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Submission Declaration
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and implicitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
Conflict of Interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.
Reviewing Process
Each paper will be reviewed by 2 reviewers.
Copyright
A Copyright Transfer Form will be sent to the authors. All authors must sign the ‘Transfer of Copyright’ agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables the UMP to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the author’s proprietary rights.
Manuscript Preparation
These instructions are written in a form that satisfies all of the formatting requirements for the author manuscript. Please use them as a template in preparing the manuscript. Authors must take special care to follow these instructions concerning margins. The basic instructions are simple:
- Manuscript shall be formatted for an A4 size page.
- The top margin and left margins shall be 30 mm.
- The bottom and right margins shall be 25 mm.
- The text shall have both the left and right margins justified.
Structure
The manuscript should be organized in the following order: Title of the paper, Authors' names and affiliation, Abstract, Key Words, Introduction, Body of the paper (in sequential headings), Conclusion, Acknowledgements (where applicable), References, and Appendices (where applicable).
The Title
The title is centered on the page and is CAPITALIZED AND SET IN BOLDFACE (font size 14 pt). It should adequately describe the content of the paper. An abbreviated title of less than 60 characters (including spaces) should also be suggested.
Author’s Name and Affiliation
The author's name(s) follows the title and is also centered on the page (font size 12 pt). A blank line is required between the title and the author's name(s). Last names should be spelled out in full and succeeded by author's initials. The author's affiliation, complete mailing address and e-mail address (all in font size 12 pt), phone and fax numbers are provided immediately below the authors name.
Abstract
A nonmathematical abstract, not exceeding 200 words, is required for all manuscripts. It should be an abbreviated, accurate presentation of the contents of the manuscript. It should contain sufficient information to enable readers to decide whether they should obtain and read the entire manuscript. Do not cite references in the abstract.
Key Words
The author should provide a list of three to five key words that clearly describe the subject matter of the paper.
Text Layout
The manuscript must be typed single spacing. Use extra line spacing between equations, illustrations, figures and tables. The body of the text should be prepared using Times New Roman. The font size used for preparation of the manuscript must be 12 points. The first paragraph following a heading should not be indented. The following paragraphs must be indented 10 mm. Note that there is no line spacing between paragraphs unless a subheading is used. Symbols for physical quantities in the text should be written in italics.
Section headings
Section headings should be typed centered on the page and in capital letters only. The type, fonts and style above (Times New Roman 12 point bold) are an example of a section heading. Do not underline section headings. A bold font should be used for section headings. The headings should be numbered.
Subheadings
Subheadings should be positioned at the left margin, in a bold-faced font the same size as the main text (Times New Roman 12 point) with single line spacing above and below. The first letter of each word in the subheading should be capitalized.
Sub-subheadings
Sub-subheadings should be typed using italic font the same size as that used for the body of the text (Times New Roman 12 point italics). Only the first letter in the subheading should be capitalized. Note that a blank line precedes and follows the subheading.
Equations and Mathematical Expressions
Equation numbers should appear in parentheses and be numbered consecutively. All equation numbers must appear on the right-hand side of the equation and should be referred to within the text. Two different types of styles can be used for equations and mathematical expressions. They are: in-line style, and display style.
In-line style
In-line equations/expressions are embedded in paragraphs of the text. In-line equations should not be numbered.
Display style
Equations in display format are separated from the paragraphs of text. They should be flushed to the centered of the column.
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Fractional powers should be used instead of root signs. A slash (/) should be used instead of a horizontal line for fractions, whenever possible; for example, use 2/3 for two-thirds. Refer to equations in the text as "Eq.(1)" or, if at the beginning of a sentence, as " Equation (1)". Vectors should be typed boldface. Do not use arrows, wavy-line underscoring, etc.
Figures and Tables
Figures (diagrams and photographs) should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numbers. They should be placed in the text soon after the point where they are referenced. Figures should be centered in a column and should have a figure caption placed underneath. Captions should be centered in the column, in the format “Figure 1.” and are in upper and lower case letters. When referring to a figure in the body of the text, the abbreviation "Figure" is used. Illustrations must be submitted in digital format, with a good resolution. Table captions appear centered above the table. When referring to a table in the text, "Table" with the proper number is used. Captions should be centered in the column, in the format “Table 1.” and are in upper and lower case letters. Tables are numbered consecutively and independently of any figures. All figures and tables must be incorporated into the text (in Portrait orientation).
Units
The use of SI units is strongly recommended and mixed units are to be avoided.
Conclusion
A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations and possible applications of the paper. Discuss about future work.
Acknowledgements
An acknowledgement section may be presented after the conclusion, if desired. Individuals or units other than authors who were of direct help in the work could be acknowledged by a brief statement following the text.
References
The Harvard System of references is to be used. In the body of the text a manuscript is to be referred to by the author’s surname with the year of publication in parentheses. References should be listed together at the end of the manuscript in alphabetical order by author’s surname. List of references indent 10 mm from the second line of each references. Personal communications and unpublished data are not acceptable references.
Proofs
Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for final checking. Corrections to the proofs must be restricted to printer’s errors: any other changes to the text, in equations or grammar, may be charged to the author. Proofs should be returned to the editors within three days of receipt to minimize the risk of the author’s contribution having to be held over to a later issue. The editors do not accept responsibility for the correctness of published contents. It is the author’s responsibility to check the content at proof stage.
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NCON-PGR 2009