Research shows that exercise can help to maintain physical function late in life and that exercising one's brain can limit the progression of senescence.

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And it has a physical effect on brain function and transmission by altering chemical pathways, like those involving adenosine.

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E-commerce has radically changed our habits and made us redefine the role, and the function, of physical sales outlets.

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Rather, HFCS supporters argue that obesity is as much a function of a corresponding decline in physical activity during the same period that HFCS consumption increased.

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The eating and physical padding can both sooth and protect so she can function on the job.

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Horn-honking had become a symbolic rite, evoking the function once filled, in the world of physical reality, by use of the brake pedal.

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We have spent far less on our physical and natural infrastructures than will be necessary for either to function in a way that is optimal for our present and future existence.

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"A society that has fear for its physical well-being and that of its children doesn't function properly, " he told Bloomberg.

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Already, 3D printing has been refined to the point where digital models can be duplicated into physical prototypes or production parts that closely resemble mass-produced products in looks and function.

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After all, it served that function well into the era of the jumbo jet, so there are no real physical constraints.

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