Born in Akron, Ohio to Nigerian parents, Unoma Nwankwor spent her childhood and
early adulthood years in Port - Harcourt, Nigeria.
Not exact matches
We humans are aware of change in personal development, as described in Shakespeare's «seven ages of man»; so we are used to planning for the next day, the next
year or even for a lifetime as when, in
early adulthood, we choose a career or a spouse.
Boy visits Tree only when he wants things» money as a youth, a house in
early adulthood, escape in later
years.
Only
years later did the
early Church switch its attention from Jerusalem
adulthood to Bethlehem beginnings.
From my
early years in Brooklyn just learning how to make my own tamales and create vegan translation of my favorite foods, to my
adulthood as a cookbook author taking over the world with cupcakes, and finally, my current life in Omaha, opening a vegan restaurant — Modern Love — in the heart of cattle country, these recipes will tell the story of my life.
We made trips to India about once every two to three
years throughout my childhood, and that increased to about once a
year by
early adulthood.
Also of note is the finding that the best performing young footballers who will go on to play the sport professionally display superior dribbling skills, endurance capacity and tactical awareness compared to their peers, from as
early as 14
years of age.9 17 These differences appear well before it is possible to accumulate 10 000 h of practice, but allow predictions of which players will go on to achieve best performances in
adulthood, suggesting that the effectiveness of and response to training, rather than simply training, determines success.
Over a 35 -
year period, the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaption (MLSRA) revealed that the quality of the
early attachment reverberated well into later childhood, adolescence, and
adulthood, even when temperament and social class were accounted for.
In the long term, any resulting anxiety and depression would then be the forbearers of later emotional problems during
early school
years, adolescence, and in
adulthood.
That sets the stage for the transition from the
early parent / friend
years to the parent - friendship that will characterize our relationship when our children grow into
adulthood.
That means the decisions you make in the
earliest months and
years carries well into your child's
adulthood.
Punishment produces good behavior in toddler in
early years but later it creates trouble when toddler reaches
adulthood.
«To tackle overweight and obesity effectively we need to adopt a life course approach — from pre-conception, through pregnancy, infancy,
early years, childhood, adolescence and teenage
years, and through to
adulthood and preparing for older age.»
«The increases in prevalence reported herein are important because such youth with diabetes will enter
adulthood with several
years of disease duration, difficulty in treatment, an increased risk of
early complications, and increased frequency of diabetes during reproductive
years, which may further increase diabetes in the next generation,» the researchers write.
Tics are at their worst for people with TS aged between 11 and 14
years old, but for the majority begin to improve throughout adolescence and into
early adulthood.
That idea would have been scoffed at just a few
years ago: The brain is malleable in the
early years, so the thinking went, but by
adulthood the only change possible is deterioration.
Breast cancer incidences increased rapidly in
early adulthood until ages 30 to 40
years for BRCA1 and until ages 40 to 50
years for BRCA2 carriers, then remained at a similar, constant incidence until age 80
years.
The research, published in the journal Scientific Reports, shows for the first time that the way in which fat is made within the body is not «pre-programmed» during the
early years of development as previously thought but even in
adulthood cells can be influenced by our environment to change the type of fat that is formed.
When asked to reflect on their lives, the participants older than 40 felt that time elapsed slowly in their childhood but then accelerated steadily through their teenage
years into
early adulthood.
So a team of scientists, led by Lucy Bowes at the University of Oxford, carried out one of the largest studies on the association between bullying by peers in teenage
years and depression in
early adulthood.
«Nearly one - third of
early adulthood depression could be linked to bullying in teenage
years.»
Tics associated with Tourette syndrome appear in children, peak during the
early teenage
years and often disappear in
adulthood.
If this were a causal relationship up to 30 % of depression in
early adulthood could be attributable to bullying in teenage
years, explain the authors, adding that bullying could make a substantial contribution to the overall burden of depression.
Elder «was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when he was eight
years old, at a time when most cystic fibrosis patients were only expected to live to
early adulthood,» according to a White House statement.
Oudekerk and her colleagues found that parents» use of psychological control at age 13 placed teens at risk for having problems establishing autonomy and closeness in relationships with friends and romantic partners that persisted eight
years later, into
early adulthood.
The researchers used data from the long - term Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, which includes 25
years of repeated measures of marijuana exposure starting in
early adulthood.
There have been hundreds of theories about schizophrenia over the
years, but one of the enduring mysteries has been how three prominent findings related to each other: the apparent involvement of immune molecules, the disorder's typical onset in late adolescence and
early adulthood, and the thinning of gray matter seen in autopsies of patients.
Breast cancer incidences increased rapidly in
early adulthood until ages 30 to 40
years for BRCA1 and until ages 40 to 50
years for BRCA2 carriers, then remained at a similar, constant incidence (20 - 30 per 1000 person -
years) until age 80
years.
Studies of childhood bullying with long - term follow - ups from the
early school
years through
adulthood are lacking, Sourander said.
Each had their weight and height measured at ages 7 and 13
years, and again in
early adulthood (between 17 and 26
years old).
Individual differences in this cognitive vulnerability appear to manifest in
early teenage
years and remain constant throughout
adulthood, but the researchers believed that it might still be controllable under certain circumstances.
Most of us also experienced outbreaks throughout our teenage
years, and some of us even have them to
early adulthood.
The
years of
early adulthood are a period of heightened social interaction, and the onset of
adulthood will do little to change that.
Starting as just a child, the film spans two decades of Marjane's life as she struggles to cope with all of the difficulties that come with adolescence, the teenage
years and
early adulthood; coupled with the strife of her nation.
The «Persepolis» books recount her childhood first in pre-revolutionary Iran and then under the repressive fundamentalist regime; her teenage
years as a student in Vienna, Austria, where her parents sent her after they began to fear their outspoken, free - spirited daughter might find herself in danger at home; her return to Iran in
early adulthood; and, finally, her painful reckoning with the fact that it's possible to both love your homeland and find yourself utterly unable to live in it.
I've spent the past few months researching another tumultuous
year, 1917, in which the U.S. made a radical policy turnaround in entering the first World War, Russia overthrew a czar and installed the world's first communist government, and the 22 -
year - old medium of the movies entered its
early adulthood.
On average over the 31 -
year period, children the PSID followed into
early adulthood completed 13.2
years of schooling by age 24, and 22.4 percent had completed college.
Physical activity is a habit so starting
early in a child's
earliest years is likely to entrench healthy, active behaviours in
adulthood.
Steiner Waldorf are, in principle, all - age schools, from
early years to young
adulthood, so during a child's school life, the role of «games» develops and changes.
Continuity: Families, schools, and communities co-create learning pathways that begin in the
early years and continue through young
adulthood, working to maintain pathways through transitions periods.
The Abecedarian Project was not a one - time hothouse program; it was immediately replicated with a new group of similar children (in Project CARE) who demonstrated equal benefits throughout their school
years and
early adulthood.
We also know that positive behaviour established in
early years will much more likely be continued into adolescence and
adulthood.
The Outdoor Learning sector will formally launch a campaign later this
year to promote a series of outdoor learning experiences for children and young people from
early years to
adulthood.
«The world economy is changing and it is through education, skills and training from the
early years into
adulthood that we will make sure no one is left behind — delivering a modern country that is globally competitive and fit for the future.»
Reynolds and colleagues have reported on the Chicago individuals starting in preschool, then annually through the school - age
years, and periodically through
early adulthood.
Wendy has served in the field of education for over 20
years, teaching students and families from infancy to
early adulthood.
The Oakland Achieves Partnership brings together community organizations with a deep commitment to public education to share expertise and resources to remove barriers to school success, expand educational opportunities, and help all learners to excel from their
earliest years through
adulthood.
As for age range for readership, I wrote the series for my nieces and nephews for when they turned tween -
early teen
years; however, I have a following of readers in age from around 9 yrs (young, but advanced readers) and up to ages well into
adulthood.
In Tom Shachtman's
early adulthood he worked at CBS News for three
years, learning the documentary craft on a wonderful series, The 21st Century, and then as Assistant Chief of the TV division of the National Geographic Society.
A moving depiction of the transformative power of first love, Hamann's first novel follows Eveline Auerbach from her high school
years in East Hampton, New York, in the 1970s through her
early adulthood in the moneyed, high - pressured Manhattan of the 1980s.