% additional math commands
\usepackage{mathtools}

% allow rotated text
\usepackage{rotating}

% configure enumerations
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}

% configure figure captions
\usepackage[font=small,format=plain,labelfont=bf,labelsep=period,justification=justified,singlelinecheck=false]{caption}

% single space after sentences
\frenchspacing