Abstract information: Writing Guide to Authors
Abstract information: Writing Guide to Authors
Abstract information: Writing Guide to Authors
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SSAI 2013 Congress 26-29 August Updated 24/01/2013 11:59:00 http://congress.utu.fi/ssai2013/<br />
<strong>Abstract</strong> <strong>information</strong>: <strong>Writing</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Authors</strong><br />
I. <strong>Writing</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Authors</strong><br />
It is the policy of the 32nd Congress of the SSAI <strong>to</strong> ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and<br />
scientific rigor in the Congress. It is expected that your presentation will be unbiased, based on the<br />
best available evidence and all elements of the presentation will be free from the control of<br />
commercial interests. Therefore all authors presenting abstracts/posters are expected <strong>to</strong> disclose<br />
any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject<br />
matter of the presentation. This includes, but is not limited <strong>to</strong>, fac<strong>to</strong>rs such as financial<br />
relationships, advisory positions, and receipt of payments, expenses, grants, or departmental<br />
support, and membership of other organisations. The intent of the policy is not <strong>to</strong> prevent<br />
speakers/chairpersons with a potential conflict of interest from their contribution in the congress but<br />
<strong>to</strong> identify openly eventual conflicts of interest so that the participants of the Congress may form<br />
their own judgements about a possible bias of the presentation. You will have <strong>to</strong> give details in the<br />
abstract submission system. The eventual conflicts of interest have <strong>to</strong> be shown also in the<br />
presentation of the abstract as a poster or oral presentation.<br />
Studies involving animal or human subjects must be conducted according <strong>to</strong> the European<br />
regulation authorities for ethics in human or animal research. A statement is required<br />
indicating that an independent Ethics Committee (IEC), Ethical Review Board (ERB) or Ethics<br />
Committee has approved prospective clinical studies and/or that an Institutional Review Board<br />
(IRB) for animal experimentation approved the study. If such an approval was not obtained, the<br />
abstract will be rejected.<br />
1. Typing and formatting<br />
1. The abstract must be written on the template that is provided by the abstract handling system.<br />
The template will be send <strong>to</strong> you as an email attachment when you register <strong>to</strong> the system for<br />
the first time.<br />
2. The abstract should be written in English. Use British spelling, e.g. anaesthesia, oesophagus,<br />
crystalloid. However, you can easily eliminate many typing errors and misspelling by using the<br />
spell-check feature of your word processing software. The layout of the abstract should be the<br />
following:<br />
3. Use Arial font with a size of 11 point.<br />
4. Title Box must only include the Title. Total number of characters allowed including spacing is<br />
150. Use BOLD CAPITAL letters.<br />
5. Write the body of the abstract in<strong>to</strong> the Text Box, starting a new line for each subheading. The<br />
subheadings should be typed in Bold case. Following subheadings should be used (as<br />
applies):<br />
<br />
Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, (References).<br />
6. The <strong>to</strong>tal number of characters allowed including spacing and eventual table text is 2800.<br />
7. Use the SI-system for all units of measurement (e.g. ml, kg, kPa) with the exception of mmHg<br />
for blood pressures. With two items or more, negative exponents should be used<br />
(e.g. ml • min -1 ). The number of abbreviations should be minimised, and they must be defined<br />
the first time they are used.
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8. One table within the borders of the abstract is allowed and encouraged where the results are<br />
best represented in table format. The table must be editable, preferably in Word format. Text<br />
size in the table should be no smaller than 10 point. Be sure that all text in the table is<br />
readable. No illustrations are allowed in the abstract.<br />
9. You may use no more than three relevant references, numbered ([1]) in order of appearance in<br />
the text and listed at the end of the text. If you use references, they should have the following<br />
sequence: author(s), title, journal (as abbreviated in Index Medicus), year, volume and pages.<br />
For example: Latimer RD et al. Inhaled nitric oxide in the management of pulmonary<br />
hypertension after mitral valve surgery. Br J Anaesth 1994; 72: 185-9. The text size of the<br />
reference(s) should be no smaller than 10 point and the font should be Arial (or similar).<br />
10. Key words are not needed