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The PAU Survey: a new constraint on galaxy formation models using the observed colour redshift relation (2024)
Journal Article
Manzoni, G., Baugh, C. M., Norberg, P., Cabayol, L., van den Busch, J. L., Wittje, A., …Tortorelli, L. (2024). The PAU Survey: a new constraint on galaxy formation models using the observed colour redshift relation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(2), 1394-1413. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae659

We use the GALFORM semi-analytical galaxy formation model implemented in the Planck Millennium N-body simulation to build a mock galaxy catalogue on an observer’s past lightcone. The mass resolution of this N-body simulation is almost an order of mag... Read More about The PAU Survey: a new constraint on galaxy formation models using the observed colour redshift relation.

MRL-Seg: Overcoming Imbalance in Medical Image Segmentation With Multi-Step Reinforcement Learning (2023)
Journal Article
Yang, F., Li, X., Duan, H., Xu, F., Huang, Y., Zhang, X., …Zheng, Y. (2024). MRL-Seg: Overcoming Imbalance in Medical Image Segmentation With Multi-Step Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 28(2), 858-869. https://doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2023.3336726

Medical image segmentation is a critical task for clinical diagnosis and research. However, dealing with highly imbalanced data remains a significant challenge in this domain, where the region of interest (ROI) may exhibit substantial variations acro... Read More about MRL-Seg: Overcoming Imbalance in Medical Image Segmentation With Multi-Step Reinforcement Learning.

Comparison of photodamage in non-pigmented and pigmented human skin equivalents exposed to repeated ultraviolet radiation to investigate the role of melanocytes in skin photoprotection (2024)
Journal Article
De Los Santos Gomez, P., Costello, L., Goncalves, K., & Przyborski, S. (2024). Comparison of photodamage in non-pigmented and pigmented human skin equivalents exposed to repeated ultraviolet radiation to investigate the role of melanocytes in skin photoprotection. Frontiers in Medicine, 11, Article 1355799. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1355799

Introduction: Daily solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation has an important impact on skin health. Understanding the initial events of the UV-induced response is critical to prevent deleterious conditions. However, studies in human volunteers have ethical,... Read More about Comparison of photodamage in non-pigmented and pigmented human skin equivalents exposed to repeated ultraviolet radiation to investigate the role of melanocytes in skin photoprotection.

Variations of sedimentary environment under cyclical aridification and impacts on eodiagenesis of tight sandstones from the late Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Central Sichuan Basin (2024)
Journal Article
Tan, X., Jiang, W., Luo, L., Gluyas, J., Song, L., Liu, J., …Chen, L. (2024). Variations of sedimentary environment under cyclical aridification and impacts on eodiagenesis of tight sandstones from the late Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Central Sichuan Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 161, Article 106699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106699

Understanding eodiagenesis is essential to decoding the diagenetic pathways of tight sandstones that act as excellent unconventional oil & gas reservoirs. Great paleoclimate change is capable of influencing eodiagenetic processes of tight sandstones... Read More about Variations of sedimentary environment under cyclical aridification and impacts on eodiagenesis of tight sandstones from the late Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Central Sichuan Basin.

Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Rutter, S., Zamani, E., McKenna-Aspell, J., & Wang, Y. (2024). Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Article 103278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103278

Technologies support our everyday lives, and to ensure that people are not routinely excluded they must be usable by the wider population. However, technologies are not commonly tested with participants from a range of backgrounds. This paper reports... Read More about Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda.