Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.

过高的房价使穷人负担得起的房源严重短缺。

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Poor blood oxygen levels and blood vessel blockages in people with sickle-cell disease can lead to chronic acute pain syndromes, severe bacterial infections, and necrosis (tissue death).

镰状细胞病患者血液含氧量低并且发生血管堵塞，可导致出现慢性和急性疼痛综合症、重度细菌感染和坏疽(组织坏死)。

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These symptoms, along with daytime fatigue and poor focus, occur less frequently in acute insomnia.

伴随症状有白天易疲劳、精神难以集中，而这些症状在急性失眠症中出现的没有这么频繁。

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Some particularly poor performing acute trusts were highlighted: Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals received a double weak rating, while the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust was deemed weak for the fourth year in a row.

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The disparity between rich and poor is not as acute as that found in Pakistan mainly because the country does not have an entrenched feudalistic system.

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This need is especially acute in poor and minority communities, where attracting the best and brightest teachers and having sufficient resources to nurture all students is at crisis levels.

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