Submission Preparation Checklist

All contributors are required to confirm their manuscript's compliance with the following criteria before initiating the upload process.

• ✓ The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• ✓ The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
• ✓ Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• ✓ The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).
• ✓ All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• ✓ The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Manuscripts failing to meet these alignment and formatting standards may be returned for correction.