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  1. Aging and Color Vision: A Model Using the Farnsworth‐MUNSELL 100‐Hue Test

    Article • Color Research & Application, March 2025, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  2. Modeling wavelengths and spectral half-power bandwidths for Rayleigh equation anomaloscopes

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, February 2025, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  3. Difficult at dusk? Illuminating the debate on cricket ball visibility

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, June 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  4. Ultraviolet protection in eye and face protection against biological hazards

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, May 2024, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  5. Visual function and retinal thickness in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  6. Advice to the public about safe and comfortable eclipse viewing and the 20 April 2023 eclipse

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, September 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  7. Recommendations and requirements for the wavelengths in Rayleigh equation anomaloscopes

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, February 2023, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  8. Luminance contrast preferences of people with a vision impairment for elements in the built environment

    Article • WORK A Journal of Prevention Assessment &amp Rehabilitation, December 2022, IOS Press

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  9. A model for assessing the efficacy of colour vision aids

    Article • Optics Express, July 2022, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  10. The specification of color limits in eye protection lenses for use when color‐contingent clinical observations are made

    Article • Color Research & Application, April 2022, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  11. Issues in specifying contrast in building elements for people with a visual disability

    Article • WORK A Journal of Prevention Assessment &amp Rehabilitation, December 2021, IOS Press

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  12. How practitioners say they answer the questions of patients about ultraviolet protection

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  13. Physical and Visual Evaluation of Filters for Direct Observation of the Sun and the International Standard ISO 12312-2:2015

    Article • The Astronomical Journal, August 2021, American Astronomical Society

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  14. Optical performance of welding curtains and existing standards

    Article • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  15. Ultraviolet radiation transmission of soft disposable contact lenses and ISO 18369: claims and compliance

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  16. Effect of blue–blocking lenses on colour discrimination

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  17. The blue light dose from white light emitting diodes (LEDs) and other white light sources

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, July 2020, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  18. Lighting for color vision examination in the era of LEDs: the FM100Hue Test

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, March 2020, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  19. Limitations and Precautions in the Use of the Farnsworth-Munsell Dichotomous D-15 Test

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, September 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  20. Luminance Contrast of Accessible Tactile Indicators for People With Visual Impairment

    Article • Ergonomics in Design The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  21. Out with the old, in with the new: how changes in cricket helmet regulations affect the vision of batters

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Allen, Professor Stephen John Dain

  22. Development of color vision discrimination during childhood: differences between Blue–Yellow, Red–Green, and achromatic thresholds

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, February 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  23. When is protection from impact needed for the face as well as the eyes in occupational environments?

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  24. Impact of Gamification of Vision Tests on the User Experience

    Article • Games for Health Journal, August 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  25. Normative values for a tablet computer-based application to assess chromatic contrast sensitivity

    Article • Behavior Research Methods, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  26. Colorimetric evaluation of iPhone apps for colour vision tests based on the Ishihara test

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, May 2016, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  27. Evaluation of tablet computers for visual function assessment

    Article • Behavior Research Methods, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  28. Consistency of color representation in smart phones

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, March 2016, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  29. Sports eyewear protective standards

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, January 2016, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  30. Effect of Ultraviolet Exposure on Impact Resistance of Ophthalmic Lenses

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, December 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  31. The assessment of scattered light in ophthalmic materials

    Article • Color Research & Application, May 2015, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  32. Spectacle-related eye injuries, spectacle-impact performance and eye protection

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, May 2015, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  33. Color Vision and the Railways

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, February 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  34. Color Vision and the Railways

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, February 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  35. Color Vision and the Railways

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, February 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  36. Severe alkali burns from beer line cleaners warrant mandatory safety guidelines

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, February 2015, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  37. Re: Is screening for congenital colour vision deficiency in school students worthwhile? A review

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  38. Assessment of the performance of automated focimeters in the measurement of single vision spectacle lenses

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  39. Recognition of simulated cyanosis by color-vision-normal and color-vision-deficient subjects

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, February 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  40. Developing Perception-Based Criteria of Inclusive (Architectural) Design

    Article • January 2014, IOS Press

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  41. The visibility of controls and labels on electronic devices and their suitability for people with impaired vision

    Article • WORK A Journal of Prevention Assessment &amp Rehabilitation, January 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  42. Reliability revisited: Autonomic responses in the context of everyday well-being

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  43. Coping strategies may not be reflected by simulated performance-based measures of functional ability

    Article • Journal of Optometry, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  44. Serious eye injuries to cricket wicketkeepers: a call to consider protective eyewear

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, December 2012, BMJ

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  45. Impact resistance and prescription compliance with AS/NZS 1337.6:2010

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, December 2012, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  46. Home modification guidelines as recommended by visually impaired people

    Article • Journal of Assistive Technologies, November 2012, Emerald

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  47. Materials for occupational eye protectors

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, February 2012, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  48. The Farnsworth Flashlight is not equivalent to the Farnsworth Lantern

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, February 2012, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  49. Ballistic impact resistance of selected organic ophthalmic lenses

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, September 2011, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  50. The RailCorp Lantern test

    Article • Occupational Medicine, April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  51. Prescription compliance in ophthalmic lenses

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, January 2011, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  52. Innovative strategies for adaptation to loss of vision

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, November 2010, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  53. Colour change in cyanosis and the confusions of congenital colour vision deficient observers

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, August 2010, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain, Dr Renae J McNamara

  54. Quantitative assessment of commercial filter ‘aids’ for red-green colour defectives

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, August 2010, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  55. Sunglasses, the European directive and the European standard

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  56. Performance of ‘energy efficient’ compact fluorescent lamps

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  57. Colour control in fly ash as a combined function of particle size and chemical composition

    Article • Fuel, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  58. Dynamics of chromatic visual system processing differ in complexity between children and adults

    Article • Journal of Vision, June 2009, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  59. Cognitive Abilities of Children on a Gray Seriation Test

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, June 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  60. Sunglasses, Traffic Signals, and Color Vision Deficiencies

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, April 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  61. Color and luminance increment thresholds in poor readers

    Article • Visual Neuroscience, May 2008, Maximum Academic Press

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  62. Color vision in children and the Lanthony New Color Test

    Article • Visual Neuroscience, May 2008, Maximum Academic Press

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  63. The correlation dimension: A useful objective measure of the transient visual evoked potential?

    Article • Journal of Vision, January 2008, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  64. Color changes in cyanosis and the significance of congenital dichromasy and lighting

    Article • Color Research & Application, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  65. Transient VEP and psychophysical chromatic contrast thresholds in children and adults

    Article • Vision Research, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  66. Know your colour vision challenges

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, May 2007, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  67. Illuminant and observer metamerism and the Hardy-Rand-Rittler color vision test editions

    Article • Visual Neuroscience, May 2006, Maximum Academic Press

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  68. Color vision deficiency in retinitis pigmentosa

    Article • International Congress Series, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  69. Spatial load factor in prediction of reading performance

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, September 2004, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  70. Clinical colour vision tests

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, July 2004, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  71. Differences in FM100-Hue test performance related to iris colour may be due to pupil size as well as presumed amounts of macular pigmentation

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, July 2004, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  72. Guest editorials

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, July 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  73. Ultraviolet properties of Australian mammal urine

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology A, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  74. Is the perception of brightness different in poor readers?

    Article • Vision Research, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  75. Traffic Signal Color Recognition Is a Problem for Both Protan and Deutan Color-Vision Deficients

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, September 2003, SAGE Publications

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  76. Evaluation of “Colour Vision Testing Made Easy”

    Article • May 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  77. Survey of the Colour Vision Demands in Fire-Fighting

    Article • May 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  78. Sunglasses and sunglass standards

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 2003, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  79. Visual Abilities in Older Adults Explain Age-Differences in Stroop and Fluid Intelligence but Not Face Recognition: Implications for the Vision-Cognition Connection

    Article • Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition, December 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Kaarin J Anstey, Professor Stephen John Dain

  80. COLOUR VISION DEFICIENCY AND LIGHTING: RISK FACTORS IN ACCURATE DETECTION OF CYANOSIS.

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, December 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  81. Assessment of fogging resistance of anti-fog personal eye protection

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, July 1999, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  82. Daylight simulators and colour vision tests

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, November 1998, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  83. Daylight simulators and colour vision tests

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, November 1998, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  84. Skewness and transformations of Farnsworth–Munsell 100-Hue Test scores

    Article • Vision Research, November 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  85. Sun and the eye: prevention and detection of light-induced disease

    Article • Clinics in Dermatology, July 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  86. Coping with colour-blindness, by Odeda Rosenthal and Robert H. Phillips

    Article • Color Research & Application, June 1998, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  87. Colorimetric analysis and performance assessment of the Hahn New Pseudoisochromatic Colour Vision Test

    Article • Color Research & Application, April 1998, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  88. Intimate and inextricable links

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 1998, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  89. A method for evaluating the acceptability of light sources for clinical visual evaluation of cyanosis

    Article • Color Research & Application, February 1998, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  90. Cutaneous properties of the Green and Golden Bell FrogLitoria aurea

    Article • Australian Zoologist, May 1996, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  91. Reading‐related wavelength and spatial frequency effects in visual spatial location

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, March 1995, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  92. Work and the Eye

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, January 1995, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  93. Macular pigment contributes to variance in 100 hue tests

    Article • January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  94. Ultraviolet protection in spectacle and sunglass lenses: claims vs performance

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, July 1993, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  95. Identification of Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens Materials by Means of Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometry

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, June 1993, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  96. Transmittance characteristics of tinted hydrogel contact lenses intended to change iris colour

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 1993, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  97. Characteristics of random arrangements of the Farnsworth Panel D-15 test

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  98. Suitability of fluorescent tube light sources for the Ishihara test as determined by colorimetric methods

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  99. Comparison of the Transmittance and Coloration Requirements of the Four National Sunglass Standards

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, January 1993, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  100. The Hoya ULT‐2000 and ULT‐3000 universal light‐transmission meters:a comparison using spectrophotometric data and Australian Sunglass Standard 1067–1990.

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  101. Color-Mediated Contrast Sensitivity in Disabled Readers

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, May 1991, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  102. An assessment of the ‘mesopization’ model of blue-yellow colour vision defects

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  103. Evaluation of the Adams desaturated D-15 test with congenital color vision defects

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  104. The effects of size and analysis method on the performance of the Farnsworth-Munsell D-15 test

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  105. Comparison of the standard and Adams desaturated D-15 tests with congenital colour vision deficiencies

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, January 1990, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  106. Do you get tritan responses with short observation times on a colour vision test which is unbiased in its colorimetric construction?

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, January 1990, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  107. Comparison of the standard and Adams desaturated D-15 tests with congenital colour vision deficiencies

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, January 1990, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  108. The prevalence of ocular or visual symptoms in visual display unit operators as a function of age

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, January 1990, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  109. Thresholds for Iso-Luminous Colors Across the Visual Field

    Article • January 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  110. Selection of an Optimal Light Source for the FM 100-Hue Test

    Article • January 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  111. Postural modifications of VDU operators wearing bifocal spectacles

    Article • Applied Ergonomics, December 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  112. Pressure Testing of Ophthalmic Safety Lenses

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, July 1988, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  113. Performance of the Standard Pseudoisochromatic Plate Test

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, July 1988, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  114. The X‐Chrom lens: a case study

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, May 1988, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  115. Identification of Polarity in FM 100-Hue Plots: A Comparison of Methods

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, April 1988, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  116. Symptoms in VDU Operators

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, March 1988, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  117. AN AVERAGING METHOD FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE FARNSWORTH-MUNSELL 100-HUE TEST—I. CONGENITAL COLOUR VISION DEFECTS

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, July 1987, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  118. AN AVERAGING METHOD FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE FARNSWORTH-MUNSELL 100-HUE TEST—II. COLOUR VISION DEFECTS ACQUIRED IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, July 1987, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  119. F-M 100-HUE TOTAL ERROR SCORES HAVE DISCRETE VALUES

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, July 1987, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  120. Analysis of the Mark II Edition of The City University Colour Vision Test

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, April 1987, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  121. An averaging method for the interpretation of the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue test — I. Congenital colour vision defects

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, January 1987, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  122. F-M 100-Hue total error scores have discrete values

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, January 1987, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  123. Spectral Transmittance of Tinted Hydrogel Contact Lenses

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, December 1986, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  124. Bifocal wearing and VDU operation: A review and graphical analysis

    Article • Applied Ergonomics, June 1986, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  125. Color Preferences in Films for Fundus Photography

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, April 1986, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  126. Red-green mixture thresholds in congenital and acquired color defects

    Article • Vision Research, January 1986, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  127. Resistance of transparent plastics to surface abrasion

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, January 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  128. Color mixture thresholds measured on a color television ? a new method for analysis, classification and diagnosis of neuro-ophthalmic disease

    Article • Documenta Ophthalmologica, November 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  129. The Performance of Toy Sunglasses and Children's Sunglasses

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, September 1985, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  130. Visual and ocular changes in VDU operators

    Article • Public Health, September 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  131. The Role of Measurement of Oculomotor Coordination in the Assessment of Visual Display Unit Operators

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 1985, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  132. Evaluation of a Near Distance Chart for Use in Examining Visual Display Unit Operators

    Article • The Australian Journal of Optometry, November 1984, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  133. Some Current Issues in the Mechanisms of Colour Vision

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 1984, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  134. Spatial Summation in Dichromats

    Article • January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  135. The Hoya ULT‐2000 Universal Light I Transmission Meter: An Assessment of Its Performance

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, January 1982, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  136. Guide to the Transmittance Properties of Some Ophthalmic Tints

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, July 1981, Wiley

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  137. Visual thresholds in dichromats and normals; the importance of Post-receptoral processes

    Article • Vision Research, January 1981, Elsevier

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  138. Interpretation of Dark Adaptation Data

    Article • Ophthalmic Research, January 1979, Karger Publishers

    Professor Stephen John Dain

  139. A Spontaneous Idiopathic Retinal Haemorrhage

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, June 1977, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Stephen John Dain