Haru Ram Mehra
Haru Ram Mehra, Indian helminthologist (died 1981) DESCRIBED TREMATODA TAXA Families Anchitrematidae 1935 Arnolidae 1962 Asymphylodoridae 1962 Encyclometridae 1931 Exotiidendridade 1935 Harmotrematidae 1962 Homalometridae 1962 Lampritrematidae 1962 Liliatrematidae 1963 Oesophagicolidae 1962 Phaneropsolidae 1935 Genera Bilorchis 1937 Coeuritrema 1933 Enterohaematotrema 1940 Exotidendrium 1935 Glossimetra 1937 Hemiorchis 1939 Lecithoporus 1935 Microderma 1931 Monticellius 1939 Muhlingina 1950 Natriodera 1937 Neocyathocotyle 1943 Neolepoderma 1937 Neopronocephalus 1932 Ophiorchis 1937 Paracercorchis 1932 with Bokhari Paramphistomacotyle 1980 Paratelorchis 1932 with Bokhari Plasmiorchis 1934 Platymetra 1931 Pleuropsolus 1933 Procreadium 1962 Ptyasiorchis 1937 Spinometra 1931 Staffordiella 1966 Telogonella 1928 with Negi Tremiorchis 1925 with Negi HONORS (Trematoda) Mehraformis Bhardwaj 1963 Mehrailla Srivastava 1939 Mehraorchis Srivastava 1939 Mehrastomum Saksena 1959 Mehratrema Srivastava 1939
Harold Walter Bell-Marley
Harold Walter Bell-Marley, English-born South African fisheries expert and entomological collector (Richmond, Surrey 1873 – Durban, Natal Province 27 January 1946) Collected new species of fishes, insects and mollusks SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Hunting the hump-back whale. The Zoologist. 4th series 13:201, 1913 Some notes on a luminous South African fulgorid insect (Rhinortha guttata Wlk.) together with a description of its parasitic lepidopterous larva. Zoologist p.281-91, 1913 An account of eggs collected on the Pongola River, Northern Zululand. Ostrich 4:49-62, 1933 Note on Abraxas grossulariata. Entomologist 26:219-20, HONORS Marleyia Distant 1909 (Hemiptera) Marleyimyia Hesse 1956 (Diptera) Marleyella Fowler (Pisces)
Hari Krishna Maheshwari
Hari Krishna Maheshwari, Indian paleobotanist (Aligarh 13 November 1938 – DESCRIBED NEW FOSSIL GENERA Sporae and pollen Carastriopollenites 1967 Cirrabaculisporites 1969 with Bose Cladaitina 1975 with Meyen Convertubisporites 1975 with Banerji Crookshankites 1984 with Jana Cyclopilisporites 1969 Gondwanipollenites 1968 with Bose Kagulubeites 1968 with Bose Lakhmavitriletes 1974 Maiturisporites 1975 with Banerji Noniasporites 1984 with Bajpai Pantiella 1975 with Banerji Parastriopollenites 1967 Pilasphaeridium 1969 Playfordiaspora 1975 with Banerji Properinopollenites 1974 Tiwariasporis 1967 with Kar Plantae Bengalia 1989 with Singh & Bajpai Birbalsahnia 1991 with Bajpai Glossotheca 1970 with Surange Gonophylloides 1967 Damudoxylon 1967 Lelstotheca 1972 Polyloboxylon 1962 Satsangia 1973 with Srivastava Veekaysinghia 1991 with Bajpai HONORS (Fossil Plantae) Maheshwariphyllum Srivastava 1992 Maheshwariopteris Bajpai 1992
Hans Merensky
Johannes (Hans) Merensky, South African mining engineer and prospector (Middelburg District, Mpumalanga Province 16 March 1871 – Duiwelskloof, Limpopo Province 21 October 1952) From German parents With Andries Lombaard and the brothers Schalk & Willem Schoeman discovered the Merensky Reef, the largest known platinum deposit in the world of this day (1924) How we discovered platinum. Mining Industry Mag. South Africa 1:265-6, 1925 Die neuentdeckten Platinfelder in mittleren Transvaal, und ihre wirtshaftliche Bedeutung. Berl. Z. Der. Deut. Geol. Ges. 78:296-314, 1926 Speculated that diamonds were associated with an oyster line formed by shells of fossil species Ostrea prismatica Warum Muessen die Diamant Vorkommen in der Sogenannten “river and oyster” linie bei Alexander Bay zum Teil Moeglichst Schnell Ausgearbeitet werden? (1927) Discovered one the world’s richest deposits of vermiculite near Phalarbowa (1928) Developed new methods of combating soil erosion SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY The discovery of Namaqualand diamonds. S. Afr. Min. Engng. J. (1928-9) With P.A. Wagner. The diamond deposits on the coast of Little Namaqualand. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. 31:1-41, 1928 Artesian water in Namaqualand. S. Afr. Min. Engng. J. 38(1898):627-8, 1928 How I found the richest diamond fields in the world. Mining Ind. Mag. Southern Africa 4:267-8, 1927 The platinum areas of Lydenburg. S. Afr. Min. Engng. J. 35:474-5, 1925 Report of Potgietersrust Platinum (1925) Geological observations in the Lace Diamond Mine known as Crown Diamond Mine. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa 12:203, 1909 The rocks belonging to the area of Bushveld’s granite complex, in which tin may be expected with description of the deposits actually found. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa 11:25-42, 1908 Diamanten in Diabasen. Zeitschr. f. Prakt. Geol. (1908) The origin of the river diamonds within the area of the Vaal. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa 10:107-11, 1907 The gold deposit of the Murchison Range in the north-east Transvaal. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa 8:42-6, 1905 The diamond deposits of Luderitzland, German South-west Africa. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa 12:13-23, 1905 Technical Report on the Premier Diamond Mine. South African Mining 2(2):582-4, 1904 Neue Zinnerzvorkommen in Transvaal. Zeitschr. f. Prakt. Geol. 12(12):409-11, 1904 Ore in the Transvaal. S. Afr. Mines (1904) HONORS Merenskyite Kingston 1966 (Mineral)
Haity Moussatché
Haity Moussatché, Sephardic Jewish Brazilian pharmacologist (Vourlá village, near Smirna 21 February 1910 – Rio de Janeiro 24 July 1998) ACHIEVEMENTS Authored over 200 works Studied anaphylactic reaction in laboratory animals, pharmacological properties of snake venoms fractions, reactivity of smooth and striated muscles and natural products from plants Gained international recognition due to his works about anaphylactic and peptone shocks With N.A. Pereira gave pioneering contributions to knowledge of corticotrophic hormones Established the release of great amount of histamine in anaphylactic and peptonic shocks With A. Prouvost Danon proved that histamine release in anaphylactic and peptonic shocks requires energy obtained from metabolic coupling with energy-rich phosphates by oxidative phosphorylation with great international repercussion (1954-1966) With A. Ozorio de Almeida & M. Vianna Dias. Recherches sur l’attaque epileptiforme produite par le refroidissement brusque de la moelle épiniere. Premier mémoire. Introduction et technique. Rev. Bras. Biol. 1:165-77, 1941 With A. Ozorio de Almeida & M. Vianna Dias. Sur le refroidissement brusque de la moelle épiniere par l’action du chlorure d’ethyle et son utilization comme technique de l’etude de l’attaque epileptiforme (1938) Sur une modification de l’appareil de Van Slyke permettant la lecture immediate des volumes gazeux à la pression athomospherique. Rev. Bras. Biologia 1(4):365-7, 1941 First noted the great sensitivity of Holothuria longitudinal muscles preparation to acetylcholine O músculo das holoturias (Holothuria grisea) como método de ensaio biológico para verificar presença de acetilcolina. Rev. Bras. Biol. 9(4): 52, 1949 With N. Daló. Hamster stomach as an isolated preparation for bradykinin assays. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 34(8): 542, 1982 With G.B. Domont, J. Perales, A.G. Neves Ferreira et al. New methodology for the obtainment of antibothropic factors from South American opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) and jararaca snake (Bothrops jararaca). Toxicon 37(10):1417-29, 1999 Showed that branches and leaves of Ipomoea carnea caused a nervous system disease in sheep
Guoguang Mu
Guoguang Mu, Chinese optic physicist (Hu Lu Dao, Liaoning Province 1931 – Tianjin 12 April 2012) Authored about 100 papers Introduced important concepts and technologies in pattern recognition, color image coding and decoding and color photography Designed and developed novel optical instruments and their components such as white light optical image treatment system, optical correction lens used for screen coating of color TV kinescope, special optical corrector for color TV display tube, optical projection system of aerial defense warning radar signal, opto-electronic hybrid system of image encoding and decoding for new photographic reconnoiter and cone-axis deep-ellipsoid cold reflection mirror Succeeded in using black and white film to refract color images (1983) With X. Zhu, Y. Zhao, N. Zhang, Y. Liang & M. Wang introduced the fundamental principles of laser induced air ionization microscopy (LIAIM) and laser induced breakdown microscopy (LIBM) in Ultrashort pulse laser ionization microscopy. Proc. Spie 7276 (2008) METHODS/DEVICES With Y. Liu & Y. Liang. Method for improving optical coherent tomographic imaging quality (2007) With Z. Fang & F. Liu. Light emitting diode array railway signal device (2004) With Z. Guo. Optical gradient filter for liquid crystal-emulsion (1993) With Z. Fang & J. Wang. Technique of using black-white photography film for colour photography (1987) With Z. Wang, K. Wang & X. Wang. A new technique for pattern recognition using VFHF in white light lensless optical system. Proc. Spie 0813 (1987) OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY With H.C. Zhai, M.W. Wang, F.M. Liu, D. Pan & K.Y. Hsu. 3D monochromatic image synthesis with vertical area-partitioned recording of master hologram in multiple exposure holography. Optics Communications 195(1-4):141-9, 2001 With G. Luo, H. Fang & Z.L. Fang. Method for the deviation inspection of integrated circuit chip pin based on Harr wavelet transform. Optical Engineering 39(6):1712-6, 2000 With Z.Q. Wang, J.H. Guan 7 B.L. Liang. Rotation-invariant binary joint transform correlator. Optik 111(9):413-7, 2000 With W.Y. Liu, Z.Q. Wang & Z.L. Fang. Color-coded projection grating method for shape measurement with a single exposure. Appl. Optics 39(20):3504-8, 2000 With X.X. Shao, Z.Q. Wang, C.M. Cartwright, R.L. Fu & W.A. Gillespie. The amplitude-compensated matching synthetic discriminant filter by computer-generated holography. Optik 110(4):172-6, 1999 With S.J. Chang, J.Y. Shen, Z. Song, H.C. Zhai & Y.X. Zhang. Optical neural network for unequally distributed neuron states – algorithm and application. Optical Engineering 37(6):817-22, 1998 With X.X. Shao, Z.Q. Wang & R.L. Fu. Computer-generated amplitude-compensated matched-filter. Optical Engineering 37(1):99-102, 1998 With Y.X. Zhang, S.J. Chang, Z.B. Feng & S.Q. Gao. Multimode operation in an optical digital neuroprocessor with 1024 neurons. Optical Engin. 35(8):2132-5, 1996 With Z.K. Chen. High-dynamic range image acquisition and display by multi-intensity imagery. J. Imag. Science Technol. 39(6):559-64, 1995 With J.A. Davis, L.L. Haarvig, D.M. Cottrell & X.M. Wang. Differentiating optical correlators. Optics Letters 20(24):2511-3, 1995 With Z.K. Chen. Pattern identification with an improved synthetic discrimination function. Optical Engin. 33(9):3044-6, 1994 With Z.K.Chen & Y.X. Zhang. Complementary-reference joint transform correlator. Applied Optics 33(32):7622-6, 1994 With J.Y. Shen & Y.X. Zhang. Optical pattern recognition system based on a winner-take-all model of a neural network. Optical Engin. 32(5):1053-6, 1993 With X.M. Wang. Optical neural network with bipolar neural states. Appl. Optics 31(23):4712-9, 1992 With Z.Q. Wang & K.M. Wang. Rainbow holography of 3D diffuse objects with HOE/MEHL. Applied Optics 27(2):321-3, 1988 With Z.Q. Wang, Q. Gong, Q.W. Song & F.X. Wu. White-light image processing using oriented speckle-screen encoding. Optics Letters 10(8):375-7, 1985 With C.K. Chang & H.K. Liu. White-light stereoprojection through Fourier spectrum polarization. Optics Letters 6(6):263-5, 1981