Manuscript Style, Length, and Format

Each proposal submitted on or before April 30, 2010, will be reviewed by 3 members of the Scientific Committee of the 8^th ICICTH Samos 2010.  

A notification on whether your proposal has been accepted and on the results of the reviewing process will be sent to you by May 20, 2010. In case of acceptance of your manuscript/proposal to present your study at the 8^th ICICTH 2010 you will also be advised by the reviewers on the most suitable form of presentation (oral presentation in a plenary session or poster presentation).  

If your text manuscript has been accepted and you were granted an oral presentation in a plenary session you should submit the revised complete manuscript of the study (paper) by May 28, 2010. 

Manuscript to be submitted in Word file and not in PDF form. 

ICICTH Proceedings will be published as a book by the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, and therefore special attention needs to be paid to the formatting.

Organization of Manuscript

In general, the manuscript text (excluding summary, references, figures, and tables) should be in the range of 2500–3000 words but not exceed 5,000 words. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any and all copyrighted material Authors must obtain permission when patient names or other identifiers, including photographs are used. Permission should be acknowledged in the paper (with documentation of permission accompanying the submission). Papers will be examined for plagiarism. Papers found to contain plagiarism will be rejected.

Pages are to be numbered consecutively beginning with the title page, starting with Arabic numeral 1. Research papers should be organized into: Abstract, Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgments, and References. Tables are to be placed at the end of the manuscript. Figures and legends are to be referenced within the paper but must be uploadedseparately.

 Title Page

The first page should contain a concise and informative title of the paper.

Abstract and Keywords

The Abstract should not exceed 300 words It should include main headings: Background (optional),Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions and should be on a separate page. Keywords (no more than 5) that describe the contents of the submission should be included on a separate line below the Abstract.

Text

Submissions are to be double-spaced. Text is to be 12 point type in Times New Roman font. Headings (Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions) are to be numbered sequentially (Eg. 1. Background; 2. Objectives). Subheadings should be used where appropriate and may be numbered sequentially using decimal points (Eg. 1.1. Background first subheading; 1.2. Background second subheading). Paragraphs should be indented without extra line spacing.

Clinical Relevance Statement

As ICICTH and ACI focus on facilitating the translation of research results into practice, authors must provide a short paragraph with no more than 3 succinct sentences that discusses the Implications of results for practitioners and/or consumers. This should be placed following the Conclusions and before the References.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures must be “camera-ready” at the time of submission,(i.e. suitable for reproduction as is). Type size should be chosen so that any reduction in the width of the columns will not affect legibility. Use a uniform type size, and avoid borders around tables and figures. Tables must be double-spaced and numbered consecutively in Roman numbers (e.g. Table IV) as they appear in the manuscript. A clear title and legend should appear at the TOP of the table. Do not save or insert tables as image files, but include them at the end of the manuscript in consecutive order. Tables should be referenced within the manuscript by their number (Example: “…as shown in Table IV”).

Figures should be numbered consecutively and referred to in the text using Arabic numbers (e.g.,Figure 1) as they appear in the manuscript. A clear title and caption should appear at the BOTTOM of the figure. Figures are to be included as separate files and should be referenced within the manuscript by their assigned number (Example: “…as shown in Figure 1”).

Figures and graphics are to be saved as tagged image file (.TIF) or portable network graphic (.PNG) formats with a minimum resolution of 800 dpi (line drawings) or 300 dpi (photos, screen pictures). It is important to save your figures with a clear, descriptive filename such as “Figure1.tif”.

Good laser printouts of line drawings may be used for scanning, but color, telefax and matrix printer printouts are unsuitable.

Formulas

Mathematical, logical, computer and chemical formulas within documents should be reviewed carefully prior to submission for accuracy and clarity

• For mathematical and logical formulas, equation editor tools contained within word processors (For Microsoft Word: Microsoft Equation; For Open Office: Math) should be used.

− Within figures, formulas and equations should be formatted as part of the image file (.TIF or .PNG)

− Within tables, formulas, equations and calculations may be formatted using the word processor equation editors

− Within text, individual formulas, equations and calculations should be presented as separate lines that present numbers and variables clearly.

• For chemical and other formulas, equations and maps (such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams):

− Standard nomenclature should be used whenever possible

− A legend that clearly explains the meaning of each formula and equation should be included.The legend should be able to stand separately from the text of the manuscript.

− Formulas/equations/maps/diagrams should be saved as image files (.TIF or .PNG)

References

References to existing literature should appear as a numbered list at the end of the manuscript in the order in which they are cited in the text, using the format specified by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and date of last access should be rechecked prior to final acceptance of the manuscript.

References within the text are to be noted by number within square brackets (Example: Reference [1]).

Sample references:

Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7.

Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.

Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.

Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza's computational effort statistic for genetic programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. Genetic programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin: Springer; 2002. p. 182-91.

Acknowledgements

Scientific advice, technical assistance, and credit for financial support and materials may be grouped in a section headed ‘Acknowledgment(s)’ that will appear at the end of the text (immediately after the conclusions section).