Before submission of the new manuscript authors should consider the
following general rules for preparation of the manuscript. Please read
these instructions carefully and follow the guidelines strictly.
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Fonts: Important – Use Times
or Times New Roman 12 point size only (other sizes as specified),
and Symbol font for mathematical symbols (in the text and in the figures).
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Justification should be set to full (or left only,
if preferred). |
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Do not underline: Use italics, bold or bold italics instead. |
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Line spacing should be set at 2 (Double). |
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Leave a line space between paragraphs and sections. |
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Leave a line space between section titles and text. |
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Leave only one space after a full stop. |
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Manuscripts must be typed on A4 (210 × 297 mm)
paper, double-spaced throughout and with ample margins of at least
2.5 cm. All pages must be numbered consecutively. Starting with the
title page as p.1, the text, which begins with p.2, is to be arranged
in the following order: abstract, brief introduction, materials and
methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements, references, figure
legends, tables.
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The first page of the full manuscript must begin with the title
of the paper centered on the page in 14 point Bold Title Case (title
case means first letter of each main word capitalized), the names
of the authors (Initials – followed by a period each –
Family Name) with the main author’s name mentioned first, the
names and locations of the authors’ affiliations (Title Case),
and the e-mail address of the main author. The title page must provide
the title in English, a short title of not more than 45 characters
(including spaces) to be used as running head, up to five topical
key words in English for subject indexing, the full postal address
of the corresponding author to whom proofs will be sent. The title
should be brief and should indicate the species studied. Subtitles
are not encouraged. |
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The abstract should not exceed 250 words, should be one paragraph
and should be free of references and abbreviations. It should indicate
clearly the scope and main conclusions of the paper.
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The introduction should give the pertinent background to the study
and should explain why the work was done.
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The materials and methods (or methodology) should give essential
details, including experimental design and statistical analysis.
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The results should present the findings of the research. They should
be free from discussion. Results should be written in the past tense.
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The discussion should cover, but not simply repeat the new findings
and should present the author's results in broader context of other
work on the subject interpreting them with a minimum of speculation.
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The acknowledgements should be as brief as possible. |
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