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Advances in Aerospace Science and Technology, 2016, *, *-*

http://www.scirp.org/journal/aast
ISSN Online: ***-***
ISSN Print: ***-***

Paper Title*
Authors Name/s per 1st, Authors Name/s per 2nd

(Affiliation): Department Name of Organization, Name of Organization, City, Country


Email: address desired (without hyperlink in E-mail)

Abstract

How to cite this paper: Author 1,


Author 2 and Author 3 (2016) Paper
Title.
******,
*,
*-*.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/***.2016.*
****

This electronic document is a live template. The various


components of your paper [title, text, heads, etc.] are already
defined on the style sheet, as illustrated by the portions given in this
document. (Abstract)

Received: **** **, ***


Accepted: **** **, ***
Published: **** **, ***

Keywords

Copyright 2016 by author(s) and


Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
This work is licensed under the
Creative
Commons Attribution International
License (CC BY 4.0).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses
/by/4.0/

Component, Formatting, Style, Styling, Insert (keywords)

1. Introduction (Heading 1)
This template, created in MS Word 2007, provides authors with most of
the formatting specifications needed for preparing electronic versions
of their papers. All standard paper components have been specified for
three reasons: 1) ease of use when formatting individual papers, 2)
automatic compliance to electronic requirements that facilitate the
concurrent or later production of electronic products, and 3) conformity
of style throughout a journal paper. Margins, column widths, line
spacing, and type styles are built-in; examples of the type styles are
provided throughout this document and are identified in italic type,
within parentheses, following the example. Some components, such as
multi-leveled equations, graphics, and tables are not prescribed,
although the various table text styles are provided. The formatter will
need to create these components, incorporating the applicable criteria
**

Special description of the title. (dispensable)

DOI: 10.4236/***.2016.***** **** **, 2016

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that follow.

2. Ease of Use (Heading 2)


2.1. Selecting a Template (Sub-Heading 2.1)
First, confirm that you have the correct template for your paper size.
This template has been tailored for output on the custom paper size
(21 cm * 28.5 cm).

2.2. Maintaining the Integrity of the Specifications


The template is used to format your paper and style the text. All
margins, column widths, line spaces, and text fonts are prescribed;
please do not alter them. You may note peculiarities. For example, the
head margin in this template measures proportionately more than is
customary. This measurement and others are deliberate, using
specifications that anticipate your paper as one part of the entire
journals, and not as an independent document. Please do not revise
any of the current designations.

3. Prepare Your Paper before Styling (Heading 3)


Before you begin to format your paper, first write and save the content
as a separate text file. Keep your text and graphic files separate until
after the text has been formatted and styled. Do not use hard tabs, and
limit use of hard returns to only one return at the end of a paragraph.
Do not add any kind of pagination anywhere in the paper. Do not
number text headsthe template will do that for you.
Finally, complete content and organizational editing before
formatting. Please take note of the following items when proofreading
spelling and grammar:

3.1. Abbreviations and Acronyms


Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used in the
text, even after they have been defined in the abstract.
Abbreviations such as IEEE, SI, MKS, CGS, sc, dc, and rms do not
have to be defined. Do not use abbreviations in the title or heads
unless they are unavoidable.

3.2. Units
Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units. (SI units are
encouraged.) English units may be used as secondary units (in
parentheses). An exception would be the use of English units as
identifiers in trade, such as 3.5-inch disk drive.

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Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current in amperes and


magnetic field in oersteds. This often leads to confusion because
equations do not balance dimensionally. If you must use mixed
units, clearly state the units for each quantity that you use in an
equation.
Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of units: Wb/m 2
or webers per square meter, not webers/m2. Spell out units
when they appear in text: ... a few henries, not ... a few H.
Use a zero before decimal points: 0.25, not .25. Use cm 3, not
cc.

3.3. Equations
The equations are an exception to the prescribed specifications of this
template. You will need to determine whether or not your equation
should be typed using either the Times New Roman or the Symbol font
(please no other font). Equations should be edited by Mathtype, not in
text or graphic versions. You are suggested to use Mathtype 6.0 (or
above version).
Number equations consecutively. Equation numbers, within
parentheses, are to position flush right, as in (1), using a right tab stop.
To make your equations more compact, you may use the solidus ( / ),
the exp function, or appropriate exponents. Italicize Roman symbols for
quantities and variables, and Greek symbols. Do not italicize constants
as , etc. Use a long dash rather than a hyphen for a minus sign.
Punctuate equations with commas or periods when they are part of a
sentence, as in
x.
(1)
Note that the equation is centered. Be sure that the symbols in your
equation have been defined before or immediately following the
equation. Use Equation (1), not Eq. (1)or (1), and at the
beginning of a sentence: Equation (1) is ...

3.4. Some Common Mistakes


The word data is plural, not singular.
The subscript for the permeability of vacuum 0, and other common
scientific constants, is zero with subscript formatting, not a
lowercase letter o.
In American English, commas, semi-/colons, periods, question and
exclamation marks are located within quotation marks only when a
complete thought or name is cited, such as a title or full quotation.
When quotation marks are used, instead of a bold or italic typeface,
to highlight a word or phrase, punctuation should appear outside of

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the quotation marks. A parenthetical phrase or statement at the end


of a sentence is punctuated outside of the closing parenthesis (like
this). (A parenthetical sentence is punctuated within the
parentheses.)
A graph within a graph is an inset, not an insert. The word
alternatively is preferred to the word alternately (unless you really
mean something that alternates).
Do not use the word essentially to mean approximately or
effectively.
In your paper title, if the words that uses can accurately replace
the word using, capitalize the u; if not, keep using lower-cased.
Be aware of the different meanings of the homophones affect and
effect, complement and compliment, discreet and
discrete, principal and principle.
Do not confuse imply and infer.
The prefix non is not a word; it should be joined to the word it
modifies, usually without a hyphen.
There is no period after the et but a period after the al in the
Latin abbreviation et al..
The abbreviation i.e. means that is, and the abbreviation e.g.
means for example.

4. Using the Template (Heading 4)


After the text edit has been completed, the paper is ready for the
template. Duplicate the template file by using the Save As command,
and use the naming convention prescribed by your journal for the
name of your paper. In this newly created file, highlight all of the
contents and import your prepared text file. You are now ready to style
your paper.

4.1. Authors and Affiliations


The template is designed so that author affiliations are not repeated
each time for multiple authors of the same affiliation. Please keep your
affiliations as succinct as possible (for example, do NOT post your job
titles, positions, academic degrees, zip codes, names of
building/street/district/province/state,
etc.).
This
template
was
designed for two affiliations.
1) For author/s of only one affiliation: To change the default, adjust
the template as follows.
a) Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
b) Change number of columns: Select the Columns icon from the MS
Word Standard toolbar and then select 1 Column from the selection
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palette.
c) Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines for the second
affiliation.
2) For author/s of more than two affiliations: To change the default,
adjust the template as follows.
a) Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
b) Change number of columns: Select the Columns icon from the
MS Word Standard toolbar and then select 1 Column from the
selection palette.
c) Highlight author and affiliation lines of affiliation 1 and copy this
selection.
d) Formatting: Insert one hard return immediately after the last
character of the last affiliation line. Then paste down the copy of
affiliation 1. Repeat as necessary for each additional affiliation.

4.2. Identify the Headings


Headings, or heads, are organizational devices that guide the reader
through your paper. There are two types: component heads and text
heads.
Component heads identify the different components of your paper
and are not topically subordinate to each other. Examples include
Acknowledgements and References and, for these, the correct style
to use is Heading 5. Use figure caption for your Figure captions,
and table head for your table title. Run-in heads, such as
Abstract, will require you to apply a style (in this case, non-italic) in
addition to the style provided by the drop down menu to differentiate
the head from the text.
Text heads organize the topics on a relational, hierarchical basis. For
example, the paper title is the primary text head because all
subsequent material relates and elaborates on this one topic. If there
are two or more sub-topics, the next level head should be used and,
conversely, if there are not at least two sub-topics, then no subheads
should be introduced. Styles named Heading 1, Heading 2,
Heading 3, and Heading 4 are prescribed.

4.3. Figures and Tables


Positioning Figures and Tables: Place figures and tables at the top or
bottom of columns. Avoid placing them in the middle of columns. Large
figures and tables may span across both columns. Figure captions
should be below the figures; table heads should appear above the
tables. Insert figures and tables after they are cited in the text. Use
Figure 1and Table 1 in bold fonts, even at the beginning of a

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sentence.
Table 1. Table type styles (Table caption is indispensable).
Table Head
copy

Table Column Head


Table column subhead

Subhead

Subhead

More table copya

a. Sample of a Table footnote (Table footnote is dispensable).

We suggest that you use a text box to insert a graphic (which is ideally a 500 dpi
jpg, png or tiffile, with all fonts embedded) because, in an MSW document, this
method is somewhat more stable than directly inserting a picture.
To have non-visible rules on your frame, use the MSWord Format pull-down
menu, select Text Box > Colors and Lines to choose No Fill and No Line.

Figure 1. Example of a figure caption (figure caption).

Figure Labels: Use 8 point Times New Roman for Figure labels. Use
words rather than symbols or abbreviations when writing Figure axis
labels to avoid confusing the reader. As an example, write the quantity
Magnetization, or Magnetization, M, not just M. If including units
in the label, present them within parentheses. Do not label axes only
with units. In the example, write Magnetization (A/m) or
Magnetization (Am1), not just A/m. Do not label axes with a ratio
of quantities and units. For example, write Temperature (K), not
Temperature/K.

Acknowledgements
Avoid the stilted expression, One of us (R. B. G.) thanks... Instead, try
R. B. G. thanks. Do NOT put sponsor acknowledgements in the
unnumbered footnote on the first page, but at here.

References
The template will number citations consecutively within brackets [1].
The sentence punctuation follows the bracket [2]. Refer simply to the
reference number, as in [3]do not use Ref. [3] or reference [3]
except at the beginning of a sentence: Reference [3] was the first...
Number footnotes separately in superscripts. Place the actual
footnote at the bottom of the column in which it was cited. Do not put
footnotes in the reference list. Use letters for table footnotes.
Unless there are six authors or more give all authors names; do not
use et al.. Papers that have not been published, even if they have
been submitted for publication, should be cited as unpublished.
Papers that have been accepted for publication should be cited as in
press. Capitalize each word in a paper title, except for function words
and element symbols.
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For papers published in translation journals, please give the English


citation first, followed by the original foreign-language citation [4]-[9].
For example, [1] is for a journal paper, [2] is for a conference
proceedings, [3] is for transactions, [4] is for a book, [5] is article or
chapter in an edited book, [6] is for a thesis, [7] is for article in
proceedings, [8] is for article from internet, [9] is for a patent.
Please completely normalize your references as the following format.
Please register your email at http://www.crossref.org/requestaccount/
and retrieve Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for journal articles, books,
and chapters by simply cutting and pasting the reference list at
http://www.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery/. Preserve hyperlinks and
underlines in DOIs.
[1] Malik, A.S., Boyko, O., Atkar, N. and Young, W.F. (2001) A Comparative
Study of MR Imaging Profile of Titanium Pedicle Screws. Acta Radiologica,
42,
291-293.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/028418501127346846
[2] Hu, T. and Desai, J.P. (2004) Soft-Tissue Material Properties under Large
Deformation: Strain Rate Effect. Proceedings of the 26th Annual
International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, San Francisco, 1-5 September
2004, 2758-2761.
[3] Ortega, R., Loria, A. and Kelly, R. (1995) A Semiglobally Stable Output
Feedback PI2D Regulator for Robot Manipulators. IEEE Transactions on
Automatic Control, 40, 1432-1436. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/9.402235
[4] Wit, E. and McClure, J. (2004) Statistics for Microarrays: Design, Analysis,
and Inference. 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester.
[5] Prasad, A.S. (1982) Clinical and Biochemical Spectrum of Zinc Deficiency
in Human Subjects. In: Prasad, A.S., Ed., Clinical, Biochemical and
Nutritional Aspects of Trace Elements, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 5-15.
[6] Giambastiani, B.M.S. (2007) Evoluzione Idrologica ed Idrogeologica Della
Pineta di san Vitale (Ravenna). Ph.D. Thesis, Bologna University, Bologna.
[7] Wu, J.K. (1994) Two Problems of Computer Mechanics Program System.
Proceedings of Finite Element Analysis and CAD, Peking University Press,
Beijing, 9-15.
[8] Honeycutt,
L.
(1998)
Communication
and
Design
Course.
http://dcr.rpi.edu/commdesign/class1.html
[9] Wright and Wright, W. (1906) Flying-Machine. US Patent No. 821393.

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