About the AbstractsAbstracts will be submitted through email to info@huqas.org or huqas@huqas.org. No other type of submission will be accepted

Submit your abstract in English. Abstracts in other languages will not be accepted.

All abstracts will be reviewed by the HuQAS Scientific Committee and may be selected for either oral or poster presentation depending on the quality and the scientific content of the abstract.

Notification of acceptance will be e-mailed to the main author, so please make sure your e mail address is clearly written.

Failure to register at the conference by the presenting author will automatically imply that the abstract will neither be included in the final programme.

The person who is to present the paper, either oral or as a poster, must be one of the authors and must be registered for the conference.

Mentorship will be given to support the authors for abstracts which are accepted for to ensure that the quality is of a standard for publication

Guidelines for abstracts

All abstracts will be limited to 400 words excluding the title of the abstract, the authors and their affiliations and contact details.

Your essay should be typed and double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11") or A4 Size, with 1" margins on all sides.

Use a clear font that is highly readable. We recommend using 12 pt. Times New Roman font.

*Kindly attached your original abstract as a Word Doc. during your submission*

Two categories of abstracts may be submitted1. Describing the results of any related research2. Describing the successful implementation of any related programmes

ABSTRACT WRITING GUIDELINES

Preparing your manuscriptThe information below details the section headings that you should include in your manuscript and what information should be within each section.

Please note that your manuscript must include a 'Declarations' section including all of the subheadings (please see below for more information).

Title page

The title page should contain the title of the paper, the author's name, and the institutional affiliation.

Present a title that includes, if appropriate, the study design e.g.: "A versus B in the treatment of C: a randomized controlled trial", "X is a risk factor for Y: a case control study", "What is the impact of factor X on subject Y: A systematic review" or for non-clinical or non-research studies: a description of what the article reports.

List the full names, institutional addresses and email addresses for all authors if a collaboration group should be listed as an author, please list the group name as an author.

Abstract

The abstract should briefly summarize the aim, findings or purpose of the article. Please minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references in the abstract.

Keywords

Three to ten keywords representing the main content of the article.

Main text

This should contain the body of the article, and may also be broken into subsections with short, informative headings.

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List of abbreviations

If abbreviations are used in the text they should be defined in the text at first use, and a list of abbreviations should be provided.

Declarations

All manuscripts must contain the following sections under the heading 'Declarations':

Ethics approval and consent to participate Availability of data and material Competing interests Authors' contributions Acknowledgements Authors' information (optional)

Please see below for details on the information to be included in these sections.

If any of the sections are not relevant to your manuscript, please include the heading and write 'Not applicable' for that section.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must:

include a statement on ethics approval and consent (even where the need for approval was waived) include the name of the ethics committee that approved the study and the committee’s reference number if appropriate.

Studies involving animals must include a statement on ethics approval.

See our editorial policies for more information.

If your manuscript does not report on or involve the use of any animal or human data or tissue, please state “Not applicable” in this section.