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What is meant by the 'symmetrical family' and what are the reasons for its rise?

There has been a growing trend that moves away from the separated conjugal roles of the within the family towards the symmetrical family, which basically means more similar roles exist. These include women n...
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What are social action/interactionist theories?

Social action theories and interactionism can be defined as micro level, 'bottom up' approaches that focus on the actions and interactions of the individual. Importantly these theories are voluntaristic, the...
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When do mutations not cause a change in amino acid sequence?

The genetic code is degenerate - this means that amino acids can be coded for in more than one way. In an mRNA sequence coding for a protein, each amino acid in the protein is encoded by one codon (set of th...
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How can an object accelerate without changing speed?

Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity. Since velocity is a vector quantity (it has both magnitude and direction) defined as speed in a particular direction, any change in either speed or ...
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microeconomics

Water is produced and sold by the government. Demand for water is represented by the linear function Q=50-2P. The total cost function for water production is also a linear function: TC(Q) = 100 + 10Q. a. Sho...
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