Thesis

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{book}

% output a PDF/A file
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% Fonts and symbols
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % accepts accented characters
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % outputs with fonts of T1 series
\usepackage[english]{babel} % language support
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, accents, bm, siunitx}

% define margins
\usepackage[width=130mm,top=35mm,bottom=25mm,headheight=15pt]{geometry}

% graphics and layout packages
\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{pictures/}}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{emptypage}
\usepackage{pdfpages}

% modify the caption of the figures
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup[figure]{font=small,labelfont=small}

% packages for tables
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{multirow, multicol, array, makecell}

% Insert fancy headers, titles and other elements
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyhead[RO,LE]{\thepage}
\fancyhead[LO]{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}
\fancyhead[RE]{\nouppercase{\rightmark}}
\fancyhead[RE]{\if@mainmatter Chapter \thechapter\fi}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\usepackage[palatino]{quotchap}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3} % do numbering also for subsubsections
% \setcounter{tocdepth}{3} % add subsubsections to Table of Contents

% define your own hypenation if the babel package is not precise
\hyphenation{} 

%---- Links ----
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{ % transorm the references into hyperlinks
	colorlinks,
	linkcolor=Blue, % link to figures and equations
	linktoc=page,
	citecolor=OliveGreen, % link to bibliography
}

%---- Document -----
\title{Thesis Title}
\author{Name Surname}
\date{Day Month Year}


\begin{document}

	% hacking the header
	\pagestyle{fancy}
	\makeatletter
	\renewcommand\chaptermark[1]{%
	  \markboth{\MakeUppercase{%
	    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
	      \if@mainmatter
	        \@chapapp\ \thechapter. \ %
	      \fi
	    \fi
	    #1}}{}%
	}
	\renewcommand\@mkboth[2]{\markboth{#1}{}}
	\makeatother
	
	%% include frontispieces and chapters
	\includepdf[pages={1}]{./frontispiece/frontA4.pdf}
	% If you are italian, please consider to create a "frontA4ita" version of the frontispiece and add it after the english one.
	
	\setcounter{page}{1}
	
	\frontmatter
	\input{0a_abstract.tex}
	% \input{0a_sommario.tex} % italian abstract
	\input{0b_acknowledgments.tex}
	\tableofcontents
	\listoffigures
	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures} % this command adds the "List of Figures" page to the table of content as if it was a chapter.
	\listoftables
	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}
	\input{0c_introduction.tex} 
	
	\mainmatter
	\input{1_sota.tex} 
	\input{2_background.tex}
	\input{3_methodology.tex} 
	\input{4_results.tex} 
	\input{5_conclusions.tex} 
	\input{6_appendices.tex} 	
	
	%% print the bibliography
	%\nocite{*}
	\bibliographystyle{ieeetr} % IEEE has its own bibliography style. Bibtex is the baseline bibliography engine, you can use also biber to gain control on the layout.
	\bibliography{bibliography.bib}

\end{document}