[Attachment 1-e]
Department of Frontier Health Sciences Master’s Thesis Style Guide
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Manuscript length and format should be as follows.
(1) The manuscript should be created using a PC or word processor.
(2) Japanese manuscripts should be created in A4 format with text writtenhorizontally. Each page should consist of 40 lines of 40 characters, totaling
1,600 characters, and the total length should be no more than 100 pages
including figures, tables and bibliography.
(3) English manuscripts should be created in A4 format with text writtenhorizontally, double spaced. The total length should be no more than 200 pages
including figures, tables and bibliography.
(4) The basic font used for the main text should be MS Mincho for Japanesemanuscripts and Century for English manuscripts, and font size should be
10.5pt. Other fonts and font sizes may be used wherever appropriate for titles,etc.
(5) Figures and tables (created using a PC or word processor) should be inserted at
the respective appropriate locations in the main text.
(6) The print layout should be set with the following margins: top 30mm, bottom
20mm, left 35mm, right 25mm.
(7) Page numbers should be positioned at the bottom center of the manuscript.

2.
The manuscript should consist of a Title Page, Abstract and Key Words
page, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, References (and if necessary,Acknowledgement) in that order. If uncertain, refer to “Recommendations for theConduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals”
by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (www.icmje.org/).
[Reference] Japanese translation of the ICMJE Recommendations：“生物医学雑誌への統一投稿規程：生物医学研究論文の執筆と編集” (3) (revised edition
November 2003) 医学雑誌編集者国際会議. 医学の歩み Igaku no Ayumi: 210(13), 1055-1061,2004.
(May be downloaded from http://www.ishiyaku.co.jp/magazines/ayumi/urm.cfm)

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Title Page
The title page should show the title of the thesis in Japanese and English, theauthor’s name, the name of the research department, course, group and area, andthe name of the supervisor.
Abstract and Key Words page
Write a Japanese abstract (max. 1,000 characters) and an English abstract (max.
300 words). Briefly state the background to the research, its purpose, basic
procedure, main findings and conclusions. Next, write Key Words (max. 5 wordsin Japanese and English) that reflect the main gist of the thesis.
Introduction
Write the content and background information of the research.
Subjects/Materials and Methods
Research subjects or materials (humans, animals) and research methods collecting
the data in the research implementation are described. When using statisticalmethods, specify the software or other tool used. If ethical issues in the research
protocol have been reviewed and approved, make a statement to that effect.
Results
Use the main text, figures and tables to make a logical presentation of the results
obtained from the research. Figures should be numbered sequentially in order of
their appearance in the main text, and should each be given brief titles andexplanatory text (legends). Make figures large enough for the content to bereadable. When using symbols, arrows, numerals or letters in a figure, indicate
and explain them in the legend. Tables should be numbered sequentially in orderof their appearance in the main text, and should each be given brief titles. Write
explanatory comments in the footnotes.
DiscussionState important new aspects in the research and the conclusions drawn from them.
The research results may be compared and contrasted with those of related
research, while the limitations of the research, the outlook for future research andother matters should also be mentioned.
References(a) Write superscript serial numbers 1), 2), etc. to the right of the first citation in
the main text.
(b) List the references in the same sequence in the bibliography section, using theformats shown below. Use half-width characters for Roman script, symbols andspaces.

(c) Journals
Write “Author’s name: title, name of journal, volume (issue): cited pagenumber(s), year of publication” in that order.
[Example]1) 井村恒郎：知覚抗争の現象について．精神経誌， 60：1239-1247，1958．
2) Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al.: Regulationof interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res,935(1-2): 40-46, 2002.

(d) Books
Write “Author’s name: title. Supervisor or editor, name of book, edition: where
published, publisher, cited page number(s), year of publication” in that order.
[Example]3) 八木剛平，伊藤斉：操欝病．保崎秀夫編著，新精神医学：東京，文光堂， 282-306，1990．
4) Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM: Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In:Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW (eds), The genetic basis of human cancer: New York, McGraw-Hill, p.93113, 2002.

(e) If there are up to six authors, cite all of their names. If there are seven or more,
it will suffice to cite only the first six, followed by “他” (in Japanesemanuscripts) or “et al.”.
(f) Give abbreviated titles of journals. For western journals, use the abbreviationsgiven in Index Medicus. For Japanese journals, use the abbreviations used by
the JAMAS database Igaku Chuo Zasshi (Ichushi), or the abbreviation used by
the journal in question.
(Journal names in Index Medicus can be downloaded in pdf format from the ftp
site ftp://nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov/online/journals/ljiweb.pdf)(8)(9)

Acknowledgement
Abbreviations
Only use standard abbreviations. Avoid using abbreviations in titles. Write thefull text followed by the abbreviations when first mentioning.