Ethical Standards

The most ethical standards the corresponding author must fulfill:

Acknowledgment
If any (please write your acknowledgement). Otherwise, the corresponding author could use: n/a.

Conflict of Interest
The corresponding author must declare any interest (benefit, financial, personal, or professional interest) that arises from the direct applications of their article. The corresponding author could use the following statement: The corresponding author declares that there is no conflict of interest. Otherwise, the author could use: n/a.

Ethical Approval
In case the manuscript contains studies with human participants or animal performed by the authors, the corresponding author must use the following statement: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the place where this article was conducted and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Otherwise, authors could use: n/a.

Funding/Grant
The corresponding author must clarify the source of funding and the funding-related information including approval date and number. The author could use the following statement: [state the name(s) of the funder(s)/donor(s)] on [state the date] with a number [state the number of the funding/grant] funded the article. Otherwise, the corresponding author could use: n/a.

Informed Consent
The corresponding author must provide the consent from the participants and the authorities where the work was conducted. The corresponding author could use the following statement: “The corresponding author obtains informed consent from all individual participants and authorities at the place where this article was conducted. Otherwise, The corresponding author could use: n/a.

Third-Party Copyrights
The corresponding author is responsible for the permissions of the third-party copyrights (including figures, images, tables, or any illustrations), patents, registered items, symbols, trademarks, research data, and the like. The corresponding author wishing to include such materials is required to obtain permission from the copyright owners. As a minimum, the corresponding author must clearly state – in a separate section titled Third-Party Copyrights – that: The copyright owner [state the name] allows [state the corresponding author’s name] to reproduce the materials [state what: X,Y]; the permission was granted by [state how e-mail/fax/mail/social media/…]”. The main source of the material, however, must be attributed within the text at the appropriate points (if any). Any material received without permission will be assumed to originate from the corresponding author. Otherwise, the corresponding author could use: n/a.