TIAFT2006 - 44th International Meeting

Instructions for
Authors

Instructions for Authors

The accepted abstracts for the 2006 Meeting of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists will be published in the Abstracts and Programme book.

Guidelines for Poster Presentations

Poster presentations must cover the material reported in the abstract.

Please ensure poster presentations use lettering that can easily be read when standing at the poster. Use large and bold lettering for the Title and immediately below this (centred) include the names of the authors and their affiliations. Highlight the presenting author. Avoid the use of too much text - dot points for results and conclusions are preferred to paragraphs covering many lines. Tables and a figure can usefully break up the poster to ensure good readability. Please headings such as Aims, Introduction, Methods, Results and Conclusions.

Posters should be no larger than 1 x 1 metre. The presentation boards will be labelled in the upper right-hand corner with a number assigned to your poster. Please place your poster on the board with this number. Supplies for attaching your poster to the boards will be available at a designated place (assistants will be at hand to help you).
You may wish to include an A4 sized version (or similar smaller size) of the poster for a handout to interested delegates.

All posters will be on display from Monday morning 08.30 hours to Wednesday morning 12.00 hours in an area adjacent to the trade exhibition.

It will only necessary for the author to be present at the poster during the tea/coffee breaks and for the hours noted in the programme.

Guidelines for delegates giving oral presentations

Platform presentations must cover the material reported in the abstract. Oral presentations, except for invited talks (plenary/keynotes) are of 10 min duration. Chairpersons will be instructed to keep presentations to the allotted time.

Each of the free oral sessions will involve consecutive 10 minute presentations listed in the order of the program followed by about 12 min of Question time from the audience to the speakers. Each presenter must remain in the session until its completion.

All presentations must be given by PowerPoint (Microsoft). Any LCD format platform presentation must be submitted to the appropriate Scientific Program Chair on Sunday, 27th August. Our Speaker Preparation room (Medical faculty) will be open between 8.00 and 19.00 h. We highly recommend also checking of your presentation in the lecture room before your presenting time. You may bring your own laptop as an additional backup; however this will only be used in the event of unexpected technical problems.

Publication of papers

Abstracts presented at the meeting can be submitted as:
a. short papers in the Proceedings of the 44thTIAFT meeting, or
b. peer reviewed papers in a special edition of Forensic Science International, or
c. peer reviewed papers in a special edition of the Journal of Chromatography B, or
d. peer reviewed papers in a special edition of the journal Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju - Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (Arh Hig Rada Toksikol).

Delegates should not submit papers to more than one publication medium unless there is significantly different content.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 44th TIAFT MEETING

The proceedings will be available as a CD published about 6 months after the scientific meeting and will be sent to all delegates who ordered it.
Delegates who have presented a communication at the meeting as a free oral, invited oral or poster presentation are invited to prepare a short paper. The paper should include the content of data presented at the meeting and should be no more than 6 typed pages (double spacing, Times Roman, font size 12 and 2.5 cm page borders). Tables and figures can be included up to a maximum of three (total number of tables or figures). The authors' names, addresses and affiliations should be clearly indicated at the start of the paper. The paper should be organized like other scientific papers with headings such as Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Acknowledgments. Full references should be listed at the end of the paper in the "Vancouver" style.

A paper copy of the paper and an electronic image (floppy disc or CD-rom should be left in the appropriate box at the TIAFT2006 Registration desk. Late papers must be sent by e-mail before October 2nd to the e-mail address: majda.zorec-karlovsek@mf.uni-lj.si.

SPECIAL EDITION OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Delegates who have presented a communication at the meeting as a free oral, invited oral or poster presentation are invited to prepare a paper for publication in a special edition of Forensic Science International.

Papers should be submitted in the style normally required by the Journal. For Forensic Science International the Guide for Authors can be found on Elsevier web site and then click on Author Gateway.

All submitted papers will be screened for suitable content for the Journal and will be subject to peer review as per usual Journal requirements. Suitable reviewers will be selected from an International panel including the International Advisory Committee of the meeting.

Three paper copies of the paper and an electronic image (floppy disc or CD-rom) should be left in the appropriate box at the TIAFT2006 Registration desk. Late papers will not be accepted for publication unless prior arrangements have been made with Dr Majda Zorec Karlovšek (majda.zorec-karlovsek@mf.uni-lj.si).

SPECIAL EDITION OF THE JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B

Delegates who have presented a communication at the meeting as a free oral, invited oral or poster presentation are invited to prepare a paper for publication in a special edition of Journal of Chromatography B.

Papers should be submitted in the style normally required by the Journal. For Forensic Science International the Guide for Authors can be found on Elsevier web site and then click on Author Gateway.

All submitted papers will be screened for suitable content for the Journal (must describe or review chromatographic procedures) and will be subject to peer review as per usual Journal requirements. Suitable reviewers will be selected from an International panel including the International Advisory Committee of the meeting.

Three paper copies of the paper and an electronic image (floppy disc or CD-rom) should be left in the appropriate box at the TIAFT Office. Late papers will not be accepted for publication unless prior arrangements have been made with Dr Majda Zorec Karlovšek (majda.zorec-karlovsek@mf.uni-lj.si).

SPECIAL EDITION OF THE JOURNAL Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju - Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (Arh Hig Rada Toksikol)

On the occasion of the 44th scientific meeting of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT2006) you are kindly invited to publish your presentations in the journal Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju - Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (Arh Hig Rada Toksikol).

The Archives is a peer-reviewed biomedical scientific journal that publishes contributions relevant to all aspects of environmental and occupational health and toxicology. The journal publishes scientific papers, professional papers, reviews, short communications and observation. The publisher of the Archives is the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health. The Archives is published quarterly for the last 56 years and since this year is also accessible on-line (http//:hrcak.srce.hr). The journal is indexed in EMBASE (Excerpta Medica), Biosis previews, and Medline. The Archives is the official journal of the Croatian Toxicology Society, Slovenian Society of Toxicology and Croatian Medical Association â€“ Croatian Society on Occupational Health.

Your manuscript should be submitted according to the Instruction to the authors not later than 15th October 2006. For further information please contact Blanka Krauthacker, PhD, Editor-in-chief; mail: bkrautha@imi.hr.

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