un estudio in vitro - universidad santo tomas de bucaramanga

Ustasalud is a scientific semiannual journal published by
the Dental School from Santo Tomas University in Bucaramanga
(Colombia). It covers a variety of scientific research,
mainly, in dental topics. The journal will publish
original and scientific papers, review articles, case reports,
comments and letters to Editor, preliminary research reports
and theme reviews. All manuscripts published are
previously approved by the Editorial Board and should be
based in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for
Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, International
committee of Medical Journal Editors. JAMA 1993;
269: 2282 – 2286 (http://www.icmje.org).
The articles sent for publication should be unpublished
and could be written in languages other than Spanish.
Published papers do not necessarily represent the views
of the Editorial and Scientific Board, that is, the concepts
emitted in the manuscript are of the author’s exclusive
responsibility. The papers presented to Ustasalud will be
peer review by anonymous referees after being accepted
by the Editorial and Scientific Board. Authors are informed
of acceptance, rejection with suggestions or rejection
of the paper up to eight weeks after manuscript submission.
Ustasalud will take copyright from the author so for
any reproduction and repeated publishing of the paper,
written consent from Ustasalud is requested.
Manuscript submission
- The manuscript should be sent, by e-mail, ustasalud@
mail.ustabuca.edu.co. It will not be accepted works out of
norms. The text should be prepared in A4 paper with 1,5
line space (Arial font, body 12). They should be typed in
Microsoft Word®.
- Support material such as tables, illustrations, photographs,
charts, diagrams or other similar material must be
identified and attached in different files from the text, in
the same e-mail. This material should be related in the
exact order of appearance in the body of the work.
- If you include material from other publications or authors,
it must be cited the source or the permission to use
such material.
- The presentation of the article includes in order: Title
(in English and Spanish or another language), full name of
the authors separated by comma, institutional affiliation
(without abbreviation) of every author with its corresponding
identification number, address, phone number, nationality
and e-mail address. It is also required a responsible
author. Abstract (in English and Spanish or another
language), keywords (in English and Spanish or another
language), introduction, methods, results, discussion and
bibliography.
- Articles should be written in generic language, avoid
slang and regionalism that could bias the interpretation
of the information presented. Papers should express their
own findings in past tense and should give preference to
the third person’s and impersonal form.
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Abstract and Keywords:
The abstract is an overview of the most important aspects
of the article. This should be structured and presented in
both English and Spanish or another language, should
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
be written in an attractive manner to invite the reader
to learn the subject matter in greater detail. The abstract
should be included on the second page of the presentation
not to exceed the two hundred and fifty (250) words. The
paper should include three to five key words that allow
the development of cross-references; these words indicate
the descriptors in English so you can consult “Medical
Subject Headings” [MeSH].
Introduction:
The introduction of the paper presents a frame of reference
and the influential elements. State the objective of the
research.
Methods:
Applied methodological aspects should be considered as
follows:
- Study design and selection process of the subjects of the
experiment or observation (patients and / or laboratory
animals). They must identify age, gender, race or ethnicity
(kind for animals) and subject-specific characteristics relevant
to the study.
- Must be reviewed, clearly, a brief description of the instruments,
policies, procedures and methods applied to the
study, especially those of little knowledge, so that if necessary
allow its reproduction.
- Consider a brief description of indicators and variables
so as to be understandable by a reader of any level of
knowledge of the area.
- Provide the number of tables, charts or material necessary
for the exposure issue.
- Describe the analytical methodology used for information
management and presentation of results.
Legal and ethical issues:
When reporting experiments on humans or animals, indicate
whether the procedures followed were in accordance
with the ethical standards of the institutional, regional or
national committee responsible or the Declaration of Helsinki,
1975, revised in 1983.
Photographs from patients must have the written permission
for publication; avoid using names, initials or
identification numbers from them or from the institutions
where they have been seen. The photos must be submitted
as digital image files in a TIFF format, in 10 x 15 cm
minimum size and 300 dpi resolution. Images inserted in
text and out of focus will not be accepted.
Results:
They must be presented in a logical way in the text, tables
and illustrations. Do no repeat in the text all the information
given in the tables and figures; emphasize or summarize
only important observations.
Discussion:
This section should be the interpretation of the observations
from the study, emphasizing the new and important
aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from
them. This should include the implications of the findings,
their limitations and relationships with results from similar
studies. The recommendations for future studies are
also included.
Revista
UstaSalud
65