Cyril Wyndham
Cyril Henry Wyndham, South African physiologist (Maraisburg 07 May 1916 – Johannesburg 02 February 1987) Respected as leading international expert on human thermal physiology Authored over 250 papers SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Heatstroke and hyperthermia in marathon runners. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 301:128-38, 1977 With D. Mitchell. Acclimatization in a hot humid environment body fluid adjustements. J. Appl. Physiol. 40:786-96, 1976 The physiological and psychological effects of the heat (1974) The physiology of exercise under heat stress. Ann Rev. Physiol. 35:193-220, 1973 With L. Guttman & J. Silver. Thermoregulation in spinal man. J. Physiol. 220:335-52, 1972 With J.W. Snellen & D. Mitchell. Heat of evaporation of sweat. J. Appl. Physiol. 29:40-4, 1970 With D. Mitchell. Comparison of weighting formulas for calculating mean skin temperature. J. Appl. Physiol. 26:616-22, 1969 With N.B. Strydom. The danger of an inadequate water intake during marathon running. S. Afr. Med. J. 43:893-6, 1969 With N.B. Strydom. Acclimatising man to heat in climatic rooms and mines (1969) With A.R. Atkins. A physiological scheme and mathematical model of temperature regulation in man. Pflügers Arch. Ges. Physiol. 303:14-30, 1968 Changes in central circulation and body fluid spaces during acclimatization to heat. J. Appl. Physiol. 25(5):586-93, 1968 With N.B. Strydom, C.H. Van Graan et al. The influence of water restriction on the performance of men during prolonged march. S. Afr. Med. J. 40:539-44, 1966 South African ethnic adaption to temperature and exercise (1966) With N.B. Strydom, J.F. Morrison et al. Fatigue of sweat gland response. J. Appl. Physiol. 21:107-10, 1966 With J.F. Morrison & C.G. Williams. Heat reaction of male and female Caucasians. J. Appl. Physiol. 20:357-64, 1965 With N.B. Strydom, J.F. Morrison et al. Criteria for physiological limits for work in heat. J. Appl. Physiol. 20:37-45, 1965 With N.B. Strydom, J.F. Morrison, F.D. du Toit & J.G. Kraan. A new method of acclimatization to heat. Z. Angew. Physiol. 15:373-83, 1964 With N.B. Strydom, J.F. Morrison, J. Peter et al. Differences between ethnic groups in physical working capacity. J. Appl. Physiol. 18, 1963 With C.G. Williams, G.A.G. Bredell, N.B. Strydom et al. Circulatory and metabolic reactions to work in heat. J. Appl. Physiol. 17:625-38, 1962 Tolerable limits of air conditions for men at work in hot mines. Ergonomics 5:115-22, 1962 Physiological aspects of design for tropical living (1962) With J.F. Morrison. Adjustment to cold of Bushmen in the Kalahari desert. J. Appl. Physiol. 13:219-225, 1958 With W. Van den Bowen, M.G. Devine et al. Examination of use of heat exchange equations for determining changes in body temperature. J. Appl. Physiol. 5:299-307, 1952 Performance and comfort standards in relation to climate
Chung Yik Wang
Chung Yik Wang, Chinese pathologist (Hong Kong 1888 – Malaysia 1930) METHODS A simple method of collecting blood for the Wassermann test. J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 22:85, 1918 A modified Wassermann test. J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 23(1):15-29, 1920 A precipitation test for syphilis. Lancet 199:274-6, 1922 A new culture medium. Lancet 212:446-7, 1928 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J.P. M’Gowan. The occurrence of pleomorphism and mutation among members of the hemorrhagic septicemia group of organisms. J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 20(1):21-40, 1915 Isolation of tubercle bacilli from sputum and determination of their type. J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 21:14, 1916 An experimental study of latent tuberculosis. Lancet 188 (4853): 417-9, 1916 Incidence of bovine tuberculosis in man. J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 21:131, 1917 Detection of diphtheria bacilli in swabs by means of fluid serum. J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 22:229, 1918 With J. Crocket. Diagnosis of tuberculosis by the complement deviation method. Brit. Med. J. 3053:7, 1919 Some experiments dealing with the question whether lipoids can act as antigens. J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 22(3):224-8, 1919 With R.A. Basto. Further study of a precipitation test for syphilis. Lancet 201:1262-3, 1923
Chien-shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-born US nuclear physicist (Luihe, Jiangsu Province 31 May 1912 – New York City 16 February 1997) ACHIEVEMENTS Recognized as an authority in beta decay Established parity violation and the symmetry of charge conjugation independent from others authors With E. Ambler, D.D. Hoppes, R.P. Hudson & R.W. Hayward. Experimental test of parity conservation in beta decay. Phys.Rev. 105:1413, 1957. With Y.K. Lee & L.W. Mo confirmed experimentally the conservation of the vector current in nuclear beta decay (1963) Observed polarized electromagnetic radiation is released on electron-positron annihilation and proved that electron and positron displays positive parity HONORS First woman to receive an honorary doctorate at Princeton University First living scientist to have an asteroid named after (Wu Chien-Shiung 2752) Wolf Prize in Physics (1978) Physics Nobel Prize nominee
Cheng Yih Wu
Cheng Yih Wu or Zhengyi Wu, Chinese botanist and plant geographer (Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province 13 June 1916 – 20 June 2013) Authored more than 140 papers and edited 20 monographs DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Genera Archakebia 1995 with Chen & Qin Calcareoboea 1982 Cardioteucris 1962 Circaeocarpus 1957 Heterolamium 1965 Houpoea 2008 with Xia Pleiosorbus 2000 with Zhou Psammosilene 1945 with Wu Pseudocerastium 1998 with Guo & Zhang Saniculiphyllum 1992 with Ku Sinadoxa 1981 with Wu & Huang Skapanthus 1975 with Li Tetradoxa 1981 Thoreliella 1957 Wenchengia 1965 with Chow Yunnanopilia 2000 with Li Species About 800 Other Taxonomic categories 4 tribes, one subgenus, 25 sections, 3 subsections, 100 series, 10 subspecies, 243 varieties and 17 forms HONORS Baijiania Lu & Li 1993 (Cucurbitaceae) Sinobaijiania Jeffrey & De Wilde 2006 (Cucurbitaceae) Zhengyia Deng, Zhang & Sun 2003 (Urticaceae) Wuacanthus Deng, Peng, Xia & Peng 2016 (Acanthaceae) Wuodendron Xue, Tan & Chaowasku 2018 (Annonaceae)
Chenfu Francis Wu
Chenfu Francis Wu, Chinese entomologist (1896 – 1972) DESCRIBED VALID PLECOPTERA TAXA Genera Claassenia 1934 Styloperla 1935 Species About 140 Described new species in Homoptera too HONORS Wuiessa Hsiao 1964 (Hemiptera) Neowuia Li & Muranyi 2017 (Plecoptera)
Charles Wambebe
Charles Obadiah Nimma Wambebe, Nigerian pharmacologist (Emi-Tsado, Benu State 08 August 1946 – Authored over 150 papers CONTRIBUTIONS Developed drugs from local plants for the treatment of sickle cell anaemia, peptic ulcer, tropical skin infection and diabetes Developed a technique of HPLC for simultaneous determination of monoamines With D. Naur & G. Osuide. Simultaneous determination of monoamines and their principal metabolites in brain tissue of the young chick by reversed-phase ion-pair high performance liquid chromatography. J. Pharmacol. Biomed. Anal. 7(7):899-905, 1989 PAPERS IN TOP JOURNALS With K. Bryc, A. Auton, M.R. Nelson, J.R. Oksenberg, S.L. Hauser et al. Genome-wide patterns of population structure and admixture in West Africans and African Americans. Proceed. Natl. Acad. Sci. 107(2):786-91, 2010 With S.A. Tishkoff, F.A. Reed, F.R. Friedlaender, C. Ehret, A. Ranciaro et al. The genetic structure and history of Africans and African Americans. Science 324 (5930):1035-44, 2009 PATENTS With P.O. Ogunyale, K.S. Gamaniel, R.N. Nasipuri, J.I. Okogun, B. Samuel, A. Olusola & A. Orisadipo. Piper guineense, Pterocarpus osun, Eugenia caryophylla and Sorghum bicolor extracts for treating sickle cell disease USPTO 5,800,819 (1998) Phytodrug for treating skin fungal infections and methods of preparing and using the same. (NIPRIFAN) US5,840,310 (1998) and 40 countries Phytodrug for management of peptic ulcer and method of preparing and using the same. (NIPRIPAN) Nigerian patent RP12581 & USPTO and 40 countries Phytodrug for treating and management of sickle cell anemia and methods of preparing and using the same (NIPRISAN) HONOURS Twentieth Century Award for Achievement, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge (1998)