optimal development
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoptimalanddevelopment
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optimal
adjective
uk/ˈɒp.tɪ.məl/us/ˈɑːp.tə.məl/
best; most likely to bring success ...
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development
noun
uk/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofoptimalanddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The first important decision involves selecting a host niche that guaranteesoptimaldevelopmentof the progeny.
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A coherent, well-organized self depends on integration, and thus psychopathological dissociation represents a threat tooptimaldevelopmentof the self.
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An understanding of the neural circuitry involved in emotions, and the plasticity of this circuitry, can tell us much about threats to children'soptimaldevelopment.
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Results of studies show, however, that institutionalization, although a risk factor for lessoptimaldevelopment, does not doom a child to psychopathology.
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Institutional relationships will make it possible for youth to experience the positive attachment, imitation, identification, and internalization of healthy attitudes and values that lead tooptimaldevelopment.
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Lee et al. (2002) hypothesize that fetal-maternal communication exists in the preimplantation period, allowingoptimaldevelopmentof embryos.
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We next examine the phenomenological and attributional manifestations of organismic integration and autonomy in humans, as well as their linkages with specific types of motivational processes critical tooptimaldevelopment.
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This rigidity interferes withoptimaldevelopment.
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In the past few decades, efforts at promotingoptimaldevelopmentin children have increasingly focused on the earliest years of life, including the prenatal period, infancy, and toddlerhood.
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We know that orphanage life and the intellectual, physical, social, and emotional deprivation that it entails is clearly a risk factor for less thanoptimaldevelopment.
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Optimaldevelopmentdepends on both infant and the relational context.
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Although this is likely to be only a first step toward fostering attachment and significantly enhancing the possibilities for the baby'soptimaldevelopment, it is a most important step.
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It connotesoptimaldevelopmentacross a variety of life domains, such as social, academic and professional/career development, towards a positive purpose.
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Raspberries need ample sun and water foroptimaldevelopment.
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Therefore, solid state fermentation enables theoptimaldevelopmentof filamentous fungi, allowing the mycelium to spread on the surface of solid compounds among which air can flow.
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Anderson explained that a significant difficulty inoptimaldevelopmentof security technology is that incentives must be aligned with the technology to enable rational adoption.
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These organizations have as their purpose the support ofoptimaldevelopmentof infants and their families, and to that end they offer training and consultation for professionals and parents.
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