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such as font, line spacing, margin, uppercase and lowercase, and the order of sections.
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word 4, key word 5, key word 6, key word 7, inserting any reference in this section. In the Keywords section, please enter words or
key word 8 phrases in alphabetical order. There is a maximum of 8 keywords.
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the paper is single-spaced; 4) in most cases, 10 pts spacing heading, 10 pts spacing below heading. However, when a
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formula equation, figure and table. leave 10 pts spacing between them instead of 20 pts.
As mentioned in the abstract section, it will be rather easy Example: “4.1 Paper title”.
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above and below heading. However, when a Level 3 heading
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The number of pages for the manuscript must be no more
than ten, including all the sections. Please make sure that the The heater tube. This device is used as the electrical
whole text ends on an even page. Please do not insert page resistance for providing heat input. D.C. voltage is applied at
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Do not begin a new section directly at the bottom of the
page, instead, move the heading to the top of the next page.
3. SECTION HEADINGS

The way that section titles and other headings are 4. MORE DETAILS ABOUT PAPER TITLE AND
displayed in these instructions, is meant to be followed in AUTHOR INFORMATION
your paper.
4.1 Paper title
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Paper titles should be written in upper-case and lower-case care of the case in which the measurement units are typed.
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capital “L”.
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specifying the dot as a decimal separator and the comma as a
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Full names of authors are required. The middle name can i.e. 1,000,000 and not 1000000 or 1 000 000.
be abbreviated.

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Different affiliations shall be listed in separate lines. Do
not insert any punctuation at the end of each affiliation. If all 6.1 General
the authors are affiliated to the same organization, type that
affiliation just once. (1) Briefly and descriptively title each table and caption
each figure. Place figure captions below the figures whereas
4.2.3 Superscripts table titles above the tables. Please do not include captions as
To match authors and their own affiliations, please insert part of the figures or put them in “text boxes” linked to the
numerical superscripts, i.e., “1, 2, 3, 4 …” followed by a space, figures. Also, do not place borders around the outside of your
after name and, correspondingly, before affiliation. If all the figures.
authors are affiliated to the same one organization, any (2) All the table titles and figure captions should be
number is no need. centered, Times New Roman font and 10 pts in size. Just
Do not forget to denote the corresponding author with a capitalize the first letter of words, phrases and sentences
superscript asterisk (*). You may offer emails of all co- which are included in tables and figures.
authors. But in the final version of your manuscript, only one (3) Reference each table and figure within the text by
valid email of the corresponding author will be kept. writing: e.g., Table 1 or Figure 1 (instead of Tab. 1 or Fig. 1).
If possible, place tables and figures in the order mentioned in
the text, at top or bottom of page, as close as possible to text
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(4) Allow 10 pts spacing between the table title and the
5.1 Equations table (or between the figure and its caption). The equal
spacing is allowed between the table or figure and the
(1) Tool: You are strongly recommended to use following text.
MathType (http://www.mathtype.com) to edit equations.
Microsoft Equation Editor is also acceptable. (Insert | Object | 6.2 Tables
Create New | Microsoft Equation or MathType Equation).
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(2) Format: The size of equation is 10 pts. Remember to should be in bold type.
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the equation flush left, without indenting it. number and heading should be repeated on the next page
(3) Numbering: Make sure that placing and numbering before the table is continued. Alternatively, the table may be
of equations is consistent throughout your manuscript. spread over two consecutive pages (first an even numbered,
References to the equations should be as Eq. (1). Make the then an odd-numbered page) turned by 90, without repeating
number of an equation flush-right. For example: the heading. Here is an example:

Table 1. Table title

(1)
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widely, please minimize the use of non-standard units or non- aligned in relation to those borders of the table above it no matter what the
standard symbols for those units. For example, table size is. 4. Please distribute your notes evenly between the margins.
the use of “a” for year (annum) is depreciated and the use
of “y” is encouraged instead. 6.3 Figures
Similarly, “h” should be used for hours instead of “hr”
 Please make sure that the captions are on the same page REFERENCES
with the relevant figures and tables. Please keep captions
short – taking preferably one line. If a caption is a complete In order to give our readers a sense of continuity, we
sentence, place a period at the end of it. If not, then place no encourage you to identify in your papers the articles of
punctuation at the end. similar research published in past issues of the journal. Please
Figures and captions must be centered. Any word, number, do a literature check of the papers published in the journal in
shape and symbol on figures must be discernible when the recent years.
page zoom level stands at 120%. We suggest that you use one Literature included in your references list must all be
of the following Open Type fonts: Times New Roman, mentioned in the text. Please number all the pieces of
Helvetica, Arial, Cambria, and Symbol, when preparing your literature in the order of their appearance in the text and mark
figures. them with Arabic numerals in square brackets, such as [1],
Various figures can be accepted. Several examples cited [2], [3]. Please do not make these numerals superscript either
from papers published in previous IIETA journal issues are as in the text or in the references list.
follows. Please pay special attention to how much line The digital object identifier (DOI) should be attached to
spacing is allowed in different cases: the end of a reference if the reference has one indeed. You
may find DOI at http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/#.
You may imitate the following examples to prepare your
references:

[1] Magrini, A., Lazzari, S., Marenco, L., Guazzi, G.

(2017). A procedure to evaluate the most suitable
integrated solutions for increasing energy performance
of the building’s envelope, avoiding moisture problems.
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[2] Bejan, A. (2015). Constructal thermodynamics.
Constructal Law & Second Law Conference, Parma, pp.
Figure 1. Cavity geometry S1-S8.
[3] Chen, W.K. (1993). Linear Networks and Systems.
Wadsworth, Belmont, 123-135.
[4] Costa, T., Zarante, P., Sodré, J. (2013). Simulation of
aldehyde formation in ethanol fuelled spark ignition
engines. In: Sens, M., Baar, R. (eds) Engine Processes.
Expert Verlag, Berlin.
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Measurement Vol. 3: The Theory and Practice of
Thermoelectric Thermometry. Springer Science &
Business Media.
[6] Williams, J.O. (1993). Narrow-band analyzer. Ph.D.
dissertation. Department of Electronic Engineering,
(b) Velocity vector field Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
[7] SIMUL8 Corporation. SIMUL8 – Process Simulation
Figure 2. Three heat sources Software. http://www.simul8.com/, accessed on Jan. 17,
2015.
[8] Reber, E.E., Michell, R.L., Carter, C.J. (1988). Oxygen
7. CONCLUSIONS absorption in the earth’s atmosphere. Technical Report
TR-0200 (4230-46)-3. Aerospace Corporation, Los
It is mandatory to have conclusions in your paper. This Angeles, California, USA.
section should include the main conclusions of the research [9] Motorola Semiconductor Data Manual. (1989).
and a comprehensible explanation of their significance and Motorola Semiconductor Products Inc., Phoenix, USA.
relevance. The limitations of the work and future research
directions may also be mentioned. Please do not make
another abstract. NOMENCLATURE

Each paper should have a separate nomenclature section

ACKNOWLEDGMENT that lists in detail and unambiguously all the symbols used in
the text and their definitions. Do not use the same symbol for
Acknowledgement section is not numbered and presented two or more different meanings or definitions; similarly, do
after the conclusion. Use the singular heading even if you not use more than one symbol for one variable/parameter.
have many acknowledgments. Avoid expressions such as Each dimensional symbol must have SI units mentioned at
“One of us would like to thank ...” Instead, write “This work the end. All dimensionless groups and coefficients must be
is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant indicated as dimensionless after their definitions. All Latin
numbers: xxxx, yyyy).” symbols (dimensional and dimensionless) should be listed in
an alphabetic order. All Greek symbols follow the Latin
symbols. Subscripts and superscripts follow Greek symbols
and should be identified by a minor heading. Symbols that
cannot be typed should be entered in black ink. Symbols p nanoparticle
should be italicized throughout the text. f fluid (pure water)
Please make a nomenclature originally in a table and then nf nanofluid
hide all the borders so that the symbol column and the APPENDIX
meaning column can be aligned from the top down. A
template for nomenclature is as follows. (1) Appendix. If there is an Appendix section in your
paper, please place the section after Nomenclature and follow
NOMENCLATURE the format of the text body.
(2) Footnotes. It is recommended that footnotes be
B dimensionless heat source length avoided.
CP specific heat, J. kg-1. K-1 (3) Permissions. You are responsible for making sure that
g gravitational acceleration, m.s-2 you have the right to publish everything in your paper. If you
k thermal conductivity, W.m-1. K-1 use material from a copyrighted source, you may need to get
Nu local Nusselt number along the heat source permission from the copyright holder. You need to seek
permission to use a figure or table if it has not been changed
Greek symbols in any substantive way from the original or if it does not plot
or compile data readily available to anyone. You need to seek
 thermal diffusivity, m2. s-1 permission to quote material if you use it in a way
 thermal expansion coefficient, K-1 competitive with the original material, that is, if your use of
 solid volume fraction the material will harm the rights of the original publisher
Ɵ dimensionless temperature and/or author. This criterion holds true regardless of the
µ dynamic viscosity, kg. m-1.s-1 length of the quote. If the quoted material will not be used
competitively, you need only to cite the original source.
Subscripts Please consult your own legal adviser if you have any
questions about what may need permission.