2010 Abstract Submission Closed

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=120 BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="34c52540.gif" border=0 width="82" height="84" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 Annual Meeting"><U>2010 Meeting</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>M</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><B>usculo </B></FONT><B>S</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><B>keletal </B></FONT><B>I</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><B>nfection </B></FONT><B>S</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><B>ociety</B></FONT></div> <div>   </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>INSTRUCTIONS for </B><B>ABSTRACT SUBMISSION</B></div> <div> <B>and  Publication in CORR Symposium</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM </B></div> <div> <B>LOS Angeles, California </B></div> <div> <B>August 6-7, 2010</B></div> <bR> <div> Selection of papers for presentation at the Annual Open Scientific Meeting of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society is a peer review process. </div> <bR> <div> The papers are selected for presentation based on objective grading using the <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MSIS Paper Grading Guidlines "><U>MSIS Paper Grading Guidelines</U></A>. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The deadline for abstract submission is</FONT> <U>Sunday May 9, 2010</U>.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Authors will be notified of selection decisions by e-mail. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >Disclosure is required by all Authors. </FONT><B> <a href="HTMLobj-1200/MSIS_2010_Disclosure_Form.doc"><u>Disclosure Form</u> </a>  </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >is downloadable. </FONT></div> <div> Fax completed form to Karen Syzdek <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Trebuchet MS" > (512) 301-4751</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Guidelines for Abstract submission </B></div> <div> <B>   </B>        <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia" > </FONT></div> <div> Abstract Submission is by E-Mail</div> <div>    </div> <bR> <div>  1- right click<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" > <a href="HTMLobj-1225/MSIS_Abstract_2010_4_30_10.pdf"><u>Abstract Form</u> </a>  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >then 'save target as'   to your computer</FONT></div> <div>                 to use this form you <B><U>MUST</U></B> </div> <div>                      i)  right click >> 'save target as'    to your computer </div> <div>                      ii) then open in Adobe Reader <B>7.0</B> or newer, or Adobe Acrobate 8.0 or newer </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Georgia" >                                  to get Adobe Reader click here</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia" > </FONT><A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adobe.com/"><U> </U></A><A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adobe.com/"><U>http://www.adobe.com/</U></A><A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adobe.com/"><U> </U></A></div> <div>                 </div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> 2- complete the abstract form  </div> <div>                     for APPLE users proceed at your own peril!!</div> <div>                            <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >use  Safari, or  complete in APPLE PREVIEW,  then save as .pdf; </FONT></div> <div>                             manually attach and e-mail to <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >programchairman@msis-na.org</FONT>, </div> <div>                            <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >the Submit by E-Mail button does not work on an apple computers</FONT></div> <bR> <div>        </div> <div>  3- <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >if you cannot fill in the form and save it on your computer use </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.FillAnyPDF com " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.FillAnyPDF com "><U>https://www.FillAnyPDF.com  </U></A></FONT></div> <div>                       <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >... ONLY text showing in the form will be accepted.. NO extra lines)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Trebuchet MS" > 4- s</FONT>ave to your computer. <U>Rename</U> the <U>completed</U> Abstract Submission Form by adding the last name of </div> <div>        the corresponding author to the end of the file name, so that the file name appears as: </div> <div>                             MSIS Abstract 2010 LastName</div> <div>          If the same corresponding author submits more than one abstracts, then the file name should </div> <div>         include a number after the author’s name, so that the file name appears as: </div> <div>                            MSIS Abstract 2010 LastName Number</div> <div>         For example if corresponding author “Smith” submits two abstracts the first file should be </div> <div>        named MSIS Abstract 2010 Smith 1 and the second file should be named MSIS Abstract 2010 Smith 2</div> <bR> <div>  5- submit the form by clicking the  'Submit By E-Mail'  button   </div> <div>               manually attach and e-mail to <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >programchairman@msis-na.org</FONT>  if your e-mail program does not automatically come up </div> <div>                <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >the Submit by E-Mail button does notwork on an applecomputers</FONT></div> <bR> <div>  6- for each submission you may attach to the same e-mail <U>one</U> additional file with a table, graph <U>or</U> jpg image<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">format tables in Microsoft Word</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Figures should be between 4 to 6 inches in width </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">line-art drawings must be at least 600 dpi and grayscale pictures at least 300 dpi to ensure quality reproduction. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">submit figures and table inserted into a  .doc  file for upload. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">MAXIMUM FILE SIZE is 2M</div> <bR> <div>  7- <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Trebuchet MS" >Immediately after online submission, for EACH abstract, please fax a completed Disclosure Form for EACH author</FONT></div> <div>               to Karen Syzdek (512) 301-4751</div> <bR> <div>  Only the information on the form and one file will be considered for presentation and included inthe program if accepted.</div> <bR> <div>                 </div> <bR> <div> <B>Guidelines for Submission to Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR) </B></div> <bR> <div> Papers presented at the annual meeting may be invited to be published in CORR's Proceedings of the Annual Meeting at the discretion of the Program Chair. </div> <div> For consideration to be invited for publication in the CORR Proceedings, a full manuscript of the paper in CORR format must be submitted to the Program Chair before August 1, 2010. Please see  <U> </U><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.editorialmanager.com/corr/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.editorialmanager.com/corr/"><U><U>http://www.editorialmanager.com/corr/</U></U></A></FONT>    for details regarding the specific  guidelines and format. Invitation to be published will be based on both the objective grading of the submitted manuscript and the material presented at the meeting. </div> <bR> <div> Authors will be notified by e-mail on or before August 15, 2010 regarding invitation to publish status. Papers invited for publication in the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting must be submitted electronic to CORR by September 1, 2010. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>