Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, Indian cosmologist (Kolhapur, Maharashtra State 19 July 1938 – ACHIEVEMENTS With F. Hoyle developed Hoyle-Narlikar conformal gravity theory With P.K. Das provided an explanation for abnormal redshifts of quasars With K.M.V. Apparao & N. Dadhich developed white hole concept as exploding sources of energy With S.M.S. Chitre proposed the hypothesis of the gravitational curvature of radio waves due to the presence of galaxies (1978) HONORS Prix Janssen, Société Astronomique de France (2004)
Janardan Nanda
Janardan Nanda, Indian electrical engineer (Cuttack, Orissa 15 August 1937 – Delhi 16 August 2016) Authored over 350 papers Innovated many powerful load flow algorithms widely referred Developed an innovative model for transmission loss formulation through a set of new A coefficients Discovered a classical model based on co-ordination equations for optimum reactive power dispatch Demonstrated the reduction of cost of governors in power plants by a design with a higher value of speed regulation parameter than used in practice First to propose a continuous-discrete mode strategy for automatic generation control of thermal and hydro-thermal systems First to apply bacterial foraging technique to automatic generation control of multi-area power systems LINKS https://sites.google.com/site/profjanardannanda/home
Israel Nussenzveig
Israel Nussenzveig, Brazilian physician (São Paulo 25 February 1923 – Sâo Paulo 15 January 2019) From Jewish Polish family Conceived open kidney puncture biopsy (1955) published in Rev. Paul. Medicina 55:311-5, 1959 Established an original mathematical correlation between the arterial pressure of arms and thigh enabling the computation of pressure in a segment With B. Tranchesi, M.F. Lion, J.T.A. Tartari, T. Fujioka & J. Tranchesi. Pressão arterial nos membros superiors e inferiores em 600 indivíduos normais. Rev. Hosp. Clin. 15:51-76, 1950 Showed the presence of brain embolism in patients with chronic Chagas disease With B.L. Wajchenberg, A. Spina-França, R. Macruz, J. Timoner & L.G. Serra Azul. Acidentes vasculares cerebrais embólicos na cardiopatia chagásica crônica. Arq. Neuropsiqu. 11:386-402, 1953 First report in medical literature to reproduce in man the nephrotic syndrome by utilization of aminonucleoside in lab animals With J.B. Magaldi, C.V. de Faria & J.L. de Faria. Aminonucleoside induced nephrotic syndrome in human beings. Proc. 2nd Int. Congr. Nephrol. (1963) First report in literature about the occurrence of a true polyuria in the diuretic phase With J.B. Magaldi, E. Vasconcellos, E. Sabbaga, C. Villela de Faria, H. Pastore, T. Adachi & J.P. Rodrigues Lima. Acute renal failure produced by snake-bite of the Crotalus and Bothrops genera: occurrence of a true polyuria in the diuretic phase . IV Intern. Congr. Nephrol. (1969) First to describe in literature the association of lupus erythematosus and relapsing nephrotic syndrome by minimal lesions glomerulopathy sensible to corticotherapy With D. Nussenzveig. R.T. Barros, M.T. Barros & M. Marcondes. Lupus eritematoso e syndrome nefrótica por lesões mínimas: uma associação inusitada. XI Congr. Bras. Nefrol. (1982) Anticipated the importance of protein-creatinine index for evaluation of 24-hour proteinuria With M.S. Pestalozzi, G. Bueno Idel, R.T. Barros, L. Baccu & M.M. Machado. Protein/creatinine index in isolated samples of urine for evaluation of 24-hour proteinuaria. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. São Paulo 44(2):58-62, 1989
Hussein Foad Nagaty
Hussein Foad Nagaty, Egyptian helminthologist and parasitologist (1903 – ?) DESCRIBED DIGENEA/TREMATODA TAXA Genera Aphanuroides 1962 with Abdel Aal Koseiria 1942 Mahrosa 1961 with Abdel Aal Megacreadium 1956 Nagmia 1930 Neidhartia 1937 Paracryptogonimoides 1961 with Abdel Aal Paraproctotrematoides 1972 Spiritestis 1948 Species About 50 valid
Hiroshi Nagai
Hiroshi Nagai, Japanese-born Brazilian plant breeder and pathologist (Tokyo 17 July 1935 – Campinas, São Paulo State 2003) Authored over 100 scientific and popular works Developed heat and disease-resistant cultivars of lettuce, pepper, sweet pepper, okra, and tomato DEVELOPED CULTIVARS Tomato Angela (1969) Angela Gigante (1976) Angela Gigante I-5.100 (1978) IAC-Santa Clara (1985) Lettuce Brasil 48 (1973) Brasil 202 & 221 (1977) Brasil 303, 304 & 311 (1979) Brasil serie 600 (1987) Pepper Agronomico 10 G (1971) Agronomico 11 (1972) Agronomico 4 (1973) IAC Ubatuba (1987) Sweet Pepper Myr 10 Myr 29 Agronomico 8 (1968) Agronomico 9 (1971) Agronomico 13 (1985) Okra Campinas 2 IAC-4076 (1968) HONOURS BRS Nagai Tomato
Hermann Niemeyer
Hermann Niemeyer Fernandez, Chilean biochemist (Ovalle 26 October 1918 – Santiago de Chile 07 June 1991) From German father Authored over 100 papers In Fritz Lippmann laboratory observed that oxidative phosphorylation resulting from respiratory chain in liver was ruled via ADP and other ATP phosphate acceptors availability Proposed glycogen synthesis involving glyconucleotides in Metabolismo de los hidratos de carbono en el higado (1955) His works on enzymes induction using diets and hormones gained international repercussion With M.L. Cardenas, T. Ureta, L. Clark-Turri & J. Peñaranda discovered the sigmoidal kinetics of protein monomer (1975) Described 4 hexokinase isozymes Papers in top journals With L. Clark Turri & E. Rabajille. Induction of glucokinase by glucose in rat liver. Nature 198:1096-7, 1963 With E. Figueroa & A. Pfeifer. Incorporation of 14C-glucose into glycogen by whole homogenate of liver. Nature 193:382-3, 1962 With P.F. Scholander & C.L. Claff. Simple calibrator for Warburg respirometers. Science 112 (2911):437-8, 1950