The paper provided beneficial foundations for the control of decline disease of Sophora japonica and a good example for other decline diseases of urban trees.

该研究结果为国槐衰退病的防治提供了理论依据，也为城市其他树木衰退或枯死原因的研究和防治提供参考。

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Of the two plausible explanations for the decline—increased predation by killer whales or disease—disease is the more likely.

对于鲸鱼数量的下降，有两种可能的解释——虎鲸捕食或疾病的增加——疾病的可能性更大。

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If the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease would likely decline.

如果这些其他物种的种群数量增加，蜱类捕获细菌的数量就会减少，因此感染莱姆病的人数就会减少。

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For these reasons, they are unable to demonstrate whether an observed reduction in hospital admissions was due to measurable reductions in exposure to tobacco smoke or to other factors, such as the long-term continuing decline in heart disease rates, other factors that may affect smoking prevalence, changes in other risk factors for heart disease, or mere chance fluctuations.

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Eli Lilly, however, is proceeding with its solanezumab compound, which slowed cognitive decline in patients with mild disease, but showed no statistically significant reduction in functional decline ( see this).

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If water resources continue to be poorly managed, food and energy production will decline, and waterborne disease will increase.

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