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  Asia-Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies Publishing Center
  LaTeX Manuscript Template  —  v1.1 (2026)
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FILES INCLUDED
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  fang-journal.cls   Document class (place in same folder as your .tex)
  template.tex       Sample manuscript (rename and edit this)
  logo.png           Journal logo (do not rename; auto-included)
  README.txt         This file

HOW TO COMPILE
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  1. Open template.tex in your LaTeX editor (TeXstudio, Overleaf, etc.)
  2. Compile sequence:
       pdflatex template
       bibtex   template      (only if you use BibTeX references)
       pdflatex template
       pdflatex template
  3. For Overleaf: upload all four files, set template.tex as main file.

FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
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  - A4 paper, 11pt Times New Roman
  - Margins: 2.5 cm all sides
  - 1.5 line spacing
  - Sections numbered (Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion,
    Conclusion, References)
  - Abstract: ≤ 250 words
  - Keywords: 3–6, separated by semicolons
  - Tables: use booktabs (\toprule, \midrule, \bottomrule)
  - Figures: vector PDF preferred; minimum 300 dpi for raster
  - References: numbered Elsevier style [1], [2], ...
  - Equations: numbered consecutively

SUBMISSION
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  Submit as PDF via the journal portal. Upload the LaTeX source
  (this entire ZIP) as the "Source File" during submission.

Contact: publishing@apias.edu
Website: https://apias.edu/publishing
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