INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING YOUR ABSTRACT FOR COASTLAB-2016 (Title style)
FIRST AUTHOR1, SECOND AUTHOR2 (Author Names style)
1 Affiliation, Country, E-mail (Author affiliation style)
2 Affiliation, Country, E-mail (Author affiliation style)
1
INTRODUCTION (Heading 1 style)
This template has been prepared to assist authors in submitting abstracts for the Coastlab’16 Conference. Abstracts
should give a concise overview of the work, touching on the novelty of the work and describing its relevance and
significance to others. Abstracts are limited to one page in length and must follow the format and layout defined by this
template. You can delete this sample text and replace it with the text of your abstract. However, please note that abstracts
must strictly follow this sample, and therefore we strongly recommend you that you keep an initial version of this file for
reference. (Normal style)
Paper size is Letter (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm); margins are 2.0 cm all around. Header is at 1 cm and Footer at 0.8 cm from
the page limit, respectively. “Times New Roman” font should be used for all text, including the title, headings, captions,
references and paragraph text. The paper title is centered and set in 12 pt Times New Roman, boldface and upper case.
Author names are centered and set in 10 pt Times New Roman, all upper case. Author affiliations are centered and are set in
9 pt Times New Roman, italics. Captions for tables and figures are set in 9 pt Times New Roman, boldface. References are
set in 9 pt Times New Roman. Normal paragraphs are set in 10 pt Times New Roman font; have a first line indent of
0.7 cm; use single line spacing and are fully justified with the left and right margins. (Normal style)
It is also important to reproduce the spacing of the text and headings as shown here. Word users should use the Styles
defined in this template. Section headings and sub-headings should be numbered as shown in this template, except for the
“Acknowledgement” and “References”. First-level headings are set in 10 pt Times New Roman, boldface, and use all upper
case letters. Second level headings are set in 10 pt Times New Roman, bold. Third-level headings, if required, are set in
10 pt Times New Roman (no bold). (Normal style)
1.1 Tables, Figures, Equations and Lists (Heading 2 style)
All figures and tables must be referenced in the text (see Table 1), and must be numbered and titled using 9 pt Times
New Roman, bold. Table captions should appear immediately above the table, while figure captions should appear
immediately below the figure. Tables and figures should be clear and legible and should follow a uniform style throughout.
Table 1. Table caption should appear above the table and fit within the table width. (Table
caption style)
A
B
C
Total
Column1
1
2
3
6
Column2
1
4
9
14
Column3
1
9
27
37
Column4
3
15
39
57
Please ensure all figures and illustrations are crisp and that all text is clearly legible, as in Figure 1.
(figure style)
Figure 1. The figure caption should be centered immediately below the figure. (Figure caption style)
Equations should be centered and numbered consecutively, as in Eq. [1].
I((A  bn )2 , cn2 , D) 
1
(23 )
1
3
d 3 bn 4
 3i  (A  bn )
(1)
Lists can be included using either numbers or bullets as shown below:
1. List item 1;
Please ensure that your abstract follows this sample and is no more than 1 page in length. You should submit your abstract
in pdf format through the on-line abstract submission system at www.Coastlab2016.com.
2. List item 2.
The second list example uses bullets:
 List item 1;
 List item 2.
1.2 Citations (Heading 2 style)
References are cited in the text using the author’s last name(s) and publication date, e.g. (Name, 2005). For a citation
with more than two authors: (Name et al., 2003). For multiple citations of the same author(s): (Name, 2005; 2010).
References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper in 9 pt Times New Roman font with a 0.7 cm hanging
indent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (Heading 1 – no numbering style)
Note that section numbers are not required for the Acknowledgment and References section headings.
REFERENCES (Heading 1 – no numbering style)
Books Format: Author(s) name, Year of Publication. Book Title, Publisher, Place of Publication. ISBN. (reference style)
CD-Rom Format: Author(s) name, Year of publication. Title, [CD-ROM], Edition, Publisher, Place of Publication.
Article in Journal Format: Author(s) of article, Year of Publication. Article title, Journal Title, volume, issue, article pages.
Article from an electronic database Format: Author(s) of article, Year of publication. Article title, Journal Title, [Electronic or CD-ROM],
volume, issue, article pages. Available: Supplier: Database name/id if available [Access date].
WWW Format: Author of webpage, Last update or copyright date. Homepage Title [Homepage of...], [Online]. Available: URL [Access
date].
Please ensure that your abstract follows this sample and is no more than 1 page in length. You should submit your abstract
in pdf format through the on-line abstract submission system at www.Coastlab2016.com.