How Can Some Mergers Activate Spirals, and Others Destroy Them

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Essay

How can some mergers activate spirals, and others destroy them?

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Definitions:

Skin-To-Skin STIs

Sexually transmitted infections that can be transmitted through direct skin-to-skin contact, not requiring the exchange of bodily fluids.

Contracting HIV

The process of becoming infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which can lead to AIDS if not treated.

Chain Migration

The social process by which immigrants from a particular town follow others from that town to a particular city or neighborhood in a new country.

Socially Isolated

A state in which an individual has limited contact with others and lacks a wider social network, leading to feelings of loneliness or seclusion.