"Whatever the future of the Union, an electoral system that exacerbates divisions rather than reflects consensus and difference as it truly exists is unacceptable in a democracy; an electoral postcode lottery does not serve voters well".
Uncertainty in the economy, expensive and deadly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 45 million people without health insurance, high unemployment, financial and corporate disasters, a climate crises with irreversible consequences, record budget deficits and a broken political system that exacerbates the problems because too many politicians care more about their own re-election than solving problems.
Contrarily, chronic inflammation is featured by continual activation of the adaptive immune system that exacerbates the inflammatory response.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ever since independence in 1963, Kenya has been ruled by a winner-take-all political system that has exacerbated ethnic divisions and steadily turned the country into one of the most corrupt on the continent.
Taken together, a number of genes regulating surfactant lipid homeostasis were altered in type II cells isolated from the Stat3Δ/Δ mice, consistent with biochemical, functional, and morphologic changes in the surfactant system that is exacerbated by oxidant stress [ 12] or expose to pathogens [ 13].
But we still have a divided society exacerbated by a school system that lavishes advantage on the privileged and divides children, often irreversibly, from a young age – in some cases into the education equivalent of a different planet.
At present, inflationary pressures in the Chinese health system have been exacerbated by a reimbursement system that is essentially fee-for-service and linked to provider remuneration which in turn can create incentives for unnecessary care [9] [11].
In fact, research has begun to suggest that alcohol use by people infected with HIV can exacerbate an immune system that already is badly strained.
These disparities involve historical customs and practices in law enforcement and the criminal justice system that exacerbate structural inequities by focusing on urban areas, lower-income communities, and communities of color.
"It creates a political climate that exacerbates grass-roots activism".
