A Guideline for the Preparation of Abstracts

A. Tanaka1*, B. Ahmet2 and C. Sakoda1 (Times new roman 12 pt, centered-aligned)

1Affiliation, Address (Times new roman 12 pt, center-aligned) 2Affiliation, Address (Times new roman 12 pt, center-aligned) *e-mail address of the corresponding author (Times new roman 12 pt, center-aligned)

Keywords: A maximum of 4 keywords, Separated by commas (Times new roman 12 pt, single-line spacing, left-aligned text).

All abstracts should be formatted using either the template provided or according to the following guidelines and must be submitted via email to ueda.masahito@nihon- u.ac.jp. The abstract should be written in English and no longer than 300 word. Times New Roman font in 12 pt size and single line spacing should be used throughout the document except the title (14 pt size). Upper, left, and right page margins should be set at 3.5 cm each whereas the lower page margin should be set at 3 cm. The document should include the following items only in this order: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Keywords, and abstract. The title should be in lower case, bold and should be centered. The title should be as concise as possible. Add two blank lines before the author list. Authors should be separated by commas. Center the author list and put an * after the corresponding author. Affiliations should follow on the next line with a blank line. Affiliations should be centered. Superscript numbers should be used as a key to affiliate names to organizations. Numbers should appear after the authors' names and then before each affiliation. Leave a blank line before and after the keywords. Keywords should not be more than 4 and separated by commas. Leave a blank line before the abstract. Justify paragraphs and indent the first line. Inclusion of embedded Figures and Tables is accepted. Please note that the total file size should not exceed 3 MB.