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International Scientific Conference UNITECH

Dear users, welcome to the site of the International Scientific Conference UNITECH, which is held annually at the close of November on the territory of Technical University of Gabrovo, BULGARIA. The first conference was held in 2001 and since then its prestige and influence have been affirmed by the participation of a large number of world renowned scholars and researchers from countries across the globe. UNITECH is a scientific forum at which scientists from various fields get together to discuss and share their achievements and problems organized in 19 thematic sections. Since 2017 each of the submitted papers is reviewed by two independent reviewers. Papers accepted with the highest grade are published in a free access on-line collection entitled “UNITECH – Selected Papers”,

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AUTHOR’S GUIDELINES

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1. International Scientific Conference UNITECH accepts for publishing scientific reports in the following scientific areas: natural sciences, engineering, precision engineering, electrical engineering, automation, computing equipment and social sciences. The volume of the reports should not exceed 6 (six) standard pages including figures and tables. Publications should be written in English or Bulgarian. The title of the report, Author’s name/s, abstracts and bibliographic information should be necessarily written in English and Bulgarian.

1.2. Submissions to International Scientific Conference UNITECH are made through the online system for submission and reviewing materials on: http://unitech.tugab.bg/

1.3. Registration in UNITECH

For registration or log in to UNITECH, please follow the instructions described below:
- please log in to: http://unitech.tugab.bg/;
- Select Registration (in case of initial registration of the author) or Entry/ Login (in case of already registered authors);
- Your user name will be the e-mail address indicated at the time of the registration, and the password will be sent to the specified e-mail.

1.4. Applications for participation in The International Scientific Conference UNITECH should be only made through the electronic module for submission of materials. In order to do this, authors need to create a profile and / or log in to existing, if previously registered.

Before submitting their reports, authors are kindly asked to carefully read the "Requirements for the layout and structure of the reports”

Once you sign in to your account, press the “Reports” button. The process of submission a report includes two basic steps:

Step 1: Registration of an author/s and report:
- Title of the report (it is obligatory to have a title in English);
- Summary of the report (obligatory in English, up to 200 words);
- Section of the report (selected from the drop-down menu);
- Author/s ’s information (names of author/s – obligatory in English);
Step 2: Attach the full text or the report.

The full text of the report must be placed in the “Layout file”, in strict compliance with the "Requirements for the layout and structure of the reports”.

1.5. Received reports are reviewed for compliance with the requirements to the authors by a member of the organizing committee. Reports that meet the requirements are eligible for reviewing. Reports that do not meet the requirements shall be returned for reviewing to the authors.

1.6. The UNITECH Program Committee defines for each of the submitted reports two independent reviewers. Reviews are made within the deadlines specified in the schedule for organizing the International Scientific Conference UNITECH and in compliance with the reviewers’s requirements.

1.7. Reviewing of articles shall be done in accordance with the standards for the evaluation of manuscripts through the single-blind peer review system. Leading role in the reviewers‘ s assessments are the following criteria: originality of the theme , scientific value, applicability of results, completeness of the theme, report’s structure ( accuracy and clarity of the abstract describing the main text, logic of the structure and sequence of the exposition, relevance of the methodology, validity of the results, proving the thesis, validity of findings and conclusions, propriety and relevance of citations, accuracy and clarity of language), layout and style. The decision of the reviewers can be:
- publishing without changes (accepted);
- publishing after making recommendations (minor corrections);
- refusal to publish (rejected).

1.8. If the reviewers commit a decision for revising the report, authors should review and answer to the received by e-mail written comments, revise and re-submit the corrected report within the prescribed period. The new version of the report is reviewed by the reviewers and they commit a decision to publish the report or rejection to be published.

1.9. Аll reports will be screened through a plagiarism detection process.

1.10. The final decision to publish the reports is taken by the Organizing Committee based on the conclusions of the reviews.

1.11. In case of contradictory conclusions of the reviews, the Program Committee assigns an additional reviewer/s.

1.12. All reports that are accepted for publication are printed in a collection of UNITECH’ reports (print and CD). Part of the reports, which have received the highest scores in the reviews, are selected by the Programming and Organizing Committees as "Selected Reports by UNITECH", which are published on-line on the conference website with open access.

II. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LAYOUT AND STRUCTURE OF THE REPORTS

2.1. The submitted reports shall be provided in Microsoft Word format materials and have the following margins:

Top Margin	1,5 cm	Gutter	0cm
Bottom Margin	1,5 cm	Space from edge
Left Margin	2 cm	Header	1,25 cm
Right Margin	1,5 cm	Foter	1,5 cm

2.2. The main structural elements of the reports should be as follows:
- Title;
- Author’s information;
- Abstract;
- Keywords;
- Main text:
- Introduction;
- Main exposition;
- Conclusions;
- References/Literature.
Title: the title of the report in Bulgarian and English must be short, written in capital letters in Times New Roman font (13 point, bold) and centered. It is mandatory to have a title in English.

Author’s information: must be centered and in Times New Roman font. This section contains the full names of the authors (12 point, bold); name of the organization, e-mail for contact with authors (11 point, italic). It is the responsibility of the lead author to ensure that the list of authors, as well as the individual contributions to the study of each of them, are clearly stated.

Abstract: the abstract of the publications must be written in English. It’s in one-column format in Times New Roman font (10 point, italic, single-spaced). The abstract must include the following elements:
- Introduction (”background” of the study) (mandatory);
- Purpose and objectives of the study (mandatory);
- Applied methodology (“setting of the study”) (mandatory);
- Achieved major results (mandatory);
- Conclusions (mandatory);
- Limitations of the research and consequences (if any);
- Practical implications (if any);
- Originality/value (mandatory);
The maximum length of the abstract should not exceed 200 words!

Keywords: Up to 5 keywords must be included at the end of the abstract (10 point, normal).

MAIN TEXT:

The report must be in two-column format. Distance between columns should be 0.7 сm. For equations authors should use Word Equation Editor. Scalars must be in italic, and vectors - bold. The size of the basic font must be 12 pt, in Sub-/Superscript - 8 pt, Symbol - 16 pt, and Sub Symbol - 12 pt. A distinction must be made between the number 1 and the letter l, as well as between zero and the letter O. Throughout the whole manuscript should be used SI International Measurement System, including tables and figures.

А) Introduction

The introduction aims to ensure that the published development includes novelty and it is applicable by responding the following questions:
- What is the problem?
- Are there any existing solutions (the level of investigation of the problem at the moment is indicated)?
- Which are the best solutions, according to the author/s?
- What is the main limitation of the study?
- What is expected to be achieved by the author/s of the research?
B) Main exposition

The main text is structured into separate sections, distinguished by their titles. (Headings should be brief, with clear indication of the differences between their hierarchy.The preferred format for the main titles is to be written in bold format and subtitles to be written in italics. Font - Times New Roman 12, capitals, left alignment).

The main text should include:

Purpose and objectives of the study. The purpose and objectives of the study should ensure the understanding of the publication’s focus and should justify its structure. After that, authors should specify:
- What is the significance of the publication?
- Why the publication is important and original?
- To whom is the publication designed?
Additionally can be discussed potential utility of practice, importance for future studies, detailed limitations of the study and others.

Main thesis and hypothesis of the research. Authors’ arguments about their merit are presented.

Applied methodology and methods. The author should indicate the main methods used by him in a separate title. Author should demonstrate that the methodology is robust and appropriate to achieve the objectives. It is expected by the author to focus on the main theme, to point the main stages of his research, to show the used methods and influences that determine the chosen approach by him/her, to give arguments why he/she has chosen specific examples and others.

Achieved major results. When presenting the results, it is important authors to focus on the essentials. The publication must contain only the essential facts and those with a wider meaning, without giving many details of every possible statistics. If development is full of statistics, it is possible to prevail over the conclusions and after all the publication to be understood primarily as an enumeration of facts and not as a scientific study. The main thesis of the author must be clearly traceable and steadily established.

When describing the results author’s should seek answers to the following questions:
- Do you provide interpretation for each of the submitted results as you want?
- Are the achieved results consistent with what other researchers have found?
- Are there any differences? Why?
- Are there any limitations?
- Does the discussion logically lead the reader to your conclusion?
It is important when presenting the results not to make statements that go beyond what results can acknowledge.

C) Conclusion

The general rule is that the conclusion should not only contain a summary of the research (it can be found in the abstract). The conclusion should give answers to the set at the beginning of the publication questions and to indicate opportunities for further research. It would be better to reveal how the achieved results will be applied in practice and to identify constraints in this regard. Although indicating how this research can be applied and extended in future studies, it is not accepted in the conclusion to introduce new material or to be state the obvious. The conclusion should emphasize what is different in the research results, what stands out in the design or it is unexpected.

D) Notes

Notes or Endnotes should be used only if it is absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, enclosed in square brackets and listed at the end of the report.

E) Funding the scientific research

Funding sources of the scientific research in the report are presented in section “Acknowledgements”. Authors should describe the role of these funding sources throughout the whole workflow – from sтагинг the research to achieving the final results.

F) Figures and tables

Figures and tables should be included in the text with titles (9 point, italic). Figures should be numbered consecutively as cited in the text. The numbering and titles of the figures are placed below them. The numbering and titles of the tables are placed above them. It is preferably they to be accommodated on the page without turning the wide portion of the paper horizontally. Necessary explanations are given below it, marked with the appropriate symbols/ characters.

G) References/Literature

The Literature cited in the text should be enclosed in medium brackets, and a numbered list should be given at the end of the report. The list of references should be written at the end of the document, and the sequence should be in the order of their mention in the text.

Literature should be given in the following form (books, magazines, conferences, respectively):

[1] Bejan A. Advanced engineering thermodynamics. New York: John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1997.

[2] Leon A. Benefits of split mandrel coldworking. International Journal of Fatigue 1998;20(1):1-8.

[3] Huang ZF, Tan KH. Structural response of a steel beam with a frame during a fire. In: Proceedings of the third international conference on advances in steel structures, vol. II, 2002, p. 1111-1118. If the source is available on the Internet, the full URL should be indicated at the end of the references and the date when you access it.

[4] Family name, Initials, Name of the article available at: URL address, year (date of access). For each source cited in Cyrillic - in Bulgarian language, which has no original title in English, authors should give the same source, written according to the regulations of the transliteration.

For exemple: Ерхард, Л., Благоденствие за всички, София, УИ “Стопанство”, 1993 // Erhard, L., Blagodenstvie za vsichki, Sofia, UI „Stopanstvo“, 1993.

HELP

Application form

In order to register your application you must be registered as an author (you must have been fulfilled the procedure to register as an author and to have a valid user’s name and password). Choose Login, enter your user’s name (e-mail) and password in the appointed fields and then click on Login.

The system will check the entered by you data. An error notice will appear in case that there is something wrong. If the data are correct the system will give you access to the Papers section.

Choose the section Papers in order to register your application. The application form consists of the following fields:

Title of the paper – Bg, title of the paper in Bulgarian. The field is not required. Up to 200 symbols.
Title of the paper – En, title of the paper in English. The field is required. Up to 200 symbols.
Abstract – enter your abstract. The field is required. Up to 1000 symbols.
Thematic session – choose the thematic session for your paper. The field is required.
Telephone - The field is not required but it is advisable. Up to 20 symbols.
First name, last name of the author - The field is required. The person mentioned in that field is considered an author. Up to 100 symbols.
Organization - The field is not required. You could fill the organization or institution where you work. Up to 100 symbols.
Co-author’s data – Name. There are 5 fields. They are not required. You could fill the names and titles of one co-author in a field. Up to 100 symbols for each field.
Co-author’s data – Organization. There are 5 fields. They are not required. You could fill the organization of one co-author in a field. Up to 100 symbols for each field.

When you fill the fields click on Save in order to register your application. The system will check the data and a notification will appear if there is an error. If the data are correct there will be a notification and you will receive a message on your e-mail.

In case you would like to register more than one paper click on New and then fill the application form again with the next paper’s data.

Application edit

Till the end of the deadline for delivery the complete papers you have the possibility to make changes the data connected to your application form.

In order to edit it you should have a valid user’s name (an e-mail) and a password to login to the system. Choose the section Login and enter them. Then choose the section Papers. There is a list with the registered by you papers at the upper right angle, next to the application form till that moment.

The list comprises the number of each of them and a button Edit. Click on Edit for the application form that you would like to change. The application’s data will appear at the application form and you could make the changes. Next click on Save. The system will check if the data are correct and a notification will confirm if the correction is successfully done or not.

In case that you would like to register a new paper click on New and then fill the new application form.

In case that you would like to cancel the made corrections (before you click on Save) click on New and you will have a blank application form.

How to delete an application form

Till the end of the period to present the complete papers you have the option to delete your application data. In order to do this you should have a valid user’s name (e-mail) and password to gain access to the system. You should type them at the section Login. Then choose section Papers. At the upper right angle, next to the application form choose the application you wish from the list with the applications that you have already registered and click on Edit. The data will appear in the fields of the application form. Make sure one more time that you would like to delete exactly this application and then click on Delete. The system will delete the appointed by you application form and will show you a message about it.

In case you have chosen a wrong application form click on New and the system will clean the form without to delete your previous data, or choose other application form by clicking on Edit from the applications list.

Registration of the author

In order to take part in the International scientific conference UNITECH you should make registration in the system as an author. You can do it at the section Registration when you fill the following data:

a) "First Name, Surname" - Name, Surname and Surname of the author, filling in the field is mandatory, maximum size up to 50 characters.

b) "Position/Title" - filling in the field is optional, maximum size up to 50 characters.

c) "Country" - select the country from the ones proposed in the list, in case your country is not included in the list, please contact us at the specified coordinates, the field is mandatory.

d) "Organization" - filling in the field is optional, indicate the organization in which the author works, maximum size up to 100 characters.

f) "e-mail" - filling in the field is mandatory, specify a valid e-mail for contacting you, maximum length up to 100 characters.

After filling out the registration form, press the "Record" button. The system will check the correctness of the data you entered and display a presence or absence message for an error. If everything is fine, the system will generate an access password and send it to the e-mail you specified. To access the "Reports" tab, use the e-mail you provided as a username and the password sent to you.

Change of the personal data

The system gives you an option to change your personal data provided by you in the registration form as an author. To do this choose the section PERSONAL PROFILE and then make the corrections that you wish. Your e-mail could not be changed!

You should fill the fields OLD PASSWORD, NEW PASSWORD and CONFIRM THE NEW PASSWORD just in case that you would like to change your password.

When you make the corrections you should click on SAVE so the system will save the correct data and will show you an appropriate message.

Forgotton password

In case that you have forgotten you password for access to the system you have the opportunity to receive a new one. In order to do that choose section LOGIN and click on FORGOTTEN PASSWORD.

Fill the e-mail you have registered in the system in the indicated field and click on NEW PASSWORD. The system will generate for you a new password for your profile and will send it to your e-mail.

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