Short communications

Short communication of results that are of current interest and significance should yield not more than eight manuscript pages, including figures, tables and references. Number of figures and tables should be limited. An abstract of not more than nine lines is required. Results and Discussion should be combined into one section. Number of references should be limited to fifteen. In other aspects submitted manuscripts should comply with the instructions for original research papers. The date of acceptance assigned to the paper will be that on which the final version suitable for inclusion in the journal is received.