I. Copyright Transfer Form

Korean Society of Acute Care Surgery will be pleased to publish your article (“the article”), tentatively entitled:
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in the Journal of Acute Care Surgery(“the Journal”) if the article is accepted for publication. The undersigned authors transfer all copyright ownership in and relating to the article, in all forms and media, to Korean Society of Acute Care Surgery in the event that the article is published in the Journal. However, this agreement will be null and void if the article is not published in the Journal.
The undersigned authors warrant that the article is original, is not under consideration by another journal, and has not been previously published.

II. Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form

All authors are responsible for recognizing any conflict of interest that could bias their work in the acknowledgments, disclosing all financial support and any other personal connections.

Please check the appropriate box below:

• 􀂆 No author of this paper has a conflict of interest, including specific financial interests, relationships, and/or affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials included in this manuscript.
• 􀂆 The authors certify that all conflicts of interest, as applicable to each author, including specific financial interests, relationships, and/or affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials are disclosed in the manuscript.
  (Please describe in detail about these interests.)

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These interests may include one or more of the following: employment; consultancy within the past two years; ownership interests – including stock options – in a start-up company, the stock of which is not publicly traded; ownership interest - including stock options but excluding indirect investments through mutual funds and the like - in a publicly traded company; research funding; honoraria directly received from an entity; paid expert testimony within the past two years; any other financial relationship (e.g., receiving royalties); membership on another entity’s Board of Directors or its advisory committees (whether for profit or not for profit).

(This agreement must be signed by all authors listed in the article. A photocopy of this form may be used if there are more than 10 authors.)

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