William Jose da Silva
William José da Silva, Brazilian plant breeder (14 December 1937 – Developed new maize cultivars With C.J. Rossetto, L.E.C. de Miranda & V. Nagai. Milho IAC Azteca Centenário With H. Hirato, D.M. Medina & R.S. Longo. Características anatômicas e morfológicas do novo cultivar de milho Erecta Cien. Cult. 28:657-68, 1976 With J.P.F. Teixeira, P. Arruda & M.B. Lovato. Nutrimaiz, a tropical sweet maize cultivar of high nutritional value. Maydica 23:129-36, 1978 With M.C.M. S.T. Machado & F.G.R. Reyes. Acúmulo de matéria seca e composição dos carboidratos de uma nova cultivar de milho, com endosperma triplo mutante “sugary opaque 2-waxy”. Pesq. Agropec. Bras. 25(12):1789-96, 1990 Methods With O. Garcia Jr. & M.A.S. Massei. An efficient method for screening maize inbreds for aluminium tolerance. Maydica 24:75-82, 1979
Wilhelm Heinrich Schaffner
Josef Wilhelm Heinrich Schaffner, German-born Mexican pharmacist and botanist (Darmstadt 22 October 1830 – San Luis Potosi 24 March 1882) DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES Calamintha potosina 1897 Cuscuta globifera 1921 Cuscuta macrocephala 1921 Cuscuta polyanthemos 1921 Cuscuta potosina 1883 Heuchera mexicana 1905 Polytaenium feei 1857 Pteridium feei 1857 Sticherus palmatus 1872 HONORS Schaffneria Fée 1857 (Pteridophyta) Schaffnerella Nash 1912 (Poaceae)
Vivianne Solis Weiss
Vivianne Solis-Weiss or Vivianne Solis Wolfowitz de Weiss, Jewish Mexican marine zoologist and ecologist (Ciudad de Mexico 25 July 1949 – DESCRIBED NEW ANNELIDA TAXA Genera Grassleia 1993 Imajimanereis 2000 with Leon Gonzalez Lycastilla 1991 with Espinasa Meredithia 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Pararicia 1989 with Fauchald Pettibonella 1989 with Fauchald Species Aglaophamus foliosa 2009 with Perez & Hernandez Alcantara Aglaophomus longicirrata 2009 with Perez & Hernandez Alcantara Amphisamytha fauchaldi 1994 with Hernandez Alcantara Aricidea hirsuta 2013 with Arriaga Hernandez & Hernandez Alcantara Cenogenus eliae 2006 with Hernandez Alcantara & Perez Mendoza Decamastus okuilin 2019 with Hernandez Alcantara & Garcia Eunereis eugeniae 2000 with Leon Gonzalez Grassleia hydrothermalis 1993 Hermunduria bennei 1983 Hirsutonuphis paxtonae 2013 with Hernandez Alcantara & Estrella-Ruiz Imajimanereis pacifica 2000 with Leon Gonzalez Labrorostratus caribensis 2015 with Hernandez Alcantara & Cruz Perez Labrorostratus zaragozensis 1998 with Hernandez Alcantara Leitoscoloplos multipapillatus 2014 with Hernandez Alcantara Lycastilla cavernicola 1991 with Espinasa Magelona marianae 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Magelona tehuanensis 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Meredithia spinifera 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Meredithia uebelackerae 2000 with Hernandez Alcantara Mooreonuphis bidentata 2013 with Rupit-Alvarenga & Hernandez Alcantara Naineris setosa 1989 with Fauchald Nereis alacranensis 2015 with Ramírez Hernandez & Hernandez Alcantara Nereis baolingi 2000 with León Gonzalez Nereis casoae 2000 with León Gonzalez Nereis inflata 2001 with León Gonzalez Ninoe jessicae 2006 with Hernandez Alcantara & Perez Mendoza Ninoe marthae 2006 with Hernandez Alcantara & Perez Mendoza Notomastus angelicae 1998 with Hernandez Alcantara Odontosyllis septemdentata 2016 with Salcedo & San Martín Ophiogoniada lyra 1997 with Granados Barba Paradiopatra multibranchiata 2017 with Hernandez Alcantara & Mercado Paradoneis campechensis 2019 with Quintanar Retama & Hernandez Alcantara Paradoneis carmelitensis 2013 with Arriaga Hernandez & Hernandez Alcantara Paradoneis mexicanensis 2019 with Quintanar Retama & Hernandez Alcantara Paradoneis yucatanensis 2019 with Quintanar Retama & Hernandez Alcantara Pararicia belizensis 1989 with Fauchald Parexogone anseforbansensis 1998 with Hernandez Alcantara Perinereis bajacalifornica 1998 with León Gonzalez Perinereis cariboea 1998 with León Gonzalez Perinereis osoriotafalli 1998 with León Gonzalez Pettibonella multiuncinata 1989 with Fauchald Pisione hippocampus 2015 with 2016 with Salcedo & Hernandez Alcantara Pisione sanmartini 2015 with Salcedo & Hernandez Alcantara Plakosyllis curvispina 2011 with Salcedo & San Martín Platynereis hutchingsae 2001 with León Gonzalez & Valadez Platynereis mucronata 2001 with León Gonzalez & Valadez Prosphaerosyllis sotoi 2016 with Salcedo & San Martín Protoaricia pigmentata 1989 with Fauchald Rullinereis fauchaldi 2000 with León Gonzalez Sphaerosyllis tetralobata 2016 with Salcedo & San Martín Spiophanes lowai 1983 Stenoninereis tecolutlensis 1997 with León Gonzalez Syllis antoniae 2012 with Salcedo & San Martín Syllis deleoni 2012 with Salcedo & San Martín Syllis lagunae 2008 with Tovar Hernandez & Hernandez Alcantara Terebellides carmenensis 1991 with Fauchald & Blankensteyn Terebellides lanai 1991 with Fauchald & Blankensteyn Terebellides parvus 1991 with Fauchald & Blankensteyn Trochochaeta mexicana 2011 with Hernandez Alcantara Trypanosyllis microdenticulata 2011 with Salcedo & San Martín Typosyllis papillosus 2002 with Tovar Hernandez & Granados Barba Fossil (with Alessandrello & Bracchi 2003) Species Iubarenicala fischeri Paleoaphrodite adeliae Paleoaphrodite briggsiana Paleoaphrodite gallica Others (Crustacea) Hyalella cenotensis 2014 with Marrón Becerra & Hermoso Salazar Hyalella maya 2018 with Marrón Becerra & Hermoso Salazar
Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar
Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar, Indian obstetrician and gynecologist (Shiroda, Goa 27 April 1899 –Mumbai 07 March 1971) Described cervical cerclage operation known as Shirodkar stitch (1955) Invented 2 operations for genital prolapsed Developed a technique of placing a vaginal hood over the cervix Designed special instruments for the repair of the incompetent cervix such as a retractor, a fasciotome, a speculum and Shirodkar needles
Virendra Singh
Virendra Singh, Indian physicist (Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh State 08 June 1938 – ACHIEVEMENTS Discovered fixed poles in current algebra amplitudes Obtained new string theories obeying different boundary conditions Formulated a new concept for signal locality Proposed a position-momentum symmetric version of description of quantum mechanics Obtained a new phase space Bell’s inequalities Derived (N+1) marginal theorem for 2N dimensional phase space EPONYMY Singh lemma Gupta-Singh coupling constant sum rule Bég-Singh SU(6) mass formula Singh-Pais theorem on low energy Compton scattering Singh-Roy bounds on high energy scattering amplitude and charge exchange cross sections
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, Indian physicist (Ahmedabad, Gujarat State 12 August 1919 – Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala State 30 December 1971) Authored 86 papers Established a complete relationship between spectral changes in interplanetary space, magnetosphere and cosmic rays Proposed a mechanism for explaining recurrent effects and large Forbush decreases of cosmic ray intensity Interpreted that considerable part of the changes in horizontal component of the geomagnetic field is due to the changes in the current system at the magnetopause and in the magneto-tail Discovered that variations in the strength of cosmic rays were related to variations in solar activity Demonstrated the significance of the study of anisotropy, within the solar system, of cosmic rays from the galaxy HONORS Moon crater Sarabhai