria sreenarayanae 1992 with Anil Kumar Fimbristylis angamoozhiensis 1993 with Anil Kumar Fimbristylis pseudonarayanii 1993 with Anil Kumar Fuirena ponmudiensis 1994 with Anil Kumar Fuirena simpsonii 2003 with Mohanan & Shaju Grammitis pilifera 1980 with Joseph Hibiscus sreenarayanius 1994 with Anil Kumar Ischaemum abrahamii 2001 with Mohanan & Rajesh Ischaemum fischeri 2001 with Kiran Raj Ischaemum kumarakodiense 1998 with Mohanan & Kiran Raj Ischaemum lanatum 2000 with Mohanan & Shaju Ischaemum pappinisseriense 1998 with Mohanan & Rajesh Ischaemum pushpangadanii 2000 with Kiran Raj Ischaemum quilonense 1998 with Shaju Ischaemum wayanadense 2001 with Mohanan & Shaju Julostilys polyandra 1990 with Anil Kumar Memecylon sivadasanii 2002 with Mohanan, Kiran Raj & Shaju HONORS Nanooravia Kiran Raj & Sivadasan 2013 (Poaceae)
Mohammad Ataur Rahman
Mohammad Ataur Rahman, Pakistani biochemist (Ajmer, British India 24 June 1929 – Karachi 26 September 2015) Authored over 200 research papers and 6 books ACHIEVEMENTS Developed animal model of malnutrition Demonstrated that the malnutrition can be successfully overcame by especially reconstituted vegetable protein-rich diet Showed that the glycolytic pathway plays important role in diabetics as well as in senile cataract formation His studies on urolithiasis and schizophrenia have attracted international recognition SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With A. Gul & S,N, Hasnain. Role of fructose concentration on cataractogenesis in senile diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 247(6):809-14, 2008 With M. Abdulkader. Studies on the biochemical characteristics of malnutrition in Pakistani infants and children. Brit. J. Nutrition 28:191, 1992 With A. Khanam & B. Rahman. Role of vitamins in urolithiasis. Biomed. Pharmacother. 42:609, 1988 With B. Rahman & Z. Hassan. Variation of copper and ceruloplasmin levels with liver function tests in schizophrenic patients. Biomed. Express. 29:238-41, 1978 With B. Rahman & Z. Hassan. Copper and ceruloplasmin in schizophrenia. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 4:1138-9, 1976 With G. Ahmad. Effects of undernutrition and protein malnutrition on brain chemistry. J. Nutr. 105:1090, 1975 With T. Khan. Prevalence of liver function impairment in women of child bearing ages. J. Pak. Med. Ass. 22:94, 1972 With S. Shahjehan. Studies on the etiology of urolithiasis in Karachi. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 24(1):32-7, 1971 With B. Parveen & Z. Hassan. Serum pseudocholinesterase activity in schizophrenia. Clin. Chim. Acta 30:497, 1970 With N. Afroze & B. Ketorski. Significance of urinary urea-creatinine and hydroxyproline ratios in protein malnutrition. Pak. J. Biochem. 3:29, 1970
Mithan Lal Roonwal
Mithan Lal Roonwal, Indian entomologist and primatologist (Jodhpur, Rajasthan State 18 September 1908 – Jodhpur, Rajasthan State 22 July 1990) Authored about 400 works Proposed Roonwal hypothesis on prediction of desert locust swarms (1946) On a new evolutionary phenomenon: the sharp increase of intraspecific variation in minimum populations, as evidenced by desert locus. Rec. Indian Mus. 51(4):481-525, 1953 Population dynamics and evolutionary problems in the desert locust with a new theory on gregarization. J. Zool. Soc. India 9(1):72-96, 1957 Showed the taxonomic value of micro-sculpturing on the wings of the various families of the Isoptera (1973) With S.C. Verma & M.L. Thakur. On a new systematic character in termites, the micrasters. Zeitschr. Zool. System. Evol. 12(1):55-76, 1974 On a new phylogenetically significant ratio (width/length) in termite eggs (Isoptera). Zool. Anz. 195(1-2):43-50, 1975 First to note geographic patterns in the shape in which gray langurs carried their tails (1979) Described the genus Indotermes 1960 with Sen-Sarma and about 60 especies in Isoptera Described the mammalian subspecies Rattus rattus bullocki 1984 and co-described the amphibian species Chirixalus cherrapunjiae 1966 with Kripalani HONORS Roonwalitermes Bose 1997 (Isoptera)
Miguel Ramírez Goyena
Miguel Ramírez Goyena, Nicaraguan scientist (Leon 05 December 1857 – Managua 23 June 1927) He is most known as a botanist DESCRIBED PLANT TAXA Genera Perenideboles 1911 (Acanthaceae) Pochota 1909 (Bombacaceae) Species Acacia glutea 1909 Asclepias plumierifolia 1911 Bixa upatensis 1909 Boldoa ovatifolia 1911 Capparis zelayana 1909 Cassia inaequilatera 1909 Chaetogastra dichotoma 1909 Cissus digitinervis 1909 Gaudichaudia chamorrii Gesnera elliptica 1911 Gossypium nicaraguense 1909 Gossypium volubile 1909 Hiraea cycloptera 1909 Jussiaea gomezi 1909 Leucaena blancii 1909 Lorentea castelloniana 1911 Montanoa trilobita 1911 Perenideboles ciliatum 1911 Phytolacca altamiranii 1909 Pochota vulgaris 1909 Reana luxis 1911 Schoenus molle 1911 Schrankia trijuga 1909 Solanum mamosissimum 1911 Spathodea cymosa 1911 Wigandia darii 1911 Varieties More than 15
Miguel C. Rubino
Miguel Rubino Carroccia, Uruguayan veterinarian (Durazno 12 December 1886 – Pando, Canelones 07 May 1945) Son of Italian immigrants Added the letter C to one distinguish from a namesake Authored 54 works DISCOVERIES First demonstrated that premunition was transmissible to sheep Demonstrated that ticks of cattle can inhabit and develop in other species like sheeps and goats Established concentration and time of acaricide baths METHODOLOGY Developed a method for studying Trichinella spiralis larvae in conserved meat Metodo para constatar el estado de vida o muerte de las larvas de triquinas (Trichinella spiralis Owen) enquistadas, en las carnes conservadas. Rev. Minist. Industrias 7:47, 1919 Developed a serological complement fixation reaction for diagnosis of leprosy (Rubino reaction or test) and its improvements Una nueva reacción serologica de la lepra. Rev. Med. Vet. 9(2):28, 1926 Sero-diagnostic de la lepre par l’agglutino-sedimentation des globules de mouton formoles. Ann. Inst. Pasteur XLVII:147, 1931 Les antigenes lipoidiques d’organes dans le serodiagnostic. Nouvel antigene de séro-floculation dans le lepre. Compt. Rend. Seances Soc. Biol. Tome CXVII, 12 juillet 1934 Developed a technique to study and dosing bilirubin in urine With N. Vojevodsky. Sobre una técnica para la investigación y dosificación de la bilirrubina en la orina. Anal. Asoc. Quim. Farm. Uruguay XLV(1):25, 1942