He and his team are trying to determine whether there has been a secular change in the global economy because of pressure from the economic rise of China and India.
One possibility is that we are witnessing a secular change in state and local politics, with voters no longer willing to pay for an ever-larger work force.
Searches for a secular change in G have been made by studying accelerations of the Moon and reflections of radar signals from Mercury, Venus, and Mars.
"We are in the beginning of a secular change in the number of startups.
I'd like my legacy to be that I was instrumental in bringing about a secular change in corporate governance so that the egregious abuses of executive power at so many of our corporations will be controlled and managements will become accountable.
Weight Watchers has been dealing with a secular change in the diet business that directly affects its business model.
Some speak of a V-shaped snap-back, others of a W-like double-dip, yet others of an L-pattern driven by a secular change in consumer spending.
In addition, our analysis showed a secular change in breast cancer mortality after the 1990s, which could not have been detected with cross sectional analysis.
Other possible explanations for the discrepancy include a secular change in the 4 years separating the studies or demographic differences in the study populations.
The availability of different metals and substrates has changed over the course of Earth's history as a result of secular changes in redox conditions, particularly global oxygenation.
