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title, authors, affiliations, abstract, main text, acknowledgements, appendix, references, figure captions, tables, and then figures.
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Authors' names should be typed immediately below, with full names preferred, followed by Authors' affiliations, with complete addresses.
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References: All publications cited in the text should be presented in numerical order in a list of references following the
text of the manuscript. [1] J.K. Knowles, E. Reissner, Note on the stress-strain relations for thin elastic shells, Journal of
Mathematical Physics 37 (1958) 269-282. [2] H.S.Carslaw, J.C.Jaeger, Operational Methods in Applied Mathematics, second ed., Oxford
University Press, London, 1953, p. 121.
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Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively
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The above instructions
apply to the Academy Transactions Notes with the following exceptions:
Submission of Notes: An author wishing to have a
Note published should first seek the sponsorship of one Academy member of the appropriate Academy Section, asking him to sign the submission
form for Academy Transactions Notes, which is to be found in every issue of the journal. The manuscripts, together with the submission
form, are to be sent to the Guest Editor for Notes, at the address below.
Prof. Dr. med. Rupert Gerzer Director, Institute of
Aerospace Medicine German Aerospace Centre (DLR) Linder Hoehe 51147 Koeln, Germany Contact e-mail: rupert.gerzer@dlr.de
They will then undergo rapid peer review before publication. If one of the authors is a Member or a Corresponding member, no recommendation
is required. The latest membership list is available at http://www.iaaweb.org
Length of paper: Notes are strictly limited to four pages of the journal. This includes a 50-word abstract.
Titles
and authors' names: The title preceded by the words "Academy Transaction Note" should be followed by the authors' names, affiliations
and complete addresses and by the words "Endorsed by X."
Footnotes indicate (a) the authors' official titles, if desired,
(b) the quality of Member of X and the Academy Section. If an author is a Member or a Corresponding member the words "Endorsed
by X" are suppressed and his quality indicated in a footnote.
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