La calidad del agua y las percepciones de los

residentes sobre la disminución de los servicios
ecosistémicos del estero Sabanilla en la provincia del
Guayas
First Author, Highest Degree1, Second Author, Highest Degree2, and Third Author, Highest Degree1
1
First and Third Author’s University, Country, first.author@email.edu,third.author@gmail.com
2
Second Author’s University, Country, second.author@email.com

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 Abstract–   The
instructions   give   the   basic
guidelines   for   preparing
papers   for   the   LACCEI
conference   proceedings
adapted   from   the   IEEE   2­
Column format for conference
proceedings. You can use this
document  for the  instructions
and  as  a template  into  which
you   can   type   your   own   text
over the given text or select the
preset   styles   (shown   in
parentheses).     Full   paper
submissions  are  limited   to  10
pages maximum, and extended
abstracts to 2 pages.
Keywords­­ List at most 5
key index terms here.
I. INTRODUCTION
(HEADING 1)
Your goal is to simulate
the appearance of papers
published in IEEE
conference proceedings [1],
with changes to style of the
author-institution-email
sections, as shown here. Any
questions should be sent to
the technical committee
chair, email can be found in
LACCEI’s MyReview
submission site.
A. Preparing Your
Paper (Heading 2)
1) Paper Size: US letter
size, 8.5” x 11”(210 x 297
mm).
2) Type Sizes and
Typefaces: Follow the font
type sizes in Table I. The
font type sizes are given in
MS Word font size points.
Times New Roman is the
preferred font.
3) Paper Margins: Set
top = 0.75” (19.05mm),
bottom = 1” (25.4mm), side
= 0.625” (15.875mm). Each
column measures 3.5 inches
wide, with a 0.25-inch gap
in between.
4) Paper Styles: Left-
and right-justify the
Digital Object Identifier: (to be inserted by LACCEI).
ISSN, ISBN: (to be inserted by LACCEI).
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columns. On the last page of For labeling axis on this format: “IEEE Trans.
your paper, adjust the graphs use words rather Magn., vol. 25,” not “vol.
lengths of the columns so than symbols. For example, MAG-25.”
that they are equal. Use as shown in Fig. 1, write Give all authors’ names;
automatic hyphenation and “Magnetization,” or use “et al.” if there are six
check spelling and “Magnetization (M)” not authors or more [5]. Papers
grammar. Use high just “M.” Put units in that have not been
resolution (300dpi or above) parentheses. Do not label published, even if they have
figures, plots, drawings and axes only with units and been submitted for
photos for best printing clearly show multipliers. In publication, should be cited
result. the example, write as “unpublished” [5]. Papers
“Magnetization (kA/m)” or that have been accepted for
TABLE I
publication should be cited
Type Size for Papers “Magnetization (103 Am-
1
).” Do not label axes with a as “in press” [6]. In a paper
Type Appearance
size ratio of quantities and units. title, capitalize the first
Regular
(pts.) For example, write word and all other words
6 Table superscripts
Section titles , references, tables,
a “Temperature (K),” not except for conjunctions,
table namesa, table captions, “Temperature/K.” prepositions less than seven
8
figure captions, footnotes, text Figure labels should be letters, and prepositional
subscripts, and superscripts legible, at 8-point type. phrases.
9
Authors' affiliations, main text,
For papers published in
10 equations, first letter in section translated journals, first give
titlesa the English citation, then
11 Authors' names the original foreign-
Magnetization (kA/m)
22 Paper title language one [7].
a
Uppercase
C. Abbreviations and
B. Preparing Your Acronyms
PDF Paper for Indexing Define abbreviations
LACCEI Proceedings and acronyms the first time
are currently indexed by they are used in the text,
EBSCO. We are in the even if they have been
process of obtaining defined in the abstract. Do
additional indexing, which Applied Field (103 A/m) not use abbreviations in the
Fig. 1 Magnetization as a
may require additional title unless they are
function of applied field.
instructions for the final Note caption is centered below unavoidable.
version of the refereed figures, but above tables.
D. Equations
papers. This section will
B. References Number equations
contain further information
Number citations consecutively with equation
as we obtain new indexing
consecutively in square numbers in parentheses
for the proceedings.
brackets [2]. Punctuation flush with the right margin,
II. HELPFUL HINTS as in (1). To make your
follows the bracket [3].
equations more compact,
A. Figures and Tables Refer simply to the reference
you may use the solidus (/)
Try to position figures number, as in [4]. Use “Ref.
and the exp function, etc.
and tables at the tops and [4]” or “Reference [4]” at
Italicize Roman symbols for
bottoms of columns. Large the beginning of a sentence:
quantities and variables, but
figures and tables may span “Reference [4] was the first
not Greek symbols. Use an
across both columns. Center …”
en dash (–) rather than a
figure captions below the Number footnotes
hyphen (-) for a minus sign.
figures; center table captions separately in superscripts.
Use parentheses to avoid
above the table. Avoid Place the actual footnote at
ambiguities in
placing figures and tables the bottom of the column in
denominators. Punctuate
before their first mention in which it was cited. Do not
equations with commas or
the text. Use the put footnotes in the
periods when they are part
abbreviation “Fig. #,” even reference list. Use letters for
of a sentence, as in
at the beginning of a table footnotes (see Table I).
sentence. For journal volumes cite in
 
2
 e ix cos x  i sin x
  exp(ix ) / 2 be(cos
2 2
. (1)
Symbols in your drive.”
equation should be defined
before the equation appears
or immediately following.
Cite equations using “(1),”
not Eq. (1)” or “equation
(1),” except at the beginning
of a sentence: “Equation (1)
is …”
E. Other
Recommendations
The Roman numerals
used to number the section
headings are optional. Do
not number
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
REFERENCES and begin
Subheadings with letters.
Use two spaces after periods
(full stops). Hyphenate period.” A parenthetical
complex modifiers: “zero-
field-cooled magnetization.”
Avoid dangling participles,
such as, “Using (1), the
potential was calculated.”
Write instead, “The
potential was calculated
using (1),” or “Using (1), we
calculated the potential.”
Use a zero before
decimal points: “0.25,” not
“.25.” Use “cm3,” not “cc.”
Do not mix complete
spellings and abbreviations
of units: “Wb/m 2” or
“webers per square meter,”
not “webers/m2.” Spell units
when they appear in text:
“…a few henries,” not “…a
few H.” If your native
language is not English, try
to get a native English-
speaking colleague
proofread your paper.
III. UNITS
Use either SI (MKS) or
CGS as primary units. (SI
units are encouraged.) means “that is,” and the
English units may be used
as secondary units (in
parentheses). An exception
would  iof
the xuse sinEnglish
x) / 2
units as identifiers in trade,
such as “3.5-inch disk
Avoid combining SI and
CGS units, such as current
in amperes and magnetic
field in oersteds. This often
leads to confusion because
equations do not balance
dimensionally. If you must
use mixed units, clearly
state the units for each
quantity that you use in an
equation.
IV. SOME COMMON
MISTAKES
The word “data” is
and plural, not singular. In
American English, periods
and commas are within
quotation marks, like “this
statement at the end of a
sentence is punctuated
outside of the closing
parenthesis (like this). (A
parenthetical sentence is
punctuated within the
parentheses.) A graph within
a graph is an “inset,” not an
“insert.” The word
alternatively is preferred to
the word “alternately”
(unless you mean something
that alternates). Do not use
the word “essentially” to
mean “approximately” or
“effectively.” Be aware of
the different meanings of the
homophones “affect” and
“effect,” “complement” and
“compliment,” “discreet”
and “discrete,” “principal”
and “principle.” Do not
to confuse “imply” and “infer.”
The prefix “non” is not a
word; it should be joined to
the word it modifies, usually
without a hyphen. There is
no period after the “et” in
the Latin abbreviation “et
al.” The abbreviation “i.e.”
abbreviation “e.g.” means
“for example.” An excellent
style manual for science
writers is [8].
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The preferred spelling
of the word
“acknowledgment” in
America is without an “e”
after the “g.” Try to avoid
the stilted expression, “One
of us (R. B. G.) thanks …”
Instead, try “R.B.G. thanks
…” Put sponsor
acknowledgments in the
unnumbered footnote on the
first page.
REFERENCES
[1] Manuscript Templates for
Conference Proceedings, IEEE.
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_
events/conferences/publishing/te
mplates.html
[2] M. King, B. Zhu, and S. Tang,
“Optimal path planning,”
Mobile Robots, vol. 8, no. 2, pp.
520-531, March 2001.
[3] H. Simpson, Dumb Robots, 3rd
ed., Springfield: UOS Press,
2004, pp.6-9.
[4] M. King and B. Zhu, “Gaming
strategies,” in Path Planning to
the West, vol. II, S. Tang and M.
King, Eds. Xian: Jiaoda Press,
1998, pp. 158-176.
[5] B. Simpson, et al, “Title of paper
goes here if known,”
unpublished.
[6] J.-G. Lu, “Title of paper with
only the first word capitalized,”
J. Name Stand. Abbrev., in press.
[7] Y. Yorozu, M. Hirano, K. Oka,
and Y. Tagawa, “Electron
spectroscopy studies on
magneto-optical media and
plastic substrate interface,”
IEEE Translated J. Magn.
Japan, vol. 2, pp. 740-741,
August 1987 [Digest 9th Annual
Conf. Magnetics Japan, p. 301,
1982].
[8] M. Young, The Technical
Writer’s Handbook, Mill Valley,
CA: University Science, 1989.

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