preamble.tex

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[a4paper, margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabto}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{color}   %May be necessary if you want to color links
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[toc,page,title,titletoc]{appendix}
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/51434/biblatex-citation-order
\usepackage[
    backend=biber,
    style=apa,
    sorting=nyt
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{cite.bib}
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks=true, %set true if you want colored links
    linktoc=all,     %set to all if you want both sections and subsections linked
    linkcolor=blue,  %choose some color if you want links to stand out
    citecolor=black,
    filecolor=black,
    linkcolor=black,
    urlcolor=black
}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{siunitx} % For aligning numbers by decimal point
\usepackage{booktabs} % For better-looking horizontal separators
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\graphicspath{ {images/} }
\usepackage{minted}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\definecolor{bg}{rgb}{0.95,0.95,0.95}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\newcommand{\myparagraph}[1]{\paragraph{#1}\mbox{}\\}

\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{setspace} % Include the setspace package
\onehalfspacing % Set line spacing to 1.5
% \linespread{1.15}

\usepackage{listings}

% Setup the listings package
\lstset{
  basicstyle=\small\ttfamily, % The style of the code
  numbers=left,         % Where to put the line numbers
  numbersep=5pt,        % How far the line numbers are from the code
  tabsize=2,            % Sets default tab size to 4 spaces
  extendedchars=true,
  breaklines=true,      % Sets automatic line breaking
  frame=single,         % Adds a frame around the code
  breakatwhitespace=true
}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark, arrows.meta}

\renewenvironment{abstract}
 {\small
  \begin{center}
  \bfseries \abstractname\vspace{-.5em}\vspace{0pt}
  \end{center}
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\abstractname} % Add to ToC
  \list{}{%
    \setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}
    \setlength{\rightmargin}{\leftmargin}%
  }%
  \item\relax}
 {\endlist}

\newenvironment{acknowledgements}
 {\small
  \begin{center}
  \bfseries Acknowledgements\vspace{-.5em}\vspace{0pt}
  \end{center}
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements} % Add to ToC
  \list{}{%
    \setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}
    \setlength{\rightmargin}{\leftmargin}%
  }%
  \item\relax}
 {\endlist}

 \renewcommand\tab[1][10mm]{\hspace*{#1}}