Vijay Kumar Patodi

Vijay Kumar Patodi, Indian mathematician (Guna, Madhya Pradesh 12 March 1945 – Mumbai 21 December 1976) Derived a formula for the index of a linear elliptic operator on a compact manifold (1971) With Atiyah & Singer introduced eta invariant, a special invariant of a compact Riemannian manifold (1973-5) First to prove local equivariant Atiyah-Singer index theorem Gave a combinatorial formula for Pontryagin classes (1976) Invited Lecturer, International Congress of Mathematicians (1974) EPONYMY Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem Atiyah-Bott-Patodi index theorem Atiyah-Bott-Patodi space Atiyah-Patodi-Singer invariant Patodi cancellation lemma

Victor Manuel Patiño

Victor Manuel Patiño Rodríguez, Colombian agronomist, ethnobotanist, plant geneticist and historian (Zarzal, Valle del Cauca 08 December 1912 – Cali 15 January 2001) Authored 116 publications (29 books) between them Una exploración agricola en Sudamerica (1945) Discovered Borojoa patinoi named in his honor HONORS  Patinoa Cuatrecasas 1953 (Malvaceae) LINKS  http://dintev.univalle.edu.co/cvisaacs/victor/obra.htm (bibliography)

Vicente Pardo Castello

Vicente Pardo Castelló, Cuban dermatologist (La Habana 06 December 1892 – Miami 21 May 1967) Introduced nails into clinical diagnosis (1936) independently of Mangin (1932) First to describe Sjogren-Larsson syndrome With H. Faz. Ichthyosis – Little’s disease. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 26:915, 1932 Described Pardo Castello congenital palmoplantar keratoderma or keratosis palmoplantar hereditária mutilans independently of Vohwinkel (1929) With J.J. Mestre. Symmetric palmar and plantar keratoderma and ainhum. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 19:154, 1929 Described diffuse leukonychia or pseudomacrolunula (1960) Eponym of Pardo Castello syndrome With F. Tiant & R. Piñeiro showed the constancy of lesions of peripheral nerve trunks in leprosy (1947) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Epilating folliculitis. Derm. Trop. 2:235, 1965 Common dermatoses in agricultural workers in the Caribbean área. Industr. Med. Surg. 31:305, 1962 With Osvaldo A. Pardo. Diseases of nails (1960) El tratamiento de la lepra con cicloserina. Bol. Soc. Cub. Derm. Sif. 15:16, 1958 With O.A. Pardo. Treatment of early syphilis with penicillin and bismuth subsalicylate. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 61:196-209, 1950 With F. Trespalacios, F.R. Tiant, R. Ibarra & J.J. Mestre. Traitment de la lepre par le chloramphenicol. Essai experimentale ayant donné dês resultats negatifs. Intern. J. Leprol. 18(4):469-72, 1950 With R. Pineyro. Lazarine leprosy. Its position in the present classification of leprosy (1948) Interpretación de los examines serologico y de liquid cefaloraquideo en el diagnostico y pronostico de la sifilis (1948) With F.R. Tiant. Lepra – la correlación de sus aspectos clinico, patologico, inmunologico y bacteriológico. Rev. Leprol. Dermat. Sifil. 1(1):5, 1944 With I. Ferrer. Pinta. Mal de Pinto. Carate. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 45(5): 843-64, 1942 Yaws. Five hundred cases observed in Cuba. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 40(5):762-3, 1939 Keratomycosis nigricans palmaris. Rev. Argent. Dermatosif. 12:255, 1938 Frambesia (pian, yaws, bubas) 1937 Allergic cutaneous eruptions after high voltage roentgen therapy. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 33:866, 1936 Leprosy associated with dermatitis atrophicans diffusa et progressive. Arch. Dermat. Syphil 33:12-20, 1936 With J. Grau, J.J. Mestre & S. Rosell. Erythrodermia congenital ichthyosiformis. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 26:905-6, 1932  With G.M. Caballero. Lazarine leprosy: a peculiar mono-symptomatic form of leprosy. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 23:1-11, 1931 With J.J. Mestre & E. Rio. Lupus erythematosus disseminatus. Arch. Dermat. Syphil. 19:824, 1929 With J.J. Mestre & E. Rio. Tinea of the scalp. Arch. Dermat. Syphilol. 19:409-22, 1929 Dermatitis venenata: a study of the tropical plants producing dermatitis. Arch. Dermatol. Syphilol. 7:81, 1923

Velarde Perez Fontana

Velarde Perez Fontana, Uruguayan surgeon (Nueva Palmira, Colonia Department 09 May 1897 – 03 January 1975) Nuevo metodo de operar en el quiste hidatico del pulmón. Arch. Intern. Hidat. 7:267-300, 1947  Developed Perez Fontana cystectomy for pulmonary hydatid Nuevo metodo de operar en el quiste hidatico del pulmón. Arch. Pediat. Urug. 19:5, 1948 A new treatment for rachidial hydatidosis Nuevo tratamento de la hidatidosis raquidea. Arch. Int. Hidat. 9:443-567, 1950 With L. Surraco. Nuevo metodo de operar en el quiste hidatico del riñon. Arch. Intern. Hidat. 11(1-2):483-91, 1950 Perez Fontana method for inguinal hernia Nouvelle methode pour le traitement des hernies inguinales. Presse Med. 67:1503-8, 1957 With R. Scaltriti developed a coloidal benzoin test for diagnosing hydatidosis (1941) With V. Vanni. Nuevo metodo de contralor biologico de los antihelminticos y sus aplicaciones. (A new method of in vitro testing for antihelminthics). Rev. Inst. Malbrán 15:82-5, 1950-3 HONORS Velardeacarus Gil & Mañé Garzón 1980 (Acari) Perezfontanatherium Roselli 1976 (Fossil Mammalia)

Uttam Prakash

Uttam Prakash, Indian palaeobotanist (02 December 1925 – DESCRIBED FOSSIL PLANTAE GENERA Adenantheroxylon 1968 with Tripathi Ailanthoxylon 1958 Albizinium 1973 Amooroxylon 1983 with Bande Artocarpoxylon 1978 with Lalitha Atalantioxylon 1978 with Lakhanpal & Bande Baphioxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Brachystegioxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Burseroxylon 1973 with Tripathi Callistemonites 1986 with Bande & Mehrotra Callistemonoxylon 1986 with Bande & Mehrotra Canarioxylon 1973 with Breasinova & Awasthi Cassinium 1973 Cercidiphylloxylon 1971 with Brezinova & Buzek Coryloxylon 1971 with with Brezinova & Buzek Dialiumoxylon 1978 with Lakhanpal Dichrostachyoxylon 1976 Duabangoxylon 1970 with Awasthi Elaeocarpoxylon 1963 with Dayal Entandrophragminium 1976 Euphorbiocarpon 1983 with Bande & Mehrotra Gymnosporioxylon 1984 with Lalitha Heritieroxylon 1981 with Lakhanpal & Awasthi Heyneoxylon 1980 with Bande Holigarnoxylon 1970 with Awasthi Homalioxylon 1972 with Tripathi Hyphaeneocarpon 1982 with Bande & Ambwani Isoberlinoxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Lanneoxylon 1967 with Tripathi Leeoxylon 1963 with Dayal Liriodendroxylon 1971 with with Brezinova & Buzek Lophopetalumoxylon 1984 with Bande Madhucoxylon 1975 with Tripathi Mimosaeoxylon 1970 with Lakhanpal Mohgaostrobus 1962 Monocotylostrobus 1982 with Lakhanpal & Bande Musophyllum 1979 with Bande & Ambwani Ormosioxylon 1980 with Bande Ougenioxylon 1975 with Tripathi Pometioxylon 1970 with Tripathi Sahnipushpam 1955 Siderinium 1970 with Awasthi Stereospermoxylon 1982 with Awasthi Swintonioxylon 1968 with Tripathi Typhaephyllum 1970 with Boureau HONORS (Fossil Plantae) Prakashites Chitaley & Yawale 1977 Prakashocarpon Dahegaonkar & Kapgate 2004

Un-chul Paek

Un-chul Paek, South Korean optical physicist (Jinju, Gyeongnam Province 02 December 1934 – Gwangju 03 May 2011) Held at least 44 patents Developed a furnace for drawing fibers and techniques for high-speed drawing, cooling and coating of these fibers OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS  With S. Oh, K.R. Lee & Y.J. Chung. Fabrication of helical long-period fiber gratings by use of a CO2 laser. Opt. Letters 29(13):1464-66, 2004 With Y.G. Han, S.H. Kim, S.B. Lee & Y. Chung. Development of a novel core mode blocker with H-2 loaded Ge-B co-doped fiber. IEEE Electronics Letters 39(15):1107-8, 2003 With Y.G. Han, S.H. Kim, S.B. Lee, Y. Chung et al. Novel Raman fiber laser and fiber-optic sensors using multi-channel fiber gratings. J. Opt. Soc. Korea 7(2):97-101, 2003 With J. Lee, G.H. Song & Y.G. Seo. Design and fabrication of dispersion-managed fibres by periodic etching during the MCVD process. Electronics Letters 37(1):11-2, 2001   With B.H. Lee, Y.J. Kim, Y.J. Chung & W.T. Han. Fiber modal index measurements based on fiber gratings. Fiber Integrated Optics 20(5):443-55, 2001