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\documentclass[article]{imeko_acta}

\begin{document}

%    ARTICLE TITLE
\title{Bare Template to start writing your own Acta IMEKO paper} 

\author[1]{name=Jane, surname=Doe, abbreviation=J. Doe}
\author[2]{name=John, surname=Smith, abbreviation=J. Smith}
\author[3,4]{name=Francesco, surname=Lamonaca, abbreviation=F. Lamonaca}

\affiliation[1]{Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany}
\affiliation[2]{Measurement Science Consultancy, Julia Culpstraat 66, 7558JB Hengelo, The Netherlands}
\affiliation[3]{Department of Computer, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Engineering - University of Calabria, Rende, Italy}
\affiliation[4]{National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Nanotechnology (CNR-NANOTEC), Rende, Italy}

\CorrespondingAuthorNumber{3}
\CorrespondingAuthorEmail{name.surname@email.com}

% Keywords - if you don't want any simply remove all the text between the curly brackets
\Keywords{Journal; template; IMEKO; LaTeX} 

%Leave blank for no funding
\Funding{[Optional, if applicable] This work was supported by Measurement Science Consultancy, The Netherlands.}
%Leave blank for no funding, like this
%\Funding{}


%	ABSTRACT - length less than 200 words. 
%---------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{abstract}
The editorial team of Acta IMEKO strongly encourages 
authors to use this \LaTeX\ template file to produce their manuscript. 
The abstract should be composed in a way suitable for publication 
in the abstract section of electronic journals, 
and should state concisely what it is written in the paper. 
Important items are the aim of the research, the basic method and the major achievement 
(also numerically, when applicable). 

\emph{The length should not exceed 200 words.}
\end{abstract}

\maketitle % Print the title and abstract box

\section{Introduction}

%---------------------------------------------------------------

The template is designed to be used with the \LaTeX\ document preparation system.
Also, the class is also compatible with Lua\LaTeX.\medskip

You can build your own document using this template, both locally on your computer or on the Overleaf online platform.\medskip

\textbf{Please do NOT change the class file. 
Also, do not add or modify the metadata (citation,
section editor and article dates). They will be updated during the
production phase.}\medskip


\subsection*{Submission hints:}
\begin{itemize}
	\item During the paper submission to the journal’s website
	please make sure that all (co-)authors are given and their
	order is the same as in the paper. Later changes cannot
	be made by submitters, only by journal editors.
	\item Please indicate the related track (for example, TC4 2023,
	TC4 Metroarchaeo 2023) in the comments to the editor.
	If there is no relation to a given TC track, type "General
	track".
	\item Please explain the novelty of the paper (what is the
	extension to a former paper) in the comments to the
	editor OR in a separate cover letter.
\end{itemize}

\section{First Section}

First section's text gows here.

\section{About Sections}

A further section here.

\subsection{Subsections} \label{sec:sub1}

If a section is long or deals with different topics, make a subdivision in subsections. Avoid further subdivision of a subsection.

\subsection{Numbering of subsections}

Subsection numbering is automatically managed by the class file.

\section{Figures and Tables}

\begin{figure}[tb]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=0.7\linewidth]{image1}
	\caption{Stamp issued to help people getting familiar with SI units.}
	\label{fig:image1}
\end{figure}

You can add figures and tables as usually done in \LaTeX.

\subsection{Location}

Illustrations and tables can have two formats: column wide or page wide. 
Figure \ref{fig:image1} is an example of the first kind. 
Figure \ref{fig:wideimage} gives an example for a page wide figure.


All figures and tables should be located on top or bottom in the left or right corner
of the page where they are first referred to in the text. If this is
not possible, then they must be placed on the following
page(s). 

\begin{figure*}[t]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{wide_image}
	\caption{Shakuhachi: old Japanese length standard: 1 shaku = 30.3 cm}
	\label{fig:wideimage}
\end{figure*}

\section{Measurement Units expression}

Acta IMEKO  publishes scientific articles on measurement and instrumentation, hence all the units in the text should be expressed in SI units and formatted according to the SI guidelines.

This \LaTeX\ class already loads the \verb|siunitx| package, which provides a set of commands to typeset numbers and units in SI a consistent way.

\textbf{Therefore, you don't have to mind very much about spacing and management of
units, as the class will do it for you.}
\medskip

The main command for this is \verb|\qty|, which is used to express a quantity with its unit.


For example, to express an acceleration of 1.23 meters per square second, you can simply type \qty{1.23}{\metre\per\second\squared}. The class will convert the textual units with the appropriate symbols and manage the typography (for instance, avoid italics for units, spacing between numbers and units, etc.).

Compare the result with the classic typesetting with \LaTeX\ math mode:
$1.23 m/s^2$ or 1.23 $m/s^2$ that are both not correct, as they do not respect the SI guidelines.

\medskip

Other useful commands are \verb|\unit| and \verb|\num|. The first one is used to express a unit alone, while the second one is used to express a number without a unit.

Examples are the units \unit{\metre}, \unit{\second}, \unit{\kelvin} and the numbers \num{1.23} and  \num{3.14e-4}.

\medskip

Clearly, the package support the inclusion of the measurement uncertainty, that can introduced in the number part using the symbol, to obtain this writing \qty{1.23 \pm 0.4}{\metre\per\second\squared}.
Other examples are \qty{1.23 \pm 0.4}{\degreeCelsius} and \qty{1.23 \pm 0.4}{\newton}.
\medskip

For further explanations, please refer to the ``Guide'' you received with the template.

\section*{AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTION}

Please explain here the contribution of each co-author to the
research and to this article. If there is only one author, this
section can be deleted.

The roles for each Author should be chosen according to the
CRediT taxonomy, available here: \url{https://credit.niso.org/}.

Please consider that each contributor can be assigned
multiple roles, and a given role can be assigned to multiple
contributors(you don't need to use all the available roles).

\section*{acknowledgment} 

Here persons or institutes may be acknowledged for their technical, scientific or financial support. List them in this section, and not as a footnote or otherwise.

%% Please remove this command when you start citing your references
\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{imeko_acta}
\bibliography{imeko-bare-article.bib}

\end{document} 
