Abstract Form
54th Annual Scientific Meeting
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July 7-10th 2010, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Deadline for receipt of abstract: Friday 12th February
2010
NOTE: This is
the only form the executive will consider when selecting the papers
and posters for the next meeting. If your paper or poster is not in
the correct format according to the instructions below, it will be
returned to you for correction.
Please note that you
cannot use any special characters (µ α β ≤ ±
©) and effects (bold, underline, italic, subscripts,
superscripts) or even charts /graphs on the form.
Spell out micro (µ), alpha (α), beta (β) etc. Use "E"
instead of the superscript (eg 10E3).
Instructions to Authors:
Abstracts sent by email will not be accepted, so please read
the instructions carefully!
Complete one copy of this form for each submission. To aid the
administration, we ask that you submit this form electronically,
rather than on paper. You can use up to 400 words
including references in the headings
provided (Background, Materials and Methods, Results,
Conclusions). Before you submit the
form electronically,
we request you draft the text
on a WORD document,
(click here to download the template) this way you can
check you have not exceeded a total of 400 words.
Then copy and paste each section into the relevant boxes
below without the subheading. Your abstract,
if accepted, will appear in the programme exactly as it appears
here, so please ensure accuracy and good English. Please ensure
that numbers of patients, experiments etc, are included.
Title of abstract: (Please use lower
case)
Authors: Please type the name of the
presenting author first. The first name followed by
surname separated by a comma from next name etc. If
the address is different for each author, please use
numbers enclosed with brackets [ ].
Mailing address of authors: Give addresses
for all authors (Dept, Institute, City, Code, Country) using
numbers as above. Remember to give phone/fax number and
e-mail address of presenting author.
Conflict of Interest: The authors have a
responsibility to disclose at the time of submission of abstracts
any conflict of interest that may influence or be seen to influence
any aspect of the research. This responsibility extends to matters
related to financial benefit in the form of remuneration, payment
or gift received by a staff member that is in addition to salary
paid by the University. Financial benefits might also include
ownership of any products, consultancy fees, or
royalties. Failure to disclose any conflict of interest
will result in rejection of the abstract.
Please declare any conflict of interest on
the footer of the abstract form; if you have nothing to
declare please write "no conflict of interest to declare".
Submissions with no declaration will not be
considered.
If you wish to acknowledge anyone, please do so on
the footer of the page.
Please make sure you have filled in all the boxes
correctly, and have not exceeded 400 words, otherwise the form will
be returned to you for corrections.
In submitting this abstract, you commit yourself,
or a colleague to present the Paper/Poster if
accepted.
Receipts: When submitted, you should receive an
automatic aknowledgement that your abstract has
been submitted successfully! if you do not, then your abstract
was not submitted!!!
Please confirm the abstract was
submitted by emailing the Webmaster: waheed.ashraf@nottingham.ac.uk
Also, if you have any problems submitting your
abstract, again email the Webmaster: waheed.ashraf@nottingham.ac.uk
Receipts: You will also receive an acknowledgement by
E-mail within 2 weeks from your submission date. If you do not,
please contact the Honorary Secretary (SRHSB@btinternet.com
) since occasionally sent abstracts do not
arrive.
