Writing and Its Place in Human Cultural and Cognitive Evolution; A Review of The book "The Formation and Development of Proto-Writing in Iran” by Vahid Askarpour

“…It will be suggested that the author, despite his relative surveillance on the main sources of information both archaeological and theoretical about the beginning and evolution of early writing, has failed to treat and explain archaeological, epistemological, and ontological foundations of the topic comprehensively, from the pre-writing levels up to earliest forms of writing in proto-historic Iran. This process would reduce such a substantial subject which could create a basis for bringing up some of the most significant archaeological and epistemological problems on the consequences of writing genesis and evolution just to three relatively non-uniform chapters. …”
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Sexual self-care, quality of sexual life and fertility desire in women attending comprehensive health centers in Urmia, Iran by Behrouz Fathi, Shima Kia, Vahid Alinejad, Ehsan Rikhtegar, Firoozeh Gebleh, MoradAli Zareipour

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Steady vortex flows obtained from a constrained variational problem by B. Emamizadeh, M. H. Mehrabi

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A Stochastic Decision Support System for Economic Order Quantity Problem by Amir Yousefli, Mehdi Ghazanfari

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Interaction between Dark Matter and Dark Energy and the Cosmological Coincidence Problem by Kourosh Nozari, Noushin Behrouz, Narges Rashidi

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Turning from the Body as a Theological Matter to a Socio-cultural Approach to It A Study on Cultural History of Body in Iran” by Mohammad Amir Ahmadzadeh

“…On the other hand, the four divisions of the historical periods of Iran into the imperial era, the constitutional era, the modern era, and the religious era in different seasons have serious problems and do not correspond to the periods of Iranian history.…”
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Developing a hierarchical analytical process to determine the best irrigation system for date palm trees in the NENA region: the case of Iran by Mahkameh S. Naeini, Bijan Nazari, Abdolmajid Liaghat

“…Abstract The NENA region faces serious challenges in achieving sustainable development due to water scarcity problems, especially in the agricultural sector. Identifying the most effective irrigation method for agricultural fields can have a positive impact on water consumption and management in this region. …”
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Exploring the relationship between opium consumption and lipid profiles: A population-based study of 10,663 individuals in Southern Iran by Najibullah Baeradeh, Seyed Vahid Hosseini, Leila Moftakhar, Fatemeh Jafari, Masoumeh Ghoddusi Johari, Abbas Rezaianzadeh

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Positive Solutions of an Initial Value Problem for Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equations by D. Baleanu, H. Mohammadi, Sh. Rezapour

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A general existence theorem for a multi-valued control problem by Emamizadeh, Behrouz, Liu, Yichen, Zivari-Rezapour, Mohsen

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Employing Efficient Algorithms to Reduce the Distance Traveled in Location-Routing Problems Considering Travel and Service by Amir-Mohammad Golmohammadi, Alireza Goli, Hasan Rasay

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Systems Evaluation for Operational Risks of International Transport Corridors: A Case Study of China-Pakistan-Iran-Turkey International Transport Corridor by Zhou Xiaoxiang, Huang Chengfeng

“…Turkey suffers from severe security risks due to the Kurdish problem. Iran ranks first in terms of economic risk and social risk. …”
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Alcohol consumption associated with suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in substance users: A cross-sectional study of an addiction registry in western Iran. by Vahid Farnia, Mahsa Mohebian, Omran Davarinejad, Denise A Hien, Safora Salemi, Sara Hookari, Hafez Bajoghli, Bahareh Rahami

“…<h4>Background</h4>Suicide is recognized as a major problem worldwide and is particularly prevalent among specific groups, including individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). …”
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Assessing the development of health technology assessment in Iran: a policy analysis using Kingdon’s Multiple streams framework: a qualitative study by Meysam Behzadifar, Saeed Shahabi, Ahad Bakhtiari, Samad Azari, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Mohammad Yarahmadi, Masoud Behzadifar

“…This study explores the development of HTA in Iran using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework to identify challenges and opportunities for its advancement. …”
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A novel social-network-analysis-based approach for analyzing complex network of actors involved in accessibility of anti-cancer medications in Iran by Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Leila Zarei, Esmaeil Alinezhad, Adel Sadeghdoost

“…This established network helped in creating a comprehensive view of the main actors, and can help policymakers to solve the problems related to access to anti-cancer medications more effectively and prevent the creation of these problems in the future. …”
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The Effect of The Mental Health Literacy Promotion Program on Emotion Regulation Strategies of Family Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Psychiatric Disorders in Isfahan, Iran by Zeynab Pirallahi, Mousa Alavi, Mohammad Akbari, Najme Aliyari

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An Exploration of Iran's Banking System Based on Islamic-Social Banking Principles with an Emphasis on Improving Social Capital (Bank Sepah Case Study) by Mohammad Reza Yazdanpanah, Keramatollah Rasekh, Majid Reza Karimi

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Healthcare Workers’ General Health and Its Relation with Anxiety, Anger, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder during COVID-19 Outbreak in Southeast Iran by Alireza Malakoutikhah, Leila Ahmadi Lari, Pooya Baharloo, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Mohamed Alnaiem, Hossein Khaluei, Mahlagha Dehghan

“…Scientific evidence confirmed that the outbreak of this disease has caused numerous psychological problems such as pre- and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and anger at a global level. …”
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An Inverse Problem of Temperature Optimization in Hyperthermia by Controlling the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient by Seyed Ali Aghayan, Dariush Sardari, Seyed Rabii Mahdi Mahdavi, Mohammad Hasan Zahmatkesh

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A Novel Approach for Solving Nonsmooth Optimization Problems with Application to Nonsmooth Equations by Hamid Reza Erfanian, M. H. Noori Skandari, A. V. Kamyad

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