{"id":2849,"date":"2025-04-15T15:42:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conf.qu.edu.iq\/icces\/?page_id=2849"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:22:23","slug":"author-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conf.qu.edu.iq\/icces\/author-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"AuthorGuidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2849\" class=\"elementor elementor-2849\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d73e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"80d73e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2c1d8d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2c1d8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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