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Authors Agreement Statement
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Author(s) of the above mentioned manuscript have read the following statements and agree with them by signing this form.
We the undersigned declare that this manuscript is original, has not been published before and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
We acknowledge that each undersigned author has made a substantial contribution to the manuscript and is willing to take public responsibility for its contents.
We confirm that the manuscript has been read and approved by all named authors and that there are no other persons who satisfied the criteria for authorship but are not listed. We further confirm that the order of authors listed in the manuscript has been approved by all of us.
We confirm that this manuscript contains no violation of any existing copyright or other third party right or any material of an obscene, indecent, libellous, or otherwise unlawful nature and that to the best of their knowledge the manuscript does not infringe the rights of others.
We agree that upon publication, the Journal of Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation (STET) is the copyright owner of the material published. and We hereby grant the Journal full and exclusive rights to the manuscript, all revisions, and the full copyright and rights that include but are not limited to the following: (1) to reproduce, publish, sell, and distribute copies of the manuscript, selections of the manuscript, and translations and other derivative works based upon the manuscript, in print, audio-visual, electronic, or by any and all media now or hereafter known or devised; (2) to license reprints of the manuscript to third persons for educational photocopying; (3) to license others to create abstracts of the manuscript and to index the manuscript; (4) to license secondary publishers to reproduce the manuscript in print, microform, or any computer-readable form, including electronic on-line databases; and (5) to license the manuscript for document delivery.However, all works published in the Journal are open access and are available to anyone on the web site of the journal without cost. The users are free to use the work, subject to proper attribution of authorship and ownership of the rights.
We agree that we, the Authors have the following nonexclusive rights: (1) to use the manuscript in the Authors teaching activities; (2) to publish the manuscript, or permit its publication, as part of any book the Author may write; (3) to include the manuscript in the Authors own personal or departmental (but not institutional) database or on-line site; and (4) to license reprints of the manuscript to third persons for educational photocopying, provided that the STET is referenced in writing and is acknowledged as the original publication
We confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication. Any financial interests, direct or indirect, that exist or may be perceived to exist for individual contributors in connection with this manuscript have been disclosed in the covering letter. Furthermore, sources of financial support of the project are named in the covering letter as well as the Acknowledgements.
We confirm that we have given due consideration to the protection of intellectual property associated with this work and that there are no impediments to publication, including the timing of publication, with respect to intellectual property. In so doing we confirm that we have followed the regulations of our institutions concerning intellectual property.
We certify that neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content under their authorship has been published or being considered for publication elsewhere in any language, except as described in the covering letter. We also certify that any previous presentations of this paper in meetings are mentioned in the covering letter.
We further confirm that any aspect of the work covered in this manuscript that has involved either experimental animals or human patients has been conducted with the ethical approval of all relevant bodies and that such approvals are acknowledged within the manuscript. [CAN BE DELETED IF NOT RELEVANT].
We confirm that we have provided a current, correct email address which is accessible by the
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We understand that the Corresponding Author is the sole contact for the Editorial process. He/she is responsible for communicating with the other authors about progress, submissions of revisions and final approval of proofs and for the integrity of the work as a whole.
I (we) hereby accept the terms of the above Author Agreement.
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