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References: In the text, reference to other parts of the papershould be made by section (or equation) number not by page number.References to other papers should be numbered consecutively in thetext and should be listed numerically on a separate sheet at the endof the paper and be presented as follows:
(a) for a book:
P. Hobza and R. Zahradník, Intermolecular Complexes,Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1988, p. 102.
Or for edited works:
M.T. Bowers in J.P. Maier (Ed.), Ion and Cluster IonSpectroscopy and Structure, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1989, p. 241.
(b) for periodicals:
J.A. Pople, B. Tidor and P.v.R. Schleyer, Chem. Phys. Lett. 88,439 (1982).
The title of the periodical must be abbreviated according to thesystem used in Chemical Abstracts.
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