The current version of the Hyper-Text Markup Language does not support many symbols, characters and format types that are commonly used in technical documents such as these. We are working within these restrictions, and feel it is important that you read this guide to the conventions we use.
Subscripts will be represented as follows:
OA(t1/2) or X(T)
where t1/2 and T are meant to be subscripted.
Superscripts will be represented as follows:
14^2
where 2 is meant to be superscripted. Whatever appears after the ^ symbol is the portion to consider superscripted.
Tables: All tables are presented in monospaced preformatted format. If tables are wider than 80 characters, there will be an Editor's Note describing the number of columns. You may have to scroll from side to side to view all of some tables. Your browser must use a monospaced font for preformatted text. If a porportional font is used, the tables will no longer line up properly.
Footnotes: Footnotes can be handled in several ways:
Footnotes may be hyperlinked, so you may click on the footnote reference to read the footnote, and then follow another link back to the reference point.
Footnotes may be referenced in parenthesis - as in (footnote 1), or just (1) or as a bolded number. Footnotes usually will be at the bottom of the document containing the reference but may be included where referenced in the text.
Special Characters: Here is a listing of special characters and their names. If the name of the symbol does not match what your browser shows, please contact the webmaster of this site.
< Less than
= Equal to
> Greater than
< = Less than or equal to
> = greater than or equal to
< > Not equal to
§ Section sign
© Copyright symbol
® Registered trademark
° Degee sign
± Plus or minus
µ Micro sign
& Ampersand
% Percent sign
@ "at" sign
(TM) TradeMark
Greek characters are not yet supported by HTML:
Greek characters will be written out as words, such as
[[beta]]
[[sigma]]
[[pi]]
Graphics are used sparingly but are sometimes the best way to represent a figure or equation. ALT tags are used with all graphics to give a text description of the graphic.