Crisis management in authoritarian regimes: A comparative study of COVID-19 responses in Turkey and Iran.

The new coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, was first identified in late 2019 and declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. Turkey and Iran have been heavily affected by the outbreak, with over 460,000 and 890,000 cases reported respectively, so far. Even though these two countries have similar political and ideological approaches and are roughly the same size in terms of population density, as well as despite a high number of reported COVID-19 cases, a fast infection spread rate, and mismanagement of the crisis in both countries, Turkey's death toll remained lower when compared to the death toll in Iran.

The Effects of Perceived Islamophobia on Group Identification and Acculturation Attitudes.

This study examines the effects of perceived Islamophobia on group identification and acculturation attitudes in a sample of Turkish Canadians. We tested the rejection-identification model (RIM) and the rejection-disidentification model (RDIM) to examine how perceived Islamophobia affects religious and national identification. The study also explores whether perceived Islamophobia, national identification, and religious identification have any impact on the acculturation attitudes of Turkish immigrants.

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma in normal human pregnancy and miscarriage.

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) belong to the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors. Recent investigations emphasize a possible involvement of PPAR in obstetric and gynaecologic disorders like polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis and preeclampsia. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and distribution of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) in normal human pregnancy and miscarriage.

Leptin and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors: impact on normal and disturbed first trimester human pregnancy.

Recent in vitro and in vivo studies emphasize the impact of leptin, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) and PPAR coactivators (retinoic X receptor a (RXR), amplified in breast cancer-3 gene (AIB3)) on placental and fetal development. Therefore, the frequency and distribution pattern of PPAR, RXR, AIB3 and leptin expression in normal human first trimester pregnancy, miscarriage and hydatidiform mole was investigated by immunohistochemistry and double immunofluorescence staining. Enhanced expression of PPAbeta/delta, RXR and AIB3 was identified in miscarried placentas.