Guidelines - Instruction for the preparation of Abstracts
All abstracts must be prepared according to the following instructions. The accepted
abstracts will be published as submitted in the Book of Abstracts of the Symposium.
The abstract must be written in English and should be checked by a native English
speaker.
The abstract should have dimensions of 11.0 cm (width) x 16.0 cm (height), including
figures, tables and references.
Abstract should be typed single spaced, in Arial as font. File must be saved as first
author.doc or first author.rtf format. Files with docx format will not be accepted.
The title should be concise and informative, written in bold, capitalized letters, with a
font size of 10 pt. Leave a blank line with font size 10 pt. between the title and the
authors' names; their institutional addresses; the abstract text and references, if any.
The name(s) of author(s) should be written in normal, capitalized letters, with a font
size of 10 pt. Give the surnames of all authors with initials of only first names.
Please, underline the surname of the presenting author.
Type the name(s) of the institution(s), incl. the address for correspondence, city and
country, in normal letters with a font size of 8 pt. List each author's institutional
affiliation(s).
Type the abstract text with a font size of 8 pt. The abstract text must not exceed 2100
characters including spaces. Longer communications will not be accepted and will be
returned to their sender.
The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the methods, the
principal results and major conclusions. Abstracts without definite results will not be
accepted.
Tables, figures or illustrations, limited to a minimum.
IUPAC nomenclature together with SI units should be used.
