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• the Work is not an Employee work where the employee would not be entitled to exercise the rights to the Work,
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6. Author agrees to pay article processing fee of 50€ after the article is accepted for publication. Author will be contacted by the technical editor about the payment details.
7. Author understands that starting in 2024, the journal is published continuously, meaning that article is published in one of the journal´s issues as soon as the article is accepted and ready for publication.

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Other

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