Abstracts

Standards for Submission

The manuscripts, necessarily, must be written in English and sent in the form of abstract, which will be reviewed by a scientific committee on the format and content. We will not accept abstracts that could not prove results.

The manuscripts must be sent only through the Internet (www.sinpospq.org) after payment of registration and in accordance with the standards specified in item “STANDARDS FOR SUMMARY”. Authors will be notified by e-mail and by the symposium home page about the manuscripts status until 30^th Sep 2010.

The abstracts should be submitted up to 13^th Aug 2010. 

Standards for Abstracts

The preparation of abstracts must conform to the specifications below:

-          The abstract should be written in English in a clear and objective way containing: title, authors, institution of origin, introduction, objectives, methods, results, conclusion (final or intermediate) and a maximum of 5 keywords;

-          The abstract should be prepared in editor Word for Windows version 6.0 or later and present the following format: A4 page, Times New Roman, size 10, simple spacing, with all 30 mm margins, justified text, using italics in scientific names;

-          The abstract should contain 200-500 words (from introduction to conclusion). The limit of space must not be exceeded. Very short ones will not be accepted.

-          The title should be clear, objective and consistent with text. It should be written in capital letters and boldfaced type.

-           A blank line should be left between the title and the authors' data (name and institution). The authors’ names must be spelled out, in capital letters, followed by the index number in parentheses, NOT superscripted and identifying their institutions.  The names of authors who will present the manuscript should be underline and their e-mail should be right in front of their names.

-          The text should be a single paragraph and should not contain pictures, graphs or tables. There should be no citations to other manuscripts, but in case they are essential, they should come into parentheses and abbreviated (periodic, volume, initial page and year) immediately after the citation. “Acknowledgements” or “Financing Institutions” are optional and should be in parentheses at the end of the text.

-          Submission of research projects won’t be allowed;

-          Each participant can submit only 1 (one) abstract (summary) to the event.

RULES FOR POSTER PRESENTATION             

The official  language for the posters is English;

The size of the poster should be 1.00 to 1.50m (height) and 0.90m (width);

The title should be the same used in the abstract, written in capital letters, readable from a minimal distance of 10 feet (3 meters);

Authors´ names (1- 6 authors), institution and keywords (1-5 keywords) should be below the title in smaller letters;

The author’s name who will present the manuscript should be underlined;

The poster should include: introduction, objective, method, results, and conclusion;

It should be done, preferably, with a minimum of text (it is suggested Arial, size 28) and the maximum possible of illustrations (pictures, diagrams and tables);

All the arrangements and aesthetics are free and also of the authors’ responsibilities;

The exposure period will be of one (1) hour and 30 minutes, according to the official program. During this period one of the authors must be available for any information that might be necessary;

 Recommendations

The poster text should readable from a minimal distance of 10 feet (3 meters).We suggest the use of large letters (8mm for text and 15mm for titles and subtitles, at least);

The text should be brief, clear and objective; 

The text should not occupy a large space in the poster. Experimental results should be shown with illustrations (photos, graphs and tables);

Use minimal space for text and illustrate the experimental results with photos, graphs and tables;

Do not include references in the poster. Citations in the text should be only the essential;

Organize the poster components in a logical sequence for easy understanding;

Each participant should bring material to fix the poster.