(1) The centenarian has already been tested by life and found exceptionally fit.
(2) The frequencies of 80 HLA antigen phenotypes in 82 centenarians and 20 nonagenarians in Okinawa, Japan, were compared with those in other healthy adults in various age-brackets.
(3) By clinical observations of 115 centenarians and 742 nonagenarians, the actual state of mental aging of the very old Japanese and some factors relating to it are shown in this paper.
(4) We compared the clinical laboratory findings of the centenarians with that of 60-80 year olds.
(5) We think centenarians do not present a special case and our clinical observations suggest a continuous process of aging.
(6) Cytofluorimetric analysis of peripheral blood lymphocytes showed a striking age-dependent decrease in total and CD5+B cells (without changes in their ratio), which reached its nadir in centenarians.
(7) The centenarian, one of about 24 Japanese alive who have passed the 110-year milestone, claims she has never been ill, and quickly recovered after breaking her leg in a fall at the age of 102.
(8) Vital statistics data previously published by the Registrar General of England and Wales have been separated into male and female deaths in 1960-69 aged 100, 1961-70 aged 101, 1962-71 aged 102 etc., to represent cohorts of 292 male and 1463 female centenarians born in 1859-1869.
(9) Like other super-centenarians (110 or older), the daughter of sharecroppers and granddaughter of slaves had her own explanation of her longevity – more than 10 hours of sleep a night and lifelong abstinence from alcohol and cigarettes.
(10) Results revealed differences in personality: centenarians scored higher on dominance, suspiciousness, and imagination.
(11) The urogenital and digestive systems in 23 centenarians (7 males and 16 females) were examined pathologically.
(12) Though age-related changes were present in the centenarians, these age-related biological changes did not hinder them from reaching very old age.
(13) By contrast, prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in centenarians was not significantly different from that in controls aged less than 50.
(14) Most of these centenarians died of bronchopneumonia or myocardial fibrosis.
(15) Compared to the younger cohorts, centenarians consumed breakfast more regularly, avoided weight loss diets and large fluctuations in body weight, consumed slightly more vegetables, and relied on their doctor and family more than on the news media for nutrition information.
(16) But studies and testimony from centenarians suggest that lasting friendships, community ties, as well as generous pensions and decent healthcare, can be as important as eating well, avoiding tobacco and drinking in moderation.
(17) Demographic data of 218 centenarians in Hungary were collected, and 123 were examined by a medical team.
(18) The concentration of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) was measured in samples of cortex from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), fetuses with Down's syndrome (DS), and also in a group of centenarians.
(19) There were nearly 59,000 centenarians in Japan in September last year, government figures show – which means 46 out of every 100,000 people is 100 or over.
(20) But does this tally with the advice of other centenarians?
Centenary
Definition:
(a.) Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.
(a.) Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial.
(n.) The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.
(n.) A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.
Example Sentences:
(1) On 8 January, the ANC held its centenary celebrations in a large sports stadium in the provincial town of Bloemfontein.
(2) • Jeremy Paxman, the Newsnight presenter, has criticised David Cameron for comments he made on how Britain will mark the centenary of the first world war.
(3) "There are plenty of things she can wax lyrical about without getting into tricky areas: the upcoming first world war centenary, the need for a more global outlook in the economy, the inspiring achievements of British parliamentary democracy."
(4) Three minutes’ walk from Westfield is Centenary Square, the redeveloped public space that now blurs into City Park, a huge combination of a shallow artificial lake and towering fountains.
(5) But there is another, much less regarded, yet significant centenary occurring this year – 1914 saw the passage of the Government of Ireland Act , the first extensive legislation for devolution in what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
(6) Last year, Hastings indicted Gove's boss David Cameron for sucking up to the Germans intolerably over events commemorate the centenary of the start of the first world war.
(7) For anyone visiting the Emerald Isle it will be hard to miss the centenary salutes throughout the year.
(8) September A dining car on the Trans-Siberian – the 9,288km railway from Moscow to Vladivostok celebrated the centenary of its completion this year.
(9) In 1981, with Joyce's centenary celebrations looming, he resumed work on the illustration series.
(10) On the eve of the museum's centenary, Professor Chris Rapley, said that people needed to be shown a positive picture of low-carbon future rather than focus on how difficult the global warming problem is.
(11) The centenary of the first world war takes place this July, not August.
(12) The Brazilians gave a present for their centenary,” he added.
(13) The Glasgow Games will be followed immediately by the main, official first world war centenary remembrance service at Glasgow Cathedral – a commemoration seen by pro-unity campaigners as evidence of the UK's powerful shared history.
(14) Speaking on Tuesday at Broadcasting House, Hall will set out his vision for the corporation over the next decade, running up to its centenary in 2022.
(15) This may threaten their party’s chances in the republic’s general election, likely in the spring, which could coincide with the centenary of the 1916 rising.
(16) The team that delivers the Proms, the World Cup, the royal wedding, and our coverage of the world war one Centenary.
(17) Culture secretary Maria Miller, communities secretary Eric Pickles and the prime minister's special representative for the centenary, Andrew Murrison, will unveil plans to spend more than £50m, including a substantial grant towards refurbishing the first world war galleries at the Imperial War Museum and a grant to make HMS Caroline, the last surviving warship from the battle of Jutland, into a floating museum.
(18) The life and works of Claude Bernard (1813-1878) have been discussed with special reference to the importance of his researches in relation to modern anaesthesia and in commemoration of the centenary of his death.
(19) "As we head towards our centenary in 2022 I want us to be much more confident about the mission Lord Reith gave us 100 years before," he said.
(20) While he laments a conspiratorial denigration of “the bravery of men and women who fought for, and believed in, Britain’s special tradition of liberty”, it would have perhaps been polite for him to acknowledge in the centenary of that conflict that of those fighting for British liberty, only slightly fewer than 15% were actually British.