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Title, short title, abstract and keywords Please provide a fully descriptive article title of not more than 50 words, an abstract of not more than 300 words, and up to six keywords. Spelling We are happy to use either UK or US spelling so long as spelling is consistent throughout an article. Capitalisation Please use capital letters sparingly. Extraneous capitalisation of common nouns (such as parliament, cabinet, president etc) should be avoided. Please do not capitalise variable names in regressions and similar analyses. Punctuation Please avoid the use of serial commas in lists. So a, b and c; not a, b, and c; apples, pears or oranges not apples, pears, or oranges. Quotations For quotations single quote marks should be used, reserving double quotation marks only for quotes within quotes. Indent any quotations over 40 words in length and remove the quotation marks. Quotations in languages other than English, if of any length or importance, should always be accompanied by a translation placed within square brackets. Please mark clearly all use of unusual alphabets, special characters, etc. ­ preferably at the top of the first page of the manuscript. Headings Please use no more than two levels of headings. Do not number headings or paragraphs. Try to make sure that two levels of headings are not used next to each other without text in between. Tables and figures should be submitted as separate files, with their location notes in the text. The publisher will typeset the tables; charts, diagrams and other illustrations (figures) so these must be in a form suitable for reproduction without additional work required. It is important that tables are supplied in an editable format and not as an embedded figure file. Each table should have a table number, a heading, clear labels for all rows and columns used, a description of units of measurements used and a note on sources. Please note that authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicised. Each photograph or diagram should have a figure number, a heading and clear labels if appropriate. Centaurus accepts colour photographs, animation and video for use when the article is published on the web. If you have any such supplementary materials please inform the editor on submission of your manuscript so we can give the Publisher advanced notice. Care must be taken to ensure that reference to such material still makes sense in the …