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Minor issues: (1) Be careful for tense. Past - others data or tested. Future - seldom used in a scientific papers. (2) Do not start the sentence with And. Strictly to be reasonable or rational in writing. Abstract should contain results and conclusions Fundamentals: Why new experiments are needed? Why the research is requested? The achievement is useful? No new findings loose to transfer the significance.
This time, the workshop will be held at Hotel Nikko Kumamoto (http://www.nikko-kumamoto.co.jp). Special Issue of KIFA-6 of JCBM is going to be published in 2014