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IMMATURITY [18 records]

Record 1 2023-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

The main construct in Bowlby's … attachment theory is the attachment behavioral system, an innate psychobiological system that motivates people to seek proximity to supportive others(attachment figures) in times of need. Although the attachment system is most crucial in the early years of life, because of human infants’ extreme immaturity and dependence on others, Bowlby … claimed that it is active throughout life and is manifested in thoughts and behaviors related to proximity and support-seeking and in the resulting sense of security.

Key term(s)
  • attachment behavioral system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Le système d'attachement a pour but de favoriser la proximité de l'enfant avec une ou des figures adultes afin d'obtenir un réconfort lui permettant de retrouver un sentiment de sécurité interne face aux éventuels dangers de l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Sociology (General)
CONT

The concept of "infantilism" and its main features are defined as an organization of the personality that includes traits and behavioral models that are typical of one's earlier age periods and not appropriate to the person's actual age, which is most articulately manifested in emotional and volitional immaturity of an individual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
CONT

L'infantilisme correspond à l'état d'une personne qui se caractérise par la persistance à l'âge adulte de caractères propres à l'enfance. Il peut s'agir de caractères physiologiques (par exemple, un retard de développement de croissance et de la puberté) ou psychiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

[A] fish roe technician... sorts, grades, and packs egg skeins containing fish roe... [He or she] examines egg skeins for unacceptable conditions, such as immaturity, bruises, or blood saturation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Aquaculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Acuicultura
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Record 4 2021-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rural Planning (Agriculture)
  • Forage Crops
CONT

Intensive management of pastures to maintain forage immaturity and decrease fiber content can be utilized as a [methane] mitigation technique...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagements ruraux (Agriculture)
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
CONT

Dans une gestion intensive, le pâturage est subdivisé en petites parcelles, pour un broutage en séquence. Ainsi, l'herbe bénéficie d'un temps de repos pour croître entre les passages. [...] la gestion intensive des pâturages permet aux vaches de brouter de l'herbe jeune et riche de 4 à 6 fois par saison, sur une même parcelle.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

Kernels of wheat that are pink in colour because of immaturity, negatively affecting end-use quality.

CONT

Pink kernels are usually shrunken in appearance because of immaturity and display a pink discoloration that seems to be on the interior of the kernel. The pink discoloration has a negative impact on end-use quality.

OBS

Term and abbreviation used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

Key term(s)
  • pink kernel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Grains de blé qui sont roses à cause de leur immaturité, ce qui nuit à la qualité d'utilisation finale.

OBS

Terme et abréviation en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Key term(s)
  • grain rose

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Economía agrícola
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Record 6 2010-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
CONT

Fababeans, Canada(CAN).... No. 3 Canada. Cool and sweet, excluded from higher grades on account of immaturity, poor colour or damage.

OBS

poor colour; RCLR: term and abbreviation used at the Canadian Grain Commission in the field of cereal terminology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
CONT

Féveroles, Canada (CAN). [...] Canada no3. Fraîches, odeur agréable, exclues des grades supérieurs en raison de graines immatures, couleur médiocre ou dommages.

OBS

couleur médiocre; PCLR : terme et abréviation en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Economía agrícola
CONT

Es muy importante escoger les fabes, desechando las que tengan motas negras, mal color o cualquier otro defecto.

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Record 7 2007-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Crops
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

Kernels of wheat that are distinctly green because of immaturity.

OBS

Term used in grading Canadian grains at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

Gains de blé qui sont nettement verts à cause de leur immaturité.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains dans l'agréage du grain.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

The General Assembly, on November 20, 1959, unanimously adopted a Declaration of the Rights of the Child.... The preamble to the Declaration states that the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care before as well as after birth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Le 20 novembre 1959, l'Assemblée générale a adopté à l'unanimité la Déclaration des droits de l'enfant. [...] Le préambule de la Déclaration dit que l'enfant, en raison de son manque de maturité physique et intellectuelle, a besoin de protection spéciale et de soins spéciaux, avant comme après la naissance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de documentos y obras
  • Derechos y Libertades
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Record 10 2006-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sexology
DEF

The inability to respond sexually at an age-appropriate level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sexologie

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
DEF

A tartness or sharpness in the taste of wine due to the presence of fruit acids.

CONT

The sharp taste present in all fine dinner wines. Acidity gives early-maturing and white wines liveliness and bite, as opposed to tannin which creates a mouth puckering taste in young red wine.

CONT

Acidity caused by immaturity is recognizable by a taste of tartar : this defect may be remedied by further aging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Astringence du vin due au manque de maturité des raisins, à une richesse excessive en tanins et en tartrates.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria vinícola
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Record 12 2003-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System
DEF

A syndrome of respiratory difficulty in newborn infants caused by a deficiency of a molecule called surfactant.

OBS

The mature lung contains a foamy fluid known as surfactant, a substance essential to expansion of the alveoli, or air sacs of the lungs. Because of their immaturity, premature babies tend to lack surfactant. Without surfactant, the lungs cannot inflate resulting in RDS [respiratory distress syndrome].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire
CONT

Au cours d'une étude prospective, nous avons évalué la maturité pulmonaire chez des nouveau-nés à risque élevé à l'aide du test de Clements (TC). Les objectifs de cette étude étaient d'établir la corrélation entre le TC et le syndrome de détresse respiratoire à la naissance, de déterminer la validité du TC par rapport au score d'Apgar, d'évaluer la validité du TC par rapport au poids de naissance.

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
CONT

... "While we have dismissed his defence of diminished responsibility, we have noted his young age at the relevant time and his impressionability and immaturity, as well as his particular personality traits and the effect that the armed conflict in his home town had upon him. It is these factors which have led us to impose a less severe sentence than the seriousness and cruelty of his crimes would ordinarily require.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A delay in the development of appropriate emotional behaviour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Retard dans l'évolution de la vie affective d'un sujet qui demeure de ce fait dans un état de dépendance à l'égard de l'entourage.

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

Mild jaundice of the newborn, due mainly to functional immaturity of the liver.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
DEF

Ictère transitoire observé à la naissance, chez les prématurés et chez la moitié des nouveau-nés, la cellule hépatique n'ayant pas encore acquis ses capacités fonctionnelles normales.

Spanish

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Record 16 1999-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

A general term for a young bird from the time it acquires juvenile plumage, or its first plumage of true contour feathers, until it acquires full adult plumage. It does not connote sexual immaturity unless so specified because immatures of some species may be capable of breeding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Terme général utilisé pour désigner un jeune oiseau entre le moment où il acquiert son plumage juvénile, c'est-à-dire son premier plumage comportant des plumes de contour, et celui où il a acquis entièrement son plumage adulte. Se dit habituellement d'un oiseau qui n'a pas atteint la maturité sexuelle.

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
OBS

Refers to immaturity, undeveloped wines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Se dit d'un vin qui n'est pas complètement affiné.

Spanish

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Record 18 1981-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Education
OBS

Imperfect or incomplete state of development of one’s feelings or passions.

Key term(s)
  • affective immaturity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation spéciale
OBS

Retard du développement affectif, indépendant du niveau intellectuel, avec dépendance et quête affective.

Key term(s)
  • immaturité affective

Spanish

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