Information for authors about copyright considerations
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- the paper is original;
- it has not already been published in whole or in substantial part elsewhere;
- it is not currently under consideration by any other journal;
- the publication of the paper in the Journal would not infringe the copyright or other rights of any other person(s);
- to the best of the author(s)'s knowledge, the paper does not contain any scandalous, libelous, obscene, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable material;
- the author(s) agree to the publication of the paper in the Journal if the paper is accepted for publication in the Journal;
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- to reproduce his/her work;
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- to use the paper for teaching purposes e.g. handouts, course packs, lectures, slides, etc.;
- to use the paper as part of his/her employment.
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