[CFP] IJDSN - Special Collection on Internet of Vehicles: Architectures, Applications and Challenges
"Dr. Razi Iqbal" <[email protected]> Tue, 5 Jun 2018 11:40:25 +0400
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Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Special Section in IJDSN Special Collection on Internet of Vehicles: Architectures, Applications and Challenges Submission Deadline: June 30, 2018 This CFP can be seen at the website of IJDSN at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/dsn/collections/special-issues/internet-of= -vehicles Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) have gained significant attention by professionals and researchers from both industry and academia in recent decades. VANETs are the network of moving vehicles that can connect to each other or nearby Road Side Units (RSUs) installed on the roads through communication standards like IEEE 802.11.x, IEEE 802.15.x and recently developed IEEE 802.11p. Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is a major advancement in VANETs since the inception of the concept. In IoV, each entity of the system can connect to the Internet in addition to its connectivity with other entities through supplementary communication technologies like Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) designed specifically for VANETs. Inclusion of the Internet for communication between the entities of IoV has brought flexibility for vehicles, infrastructure, drivers and passengers to liaise with each other on a broader platform that can provide better services, robust computing and reliable processing. IoV is currently in a conceptualizing phase and requires standardization, benchmarking, architectural designs, models, guidelines, policies and measurement criteria for development and deployment of safety and non-safety applications and services. Due to the dynamic nature of entities in IoV, it offers a diverse set of challenges including, but not limited to, interoperability, high mobility, decentralization, anonymity, security, privacy, trust management, uncertainty and pervasiveness. Besides these challenges, several issues like scalability, reliability, adaptability and validity of available solutions are still unexplored. This Special Collection is expected to provide a platform for academicians and industry researchers to identify and debate technical problems and recent accomplishments associated with IoV. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: =E2=80=A2 IoV Architecture, Resource Management and Applications =E2=80=A2 Leveraging Fog Computing (Edge Computing) in IoV =E2=80=A2 Design Challenges for Protocol Development in IoV =E2=80=A2 IoV Security and Privacy =E2=80=A2 Trust and Reputation Management in IoV =E2=80=A2 Social and Ethical implications of IoV components =E2=80=A2 Designing Energy Efficient Road Side Units (RSUs) =E2=80=A2 Quality of Service (QoS) in IoV =E2=80=A2 Communication Technologies in IoV =E2=80=A2 Smart and Connected Vehicles =E2=80=A2 Cloud based VANETs =E2=80=A2 Demand Responsive Smart Vehicles The submitted manuscripts for this special collection will be peer-reviewed before publication. GUEST EDITORS OF THE SPECIAL SECTION ------------------------------ ------------------------------ *Lead Guest Editor,* Razi Iqbal, American University in the Emirates, United Arab Emirates [email protected] *Other Guest Editors,* Syed Hassan Ahmed, University of Central Florida, USA [email protected] Muhammad Ali Imran, University of Glasgow, UK [email protected] Tariq Umer, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan. [email protected] , [email protected] Manuscript Submission Guidelines: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/international-journal-of-distributed-senso= r-networks/journal202573#submission-guidelines =E2=80=A2 IJDSN website: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/dsn =E2=80=A2 IJDSN SAGE Track online submission site: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijdsn --000000000000db0d80056de029bd Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;f= ont-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;lette= r-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white= -space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoratio= n-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-se= rif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:bla= ck">Dear All,<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin= :0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-vari= ant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text= -indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-de= coration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-= size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"= Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>=C2=A0</span></span></p><p c= lass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-= variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-sp= acing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-spa= ce:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-co= lor:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"= ><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">= Please find below a call for papers for International Journal of Distribute= d Sensor Networks S. , a SAGE Publishing journal.<span></span></span></p><p= class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;fon= t-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-= spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-s= pace:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-= color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-seri= f"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black= "><span>=C2=A0</span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in = 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-c= aps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-inde= nt:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decorat= ion-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:= 11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times= New Roman",serif;color:black">Please accept our apologies if you rece= ive multiple copies of this announcement.<span></span></span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-vari= ant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacin= g:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:n= ormal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:= initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><sp= an style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">----= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"m= argin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font= -variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start= ;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;te= xt-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);= font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:&= quot;Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>=C2=A0</span></span></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;= font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;lett= er-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;whit= e-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decorati= on-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-s= erif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:bl= ack">CALL FOR PAPERS<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D= "margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;fo= nt-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:sta= rt;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;= text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0= );font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family= :"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>=C2=A0</span></span><= /p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:norma= l;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;le= tter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;wh= ite-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decora= tion-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans= -serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:= black">Special Section in IJDSN<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNorma= l" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligature= s:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;tex= t-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-s= pacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;colo= r:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"= font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>=C2=A0</sp= an></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-= style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-we= ight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transf= orm:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;= text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:C= alibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",s= erif;color:black">Special Collection on Internet of Vehicles: Architectures= , Applications and Challenges<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"= style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:= normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-= align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spa= cing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:= rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"fo= nt-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Submission Deadlin= e:=C2=A0 June 30, 2018<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal= ;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:= start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0= px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,= 0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0<span></span></span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-vari= ant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacin= g:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:n= ormal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:= initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><sp= an style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This= CFP can be seen at the website of IJDSN at<span></span></span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-vari= ant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacin= g:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:n= ormal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:= initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><sp= an style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a h= ref=3D"http://journals.sagepub.com/page/dsn/collections/special-issues/inte= rnet-of-vehicles" style=3D"color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">h= ttp://journals.sagepub.com/page/dsn/collections/special-issues/internet-of-= vehicles</a><span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:= 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varia= nt-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-= indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-dec= oration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-s= ize:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"T= imes New Roman",serif;color:black"><span>=C2=A0</span></span></p><p cl= ass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-v= ariant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa= cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-spac= e:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-col= or:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">= <span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">V= ehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) have gained significant attention by prof= essionals and researchers from both industry and academia in recent decades= . VANETs are the network of moving vehicles that can connect to each other = or nearby Road Side Units (RSUs) installed on the roads through communicati= on standards like IEEE 802.11.x, IEEE 802.15.x and recently developed IEEE = 802.11p. Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is a major advancement in VANETs since = the inception of the concept. In IoV, each entity of the system can connect= to the Internet in addition to its connectivity with other entities throug= h supplementary communication technologies like Dedicated Short Range Commu= nication (DSRC) designed specifically for VANETs. Inclusion of the Internet= for communication between the entities of IoV has brought flexibility for = vehicles, infrastructure, drivers and passengers to liaise with each other = on a broader platform that can provide better services, robust computing an= d reliable processing.<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal= ;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:= start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0= px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,= 0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">IoV is currently in a co= nceptualizing phase and requires standardization, benchmarking, architectur= al designs, models, guidelines, policies and measurement criteria for devel= opment and deployment of safety and non-safety applications and services. D= ue to the dynamic nature of entities in IoV, it offers a diverse set of cha= llenges including, but not limited to, interoperability, high mobility, dec= entralization, anonymity, security, privacy, trust management, uncertainty = and pervasiveness. Besides these challenges, several issues like scalabilit= y, reliability, adaptability and validity of available solutions are still = unexplored.<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0= in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varian= t-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-i= ndent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-deco= ration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-si= ze:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Ti= mes New Roman",serif;color:black">This Special Collection is expected = to provide a platform for academicians and industry researchers to identify= and debate technical problems and recent accomplishments associated with I= oV. Specific topics include, but are not limited to:<span></span></span></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;= font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;lett= er-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;whit= e-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decorati= on-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-s= erif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:bl= ack">=E2=80=A2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 = IoV Architecture, Resource Management and Applications<span></span></span><= /p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:norma= l;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;le= tter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;wh= ite-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decora= tion-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans= -serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:= black">=E2=80=A2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 Leveraging Fog Computing (Edge Computing) in IoV<span></span></span></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;= font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;lett= er-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;whit= e-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decorati= on-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-s= erif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:bl= ack">=E2=80=A2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 = Design Challenges for Protocol Development in IoV<span></span></span></p><p= class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;fon= t-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-= spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-s= pace:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-= color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-seri= f"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black= ">=E2=80=A2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 IoV= Security and Privacy<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal= ;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:= start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0= px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,= 0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">=E2=80=A2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Trust and Reputation Manageme= nt in IoV<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in= 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-= caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-ind= ent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decora= tion-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size= :11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Time= s New Roman",serif;color:black">=E2=80=A2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Social and Ethical implications of IoV co= mponents<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in = 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-c= aps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-inde= nt:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decorat= ion-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:= 11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times= New Roman",serif;color:black">=E2=80=A2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Designing Energy Efficient Road Side Units (= RSUs)<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in= 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps= :normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:= 0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration= -style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11p= t;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times Ne= w Roman",serif;color:black">=E2=80=A2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Quality of Service (QoS) in IoV<span></span></s= pan></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:= 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ext-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-styl= e:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;fon= t-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Rom= an",serif;color:black">The submitted manuscripts for this special coll= ection will be peer-reviewed before publication.<span></span></span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font= -variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-s= pacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-sp= ace:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-c= olor:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif= "><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"= ><span>=C2=A0</span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0= in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-ca= 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Emirates<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0i= n 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant= -caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-in= dent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decor= ation-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-siz= e:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:"Tim= es New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = style=3D"color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">[email protected]</= a><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=A0<span></span></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" s= tyle=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:no= rmal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-al= ign:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spaci= ng:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rg= 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