Abstracts, Instructions for Authors
The abstract should be prepared as a hard copy as well as in electronic form. At least one of the authors of any submitted Abstract must be a registered participant of ICNPAS-98.The abstract, submitted as a 1 page camera-ready copy, must be prepared on good quality paper of A4 (21.0 x 29.7cm) size. The abstract should be of laser printer quality. All graphics and the text must be placed in an image area of 18.75cm wide by 26cm high. Margins to create this image area from standard A4 size paper are: Top - 1.91cm, Bottom - 1.27cm, Left - 1.1cm, Right - 1.1cm.
The camera-ready abstract should start with the title, author(s)' name(s) and address followed by the main body of the abstract. The title should be centered and in bold 16pt Times Roman with initial capital letters. The name(s) of the author(s) should be centered (normal 12pt Times Roman, including the first name, middle initial(s) and family name), with the name of the presenting author underlined. The author’s affiliation and full address should be centered (ital 10pt Times Roman), fax number and E-mail address are desirable. The text of the abstracts should be in normal 12pt Times Roman (1.2-1.5 line spacing). All figures
should be of good quality and located within the text at the appropriate position(s). It is preferred not to use references in the abstract. Please bear in mind that the page size for printing will be reduced to 70%. As abstracts will be copied by photo-offset, they should be clean and neatly typed.
The original abstracts and one photocopy should be mailed unfolded in an A4 envelope. Abstracts received by fax are unacceptable. Abstracts received later or not prepared according to the instructions may not be included in the book of abstracts.
The electronic version must be prepared in the Microsoft Word for Windows Format (any version) and may include any graphics, pictures, formulas, schemes, etc. The electronic version of the abstract should be sent as an attached file by e-mail to the Conference Secretariat or as the file on a standard floppy disk by regular mail together with the printed copies.