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Please thoroughly cross-check the spellings of all place names cited in the article, before submitting it for publication. REFERENCES Reference list The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work. Please do not include any reference in the Reference List that has not been cited anywhere in the text. Simultaneously, it is also important to ensure that all references cited in the text are detailed in the Reference list.