Sentences with phrase «from reaching adulthood»

This means that in order to prevent heartworms from reaching adulthood, the preventative can be given up to 6 weeks after the mosquito bite and still work.

(S)- methoprene is an insect growth regulator and prevents immature flea stages from reaching adulthood.

(S)- methoprene and pyriproxyfen are insect growth regulators and prevent immature flea stages from reaching adulthood.

Oxitec's Simon Warner: Engineered male fall armyworms contain a gene that prevents female offspring from reaching adulthood, reducing wild pest...

fred The Bible said that at a time when the world's human population was only in the millions, and disease generally prevented about 30 % of all children from reaching adulthood, so having large families was a way of hedging your bet.

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«Past research has found that people grow steadily happier as they age from adolescence to older adulthood, with happiness peaking when people reach their 60s and 70s; the moodiness of youth subsides, and maturity brings more contentment.

In fact, several had willingly deferred their sponsorship upon reaching young adulthood so that other children could benefit from the funds.

From Pew: «As a rising cohort of highly unaffiliated millennials reaches adulthood, the median age of unaffiliated adults has dropped to 36, down from 38 in 2007 and far lower than the general (adult) population's median age of 46.&raFrom Pew: «As a rising cohort of highly unaffiliated millennials reaches adulthood, the median age of unaffiliated adults has dropped to 36, down from 38 in 2007 and far lower than the general (adult) population's median age of 46.&rafrom 38 in 2007 and far lower than the general (adult) population's median age of 46.»

I don't struggle through the late afternoon crash that has been turning my mind to mush from the hours of 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. since I reached adulthood.

«There is an accumulating body of knowledge based on many studies that shows only minor differences between children of divorce and those from intact families, and that the great majority of children with divorced parents reach adulthood to lead reasonably fulfilling lives.»

By analyzing the data collected from two generations of participants in the study, investigators found that the breast - fed babies were more likely to have a lower body mass index (BMI) and higher level of HDL cholesterol — often referred to as «the good cholesterol» — when they reached adulthood.

When members of the rising generation reach adulthood, they receive a grant from this central fund.

In his Agrarian Justice, published in 1797, Tom Paine argued that every citizen reaching adulthood should receive a capital grant from the state, paid for by a tax on inherited wealth.

This star, already more than 30 times the mass of our Sun, is still in the process of gathering material from its parent molecular cloud, and may be even more massive when it finally reaches adulthood.

When she reaches adulthood and is played by Zhang Ziyi, a geisha from another house, Mameha (Yeoh), buys Sayuri and teaches her to be the greatest geisha of all time, commanding the highest price ever paid for her virginity.

While globally the percentage of illiterate adults fell from 18 % in 2000 to 14 % in 2015, this progress is almost entirely attributed to more educated young people reaching adulthood.

A child brought up one way may go through their life collecting facts and opinions from others and, as a result, may come to an entirely different decision by the time they reach adulthood.

A star the size of our sun requires about 50 million years to mature from the point it is «born» to the time it reaches adulthood.

But as his children reach adulthood he finds it harder to keep his vow, and keep away from the lovely Estelle.

From online - only banks to traditional brick - and - mortar institutions, this list includes some of the best savings accounts and checking options available for those reaching adulthood in the 21st century.

«Retailers should help the consumer determine the likely size of their dog when it reaches full adulthood, so they can make a one - time crate purchase that will fit their dog from small puppy to full - grown adult,» she says, adding that the crate should also include a divider panel to help adjust the living space for the pet.

Those who reached adulthood would have endured a series of ups and mostly downs while being passed on from home to home, ending up in a shelter in the best of cases.

If you're getting your Chihuahua puppy from breeders, ask what size they expect him to be when he reaches adulthood.

It is important to realize that such puppies will not develop adult heartworms or heartworm disease from these microfilariae; in order for a heartworm to reach adulthood, it must be passed through a mosquito.

But yes, I think that this general idea is probably one reason that socialization and fear periods have evolved the way that they have — they are a holdover from a social structure that made sense for their wild ancestors, with a closed social group and not much reason to be open to new things after reaching adulthood, even though these traits may no longer be adaptive in their current role as pets.

By the time a flea has reached adulthood and is taking blood meals from a pet, it has made all the chitin it needs and is not directly affected by the lufenuron it is drinking in the pet's blood.

Old Zelda fans familiar with reaching adulthood, slashing Ganon's throat, and stopping a moon from crushing a small town may not give a crap about driving a train and blowing said train's whistle when nagging passengers demand it.

In No Title (I Was Beginning)(2001), the artist uses the Statue of Liberty as a metaphor for a girl reaching puberty and adulthood, fusing these signifiers with a direct reference to Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes» iconic Bossa Nova ballad The Girl from Ipanema.

Food & Water Watch, which is strongly opposed to the project, clarifies that the males are not actually sterile — they reproduce, but they pass on a lethal gene that prevents the offspring from ever reaching adulthood.

This plan is ideal if you need to have life insurance until your kids reach adulthood, you have a 15 - year mortgage or you're 15 years away from retirement.

Today, I am interested in leading your team as a department manager.Once I reached adulthood, I was equipped with additional leadership qualities and skills that I learned from school and other experiences.

In this regard, «emotional cutoff... how some family members, usually upon reaching adulthood, attempt to break off contact with their families in the mistaken notion that they can insulate themselves from fusion» may not resolve conflict (Goldenberg & Goldenberg, 1996, p. 176).

The prognosis is poor for children with RAD who don't get the help they need as they reach adulthood and are released from protective care.