Studying change processes in education and the behavioral sciences has been of interest for a long time. Researchers and practitioners in the behavioral sciences are concerned with questions about how individuals change over time (Willett & Sayer, 1994; Williamson, Appelbaum, & Epanchin, 1991). That is, we are interested in the question of how individual change in certain attributes (for exampl...

Francis E. Putz is with the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America and with Pieter A. Zuidema and Rene G.A. Boot at Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Michelle A. Pinard is with the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Scotland. J.A. Sayer is with IUCN World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland. Douglas Sheil is with CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. Plinio Sist i...

The differences in percentage inhibition by hexafluorenium bromide [hexamethylene1,6-bis-(9-fluorenyldimethylammonium) dibromide (Mylaxa, Nessler, Mallinckrodt, Germany)] and in polyacrylamide-gel disc-electrophoretic pattern of the hydrolytic activity of acetylthiocholine iodide of different fractions of rat jejunum have been reported by Das & Sayer (1 975). Scaf (1971) in his study on the eff...

The study of primary cilia is of broad interest both in terms of disease pathogenesis and the fundamental biological role of these structures. Murine models of ciliopathies provide valuable tools for the study of these diseases. However, it is important to consider the precise phenotype of murine models and how dependant it is upon genetic background. Here we compare and contrast murine models ...

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In this wide-ranging interview Andrew Sayer discusses how he became a realist and then the development of his work over subsequent decades. He comments on postdisciplinary approach, early economy its influences, came to write Method in Social Science transition Realism normative critical social science moral economy. The concludes with discussion three most recent books themes that connect them...

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