introduction: the number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in iran has increased significantly in recent years. writing these articles based on internationally accepted guidelines is one of the most important factors effective on their structural quality. this study aimed to assess the abstract of iranian systematic reviews and meta-analyses indexed in scopus. methods: this stud...

this study is investigated the optimum parameters for a tuned mass damper (tmd) under the seismic excitation. shuffled complex evolution (sce) is a meta-heuristic optimization method which is used to find the optimum damping and tuning frequency ratio for a tmd. the efficiency of the tmd is evaluated by decreasing the structural displacement dynamic magnification factor (ddmf) and acceleration ...

background and aims: neurofeedback is a relatively new therapy focusing on the core symptoms of inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity.we undertook a meta-analysis to estimate the effectiveness of neurofeedback on attention deficit disorder in iran. methods: international databases of pubmed, scopus, isi, google scholar, and national databases of sid, med lib, iranmedex, magiran were search...

introduction : the purpose of this study was to investigate the executive functions (efs) as the mediators between coping with stress styles and generalized anxiety disorder (gad). we examined two styles of coping with stress (problem focused coping (pfc) and emotion focused coping (efc)) and eight executive functions (inhibition, flexibility, focusing, working memory, decision making, reasonin...

review studies are those researches in which the population under study consists of original articles in a defined field of human knowledge. the aim of the present review article is to overview such review studies and to determine the advantages and disadvantages of each study within the health domain. at the end of 2012 the pub med search engine was searched using “ systematic reviews ” and “ ...

background and aims: nowadays, hypnosis has opened its position in the medical community. based on controlled trials, hypnosis has been superior compared to other interventional procedures to reduce acute pain. this investigation aims to determine the effectiveness of hypnosis in the treatment of pain and enhancing mental performance in iran, using the meta-analysis method. methods: the search ...

background: although, nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause disease in different organisms, they usually are not reported in most countries because scientists in general consider them as non-pathogens. but, increasing nontuberculous mycobacteria diseases occurrence has changed this belief. nevertheless, there is no meta-analysis review about prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in iran. me...

in this study, we aimed to conduct a meta-analysis on the results of eligible studies to estimate the prevalence of asthma, copd, and chronic bronchitis in iran. international and iranian databases including pubmed, scopus, web of science, iranmedex, and scientific information database (sid) were searched for population–based studies that had reported the prevalence of asthma and copd from 1990...