USA: Pieces of action

T He Origins and Sources of Action Knowing What We Could Do: Acquiring Action Bits and Pieces: Representing Action

371 of action-produced events that is suggested by this theoretical view. We do so in three steps. First, we review and integrate fi ndings on the acquisition of action eff ects, that is, on the learning of associations between movements and perceivable outcomes in infants, children , and adults. Second, we discuss what is actually acquired by these learning processes, that is, how actions and ...

Cultural and Social Enigmas: Missing Pieces of Food Security

   The growing attention in food security has suggested many approaches to develop a society free from hunger and malnutrition. Methodological approaches are mostly used to overcome the challenges of food security, but food insecurity is more than mere availability and access to food. Cultural and social dimensions and their intricacies to achieve food security are mostly missing from the lite...

Two Pieces by Dewey 1 Running head : TWO PIECES BY DEWEY Reflections on Two Pieces

USA failing on HIV/AIDS accountability and action.

Researchers have sequenced the genome of a virulent, transmissible strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Craig Winstanley (University of Liverpool, UK) and colleagues report that LESB58, the earliest archived isolate of the Liverpool epidemic strain, contains six prophages and fi ve other genomic islands. Mutagenesis experiments suggest that several genes in these regions contribute to the in-vivo ...

Focus: Missing Pieces

Stem Cells and Cancer: The Medical Mystery of the 21st Century Cancer, which is characterized by abnormal cell proliferation that leads to uncontrolled tumor growth, is a leading cause of death worldwide (7.4 million deaths in 2004). Scientists have focused on the biological mechanism of tumor formation in an attempt to develop well-informed, effective cancer treatments that slow or halt the pr...