Fred J Boyd Award 2011

Boyd, Robert and Richerson, Peter J

This book is a must-have for philosophers of psychology, philosophers of biology, philosophers of the social sciences, and, more generally, anybody who is interested in the evolution of mind and behavior. The anthropologists Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson have collected twenty of their most important articles written between 1987 and 2003. This collection is an excellent initiative, since thes...

Sensors Best Paper Award 2011

With the start of 2011, Sensors is instituting an annual award to recognize outstanding papers related to sensing technologies and applications that meet the aims, scope and high standards of this journal. We are pleased to announce the first “Sensors Best Paper Award” for 2011. Nominations were solicited from the Section Editor-in-Chiefs of Sensors, with all papers published in 2005 eligible f...

kowsar award 2011; professor howard thomas: the winner of the third kowsar award in 2011

The Leo J . Geppert Award

Title: Adrenal Insufficiency and Growth Failure Secondary to Inhaled Corticosteroids: A Paradoxical Complication

Brian Druker and Charles Sawyers receive the 2011 ASCI/Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award.

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) was the first cancer to be linked to a clearly defined genetic defect, a chromosomal translocation that generates a constitutively active tyrosine kinase. In the 1990s, Brian Druker and Charles Sawyers (Figure 1) collaborated to develop the targeted therapies that transformed CML from a fatal disease to one that boasts a 90% cure rate. Their work has been wide...