Key point summaries

KEY POINT SUMMARY Quick Guide to HPLC Troubleshooting ... 

Many of the applications within forensic science adopt a reverse phase (RP) HPLC mode of separation in relation to analyses. We have chosen to use example applications of HPLC based on this particular mode of chromatography because it is the most frequently used. We have broken each chapter down into theoretical considerations with examples where appropriate, a key point summary, a series of questions where appropriate, and, finally, a list of books and journal articles that we believe will give further, thorough insight into each of the topics covered. We have attempted to keep the book as succinct as possible whilst still providing sufficient information to allow the reader to develop his or her knowledge at an effective pace. 

The EPA developed (4) a one-page summary of the key points of Title III. The following is this summary. 

Following Is an example of an executive summary developed to accompany the presentation shown as Figure 2.2. Executive summaries highiight the key points of a detailed presentation for easy access. The longer and more complex your presentation, the greater the value of an executive summary, which should be organized to parallel the structure of the longer document. 

Before we move on to the next chapters, figure 17.4 provides a concise summary of all the key points. 

Redundancy is also common in sections of a work that have overlapping purposes. Examples include the abstract of a journal article or the Project Summary of a research proposal each has the purpose of summarizing key points from the accompanying document. Although information can be repeated in the abstract or Project Summary, authors are required to state the information differently, resisting the temptation to merely copy sentences from other sections of their work. Another vulnerable place for redundancy is in the Discussion section of a journal article, which shares several overlapping purposes with the Introduction section. For example, beginning writers sometimes repeat the fill-the-gap statement of the Introduction (e.g., In this work, we measured ) in the sum-... 

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