Author Guidelines

Original Research Article should be submitted under following headings in one file.
• TITLE
• Name of Authors (write FULL NAME in sequence)
• Affiliation Details (Present working address with designation), Email ID of all the authors/co-authors.
• ABSTRACT
• KEY WORDS
• INTRODUCTION
• MATERIALS AND METHODS
• Statistical Analysis
• RESULT
• DISCUSSION
• CONCLUSION
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (if applicable)
• REFERENCES

TITLE
The Title should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper. The Title Page should include the authors' full names and affiliations, the name of the corresponding author along with contact number and e-mail information. Present addresses of authors should appear as a footnote.

ABSTRACT
The Abstract should be informative and completely self-explanatory, briefly present the topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant data, and point out major findings and conclusions. The abstract should be upto 250 words in length. Complete sentences, active verbs, and the third person should be used, and the abstract should be written in the past tense. Standard nomenclature should be used and abbreviations should be avoided. No literature should be cited.

Key Words
Write relevant key words upto six.

INTRODUCTION
The Introduction should be concise and define the scope of the work in relation to other work done in the same field. Purpose of the study, aims & objectives and significance of the study should be mentioned in Introduction section.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Materials and Methods should be complete enough and clearly describe the experiments and techniques used in the study. However, only truly new procedures should be described in detail; previously published procedures should be cited, and important modifications of published procedures should be mentioned briefly. Write this section in past tense.

Statistical Analysis
The details of statistical tests used and the level of significance should be stated. If more than one test is used it is important to indicate which groups and parameters have been subjected to which test. Write name of software and version used for data analysis.

RESULTS
Results should be combined and presented with clarity and precision. The results should be written in the past tense when describing findings in the author(s)'s experiments. Previously published findings should be written in the present tense. Results should be expressed preferably in the form of table. Don’t repeat same findings in table as well as in graphs/figures.

DISCUSSION

The Discussion should interpret the findings based on current and past studies. Focus on interpretation, not just repeating results. Discuss new significant observations, previous work, and study weaknesses. Propose new hypotheses or recommendations. Avoid unsupported statements and repetition of the Introduction and Results sections.

CONCLUSION
State the conclusions in a few sentences in lucid manner at the end of the paper. Conclusions must be drawn considering the strengths and weaknesses of the study. Emphasize clinical significance of the study.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT(S)
Author(s) may acknowledge the support obtained in the study. It should be typed in a new page. Acknowledge only persons who have contributed to the scientific content or provided technical support. Sources of financial support should be mentioned.

Tables
Tables should be kept as minimum as possible and placed at appropriate place in the text and be designed to be as simple as possible. Tables should be self-explanatory without reference to the text. The details of the methods used in the experiments should preferably be described in the legend instead of in the text. The same data should not be presented in both table and graph forms or repeated in the text. Tables should be prepared in Microsoft Word.
Don’t keep tables/figures at the end of article. All the tables/figures should be kept at appropriate place in the text of article where you have mentioned about these tables/figures. All the tables/figures should be mentioned in text of article.

Figure legends: Graphics should be prepared using applications capable of generating high resolution GIF, TIFF, JPEG or PowerPoint before pasting in the Microsoft Word manuscript file. Use Arabic numerals to designate figures and upper case letters for their parts (Figure 1). Figures can be attached as JPEG file.

REFERENCES
The references may be cited in APA style.