Overview

PharmaSUG China2017PaperGuidelines

ThePharmaSUGChina2017ConferenceProceedingswillbepublishedonlineatPharmasugchina.comandwillcontainthepaperspresentedinslidesoronaposterattheconference.Yourpaperwillbepublishedexactlyasitisreceivedfromyou.Inordertogivetheproceedingsaconsistentandprofessionallook,pleasefollowtherequirementsincludedbelowforgeneratingyourpaper.

TheseguidelinesandthepapertemplatearebasedonthepaperrequirementsforSASGlobalForum.Byadheringtothesestandards,yourpaperwillneedverylittlereformattingshouldyoudecidetosubmititforthatconference.

BasicRequirements

1.YouarerequiredtouploadaPDFfileof yourpapertotheSTARTConferenceManagerpapersubmissionsystematPharmaSUGChina2017ConferenceProceedingswillbeproducedusingthefilesuploadedtothissystem.ThedeadlineforuploadingyourfinalpaperisJune 20,2017.

2.Youarealsorequiredtocompleteatleastthetitle,author,subject,andkeywordssectionsofthedocumentpropertiesinthePDFfile.Thesemaytranslatefromthenativeformatfile.ThiswillenableuserstoelectronicallysearchthePharmaSUGChina2017ConferenceProceedingsbytopic.

PaperFormatting

ItisstronglyrecommendedthatyouusetheprovidedMicrosoftWordpapertemplate.Thetemplatecontainsallthesectionsthatareneededinyourpaper,anditcontainsthesuggestedfontsandtypesizesfortheheadersandtextinthebodyofthepaper.

Ifyoudonotusethetemplate,pleasemakesureyourpaperconformstotheguidelinesbelow:

•Alltextshouldbesinglespaced.

•Marginsshouldbe1”onthetop,bottomandoneachside.

•FirstPage:

  • Centerthenumberofthepaperabout1”from thetopofthepage.
  • Centerthetitleabout¼”underthenumberofthepaper.
  • Centerthenamesoftheauthor(s)underthetitle.
  • Beginthetextabouta½”downfrom thenameofthelastauthor.

•Centerpagenumbers(#)about3/8”from thebottom ofthepage2andbeyond.

•Fontsizes:youmayusedifferenttypefaces,butstayconsistent withthefontsizes usedinthetemplate:

  • PaperNumber 9-pointArialbold
  • Title12-pointArialbold
  • Author(s)12-pointArialregular
  • Header111-pointArialbold(allcaps)
  • Header210-pointArialbold(allcaps)
  • Bodycopy9-pointArialregular
  • Code9-pointCourierNewregular

•Finalpage:mustcontainthefollowingTrademarkCitation:

SASandallotherSASInstituteInc.productorservicenamesareregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofSASInstituteInc.intheUSAandothercountries.®indicatesUSAregistration.Otherbrandandproductnamesareregisteredtrademarksortrademarksoftheirrespectivecompanies.

PaperDetails:Capitalization,Terminology,Code

ItisstronglyrecommendedthatthepapercontainedSAScodetohelpexplainapointandcanbeusedbackattheattendee’sjobs.

DonotburySAScodeintextandsetitofffrom thetextindisplayformat.UsethefollowingSASconventionsforcapitalization:

•DATAstep(DATAisalwaysalluppercasewhenyouarereferringtotheDATAstep)

•Useuppercaseforprocedurenames.Usethefullnameofaprocedureintitlesandatthefirstmentionintext.Insubsequentreferences,usealluppercase,forexample,atfirstmention,write“ThePRINTprocedure…”,subsequently,write“PROCPRINT…”.

•Useuppercaseforstatements,options,functions,andcommands,forexample,LABELoption,DEVICE=option(includeanequalsignifapplicable),LAUNCHERcommand.

Usethefollowingconventionsforterminology:

•Usecompletenameswhenreferringtotrademarkedproductnames,forexample,use“SASEnterpriseGuide”;donotuse“SASEG”or“EG”.(ForalistofSASproductnames,see

•Write“dataset”astwowords,but“database”asoneword.

•See andphrasesthatwillhelpmakeyourtextmoreeasilytranslatableandunderstoodbyaninternationallanguage.

UseofTrademarks

Inyourpaper,inserttheappropriatetrademarksymbols(®or™)forSASproductsonly.(See attheendofthepaper.UsetheappropriatetrademarksymbolthefirsttimethatyoumentionaSAStrademarkedproductin yourpaperandineachslide.Subsequentreferencestothesameproductdonotreceivetrademarksymbolsinpapers.Ifatrademarkappearsinthetitle,thiscountsasthefirstappearance.

References

AllpublishedworkthatiscitedinyourpapermustbelistedintheREFERENCESsection.Ifyouincludeinyourpapertextorvisualsthatwerewrittenordevelopedbysomeoneotherthanyourself,youmustcitethesourcesusingthefollowingguidelines:

UsingMaterialThatIsCopyrighted–Ifyouusecopyrightedmaterial,youmustmentionthatyouhavepermissionfromthecopyrightholderorthepublisher.Thecopyrightholderorpublishermightalsorequireyoutoincludeacopyrightnotice.Forexample:

ReprintedwithpermissionofSASInstituteInc.fromSAS®RiskDimensions:ExamplesandExercises.Copyright2004.SASInstituteInc.

Note:TociteportionsofSASInstitutedocumentation, youmustreceivepermissionfromSAS.CompletetheRequestforPermissiontoUseCopyrightedMaterialsat

UsingMaterialThatIsNotCopyrighted–Ifyouuseinformationfromapreviouslyprintedsourcethatisnotcopyrighted,citethesourceinparenthesisafterthetext.Forexample:

Theminimumvariancemethoddefinesthedistancebetweenclusters(Ward1984,p.23).

Theformatforsourcesthatarepublishedinhardcopyis:

Author(s).Dateofpublicationorlastrevision.TitleofReference.City,Stateofpublisher:Nameofpublisher.

TheformatforsourcesthatarepublishedontheWebis:

Author."TitleofDocument"TitleofCompleteWork.Webaddressanyadditionaldirectionsforretrievingsource(accessdate).

Acknowledgementsand ContactInformation

Ifyouwishtoacknowledgeotherindividuals,placeanAcknowledgmentssectionjustaftertheReferences.OtherSASusersmaywishtocontactyouoraco-authoraboutyourpaperafterreadingitinthe

Proceedings.Therefore,pleaseincludeawayforuserstocontactyou,butrememberthatyourpaper will

beavailableontheInternet.

PageLimit

Pleasenotethefollowingpagelimits:

90-MinutePresentationorHands-OnWorkshop:

25-MinutePresentation:

20one-sidedpages

12one-sidedpages

10-MinutePresentationorPoster:8one-sidedpages

Thislimitincludesallcharts,tables,andgraphs.Youmayuseanycombinationoftextandgraphicalortabularmaterial,butallof yourmaterialsmustfitwithinthepagelimitinfairnesstoallauthors.

PaperNumber

YouwillreceiveapapernumberassignedbyPharmaSUGatthetimethatyourpaperisacceptedfortheconference.Thispapernumberisnotthesameastheconfirmationnumbergeneratedbythesubmissionsystematthetimeyousubmityourpaperproposal.

YoushoulduseyourPharmaSUG-assignedpapernumber:

•Inthetitleofyourpaper(seetheTitlesectionbelow)

•inthesubjectfieldofthedocumentpropertiesyourpaper(seethePDFDocumentProperties

sectionbelow)

•InthenameyourPDFfile(seethePDFFilePreparationsectionbelow)

Title

Thetitleofthepaperiscenteredonthedesignatedlineatthetopofthefirstpageandshouldbeina

12-pointArialboldfont.Thetitlewithcontinued("<PaperTitle,Continued")onallotherpagesshouldbeintheheadersectionontheleftsideina9-pointArialregularfont.Pleaserefertotheonlinepapersubmissionsystemfortheexacttitletouse.YourpapertitlemayhavebeenchangedslightlytoensureproperuseofSAStrademarks.

Yourpapernumbershouldbecenteredtwolinesdirectlyabovethetitle.Thepapernumberlineshouldconsistofthetext“PharmaSUG2017–XX”(XXisyourpapernumber)andshouldbeina9-pointArialboldfont.

Showtheauthor’sname,affiliationandlocationcentereddirectlybeneaththetitle.Theselinesshouldbeina12-pointArialregularfont.Donotshowjobtitles,degrees,oraddresses.Co-authors,ifany,aretobelistedoneauthorperline,centeredimmediatelyunderthefirstauthor’sname.Thereshouldnotbeblank

linesbetweenthetitleandtheauthororbetweenthevariousauthors.Ifmultipleauthorshavethesameaffiliationorlocation,thisinformationshouldberepeatedaftereachauthor’sname.

SampleTitle:

PharmaSUGChina2017–15

TheTitleofYour PharmaSUG ChinaPaperGoesHere

First Author,Company, City, State SecondAuthor, Company, City, State ThirdAuthor, Company, City, State

PDFDocumentProperties

WhencreatingyourfinalPDFfile,itisrequiredthat youplacethetitle,keywordsandfirstauthorinthecorrespondingsectionsoftheDocumentProperties.PleasealsofillinthesubjectfieldoftheDocumentPropertieswiththefollowing:XX–PharmaSUGChina2017,whereXXisyourpapernumber.Notethatif youhavealreadydonethisinMicrosoftWord,theinformationmaynotbecarriedthroughintotheresultingPDF.Youmayneedtore-enterit.

EnsurethatyourPDFcontainsembeddedfonts.

•Exactlyhowyouembedfontswillvaryfromapplicationtoapplicationandversiontoversion.

•FormostMicrosoftWordversions:

  • OpenthedocumentandopentheWordOptionsdialogbox.(CouldbeunderToolsorFilemenu,dependingontheversionofWord.)
  • Findthe"Save"tabonwhichtherewillbeaselectionsimilarto"Embedfontsinfile".
  • SelectitandRE-SAVETHEDOCUMENTBEFOREMAKINGTHEPDF.(Oftenthereisan

optiontoincludeonlythecharactersinuse—itmakesthefileabitsmallerandworksfine

whentheauthoris absolutelysurethatnoonewillhavetodoanytouch-upeditingtothedocument.However,ifsomeeditingisneededthePDFfilewillnotalloweditingunlessthefullfontsetisembedded.)

PDF FilePreparation

YouarerequiredtoprovideaPDF(PortableDocumentFormat)fileofyourfinalwrittenpaper.

Important:DonotpasswordprotectoraddbookmarkstoyourPDFfile.

IfyouareusingMicrosoftWordversion2007orlater,youshouldbeabletocreateaPDFdocumentdirectlyfromMicrosoftWordbychoosing“SaveAs…”andthenselecting“PDF”inthe“Saveastype”drop-downlist.

Ifyoudonothavethiscapability, youwillneedtoutilizeanotherserviceorsoftwaretooltogenerateyourPDFdocument.AlthoughPharmaSUGdoesnotmakerecommendationsaboutwhichsoftwaretouse,wehaveprovidedseveraloptionsbelow.ThetwoserviceslistedbelowconvertdocumentstoPDFforadonationorforaverysmallfee.YoucanalsopurchasesoftwaretoconvertdocumentstoPDFaswell,andthereareseverallistedbelow.

Beforeuploadingyourpaper,pleasebesurethattheDocumentPropertiesrequiredbyPharmaSUGhavecarriedovertothePDFfile.Toverifythis,openthePDFfileandviewtheDocumentProperties.InrecentversionsoftheAdobeReader,thiscanbedonebyselectingFileProperties.

Services:

Software:

UploadingYourPapertothePaperSubmissionSystem

YoumustuploadthePDFfileof yourpapertotheonlinepapersubmissionsystemonorbeforeJune 20,2017.Thesystem canbeaccessedfromthelinkonthePharmaSUGChinahomepage,

Ifyouexperiencesoftwaredifficulties,pleasecontactyoursectionchairortheAcademicChairat

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