AMSTECS 2011, Tokyo, Japan

19-20 March 2011

FULL PAPER GUIDELINES FOR ‘AMSTECS 2011’

Author Number One1*, Author Number Two2

1
Institution, University, Country
2
1Institution, University, Country

*Corresponding author: asmtecs-panitia@istecs.org

ABSTRACT
This document explains how to prepare a paper for submission to the AMSTECS 2011 conference. It
also includes the instruction for submission and some other information. This document should be
used as a template for MS-Word (English format). The deadline of the submission of the full paper
is 28 February 2011. Please submit the paper to amstecs-paper@istecs.org. The full
paper are limited to maximum four (4) A4-pages and 2 MB in a file size. The title is in bold capital
letters and centered at the top of the first page. It must be followed by the author(s) name(s),
organization(s). Leave one bank line between the title and the name of the author(s). When several
authors prepare a paper, the name of the presenter should be underlined. The name of each one’s
organization should be easily distinguished. Type a summary of your abstract in less than 10 lines,
followed by the keywords up to 5 words.

Keywords: renewable energy, environment, social-science, health, human-security, (up to 5 words)

1. INTRODUCTION
In order to complete your abstract,
replace all parts of this text with your paper
content without changing any layout (font type
and size, line spacing, page margins and so on).
You can copy your paper content and paste
special to this layout (and choose unformatted
text). DO NOT insert page numbers or page
headers/footers. Papers which do not meet the
guidelines may not be included in the
conference abstracts. These instructions have
been formatted in the manner in which you
should prepare your manuscript, thus you may
use this document as an example.
The manuscripts are to be formatted
using A4-size paper, single-spaced except for
headings and subheadings. The preferred font of
text is Times New Roman -11 font-size (except
the title, 12 font-size). Full justification should
be used when available. Bold should be used for
the paper title and major headings. Use a single-
column format as this template and use margins
size 25 mm for all sides.
2. THE CONTENT OF THE FULL PAPER
2.1 Manuscript length and volume limits
Papers are limited to four (4) A4-
pages (including all figures) and 2 MB in a file
size. Manuscripts exceeding page limits will be
truncated at the limit.
2.2 Title, author(s), affiliations and
corresponding author
The title should appear in BOLD
CAPITAL LETTERS with 12 pt. of Times
New Roman centered without underlining. Type
the author’s name and affiliation in upper and
lower case letters, centered and double-spaced
below the title. For multiple organizations, use
superscripted numbers to identify organization
and list the organizations after the author list.
The corresponding author should be marked
with asterisk (*) and put the corresponding
author email address after the affiliation (please
leave one blank line before and after the
corresponding author email address)
2.3 Headings
Major captions (headings) are to be in
capitals without underlining, aligned left and
bold. Subheadings should start on align left on
separate lines. A blank line space should be
placed both before and after each heading or
subheading. There should be no blank line after
the title of the sections. Sub caption begins with
the upper case. If you use sub-sub captions,
please type it with normal plain letters. The fonts
of text should be Times New Roman of 11 pt.
in size with single line spacing. At the beginning
of each paragraph please indent as on this
document.
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Table 1. Spontaneous firing activity
Frequency (per 20 BLT:
minutes) 10000µM
2 1.12
3 1.58
4 1.85
2.3 Equations
Equations are to be numbered
consecutively throughout the paper. The
equation number, in parentheses, should be
placed flush with the right-hand margin of the
column. When possible, use an equation editor.
E = mc 2 (1)
Set the line spacing of the equation to at
least 10pt before and after the equation.
2.4 Figures and tables
Drawings and graphs should not exceed 50% of
the entire paper content and should be located
close to their corresponding
citation. Hand‐written lettering on figures is
not acceptable. The use of color in figures and
photos is 　 recommended but please keep in
mind that total file size never exceeds 2 MB.
Figures and photographs must carry numbers in
the text (e.g. Fig. 1) and captions. The figures
and table should be numbered consecutively.
Fig. 1.Brain anatomy
Fig. 2. Treatments
When possible the table data should be
CGP: MA: FTA:100 FiL:30
50 µM 100 µM µM µM
4 110 950 0.27
3 110 950 0.27
4 110 1800 0.785
centered within a single column. If there is not
enough space left on the page to allow for your
table, end your page and continue on the next
page. The title for figures and tables should be
written aligns left and avoids using bold, italic
and underline. The content of the table should be
written in font 9 (Times new roman).
3. SUBMISSION AND NOTIFICATION OF
THE EXTENDED ABSTRACT
3.1 Deadline of Abstract
You should submit your extended
abstract to amstecs-paper@istecs.org until
28 February 2011. Late submission is not
permitted. Your manuscript must be saved by
using Microsoft Word .doc (1997-2003
versions).
3.2 Review and Notification
Within a month the notification of the
acceptance, you should register your
participation to secure your presentation on the
final conference program. The full paper
submission deadline is 28 February 2011.
REFERENCES
References are to be listed and
numbered at the end of the paper with a left-
justified format. The text which refers the
references should show them as [1]. Volume
numbers in references should be in (bracket).
The name of the peer review journal and the
international conference should be written in
italic. The web or url link should be written
includes the accessing date. A blank line should
be used to separate references in lists as follows:
[1] Mikkonen JE, Huttunen J, Penttonen M
(2006) Contribution of a single CA3
neuron to network synchrony. NeuroImage
31:1222-1227.
[2] Miyamoto H, Katagiri H, Hensch T
(2003) Experience-dependent slow-wave
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sleep development. Nat Neurosci 6:553-

554.
[3] Mohajerani MH, Sivakumaran S, Zacchi
P, Aguilera P, Cherubini E (2007)
Correlated network activity enhances
synaptic efficacy via BDNF and the ERK
pathway at immature CA3-CA1
connections in the hippocampus. Proc Natl
Acad Sci U S A 104:13176-13181.
[4] Moll J, Zahn R, de Oliveira-Souza R,
Krueger F, Grafman J (2005) Opinion:
the neural basis of human moral cognition.
Nat Rev Neurosci 6:799-809.