From about the age of 45 or so initially, the lens gradually hardening, decreased flexibility, ciliary body function has been weakened, and onset of presbyopia.

大约从45岁左右初步，晶状体逐渐硬化、弹性下降，睫状体的功用也在减弱，然后出现老花眼。

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The study found that by the fourth month of job searching, participants decreased the time they spent looking for jobs. They went from initially dedicating 17 hours per week to 14 hours a week.

研究发现，在求职第四个月的时候，参与者花在求职上的时间从一开始每周17个小时下降到了每周14个小时。

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Mangano initially states that 28 cancer types out of 31 decreased over this time period, then admits only 14 were statistically significant, which means 14 out of 31 decreased since these types of comparisons are all about stastistics.

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