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%%%%	MDPI class for LaTeX files	 15 January 2021
%% %%	For any information please send an e-mail to:
%% %%		latex@mdpi.com
%% %%
%% %%	Initial class provided by:
%% %%		Stefano Mariani 
%% %%   Modified by:
%% %%		Dietrich Rordorf 
%% %%		Peter Harremoes 
%% %%		Zeno Schumacher 
%% %%		Maddalena Giulini 
%% %%		Andres Gartmann 
%% %%		Dr. Janine Daum 
%% %%   Versions:
%% %%		v1.0 before Dr. Janine Daum
%% %%		v2.0 when Dr. Janine Daum started (March 2013)
%% %%		v3.0 layout change September 2015
%%%%		v4.0 layout change December 2020
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%% IDENTIFICATION
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{Definitions/mdpi}[02/18/2021 MDPI paper class]

 %% PRELIMINARY DECLARATIONS
\LoadClass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}
\RequirePackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\RequirePackage{calc}
\RequirePackage{indentfirst}
\RequirePackage{fancyhdr}
\RequirePackage{graphicx,epstopdf}
\RequirePackage{lastpage}
\RequirePackage{ifthen}
\RequirePackage{lineno}
\RequirePackage{float}
\RequirePackage{amsmath}
\RequirePackage{amssymb} % For math environment bold format
\RequirePackage{setspace}
\RequirePackage{enumitem}
\RequirePackage{mathpazo}
\RequirePackage{booktabs} % For \toprule etc. in tables
\RequirePackage{titlesec}
\RequirePackage{etoolbox} % For \AtBeginDocument etc.
\RequirePackage{tabto} % To use tab for alignment on first page
\RequirePackage{xcolor, colortbl} % To provide color for soul (for english editing), for adding cell color of table
\RequirePackage{soul} % To highlight text
\newcommand{\highlighting}[1]{\colorbox{yellow}{#1}}
\RequirePackage{multirow}
\RequirePackage{microtype} % For command \textls[]{}
\RequirePackage{tikz} % For \foreach used for Orcid icon
\RequirePackage{totcount} % To enable extracting the value of the counter "page" 
\RequirePackage{changepage} % To adjust the width of the column for the title part
\RequirePackage{paracol} % For left column on first page
\RequirePackage{attrib} % For XML2PDF use \tag{} for equation
\RequirePackage{upgreek} % For making greek letters not italic
\RequirePackage{array} % For table array
\RequirePackage{tabularx}
\RequirePackage{pbox} % For biography environment
\RequirePackage{ragged2e} % For command \justifying

%% OPTIONS
% For transition period to change back to continuous page numbers
\def\@continuouspages{}
\newcommand{\continuouspages}[1]{\gdef\@continuouspages{#1}}

%% To choose the journal
% All journals (website name, full name, short name, DOI abbreviation, and ISSN + choice of continuous page numbers) are defined in an extra file. 
\input{Definitions/journalnames}
\DeclareOption{journal}{\ClassWarning{mdpi}{You used an invalid journal name or you have not specified the journal. The first option of the documentclass command specifies the journal. The word 'journal' should be replaced by one of the journal names specified in template.tex (in the comment 'Choose between the following MDPI journal').}} 

%% To choose the type of manuscript
\DeclareOption{abstract}{\gdef\@arttype{Abstract}}
\DeclareOption{addendum}{\gdef\@arttype{Addendum}}
\DeclareOption{article}{\gdef\@arttype{Article}}
\DeclareOption{book}{\gdef\@arttype{Book}}
\DeclareOption{bookreview}{\gdef\@arttype{Book Review}}
\DeclareOption{briefreport}{\gdef\@arttype{Brief Report}}
\DeclareOption{casereport}{\gdef\@arttype{Case Report}}
\DeclareOption{comment}{\gdef\@arttype{Comment}}
\DeclareOption{commentary}{\gdef\@arttype{Commentary}}
\DeclareOption{communication}{\gdef\@arttype{Communication}}
\DeclareOption{conferenceproceedings}{\gdef\@arttype{Proceedings}}
\DeclareOption{correction}{\gdef\@arttype{Correction}}
\DeclareOption{conferencereport}{\gdef\@arttype{Conference Report}}
\DeclareOption{entry}{\gdef\@arttype{Entry}}
\DeclareOption{expressionofconcern}{\gdef\@arttype{Expression of Concern}}
\DeclareOption{extendedabstract}{\gdef\@arttype{Extended Abstract}}
\DeclareOption{datadescriptor}{\gdef\@arttype{Data Descriptor}}
\DeclareOption{editorial}{\gdef\@arttype{Editorial}}
\DeclareOption{essay}{\gdef\@arttype{Essay}}
\DeclareOption{erratum}{\gdef\@arttype{Erratum}}
\DeclareOption{hypothesis}{\gdef\@arttype{Hypothesis}}
\DeclareOption{interestingimages}{\gdef\@arttype{Interesting Images}}
\DeclareOption{obituary}{\gdef\@arttype{Obituary}}
\DeclareOption{opinion}{\gdef\@arttype{Opinion}}
\DeclareOption{projectreport}{\gdef\@arttype{Project Report}}
\DeclareOption{reply}{\gdef\@arttype{Reply}}
\DeclareOption{retraction}{\gdef\@arttype{Retraction}}
\DeclareOption{review}{\gdef\@arttype{Review}}
\DeclareOption{perspective}{\gdef\@arttype{Perspective}} 
\DeclareOption{protocol}{\gdef\@arttype{Protocol}} 
\DeclareOption{shortnote}{\gdef\@arttype{Short Note}}
\DeclareOption{studyprotocol}{\gdef\@arttype{Study Protocol}}
\DeclareOption{supfile}{\gdef\@arttype{Supfile}}
\DeclareOption{systematicreview}{\gdef\@arttype{Systematic Review}}
\DeclareOption{technicalnote}{\gdef\@arttype{Technical Note}}
\DeclareOption{viewpoint}{\gdef\@arttype{Viewpoint}}
\DeclareOption{guidelines}{\gdef\@arttype{Guidelines}}
\DeclareOption{registeredreport}{\gdef\@arttype{Registered Report}}
\DeclareOption{tutorial}{\gdef\@arttype{Tutorial}}

%% To choose the status of the manuscript
\DeclareOption{submit}{\gdef\@status{submit}}
\DeclareOption{accept}{\gdef\@status{accept}}

%% To choose the whether there is one or more authors
\DeclareOption{oneauthor}{\gdef\@authornum{author}}
\DeclareOption{moreauthors}{\gdef\@authornum{authors}}

%% Add the chosen options to the class
\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{article}}

%% Defaults
\ExecuteOptions{notspecified,10pt,a4paper,article,submit,oneauthor}

%% Process options
\ProcessOptions\relax

%% MORE DECLARATIONS

%%%% Maths environments
\RequirePackage{amsthm}
\newtheoremstyle{mdpi}% name
{12pt}% space above
{12pt}% space below
{\itshape}% body font
{}% indent amount 1
{\bfseries}% theorem head font
{.}% punctuation after theorem head
{.5em}% space after theorem head
{}% theorem head spec (can be left empty, meaning `normal')

\renewcommand{\qed}{\unskip\nobreak\quad\qedsymbol} %% This places the symbol right after the text instead of placing it at the end on the line.

\renewenvironment{proof}[1][\proofname]{\par %% \proofname allows to have "Proof of my theorem"
  \pushQED{\qed}%
  \normalfont \topsep6\p@\@plus6\p@\relax
  \trivlist
  \item[\hskip\labelsep
        \bfseries %% "Proof" is bold
    #1\@addpunct{.}]\ignorespaces %% Period instead of colon
}{%
  \popQED\endtrivlist\@endpefalse
}

 \theoremstyle{mdpi}
 \newcounter{theorem}
 \setcounter{theorem}{0}
 \newtheorem{Theorem}[theorem]{Theorem}
 
 \newcounter{lemma}
 \setcounter{lemma}{0}
 \newtheorem{Lemma}[lemma]{Lemma}
 
 \newcounter{corollary}
 \setcounter{corollary}{0}
 \newtheorem{Corollary}[corollary]{Corollary}
 
 \newcounter{proposition}
 \setcounter{proposition}{0}
 \newtheorem{Proposition}[proposition]{Proposition}
 
 \newcounter{characterization}
 \setcounter{characterization}{0}
 \newtheorem{Characterization}[characterization]{Characterization}
 
 \newcounter{property}
 \setcounter{property}{0}
 \newtheorem{Property}[property]{Property}
 
 \newcounter{problem}
 \setcounter{problem}{0}
 \newtheorem{Problem}[problem]{Problem}
 
 \newcounter{example}
 \setcounter{example}{0}
 \newtheorem{Example}[example]{Example}
 
 \newcounter{examplesanddefinitions}
 \setcounter{examplesanddefinitions}{0}
 \newtheorem{ExamplesandDefinitions}[examplesanddefinitions]{Examples and Definitions}
 
 \newcounter{remark}
 \setcounter{remark}{0}
 \newtheorem{Remark}[remark]{Remark}
 
 \newcounter{definition}
 \setcounter{definition}{0}
 \newtheorem{Definition}[definition]{Definition}
 
 \newcounter{hypothesis}
 \setcounter{hypothesis}{0}
 \newtheorem{Hypothesis}[hypothesis]{Hypothesis}

 \newcounter{notation}
 \setcounter{notation}{0}
 \newtheorem{Notation}[notation]{Notation}
 
 \newcounter{assumption}
 \setcounter{assumption}{0}
 \newtheorem{Assumption}[assumption]{Assumption}
 
 % Define left/right mark in math environment
\let\originalleft\left
\let\originalright\right
\renewcommand{\left}{\mathopen{}\mathclose\bgroup\originalleft}
\renewcommand{\right}{\aftergroup\egroup\originalright}
 

%%%% References
\RequirePackage[sort&compress,sectionbib]{natbib} % Option sectionbib is for optionally organizing references using sections (author request)


%%%% Chicago style journals
\newcommand{\chicagostylejournals}{
	\ifthenelse{\equal{\@journal}{admsci}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{arts}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{econometrics}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{economies}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{genealogy}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{histories}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{humanities}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{ijfs}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{jintelligence}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{journalmedia}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{jrfm}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{languages}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{laws}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{religions}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{risks}
		\OR \equal{\@journal}{socsci}
		}
}

\chicagostylejournals{%
	\bibliographystyle{Definitions/chicago2}
	\bibpunct{(}{)}{;}{x}{}{}%
	}{%
	\bibliographystyle{Definitions/mdpi}
	\bibpunct{[}{]}{,}{n}{}{,}%
	}%

\renewcommand\NAT@set@cites{%
  \ifNAT@numbers
    \ifNAT@super \let\@cite\NAT@citesuper
       \def\NAT@mbox##1{\unskip\nobreak\textsuperscript{##1}}%
       \let\citeyearpar=\citeyear
       \let\NAT@space\relax
       \def\NAT@super@kern{\kern\p@}%
    \else
       \let\NAT@mbox=\mbox
       \let\@cite\NAT@citenum
       \let\NAT@space\relax
       \let\NAT@super@kern\relax
    \fi
    \let\@citex\NAT@citexnum
    \let\@biblabel\NAT@biblabelnum
    \let\@bibsetup\NAT@bibsetnum
    \renewcommand\NAT@idxtxt{\NAT@name\NAT@spacechar\NAT@open\NAT@num\NAT@close}%
    \def\natexlab##1{}%
    \def\NAT@penalty{\penalty\@m}%
  \else
    \let\@cite\NAT@cite
    \let\@citex\NAT@citex
    \let\@biblabel\NAT@biblabel
    \let\@bibsetup\NAT@bibsetup
    \let\NAT@space\NAT@spacechar
    \let\NAT@penalty\@empty
    \renewcommand\NAT@idxtxt{\NAT@name\NAT@spacechar\NAT@open\NAT@date\NAT@close}%
    \def\natexlab##1{##1}%
  \fi}


%%%%% Hyperlinks
%% Define color for citations
\definecolor{bluecite}{HTML}{0875b7}

\ifthenelse{\equal{\@arttype}{Book}}{
	\RequirePackage[unicode=true,
	bookmarksopen={true},
	pdffitwindow=true, 
	colorlinks=true, 
	linkcolor=black, 
	citecolor=black, 
	urlcolor=black, 
	hyperfootnotes=false, 
	pdfstartview={FitH},
	pdfpagemode=UseNone]{hyperref}
	}{
	\RequirePackage[unicode=true,
	bookmarksopen={true},
	pdffitwindow=true, 
	colorlinks=true, 
	linkcolor=bluecite, 
	citecolor=bluecite, 
	urlcolor=bluecite, 
	hyperfootnotes=false, 
	pdfstartview={FitH},
	pdfpagemode= UseNone]{hyperref}
} 

%% To have the possibility to change the urlcolor
\newcommand{\changeurlcolor}[1]{\hypersetup{urlcolor=#1}} 


%%%% Metadata
\newcommand{\org@maketitle}{}% LATEX-Check
\let\org@maketitle\maketitle
\def\maketitle{%
	\hypersetup{
		pdftitle={\@Title},
		pdfsubject={\@abstract},
		pdfkeywords={\@keyword},
		pdfauthor={\@AuthorNames}
		}%
	\org@maketitle
}


%%%% Footnotes
\RequirePackage{scrextend}
\setlength{\skip\footins}{0.6cm} % Increase space between text and footnote
\setlength{\footnotesep}{8pt} % Increase space between line and footnote
\deffootnote{1.5em}{0em}{\textsuperscript{\thefootnotemark}\quad} % Remove indent
\renewcommand{\pcol@footnoterule}{% Kerns avoid vertical space
  \kern -3pt                         % This -3 is negative
  \hrule width .3\textwidth height 0.4pt % of the sum of this 1
  \kern 2pt}                         % and this 2
\footnotelayout{m} % At the end of the page, not at the end of the column


%%%% URL
\RequirePackage{url}
\urlstyle{same}
% Line breaks in URL
\def\UrlDigits{\do\1\do\2\do\3\do\4\do\5\do\6\do\7\do\8\do\9\do\0}
\g@addto@macro{\UrlBreaks}{\UrlOrds}
\g@addto@macro{\UrlBreaks}{\UrlDigits}


%%%% Widows & orphans
\clubpenalty=10000
\widowpenalty=10000
\displaywidowpenalty=10000


%%%% To avoid "Output-loop.." compile bug
\maxdeadcycles=10000

%%%% Front matter
% Command for checking for a question mark or exclamation mark in title
\def\instring#1#2{TT\fi\begingroup\edef\x{\endgroup\noexpand\in@{#1}{#2}}\x\ifin@}

\newcommand{\firstargument}{}
\newcommand{\Title}[1]{\gdef\@Title{#1}}%
\def\@TitleCitation{}
\newcommand{\TitleCitation}[1]{\gdef\@TitleCitation{#1}}%
\newcommand{\Author}[1]{\gdef\@Author{#1}}%
\def\@AuthorNames{}
\newcommand{\AuthorNames}[1]{\gdef\@AuthorNames{#1}}%
\def\@AuthorCitation{}
\newcommand{\AuthorCitation}[1]{\gdef\@AuthorCitation{#1}}%
\newcommand{\firstpage}[1]{\gdef\@firstpage{#1}}
\newcommand{\doinum}[1]{\gdef\@doinum{#1}}
\newcommand{\hreflink}[1]{\gdef\@hreflink{#1}}
\newcommand{\papercitation}{%
	\raggedright
	\hyphenpenalty=10000 % Cacel hyphenpent setting for citation
	\tolerance=100
	\chicagostylejournals{%
		\@AuthorCitation{}. %
		{\@pubyear}. %
		\@TitleCitation. % Remove period if title ends with ? or ! or ...
		\textit{\@journalfull} %
		\@pubvolume: %
		}{%
		\@AuthorCitation{} %
		\@TitleCitation. % Remove period if title ends with ? or ! or ...
		\textit{\@journalshort} %
		\textbf{\@pubyear}, %
		\textit{\@pubvolume}, %
		}
	\ifthenelse{\equal{\@continuouspages}{\@empty}}{%
		\@articlenumber.
		}{%
		\@firstpage\ifnumcomp{\totvalue{page}-1}{=}{\@firstpage}{}{--\pageref*{LastPage}}. %
		}
	\changeurlcolor{black}%
	\href{https://doi.org/\@doinum}%
	{\@hreflink}
}
% DOI number
% Create command to add a leading zero if 1 digit
\newcommand\twodigits[1]{%
	\ifnum#1<10 %
		0\number#1
   	\else
		\number#1
	\fi
}

% Create command to add a leading zero if less then 5 digits
\newcommand\fivedigits[1]{%
	\ifnum#1<10 %
		000\number#1
	\else
		\ifnum#1<100 %
			00\number#1
		\else
			\ifnum#1<1000 %
				0\number#1
			\else
				\ifnum#1<10000 %
					\number#1
				\else
					\ifnum#1<100000 %
						\number#1
					\else
						error
					\fi
				\fi
			\fi
		\fi
	\fi
}



\ifthenelse{\equal{\@journal}{molbank}}{
	\doinum{10.3390/\@articlenumber}
	}{
	\doinum{10.3390/\@doiabbr\@pubvolume\twodigits\@issuenum\fivedigits\@articlenumber}
}

% For \@pubvolume, \@issuenum, and \@articlenumber: create command to cut leading zeros
\newcommand\cutdigits[1]{%
	\ifnum#1>0 %
		\number#1 
	\else
		\ifnum#1<10000 %
			\number#1
		\else             
			error
		\fi
	\fi
}

\newcommand{\pubvolume}[1]{\gdef\@pubvolume{\cutdigits{#1}}}
\newcommand{\pubyear}[1]{\gdef\@pubyear{#1}}
\newcommand{\copyrightyear}[1]{\gdef\@copyrightyear{#1}}
\newcommand{\address}[2][]{\renewcommand{\firstargument}{#1}\gdef\@address{#2}}
\newcommand{\corresfirstargument}{}
\def\@corres{}
\newcommand{\corres}[2][]{\renewcommand{\corresfirstargument}{#1}\gdef\@corres{#2}} 
\def\@conference{}
\newcommand{\conference}[1]{\gdef\@conference{#1}}%
\def\@abstract{}
\renewcommand{\abstract}[1]{\gdef\@abstract{#1}}
\def\@externaleditor{}
\newcommand{\externaleditor}[1]{\gdef\@externaleditor{#1}}
\def\@LSID{}
\newcommand{\LSID}[1]{\gdef\@LSID{#1}}
\newcommand{\datereceived}[1]{\gdef\@datereceived{#1}} 
\newcommand{\dateaccepted}[1]{\gdef\@dateaccepted{#1}} 
\newcommand{\datepublished}[1]{\gdef\@datepublished{#1}} 
\def\@pacs{}
\newcommand{\PACS}[1]{\gdef\@pacs{#1}} 
\def\@msc{}
\newcommand{\MSC}[1]{\gdef\@msc{#1}} 
\def\@jel{}
\newcommand{\JEL}[1]{\gdef\@jel{#1}}
\def\@keyword{}
\newcommand{\keyword}[1]{\gdef\@keyword{#1}}
\def\@dataset{}
\newcommand{\dataset}[1]{\gdef\@dataset{#1}}
\def\@datasetlicense{}
\newcommand{\datasetlicense}[1]{\gdef\@datasetlicense{#1}}
\def\@featuredapplication{}
\newcommand{\featuredapplication}[1]{\gdef\@featuredapplication{#1}}
\def\@keycontribution{}
\newcommand{\keycontribution}[1]{\gdef\@keycontribution{#1}}
\def\@encyclopediadef{}
\newcommand{\encyclopediadef}[1]{\gdef\@encyclopediadef{#1}}
\def\@issuenum{}
\newcommand{\issuenum}[1]{\gdef\@issuenum{\cutdigits{#1}}}
\def\@firstnote{}
\newcommand{\firstnote}[1]{\gdef\@firstnote{#1}}
\def\@secondnote{}
\newcommand{\secondnote}[1]{\gdef\@secondnote{#1}}%
\def\@thirdnote{}
\newcommand{\thirdnote}[1]{\gdef\@thirdnote{#1}}%
\def\@fourthnote{}
\newcommand{\fourthnote}[1]{\gdef\@fourthnote{#1}}%
\def\@fifthnote{}
\newcommand{\fifthnote}[1]{\gdef\@fifthnote{#1}}%
\def\@sixthnote{}
\newcommand{\sixthnote}[1]{\gdef\@sixthnote{#1}}%
\def\@seventhnote{}
\newcommand{\seventhnote}[1]{\gdef\@seventhnote{#1}}%
\def\@eighthnote{}
\newcommand{\eighthnote}[1]{\gdef\@eighthnote{#1}}%
\def\@simplesumm{}
\newcommand{\simplesumm}[1]{\gdef\@simplesumm{#1}}
\newcommand{\articlenumber}[1]{
	\ifthenelse{\equal{\@journal}{molbank}}{
		\gdef\@articlenumber{#1}%
		}{
		\gdef\@articlenumber{\cutdigits{#1}}%
		}
	}

\def\@externalbibliography{}
\newcommand{\externalbibliography}[1]{\gdef\@externalbibliography{#1}}
\def\@reftitle{}
\newcommand{\reftitle}[1]{\gdef\@reftitle{#1}}


%% ORCID
% Make Orcid icon
\newcommand{\orcidicon}{\includegraphics[width=0.32cm]{Definitions/logo-orcid.eps}}

% Define link and button for each author
\foreach \x in {A, ..., Z}{%
\expandafter\xdef\csname orcid\x\endcsname{\noexpand\href{https://orcid.org/\csname orcidauthor\x\endcsname}{\noexpand\orcidicon}}
}


%%%% Journal name for the header
\newcommand{\journalname}{\@journalshort}
    
\regtotcounter{page} % To enable extracting the value of the counter "page" using the totcount package


%%%% Header and footer on first page
%% The plain page style needs to be redefined because with \maketitle in the article class, LaTeX applies the the plain page style automatically to the first page.
\ifthenelse{\equal{\@journal}{preprints} %
		\OR \equal{\@arttype}{Book}}{%
	\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
		\fancyhf{}
		\ifthenelse{\equal{\@arttype}{Book}}{
        			\fancyfoot[C]{\footnotesize\thepage}
     	   		}{%
			}		
		}
	}{%
	\ifthenelse{\equal{\@arttype}{Supfile}}{
		\fancypagestyle{plain}{
			\fancyhf{}
			\fancyhead[R]{
				\footnotesize %
				S\thepage{} of S\pageref*{LastPage}%
				\\\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}
				}%
			\fancyhead[L]{
				\footnotesize %
				\ifthenelse{\equal{\@status}{submit}}{%
					Version {\@ \today} submitted to {\em \journalname}%
					}{%
					{\em \journalname} %
					{\bfseries \@pubyear}, %
					{\em \@pubvolume}, %
					\ifthenelse{\equal{\@continuouspages}{\@empty}}{%
						\@articlenumber%
						}{%
						S\@firstpage\ifnumcomp{\totvalue{page}-1}{=}{\@firstpage}{}{--S\pageref*{LastPage}}%
						}%
					. {\changeurlcolor{black}%
        					\url{https://doi.org/\@doinum}}%
					}%
					\\\vspace{-2pt}\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}
				}%
			}%
		}{
		\fancypagestyle{plain}{
		\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
			\fancyhead{\null\vspace{8pt}}
			\fancyfoot[L]{
			\fontsize{8}{8}\selectfont
			\ifthenelse{\equal{\@status}{submit}}{%
				Version {\@ \today} submitted to {\em \journalname}%
				}{%
				{\em\journalname\ }{\bfseries\@pubyear}, {\em \@pubvolume}, %
				\ifthenelse{\equal{\@continuouspages}{\@empty}}{%
					\@articlenumber. %
					}{%
					\@firstpage\ifnumcomp{\totvalue{page}-1}{=}{\@firstpage}{}{--\pageref*{LastPage}}. %
					}%
					{\changeurlcolor{black}%
					\url{https://doi.org/\@doinum}
					}
				}%
			}
			\fancyfoot[R]{
			\fontsize{8}{8}\selectfont
			{\changeurlcolor{black}%
			\url{https://www.mdpi.com/journal/\@journal}}
			}
			}
		}%
	}%	


%%%% Maketitle part 1: Logo, Arttype, Title, Author
\renewcommand{\@maketitle}{
	\begin{flushleft}
	\ifthenelse{\equal{\@arttype}{Supfile}}{%
		\fontsize{18}{18}\selectfont
		\raggedright
		\hyphenpenalty=10000
		\tolerance=1000
		\noindent\textbf{Supplementary Materials: \@Title}%
		\par
		\vspace{12pt}
		\fontsize{10}{10}\selectfont
		\noindent\boldmath\bfseries{\@Author}
		}{%
		\ifthenelse{\equal{\@arttype}{Book}}{}{%
			\vspace*{-1.75cm}
			}
		{%0
		\ifthenelse{\equal{\@journal}{preprints}
			\OR \equal{\@arttype}{Book}}{}{%
				\ifthenelse{\equal{\@status}{submit}}{%	
					\hfill \href{https://www.mdpi.com}{%
					\includegraphics[height=1cm]{Definitions/logo-mdpi.eps}}%
					}{
					\href{https://www.mdpi.com/journal/\@journal}{
					\includegraphics[height=1.2cm]{Definitions/\@journal-logo.eps}}%
					\hfill
					\ifthenelse{\equal{\@journal}{proceedings}}{
						\href{https://www.mdpi.com/journal/\@journal}{
						\includegraphics[height=1.2cm]{Definitions/logo-conference.eps}
						\hfill}
						}{}
					\ifthenelse{\equal{\@journal}{scipharm}}{%
						\href{https://www.mdpi.com}{\includegraphics[height=1cm]{Definitions/logo-mdpi-scipharm.eps}}%
						}{%
						\href{https://www.mdpi.com}{\includegraphics[height=1cm]{Definitions/logo-mdpi.eps}}%
						}%
					}%
					\par
					\vspace{-8 pt}
					\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}
			}%
		\par
		}%0
		{%1
    		\vspace{14pt}
    		\fontsize{10}{10}\selectfont
		\ifthenelse{\equal{\@arttype}{Book}}{}{
			\textit{\@arttype}%
			}%	
 	   	\par%
    		}%1
    		{%2
   	 %	\vspace{8pt}
  	  	\fontsize{18}{18}\selectfont
		\hyphenpenalty=10000
		\tolerance=1000
   	 	\boldmath\bfseries{\@Title}
   	 	\par
   	 	\vspace{16pt}
   	 	}%2
   		{%3
		\hyphenpenalty=10000
		\tolerance=1000
    		\boldmath\bfseries{\@Author}
    		\par
		\vspace{-1pt}
    		}%3
		}
	\end{flushleft}%
	}

% Commands for hanging indent
\newcommand{\dist}{1.7em}
\newcommand{\hang}{\hangafter=1\hangindent=\dist\noindent}


%%%% Maketitle part 2
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