Nanuza Luiza de Menezes
Nanuza Luiza de Menezes, Brazilian plant morphologist (São Roque, São Paulo State 27 September 1934 – Described a new kind of underground system in Vernonia species (Rhizophores) With M.G. Sajo & R.A. Azevedo. Um novo e peculiar tipo de sistema subterrâneo em espécies de Vernonia da serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Bol. Bot. Univ. S. Paulo 7(1):33-38, 1979 Described a new kind of fruit in Velloziaceae With M.S. Souza. Um novo tipo de fruto em Velloziaceae. 58th Congr. Nac. Botanica v.1, 2007 First to show the presence of transfusion tracheids in a flower plant Traqueídes de transfusão no gênero Vellozia Vand. Cien. Cult. 23(3):389-409, 1971 Named corona appendices Natureza dos apêndices petalóides em Barbacenioideae (Velloziaceae). Bol. Zool. Biol. Mar. NS 30:713-55, 1973 Named mestomatic sheath Presença de traqueídes de transfusão e a bainha mestomática em Barbacenioideae (Velloziaceae). Bol. Bot. Univ. S. Paulo 3:29-60, 1975 Proposed the continuity of tissues between the root, stem and leaf in monocotyledons, the pericycle as a generating layer of vascular tissues and the endodermis as having a meristematic function in the root, stem and leaf With D.C. Silva, R.C.O. Arruda, G.F. Melo de Pinna, V.A. Cardoso et al. Meristematic activity of the endodermis and the pericycle in the primary thickening in monocotyledons. Considerations on the “PTM”. Anais Acad. Bras. Cien. 77(2):259-74, 2005 DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Subfamilies Barbacenioideae 1971 Vellozioideae 1971 Genera Aylthonia 1971 Grazielanthus 1975 Burlemarxia 1991 with Semir Subgenus Grazielae 1980 Species Barbacenia lymansmithii 1999 with Mello-Silva Barbacenia tuba 2014 with Mello-Silva Burlemarxia pungens 1991 with Semir Burlemarxia rodriguesii 1991 with Semir Pleurostima fanniae 1980 Pleurostima riparia 1988 with Mello-Silva Vellozia auriculata 1999 with Mello-Silva Vellozia everaldoi 2014 with Mello-Silva Vellozia gigantea 1999 with Mello-Silva Vellozia giuliettiae 2014 with Mello-Silva Vellozia luteola 1988 with Mello-Silva Vellozia semirii 2014 with Mello-Silva Vellozia strangei 2014 with Mello-Silva Xerophyta giuliettii 1995 HONORS Nanuza Smith & Ayensu 1974 (Velloziaceae) Elected, Linnean Fellow Society of London 1979
Nai Ben Ming
Nai Ben Ming or Naben Min, Chinese crystal physicist (Jiangsu Province 09 August 1935 – Developed etching method for revealing dislocation lines and networks in body centered cubic crystals First to observe the birefringence image of end on screw dislocations and gave it a detailed explanation according to the anisotropy of both elastic and photoelastic properties of crystals Described the defect mechanism of crystal growth based on atomic configurations around defects and its intrinsic properties Generalized the screw dislocation mechanism to the growth mechanism assisted by any type of dislocation proposing new growth mechanisms Proposed the stacking fault, twin lamella, re-entrance corner-assisted growth mechanism and the cooperative growth mechanism of re-entrance corners with rough surface First to show the physical nature of electroconvection and its role in pattern selection on electrocrystallization Proposed a new pattern selection hypothesis in morphological evolution Demonstrated experimentally the role of convective noise near growing interface on the morphology selection and evolution in crystallization Revealed the intrinsic oscillation of concentration field in front of a growing interface and periodic nucleation in fractal aggregation Extended the concept of superlattice from semiconductor to dielectrics First to prepare LN, LT, BNN, SBN & TGS crystals with periodic semistructures Demonstrated the practical application of quasiperiodic superlattice in nonlinear optical field Predicted and proved a new mechanism for optical bistability in bidimensional dielectric superlattice LINKS http://www.hlhl.org.cn/english/showsub.asp?id=253
Mutis family
José Celestino Mutis y Bosio, Spanish-born Colombian botanist and geographer (Cadiz 06 April 1732 – Santafé de Bogotá 11 September 1808) Described nocturnal variations in barometer Discovered daily salty air in the tropics Created a specific for dysentery (1810) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Valid Genera Acaena 1771 Barnadesia 1781 Bejaria 1771 Castilleja 1782 Consuegria 1810 (Incertae Sedis) Escallonia 1821 Espeletia 1808 Lozania 1810 Manettia 1771 Pera 1784 Pombea 1810 (Incertae Sedis) Vallea 1782 Species About 70 HONORS (Asteraceae) Mutisia Linnaeus filius 1782 Flosmutisia Cuatrecasas 1986 His nephew, Sinforoso Mutis Consuegra, Colombian botanist (Bucaramanga 15 July 1773 – Bogotá 22 August 1822) Described the section Amaria 1810 (Fabaceae) Honored in genus incertae sedis Consuegria Mutis (1810)
Muhammad Ramzan Mirza
Muhammad Ramzan Mirza, Pakistani ichthyologist (1936 – DESCRIBED VALID PISCES TAXA Genus Naziritor 1985 with Javed Species Barilius naseeri 1986 with Rafiq & Awan Barilius pakistanicus 1978 with Sadiq Batasio pakistanicus 1989 with Jan Clupisoma naziri 1973 with Awan Gagata pakistanica 1999 with Parveen & Javed Glyptothorax pemjabensis 1971 with Kashmiri Glyptothorax sufii 1975 with Asghar Bashir Nangra robusta 1973 with Awan Naziritor zhobensis 1967 Paraschistura alepidota 1970 with Banarescu Paraschistura lepidocaulis 1981 with Nalbant Paraschistura lindbergi 1965 with Banarescu Paraschistura microlabra 1981 with Nalbant Paraschistura naseeri 1963 with Ahmad Schistura afasciata 1981 with Banarescu Schistura anambarensis 1970 with Banarescu Schistura arifi 1981 with Banarescu Schistura curtistigma 1981 with Nalbant Schistura fascimaculata 1981 with Nalbant Schistura harnaiensis 1969 with Nalbant Schistura kohatensis 1981 with Banarescu Schistura machensis 1970 with Nalbant Schistura macrolepis 1981 with Banarescu Schistura pakistanica 1969 with Banarescu Schistura shadiwalensis 1981 with Nalbant Schizothorax skarduensis 1978 with Awan Sisor pakistanicus 2001 with Javed Triplophysa trewavasae 1990 with Ahmad
Moura Brasil family
José Cardoso de Moura Brasil, Brazilian ophthalmologist (Iracema, Ceará State 10 February 1846 – Rio de Janeiro 01 January 1928) He was chief of L. Wecker ophthalmological clinic at Paris Developed a new process for cataract extraction employing a mixed flap with iridotomy Ophtalmologia. Novo processo para a extracção da catarata: extracção por um pequeno retalho mixto com iridotomia. União Médica, 1881 First used jequirity oil in ophthalmology Memoire sur le jequirity. Traitement de la conjunctivite granuleuse, aigue et chronique par l’Abrus precatorius ou jequirity. Ann. Ocul. 301, 1882 Developed an eye drops that bears his name (1913) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Tratamento cirúrgico da catarata (1872) Contribuição para o estudo comparativo dos diversos processos operatórios no tratamento das affecções oculares. Rev. Med. Bahia, 1877 Tratamento Cirurgico para o Descollamento de Retina (1879) Aniria ou falta completa da íris. Arch.Med. Cir. Farm. Brasil 1:7, 1880 Do emprego das correntes continuas nas affecções lymphaticas da conjunctiva e da córnea. Arch.Med. Chir. Farm. Brazil 4:7, 1880 Contribuição para o estudo comparative de diversos processos operatives no tratamento das afecções oculares (1880) Escleretomia dupla no tratamento do glaucoma. União Médica, 1881 L’ophtalmie purulent factice produite par La liane à reglisse au jequirity: memoire. Gaz. Hebd. Med. Cir. 835, 1882 Do uso e abuso do fumo, cegueira dos fumantes. Arch.Med. Cir. Farm. Brazil 5-6: 1881 Cancro infectante das palpebras (1889) Deslocamento da retina e seu tratamento (1889) Da extracção da catarata simples sem iridectomia e suas vantagens (1901) Estudos sobre o jiquirity no tratamento do trachoma Variação da tensão intraocular nas raças branca, mestiça, preta e indígena His relative, Nelson Moura Brasil do Amaral, ophthalmologist (Rio de Janeiro 26 August 1900 – Rio de Janeiro 07 June 1980) Nova orientação no tratamento do trauma Novo método de operação da catarata Eponym of Arruga-Moura Brasil intra-tenonian implant
Morna Mathias
Frances Celia Morna Mathias, English-born South African petrologist and geochemist (20 May 1913 – Nee Frances Celia Morna Cameron-Swan being granddaughter of physicist and chemist Joseph Wilson Swan SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J.J. Gurney, J.C. Siebert & G. Moseley. Kyanite eclogites from the Rietfontein kimberlite pipe, Mier Coloured Reserve, Gordonia, Cape Province. Contr. Mineral. Petrol. 30:46-52, 1971 With J.C. Siebert & P.C. Rickwood. Some aspects of the mineralogy and petrology of ultramafic xenoliths in kimberlite. Contr. Miner. Petrol. 26:75-123, 1970 With P.C. Rickwood. Diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths in kimberlite. Lithos 3:223-5, 1970 With P.C. Rickwood. Ultramafic xenoliths in the Matsoku kimberlite pipe, Lesotho. Spec. Publ. Geol. Soc. South Africa 2:358-69, 1969 With P.C. Rickwood & J.C. Siebert. A study of garnets from eclogite and peridotite xenoliths. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 19:271-07, 1968 A disharmonious granite: the Spitzkop granite, South West Africa. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa 65(1):281-92, 1962 With H. Martin & E.S.W. Simpson. The Damaraland sub-vulcanic ring complexes in South-West Africa (1960) The geochemistry of the Messum igneous complex, S.W. Africa. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 12:29, 1957 Petrology of Messum Joneous complex. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa LIX:1-35, 1956 A note on two actinolites and a chlorite from Prieska District, C.P. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa 55:13-18, 1953 An unusual cordierite rock from Upington, Cape Province. Miner. Mag. 29:936-45, 1952 Two olivines from South Africa melilite-basalts. Mineral Mag. 28(204):486-91, 1949 With F. Walker. Petrology of two granite-slate contacts at Cape Town. Geol. Soc. London Quart. J. 102(1-4):499-521, 1947 Contribution to the Petrology of Namaqualand (1943). Thesis A comparative study of the Namaqualand granites. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa XLIII:175-203, 1940 Occurrence of barite in a iron ore deposit in Namaqualand (1940) Application of pedological methods to the study of some weathered Mahnesbury Agrillitites of Cape Peninsula. Trans. Royal Soc. South Africa 21 HONORS Mathiasite Haggerty, Smyth, Erlank, Rickard & Danchin 1983 (Mineral)