The papers will be delivered verbally or with posters in the
13th INTERNATIONAL DAS Congress. The abstracts must be
prepared in Turkish or English. The papers can be presented
in Turkish or English.
When submitting the paper, the authors’ preferred method of
presentation (oral or poster) and the sub-field of the study
needs to be specified. The Scientific Committee has the
right to accept or decline the presentation depending on the
content of the study and number of applications; or in case
it is accepted, to change the form and sub-field of the
presentation. All accepted papers will be presented in the
form of posters, except for those selected as oral
presentations by the Scientific Committee.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:
- Abstracts can be submitted only via the Online Abstract
Submission System on the congress website.
- The papers submitted via fax, electronic or regular mail
or delivered by hand will not be accepted.
- The deadline for submitting abstracts is October 30, 2023. While submitting the abstracts, the method of delivery
preferred by the authors (oral or e-poster) and the
sub-field of the study should be specified.
- The conditions required for the abstracts to be accepted
as presentations are specified as below:
- The abstract should not exceed 400 words. (Abstracts will
be admitted for being sent and printed in full text in the
congress book after their approval by the evaluation board.
After the assessments, details about full text submission
rules will be sent to the authors along with the letter of
acceptance.)
- The title of the paper should consist of a maximum of 10
words and should fully reflect the content of the study.
- The full name and title of the presentation authors, as
well as the institutions and city where they work, should be
clearly specified together with the title.
- Among the researchers who have prepared the studies, the
researcher who will make the presentation should be
specified.
- The studies to be evaluated for the paper award MUST BE
SPECIFIED.
- Studies that received any project support or another
research support should be specified.
- Papers that are still in progress and whose results have
not yet been received, and studies that do not include the
above sections will DEFINITELY NOT be taken into
consideration.
- The abstracts should include the following sections as
standard:
- Aim
- Materials and Methods
-Findings (numerical and/or statistical data)
- Result(s)
-One table, graphic or picture can be added to the paper.
-While submitting the abstract, it should be stated which of
the following sub-topics the study belongs to.
Operating room
Employee Safety
Sterilization
Disinfection
Asepsis-antisepsis
Other
Accepted papers cannot be withdrawn after the acceptance
letter is sent. Posters that are accepted for presentation
but not/cannot be presented will be announced on the
congress and association websites at the end of the
congress, under the title “PRESENTATIONS NOT DELIVERED”.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS IS OCTOBER
15, 2023.
EVALUATION OF ABSTRACTS:
- The submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the "Abstract
Evaluation Committee" and it will be decided whether they
are accepted for presentation and the author who would
present the paper in accordance with the order of
application will be notified at least 45 days before the
congress starts.
- The “Abstract Evaluation Committee” evaluates the
abstracts sent to the congress. Paper Evaluation Committee
consists of the congress scientific committee, the speaker,
session chairmen and referees selected by the Board of
Directors from among experts in their fields.
- The Paper Evaluation Committee has the right to accept or
decline the presentation depending on the content of the
study and number of applications; or in case it is accepted,
to change the form and sub-field of the presentation.
- The referees will evaluate the papers submitted to the
congress and the papers with the best scores will be
accepted as oral papers. These scores will be used in
identifying the award winners as well.
-For the accepted papers after the evaluation, an
"acceptance letter" will be sent via e-mail to the author
who will present the paper, stating the acceptance of the
paper and the presentation style (oral or poster).
- The author or the first author, who will present the
submitted paper, if it is accepted, must register for the
congress before October 15, 2023.
PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
- Congress participants who will make oral presentations at
the congress must deliver their presentations to the
presentation control room at least one day before the
presentation days specified in the program.
- Presentations must be prepared with Microsoft Office
software.
- All kinds of technical equipment (slides, projector,
computer, video, etc.) will be available in the meeting
rooms.
- The time set for oral presentations is 5 minutes in total
for presentation and discussion. This period should never be
exceeded. Visual (picture or video) and audio material can
be used while making oral presentations.
- Posters accepted as papers at the congress will be
presented as e-posters on LCD screens in the e-poster area
reserved in the congress center, not in print. Detailed
information about the e-poster preparation process will be
given to the accepted paper holders.
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE
The Scientific Committee will evaluate all submitted papers
and it decide whether they are accepted for presentation or
not. "Letter of acceptance" will be sent to the first author
of the papers accepted for presentation or award
application, indicating that his/her paper has been accepted
and the form of presentation (oral or poster) in October.
PRESENTATION AWARDS
• “Paper Award” will be given to 3 oral presentations or
posters to be selected as “original research” by the “Award
Jury” among the presentations delivered in the congress.
• Candidates must absolutely specify their candidacy for the
award while submitting their papers electronically. In
addition, candidates are responsible for clarifying the
following issues while submitting their papers in all paper
award applications.
• As for the studies on humans, it should be stated that
ethical standards are respected according to the most
recently updated Declaration of Helsinki, and studies have
been approved by the ethics committee, and informed consent
has been obtained from the patients.
• It should be stated that the studies conducted on
experimental animals are carried out in accordance with
national or international ethical standards and the approval
of the Experimental Animals Ethics Committee has been
obtained.
• It should be stated that there is no conflict of interest
between the authors.
• Any support received during the studies, if any, should be
written.
• The following studies cannot be nominated for the award:
• Studies published in a national or international journal
before the calendar year in which the congress is held
• Studies previously awarded in another presentation
(congress or symposium).
IDENTIFICATION OF AWARD WINNERS
• “Award Jury” determines the papers that qualify for the
award. Award Jury (Jury members are determined by the Board
of Directors of the DAS Association) Jury members are
responsible for evaluating and deciding on all of the paper
awards.
• All abstracts that applied for the award and have been
accepted for presentation at the congress, and evaluated by
the “The Papers Evaluation Committee” and received an
average of 7 points out of 10, will be delivered to the jury
members 15 days before the congress date at the latest.
After the preliminary evaluation of the abstracts, each
member will evaluate the presentation (e-poster or oral) at
the congress and grade each study. Jury members will convene
on the date and time determined by the secretary of the jury
(on the day of the congress gala at the latest) to discuss
the award nominees and determine the papers that deserve the
award.
• The jury secretary communicates the result of this
assessment to the congress secretary. Winners will be
announced and awarded during the congress closing session.
• Jury members cannot evaluate the studies in which they are
involved, as author or that have been made in their own
departments.
