phd_thesis_template/main.tex.php

\documentclass[paper=a4,fontsize=11pt,twoside,titlepage,parskip=half-,openright]{scrbook}
\usepackage[paperwidth=15.5cm,
            paperheight=23.5cm,
            lmargin = 2.1cm,
            rmargin = 1.2cm,
            top = 2.2cm,
            headsep = 0.6cm,
            textheight = 19.3cm,
            footskip = 1.0cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tugraz_defaults}
\usepackage{moresize}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\usepackage{import}

\usepackage[breakable, theorems, skins]{tcolorbox}

\usepackage[backend=biber,
            url=true,
            style=numeric,
            giveninits=false,
            maxnames=32,
            minnames=32,
            maxcitenames=2,
            mincitenames=1,
            backref=true, %
           ]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{main.bib}
<?php 
foreach ($bibresources as $br => $bib)
{
  echo '\addbibresource{'.$bib.'}
';
}
if (isset($options["--cv"]))
  echo '\addbibresource{cv.bib}
';
?>
\DeclareFieldFormat*{title}{#1} 
\DeclareFieldFormat*{booktitle}{#1}  
\DeclareFieldFormat*{journaltitle}{#1}  
\newcommand{\itemcite}[1]{\begin{itemize}\item \fullcite{#1}\end{itemize}}

\renewcommand{\bf}{\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\and}{,\xspace}
\newcommand{\keywords}[1]{Keywords:\ #1.}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[openbib,NoDate]{currvita}
\preto\fullcite{\AtNextCite{\defcounter{maxnames}{99}}}


\usepackage{scrhack}
\usepackage{quotchap} %

\DefineBibliographyStrings{english}{%
  backrefpage = {p.},%
  backrefpages = {pp.},%
}

\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\renewcommand\cftchapaftersnum{.}
\setlength{\cftchapnumwidth}{2em}

\makeatletter
\frenchspacing
\widowpenalty=10000
\clubpenalty=10000
\setcounter{tocdepth}{1}
\renewenvironment{table}
               {\setlength\abovecaptionskip{0\p@}%
                \setlength\belowcaptionskip{10\p@}%
                \@float{table}}
               {\end@float}
\makeatother

\makeatletter
\def\cleardoublepage{\clearpage\if@twoside \ifodd\c@page\else
\hbox{} \vspace*{\fill}
\begin{center}
\end{center}
\vspace{\fill} \thispagestyle{empty}
\newpage
\if@twocolumn\hbox{}\newpage\fi\fi\fi}
\makeatother

\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\addto{\captionsenglish}{\renewcommand*{\appendixname}{Appendix}}
\renewcommand{\algorithmautorefname}{Algorithm}
\renewcommand\itemautorefname{Step}
\renewcommand\chapterautorefname{Chapter}
\renewcommand\sectionautorefname{Section}
\renewcommand\subsectionautorefname{Section}
\renewcommand\subsubsectionautorefname{Section}

\usepgfplotslibrary{dateplot}
\usepgfplotslibrary{fillbetween}

\hyphenation{}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\addtokomafont{disposition}{\rmfamily}

\usepackage{mypreamble}

\begin{document}
%\includepdf[pages=-]{front.pdf}
\frontmatter
%\counterwithin{lstlisting}{section}
\counterwithin{listing}{section}
\title{<?php echo $thesis_title ?>}
\author{<?php echo $thesis_author ?>}
\date{<?php echo $thesis_date ?>}
%\pagenumbering{gobble}

\newcommand{\tugsq}{\raisebox{0.5ex}{\tikzset{external/export next=false}\tikz{\fill (0,0) rectangle (0.5ex,0.5ex);}}}
\sodef\so{}{0.45em}{1.4em}{0em}

\begin{titlepage}%
  \pagestyle{empty}
\tikzset{external/export next=false}
  \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \node at (current page.south west){
    \tikzset{external/export next=false}
      \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
        \fill[white] (0,0) rectangle (\paperwidth,\paperheight);
        \shade[shading=axis,bottom color=black!35,top color=white] 
          (0,0) rectangle (\paperwidth,0.92\paperheight);
        \node[anchor=south west,inner sep=0pt] at (-2.8,1) {\includegraphics[width=152.5mm]{figures/background.png}};
      \end{tikzpicture}};
    \node at (current page.south east){
    \tikzset{external/export next=false}
      \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
        \node[anchor=north east] at ($({\paperwidth-19cm},1)$) {
          \color{black}\fontsize{9}{9}\selectfont\so{\sffamily SCIENCE \tugsq{} PASSION \tugsq{} TECHNOLOGY}
          };
          \node [anchor=north east] at ($({\paperwidth-16cm},1.4)$) {\resizebox{1in}{!}{
\includegraphics{figures/TU_Graz_Logo}
}};
      \end{tikzpicture}};
    \node at (current page.east){
      \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
        \node[anchor=east,xshift=-1.075cm,yshift=-3.6cm] (inst) {
          \color{black}\sffamily <?php echo $thesis_institute ?>
        };
            \node[below=of inst.east,anchor=east,yshift=0.4cm] {\sffamily Graz University of Technology};	        
      \end{tikzpicture}};
  \end{tikzpicture}

  \vspace{1cm}

  {\sffamily\large\noindent 
  \theauthor}

  \vspace{0.15cm}
  \hrule 
  \vspace{0.3cm}

  {\sffamily\huge\noindent \thetitle}

  \vspace{0.2cm}
  \hrule

  \vspace{2cm}

  {\sffamily\Large\noindent <?php echo $thesis_type ?>}\\[0.2cm]
  {\sffamily\noindent Assessors: <?php echo $thesis_assessors ?>}\\[0.2cm]
  {\sffamily\noindent <?php echo $thesis_date ?>}\\[0.2cm]
  \vspace{6cm}
\end{titlepage}%

%\pagenumbering{arabic}

\cleardoublepage

\addtocontents{toc}{\vspace*{\baselineskip}}

\addtocontents{toc}{\vspace*{\baselineskip}}

\tikzset{external/export next=true}
\input{abstract}

\cleardoublepage

\tableofcontents
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Contents}

\cleardoublepage
\mainmatter

\addtocontents{toc}{\vspace*{\baselineskip}}

\part[<?php echo $thesis_part1_title ?>]{<?php echo $thesis_part1_title ?>}

\bgroup
\begin{refsection}

\input{intro}

<?php echo $sloppy_begin; ?>
\printbibliography[title={References}, heading=bibintoc]
<?php echo $sloppy_end; ?>
\end{refsection}
\egroup

\addtocontents{toc}{\vspace*{\baselineskip}}

\cleardoublepage

\part{Publications}
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\setcounter{tocdepth}{0}}
\renewcommand*\thesection{\arabic{section}}

\bgroup
\begin{refsection}
\chapter*{List of Publications}
\label{sec:publicationlist}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Publications}

During my thesis, I contributed to <?php echo $num_publications ?> publications in conference proceedings, <?php echo $num_publications_in_thesis ?> of which are included in this thesis as shown below.

\newrefcontext[sorting=ydnt]
\nocite{CV:*}

<?php echo $sloppy_begin; ?>
\printbibliography[title={Publications in this Thesis}, type=inproceedings, heading=subbibliography, keyword={mine}]

\printbibliography[title={Other Contributions}, type=inproceedings, heading=subbibliography, keyword={mine_other}]
<?php echo $sloppy_end; ?>

\end{refsection}
\egroup

<?php
foreach ($papers as $p => $f)
{
echo '

  \bgroup
  \begin{refsection}
  \pgfplotsset{
    table/search path={'.$p.'/},
  }
  \newcommand{\thesisGenIncludePath}{'.$p.'}
  \subimport{'.$p.'/}{'.$f.'}
  
  \end{refsection}
  \egroup
  
  \newpage

';
}
?>
<?php
if (isset($options['--cv']))
{
echo <<<'END'
\cleardoublepage

\appendix 
\part*{Appendix}
\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Appendix}

\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\setcounter{tocdepth}{0}}
\renewcommand*\thesection{\arabic{section}}

\addtocontents{toc}{\vspace*{\baselineskip}}

\chapter*{Curriculum Vitae}

\bgroup
\begin{refsection}
\input{cv}
\end{refsection}
\egroup

\cleardoublepage

\chapter*{Academic Field ``Applied Computer Science''}

\bgroup
\begin{refsection}

\input{academicfield}

\end{refsection}
\egroup

\cleardoublepage

END;
}
?>
<?php
if (!isset($options['--no-statutory-declaration']))
{
echo <<<'END'
\chapter*{Statutory Declaration}

I declare that I have authored this thesis independently, that I have not used other than the declared sources / resources, and that I have explicitly marked all material which has been quoted either literally or by content from the used sources.

END;
}
?>

\end{document}