Author Guidelines

Please use this template for your manuscript:

Submission of a manuscript implies:

that the work described has not been published before; that is is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

Authors must provide a short description of the contributions made by each listed author (please use initials). This will be published in a separate section in front of the Acknowledgments.

For example: AM and DB conceived and designed research. AM and BB conducted experiments. GR contributed new reagents or analytical tools. AM and GR analyzed data. AM wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

The title page should include:

• The full first name, middle initial, and last name of the author(s).
• A concise and informative title; avoid use of undefined abbreviations Please limit the title to 180 characters (including spaces).
• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of all author(s).
• The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author.
• It is desired that you use your institutional e-mail address for correspondence.
• Please provide an abstract of up to 250 words. The abstract should be broadly based to appeal to the general readership. Avoid use of undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. Conclude with a sentence on how this work advanced the state of the art in the field.

Please provide 4 to 6 keywords, which can be used for indexing purposes. Avoid use of words already appearing in the title of the paper.