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Format for Technical Paper Submission

Article Structure
 Subdivision - numbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined sections. Each subsection is given a brief
heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
 Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a
detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
 Material and methods
Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already
published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be
described.
 Results
Results should be clear and concise.
 Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A
combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive
citations and discussion of published literature.
 Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section,
which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion
section.
 Appendices
If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc.
Essential title page information
Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid
abbreviations and formulae where possible.

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Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each
author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Present the authors' affiliation addresses
(where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations immediately after the
author's name and in front of the appropriate address, e-mail address, contact number.
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing
and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact
details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.

Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should briefly state the objective of the article,
the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article,
so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided. Also, non-standard
or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first

mention in the abstract itself. An abstract of about 200 words for research papers, about 150 words
for design & development articles, and about 100 words for future trend notes and short
communications should be provided along with the paper.

Keywords
Provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using British spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and
multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations
firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

Nomenclature
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field. The nomenclature of mathematical symbols
and signs used in the text should be given immediately after the keywords. Authors can follow any of

the standard units and symbols developed by international agencies in their fields for this
purpose. Such abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention
there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.

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Units
Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other
units are mentioned, please give their equivalent in SI.

Language (usage and editing services)

Please write your text in good English (British usage is accepted). Check your paper thoroughly for
 Spelling errors, especially in your technical terminology.

 Proper syntax in the entire document. Syntax refers to the combination of words and symbols
that form correct sentence structure.
 Correct subject-verb agreement. For example, ‘they is coming…’ should be corrected to ‘they

are coming...’.
 Use of definite articles (the) and indefinite articles (a, an).
 Proper use of prepositions (of, to, on, onto, etc...).
 Complete and correct punctuation (full stops at the end of sentences, proper use of commas,
semicolons, etc...).
 Spelling inconsistencies of the same word within the article.
 Consistency in the use of units of measurement.

 Avoid inconsistencies in active form (Ram threw the flower) and passive form (the flower was
thrown by Ram).
 Be mindful of the rules and structure for switching between first and third person (switching
from using the ‘I’ form to using the ‘he, she, you or they’ forms).

 Ensure proper use of metaphors and figures of speech.

 Be consistent in the use of British English spelling not American.
 Consistency in the use of a decimal comma (30,4) or a decimal point (30.4).

Tables

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Tables should supplement and should not duplicate the information contained in the text. Tables
should be explicitly referred to in the text in numerical order with brief titles. Column headings should
be brief, bold and the units of measurement should be placed below the headings in parentheses. All

Tables should be available with captions. Maximum Five (5) Tables are allowed in a manuscript.

Illustrations
All figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, and photographic images) should be of good quality. Make

sure all necessary files have been uploaded/attached. All figure captions are available. Illustrations
should be numbered in order of their occurrence in the text with Indo-Arabic numerals and should
have short descriptive captions. Lettering should be in capital only and large enough to be legible after
a reduction of 50-60 per cent. Scanned/xeroxed images reproduced poorly need not be included.

Illustrations taken from other publications must be acknowledged. It is the author’s responsibility to
obtain permission to present such illustrations in FPTS 2023 Seminar. The preferred format is
encapsulated postscript (.eps) for line figures and .tif for halftone figures with minimum resolution of

300 dpi (dots per inch). Colour should be used only where absolutely necessary for understanding the
figure. Colour should not be used for distinguishing data in line diagrams. Maximum Six (6) figures are
allowed in a manuscript. All Figures should be available with captions.

Special Items
When chemical/mathematical equations are used in papers, these should be legible. The symbols, not
covered in nomenclature (or when nomenclature is not given), should be explained immediately after
their first usage in the text. Equations should be consecutively numbered in whole numbers in
parentheses (for example, (2), (15), (19), etc.) at the right margin. Reference to the equations in the text

should be abbreviated as Eqn (1), Eqns (5-7), etc. Capital, lower case and Greek letters should be
distinguished clearly. Letters which are sometimes confused for one another (for example, O & 0; l &
1; V, v & n; r & p; X, x & c; K, k & k; E & e; etc.) should clearly be distinguished. When a Greek letter is

used, it should be spelt out in the margin where it is first used.

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References
Citation in text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).
Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal
communications are not recommended in the reference list.

Reference links
Increased discoverability of research and high-quality peer review are ensured by online links to the
sources cited. In order to allow us to create links to abstracting and indexing services, such as Scopus,

Cross Ref, please ensure that data provided in the references are correct. Please note that incorrect
surnames, journal/book titles, publication year and pagination may prevent link creation. When
copying references, please be careful as they may already contain errors. Use of the DOI is encouraged.

Web references
As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any
further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should

also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different
heading if desired or can be included in the reference list.

Reference Style
Text: Indicate references by number(s) as superscript in line with the text. The actual authors can be
referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given. Example: '..... as demonstrated [3,6].
Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ....'

List: Number the references (numbers in superscript) in the list in the order in which they appear in the
text. References are each numbered, ordered sequentially as they appear in the text, tables, boxes,
figure legends.

The maximum number of references, strictly enforced, is 50 for an article.

Latest references should also be provided, otherwise an explanatory note should be provided
separately. References to personal communication should not be placed under references, but should

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be cited in the text in parentheses. A reference should be listed only once. Use of ibid., idem., op.cit.,
should be avoided.

Video Data
FPTS accepts video material and animation sequences to support and enhance your seminar
effectiveness. Authors who have video or animation files that they wish to submit with their article are

strongly encouraged to include links to these within the body of the article. This can be done in the
same way as a figure or table by referring to the video or animation content and noting in the body
text where it should be placed. All submitted files should be properly labeled so that they directly
relate to the video file's content. In order to ensure that your video or animation material is directly

usable, please provide the files in one of our recommended file formats with a preferred maximum
size of 150 MB. Video and animation files supplied will be published online in the electronic version of
your article in FPSI website and the soft copy version in pen-drive.

Proofs
Final proofs of the papers will be sent for correction within three working days to the authors for
clearance before sending the issue for presenting at Seminar.

Page Format of the Article

The format of the article in terms of text size, style sub-heading size and style margin etc. to be

followed as per this document as master reference.

Number of pages of Article is limited to 10 per article.
The text can be in single column or double column.
Submission of paper to be in word doc format with tif, pdf copy as attachment

Presentation PPT file of the text article should be shared with FPTS at least one week before the seminar
after final proof editing is accepted.

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