ABSTRACT Over the past 50 years since the first research in the field of urban development implementation plans, there has been a noticeable absence of a comprehensive literature review on this TOPIC in the global arena. This article provides a textual analysis related to the subject of urban development implementation plans, to identify important and recurring themes alongside analyzing the relationships between authors, journals, and countries in this field. Along with the bibliographic analysis, documents related to the field of urban development implementation plans were reviewed to identify influential indicators in their implementation. To this end, 456 scientific articles were extracted from the Scopus scientific database as of October 28th, 2022, and analyzed using scientometric software. These analyses include examining author keywords, country co-authorships, journal bibliographic coupling, and author co-citations. In this study, 74 final indicators were identified as the most recurrent indicators in this field. The bibliographic analysis also produced several noteworthy results. The United States is the most active country in this field, with a link strength of 40 and 176 articles. Berke, P. is the most influential author in this field, with a link strength of 1623 and 99 citations. Among the journals examined, "Land Use Policy" has the highest bibliographic coupling strength of 84, and the "Journal of the American Planning Association" has the highest number of documents related to this field, with 22 documents; finally, among the identified. Extended Abstract Introduction The implementation of urban development projects has been a neglected TOPIC in public policy research, despite its critical importance in ensuring the success of such projects. While there have been numerous STUDIES on the factors that contribute to the success or failure of policy implementation, there has been a lack of systematic reviews on the subject of implementation as a whole. This study aims to address this gap in knowledge by providing a comprehensive overview of the implementation process of urban development projects. This study aims to address this gap in knowledge by providing a comprehensive overview of the implementation process of urban development projects. The study begins by collecting and categorizing existing research in the field, focusing on three main questions: -What are the key indicators for successful implementation? -What are urban journals and articles' current trends and performance? -How do countries and researchers collaborate in this area? The study also examines the relationships between authors, publishers, and different types of documents through bibliographic analysis. Ultimately, this study highlights the need for further research and a more structured approach to understanding the implementation process of urban development projects.   Methodology This study examined the literature related to implementation and EVALUATION plans in urban and land use planning. The authors used the Scopus database to extract and collect data, focusing on combining the keywords "implementation-plan" and "EVALUATION-plan" in the keywords, abstracts, and titles. Initially, 621 STUDIES were extracted, but 456 articles were selected as the final database after filtering out non-article documents. The authors observed a general upward trend for STUDIES from 1968 to 2022, with a significant increase in the slope of the trend from 2007. However, a slight decrease in STUDIES was observed in 2021 and 2022, possibly due to the global pandemic and the emergence of new related TOPICs. The authors used a four-stage process to analyze the bibliographic subject of the study, including simultaneous occurrence analysis, co-authorship analysis, bibliographic coupling analysis, co-citation analysis, content analysis, and thematic analysis. The authors identified the selected articles' research objectives, methodologies, findings, and main themes and sub-themes. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive analysis of the literature on implementation and EVALUATION plans in urban and land use planning.   Results and discussion This research aims to comprehensively analyze the implementation and execution of urban development plans using bibliometrics and systematic analysis. The study considers EVALUATION as a crucial part of the implementation process and seeks to answer three fundamental questions. Firstly, it identifies effective indicators of implementation and execution globally. Secondly, it examines the trends and performances of new articles and urban journals. Thirdly, it investigates the pattern of cooperation among countries and researchers. The study identifies 74 general indicators that significantly impact the implementation process of urban plans. The results show that "performance EVALUATION," "effectiveness," "land use," "zonation," "participation," "program quality," and "implementation program" are critical indicators in this area. The study also highlights the importance of EVALUATION in the discussion of program implementation and its separability from the implementation process. Using the scientometric software VOSviewer, the study analyzed 68 keywords related to the bibliographic TOPIC. "Program EVALUATION" obtained the first place, followed by "Program implementation" and "Program quality." The co-authorship analysis based on author items revealed that Berke, P. has the highest number of citations and link strength. Additionally, the study found that 72 countries have research in this field, with 22 countries having at least 5 citations that were clustered into 5 clusters by the software. The "land use policy" journal had the highest link strength, and the "Journal of the American planning association" had the highest number of documents related to this field. In conclusion, the study provides valuable insights for policymakers and researchers interested in urban development planning. It comprehensively examines the implementation and execution of urban development plans, identifies effective indicators, and investigates the pattern of cooperation among countries and researchers. The study highlights the importance of EVALUATION in the implementation process and its separability from the implementation process.   Conclusion The main goal of this research was to fill the gap in research on the implementation and execution of urban development projects in the field, as no systematic review of the TOPIC has been conducted from a global perspective since the first research in this field about half a century ago. Only in some STUDIES, such as those by Talen (1996), Oliveira & Pinho (2010), Rudolf & Grădinaru (2017), has the EVALUATION of implementation been systematically reviewed, or the systematic review of experiences in a specific urban area, such as the review of various experiences in the Beijing urban area (Chu, 2020). In this research, with the comprehensive approach that the EVALUATION of implementation is an integral part of the overall process of implementing and executing urban development projects, this process has been examined from the perspective of bibliometrics and systematic analysis of this field. The main difference of this research, which makes it completely new, is firstly having a comprehensive approach to the implementation field, where program EVALUATION is only an important part of its structure, and secondly, using the scientometric software VOSviewer for the first time in this field. In essence, the conclusive outcomes of this investigation were entirely novel and exhibited some partial congruences with antecedent STUDIES in the domain of appraising and discerning indicators. Significantly, this research has conferred a systematic appraisal of the literature concerning the urban implementation and execution of projects, which is an unprecedented contribution. It should be acknowledged that this is an initial survey of data intended to offer a comprehensive outlook on this scholarly field, and thus it is subject to certain limitations, such as its confinement to the Scopus database. As such, it is recommended that future research endeavors encompass an analysis of additional databases and undertake comparative EVALUATIONs of the results. Funding There is no funding support.   Authors’ Contribution Authors contributed equally to the conceptualization and writing of the article. All of the authors approved thecontent of the manuscript and agreed on all aspects of the work declaration of competing interest none. Conflict of Interest Authors declared no conflict of interest.   Acknowledgments  We are grateful to all the scientific consultants of this paper.

Introduction: Recently, there has recently been an increase in the level of investments in clinical trials; therefore, the outcomes and impacts of these investments should be assessed. This study aimed to measure the impact of scientific productions of clinical trials on the knowledge production and development in Iran. Methods: In this descriptive study bibliometric and scientometric methods were used on 5982 scientific productions of clinical trials in Iran indexed in the Web of Science database. Data were analyzed through the Excel Software, and cooperation maps were drawn using bib excel, UCINET and NetDraw Software. Results: According to the findings the ratio of citations to the articles on the scientific productions of clinical trials in Iran (7. 78%) is more than that of articles written by Iranian authors in the ESI Database (6. 06%) but less than the global ratio in the field of clinical medicine (8. 65%). A total of 1140 articles (19. 06%) were written in collaboration with international organizations. The ratio of citation to the authors was 5. 46% and a total of 29. 96% of the articles appeared without citations. The average impact factor of journals publishing papers was 2. 15. Conclusion: Concerning the development indices, only 19. 6% of STUDIES have been conducted in collaboration with international organizations. The impact factors of Journals on quality were lower than the average impact factor of Journals in the field. Therefore, the increase of clinical trials in Iran necessitates a serious assessment and EVALUATION of the impact of these STUDIES.

Introduction: EVALUATION is an important factor in productivity context, and acts as a control system for other areas of productivity. Hospitals are large organizations incurring heavy expenses in every country. The level of efficiency in a hospital is a good criterion to understand how hospitals consume their resources. The goal of this research was to determine relative efficiency of 13 public hospitals in Yazd province by using integrated DEA, BSC and SERVQUAL model.Methods: In this study, relative efficiency of 13 public hospitals of Yazd province was calculated using data envelopment analysis technique (DEA) and balanced score card and servqual. BSC was used as a tool for designing of performance EVALUATION indexes, while DEA was used as a tool of evaluating performance and ranking. Results: The mean relative efficiency of hospitals under study was about 0.945 in the Persian calendar year 2008-9. The efficiency levels of nine hospitals were borderline and the efficiency of four hospitals was less than 1. Hospital no.3 had the highest efficiency levels and hospital no.10 had the lowest efficiency level.Conclusion: In this stage, on the basis of references presented by the DEA model, solutions for increasing the quality performance levels of inefficient hospitals in fourth dimensions were determined and some suggestions were proposed. Although all performance indices of the inefficient hospitals need to be addressed, priorities have to be determined by the respective managers.

Introduction: health literacy is a fundamental part of the healing promotion. The aim of this study was to evaluate periodontal health literacy among patients.Materials and methods: 296 patients attending periodontal clinic who were above 16 years old participated in this study. Gathering data was based on screening questions on a 5-point Likert scale. After completion questionnaire, data was analyzed by Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test. Based on the scores of questions, patients were classified as weak, medium and good health literacy.Result: This study showed significant difference in health literacy between age and education groups (P value = 0.015, P value = 0.003), while there was no significant difference between male and female (P value = 0.54). It was also revealed that patients who had been exposed to oral health education had higher health literacy levels (P value < 0.0001, P value = 0.001).Conclusion: The results of this study showed patients less than 20 years and over 50 years old had poorer heath literacy in relation of periodontal heath, also, patients with higher educational level have higher health literacy.

Background: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a common cause of significant clinical morbidity. The Japanese Orthopedic Association Cervical Myelopathy EVALUATION Questionnaire (JOACMEQ) is a measure of health-related quality of life in these patients.Objectives: This study aimed to cross-culturally translate and validate the JOACMEQ in Iran.Patients and Methods: This study was a prospective clinical validation one. Forward-backward procedure was applied to translate the questionnaire from English into Persian. The translation and cross-cultural adaptation were performed in accordance with the published guidelines. A sample of patients with CSM was asked to respond to the questionnaire at two times: providing preoperative and postoperative assessments (6 months follow-up). To test the reliability, the internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach α coefficient and the validity was assessed by convergent validity. Responsiveness to change was also assessed comparing patients’ preoperative and postoperative scores.Results: All 87 patients completed the questionnaire. The Cronbach α coefficient for the JOACMEQ at preoperative and postoperative assessments ranged from 0.71 to 0.82 indicating a good internal consistency for the questionnaire. In addition, the correlation of each item with its hypothesized subscale of the JOACMEQ showed satisfactory results suggesting that the items had a substantial association with their own subscales. Further analysis also indicated that the questionnaire was responsive to change (P<0.001).Conclusions: In general, the findings suggest that the Persian version of the JOACMEQ is a reliable and valid measure of functionality and quality of life EVALUATION among Iranian patients suffered from CSM.

This experiment was designed to survey the nutritive value and estimate protected-protein level of Protanomix as a new protein source and compare it with soybean meal. Protanomix is a brown powder by separating the precipitate produced from the reaction of tannin with corn-steep liquor. Crude protein (CP) and metabolizable energy (ME) in this protein source is nearly similar to soybean meal, and more than 80% of its protein content is insoluble. In this study, potential of in vitro gas production in Protanomix was significantly (P˂0.001) lower than the control treatment (soybean meal); however, substitution of soybean meal at different levels of Protanomix in experimental diets did not lead to significant changes in gas production parameters (P˃0.05). Comparing Protanomix with soybean meal (control) showed that in vitro truly degraded dry matter (IVTDDM), estimated metabilizable energy (ME) and pH were similar (P˃0.05). However, short chain fatty acids (SCFA), apparently in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMAD) and ammonia nitrogen (N-NH3) were significantly higher in soybean meal (P˂0.01) than Protanomix, while partitioning factor (PF), microbial protein synthesis (MPS) and efficiency of microbial protein synthesis (EMPS) were greater in Protanomix than soybean meal (P˂0.05). Nonetheless, when soybean meal was substituted with different levels of Protanomix in the experimental diets, only concentration of ammonia nitrogen (N-NH3) was significantly decreased (P˂0.001).

Background: In single-subject research, there is autocorrelation between observations, that violates the assumption of observational independence. The discontinuity regression considers the correlation between observations over time and in different treatment stages (baseline, intervention, etc. ). The aim of the current study was to compare the visual and discontinuous regression methods in evaluating the effectiveness of the Lidcombe program on decreasing of severity of stuttering in primary school children. Methods: This study with single subject design conducted on four children (7-9 years) who stutter. These children participated in a Lidcombe program, was scheduled in 22 weeks, with a ABA model. Stuttering severity was measured with a rating scale. In order to analyze the data of the study, visual analysis, effect size and regression discontinuity were used. Findings: Data analysis based on visual analysis as well as discontinuity regression indicated that most participants recorded a significant change, as a decline in severity of syllables stuttered, following the intervention. Regression coefficients on phase change from treatment to follow-up were significant, meaning that the Lidcombe program was effective over time. Conclusion: The results of this study based on visual analysis as well as discontinuity regression indicated Lidcombe program eventuated in decreases of severity of stuttering in children participated in this study, and provide the preliminary evidence for the use of this treatment method for the children with stuttering.

Background and Objectives It is predicted that the negative effects of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will continue. These negative effects are not limited to psychological problems. Serious physiological and economic problems have also been observed. It is important to develop and standardize appropriate tools to assess its different effects. This study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S) in Iranian samples. Methods In this study, participants were people aged 18-60 years in Iran from March to May 2022, who were selected by a convenience sampling method. In order to evaluate the convergent and discriminant validity, the second version of the acceptance and action questionnaire, the brief version of the difficulty in emotion regulation scale, and the fear of COVID‐, 19 scale were used. The factor structure of the questionnaire was examined by confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability was examined using Cronbach’, s alpha coefficient and the test-retest method. The data were analyzed in SPSS version 25 and LISREL version 8. 8. Results The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the four-factor structure the Persian C19P-S. Cronbach’, s alpha coefficient for the whole scale was 0. 90,for the subscales of psychological, psychological, economic and social factors, it was 0. 87, 0. 88, 0. 89, and 0. 91, respectively. In addition, the test-retest reliability with a four-week interval for the whole scale was 0. 86,for the subscales of psychological, psychological, economic and social factors, it was 0. 83, 0. 79, 0. 82, and 0. 88, respectively. The correlation coefficients indicated the favorable convergent and discriminant validity of the Persian C19P-S (P<0. 001). Conclusion The Persian C19P-S is a reliable and valid scale for measuring coronaphobia in Iranian samples.

The Processability Theory (Pienemann, 1998) is a theory that explains the way in which language is produced by the learner. It has extensions one of which is the TOPIC Hypothesis. The hypothesis predicts the manner and procedure of TOPICalization in different stages of language learning and posits three stages for it. According to the TOPIC Hypothesis, the learner does not differentiate between the grammatical function TOPIC and SUBJECT. At a later stage, adjuncts appear in sentence-initial position. Finally, the TOPIC function is assigned to a non-subject core argument. The aim of this study is to direct attentions to how significant it is to be conscious of the relatively free word order in Persian sentences. The problem of the study is to survey TOPICalization in different levels of Persian learning according to the TOPIC Hypothesis. To this end, 48 audio-files obtained from the online administration of the speaking placement test of two Persian Language and Literature Refresher Courses were first put into different levels. Then, 482 sentences involving subject and complete argument structure were extracted for analysis. Analyzing the final data indicated that the TOPIC Hypothesis was not fully supported against the development pattern of L2 Persian TOPICalization.

Monitoring and EVALUATION of transformers are essential to prevent their insulation failure. In this paper, the use of 2-furan-carboxaldehyde (2-FAL) and methanol (MeOH) concentrations as the main products of paper insulation degradation, and insulation condition markers, has been studied. In order to study the degradation process and production of degradation products, the thermal aging process of the transformer insulation system was implemented in laboratory conditions. The results of laboratory STUDIES show that in the early stages of degradation the amount of MeOH is significant compared to 2-FAL. Also, the estimation of the degree of polymerization (DP) in the early stages of degradation (DP>800) through MeOH concentration and with decreasing DP (DP <800) through 2-FAL concentration is closer to the real value. The results of STUDIES performed on 35 distribution transformers confirm the production of significant amounts of MeOH in the early stages of degradation. Also, the estimated DP values for the studied transformers were obtained through 2-FAL and MeOH concentration. The results show that estimating the amount of DP through MeOH concentration is associated with a probability of error of about 9% compared to estimating DP through 2-FAL concentration.