A.2. The book-bound scholar

The competent scholar.

Scholars in occupational therapy are responsible for ensuring that the profession's body of knowledge is so formulated that it provides the foundation for carrying out the work of the profession effectively, compassionately, and ethically. This article delineates the knowledge, skills, and typical personal attributes of competent scholars. Some suggestions are offered about how the occupational...

Holler for the Scholar

Page 8 NEWS RESEARCH ARTS Treating breast cancer with a type of heat therapy derived from MIT radar research can significantly increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to results from the fourth clinical trial of the technique reported online Nov. 25 in the journal Cancer Therapy. In this study, large tumors treated with a combination of chemotherapy and a focused microwave heat tr...

Inhibition of Clot-Bound a2-Antiplasmin Enhances In Vivo Thrombolysis

Recent experiments in vitro have shown that inhibition of human ci2-antiplasmin by a monoclonal antibody (MAb RWR) markedly enhances clot lysis by plasminogen activators. To extend these studies in vivo, we tested whether inhibition of clot or fibrin-bound o2-antiplasmin by MAb RWR could enhance the lysis of a human clot by tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) in a rabbit jugular vein throm...

Semantic Scholar

Scholar-in-Training Awards

The AACR is proud to offer Scholar-in-Training Awards to enable the participation of meritorious early-career scientists at the Annual Meeting 2017. Since its inception in 1986, the AACR Annual Meeting Scholar-in-Training Award program has provided more than 4,400 grants to young investigators and has received support from more than 50 cancer research foundations, corporations, individuals and ...