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+// By default, bibliography titles render with a level 1 heading.  Typssg
+// rather assumes that lvl 1 headings are just for page titles, and that
+// section titles are denoted with lvl 2 headings.
+#let _bibliography = bibliography
+#let refs(content) = {
+  heading(level: 2, "References")
+  _bibliography(bytes(content.text), style: "ieee", title: none)
+}
+
+// Override default bibliography so that users don't accidentally use it
+#let bibliography = (path, ..args) => {
+  text[This project has enabled the bibliography extension which provides the `#refs()` funciton for convenient in-file bibliographies.  If you _did_ intend to use the default bibliography function, call it instead with `#_bibliography().`]
+}
+
+// Have in-text citations appear as just numbers, instead of the IEEE default
+// style of [#] with brackets.
+#set cite(style: "vancouver-superscript")