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Instruction to Authors

Original articles may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Send your manuscript in digital format in simple text, RTF or others, to the Editor.

All manuscripts should be sent to the Editor by e-mail as "attachment" to the electronic address biomed@uninet.edu.

The following sections are features of the Journal:

• Editorials: Brief, substantiated commentary on subjects of topical interest.
• Originals: Original, in-depth clinical and investigative laboratory research articles.
• Case Reports: Brief individual case reports of unusual interest.
• Letters to the editor: Brief letters to the Editor that comment on previous articles.
• Internet reviews: Information on web sites that might be of interest to the scientific community on specific subjects. Each Internet review must include up to 15 web sites with a short individual comment not exceeding 50 words. The considered essential sites should be highlighted with an * sign before the URL, as shown: *http://www.uninet.edu/copat/index.html. On-line resources for Pathogist, Histotechnologist and Health Professionals.

FORMAT OF ARTICLES

For tables, figures and abbreviations see instructions below.

TITLE PAGE

It should contain the following information:
The title page includes the title of the paper without abbreviations; the first name, middle initial, and last name and the academic degree(s) attained by each author; the name of the department(s) and institution(s) where the work was done; the name, address, and telephone number of one author who is responsible for all communication concerning the manuscript (include a fax number and e-mail address when available).


FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Authors must include the financial support received for research.

KEYWORDS

Authors must provide between three and six keywords, which must not be part of the title of the paper.

PRESENT ADDRESS

Authors should provide their present address in case it is different than the affiliation described at the Title page. It should include address, phone and fax.

ABBREVIATIONS

They should be indicated as in example, in full at the first mention:

Abbreviations: PCR: polymerase chain reaction; AFLP: amplified fragment length polymorphism; Cy5: CyTM5 amidite (5'-cyamine-d[seq]) fluorochrome technology.

ABSTRACT

An abstract not exceeding 250 words containing the principal ideas, methodology, results and important conclusions is required. Foot notes , references and abbreviations should be avoided in the abstract.

INTRODUCTION

It should be brief and limited to definition of the problem, the necessary background, the aims and purposes of the research and its relation with other studies in the field. Also the working hypothesis must be clearly stated.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

It should include relevant details on the experimental design and techniques so that the experiments can be repeated.

RESULTS

Results should be clearly presented. Tables and figures should only be included if required to fully understand the data.

DISCUSSION

The aim of this section is the interpretation of the results and their relation to the existing knowledge. The information given in any part of the text may be cited but not repeated in the Discussion Section

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The acknowledgments of the contributions of colleagues can be stated in this section. Acknowledgments for financial support must be cited on the corresponding section.

REFERENCES

a) In the text:

References must be cited in the text mentioning the last name of the author and year between parenthesis. In case of two authors, both should be mentioned. When there are three or more authors, mention only the first author followed by et al. When two or more references are cited in the same parenthesis, the authors should be in chronological order. And if they have the same year, they should be in alphabetical order. Moreover, if there is more than one reference of the same author and the same year, they should be indicated with letters. See examples:

• 1 author: (Smith, 1996).
• 2 authors: (Díaz and López, 1997).
• 2 or more authors: (Ben-Ari et al. 1998). 2 or more references in the same parenthesis: (Smith, 1996; Díaz and Lopez, 1997; Ben-Ari et al. 1998).
• 2 or more references with the same year: (Klevecz, 1999; Wedin, 1999).
• 2 or more references with the same author and the same year: (Smith, 1996a; Smith 1996b; Smith 1996c).

b) In the References section:

At the end of the paper, in the References section the literature should be arranged in alphabetical order. If they have the same author, they should be in chronological order. They must be presented according to the following examples:

Journal Article

Examples:

Korpi ER, Grunder G, Luddens H. Drug interactions at GABA(A) receptors. Prog Neurobiol 2002;67:113-59.

Baumgartl HJ, Sigl G, Banholzer P, Halsbeck M, Standl E. On the prognosis of IDDM patients with larger kidneys. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1998;13:630-634.

 

Book

Examples:

Lominadze, DG Cyclotron waves in plasma. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1981; 206.

Wanous, JP Organizational entry: recruitment, selection and socialization of newcomers. 2^nd ed. Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1980; 223.

 

Book Chapter

Example:

Barrette, LM and Couillard, D. Bacterial leaching of sulfide tailings in an airlift reactor. In: Torma, AE; Wey, JE and Laksman, VL eds. Biohydrometallurgical Technologies; The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. Warrendale, Pennsylavania, 1993, vol. 1, 205-215.

Electronic publication

An example of bibliographic reference to an article published in Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, according to ISO International Standard ISO 690-2 norm, would be formulated as follows:

MYERS, Michael P.; YANG, Jay; and STAMPE, Per. Visualization and functional analysis of a maxi-K channel (mSlo) fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP). Electronic Journal of Biotechnology [online]. 15 December 1999, vol. 2, no. 3 [cited 21 March 2000]. Available from: http://www.ejbiotechnology.info/content/vol2/issue3/full/3/index.html. ISSN 0717-3458.

The date as in example (cited 21 March 2000) refers to the citation date.

 

TABLES

Tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order in which they are cited in the text. They should have a brief descriptive title placed at the top. Footnotes can be included below the table. Tables cannot duplicate data contained in the text. Provide files at approximately the correct size they are to be printed (letter size).

FIGURES

The figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals. The figures must be sent in GIF or JPG formats with a minimum of 300 dpi. In a separate page send the text to the figures.

TABLES AND FIGURES

Provide files at 90 mm width (single column) or 185 mm (double column) considering the actual size of the printed PDF version (letter size paper).


PERMISSIONS

Direct quotations, tables, or illustrations that have appeared in copyrighted material must be accompanied by written permission for their use from the copyright owner and the original author along with complete information as to source.

Patient consent forms for publication of recognizable photographs must accompany the manuscript.


REVIEW AND ACTION

Manuscripts will be examined by members of the editorial staff and sent to outside reviewers. Communications about manuscripts will be sent after the review and editorial decision-making process is complete.