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| All papers must be typed in English. |
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| Size |
| The entire paper must not exceed 4 pages on A4 paper, including title, authors, figures and tables. Use 2.5 cm margins on each side and 4.0 cm margins on the top and bottom. |
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| Font and Font Size |
| The required font is Times New Roman. The text of the short paper should be in 10-point type, single-spaced and block adjusted. The headings should be in bold. Leave one line space between paragraphs. |
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Each short paper should include: Title and Authors, Abstract (no more than 200 words), Introduction (please be brief!), Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Acknowledgements and References. Please omit any summary of the short paper and do not use statements such as “results will be presented“.
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| Titles |
| The title of the short paper should be in upper case Times New Roman, size 12, bold, centred and contain 30 words (max 200 characters). |
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| Authors and addresses |
| Give authors' surnames first, followed by first and middle initials without dots, and the presenting author's name should be underlined. The full names and addresses of all institutes are required. |
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| References |
| The references cited in the text should be numbered consecutively as superscripts (e.g., xxxx1, yyyy2 ) and listed in full at the end. Give the complete list of authors and do not use “et al“. The name of the journal should be in italics. Omit the title of the paper. List references in exactly the same manner as shown on the example here. |
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| Format |
| The short paper must be converted to a single pdf-file (Adobe Acrobat) including text, tables, and figures, with particular attention paid to minimizing and optimizing graphics. File size should not exceed 2 MB. Only on-line uploading of pdf-files will be possible. |
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| An example of the required short paper format can be viewed here. |
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This year we are asking for a separate abstract to be submitted. This separate abstract will be included in the Abstracts book for participants. Authors are asked to submit the same abstract text as their Short Papers using an on-line submission form. On-line submission instructions will be announced soon.
If you have any questions regarding the short paper please send an e-mail to: dioxin2007abstract@congre.co.jp |
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