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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I'm delighted to announce the release of the new
<b><i>luox</i></b> platform (<a href="https://luox.app/">https://luox.app/</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">luox</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> facilitates calculations of physiologically relevant quantities related to light and
lighting from user-supplied spectral power distributions in an easy-to-use web interface.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The platform is free to use, and underlying code is available under GPL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The platform is described in a companion article in Wellcome Open Research (<a href="https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-69/">https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-69/</a>),
which is currently undergoing peer review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Development of
<i>luox</i> was supposed by the Wellcome Trust (204686/Z/16/C), the Society of Light and Lighting (2020 Jean Heap Bursary), and the van Houten Fund of the University of Oxford (VH-148).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information about
<i>luox</i>, please visit: <a href="https://luox.app/About">https://luox.app/About</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please share widely with interested colleagues and students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Manuel Spitschan PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Manuel Spitschan PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University Research Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:manuel.spitschan@psy.ox.ac.uk" title="mailto:manuel.spitschan@psy.ox.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0563C1">manuel.spitschan@psy.ox.ac.uk</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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