The transfer of memories from the hippocampus to the neocortex could protect "these memories against interference from information subsequently encoded in the hippocampus," the researchers write.

研究人员表明，将记忆从海马体转移到新大脑皮层可以保护这些记忆，“使它们不被随后进入海马体的信息所干扰。”

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They protect workers against everything from flour dust in a grain elevator to the damaging organic chemicals in paint spray.

从谷物升降机内的粉尘到喷漆中的有害有机物，这些面具保护工人免遭它们造成的伤害。

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Studies have shown antioxidants consumed in the diet can help protect against everything from heart disease to cancers.

科学研究发现，在日常饮食中摄入抗氧化剂有助于防止从心脏病到癌症这样疾病的发生。

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Mangrove forests protect land against erosion from wind, water and storms.

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Grayson says that while Felipe Calderon's campaign against the powerful drug lords is a necessary effort to protect the nation from criminal enterprises, it will not end narcotics trafficking.

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Some suggest that, while Israel's peace treaty with Jordan is reasserted, a buffer zone could be drawn up on the eastern side of the Jordan river, perhaps monitored by peacekeepers from NATO or the UN, to protect Israel against an invasion from the east and to enable it to withdraw from the West Bank.

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Cereals made from whole grains appear to protect against hypertension slightly more than those made from refined grains (which have had their fiber- and nutrient-rich parts removed), the study found.

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This sounds like Facebook is planning on using the patent as a defensive move, to protect against lawsuits from other patent-holders.

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