Preparation of manuscripts

Papers must be submitted in their final form, bearing in mind that no further correction/addition is possible.

Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advice of a colleague who has English as his mother-tongue before submitting their manuscript.

Authors should use SI units.

Manuscripts should be prepared using Times New Roman Font 12 pt. with numbered lines, in the left-hand margin and double spacing throughout, i.e. also for abstracts, footnotes and references. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc. should be numbered. Make the width at 2.54 cm for all margins. Place tables and figures with captions after the text, and number all pages of the manuscript consecutively. Each figure and table need be referred to in the text, underline words that should be in italics, and do not underline any other words. Avoid excessive use of italics to emphasize part of the text.

Manuscripts should generally be organized in the following order:

• Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
• Name(s) of the author(s) and their affiliations and fax and e-mail numbers. Fax and e-mail numbers should be placed as footnotes. In the case of more than one author please indicate to whom the correspondence should be addressed.
• Abstract
• Keywords (normally 4-6 keywords not used in the title may be listed beneath the abstract to assist searching techniques)
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results and Discussion
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Tables
• Figures and Figure captions