akram fathian

Nurses constitute the majority of the workforce in the healthcare system. The use of digital technologies, including mHealth applications, is essential and effective in improving the quality level of healthcare services provided by nursing staff. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study is to investigate the use of mHealth applications for professional purposes by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 This is an applied study conducted using the descriptive, cross-sectional method in 2021. The study population was nurses in four public hospitals in Isfahan. The sampling method was a one-stage cluster sampling. The data collection tool was a questionnaire whose validity and reliability was assessed. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistics on the SPSS software version 26.

The data of 93 questionnaires were analyzed. About 63 percent of nurses answered (with a reason) that they did not use these applications. This study showed that the use of mHealth applications is not common among the nurses. They need the training to use the applications. There were concerns regarding the mHealth applications' quality. The nurses believed that using a mHealth application would help them perform their nursing duties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Based on the study results, planning for the development of mHealth applications tailored to the nurses' needs and training nurses to use the applications in clinical settings are recommended. There is also a need to provide and develop specialized evaluation tools and working groups to review and report on the quality of mHealth applications.

INTRUDUCTION: The aim of this study is to find out the relationship designators in the metadata records of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI), based on the Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard.
In this study, the content analysis method was used. The study population included metadata records for books in NLAI for four bibliographic families including Quran, Nahj al-Balagha, Shahnameh, and Masnavi (with a total of 28213 records) that were accessible through the NLAI OPAC, named RASA. In this study, the data gathering methods were structured systematic observation and documentary approach. A checklist is used for data gathering, and a matrix is used to display the analyzed data.
FINDINGS:The results of the study showed that among the 544 relationship designators in appendices I, J, & M in RDA Toolkit (that includes 150 designators in appendix I, 346 designators in appendix J, and 48 designators in appendix M), 62 designators for appendix I, 175 designators for appendix J, and 48 designators for appendix M (In total, 285 designators) were detected in the selected NLAI metadata records. No relationship designators were detected in the selected NLAI metadata records in appendix I, for relationship designators related to "Publishers" and "Distributors" (in the Manifestation level), and in appendix J, for "Accompanying Manifestation Relationships". But other types of relationships were found to be existed.
In appendix I, the section of designators for "Publishers" and "Distributors" includes designators for non-book content objects (e.g. movies, radio & television programs, and so on) and don’t fit in the study population of this research, which are records of books. Therefore, it can be concluded that the study population has covered the variety of relationships provided for books in appendix I. The results also indicate the complete coverage of the relationship designators presented in Appendix M (subject relationships). In contrast, the study population does not provide a complete coverage of the relationships presented in appendix J (for "Accompanying Manifestation Relationships"). Finally, some of the limitations and drawbacks in the metadata records of the NLAI OPAC are mentioned.

The aim of this study is to find out the bibliographic relationships between the metadata records in the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) according to FRBR model, in order to represent the knowledge network of Iranian-Islamic publications. To achieve this objective, content analysis method was used. The study population includes metadata records for books in NLAI for four bibliographic families including The Quran, Nahj al-Balagha, Shahnameh, and Masnavi (a total of 28213 records) that were accessible through the NLAI OPAC. In this study, the data gathering methods were structured (systematic) observation and documentary method. A checklist is used for data gathering, and a matrix is used to display the analyzed data. The results of the study showed that all relationship types of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model, except the “arrangement (music)” relationship from the section “Expression-to-Expression Relationships: between expressions of the same work”, were found in metadata records. Since the “arrangement (music)” relationship is used only for musical objects, it can be concluded that NLAI encompasses the entire range of the FRBR relationship types that provided for books. The results of this study can be useful to implement FRBR model in Iranian libraries, and also to design NLAI metadata ontology model and create and publish the NLAI ataset based on linked data method.

Digital library is an integrated set of electronic resources and services for capturing, organizing, protecting and retrieving information in digital formats. Nowadays, the emergence of semantic web and ontology, support the evolution of digital libraries and creating semantic digital libraries. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to survey into the applications of ontology in digital libraries. Ontology is a highly expressive representation of objects, classes of objects and relations between them in a particular domain. Ontology has some potential benefits such as inferencing capability, interoperability, natural language processing (NLP) support and search query understanding. Therefore it can be used to convert digital libraries to distributed and intelligent information systems and to create semantic digital libraries. Creating different capabilities in digital libraries architecture, specially inference capability, transmission of information between digital libraries and other information systems, semantic description of resources in digital libraries with mapping MARC bibliographic metadata in an ontology (such as MarcOnt ontology), improvement the question-answering system of digital libraries (such as BT Digital Library), creating a user-friendly interface and making available an easy and quick search and browsing, are some of ontology applications in digital libraries that surveyed.

The aim of this research is to present the methodology for designing and constructing ontologies by reviewing approaches, tools and languages for ontology design. The results of this study were implemented in the design of an ontology named Asfaont in the domain of Indexing in LIS. By reviewing approaches, methods and languages, this paper explains the methodology of designing the Asfaont, its abilities and capabilities for representing and retrieving knowledge. The Asfaont is a reengineering of Asfa thesaurus.

The aim of the current research is to compare the capabilities of a thesaurus and an ontology for retrieval of concepts. The research also develops the methodology of ontology construction by implementing domain analysis methodology. The present work by applying the domain analysis approach developed a prototype ontology named ASFAOnt in the domain of Indexing by reengineering a current thesaurus in Persian language named ASFA. The ontology was evaluated by a retrieval test in which the usability and the performance of the ontology were investigated. Usability and performance were compared with a baseline, a classic-type thesaurus with the conventional thesaurus structure, ASFA thesaurus. The evaluation was carried out as a controlled experiment in which a group of information searchers, LIS master students, used the thesaurus and ontology to extract three keywords according to their in mind search queries. The evaluative study was followed by a qualitative analysis of the nature of concepts, individual relationships and the textual and visual display so as to provide an understanding of and insight into the quality of the ontology as well as to gather ideas for further development. In order to gather more validated data on users’ performance and satisfaction, thinking aloud technique was used. Also the experimental retrieval test in the usability test was followed by a questionnaire survey, constructed on the basis of ONTOMETRIC approach. The result of the study indicates that ontology structure is useful and provides valuable inspiration for the user. Providing enriched conceptual content and specific relationships have stimulated users to do more interaction with the ontology and to achieve more satisfaction with the applicability and potential of the ontology in comparison with the thesaurus in the traditional structure.

This research aims to compare the capabilities of a thesaurus and an ontology for representation of domain knowledge. This is the first to focus on the construction of an ontology in Library and Information Science (LIS), in the domain of Indexing and in Persian language. The research also develops the methodology of ontology construction by implementing domain analysis methodology. The present work by applying the domain analysis approach developed a prototype ontology named ASFAOnt in the domain of Indexing by reengineering a current thesaurus in Persian language named ASFA. The ontology was evaluated by a retrieval test in which the usability and the performance of the ontology were investigated. Usability and performance were compared with a baseline, a classic-type thesaurus with the conventional thesaurus structure, ASFA thesaurus. The evaluation was carried out as a controlled experiment in which a group of information searchers, LIS master students, used the thesaurus and ontology to extract three keywords according to their in mind search queries. The evaluative study was followed by a qualitative analysis of the nature of concepts, individual relationships and the textual and visual display so as to provide an understanding of and insight into the quality of the ontology as well as to gather ideas for further development. In order to gather more validated data on users’ performance and satisfaction, thinking aloud technique was used. Also the experimental retrieval test in the usability test was followed by a questionnaire survey, constructed on the basis of ONTOMETRIC approach. The result of the study indicates that ontology structure is useful and provides valuable inspiration for the user. Fundamental differences of domain knowledge representation between them were then identified: formality of language in the ASFAOnt ontology, logical consistency of concepts and relationships in the ASFAOnt ontology, and ambiguity of relationships among terms in the ASFA. Relationships such as broader term (BT) and narrower term (NT) in the ASFA could support a capacity for reasoning based on generation and specification, assuming the relationships themselves are valid. However, ASFAOnt ontology supports the deduction of conclusion based on domain knowledge described in the ontology, the search for information resulting from logical inference, and the automated validation consistency. We conclude that an ontology can provide a better representation of the domain knowledge and more advanced power of reasoning based on the underlying knowledge representation.

For aims and preventing the University libraries, which are one of the main organizations within the university, should support educational and research activities. To fulfill this aim, they should direct their services with environmental changes and the mission of the university. In this regard, strategic planning seems a suitable approach. Brayson's strategies planning model and SWOT analysis model were used for planning and specifying the strategies. The needed information was collected via three data gathering instruments, i.e., questionnaire, semi structured interview questions and a checklist. Twenty-six librarians, who were managers of the faculty libraries or heads of different sections of the central library, completed the questionnaire. Four deputy managers of the university participated in the interviews. Eight areas of library activities, which provide suitable ground for the library to enhance the quantity and quality of its services were used to design the data collection instruments and analyze the collected data. Based on this analysis, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats were identified. They provided the knowledge to specify the strategic aims and the related strategies for enhancing library services.