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Abstract submission is closed. The deadline for abstract submission was on All abstracts have to be submitted online using the online access via the EUPSA website www.eupsa.org Abstracts, submitted by post, fax or mail cannot be accepted. To submit an abstract go to the following site:  Submit an AbstractGuidelines and Rules for Abstract Submission: Abstracts must be submitted using the online system. The official language is English. You will automatically receive notification of receipt by email. An abstract may be submitted to one section only. Do not double-submit by altering the title, and resubmitting to a second section. Each abstract is given a unique number which should be used in all correspondence. Pictures, figures and graphs can be included in your abstract as long as it does not exceed the required length of the template. Once you have logged on to the system, you will be able to amend your submitted abstract up to the deadline date; there is no need to submit again. Authors whose abstracts are accepted for presentation will be expected to attend the meeting and make their presentation. Notification of acceptance or rejection of abstract will be emailed by the 15th February 2010. Authors of abstracts accepted for presentation at the meeting may submit manuscripts for consideration for publication in the European Journal of Paediatric Surgery. Young Investigator Prize Session: The EUPSA “Young Investigator Award” has been made to stimulate research in Paediatric Surgery. You may enter any paper for this session as long as the presenter is a trainee. Whilst a manuscript does not have to be submitted to the European Journal of Pediatric Surgery for papers in this session, the content of the presentation should still fulfil the criteria for all abstracts submitted for this conference. Please see the section on eligibility. Papers for the Prize session are selected on the basis that they are the highest scoring papers submitted to the Congress. This means that there is no restriction on content. The marking criteria for scorers are the same as that for other papers. However the judging criteria when the papers are presented are:
Instructions for Abstract Submission: Submission process The submission pages can be reached via the EUPSA website www.eupsa.org then please follow the links.
Preparation of your abstract The deadline for submission is Friday, January 15th. THIS DATE WILL BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO. ELIGIBILITY: Abstracts should only be submitted if they or their main content have not been previously accepted for publication, published or presented at a national or international meeting prior to the commencement of the EUPSA Congress. If in doubt, please make a declaration on the abstract form for the committee to make a decision. Submitting abstracts without declaring that they have been previously presented will mean that the senior author of the paper will be banned from submitting further abstracts to EUPSA for the subsequent two years. ETHICS: Evidence of ethical approval must be included in all abstracts involving animal or human studies. PUBLICATION: The European Journal of Paediatric Surgery will normally have first choice for publication for those abstracts which have been presented orally at the Congress (except those submitted for the Young Investigator Prize session). Authors of accepted abstracts will be expected to submit manuscripts for consideration by the relevant Publication Committee, which decides which manuscripts are accepted for publication in the Congress issue of the Journal. Please see separate instructions. European Journal of Paediatric Surgery deadline for receipt of manuscripts is the 18th May 2010. Manuscripts of oral presentations can be submitted for publication in the European Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Please submit your manuscripts electronically to  http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ejps. Online identification as a EUPSA manuscript is mandatory for entering the reviewing by members of the EUPSA Scientific Office.Questions concerning manuscript submission or scientific content of the meeting should be directed to the editor of the EJPS: Prof. Dr. med. Benno M. Ure Department of Pediatric Surgery Hannover Medical School Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1 30625 Hannover Germany Ph.: +49 511 5329060 VIDEO TAPES: Films on original surgical techniques of less than 8 minutes running time may be submitted but must be accompanied by the appropriate abstract submission. The Videos must be integrated in a Power-Point presentation in one of the following formats (WMG, QuickTime, AVI or MPG). PREPARATION PROCEDURE: ANY ABSTRACT THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE BELOW WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED. The selection process will be blinded to author and centre, and an objective system (see below) will be used for marking. No identifying features such as names of authors, hospitals, medical schools, clinics or cities may be listed in the title or text of the abstract. The names of authors and their affiliations (institutions) will be submitted on-line when you submit the abstract, but will be removed before the marking process. Format Please put the title in capital letters Abstracts should be written in four parts:
Abstracts must include data with clear descriptions of results and conclusions. For example – p value without data is not sufficient. Once the abstract has been created, save it and make a note of its saved location. Once you have logged on, you will then refer back to this file during the submission process. The Submission Process This will be emailed to you when you register to use the system. Please follow all the steps carefully. If you want to edit an abstract that you have previously submitted, you are able to do this through the system. Go to the submission page and follow the instructions. DO NOT RESUBMIT. If you want to withdraw an abstract please contact the system administrator. The Chair of the Scientific Committee will notify authors regarding the acceptance or rejection of their papers, posters or videos by the 15th February 2010. We will be contacting you by email. It is therefore imperative that we have the correct email address. The submitting author is responsible for keeping us informed of up-to-date email and mail address. The criteria for rejection are:
The scoring criteria for all papers are as follows (0 = extremely poor; 5 = extremely good; Total: 0-26):
Questions concerning scientific content of the meeting should be directed to: The Chairman of the Scientific Office, EUPSA. Prof. Dr. med. Benno M. Ure Department of Pediatric Surgery Hannover Medical School Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1 30625 Hannover Germany Ph.: +49 511 5329060 E-mail:  ure.eupsa@mh-hannover.de |
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