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A monographic summary in the context of TPDSci means a concept-oriented index structure and a very brief abstract (VBA) of a publication. The present instructions refer to a submission form for such a summary, available at
http://www.tpdsci.com/TPDSci_MS_.doc and
http://www.tpdsci.com/TPDSci_MS_.pdf.
Sections of that form are hyperlinked to specific sections of this webpage.
Please also see writing, scientific publication
Please provide complete bibliographic citation of the publication or publications for which the summary is provided, including - if available - the web address of an abstract or preview of the publication. For a book, please also provide - if available - the address of publisher's book info webpage or of the worldcat.org info page.
A single form can be used for a summary of several related publications (papers), jointly referred to as “Publication”. In such a case please list citations of all these publications (papers), beginning with the publication most relevant to the VBA.
Sample publication list (relevant to the sample VBA):
Please propose an index structure for the Publication. You can find examples of index structures at http://www.tpdsci.com/Ind/Ab_.php. If you cannot find a suitable structure, i.e. a hierarchy path, in the Index, or feel that the existing index structure(s) needs(need) to be modified, please suggest alternatives/changes.
TPDSci index is concept-based. This simplifies evaluation by a reader of the significance of a publication. Consider an example: a reader is looking for "light scattering coefficient of pure water". A loose collection of unconnected terms: "scattering coefficient", "pure water" is a good hint, but will not enable the reader to select a paper where ".. light scattering coefficient of pure water was measured .." instead of a paper where these terms appear in the following phrases ".. scattering coefficient of the nanoparticle dispersion .. sample cell was throughly washed with pure water ..", without further searching/reading of the abstracts or the whole papers.Each complete index structure should represent a coherent concept (for example, "particle shape, parameters, cell nuclei" in the following sample. Use "~" to indicate the hierarchy levels.
Sample index structure relevant to the sample VBA:
particle shape
~parameters
~~aspect ratio
~~~cell nuclei: Amoozegar C et al 2009, Giacomelli MG et al 2008, Chalut KJ et al 2008
~~~retrieval
~~~~angle-resolved low-coherence interferometry
~~~~~comparison of Mie theory and T-matrix method: Amoozegar C et al 2009
~~~~~Mie theory (multiple measurements for different particle orientations and polarizations)
~~~~~~cell nuclei: Chalut KJ et al 2008
~~~~~T-matrix method
~~~~~~cell nuclei:
~~~~image analysis
~~~~~cell nuclei: Chalut KJ et al 2008, Giacomelli MG et al 2008
The VBA should be a concise summary (2-3 sentences are recommended) stating the key conclusion, i.e., a short paragraph that you would want to write about the Publication in a monograph. The VBA may be extended if it summarizes more than one publications (papers). The VBA is specifically conclusion-oriented and should require a statement to be expressed.
A VBA is an explanatory complement of an index structure for a Publication. Hence, if there are more than one key conclusion of the Publication, referring each to a different index structure, please provide several VBAs (include all VBAs in the same form).
Please avoid constructing the VBA by extracting sentences out of the published abstract of the paper or submitting the already published abstract as a VBA. Please also refrain from using general statements which convey little or no conclusive information about the result(s), such as: "We measured X-ray diffraction by DNA nanoparticles ...", unless the measurement itself breaks new grounds in technology and/or metrology, in which case please explain the breakhtroughts.
Most people have "visual-oriented" memory. Hence, enhancing the VBA by including a figure and/or the key equation of your paper representative of the conclusion discussed in the VBA is bound to leave a more lasting impression when reading your VBA. Please see a sample figure-enhanced VBA
If you would like to provide a figure, please:
The authorship of the VBA is indicated by the initials of the author(s) of the VBA, for example "AW" for "Adam Wax" (first name, middle initial(s), second name) in the following sample VBA. The authors of the VBA may be different than the author(s) of the Publication. See also Citing a VBA.
Initials of each author of the VBA will be linked to that author’s webpage at TPDSci. We will create such a webpage if it does not exist (please also see Find/navigate to your personal webpage at TPDSci and Author's info).
Relative merits of using the Mie theory and the T-matrix method to retrieve the size and aspect ratio of spheroidal cell nuclei with the angle-resolved low-coherence interferometry have been evaluated by Amoozegar et al 2009. This evaluation shows that the T-matrix method is more accurate of the two approaches and requires measurements at a single orientation of the nucleus relative to the polarization of the incident light (for example, Giacomelli MG et al 2008), while the Mie theory approach (for example, Keener JD et al 2007) is less reliable and requires measurements at multiple orientations of the nucleus relative to the incident polarization and scattering angle.
VBA Author(s): AW Published: 05-May-2009
TPDSci Link: http://www.tpdsci.com/Vba_.php?vba=Giacomelli_MG_2008_Appl_T_mat_det_20090505
please see other samples of VBAs, for example, in http://www.tpdsci.com/Tsv_.php?date=20101105
The elements of a citation of the VBA are included under each VBA, for example:
| VBA Author(s): AW Published: 05-May-2009 |
| TPDSci Link: http://www.tpdsci.com/Vba_.php?vba=Giacomelli_MG_2008_Appl_T_mat_det_20090505 |
You could cite that VBA as follows:
Wax A. 2009. Top. Part. Disp. Sci., http://www.tpdsci.com/Vba_.php?vba=Giacomelli_MG_2008_Appl_T_mat_det_20090505.
If a title is required by the publisher of your work, you can use an index entry for the VBA or the vbaed paper as the "title". In this example, it could be:
angle-resolved low-coherence interferometry, cell substructure determination, T-matrix based
which yields the full citation as follows:
Wax A. 2009. Angle-resolved low-coherence interferometry - cell substructure determination - T-matrix based. Top. Part. Disp. Sci., http://www.tpdsci.com/Vba_.php?vba=Giacomelli_MG_2008_Appl_T_mat_det_20090505.
Here, it is suggested to replace the "," in the index thread by "-" in the title, which mimics a multi-part title format used by some publishers.
The location of the vbaed paper in the index can be found via TPDSci search. In this example, enter: "Giacomelli MG" in the TPDSci search box (top left or bottom of a TPDSci page), select "Index" in the drop-down list box next to it, and initiate the search. To limit the search scope you may want to enter "author name and initials and author name" (a two-author paper), or "author name and initials et al" (a multi-author paper).
If you do not have a webpage in the References section of TPDSci (http://www.tpdsci.com/Ref/Aa_.php), please provide all contact info requested in the TPDSci_MS form, which is applicable to your case. Otherwise, please provide only the info that has changed as compared to that published in your webpage at TPDSci (find your webpage at TPDSci).
Please note that we do not publish affiliation info for an author if the author's personal contact info is not listed in a webpage of an organization of which that author is an employee or a member.
If your personal webpage at TPDSci exists, you can find it as follows:
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