Permission to Publish and Open Access Copyright Transfer Agreement

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Assignment of Rights
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requirement for the publication of your manuscript.

Without prejudice to this assignment of rights, the moral rights in connection with the article shall remain with you
and the other authors.

The article will be published under a CC - BY license (https://creativecommons.org). This license means that anyone may
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 — reproduction and distribution in printed form, in particular as a journal article, article in a medical textbook or other type
of book directed towards a specific target group of readers, pocket book, special edition for secondary markets or special
customers, brochure, supplement, anthology, etc.

— reproduction and distribution in the form of electronic media (e.g., CD-Rom, DVD, USB memory stick, databases, cloud-
based service, ebook and other forms of electronic publishing) and also make available to the public (e.g., internet,
intranet or other wired or wireless data networks), in particular by displaying on stationary or mobile visual display units,
monitors, smart phones, tablets or other devices by download (e.g., e-pub, PDF, App) or retrieval in any other form;

— translation, transmission or adaptation of the paper into or in any other language, dialects or versions (in particular,
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connection with indexation, key word search or any other search and additional functions, usage for types of use not as
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that the transfer of such rights is permissible under the relevant provisions and applicable law; you also assign to Thieme
all statutory royalty claims under §§ 44a et seq. Urheberrechtsgesetz (German Copyright Law) insofar Thieme mandates
a collecting society to administer such rights jointly for authors and publishers.

Thieme is entitled, but not obliged, to use the rights specified in the aforesaid sections and may adapt the article for these
uses. Thieme will take your and your co-authors’ legitimate interests into account in this respect.

Authors’ rights and Gold Open Access

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Duties of care
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case when you give therapeutic information and/or specify drug doses. Therefore please check this information carefully in
the typeset page-proofs of your article. Your task will be much easier if you have the information counterchecked — de-
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Author’s Declaration
I have taken note of the information on the duties of care under product liability law; I agree to the assignments of rights in
accordance with the foregoing sections “Assignment of Rights” and “Authors’ Rights and Gold Open Access” also on behalf
of the other authors (if several authors have contributed to the article). I declare that I am authorized by my co-authors to
sign on their behalf.

I declare that no third party rights will be infringed through the publication. Any material contained in the manuscript
(including illustrations, tables, or other material) from third-party sources will be identified as such through citation,
indicating the source. If required, I have obtained the copyright permission from the publishers concerned.

I have read and understood the terms and conditions of the CC - BY license and I agree also on behalf of the other
authors (if several authors have contributed to the article) that the article will be published under such a license.

I agree with the aforesaid article publication charge. Should one of the foregoing regulations be or become invalid in whole
or in part this shall not affect the validity of the other provisions. Any invalid provision shall be replaced by a regulation that
comes as close as possible to the purpose of the invalid provision in economic terms, insofar as legally permissible.

This article is ready to be published after the execution of the corrections indicated by me.

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July 2016