Instructions for Preparing an SHI2016 Abstract  14pt, bold

Daniel Karlssona, NNb  12pt, bold

aDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden  10pt, italic

b Some other university  10pt, italic

Introduction  12pt, Times bold

This author kit is designed to assist you in preparing your submission. It is an exact representation of the format expected by the editor. This example provides all the information you require to comply with the SHI2016 submission standards for Abstracts.

To ensure that the greatest opportunity for participation in SHI2016 is made available to researchers and institutions, authors may appear in multiple submissions but may have only ONE abstract submission considered where they are the primary or first author.

The body of the text of the submission is a set of body text paragraphs defined as follows:

  • 10pt Times font
  • Single space, defined as 12pt
  • Spacing before is 3pt
  • Spacing after is 3pt
  • There is no indentation for the first line of a paragraph

There is one level of allowed bulleting:

  • This is the bullet level

Materials and Methods  12pt, Times bold

If selected, your abstract will be published as part of the SHI 2012 Conference Proceedings.

Manuscript content should, in general, be organized in the following order.

Introduction

Methods

Results

Discussion

Acknowledgments

Address for correspondence

Abstracts are limited to ONE PAGE of two-column format.

The font used throughout the abstract is Times. The abstract size is A4 (i.e., 210 x 297mm), two-column format with a 2.5cm margin at the top, a 2.5cm margin at the bottom, 1cm margins on the left and right with a 1cm space between the two columns. Lines are single spaced, justified.

The title of the abstract should be in 14 pt bold and be centred over both columns; the title should have 60 pts space above (2 cm) and 12 pts below.

Author names should be in 12 pt bold with 12 pts above and 12 pts below. Given names should precede the family name. Indexes to author addresses are superscript, sequential alphabetical lettering commencing at a (a, b, c….)

Author affiliations should be in 10 pt italic with regular line spacing. The address for correspondence for the main author is to be included at the end of the abstract.

Results  12 pt, Times Bold

Abstracts conforming to these guidelines must be submitted via the EasyChair website – see for instructions – February 1st, 2016. Papers should be prepared as PDF files.

First authors of submissions will be notified by February 29th, 2016 of acceptance or rejection.

Final submission of revised paper by March 14, 2016.

The proceedings will be published online by April 4, 2016.

Discussion  12 pt, Times Bold

Abstracts should be prepared as PDF .pdf files and should be sent according to the instructions available on the SHI2016 web site at:

Acknowledgments  12 pt, Times Bold

Remember to thank those that have supported you and your work.

Address for correspondence  12pt, Times bold

Lead author contact details go here.