Author’s Checklist

□ Instructions to Authors

___ I read the requirements for manuscript submission and the guidelines for manuscript preparation. This manuscript was written according to the guidelines.

___ The authors’ institutions and the funding body supporting this research have agreed to allow this article to be published.

___ This article has not been published previously in any other journal. Currently, it is not submitted to another journal for publication.

___ The Copyright Transfer Agreement Form has been signed.

□ Manuscript Format

___ The manuscript is neatly prepared with the main sections labeled (e.g., Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Conflict of Interest, Acknowledgments, and References).

___ The pages are numbered consecutively beginning with the title page.

___ The lines are numbered consecutively beginning with the first line of the title page.

___ All references are formatted according to the citation style described in the KSMI instructions for authors.

___ Each entry in the reference list is cited in the text.

___ All tables and figures are numbered consecutively in the order of their initial citation in the text.

___ All tables and figures are referenced within the text.