Author Guidelines

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Instruction to Authors

Title Page

YOUR PAPER'S TITLE STARTS HERE: PLEASE CENTRE USE HELVETICA (TIMES NEW ROMAN) 14

First Author¹, a, Second Author², b and Others³, c

¹Full address of first author, including country

²Full address of second author, including country

³List all distinct addresses in the same way

aemail, bemail, cemail (corresponding author)

Abstract

Your abstract should not exceed 150 words. It should present a concise statement of the scope, principal findings, conclusions and recommendations of the paper.

Keywords

List four keywords covered in your paper. These keywords will also be used by the publisher to produce a keyword index.

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YOUR PAPER'S TITLE STARTS HERE: PLEASE CENTRE USE TIMES NEW ROMAN 14 POINTS
(DO NOT INCLUDE NAMES)

Abstract

Your abstract should not exceed 150 words. It should present a concise statement of the scope, principal findings, conclusions and recommendations of the paper.

Keywords

List at least four keywords covered in your paper. These keywords will also be used by the publisher to produce a keyword index.

Introduction

This section should be succinct, with no subheadings - explaining the reasons for carrying out the work, outlining the essential background and clearly stating the nature of the hypotheses presented in the paper.

Organization of the Text

Section Headings

The section headings are in boldface capital and lowercase letters. Second level headings are typed as part of the succeeding paragraph (like the subsection heading of this paragraph). The headings should be numbered, e.g. 1. Introduction, 2. Methodology, 3. Results and Discussion, 4. Conclusions, etc.

Page Numbers

Do not print page numbers.

Tables

Tables (refer with: Table 1, Table 2, ...) should be presented as part of the text, but in such a way as to avoid confusion with the text. A self-contained descriptive title should be placed above each table. Units in tables should be given in square brackets [meV]. If square brackets are not available, use curly {meV} or standard brackets (meV).

Figures

Figures (refer with: Figure 1, Figure 2, ...) should be presented as part of the text, leaving enough space so that the caption will not be confused with the text. The caption should be self-contained and placed below or beside the figure. Generally, only original drawings or photographic reproductions are acceptable. Utmost care must be taken to insert the figures in correct alignment with the text. If possible, please include your figures as graphic images in the electronic version. For best quality the pictures should have a resolution of not less than 300 dpi (dots per inch).

Symbols in Figures

Always use discriminating symbols in graphical plots even when different colours are used, as hardcopy of paper will be in black and white print.

Equations

All equations must be embedded in the text. Use Equation Editor for writing equations and observe that all Equations need to be numbered. Stack numerators over denominators and leave one blank line between equations and text, and between two equations.

(3)

Refer to equations in the text by (3) or Eq. 3. For equations in the text, use single-level expressions, e.g.

Conclusion

The conclusion summarizes the results of the work arising from the results and discussion. A common mistake by some authors is that they make spurious conclusions not derived from the results and discussion. If the material is important to be a conclusion, then it must first be discussed.

Literature References

References are cited in the text using Surname of author and year of publication Mashaka (2012) or (Mashaka, 2012). The abbreviation “et al” should be used in the text when there are more than two co-authors of cited paper, for example Makande et al., (2011). Two or more references at a time should be in date order, for example (Mkiramweni, 1950; Juma, 2003; Secha, 2012). The references are to be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the contribution under a heading References.

References

(This format must be strictly followed for journal/conference proceeding articles, books and chapters in edited books as shown below)

Reference to Journal Article

van der Geer, J.; Hanraads, J.A.J.; and Lupton, R.A. (2000). The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communication, 163(2), pp. 51-59.

Reference to a Book

Strunk Jr., W. and White, E.B. (1979). The Elements of Style. 3rd ed., pp. 20-31, Macmillan, New York.

Reference to Conference Proceeding

Hanraads, J.A.J. and Lupton, R.A. (2003). The art of writing a scientific article. Proc. 32nd National Writing Conference, Mumbai, vol 3, pp. 34-65.

Reference to a Chapter in an Edited Book

Mettam, G.R. and Adams, L.B. (1999). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In: Jones, B.S. and Smith, R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp.281-304.

Reference to URL

Citing of websites is not encouraged except in exceptional circumstances such as obtaining information from company or professional sites as all sorts of information which may not be verifiable are found on the Internet. Journal articles extracted from the Web should cite the actual journal details which published the article and not the website.

Length of Paper

The maximum length of the paper shall be 15 pages, single line (including pictures, figures, tables and references).

Email Your Finished Paper

Forward your finished paper in MS-WORD to the Secretariat/Chief Editor, The Tanzania Engineer email: journal@iet.or.tz / atemu8@yahoo.co.uk

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