Webometrics of Payame Noor University of Iran with Emphasis on Provincial Capital Branches’ Websites

The science of webometrics is the study of the quantitative aspects of the construction and use of information resources, structures and technologies on the Web. One of the most important applications of this field is university websites’ and scientific centers’ rankings which is considered as one of the most famous university ranking systems in the world. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and rank websites of Payame Noor Universities of Iran and provincial capitals. This research had employed a surveying and descriptive method, which was performed on 31 websites of provincial capitals’ Payame Noor Universities and Payame Noor’s main website. This study was performed and evaluated during March 1st to March 10th 2018, using Webometrics. The results of this study show that among Payame Noor University branches’, Fars, East Azarbaijan and Isfahan websites had the highest search engine index in Google. Tehran, Yazd and Ardebil branches had the highest external link views. Fars, Khuzestan and Hamedan branches’ websites had the highest number of rich files in Google’s search engine. None of the websites in the study had any referencing index in Google Scholar’s search engine. In general, the results of this research indicates that Payame Noor Universities in provincial capitals do not have a decent webometrics ranking and indexing and their contribution to the webometrics of the main Payame Noor University’s website is not befitting

Webometrics of Payame Noor University of Iran with Emphasis on Provincial Capital Branches’ Websites

The science of webometrics is the study of the quantitative aspects of the construction and use of information resources, structures and technologies on the Web. One of the most important applications of this field is university websites’ and scientific centers’ rankings which is considered as one of the most famous university ranking systems in the world. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and rank websites of Payame Noor Universities of Iran and provincial capitals. This research had employed a surveying and descriptive method, which was performed on 31 websites of provincial capitals’ Payame Noor Universities and Payame Noor’s main website. This study was performed and evaluated during March 1st to March 10th 2018, using Webometrics. The results of this study show that among Payame Noor University branches’, Fars, East Azarbaijan and Isfahan websites had the highest search engine index in Google. Tehran, Yazd and Ardebil branches had the highest external link views. Fars, Khuzestan and Hamedan branches’ websites had the highest number of rich files in Google’s search engine. None of the websites in the study had any referencing index in Google Scholar’s search engine. In general, the results of this research indicates that Payame Noor Universities in provincial capitals do not have a decent webometrics ranking and indexing and their contribution to the webometrics of the main Payame Noor University’s website is not befitting

The Role of Mass Media and Social Media in Developing Awareness of Self-Care Behavior against the Outbreak of Covid-19

Background: One of the problems that human beings usually face are Crises and the spread of communicable diseases, and they occasionally appear in societies and make many problems with human beings. Human beings need ways to prevent or reduce its possible harms, one of which seems to inform and raise or improve awareness of self-care behaviors against such incidents through mass media and social media. Therefore, this study aimed to survey the role of mass media and social media in developing awareness of self-care behavior against the outbreak of COVID-19. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study, 500 samples taken based on Morgan and Krejcie\u27s table as the participants, using the sampling convenience method. The data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire, with two parts of demographic information and research questions, after considering and evaluating its validity and reliability. The data then were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical tests by SPSS-20 from Mar. 29/2020 to Apr. 09/2020 in Gonabad City. Results: In terms of frequency, 53% were men and 47% were women. The participants were familiar with both mass and social media, but the use of the participants from mass media (5.3) was higher than that of social media (4.8), and vice versa in comparing in getting information and awareness, mass media (3.01) was lower in comparison with social media (3.2), as the participants said. Both of media were important in changing people\u27s self-care behaviors, although with a small difference, mass media ranked higher than social media and other resources, and this behavior change was shown higher in women (257.6) than in men (232.8). (P-value 0.040) Conclusion: According to the results, those in charge of the issue and the relevant managers in crises and the spread of diseases should make full use of the capabilities of these information sources and raise self-awareness with proper knowledge of the media, purposeful and optimal planning. In this way, they would keep the society away and maintain it from possible harms and dangers mostly in crises and global challenges

A Review of COVID-19 Scientific Publications by Iranian Researchers in 2020: A Scientometrics Study

Aims: The Covid-19 epidemy has become a serious threat and challenge to all people of the world. Due to the new and unknown nature of this disease, many scientific products have been published in this field in recent months. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to review the COVID-19 scientific publications by Iranian researchers in 2020 to identify the current situation. Materials & Methods: This applied research was carried out using scientometric methods and an analytical approach. All Covid-19 scientific publications by Iranian researchers were extracted from the Scopus citation database between January 2020 and January 2021, using an appropriate search strategy. Excel and VOSViewer software were used for analysis. Findings: In 2020, 2108 COVID-19 scientific publications have been published in the Scopus citation database. 45.35% of publications are related to articles, 24.09% are related to letters, 22.53% are related to review and other types of publications. The highest level of international cooperation of Iranian researchers has been with researchers from the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom. The most publications have been in the fields of medicine, immunology and microbiology and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. Also, the main thematic clusters of these publications have included research related to testing and diagnosis, treatment, prevention and health. Conclusion: The results of the present study show the one-year status of the COVID-19 scientific publications in Iran to assist and guide researchers and policymakers. It has also identified various aspects of research in this field in Iran

اثربخشی درمان شناختی-رفتاری مذهبی در مقایسه با درمان شناختی-رفتاری سنتی بر بهبود عاطفه و امید مبتلایان به افسردگی اساسی

خلفية البحث وأهدافه: تشیر بعض الدراسات أن للدین والنزعة الدینیة دور بارز في تحسین مستوی الحیاة النفسیة. ونظرا لهذا الأمر تهدف هذه الورقة البحثیة إلی دراسة دور العلاج المعرفي-السلوکي الدیني مقارنة بدور العلاج المعرفي-السلوکي التقلیدي في تحسین السلوك العاطفي والأمل لدی المصابین بالکآبة العمیقة. منهجية البحث: المنهجیة التي اعتمدتها الدراسة هي منهجیة الإختبار العشوائي ومنهج ماقبل الإختبار/مابعد الإختبار. وقد اختیر 42 شخصاً من بین المصابین بالکآبة العمیقة ممن زاروا المراکز الإستشاریة. وابقت الدراسة 30 مشارکاً من مجموع المشارکین في الدراسة، لإجراء البحوث النهائیة. وتلقی 15 شخصاً العلاج المعرفي-السلوکي التقلیدي و15 شخصاً العلاج المعرفي-السلوکي الدیني بصورة منفردة. اما آلیة جمع المعلومات التي اعتمدت علیها الدراسة فهي تشمل اللقاءات شبه البنیویة علی أساس DSM5(SCID-I)، واستبیان النزعة الدینیة لدی جلارك واستاك (CRS)، وأیضا استبیان بك حول الکآبة (BDI-II)، والعاطفة الإیجابیة والسلبیة لدی واتسون(PANAS) واستبیان الأمل لدی اشنایدر (AHS). وقد أجاب المشارکون علی الإستبیانات بأسبوع قبل بدء الدورة العلاجیة وأسبوع بعد انتهاء الجلسات العلاجیة. وقد امتد العلاج لعشرة جلسات علاجیة استغرقت کل جلسة خمیسن دقیقة. واعتمدت الدراسة لفرز المعطیات وتحلیلها علی منهج الإنحدار المتعدد. یذکر أنه تمت مراعاة جمیع الموارد الأخلاقیة في هذا البحث وأن مؤلفي البحث لم یشیروا إلی أيّ تضارب في المصالح. المعطیات: اظهرت النتائج أن العلاج المعرفي-السلوکي الدیني یحقق نتائج أکثر إیجابیة مقارنة بالعلاج المعرفي-السلوکي التقلیدي ویرفع مستوی الأمل لدی المصابین بالکآبة (001/0P<). فصحیح أن کلا العلاجین الدیني والتقلیدي یؤدیان إلی تحسین المعنویات وتعزیز العاطفة الإیجابیة وخفض مستوی العاطفة السلبیة، إلّا أن تأثیر کل منهما لا یختلف بشکل کبیر وملحوظ. الاستنتاج: علی الرغم من أن العلاج المعرفي-السلوکي الدیني یؤدي إلی تعزیز الشعور بالأمل لدی الأفراد؛ لکن لابد من تعزیز الأسالیب والفنون العلاجیة ذات النزعة الدینیة والإعتماد علیها بشکل أکبر لتحقیق التأثیر الإیجابي في المشاعر الإیجابیة وخفض تأثیر الشعور السلبي.Background and Objective: Some studies show that religion and spirituality play a role in increasing mental well-being. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of religious cognitive-behavioral therapy in comparison with conventional cognitive-behavioral therapy in improving the affect and hope in the patients with depression. Methods: This is an experimental study with a pre-test post-test design. The participants were selected from people with depression who referred to counseling centers. In this study, 42 participants were included, and finally 30 remained until the end of the study. Fifteen patients received conventional cognitive-behavioral therapy and 15 received religious cognitive-behavioral therapy individually. Data collection instruments included semi-structured DSM-based interviews (SCID-I), Glark and Stock Religiosity Questionnaires (CRS), Beck Depression Second Edition (BDI-II), Watson’s Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and Snyder’s Adult Hope Scale (AHS). The participants answered the questionnaires one week before the treatment and one week after the end of the treatment sessions. Each protocol consisted of ten sessions. Data were analyzed using ccovariance analysis. In this study, all the ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interests. Results: The findings showed that religious cognitive behavioral therapy significantly increases hope and its components more than conventional cognitive behavioral therapy (P<0.001). The findings also showed that although both religious and conventional treatments significantly increased positive affect and decreased negative affect, their effectiveness did not differ significantly. Conclusion: Although religious cognitive-behavioral therapy promotes people's hope, but it should be promoted in terms of components and psychological techniques combined with spirituality to increase its effectiveness in increasing positive affect and reducing negative affect.سابقه و هدف: برخی از پژوهش‌ها نشان می‌دهد که دین و معنویت در افزایش بهزیستی روانی نقش دارد. هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی اثر‌بخشی درمان شناختی-رفتاری مذهبی در مقایسه با درمان شناختی-رفتاری سنتی در بهبود عاطفه و امید مبتلایان به افسردگی بود. روش کار: روش این پژوهش کارآزمایی تصادفی با پیش‌آزمون-پس‌آزمون است. از میان افراد مبتلا به افسردگی که به مراکز مشاوره مراجعه ‌کرده بودند، 42 نفر انتخاب شدند و درنهایت 30 نفر تا اتمام پژوهش باقی ماندند. 15 نفر درمان شناختی-رفتاری سنتی و 15 نفر درمان شناختی-رفتاری مذهبی را به‌صورت فردی دریافت کردند. ابزار گردآوری داده‌ها شامل مصاحبۀ نیمه‌ساختاریافته بر اساس DSM5 (SCID-I)، پرسش‌نامه‌های دین‌داری گلارک و استاک (CRS)، افسردگی بک؛ ویراست دوم (BDI-II)، عاطفۀ مثبت و منفی واتسون (PANAS) و‌ امید اشنایدر (AHS) بود که شرکت‌کنندگان یک هفته پیش از شروع درمان و یک هفته بعد از اتمام جلسات درمانی به پرسش‌نامه‌ها پاسخ دادند. هر شیوه‌نامه شامل 10 جلسۀ 50 دقیقه‌ای بود. داده‌ها با استفاده از آزمون تحلیل کوواریانس تجزیه‌وتحلیل شد. در این پژوهش همۀ موارد اخلاقی رعایت شده است و مؤلفان تضاد منافعی گزارش نکرده‌اند. یافته‌ها: یافته‌های پژوهش نشان داد که درمان شناختی-رفتاری مذهبی به‌صورت معناداری بیش از درمان شناختی-رفتاری سنتی موجب افزایش امید و مؤلفه‌های آن ‌شد (001/0P<). همچنین، اگرچه دو درمان مذهبی و سنتی به‌طور معناداری موجب افزایش عاطفۀ مثبت و کاهش عاطفۀ منفی شدند، اما اثربخشی آنها با یکدیگر تفاوت معناداری نداشت. نتیجه‌گیری: اگرچه درمان شناختی-رفتاری مذهبی موجب تقویت امید افراد می‌شود اما باید به لحاظ مؤلفه‌ها و فنون‌ روان‌شناختی آمیخته به معنویت تقویت شود تا اثربخشی آن در افزایش عاطفۀ مثبت و کاهش عاطفۀ منفی بیشتر شود

The Effectiveness of Islamic Cognitive-behavioral Therapy Compared With Conventional Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Reducing Depression and Increasing Life Satisfaction and Spiritual Health in Patients With Depression

Background and Objectives: Some studies have shown that spirituality and religion are related to more life satisfaction and less depression. The present study examined the effectiveness of Islamic cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) compared to conventional CBT in reducing depression and increasing life satisfaction and spiritual health in patients with depression. Methods: This is a random trial with a pre-test-post-test design. There were 30 participants in this study; 15 participants received conventional CBT and 15 received Islamic CBT. The instruments used for data collection included a semi-structured interview based on diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5), Glock and Stark’s (1970) Religiosity Scale, Beck’s depression inventory, Diner’s life satisfaction questionnaire (1985), and Paloutzian’s spiritual wellbeing scale, which were filled in before and after the treatment sessions. Each protocol included ten 50-minute sessions. The collected data were finally analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). Results: Islamic CBT led to a significantly higher level of spiritual health compared to conventional CBT (P<0.001). Both methods led to a significant reduction in depression and increased life satisfaction and no significant difference was found between them. Conclusion: It is suggested that Islamic CBT should be improved in terms of psychological components and techniques combined with spirituality so that its effectiveness in reducing depression and increasing life satisfaction can be improved compared to conventional CBT

Synthesis of TiC@C-anatase/rutile@polyvinyl alcohol/xylan: a powerful photocatalyst for degradation of organic pollutant under visible light

In this study, a composite bearing titanium carbide (TiC), titanium dioxide (TiO2), polyvinyl alcohol and xylan (TiC@C-anatase/rutile@polyvinyl alcohol/xylan) was synthesized and applied as a photocatalyst for the degradation of bromophenol blue (BPB) solution through several steps. Nanostructure of TiC and TiO2 in the anatase and rutile phases was obtained through heat treatment of TiC at different times and temperatures (TiC@AR) which led to a reduction in energy bandgap from UV to visible light, in addition to the enhancement of the surface activity. After TiC@AR polymerization by xylan and polyvinyl alcohol and obtaining TiC@AR/PX, the energy bandgap reduced to IR range (52% of the sunlight) while showing an enhancement in the surface activity. The photocatalytic activity of the compounds was tested by studying the decomposition of BPB solution under visible light. The result illustrated the ability of TiC and TiC@AR to decrease the concentration of BPB after 150 min by 35% and 37%, respectively, while this reduction was 72% for TiC@AR/PX. Considering the effective parameters, the energy bandgap and the surface layer played key roles in photocatalytic degradation

Synthesis of TiC@C-anatase/rutile@polyvinyl alcohol/xylan: a powerful photocatalyst for degradation of organic pollutant under visible light

In this study, a composite bearing titanium carbide (TiC), titanium dioxide (TiO2), polyvinyl alcohol and xylan (TiC@C-anatase/rutile@polyvinyl alcohol/xylan) was synthesized and applied as a photocatalyst for the degradation of bromophenol blue (BPB) solution through several steps. Nanostructure of TiC and TiO2 in the anatase and rutile phases was obtained through heat treatment of TiC at different times and temperatures (TiC@AR/PX, the energy bandgap reduced to IR range (52% of the sunlight) while showing an enhancement in the surface activity. The photocatalytic activity of the compounds was tested by studying the decomposition of BPB solution under visible light. The result illustrated the ability of TiC and TiC@AR to decrease the concentration of BPB after 150 min by 35% and 37%, respectively, while this reduction was 72% for TiC@AR/PX. Considering the effective parameters, the energy bandgap and the surface layer played key roles in photocatalytic degradation