The phrase "adults function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to discuss the behaviors, roles, or capabilities of adults in various contexts, such as psychology, sociology, or everyday life.
Example: "Understanding how adults function in different social settings can help improve communication and relationships."
Alternatives: "adult behavior" or "adult capabilities".
In Paula Fox's universe, adults function by evasion, deferral, "Disneyfication".
Specifically, the ridiculous is presented as completely ration, i.e. in the section on temperature description of at what degree adults function - males move twice as fast at 60 degrees, females show more complicated behavior which affects sexuality.
Most mature clitellates (the group that includes earthworms and leeches) are full hermaphrodites, although in a few leech species younger adults function as males and become female at maturity.
These are families with children, but no functioning adults (functioning adults are people who have proven that they can at least take care of themselves).
Nowadays, pediatric surgeons so prize normalcy that they perform sexual surgery on infants without concern for adult function; they may also withhold information from parents, and even override their consent, when dealing with birth defects.
It is also still a matter of debate whether the development-specific activity patterns are critical for the adult function and behavioural performance or simply a by-product of maturation processes.
Prostatic growth, differentiation and adult function are dependent upon the presence of androgens.
Hox proteins are transcription factors that play important roles in embryonic development and adult function of many tissues and organ systems.
Three of these genes (eg, ple, y) were down-regulated in mature males, possibly indicating that they are important in early adult development, or that their down-regulation is necessary for normal adult function.
Animal studies have also found that early-onset obesity may negatively affect adult function.
In adult flies, the NF-κB protein Dif is the Toll signaling effecter molecule in response to immune challenge, while the adult function of Dl is not clear.
