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Abstract

Insert an abstract of 50–100 words, giving a brief account of the most relevant aspects of the paper.

It is a short, appropriate and comprehensive documentary summary that represents objectively and precisely the
content of an academic or scientific document, without critical interpretation and without express mention of the
author of the summary.
It must be understandable, simple, informative, precise, complete, concise and specific. In the case of
articles for scientific journals, it is not recommended to exceed 120 words

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1. Introduction

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Here, the what and why of the work done with current and novel bibliographical support is specified, as
well as the academic value that captivates the reader3. If necessary, account is given of the delimitation of
the topic for reasons of the space established by the magazine where it is wanted to be published, so as not
to create false expectations in the reader.

After explaining the general problem, the nature and scope of the research problem is addressed. This is
presented in a concise manner, enunciated as a question that has not been answered, but which is intended
to be resolved in the development of the article. In the case of our magazine, it can be presented as a
conflict situation related to care, health or social issues. The magnitude of the problem, as well as its
importance, should be highlighted in order to take it into account for the development of new projects.

1.1. Structure

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should be embedded and not supplied separately. Please make sure that you use as much as possible
normal fonts in your documents. Special fonts, such as fonts used in the Far East (Japanese, Chinese,
Korean, etc.) may cause problems during processing. To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly
advised to use the ‘spellchecker’ function of MS Word. Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title,
Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text (including figures and tables), Acknowledgements,
References, Appendix. Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not
include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
Papers should be prepared in the following order:
Introduction: to explain the background work, the practical applications and the nature and purpose of
the paper.
Body: to contain the primary message, with clear lines of thought and validation of the techniques
described.
Conclusion
Acknowledgements (when appropriate)
References
Appendices (when appropriate)
Section headings: should be left justified, with the first letter capitalized and numbered consecutively,
starting with the Introduction. Sub-section headings should be in capital and lower-case italic letters,
numbered 1.1, 1.2, etc, and left justified, with second and subsequent lines indented. Ensure that you
return to the ‘Els-body-text’ style, the style that you will mainly be using for large blocks of text, when
you have completed your bulleted list.
Please do not alter the formatting and style layouts which have been set up in this template document.
As indicated in the template, papers should be prepared in single column format suitable for direct
printing onto A4 paper (192mm x 262 mm). Do not number pages on the front, as page numbers will be
added separately for the preprints and the Proceedings. Leave a line clear between paragraphs.

1.2. Tables
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All tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals. Headings should be placed above tables, left
justified. Leave one line space between the heading and the table. Only horizontal lines should be used
within a table, to distinguish the column headings from the body of the table, and immediately above and
below the table. Tables must be embedded into the text and not supplied separately.

Table 1. An example of a table

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And an entry 1 2
And another entry 3 4
And another entry 5 6

1.3. Construction of references

In the text the number of the reference should be given in square brackets. For references with more
than two authors, text citations should be shortened to the first name followed by et al., e.g. Jones [1]
discovered that...; Recent results from Brown and Carter [2] and Green et al. [3] indicate that (…).

Only essential references, which are directly referred to in the text, should be included in the reference
list.

References must be listed in numerical order at the end of the paper. Do not begin them on a new page
unless this is absolutely necessary. They should be prepared according to the sequential numeric system
making sure that all material mentioned is generally available to the reader.

Journal references should include: author's surname and initials; initials and surnames of remaining
authors; article title (where provided); abbreviated journal title (in italics), year of publication, volume
number and page numbers.

References to books should include: author's surname and initials; surnames and initials of remaining
authors; the book title (in italics); the place of publication and the name of the publisher; and year of
publication. References to multi-author works should include author’s surname(s) and initials, the chapter
title (where provided); "In:" followed by book title (in italics); initials and name(s) of editors(s) in
brackets; volume number and pages; the place of publication and name of the publisher, followed by the
year of publication.

Some examples are given at the end of this template in the ‘References’ section which will allow you
to assemble your reference list according to the correct format and font size. There is a shortened form for
last page number. e.g., 51–9, and that for more than 6 authors the first 6 should be listed followed by “et
al.”

1.4. Section headings

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Section headings should be left justified, with the first letter capitalized and numbered consecutively,
starting with the Introduction. Sub-section headings should be in capital and lower-case italic letters,
numbered 1.1, 1.2, etc, and left justified, with second and subsequent lines indented. You may need to
insert a page break to keep a heading with its text.

1.5. General guidelines for the preparation of your text

Avoid hyphenation at the end of a line. Symbols denoting vectors and matrices should be indicated in
bold type. Scalar variable names should normally be expressed using italics. Weights and measures
should be expressed in SI units. All non-standard abbreviations or symbols must be defined when first
mentioned, or a glossary provided.

Summary

The scientific or original article is a published written report, which accounts for the
results of an investigation. It has also been considered as a fundamental part of the
investigative process, to affirm that scientific research is not complete as long as its
results were not published

Communicate quickly and accurately the basic content of the article without having
to resort to the rest of the information.
It is the part of the article most read by most of the interested parties3 if not the
only one; Through its reading, the reader realizes the relevance of the topic dealt
with in the article and then decides whether or not it is interesting to consult its
content4, which is quite interesting for professionals and researchers, if the increase
is taken into account every time major of the scientific production, in front of which
there is no other option to stay up to date, than to read the summaries, select and
extract the information from the most interesting scientific works.

By reading the summary, the editor of a journal can quickly identify the validity and
scientific interest of an article for publication purposes. The summary is also the
means that serves as a reference to the scientific committees of academic events to
consider the relevance or not of the work and decide on its presentation.
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Acknowledgements

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References

[1] Van der Geer J, Hanraads JAJ, Lupton RA. The art of writing a scientific article. J Sci Commun 2000;163:51–9.
[2] Strunk Jr W, White EB. The elements of style. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan; 1979.
[3] Mettam GR, Adams LB. How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In: Jones BS, Smith RZ, editors. Introduction
to the electronic age, New York: E-Publishing Inc; 1999, p. 281–304