Scientific Outputs and Co-authorship Patterns in the Fields of Electronic, Civil and Mechanical Engineering of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University (2000-2019): A Scientometric Analysis

The purpose of this study was to investigate the scientific outputs and co-authorship patterns of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University in the fields of electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering, based on Web of Science (2000-2019). The paper relied on both quantitative and scientometric methods. 1870 and 291 records were retrieved respectively for "Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University" and "the fields of electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering". The questions and assumptions were answered through descriptive and inferential statistics. VOSviewer and SPSS were used respectively for mapping and testing assumptions. The findings showed that the total scientific outputs of electrical engineering in the world, indexed by the Web of Science (2000-2019) were 2,973,902, of which 44,768 records (1.6%) belonged to Iran (rank 16). During the same period, the total civil engineering records was 395,649, of which 11,876 records (3%) belong to Iran (rank 10). In addition, the total scientific outputs of mechanical engineering were 941,586, of which 25,263 records (2.7%) belonged to Iran (rank 12). The findings showed that in Iran Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University in electrical engineering is ranked 36th (2000-2019). The findings showed that Ajami with 43 (17%), Hoveidae with 5 (23%), Gharraei and Mohammadpourfard, each with 10 records (17%), were the top authors in the fields of electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering (2000-2019), respectively. Also, Ajami with 43 (1000 citations), Najafi with 42 (564 citations), Banaei with 41 records (473 citations), and Oskuee with 16 records (305 citations) have high co-authorship densities (37, 31, 22, and 29, respectively). Moreover, there was no meaningful difference between men and women in electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering in scientific outputs (Sig=0.0927). Furthermore, there was a significant difference in scientific outputs among electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering researchers in departments and university ranks.https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.20088302.2022.20.2.11.6  

Exploring Parental Involvement in Rare Disease Research and Advocacy

As patient engagement in research becomes increasingly common, it has grown important to develop best practices for its use. One aspect of patient engagement that remains empirically and conceptually under-explored is how to identify the appropriate patients to partner with for patient engagement in research. The limited available evidence suggests that researchers often partner with patient advocacy organizations (PAOs). Yet little is known about whether patient advocates have experiences and views of research that differ from those of patients who are uninvolved in advocacy work, and from a normative perspective, it is unclear whether and why it might matter if they did. This dissertation seeks to advance our understanding of these issues by exploring whether individuals who are involved in patient advocacy work have different experiences and beliefs about research than patients who are not involved in advocacy, and how patients' beliefs about research are related to their degree of advocacy involvement in general. To explore these topics, interviews were conducted with parents of children who have one of three rare disorders: Childhood cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or sickle cell disease. The context of rare disease was chosen as a focus for this study because parents of children with rare diseases have been especially active in the research space over the past thirty years and little is known about how they view research. The results of this dissertation are reported in three papers. The first paper explores the views that parents of children with rare diseases have about research and medicine in general, and their views related to biorepository research specifically. The findings reported in paper one suggest that parents who were patient advocates and parents who lacked advocacy involvement had few systematically different experiences or beliefs about research, but that parents' views differed based on the nature of the condition their child had. Paper two focuses on parents' experiences and beliefs related to patient advocacy. The second paper demonstrates that parents who are involved in patient advocacy were motivated to become involved because it helped them cope with their child's condition and because they wished to use their professional skills to help others. Parents who were uninvolved in advocacy cited the demands of caregiving, negative prior experiences, or a desire for privacy and space as reasons. Most parents believed that partnering with PAOs was a good strategy for researchers to use to engage patients, but some were concerned that marginalized patients may not be reached that way. The third paper explores whether and why it might matter, from a normative perspective, if the volunteers who participate in patient engagement initiatives differ from patients who are uninvolved. Drawing upon existing literature and findings from my empirical study, paper three evaluates whether instrumentally or intrinsically worthy aims of patient engagement might be affected by differences between engaged volunteers and unengaged patients, and whether patient engagement should be considered a representative exercise in the first place. Paper three concludes that for ethical reasons, patient engagement efforts should endeavor to represent the experiences, values, and attributes of patients who are not engaged in research but that practical constraints also need to be taken into consideration when attempting to make patient engagement a more representative exercise

Synthetic cannabinoid use in a case series of patients with psychosis presenting to acute psychiatric settings : Clinical presentation and management issues

Background: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are a heterogeneous class of synthetic molecules including synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs). Psychosis is associated with SCRAs use. There is limited knowledge regarding the structured assessment and psychometric evaluation of clinical presentations, analytical toxicology and clinical management plans of patients presenting with psychosis and SCRAs misuse. Methods: We gathered information regarding the clinical presentations, toxicology and care plans of patients with psychosis and SCRAs misuse admitted to inpatients services. Clinical presentations were assessed using the PANSS scale. Vital signs data were collected using the National Early Warning Signs tool. Analytic chemistry data were collected using urine drug screening tests for traditional psychoactive substances and NPS. Results: We described the clinical presentation and management plan of four patients with psychosis and misuse of SCRAs. Conclusion: The formulation of an informed clinical management plan requires a structured assessment, identification of the index NPS, pharmacological interventions, increases in nursing observations, changes to leave status and monitoring of the vital signs. The objective from using these interventions is to maintain stable physical health whilst rapidly improving the altered mental state.Peer reviewedFinal Published versio

Maternal Body Mass Index, Dietary Intake and Socioeconomic Status: Differential Effects on Breast Milk Zinc, Copper and Iron Content

Background: As breast milk micronutrients content are essential for health and growth of the infants, this study was conducted to determine the breast milk zinc, copper and iron concen-trations and their possible correlations with maternal nutritional status, dietary intakes as well as socioeconomic status.Methods: Breast milk samples and information on maternal anthropometric characteristics and dietary intake were collected from 90 Iranian lactating women with 3 different socioeco-nomic status who exclusively breastfed their infants. Concentrations of trace elements were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Nutritionist III program, Multiple Re-gression and ANOVA test were used for data analyses.Results: The mean milk zinc, copper, and iron concentrations were 1.93 ± 0.71, 0.58 ± 0.32, and 0.81 ± 0.2 mg/l, respectively. In all three SES groups only zinc mean level was lower than the recommended range. A significant difference was observed in breast milk zinc, copper and iron concentration between high and low SES groups (Zn (P<0.001), Cu (P<0.001) and Fe (P<0.044)) and also moderate and low SES groups (Zn (P<0.03), Cu (P<0.001) and Fe (P<0.049)). After adjusting for maternal body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic status, mean dietary energy, zinc, copper, and iron intakes, there was a negative and significant association between maternal age and breast milk zinc (β=-0.28, P<0.034), copper (β=-0.18, P<0.048), and iron (β=-0.22, P<0.04) concentrations.Conclusion: In low socioeconomic group with lower mean age, breast milk mineral levels were higher than others and there was no significant correlation between mineral levels and dietary intake. Hence it is supposed that maternal age may be better predictor of breast milk mineral levels

Geoquímica del rango volcánico alcalino del eoceno medio-superior, parte sur de las montañas centrales de Alborz, norte de Irán

The Ziaran volcanic Belt (ZVB), North of Iran contains a number of intra-continental alkaline volcanic range situated on South part of central Alborz Mountains, formed along the localized extensional basins developed in relation with the compressional regime of Eocene. The mid-upper Eocene volcanic suite comprises the extracted melt products of adiabatic decompression melting of the mantle that are represented by small volume intra-continental plate volcanic rocks of alkaline volcanism and their evaluated Rocks with compositions representative of mantle-derived, primary (or near-primary) melts. Trace element patterns with significant enrichment in LILE, HFSE and REEs, relative to Primitive Mantle. Chondrite-normalized of rare earth elements and enrichment in incompatible elements and their element ratios (e. g. LREE/HREE, MREE/HREE, LREE/MREE) shown these element modelling indicates that the magmas were generated by comparably variable degrees of partial melting of garnet lherzolite and a heterogeneous asthenospheric, OIB mantle sources.El cinturón volcánico de Ziaran (ZVB), al norte de Irán, contiene una serie de cordilleras volcánicas alcalinas intracontinentales situadas en la parte sur de las montañas centrales de Alborz, formadas a lo largo de las cuencas extensionales localizadas desarrolladas en relación con el régimen de compresión del Eoceno. La suite volcánica del Eoceno medio superior comprende los productos de fusión extraídos de la fusión por descompresión adiabática del manto que están representados por rocas volcánicas de placa intracontinental de pequeño volumen de vulcanismo alcalino y sus rocas evaluadas con composiciones representativas de las rocas derivadas del manto, primarias (o cercanas). -primaria) se derrite. Patrones de oligoelementos con enriquecimiento significativo en LILE, HFSE y REE, en relación con Primitive Mantle. Condrita normalizada de elementos de tierras raras y enriquecimiento en elementos incompatibles y sus proporciones de elementos (por ejemplo, LREE / HREE, MREE / HREE, LREE / MREE) que muestra el modelado de estos elementos indica que los magmas se generaron por grados comparativamente variables de fusión parcial de granate lherzolita y fuentes de manto OIB astenosféricas heterogéneas

The Petrology of Ziyran Volcanic Belt (ZVB) Eocene Volcanic Rocks

The Ziyaran Volcanic Belt (ZVB) is located in the southern part of central Alborz and in the Ziyaran area. The geology of this layer includes various kinds of stone units. In the north, they are the reminder of Cenozoic, quaternary deposits, and in the western part, the exposure stone units are mostly Precambrian and Paleozoic deposits and in the south-eastern part of the studied area, the stones belong to the Mesozoic era and specifically, the sediments belong to the Jurassic era are exposed. Also, the basic volcanic rocks that belong to the Eocene period are located in the Ziyaran area, in the western part of Taleqan County and in the Alborz state. This study aimed to evaluate the petrology of Ziyaran Volcanic Belt (ZVB) Eocene volcanic rocks. For this purpose, which is mostly focused on the study of Cretaceous stones in the central Alborz zone, sampling of the stones in the intended area was performed with the survey and field methods and for 120 samples. After the preparation of the thin layer from the well and without alteration samples, they were examined with petrography and petrology tests. The results of the petrology studies of the volcanic rocks of the Ziyaran area expressed that the basic volcanic rocks in the intermediate area with the intermediate- upper chemical composition of Eocene Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) located in the central zone of Alborz heights, with lithology composition of Alkali olivine basalts and Andesite

The Petrology of Ziyran Volcanic Belt (ZVB) Eocene Volcanic Rocks

The Ziyaran Volcanic Belt (ZVB) is located in the southern part of central Alborz and in the Ziyaran area. The geology of this layer includes various kinds of stone units. In the north, they are the reminder of Cenozoic, quaternary deposits, and in the western part, the exposure stone units are mostly Precambrian and Paleozoic deposits and in the south-eastern part of the studied area, the stones belong to the Mesozoic era and specifically, the sediments belong to the Jurassic era are exposed. Also, the basic volcanic rocks that belong to the Eocene period are located in the Ziyaran area, in the western part of Taleqan County and in the Alborz state. This study aimed to evaluate the petrology of Ziyaran Volcanic Belt (ZVB) Eocene volcanic rocks. For this purpose, which is mostly focused on the study of Cretaceous stones in the central Alborz zone, sampling of the stones in the intended area was performed with the survey and field methods and for 120 samples. After the preparation of the thin layer from the well and without alteration samples, they were examined with petrography and petrology tests. The results of the petrology studies of the volcanic rocks of the Ziyaran area expressed that the basic volcanic rocks in the intermediate area with the intermediate- upper chemical composition of Eocene Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) located in the central zone of Alborz heights, with lithology composition of Alkali olivine basalts and Andesite

Geoquímica del rango volcánico alcalino del eoceno medio-superior, parte sur de las montañas centrales de Alborz, norte de Irán

El cinturón volcánico de Ziaran (ZVB), al norte de Irán, contiene una serie de cordilleras volcánicas alcalinas intracontinentales situadas en la parte sur de las montañas centrales de Alborz, formadas a lo largo de las cuencas extensionales localizadas desarrolladas en relación con el régimen de compresión del Eoceno. La suite volcánica del Eoceno medio superior comprende los productos de fusión extraídos de la fusión por descompresión adiabática del manto que están representados por rocas volcánicas de placa intracontinental de pequeño volumen de vulcanismo alcalino y sus rocas evaluadas con composiciones representativas de las rocas derivadas del manto, primarias (o cercanas). -primaria) se derrite. Patrones de oligoelementos con enriquecimiento significativo en LILE, HFSE y REE, en relación con Primitive Mantle. Condrita normalizada de elementos de tierras raras y enriquecimiento en elementos incompatibles y sus proporciones de elementos (por ejemplo, LREE / HREE, MREE / HREE, LREE / MREE) que muestra el modelado de estos elementos indica que los magmas se generaron por grados comparativamente variables de fusión parcial de granate lherzolita y fuentes de manto OIB astenosféricas heterogéneas

Geoquímica del rango volcánico alcalino del eoceno medio-superior, parte sur de las montañas centrales de Alborz, norte de Irán

The Ziaran volcanic Belt (ZVB), North of Iran contains a number of intra-continental alkaline volcanic range situated on South part of central Alborz Mountains, formed along the localized extensional basins developed in relation with the compressional regime of Eocene. The mid-upper Eocene volcanic suite comprises the extracted melt products of adiabatic decompression melting of the mantle that are represented by small volume intra-continental plate volcanic rocks of alkaline volcanism and their evaluated Rocks with compositions representative of mantle-derived, primary (or near-primary) melts. Trace element patterns with significant enrichment in LILE, HFSE and REEs, relative to Primitive Mantle. Chondrite-normalized of rare earth elements and enrichment in incompatible elements and their element ratios (e. g. LREE/HREE, MREE/HREE, LREE/MREE) shown these element modelling indicates that the magmas were generated by comparably variable degrees of partial melting of garnet lherzolite and a heterogeneous asthenospheric, OIB mantle sources.El cinturón volcánico de Ziaran (ZVB), al norte de Irán, contiene una serie de cordilleras volcánicas alcalinas intracontinentales situadas en la parte sur de las montañas centrales de Alborz, formadas a lo largo de las cuencas extensionales localizadas desarrolladas en relación con el régimen de compresión del Eoceno. La suite volcánica del Eoceno medio superior comprende los productos de fusión extraídos de la fusión por descompresión adiabática del manto que están representados por rocas volcánicas de placa intracontinental de pequeño volumen de vulcanismo alcalino y sus rocas evaluadas con composiciones representativas de las rocas derivadas del manto, primarias (o cercanas). -primaria) se derrite. Patrones de oligoelementos con enriquecimiento significativo en LILE, HFSE y REE, en relación con Primitive Mantle. Condrita normalizada de elementos de tierras raras y enriquecimiento en elementos incompatibles y sus proporciones de elementos (por ejemplo, LREE / HREE, MREE / HREE, LREE / MREE) que muestra el modelado de estos elementos indica que los magmas se generaron por grados comparativamente variables de fusión parcial de granate lherzolita y fuentes de manto OIB astenosféricas heterogéneas

The effect of arbuscular mycorrhiza, rice husk compost and biochar on Iranian borage Echium amoenum Fisch & C. A. Mey and post-harvesting soil properties

In einem Gewächshausversuch wurde der Einfluss von Bio-Düngern, wie vesikulär-arbuskulärer Mykorrhiza, Compost und Biochar aus Azolla-Algen auf Ertrag, Ertragsstruktur sowie die Aufnahme an Haupt- und Spurenelementen von iranischem Gurkenkraut geprüft. Gegenstand der Untersuchung war auch der Nährstoffgehalt der Böden nach der Ernte, sowie deren biologische Aktivität. Alle geprüften Behandlungen zeigten im Vergleich zu den Kontrollen signifikante Effekte auf Ertrag und Nährstoffaufnahme. Höhere Bodenatmung und eine höhere mikrobielle Biomasse indizieren eine Steigerung der Fruchtbarkeit der Böden durch die Behandlungen. DOI: 10.5073/JfK.2019.01.02, https://doi.org/10.5073/JfK.2019.01.02This study was conducted to investigate the effect of rice husk compost (RHC), rice husk biochar (RHB) and mycorrhization (MY) on some properties of Iranian Echium amoenum Fisch & C. A. Mey and also on some selected post-harvesting soil properties. A completely randomized design experiment was conducted with six treatments and six replications. Treatments comprised T1: control, T2: MY, T3: RHC, T4: RHB, T5: RHC + MY and T6: RHB + MY. Studied parameters included; shoot and root fresh weights, root and leaf length, shrub height, leaf number, shoot and root NPK content, shoot and root Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn concentration, root colonization percentage, soil NPK status, soil micronutrients concentrations, soil respiration and microbial biomass. Results revealed that application of RHC, RHB and MY individually or in combination with other treatments significantly affected studied parameters. In all cases except for root colonization, combined application (T5 and T6) had more satisfied impacts compared with a single application of treatments. DOI: 10.5073/JfK.2019.01.02, https://doi.org/10.5073/JfK.2019.01.0