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1. General

• □ This paper has not been published previously nor is being considered for publication elsewhere.
• □ The manuscript is not under review by any other journal or conference, and will not be submitted elsewhere until the JMIS decision is received or the manuscript is formally withdrawn.
• □ Any preprint or earlier conference version of this work is disclosed in the cover letter and cited in the manuscript, or is marked Not applicable.
• □ If this manuscript extends a conference or workshop paper, at least 30 percent of it is new material constituting a genuine technical contribution, and the cover letter includes an extension statement, or is marked Not applicable.
• □ The Copyright Form has been signed.
• □ The manuscript is prepared in the correct article type format, either Regular Paper or Brief Paper.
• □ The main text does not exceed 12 double-column pages for a Regular Paper or 4 double-column pages for a Brief Paper.
• □ A cover letter is included with the manuscript and states the title, all authors and affiliations, the corresponding author identifier, and the corresponding author's contact information.

2. Declarations and Ethical Compliance

• □ All required declaration headings are included before the References: Acknowledgement, Ethics Approval, Informed Consent Statement, Consent for Publication, Conflicts of Interest, Funding, Data Availability and Reproducibility, Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies, and Related-Party Co-authorship Disclosure.
• □ The Ethics Approval statement is complete and consistent with the study design, including the committee name, approval or exemption number, and approval date, or a clear statement that review was waived or not required.
• □ When an approval or exemption number is reported, a copy of the IRB, ethics committee, or IACUC approval letter or exemption determination is uploaded with the submission.
• □ The Informed Consent Statement is included when human participants or human data were involved, or is marked Not applicable.
• □ The Consent for Publication statement is included when any person may be identifiable in text, figures, screenshots, photos, audio, video, or supplementary files, or is marked Not applicable.
• □ The Conflicts of Interest, Funding, and Data Availability and Reproducibility statements are complete.
• □ The Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies identifies the tool, version where available, and purpose of use, or is marked Not applicable.
• □ Any related-party co-author has been disclosed to the Editorial Office, the required personal-information consent has been provided, and the co-author's contribution is stated, or the disclosure is marked Not applicable.
• □ All non-applicable declaration headings are retained and marked Not applicable.
• □ Information in the manuscript, cover page, checklist, and submission system is consistent.

3. Title page and Abstract

• □ Is the title no more than 12 words?
• □ The abstract is a single paragraph and must not exceed 300 words.
• □ Up to four keywords are provided.

4. Manuscript Format

• □ Each abbreviation is defined in parentheses at first use.
• □ All headings at the same level use consistent formatting.
• □ Major sections are numbered with Roman numerals and subsections with Arabic numerals.
• □ Greek letters and all but the most common mathematical symbols are identified on the manuscript.
• □ References are written in English or Roman script, numbered in order of first citation, and formatted according to JMIS requirements.
• □ Figures and Tables are numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals.
• □ For all Figures and Tables, the first letter of the very first word is capitalized.
• □ All Figures and Tables are mentioned in the text and numbered in the order in which they are mentioned.
• □ The manuscript has been checked for English spelling and grammar.