\newcommand{\eg}{e.g.}

% Keywords command
\providecommand{\keywords}[1]
{
  \small	
  \textbf{\textit{Keywords---}} #1
}

% absolute value
\DeclarePairedDelimiter\abs{\lvert}{\rvert}%

% fancyref for listings
\newcommand*{\fancyreflstlabelprefix}{lst}

\fancyrefaddcaptions{english}{%
  \providecommand*{\freflstname}{listing}%
  \providecommand*{\Freflstname}{Listing}%
}

\frefformat{plain}{\fancyreflstlabelprefix}{\freflstname\fancyrefdefaultspacing#1}
\Frefformat{plain}{\fancyreflstlabelprefix}{\Freflstname\fancyrefdefaultspacing#1}

\frefformat{vario}{\fancyreflstlabelprefix}{%
  \freflstname\fancyrefdefaultspacing#1#3%
}
\Frefformat{vario}{\fancyreflstlabelprefix}{%
  \Freflstname\fancyrefdefaultspacing#1#3%
}