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Deadlines

All the people are invited to present papers, according to the theme of the Symposium, of interest for practical application for the economical and social development of both countries.

- Paper Submission: until March 10th, 2008
- Paper Acceptance: from April 08th, 2008
- Early Registration: until April 30th, 2008

Poster

Authors of selected papers are invited to present posters prepared according to further instructions.

 

Instructions For Papers

IMPORTANT

The SBPN invites all researchers interested in the Brazil-Japan Exchanging Symposium on Economy, Science and Technological Innovation to submit abstracts according to the instructions below.

All papers must be written in English.

1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Papers must be written in English. Use a word processor (MS Word for Windows) and to prepare the text on ISO A4 paper (210mm x 297mm). All text (except the title) must be 12 point Times font (Times New Roman). The title must be 18 point Times font. Use the top margin=20mm, botton margin=25mm, left margin=20mm, right margin=20mm and gutter width = 6 mm. Do not use bold or underline characters in the titles, subtitles or in the text. Use SI units. The maximum number of pages will be 8 (eight). All commercialism must be avoided. See an enclosed sample text following these guidelines for reference. All papers will be subject to peer review by the by Technical Committee.

 

2 SPACING AND INDENTING

All paragraphs should be single-spaced. The first line of each paragraph should have a two-space (12 point) indentation. The first line after headings or subheadings should have no indentation. Headings, captions, formulae, tables, etc. should have no indentation as well. Leave two open lines above and one open line below primary headings.  Leave one open line above and one open line below secondary and tertiary headings. Do not leave open lines between paragraphs. Leave one open line between equations and text, as well as between successive equations. Leave one open line between the  text and figures or tables (including captions).

3 TITLE AND AUTHORS

The full paper title should be typed at the top of the first page in 18 point Times font. One open line should follow the title. The Author’s name(s), affiliation and Country should be typed in 11 Times font.

 

4 ABSTRACT

 Each paper should begin with an abstract of no more than 150 words. Type the word "ABSTRACT” followed by a colon, then by one space, and then by the abstract itself, which should run the width of both columns. Leave one open line between the abstract and the Author(s) block.

  

5 KEYWORDS

The section “KEYWORDS” followed by a colon, then by one space, and then by 3 to 5 keywords should follow the abstract. Leave one open line between the abstract and the keyword section, and two open lines between the keyword section and the coming text. The keyword section should also run the width of both columns.

 

6 NUMBER HEADING

Number all headings as follows:

1 PRIMARY HEADING (in capital letters)
1.1     Secondary Heading
1.1.1  Tertiary Heading

All headings must be numbered. Use nine spaces between the left margin of the column and the title of the heading.

 

7 FIGURES/TABLES/EQUATIONS

Place illustrations within the text. Do not group illustrations at the end of the paper. Number illustrations (whether drawings or photographs) consecutively as they appear in the text and refer to them as “Figure 1”, “Figures 3 to 6”, etc. Illustrations can be one or two columns wide (including the gutter width). Illustrations should not be centered but placed against the left limit of the column. Paste illustrations in the appropriate places as required. Photographs should be glossy black and white prints. Lettering should be approximately the same size as the text. Examples of a table and a figure (including title position) can be found bellow.

Example of Table:

Table 5. Properties of the soils tested.

Number all equations with right indentation

    Formula                                         (1)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Acknowledgements should be included under a section heading "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS". Do not number this section.

  

8 REFERENCES

The references within the text should be indicated by the author's last name(s) and the year of publication, such as “Terzaghi and Peck (1967)” (see sample paper for other alternatives). List all references in alphabetical order of authors' names. Do not number the heading "REFERENCES". The first line of each entry in the reference list should not be indented, while the following lines should have a two-space (12 point) indentation. Do not leave an open line between references. Type the book titles and names of journals, thesis, reports and conferences in italics, if possible. Examples:

Ingold, T.S. e Miller, K.S. (1983) Drained Axi-symmetric Loading of Reinforced Clay, Journal of  Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 109, p. 883-898.

Leshchinsky, D. e Perry, E.B. (1987) A Design Procedure for Geotextile Reinforced Walls,                 Geosynthetics'87, IFAI, New Orleans, LA, USA, Vol. 1, p. 95-107.

Terzaghi, K. e Peck, R.B. (1987) Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice, 2nd ed., McGraw Hill, New York, NY, USA.

 
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CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

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05004-000 São Paulo SP Brazil
Phone/Fax.: +55 11 3871-3626
E-mail: sbpn2008@acquacon.com.br

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