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Making Fatima’s Presence Visible : Embodied Practices, Shiʿi Aesthetics and Socio-Religious Transformations in Iran

Iran has witnessed an increase in cohabitation relationships, or so-called white marriages (izdiwāj-i sifīd), which has caused wide political and religious efforts in cultivating religious selves based on an Islamically defined moral order. This article examines the symbolic re-enactment of the wedding of Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, and Ali, the Prophet’s cousin and the first Shi

Interaction between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses an enormous challenge to health care systems throughout the world, but it doesn’t affect every individual to the same extent. There is great variability in disease outcomes. Therefore, identifying the main prognostic risk factors is of paramount importance. These include increased age, skin pigmentation, obesity, pre-existing illness, and vitamin D deficie

Hepato-pulmonary shunts

Hepato-pulmonary shunts might develop in some patients with severe liver disease, usually when cirrhosis has developed. At this stage, a dilatation of intra-pulmonary vessels might develop causing defects in blood oxygenation. Shortness of breath is a common symptom. The disease might be asymptomatic but it has an impact of patient's quality of life. The identification of shunt dysfunction is base