Some Pieces Are Missing: Implicature Production in Children

Leptin and transplantation: pieces are still missing in the puzzle.

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...

Children and Implicature 1 Ad-hoc Implicature in Preschool Children

If a speaker tells us that “some guests were late to the party,” we typically infer that not all were. Implicatures, in which an ambiguous statement (“some and possibly all”) is strengthened pragmatically (to “some and not all”), are a paradigm case of pragmatic reasoning. Inferences of this sort are difficult for young children, but recent work suggests that this mismatch may stem from issues ...

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...

Missing Pieces in the NF-κB Puzzle

stimulate the migration and maturation of lymphocytes. Furthermore, NF-␬B is central for the overall immune response through its ability to activate genes coding for and cyclin D1, that are critical for apoptotic processes (Karin and Lin, 2002). regulation is the I␬B kinase (IKK) complex. This review is focused on recent progress as well as unanswered intriguing and outstanding questions that a...