% Modifications by Laurentiu Cristofor (04/24/2002)
    % changed signature page according to the layout changes
    % made in umbth10.clo
% Modifications by Laurentiu Cristofor (01/28/2002)
    % changed title page format
    % changed copyright page format
    % changed signature page format
    % changed order in which the preliminary pages are output
    % changed abstract page format

% UMB THESIS TITLE PAGE STYLE
% (C) Copyright 2002 by Laurentiu Cristofor,
% a modification of the UCLA THESIS TITLE PAGE STYLE
% (C) Copyright 1995 by John Heidemann,
% derived from work (C) Copyright 1988 Richard B. Wales,
% taken in turn from material Copyright (C) 1985 by Leslie Lamport.

%%%
% Version checking.
%%%
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\def\umbthtiversion{1.0}
\def\umbthtidate{04/24/2002}
\ProvidesFile{umbthti}[\umbthtidate, \umbthtiversion]

%
% When this file is included from other than umbthes,
% \@spacing may be undefined.
%
% NEEDSWORK:  This test always fails, even when umbthes.cls is loaded.
\def\@stdsinglespacing{1.0}
\ifx\@singlespacing\@stdsinglespacing
  % Spacing has already been set (in umbthes.cls).
\else
  % Spacing was not set, set it here as if we were umbthes.cls.
  % \typeout{Spacing not set.}
  \def\@singlespacing{1.0}
  \def\@doublespacing{1.544}      % see above for explanation of value
  \let\@spacing=\@singlespacing
\fi

%
% The following macro pair save and restore ``twocolumn'' status.
%
\newif\if@ColumnSaveValue
\newcommand{\ColumnSave}{
  \if@twocolumn
    \@ColumnSaveValuetrue
  \else
    \@ColumnSaveValuefalse
  \fi
  \pagebreak
  \onecolumn
}
\newcommand{\ColumnSaveHeading}[1]{
  \if@twocolumn
    \@ColumnSaveValuetrue
    \pagebreak
    \twocolumn[#1]
  \else
    \@ColumnSaveValuefalse
    \pagebreak
    #1
  \fi
}
\newcommand{\ColumnRestore}{\if@ColumnSaveValue\twocolumn\fi}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%                                      %
%                 TITLE PAGE                   %
%                                      %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\newcommand\@maketitlepage{
   \begin {titlepage}
      \ColumnSave
      \begin {center}
         \@title \\
         \vfill
         A \@Thesisname\ Presented \\
         by \\
     \@author \\
         \vfill
         \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@singlespacing}\@normalsize
         Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies, University of Massachusetts \\
         Boston, in partial fulfillment of the requirements\\ for the degree of \\
         \vskip 32pt plus0pt minus6pt
         \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@doublespacing}\@normalsize
         \@degreename \\
         \@degreemonth\ \@degreeyear \\
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
%Below could be changed to Program if appropriate, just replace Department with Program
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%        
         \@department\ Department\\
      \end {center}
      \ColumnRestore
   \end {titlepage}
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%                                      %
%               COPYRIGHT PAGE                 %
%                                      %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\newif\if@copyright
\@copyrighttrue
\newcommand\nocopyright{\@copyrightfalse}

\def\@copyrightinfo{All rights reserved}
\newcommand\copyrightinfo[1]{\def\@copyrightinfo{#1}}

\newcommand\@makecopyrightpage{
   \ColumnSave
   \thispagestyle{empty}
   \null
   \vfill
   \if@copyright
      \begin{center}
     \copyright\ \@copyrightyear\ by\ \@author \\
         \@copyrightinfo
      \end{center}
   \fi
   \ColumnRestore
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%                                      %
%               SIGNATURE PAGE                 %
%                                      %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% The following definitions for "\chair" and "\member" allow for one or
% three chairs (co-chairs) and up to six additional committee members.

% Note (Laurentiu Cristofor): UMB doesn't seem to need more than one
% chair but it requires the signature of the Program Director, so
% \director has been added

\newcounter{chairs}
\setcounter{chairs}{0}
\newcommand\chair[2]{
   \ifcase\value{chairs}
      \def\@chairA{#1} \def\@chairtitleA{#2}
      \or \def\@chairB{#1} \def\@chairtitleB{#2}
      \or \def\@chairC{#1} \def\@chairtitleC{#2}
   \else
      \typeout{Too many co-chairs.}
   \fi
   \addtocounter{chairs}{1}
}

\newcounter{members}
\setcounter{members}{0}
\newcommand\member[2]{
   \ifcase\value{members}
      \def\@memberA{#1} \def\@membertitleA{#2}
      \or \def\@memberB{#1} \def\@membertitleB{#2}
      \or \def\@memberC{#1} \def\@membertitleC{#2}
      \or \def\@memberD{#1} \def\@membertitleD{#2}
      \or \def\@memberE{#1} \def\@membertitleE{#2}
      \or \def\@memberF{#1} \def\@membertitleF{#2}
   \else
      \typeout{Too many committee members.}
   \fi
   \addtocounter{members}{1}
}

\newcommand\director[1]{
   \def\@director{#1}
}

\newcommand\deptchair[1]{
   \def\@deptchair{#1}
}

% The following definition for "\@signatureline" draws a line and puts
% a name underneath the line.

\newcommand\@signatureline[2]{
   \rule{4in}{0.01in} \\
   #1,\ #2 \\
   \vskip 24pt plus0pt minus15pt
}

% The following definitions for "\@signaturedirector" and
% "\@signaturedeptchair" draw a line and put
% a name underneath the line, but unlike "\@signatureline" place them
% to the right of the page.

\newcommand\@signaturedirector[1]{
   \begin {flushright}
       \rule{4in}{0.01in} \vskip-15pt
   \end {flushright}
   \begin {flushleft}
       \hspace{1.735in} {#1},\ Program Director \\
       \hspace{1.735in} \@department\ Program \\
   \end {flushleft}
}

\newcommand\@signaturedeptchair[1]{
   \begin {flushright}
       \rule{4in}{0.01in} \vskip-15pt
   \end {flushright}
   \begin {flushleft}
       \hspace{1.735in} {#1},\ Chairperson \\
       \hspace{1.735in} \@department\ Department \\
   \end {flushleft}
}

\newcommand\@makesignaturepage{
   \ColumnSave
   \thispagestyle{empty}
   \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@doublespacing}\@normalsize
   \begin{center}
      \@title \\
      \vskip 48pt plus0pt minus6pt
      A \@Thesisname\ Presented \\
      by \\
      \@author \\
      \vskip 48pt plus0pt minus6pt
   \end{center}
   \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@singlespacing}\@normalsize
   \begin {flushleft}
      Approved as to style and content by:
      \vskip 24pt plus0pt minus24pt
      \ifnum\c@chairs>2
         \@signatureline{\@chairA}{\@chairtitleA\\Committee Co-chair}
         \@signatureline{\@chairB}{\@chairtitleB\\Committee Co-chair}
         \@signatureline{\@chairC}{\@chairtitleC\\Committee Co-chair}
      \else\ifnum\c@chairs>1
         \@signatureline{\@chairA}{\@chairtitleA\\Committee Co-chair}
         \@signatureline{\@chairB}{\@chairtitleB\\Committee Co-chair}
      \else\ifnum\c@chairs>0
         \@signatureline{\@chairA}{\@chairtitleA\\Chairperson of Committee}
      \else\typeout{No committee chair.}
      \fi\fi\fi
      \ifnum\c@members>0 \@signatureline{\@memberA}{\@membertitleA\\Member}
         \else\typeout{No non-chair committee members.}\fi
      \ifnum\c@members>1 \@signatureline{\@memberB}{\@membertitleB\\Member}\fi
      \ifnum\c@members>2 \@signatureline{\@memberC}{\@membertitleC\\Member}\fi
      \ifnum\c@members>3 \@signatureline{\@memberD}{\@membertitleD\\Member}\fi
      \ifnum\c@members>4 \@signatureline{\@memberE}{\@membertitleE\\Member}\fi
      \ifnum\c@members>5 \@signatureline{\@memberF}{\@membertitleF\\Member}\fi
   \end {flushleft}
   \vfill
   \@signaturedirector{\@director}
   \@signaturedeptchair{\@deptchair}
   \ColumnRestore
   \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@spacing}\@normalsize
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%                                      %
%               ABSTRACT PAGE                  %
%                                      %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\newif\if@abstract
\def\@abstract{}
\newcommand\abstract[1]{\@abstracttrue\def\@abstract{#1}}

%
% one argument: the baselinestretch
% The RFTADP requires doublespacing, but in techreports
% you may wish something less.
%
\newcommand{\@makeabstractpage}[1]{
   \if@abstract
      \ColumnSave
      \pagenumbering{roman}
      \setcounter{page}{4}
      \par\pagestyle{plain}
      \begin{center}
         \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@doublespacing}\@normalsize
         \normalsize
         ABSTRACT \\
         \vskip 32pt plus0pt minus6pt
         \@title \\
         \vskip 32pt plus0pt minus6pt
         \@degreemonth\ \@degreeyear \\
         \vskip 14pt plus0pt minus6pt
         \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@singlespacing}\@normalsize
         \@author,\ \@authortitles \\
         \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@doublespacing}\@normalsize
         \vskip 14pt plus0pt minus6pt
         Directed by \@chairtitleA\ \@chairA \\
      \end{center}
      \ifx\@spacing\@doublespacing\vskip 12pt\else\vskip 24pt\fi
      \renewcommand\baselinestretch{#1}\@normalsize
      %
      % Set up spacing.
      % If it's single spacing, indent the margins.
      % If double spacing is required than things are already
      % ugly enough (and we loose enough space) that we may
      % as well use the whole \textwidth.
      %
      \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{\@stdsinglespacing}}{
    \begin{center}
    \begin{minipage}{4.75in}
    \setlength{\parindent}{1.5em}
    \@abstract
        \end{minipage}
    \end{center}
      }{
    \@abstract
      }

      \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@spacing}\@normalsize
      \ColumnRestore
  \else
      \typeout{No abstract.}
   \fi
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%                                      %
%              DEDICATION PAGE                 %
%                                      %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\newif\if@dedication
\def\@dedication{}
\newcommand\dedication[1]{\@dedicationtrue\def\@dedication{#1}}

\newcommand\@makededicationheading{
  {
    \centering
    \textsc{\large DEDICATION}
    \vskip 12pt
  }
}

\newcommand\@makededication{
   \if@dedication
%      \ColumnSave
      \ColumnSaveHeading{\@makededicationheading}

      \par\pagestyle{plain}
      \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@spacing}\@normalsize\normalfont
      \vspace*{0pt}     % force spacing at top of page
      \vfill
      \begin{center}
     \@dedication
      \end{center}
      \vfill
      \ColumnRestore
   \fi
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%                                      %
%            ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PAGE                  %
%                                      %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\newif\if@acks
\def\@acknowledgments{}
\newcommand\acknowledgments[1]{\@ackstrue\def\@acknowledgments{#1}}

\newcommand\@makeacknowledgmentsheading{
  {
    \centering
    \textsc{\large ACKNOWLEDGMENTS}
    \vskip 12pt
  }
}


\newcommand\@makeacknowledgments{
   \if@acks
      \ColumnSaveHeading{\@makeacknowledgmentsheading}
      \par\pagestyle{plain}
      \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@spacing}\@normalsize
      \noindent \normalsize \normalfont \@acknowledgments
      \vfill
      \ColumnRestore
   \fi
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%                                      %
%                 VITA PAGE                    %
%                                      %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% This definition for the "\vitaitem" command allows for up to 26 vita
% items.  The use of "\normalfont" in each definition permits any macros that
% are sensitive to type style (and which might be disrupted by the mode
% set for the "tabular" processing) to work properly.

\newcounter{vitaitems}
\setcounter{vitaitems}{0}
\newcommand\@vitadate[1]{{\parbox[t]{1.25in}{\normalfont{#1}}}}
\newcommand\@vitatext[1]{{\parbox[t]{4.45in}{\normalfont{#1}}}}
\newcommand\vitaitem[2]{
   \ifcase\value{vitaitems}
      \def\@vitaA{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaB{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaC{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaD{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaE{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaF{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaG{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaH{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaI{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaJ{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaK{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaL{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaM{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaN{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaO{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaP{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaQ{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaR{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaS{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaT{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaU{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaV{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaW{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaX{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaY{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}} \or
      \def\@vitaZ{\@vitadate{#1} & \@vitatext{#2}}
   \else
      \typeout{Too many vita items.}
   \fi
   \addtocounter{vitaitems}{1}
}

% These definitions for the "\publication" and "\presentation" commands
% allow for up to 26 publications and/or presentations.  Note that UCLA
% requires publications and presentations to be combined into a single
% list with a single title; the "@pubs" and "@pres" flags are used to
% determine what the title will look like.

\newcounter{publications}
\setcounter{publications}{0}
\newif\if@pubs \newif\if@pres
\newcommand\publication[1]{
   \@pubstrue
   \ifcase\value{publications}
      \def\@pubA{#1} \or \def\@pubB{#1} \or \def\@pubC{#1} \or
      \def\@pubD{#1} \or \def\@pubE{#1} \or \def\@pubF{#1} \or
      \def\@pubG{#1} \or \def\@pubH{#1} \or \def\@pubI{#1} \or
      \def\@pubJ{#1} \or \def\@pubK{#1} \or \def\@pubL{#1} \or
      \def\@pubM{#1} \or \def\@pubN{#1} \or \def\@pubO{#1} \or
      \def\@pubP{#1} \or \def\@pubQ{#1} \or \def\@pubR{#1} \or
      \def\@pubS{#1} \or \def\@pubT{#1} \or \def\@pubU{#1} \or
      \def\@pubV{#1} \or \def\@pubW{#1} \or \def\@pubX{#1} \or
      \def\@pubY{#1} \or \def\@pubZ{#1}
   \else
      \typeout{Too many publications/presentations.}
   \fi
   \addtocounter{publications}{1}
}
\newcommand\presentation[1]{
   \@prestrue
   \ifcase\value{publications}
      \def\@pubA{#1} \or \def\@pubB{#1} \or \def\@pubC{#1} \or
      \def\@pubD{#1} \or \def\@pubE{#1} \or \def\@pubF{#1} \or
      \def\@pubG{#1} \or \def\@pubH{#1} \or \def\@pubI{#1} \or
      \def\@pubJ{#1} \or \def\@pubK{#1} \or \def\@pubL{#1} \or
      \def\@pubM{#1} \or \def\@pubN{#1} \or \def\@pubO{#1} \or
      \def\@pubP{#1} \or \def\@pubQ{#1} \or \def\@pubR{#1} \or
      \def\@pubS{#1} \or \def\@pubT{#1} \or \def\@pubU{#1} \or
      \def\@pubV{#1} \or \def\@pubW{#1} \or \def\@pubX{#1} \or
      \def\@pubY{#1} \or \def\@pubZ{#1}
   \else
      \typeout{Too many publications/presentations.}
   \fi
   \addtocounter{publications}{1}
}

\newcommand\@printvitaitem[1]{
   \noindent
   \begin {tabular} {@{}p{1.25in}@{}p{4.45in}@{}}
      #1
   \end {tabular}
}

\newcommand\@printpubitem[1]{\par \noindent #1}

\newcommand\@makevitapage{
   % Save the old stretch.
   \let\OldArrayStretch=\arraystretch
   \renewcommand\arraystretch{1.67}
   \ifnum\c@vitaitems>0
      \ColumnSave
      \par\pagestyle{plain}
      \renewcommand\baselinestretch{\@spacing}\@normalsize
      \begin{center}
         \textsc{\large Vita} \\
      \end{center}
      \vskip 12pt
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>0  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaA} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>1  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaB} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>2  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaC} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>3  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaD} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>4  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaE} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>5  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaF} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>6  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaG} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>7  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaH} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>8  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaI} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>9  \@printvitaitem{\@vitaJ} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>10 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaK} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>11 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaL} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>12 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaM} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>13 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaN} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>14 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaO} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>15 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaP} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>16 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaQ} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>17 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaR} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>18 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaS} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>19 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaT} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>20 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaU} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>21 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaV} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>22 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaW} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>23 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaX} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>24 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaY} \fi
      \ifnum\c@vitaitems>25 \@printvitaitem{\@vitaZ} \fi
      \ifnum\c@publications>0{
         \ifx\@spacing\@doublespacing\parskip 24pt plus 4pt
     \else                       \parskip 12pt plus 2pt
     \fi
     \vskip 36pt
     \begin{center}
        \large \scshape
        \if@pubs
           \if@pres Publications and Presentations
           \else    Publications
           \fi
        \else       Presentations
        \fi
        \\
     \end{center}
     \nobreak \vskip 12pt
         \ifnum\c@publications>0  \@printpubitem{\@pubA} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>1  \@printpubitem{\@pubB} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>2  \@printpubitem{\@pubC} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>3  \@printpubitem{\@pubD} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>4  \@printpubitem{\@pubE} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>5  \@printpubitem{\@pubF} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>6  \@printpubitem{\@pubG} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>7  \@printpubitem{\@pubH} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>8  \@printpubitem{\@pubI} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>9  \@printpubitem{\@pubJ} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>10 \@printpubitem{\@pubK} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>11 \@printpubitem{\@pubL} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>12 \@printpubitem{\@pubM} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>13 \@printpubitem{\@pubN} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>14 \@printpubitem{\@pubO} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>15 \@printpubitem{\@pubP} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>16 \@printpubitem{\@pubQ} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>17 \@printpubitem{\@pubR} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>18 \@printpubitem{\@pubS} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>19 \@printpubitem{\@pubT} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>20 \@printpubitem{\@pubU} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>21 \@printpubitem{\@pubV} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>22 \@printpubitem{\@pubW} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>23 \@printpubitem{\@pubX} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>24 \@printpubitem{\@pubY} \fi
         \ifnum\c@publications>25 \@printpubitem{\@pubZ} \fi
      }
      \ColumnRestore
   \fi\fi
   \renewcommand\arraystretch{\OldArrayStretch}
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%                                      %
%             PRINT ALL PRELIMINARY PAGES              %
%                                      %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\newcommand\makeintropages{
  \@maketitlepage
  % If we're printing two sided,
  % insert a blank page for the back of the title page.
  % NOTE:  This extra page makes the output non-conforming
  % to the RFTADP, unless you throw it away.
  \if@twoside
    \typeout{Two-side detected.}    
    \pagebreak   % the back side of the title page
  \fi
  \@makecopyrightpage
  \@makesignaturepage
  \@makeabstractpage{\@doublespacing}
  \@makededication
  \@makeacknowledgments
  \tableofcontents
  \listoftables
  \listoffigures
  \@makevitapage
  \newpage \pagenumbering{arabic}
}