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Manuscript preparation

All text files should be prepared with Microsoft Word, 12 pt Times New Roman font, page margin 1" from each side, and no embedded figures.

1. Title

The full title of the paper without abbreviations.

Full names (first and last name) of all authors.

Indication of the corresponding authors.

Affiliations and addresses of each author.

Contact information of corresponding author.

2. Financial support
Authors should indicate the financial support received for research.

3. Keywords
Authors must provide at least 3 keywords.

4. Abbreviations
Authors should indicate all the abbreviations appeared inside the manuscript.

5. Abstract
An abstract not exceeding 300 words is required.

6. Main body of the manuscript

Introduction
Materials and methods
Results
Discussion (may be combined with "Results" section)

7. Acknowledgments

8. References
All references must be numbered consecutively in square brackets, in the order in which they are cited in the text, followed by any in tables or legends. Only articles and abstracts that have been published or are in press, or are available through public e-print/preprint servers, may be cited.

Examples:
(1) Journal article:
Towers A, Carnevale FA, Baker ME. 2008. The psychosocial effects of cancer-related lymphedema. J Palliat Care. 24(3):134-143.

(2) Book:
Schnepf E: From prey via endosymbiont to plastids: comparative studies in dinoflagellates. In Origins of Plastids. Volume 2. 2nd edition. Edited by Lewin RA. New York: Chapman and Hall; 1993:53-76.

(3) In press article:
Kharitonov SA, Barnes PJ: Clinical aspects of exhaled nitric oxide. 2008. Eur Respir J, in press.

9. Tables, figures, and images
Each table should be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table 1, 2, 3, etc.). Tables should also have a title that summarizes the whole table.

The figure file will be accepted in JEPG, TIF, or GIF formats. The authors may also paste the figures into Microsoft Word document and send them as Word file. The average figure should be approximately 100-300K bytes and no more than 3M bytes. If the figures are scanned by author, please make sure that the resolution is set no more than 300 dpi.