Guide to the Preparation of Papers to Be Presented at The

GUIDE TO THE PREPARATION OF PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE

50thUK CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RESPONSES TO VIBRATION

Author’s Name

Author’s Department

Author’s Institution

City, Postcode

Country

Abstract

An abstract of up to 200 words should summarise the ‘Background’, ‘Objectives’, ‘Methods’, ‘Results’, and ‘Conclusions’ of the study. It is helpful if the abstract contains sufficient information for readers to identify the relevance of the findings to their own interests. The abstract should be indented left and right by 15 mm and typed using10-point Arial font in fully justified single line spacing, as shown here.

Presented at the 50thUnited Kingdom Conference on Human Responses to Vibration, held at ISVR, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, 9 - 10 September 2015.

1.Introduction

The paper should be organised under a series of numbered sections and sub-sections according to the desires of the author.

2.Length

Papers should not normally exceed 12 pages of text including figures, references, and appendices as appropriate.

3.Typing

3.1Text

Please type in 1½-line spacing, fully justified, on A4 paper with 1-inch (25 mm) margins at the top, bottom, left and right.

There should be a 6-point space following each paragraph.

3.2Font

The title at the top of the first page should be in upper-case using 12-point Arial (not bold) as shown above.

The font for all the text, headings,and captions in the paper is 10-point Arial (i.e. a sans serif font as shown here).

3.3Footnote

Include a footnote, giving the reference to the conference as shown below, on the first page only.

3.4Page numbers

Do not number the pages of your paper.

3.5Figures and tables

Include figures and tables at their locations in the text (at the top or bottom of the page) rather than at the end of the paper. Captions to figures must go below figures. Captions to tables go above tables.

3.6References

References should be cited in the text by the inclusion of the author’s name(s) and dates, (e.g. Smith, 1970; Smith and Jones, 1972; Smith et al., 1974).

References at the end of the paper should be listed in alphabetical order using single line spacing (see below).

4.Deadline

Papers should be submitted by 31st July 2015.

Please provide your paper electronically as both a Microsoft Word document and as a PDF document.

Please submit your paper(s) in Word and PDF format via:

Download instructions for submitting paper

5.Availability of papers

All papers will be available on the first day of theconference.

6.Other information

Other information is available at:

7.References

British Standards Institution(1987) Measurement and evaluation of human exposure to whole-body mechanical vibration and repeated shock, British Standard, BS 6841.

International Organization for Standardization (1997) Mechanical vibration and shock - evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration - Part 1: General requirements, International Standard, ISO 2631-1.

SmithAB and Jones CD (1972) A paper used for example on the layout of references. Journal of Nogood Science, 23 (4), 23-27.

SmithAB, Jones CD and Zing YZ (1974) A further look at how to present a reference. Technical Report 123, Institute of Poor Health, University of Badair, New Desertland.