Undergraduate Research Sessions of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences - 2021
Undergraduate Research Sessions of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (FAHSURS), the annual research conference organized by the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya will be held on the 18th February 2022 . FAHSURS provides undergraduate researchers with a unique opportunity to present their final year research projects at an actual research forum. This year's event (FAHSURS 2021) will be taking place as a fully online event.
Guidelines for Authors
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Abstracts
should be written in English using MS Word 97-2003, 2007 formats
(file extension .doc or .docx).
Format - Paper size
- Number of words
- Margins
- Font
- Line spacing
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The abstract should contain the following:
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B5 (ISO – 176 mm x 250 mm) |
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Maximum 300 words |
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27mm left; 15 mm right; 20 mm top; 20 mm bottom |
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Times New Roman |
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Single |
TITLE should be brief and reflect the study carried out. The letters should be bold font size 12 and center aligned. There should be no line space above the title. One line space should be left below the title. If common vernacular names follow the scientific name, they should be included in parentheses. If scientific terms of organisms, botanical names, etc., are included they should be written in small italics.
NAME/S AND AFFILIATION/S OF AUTHOR/S should be in font size 11, lowercase bold letters (except initials and first letter of the surname/s) and center aligned. Initials (each initial should be followed by a full-stop and a space) should be followed by the surname/last name. Presenter's name should be underlined, and the corresponding author's name should be indicated by an asterisk at the end of the name. One line space should be left between the name/s and affiliation/s.
AFFILIATION/S OF AUTHOR/S should be in font size 11 italics, lowercase letters (with uppercase letters where necessary) and center aligned. Whenever the work has been carried out in several Institutes/Departments, the addresses should be numbered using a superscript at the beginning of each address and the respective author should be marked using a superscript at the end of the author’s name. The corresponding author's email address preceded by an asterisk in superscript should be provided in a separate line immediately below the affiliations (see the sample abstract). A two-line space should be left between affiliations and the body of the text.
TEXT should include a concise description of introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusions; should be written in font size 10 justified.
Acknowledgement: An acknowledgement, only with the name of the funding organization/s and grant number/s should be mentioned where applicable in italics. One line space should be left between the text and the acknowledgement.
Abbreviations: Should be
cited
in full at first occurrence except for standard
abbreviations.
Non-English
and Technical Terms: Should be in italics.
Units: International
System
of Units (SI) should be used, and a space must be left between the
figure and the unit (e.g., 25
cm).
Maximum of 3 references can be inserted in
the
abstract; should be written in font size 10 italics
justified.
Download the author declaration form from the link below in this page. You should upload a signed copy of author declaration form along with the abstract.
Author Declaration Form
Download Author Declaration Form Here