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ABSTRACT
DEADLINE September 1
All
those who wish to present oral or poster communications are invited
to submit abstracts. Deadline: midnight Wednesday
September 1, 2009. It is anticipated that the final
program and notification of presentation style will occur on October
12, 2009. You must submit your abstract via the Internet (www.meetingsfirst.com.au).
Please
note: ASCEPT prefers that each author only submits one abstract
as the presenting author. Please click
here to view the sample abstract
Presenting
Author Form
The presenting author form is self-explanatory and is part of
the Internet abstract submission process. Information from
this form is utilised to generate the program, so please complete
carefully. Presenting authors who have not registered to attend
and paid by October 27 will be assumed to have withdrawn their
abstract.
Each
presenting author must log in with their unique PIN – either
as advised by Meetings First or generated online. All ASCEPT members
currently have a PIN, which is available from Meetings First if
unknown. If you do not have a PIN please select
create PIN and follow the prompts. Do not use another
person's PIN or let another person use your PIN because you will
delete their abstract or your own abstract and all information
from the database.
SUPERVISORS:
Please do not submit your student’s abstracts using your
PIN. The presenting author MUST submit their own abstract
to ensure eligibility for prizes, travel grants and for correct
programming.
Abstract
Acknowledgement
Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged
by email as well as via an automated response at the time of submission.
If you do not receive an email within 7 days of abstract submission,
please contact Meetings First.
Free
Oral Presentations
Free
oral presentations will be of 10 minutes duration with 5 minutes
for questions.
Poster
Presentations
A suitable poster size is 1m x 1m. Velcro strips
will be provided.
Abstract
Format
1. Size and
Presentation of Abstracts
- Page
size must be set to A4.
- As
abstracts must fit within a print area of 16.5 cm wide by 11.0
cm high, margins should be set to L = 2.25 cm, R = 2.25cm, Top
= 2.0 cm, Bottom = 16.7 cm.
- Do
not apply paragraph indents - the full width of the abstract
dimension must be used.
- Justify
entire abstract.
- Single
line spacing must be used throughout the abstract.
- Ensure
all lines, tables and figures fit within the margins.
- The
abstract should be typed using 10 point Times New Roman font.
DO NOT use bold type.
AUTHORS WHOSE ABSTRACTS DO NOT CONFORM TO THESE REQUIREMENTS
WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE ASCEPT ASM EDITORS. UNLESS THE ABSTRACT
IS CORRECTED AND RETURNED WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE ABSTRACT MAY
BE REJECTED OUTRIGHT.
2.
The abstract title should be in upper case.
3.
Authors
Author names should be underlined and follow on from the abstract
title. Author names should be in sentence case, with author name
initials being in upper case, with presenting author first; Eg.
IP Three, RA Dioligand & A Medic. For authors from more than
one department or organisation, affiliations are to be designated
by numerals in brackets after each author’s name (see below).
If none of the authors is a member of ASCEPT, the introducing
member’s name must be indicated in brackets following the
authors (see sample abstract).
4.
Addresses
Addresses should be underlined and follow on from author names
in the following order: Department, Institute/Organisation, State,
Postcode; eg. Dept of Pharmacology, Univ of Yarrawonga, Vic 3730
(see sample abstract).
NOTE:
Abstracts from outside Australia should also list city and country.
For authors from more than one department or organisation, place
the presenting author’s department first, followed by other
departments. Use bracketed numerals to link all authors with departments
or organisations (see sample abstract).
5. Text
Leave a single line space between title/authors and the main text
of the abstract. Do not indent the first line of text but type
as one block of text. Leave an additional line space between the
main text of the abstract and any references. The abstract should
be justified.
The
text should be as informative as possible within the limitations
of the space available and should contain relevant information
on methods used and key data obtained. Conclusions drawn from
data presented should be clearly outlined. Statements such as
‘the results will be discussed’ are not acceptable.
6.
Units
SI units are to be used; however, “mmHg” for pressure
and “g” for tension are permitted. For concentration
use nM, mM etc; for dose use mg/kg, mmol/kg etc; for dosing schedules
use mg/kg per day, mmol/kg per day etc.
7.
Anaesthetic
If an anaesthetic is used, it must be named along with the dose
and route of administration.
8.
Figures and Tables
One Figure or Table is allowed per abstract. Do NOT include a
title; the Figure or Table should be referred to in the text of
the abstract. The Table should be in Times New Roman font.
FIGURES
OR TABLES THAT ARE UNCLEAR OR NOT REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT WILL
BE REQUIRED TO BE CORRECTED AND RETURNED WITHIN 24 HOURS OR THE
ABSTRACT MAY BE REJECTED OUTRIGHT.
9.
Statistics
The following format is preferred: mean ± s.e. mean (n=;
P<); eg. 57±3 (n=7, P<0.02). If ± issued to
indicate anything other than a standard error, such as a range
or standard deviation, this should be specified in the abstract.
Authors should ensure consistency and appropriateness in the number
of decimal places used.
10.
References
References should be cited in the abstract text as follows: author(s)
followed by year; eg. (Medic, 1986). If there are three or more
authors, use “et al”. References are to be listed
in alphabetical order based on the first author. They should be
in the format of: authors’ last name, initials (use “et
al” for three or more authors), year of publication (in
brackets), the abbreviated tile of the journal (as listed in Index
Medicus), volume number, and the first and last page numbers of
the article. References to articles in books should be in the
format of: names of authors (as above), year of publication, title
of book, editors (in the same format as for authors),first and
last page numbers, place of publication and the publishers (see
sample abstract).
11.
Abbreviations
Excessive use of abbreviations should be avoided. Within reason,
abbreviations should be defined when they are first used, except
for the following more common abbreviations:
Acetylcholine (ACh)
Adrenaline (Adr)
γ-Aminobutyric
acid (GABA)
Area under curve (AUC)
Blood Pressure (BP)
Bovine serum albumin (BSA)
Cardiovascular system (CVS)
Celsius (°C)
Central nervous system (CNS)
Confidence interval (CI)
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)
Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)
Correlation coefficient (r)
Dalton (Da)
Degrees of freedom (d.f.)
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Dissociation constant (Kd)
Diameter, internal (i.d.)
Diameter, outer (o.d.)
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
Gas liquid chromatography (GLC)
Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GCMS)
Gram (g)
Half life (t1/2)
Hertz (Hz)
High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
Hour(s) (h)
5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)
Inhibition constant (Ki)
International unit (IU)
Intra-arterial (ia)
Intracerebroventricular (icv)
Intraperitoneal (ip)
Intravenous (iv)
Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS)
Litre (l)
Metre (m)
Michaelis constant (Km)
Minute (min)
Molar concentration (M)
Molar concentration of agonist producing 50% of maximum response
(EC50)
Molar concentration of agonist producing 50% of maximum inhibition
(IC50)
Noradrenaline (NA)
Optical rotation (+) or (-)
Oral (po)
Probability (P)
Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
Radiolabel (eg. tritium) ([3H])
Second (s)
Subcutaneous (sc)
Ultraviolet (uv)
