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When participating in the Forum:

      Keep in mind that your messages will be part of a public discussion and that other participants may respond to your comments.

      Before you send a message, review the forum discussions to see if your comment has been made by another user. Use the Find option to check for a word or phrase that may appear in a similar message.

      Although you may use a pseudonym in a forum discussion, we encourage you to use your name and the institution with which you are associated; this will allow each of your statements to enjoy greater support and validity.

Glossary of terms used in the Forum:

List of Forums: A listing of all the available Forums.

Forum Index: A listing of the various topics discussed in a Forum.

New Theme: Complete a message to introduce a new theme.

See the Sequence: Shows the sequence of messages sent to the Forum.           Responses to a message are indented at the right so that the reader may more easily follow a prolonged discussion on a particular theme.

Contract the Sequence: Collapse the message sequence, leaving only those that initiated a new theme.

Find: Using a key word, you can search for an existing message that contains the same word. When you click on Find, a Help screen will appear to assist you in your search.

Mark read Messages: Allows messages to be marked as they are read.