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- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- The submitted manuscripts must use SI (Metric) Units in text, figures, or tables.
- A manuscript has been 'spell-checked' and 'grammar-checked'
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word file format.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided. Also, all references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa.
- Is the title of your paper 62 characters or less?
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