CALL FOR PAPERS: Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the HPS

[Stuart.Altman@dp.doe.gov]

   CALL FOR PAPERS
   
   BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF THE
   HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING - MAY 29, 1998
   
   The Annual Meeting of the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Health 
   Physics Society will be held at the National Institute of Science and 
   Technology (NIST) campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on May 29, 1998.  
   The Chapter will present a full-day technical program featuring 
   presentations on operational topics and issues of current interest.  
   The program will include both invited speakers and submitted papers.  
   Affiliate Members will be provided space to exhibit their products and 
   services.
   
   Members of the Chapter, other professionals, and students are invited to 
   participate in the Annual Meeting.  Individuals submitting abstracts are 
   encouraged to focus on current issues of general interest or operational 
   health physics.  Abstracts, in the form discussed below, with two copies 
   and a 3.5" IBM formatted diskette must be received by the Chapter (P.O. 
   Box 7532, Silver Spring, MD 20907), by February 28, 1998.  Abstracts may 
   be submitted via E-mail to the Program Chair (jay@washdc.enercon.com).  
   Notification of acceptance will be sent to the presenting author by 
   April 15, 1998.
   
   ABSTRACT PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
   
   Abstracts will be printed directly from your submitted diskette or 
   electronic file.  Minor editing (punctuation and grammar) may be 
   performed on your abstract; you will not see a revised version before 
   publication.  Abstracts must be provided on a 3.5" IBM formatted 
   diskette in either a Word, WordPerfect, or ASCII text file.
   
   1. Your abstract must be a minimum of 150 words, but no longer than 
      500 words in length.
   2. Abstracts that suggest commercialism, either through writing style or
      trade names, will be rejected.
   3. Abstracts should not contain tables, figures, structural formulae, or 
      bibliographic references.
   4. Promissory statements, such as "will be discussed," will be 
      presented," "will be studied," or "will be analyzed," etc., cannot be 
      accepted.
   5. The Program Committee's decision to accept or reject an abstract will 
      be based upon inclusion of the following items.  (Note:  There will 
      be no opportunity for abstract revisions.)
        a. Purpose and title of the work:  Is the purpose clearly stated 
           and are the issues current?  Is the title descriptive of the
           abstract?
        b. Experimental procedures and discussion/review:  Are they well 
           described?  Are they clear, organized, authoritative, specific,
           and analytical?  Do they include supporting data?
        c. Application to the field of Health Physics:  Is there direct 
           application?
        d. Conclusions:  Are they based on data, and are the quality and
           quantity of data appropriately dimensioned?
        e. Appropriateness of the material for presentation.
   6. All abstracts will be printed directly from your diskette or
      electronic file.  When typing your abstract, be sure:
        a. Heading (author and title) and text are exactly the same as the
           hard copies you will be supplying.
        b. An IBM formatted diskette is used with either Word, WordPerfect,
           or ASCII text file.  Please use the 12 point CG Times font if
           possible.  Do not use any tab settings or special formatting 
           commands.
        c. Diskette is clearly labeled with the first author's last name 
           and the first seven words of the abstract's titles.
        d. Abstract is formatted according to points 7-13 below.
        NOTE:  Limit use of equations to only those that are required to
               convey the central concepts of the abstract.  You may use 
               conventional units!
   7. Left justify the margin, do not center anything in the abstract.
   8. The title is to be all capital letters and should be the first line
      of the abstract.
   9. The author(s) name(s) are to be initial capital letters and should 
      follow 2 spaces after the title.  Use initials for the first and
      middle names followed by the last name.  The presenters name should
      be underlined.
   10.The affiliations and addresses should appear immediately after the
      listing of the authors' names.  Affiliation and mailing addresses
      should be enclosed in parentheses and should follow 1 space after the
      author list.  If two or more authors have the same address, list the
      address only once.  Please make sure that all addresses are COMPLETE.
      This is the only address in our records for non-members and it is
      essential that the addresses be accurate.
   11.A blank line should be left between the title/author information and
      the text.  The abstract must be one concise paragraph.  Single space
      you abstract -- the only double spacing that should appear in the
      abstract is between the heading and the abstract.
   12.Credits should be placed at the end of the text of the abstract.  Use
      an asterisk as an indicator of credit (for example:  "*Work supported
      by U.S. Federal Regulatory Agency under Contract DC-98-1002").
   13.Abstracts which do not follow the above directions are unacceptable
      and will be rejected.
   
   BEFORE MAILING YOUR ABSTRACT, BE SURE TO DO THE  FOLLOWING:
   
   1. Include 2 copies of abstract in proper form.
   2. Include 3.5" IBM formatted diskette with abstract typed in Word or
      WordPerfect.  (ASCII text files are acceptable, although WordPerfect  
      files are preferred.)
   3. Indicate the presenter.
   4. Obtained management approval for meeting attendance to make
      presentation.
   NOTE:  If submitting your abstract via e-mail, only items 3 and 4 apply.
   
   
   
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   Posted by:
   
   Stuart M. Altman
   U.S. Department of Energy
   (301) 903-6407
   stuart.altman@dp.doe.gov