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% UCL Thesis LaTeX Template
% (c) Nicole Mantl, 2022
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\usepackage{gensymb}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{appendix}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{dirtytalk}
\usepackage{longtable}
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\usepackage{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{bib.bst}
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\newcommand*\updatechaptername{%
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\cftpagenumbersoff{chapter}
\usepackage{epigraph}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{equation}{chapter}
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\renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section})}
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\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{\themysubsubsection}
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\newcommand{\themysubsubsection}{\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}.\arabic{subsubsection}}
\usepackage{url}
%% Define a new 'leo' style for the package that will use a smaller font.
\makeatletter
\def\url@leostyle{%
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\makeatother
%% Now actually use the newly defined style.
\urlstyle{leo}
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\newcommand\Chapter[2]{\chapter[\textsl{#1: {#2}}]{\textsl{#1}\\[1ex]\Large{#2}}}
\begin{document}
%TC:ignore
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{3cm}
{TITLE}
\vspace{4cm}
{Your name}\\
\vspace*{10cm}
UCL\\
Ph.D. [Your degree]\\
202x
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}
\setcounter{page}{2}
\noindent
\LARGE{Declaration}\\
\vspace{.5cm}
\normalsize{I, [your name] confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own. Where information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated in the thesis.}\\
\vspace{1cm}
Signed \hspace{2cm} ...................................\\
\vspace{1cm}
Date \hspace{2.4cm} ...................................\\
\clearpage
\clearpage
\chapter*{\huge{\textbf{Abstract}}}
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\clearpage
\updatechaptername
\chapter*{\huge{\textbf{Acknowledgements}}}
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\listoftables
%TC:endignore
\cleardoublepage
\chapter{\textsl{Introduction}}
%\input{}
\chapter{\textsl{Literature/Systematic Review}}
%\input{}
\chapter{\textsl{Empirical chapter}}
%\input{}
\chapter{\textsl{Discussion}}
%\input{}
\chapter{\textsl{Conclusion}}
%\input{}
%%TC:ignore
\newpage
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\bibliography{References}
\clearpage
\appendix
\updatechaptername
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\updatechaptername
\chapter{\textsl{Appendix}}
%\input{}
\end{document}