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footnotes, must not exceed 16 × 20 cm and should be no smaller [1] M. Uzunoglu, M. S. Alam, “Dynamic modeling, design, and simulation of a
than 8 cm in width. For all tables, please use Word’s “Create combined PEM fuel cell and ultracapacitor system for stand-alone
residential applications” IEEE Trans. Ener. Conv., 21(3), 767–775, 2006.
Table” feature, with no tabbed text or tables created with spaces https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2006.875468
and drawn lines. Please do not duplicate information that is
already presented in the figures. Conference Papers:
[2] I. Hadade, T. M. Jones, F. Wang, L. di Mare, “Software Prefetching for
Table 1: Sample Table Unstructured Mesh Applications” in 2018 IEEE/ACM 8th Workshop on
Irregular Applications: Architectures and Algorithms (IA3), Dallas, TX,
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[3] H. Lihua, “Analysis of Fuel Cell Generation System Application,” Ph.D
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