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• Copyright on any open access article in a journal published by Foundation University Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences is retained by the author(s).
• Authors grant Foundation University Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (FUJEAS)  a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
• Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.
• The CC By formalizes these and other terms and conditions of publishing articles.
• In accordance with our Open Data policy, the CC By applies to all published data in Foundation University Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences open access articles.

Where an author is prevented from being the copyright holder (for instance in the case of government employees or those of Commonwealth governments), minor variations may be required. In such cases the copyright line and license statement in individual articles will be adjusted, for example to state ‘© 2016 Crown copyright’. Authors requiring a variation of this type should inform Foundation University Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (FUJEAS) during or immediately after submission of their article. Changes to the copyright line cannot be made after publication of an article.