The Results section should provide data that are clearly and simply stated without discussion or conclusions. Tables and figures should be cited parenthetically in numeric order. Authors of manuscripts reporting gene sequences should submit those sequences to an appropriate data bank. The Discussion section should focus on findings in the study and should be brief, containing only discussion that is necessary for interpretation of happenings. Footnotes Cite footnotes by superscript, lowercase letters in the order in which they appear in the text.
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