Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items:

• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal.
• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF format.
• URLs for references have been provided where available.
• The text uses 12pt font, italics instead of underlining, and embeds all figures/tables in the correct place.
• The text follows the Author Guidelines.