简介：Purpose:Thepurposeofthepresentstudywastoinvestigatetheage-relatedchangesintheenduranceperformanceamongmaleamateurmarathonrunners.Methods:Subjectsweretakenfromthe36StockholmMarathonsheldfrom1979through2014,andageandfinishingtimewereanalyzedforatotalof312,342malerunners.Results:Therelationwasfoundtobeasecond-orderpolynomial,t=a+bx+cx~2,whichmodels99.7%ofthevariationintheaveragerunningtimetasafunctionofagex.Themodelshowsthatthemarathonperformanceoftheaveragerunnerimprovesuptoage34.3±2.6years,thereafter,theperformancestartstodecline.Aquantificationoftheage’sinfluenceonrunningtimeshowsthatitaccountsfor4.5%ofthetotalvarianceseenintheperformancedata.Conclusion:Theseoutcomesindicatethattheeffectofageonperformanceinendurancerunningeventsisclearlymeasurable,quantifiable,andpossibletodescribe.Atthesametimethefindingsindicatethatotherfactors,suchastraining,affecttheperformancemore.Acomparisonwiththeeliteshowedpeakperformanceatthesameage,buttheratesofchangeinperformancewithage,improvementaswellasdegradation,wasfoundtobehigheramongtheelite.

简介：本文基于语料库研究的方法,运用在线语料库检索工具SketchEngine,根据英语国家语料库（BNC）中大量的事实语料,对MALE和FEMALE两个名词的词汇语法搭配行为和模式进行比较研究,从而为性别语言差异的研究提供更加有力的数据支持,使研究结果更加具有可信度和说服力。

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