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GUIDE LINES FOR MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION 1. Title Page should contain: type of manuscript, concise and informative title, running title, Name(s) of the author(s) with initials and surname, name of the department, Institution & complete address with telephone number and e-mail of the corresponding author, total number pages, total number of photographs and word counts for abstract and text (excluding references and abstract). 2. Abstract: The second page should carry the full title of the manuscript and an abstract (of no more that 150 words for case reports, brief reports and 250 words for original articles). The abstract should be structured and state the Background, Aims, Settings and Design, Materials & Methods, Statistical analysis used, Results and Conclusions. Below the abstract should provide 3 to 5 keywords. 3. Introduction – State the purpose of the article and summarize the rationale for the study or observation. 4. Material & Methods should follow the introduction & should provide enough information to permit repetition of experimental work/ project, giving how the study was designed, carried out and data was analyzed. State whether study was approved by ethical committee or not. Describe statistical analysis methods used with required details. Give actual p-values, define statistical terms, symbols and abbreviations. 5. Results should describe the outcome of study giving relevant data. Avoid repeating in the text all the data depicted in tables or illustrations: Tables (numbered in roman numerals) & illustrations (Numbered in Arabic Numerals) should be prepared on separate sheet(s) with headings or legends. Minimum size of illustrations should be 8 x 10 cm. Top of figure should be marked by an arrow on it’s back as well as figure’s number and author’s name on left side of photograph. Cite the tables/ figures in the text at appropriate places. 7. Discussion ordinarily should not be more than 1/3 of total length of manuscript. New and possible important findings of the study should be emphasized, as well as any conclusions that can be drawn. The Discussion should compare the present data to existing literature. The implications of the findings and their limitations, including potential for future research should be discussed. New hypotheses and clinical recommendations that are appropriate should be clearly identified. 8. References - In general, the number of references shuld not be exceed 40 for original articles, 50 for review articles and 15 for case reports. The authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the references and their citations in the text. 1. References shuld be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. 2. References in text, tables and legends shuld be identified by superscript numerals in square brackets [] at the end of the sentence outsite any punctuation. If several different studies or papers are cited within one sentence, the number should be placed where it will accurately identify the correct study. A. Papers published in journals / periodicals: Authors surnames followed by initials of first names; full title of paper; full name of journal; year of publication, volume, issue (in Arabic Numerals), first & last page numbers eg. Rocs DB. Congenital anomalies associated with thoracic outlet syndrome. Am J Surg 1976;132(3):771-778. B. When writing a reference in text, the surname of the author should be given; if there are two authors, the surnames of both the authors should be given & if there are more than two authors, then surname of first author followed by “et al” and name(s) should be followed by year in bracket. C1. Books: Author’s surnames and initials of first name; name of chapter (if any). In: full title of the book; Edition; Name & Domicile of Publisher; Year of Publication; pp (first & last page no.) eg. Weiner JS. Human Biology, an introduction to human evolution, variation & growth. In: Human Ecology. W.A. Harrison, J.S. Weiner & N.A. Barnicat (Eds,), Ist Edn.; Oxford University Press, Philadelphia, 1964; pp 401- 508. 9. All figures should be planned to fit within either 1 column width (8.0 cm), 1.5 column widths (13.0 cm) or 2 column widths (17.0 cm), and must be suitable for photocopy reproduction from the printed version of the manuscript. Although low quality images are adequate for review purposes, print publication requires high quality images to prevent the final product being blurred or fuzzy. Submit JPEG or TIFF files only. MS PowerPoint and Word Graphics are unsuitable for printed pictures. Do not use pixel-oriented programmes. Scans (JPEG &TIFF only) should have a resolution of 300 dpi (halftone) or 600 to 1200 dpi (line drawings) in relation to the reproduction size. All the Images/Figures should be submitted in separate files. Do not Zip the file. 10. The first author will receive a complimentary copy of the journal free