preamble.tex

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.arrows,shapes.symbols,arrows.meta}
\usepackage[no-weekday]{eukdate}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage{amsmath} % Ensure amsmath is included for \eqref
\usepackage[]{natbib}
\usepackage[top=2cm, bottom=2cm, left=2.5cm, right=2.5cm]{geometry}
\allowdisplaybreaks
\sloppy
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\parindent}{15pt}
\expandafter\def\expandafter\normalsize\expandafter{%
  \normalsize
  \setlength\abovedisplayskip{1ex}
  \setlength\belowdisplayskip{1ex}
  \setlength\abovedisplayshortskip{1ex}
  \setlength\belowdisplayshortskip{1ex}
}
\setlength{\bibsep}{0pt plus 0.3ex}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[onlyrefs]{mathtools}
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.11cm}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\makeatletter
\g@addto@macro\TPT@defaults{\linespread{1}\selectfont}
\def\fps@table{!tbh}
\def\fps@figure{!tbh}
\makeatother

\usepackage{caption}
\DeclareCaptionStyle{italic}[justification=centering]
 {labelfont={bf},textfont={it},labelsep=colon}
\captionsetup[figure]{style=italic,format=hang,singlelinecheck=true}
\captionsetup[table]{style=italic,format=hang,singlelinecheck=true}

\widowpenalty=10000
\clubpenalty=10000
\brokenpenalty=10000