Open Access Agreement

This journal provides immediate and fully open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Upon submitting an article, authors are asked to indicate their agreement to abide by an open access Creative Commons license (CC BY). The license permits any user to read, copy, redistribute and make derivative the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.

The benefits are:

• All articles are free to read, copy, distribute, and use (with attribution)
• Author retains copyright - not the publisher

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