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%\READ AND DELETE: This is the updated AUB thesis template, with the help of Dany Rabih Bou Moujahed, CCE AUB Student, August 2025. For Dissertation or Project, please replace the word "thesis" with the corresponding term in the preliminary pages.
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\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{epsf}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsxtra}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=blue,
filecolor=magenta,
urlcolor=cyan,
pdfpagemode=FullScreen,
}
\usepackage[style=ieee,backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\normalfont\Huge\scshape\filcenter}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{16pt}{\Huge}
\titleformat{\section}{\large\bfseries}{\thesection}{1em}{}
\titleformat{\subsection}{\bfseries}{\thesubsection}{1em}{\itshape}
\titleformat{\subsubsection}{}{\thesubsubsection}{1em}{\uline}
\setlength{\parindent}{0.5cm}
\begin{document}
%\nocite{*}
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% Title page
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\pagestyle{empty}
\include{preliminary-pages/titlepage}
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% Acknowledgments
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\include{preliminary-pages/acknowledgments}
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% Abstract
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\include{preliminary-pages/abstract}
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% Table of contents
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\pagestyle{plain}
\renewcommand*\contentsname{Table of Contents}
\tableofcontents
\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{Illustrations}
\listoffigures
\renewcommand{\listtablename}{Tables}
\listoftables
\newpage
%\cleardoublepage %
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% Abbreviations
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\newpage \pagestyle{plain}
\include{preliminary-pages/abbreviations}
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% Include files
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\include{main-content/chapter1}
\include{main-content/chapter2}
\newpage
\appendix
\include{appendices/appendixA}
\include{appendices/appendixB}
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% Bibliography
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\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]
\end{document}