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\usepackage[%
 defernumbers=true    % helps me index into two bibliographies
 ,backend=biber                 
 ,style=numeric-comp  % numeric style with multiple references shown like [1-3]
 ,sorting=none                  
 ,sortcites=true                
 ,block=none
 ,indexing=false
 ,citereset=none
 ,bibencoding=utf8    

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 <nav aria-label="Page navigation">
        <ul class="pagination">

            {% if page == 1 %} <!-- Disabling the link for the previous page if the page is the first page -->
                <li class="page-item disabled">
                    <span class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="./?page={{ page - 1 }}">Previous</a></span>
                </li>
            {% else %}
                <li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="./?page=1">First</a></li>
                <li class="page-item"><a class="page-link" href="./?page={{ page - 1 }}">Previous</a></li>

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{{ "{:,}".format(total_count) }} total results