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The text should be in the form of a standard typescript written in one of the following formats: .rtf, .doc, .docx, .odt

The volume of the full text of a scientific article should be from 0.5 sheet to 2 publishing sheets, i.e. from 20,000 to 80,000 characters with spaces.

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- [in:]
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