2000 ADSA-ASAS JOINT MEETING
July 24-28, 2000
Instructions
for Abstract Submission
DUE DATE: MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MIDNIGHT, CST ON FEBRUARY 15, 2000
General Information: Members are encouraged to submit research, teaching,
and extension papers. Oral papers or posters should consist of original,
completed work that has not been accepted for publication in a journal. Members
are encouraged to present research reports in poster sessions to expand the
presentation of material, to facilitate discussion of research results among
members, and to diversify the meeting format.
Authors need to be aware of patent considerations before submitting
abstracts for publication.
Abstract Submission Guidelines: All abstracts must be
submitted electronically via the World Wide Web, at
Instructions for submitting the abstract are available on the Web site.
After the deadline it will not be possible to submit abstracts. When you submit
your abstract, you will be given a tracking number and password.
Make a note of these; they will allow you to revise your submitted abstract at
any time before the deadline.
Space limitations allow a maximum of 2,300 keystrokes (including
characters, spaces, and punctuation). Begin count at the title and end count
with the last key word or end of a table if one is included. Abstracts that are
too long will be rejected automatically by the system. Coding for special
characters is not included in the total keystroke count.
If you must use boldface, italic or sub-/superscript type anywhere in
the abstract, consult the Text Attributes Coding information below. This
special coding is not counted in the 2,300 allowed keystrokes. Special
characters such as Greek letters and math symbols are available on the
electronic submission form itself.
Abstract Requirements: The author submitting the abstract is
responsible for its content and quality of preparation. Abstracts are
required for all submitted papers, all invited papers, and all symposia
presentations.
Individual Program Committees have the responsibility to accept or
reject abstracts. Criteria for acceptance or rejection will include those
outlined in these instructions and “Quality Standards for Abstracts”
as well as originality, clarity, and merit.
Consolidation of results into one combined paper is urged whenever possible.
The Overall Program Chair has authority to restrict the number of
abstracts accepted. The Program Committee Chairs have the authority to restrict
the number of presentations per presenter. However, there are no limits to the
number of abstracts an individual may submit. Also Individual Program Committee
Chairs have the prerogative to place papers submitted for oral presentation
into a poster presentation (or vice versa). If withdrawal of an abstract
becomes necessary, notify David Beede, Overall Program Chair, immediately.
Author Notification: Authors
of rejected abstracts will be sent a letter stating why the abstract has been
rejected. Check the web site after March 30, 2000 for a list of accepted
abstracts. As soon as the program is finalized with days, times and locations
it will be on the ASAS-ADSA Web site (http://www.baltimore2k.org). Printed
programs will be mailed in May.
Presentation Information: LCD and 2" x 2"
slide projectors will be available for presentations. Please specify which you
will use when you submit your abstract. If you require special equipment,
please complete the “Special AV Needs Request
Form”( http://www.baltimore2k.org ). Detailed information on presentations using
LCD projectors, slide presentations and poster presentations can be found on
the Web site. (http://www.baltimore2k.org). Poster presenters must be present
at their poster for approximately two hours of the time that the poster is on
display. The boards will be 4' high and 8' wide. Presenters must furnish their
own tacks or stick pins (no Velcro).
The usual scheduled time for presentation of each oral paper is 12
minutes with 3 minutes for questions, discussion and speaker transition.
Individual Program Committee Chairs have the prerogative to ask some presenters
to use a time other than 15 minutes. Also Individual Program Committee Chairs
have the prerogative to place papers submitted for oral presentation into a
poster presentation (or vice versa).
If Your Abstract Includes a Table: The electronic submission form does allow submission of tables. The
printed abstract width allows for 70 keystrokes per line, including spaces;
keep this in mind when formatting the table. Tables that are too wide are not
printable. You must also include coding for text attributes in the table. This
includes the italicization, superscripting and subscripting of numbers and
letters in the table and the footnotes.
Section Preferences:
Possible sections to which you may submit your abstract include the following:
Animal Behavior and Well-being, Animal Health, Beef Species, Breeding and
Genetics, Contemporary and Emerging Issues, Dairy Species, Extension Education, Food Safety, Forages and
Pastures, Goat Species, Graduate Student Paper Competition (ADSA Foods, ADSA
Production, ASAS-ADSA Northeastern Section), Growth and Development, Horse
Species, International Animal Agriculture, Meat Science and Muscle Biology,
Milk Protein and Enzymes, Milk Synthesis, Nonruminant Nutrition, Physiology,
Production and Management, Rabbit Species, Ruminant Nutrition, Sheep Species,
Swine Species, Undergraduate and Graduate Education, or Women and Minority
Issues in Animal Agriculture.
Text Attributes Coding Information
To
make a word boldface, type \bold{word}
To
italicize a word, type \italicize{word}
To
make a character superscript, type $^{3}$
(superscript 3 in this example)
To
make a character subscript, type $_{2}$ (subscript 2 in this example)
To
insert a hat above a character, type
\hat{a} (â in this
example)
Do not insert any extra spaces between the coding string and the
adjacent characters in a word or expression. Do not use your word processor’s
attribute functions to create bold, italics, or super-/subscripts. You must use
the coding given above. The characters %, #, &, _, ^, $, and {} are used
by the LaTeX formatting language, which we use to format the abstract. If you
need to use one of these characters in your abstract, it must be preceded by a
\(backslash).
Special math and Greek characters are available from a grid on the
submission form itself. The character boxes to the right of the text area are
provided so that you do not have to insert TeX coding for these characters.
Clicking on one of these characters in the box will insert the code for that
character into your abstract document. Please Note: characters you choose from the boxes always
appear at the end of the text already present in the abstract text area. If you
have pasted your abstract into the text area from another word processor file,
any special character you choose will appear at the end of your abstract.
Simply highlight the code for this character then cut and paste it into the
correct location in the abstract text.
Submission Procedures: After reading these instructions, if you
have any questions regarding submission, contact Paula Schultz, ASAS
Headquarters Office or JoAnna Wisniewski, ADSA Headquarters Office
(217-356-3182).
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