Ferdinand Stoliczka
Ferdinand Stoliczka, Czech-born Indian zoologist and paleontologist (Bilany, near Kromeriz, Moravia 07 June 1838 – Moorghi, Ladakh 19 June 1874) DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Genera Mollusca (Living & Fossil) Allopagus 1871 Amplostoma 1868 Arcotia 1868 Chalmasia 1871 Clandestinum 1867 Dejanira 1859 Egerella 1870 Electroma 1871 Ficulopsis 1867 Fustiaria 1868 Glossocardia 1870 Gonilia 1871 Gosavia 1866 Hindsiella 1871 Homalina 1870 Icanotia 1870 Itruvia 1867 Lewisiella 1868 Lymnocardium 1870 Mohrensternia 1865 Mutiella 1871 Myina 1870 Palaeomoera 1870 Petricolana 1870 Placastraea 1873 Pulsellum 1868 Pypisoma 1873 Sphaeriola 1871 Stirpulina 1870 Thetironia 1870 Veniella 1870 Venilicardio 1870 Volviceramus 1871 Bryozoa Orbitulipora 1862 Spiroporina 1865 Stichoporona 1862 Arachnida Gagrella 1869 Thomisus 1869 Crustacea Typilobus 1871 Amphibia Ansonia 1870 Vertebrata Species & Subspecies Mammalia Hemiechinus auritus albulus 1872 Aves Saxicola macrorhynchus 1872 Pyrrhocorax graculus forsythi 1874 Reptilia Ablepharus grayanus 1872 Cnemaspis affinis 1870 Cnemaspis wicksi 1873 Cyrtopodion kachhense 1872 Cyrtopodion lawderanum 1871 Eutropis rugifera 1870 Gerrhopilus andamanensis 1871 Gongylosoma nicobariensis 1870 Hemidactylus giganteus 1871 Indotyphlops porrectus 1871 Laudakia agrorensis 1872 Laudakia dayana 1871 Lipinia macrotymparum 1873 Mesalina watsonana 1872 Ovophis convictus 1870 Psammophilus blanfordanus 1871 Trimeresurus mutabilis 1870 Xenochrophis bellula 1871 Amphibia Amnirana nicobariensis 1870 Ansonia penangensis 1870 Fejervarya andamanensis 1870 Fejervarya limnocharis 1872 Fejervarya nicobariensis 1870 Fejervarya pulla 1870 Glyphoglossus guttulatus 1872 Kalophrynus interlineatus 1872 Kaloula pulchra 1870 Limnonectes hascheanus 1870 Limnonectes plicatellus 1873 Nanorana vicina 1872 Philautus cinerascens 1870 Scutiger sikimmensis 1872 Uperodon variegatus 1872 HONORS Stoliczka O.P. Cambridge 1875 (Arachnida) Stoliczkia Jerdon 1870 (Reptilia) Stoliczkaia Neumayr 1875 (Ammonites) Stoliczkaria Duncan 1878 (Cnidaria) Stoliczkiella Carter 1888 (Fossil Protozoa) Stoliczkathyris Radulovic & Ramamoorthy 2000 (Fossil Brachiopoda) Stoliczia Bott 1966 (Crustacea)
Federico Schickendantz
Friedrich (Federico) Schickendantz, German-born Argentine chemist and naturalist (Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate State 15 January 1837 – Buenos Aires 04 April 1896) ACHIEVEMENTS Developed new procedures in mineral processing in order to obtain higher yields Proposed diffusion method Discovered a new sodium-potassium-calcium sulfate Un nuevo sulfato de sódio, potássio y cálcio. Bol. Acad. Nac. Cien Cordoba 3:85-7, 1879. Developed Schickendantz method for separating gold from copper Extracted alkaloids from many plant species Developed methods for separating alkaloids berberine and oxyacanthine Discovered alkaloid aspidospermine or quebrachine independently of German chemists Fraude & Hesse (1878) Introduced use of sulphurous acid for sugars purification Invented a procedure for desiccating sugar under calcium trissulfite New procedures for sugar cane exploitation Performed oenological studies HONORS Schickendantziella Spegazzini 1903 (Liliaceae)
Federico Sabina
Federico Juan Sabina Císcar, Mexican mathematician and physicist (Ciudad de Mexico 1945 – Predicted dynamic and static properties of new composite materials Discovered a new kind of surface waves on elastic materials With J. Bravo-Castillero, R. Rodríguez Ramos, J.A. Otero & H. Mechkour obtained an unified general formula for all effective properties of periodic multilaminated magneto-electro-elastic composites (2007) With L.D. Perez Fernandez, J. Bravo Castillero & R. Rodríguez Ramos presented different types of constitutive relations of linear thermo-magneto-electro-elasticity (2008) With R. Rodríguez Ramos, J. Bravo Castillero, R. Guinovart-Díaz et al. found a relation among the antiplane effective constants from the solutions of two antiplane strains and potential local problems (2008) With J.M. Vivar Perez, R. Rodríguez Ramos, J. Bravo-Castillero et al. proposed a dispersive asymptotic method for the description of wave propagation in periodic structured composites (2009) With R. Rodríguez Ramos, J. Bravo Castillero, R. Guinovart-Díaz et al. obtained a general algorithm for the calculation of variation bounds of dimension d for any type of anisotropic linear elastic composite as a function of the properties of the comparison body (2009) With R. Rodríguez Ramos, J. Bravo Castillero, R. Guinovart-Díaz et al. established the limiting equations modelling the behaviour of a three-dimensional magneto-electro-elastic composite made of periodically perforated microstructure (2010) With R. Rodríguez Ramos, J. Bravo Castillero, R. Guinovart-Díaz, R. Brenner et al. gave unified analytical formulae for the effective properties of periodic fibrous composites (2012) With R. Rodríguez Ramos, J. Bravo Castillero, R. Guinovart-Díaz et al. Semi-analytic method for computing effective properties in elastic composite under imperfect contact (2013)
Farrokh Saidi
Farrokh Saidi, Iranian gastric surgeon (Teheran 22 November 1929 – TECHNIQUES With N. Nikbakhsh & H. Fahimi. A new technical approach to cancers of the cervical oesophagus. Arch. Iran. Med. 15(5):298-302, 2012 With M. Keshoofy, A. Abbassi-Dezfulli, Z.H. Ahamadi & M.B. Shadmehr. A new approach to the palliation of advanced proximal gastric cancer. J. Am. Coll. Surg. 189(3):259-68, 1999 With A. Abbassi, M.B. Shadmehr & G. Khoshnevis. Endothoracic endoesophageal pull through operation. A new approach to cancers of the oesophagus and proximal stomach. Asl.J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 102(1):43-9, 1991 Determination of stool: CEA level as a new screening test for large bowel cancer, a preliminary study. Iran J. Med. Sci. 15:43-6, 1990 Endoesophageal pull through. A technique for the treatment of cancers of the cardia and lower esophagus. Ann. Surg. 207(4):446-54, 1988 A new device for evacuation of hydatid cysts. Iran J. Med. Sci. 13:2, 1986 A new approach to the surgical treatment of hydatic cyst. Ann. R. Coll. Surg. England 59(2):115-8, 1977 With I. Nazarian. Surgical treatment of hydatid cysts by freezing of cyst wall and instillation of 0.5 per cent silver method nitrate solution. New Engl. J. Med. 284(24):1346-50, 1971 (treatment and device) PATENTS With English surgeon Alan John Walker. Cryosurgical appliance. US3658066 (1972)
Farida Habib Shah
Farida Habib Shah, Malaysian molecular biologist (Melaka 29 June 1948 – 01 November 2016) Authored about 250 papers First to show a successful integration of the desaturase enzyme system in transgenic oil palm Developed molecular marker techniques for determining the genetic diversity of oil plants Developed DNA markers for medicinal plants
Evaristo Penna Scorza
Evaristo Penna Scorza, Brazilian mineralogist and petrographer (Lavras, Minas Gerais State 20 August 1899 – Belo Horizonte 29 March 1969) Authored 55 works SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Distribuição das rochas ultrabásicas no Brasil. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 40:119-26, 1968 With L.J. Moraes & R.A. Barbosa. Estudo geológico da região da barragem de Sobradinho, Estado da Bahia (1965) Olivina melilitito, uma rocha rara e até agora desconhecida no Brasil continental. Eng. Min. Metal. XLI (252):235-7, 1965 Duas rochas alcalinas das ilhas Martim Vaz. Notas Prelim. Estudos DNPM/DGM 121:1-7, 1964 Geologia de Diamantino, Estado de Mato Grosso. Notas Prelim. Estudos DNPM 104, 1960 With W. Kegel & F.C.P. Coelho. Estudos geológicos no norte do Ceará (1958) Fenômenos erosivos no arenito Caiuá, Noroeste do Estado do Paraná (1957) Rocha fosfática da Fazenda do Vão, município de Sacramento, Minas Gerais. Notas Prelim. DGM 94, 195 With R. Silva Santos. Ocorrência de folhelho fossilífero cretácico no município de Presidente Olegário, Minas Gerais. Bol. DNPM (1955) Considerações sobre o arenito Caiuá. Bol. DNPM/DGM 139, 1952 With E. Távora. Ocorrência de rutilo colombiano no Brasil (1948) Chromium in Piracanjuba (Goiás, Brazil). Min. Metal. 11(6):64-9, 1946 First report detailing a petrographic proof of skam mineralogy from eight Santa Blandina samples at DNPM laboratory. Report Dept. Nac. Prod. Mineral (1946) Kunzita e hiddenita de Cuieté, Município de Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Min. Metal. 7:333-4, 1944 Província Pegmatítica da Borborema. Bol. Div. Geol. Mineral. Rio de Janeiro (1944) With S.C. de Almeida, W.D. Johnston & O.H. Leonardos. The beryl-tantalite-cassiterite pegmatites of Paraiba and Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil. Econ. Geol. 39:206-23, 1944 Cobre e ouro. Relat. DNPM p.53-63, 1943 Fluorita de Salgadinho, Paraíba do Norte (1943) Estratigrafia da série Bambuí em Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais (1942) Eruptivos básicos do Piauí. Min. Metal. 5:261-8, 1941 Petrografia sedimentaria de Ponta Verde, Alagoas. Min. Metal. 4(24):293-7, 1940 With J. F. Rocha. Estratigrafia de carvão em Santa Catarina. Bol. Div. Geol. Mineral. Rio de Janeiro (1940) Ocorrência de cinábrio em Dom Bosco, Minas Gerais. Notas Prelim. Estudos DGM/DNPM 18:1-8, 1939 Descripção das rochas colhidas por Mathias Gonçalves de Oliveira Roxo, no estado da Bahia. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 10(1):51-65, 1938 Grafita. Bol. Sem. Geol. Min. 57, 1931 Estudo petrographico das rochas colhidas no Estado do Maranhão Descrição petrográfica das amostras do distrito da Serra do Navio HONORS Scorzalite Pecora & Fahey 1949 (Mineral)