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I/We agree with the statement that the work contained in the manuscript was done during the undergraduate degree of the 1st author.
I/We agree that my manuscript does not contain any plagiarised content as defined below (from plagiarism.org):
- Turning in someone else's work as your own.
- Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit.
- Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks.
- Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation.
- Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit.
- Copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules).
JYI uses iThenticate anti-plagiarism software to help identify infringements of the above rules. Violating any of these points three times or more will result in the manuscript being deemed as plagiarised. If a manuscript is considered plagiarised it will be rejected, and you may not submit any further articles to JYI. Your advisor may also be informed of the transgression.
I/We have not submitted any similar work to other journals. If in the future I/We do, I/We will inform JYI, in order to deal with copyright issues.
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