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Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences University of Macau Guideline for Master Thesis (English version) This document covers the format for Master Thesis (English version) The thesis should be contained by cover, declaration, acknowledgements, abstract (English and Chinese), table of content, list of tables, list of figures, abbreviation, main text, bibliography, appendix and publication. 1. General Information 1.1 Margin The margin is defined as the blank space surrounding printed matter. The mechanics of binding require that theses have at least a 3.81-cm (1.5-inch) margin on the binding side of the page and a 2.54-cm (1-inch) margin on the remaining three sides. 1.2 Font Times New Roman 1.3 Pagination 1.3.1 Preliminary Page The Title Page, Quote Slip, and Abstract are not counted or numbered. The first page of the Table of Contents is considered page i but the number never appears on the page. Small roman numerals (i.e., ii, iii, iv, etc.) are used for all other preliminary pages, including subsequent pages of the Acknowledgments, Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables etc. The numbers must appear centered at the bottom of the page at least 2.54 cm (1 inch) from the edge of the paper. 1.3.2 Text The text is numbered with Arabic numerals, without embellishment or punctuation (i.e., initials, hyphens, running heads or footers, lines across the page, etc.,) centered at the bottom of the page. Every page must have a page number. However, the number will not appear on the first page of text. (The second page is page 2.) 1.4 Line Spacing 1.5 lines 2. Sections 2.1 Cover and declaration (seen the template) 2.2 Acknowledgments Acknowledgments recognize the persons to whom you are indebted for guidance and assistance and those to whom you are grateful for any special or non-routine aid. Faculty members serve on Examination Committees as part of their regular work and do not require formal acknowledgment, although in most cases the help given far exceeds