Where do the conceptual models for behaviour change come from, and how are they used? A critical and constructive appraisal by André, Nathalie, Laurencelle, Louis

“…responses are given by focusing on the limitations of the methodologies intended to empirically validate global theoretical models and on the risk of ossifying the practice of research under the authority of consecrated paradigms. Alternative approaches are propounded to revalue strict ethological observation, introduce ad hoc instead of global models and explore definite hypotheses in current research.…”
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Through the Eye of a Postmodernist Child: Ian McEwan’s "Homemade” by Jorge Sacido Romero, Laura Mª Lojo Rodríguez

“…Though this idealised version of childhood consecrated in Romantic literature was questioned by the end of the nineteenth century, the child’s perspective on the adult world has remained throughout a useful way of exploring social deficiencies and of exposing some of its most unpalatable aspects. …”
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When Yogis Become Warriors—The Embodied Spirituality of Kaḷaripayaṯṯu by Maciej Karasinski-Sroka

“…<i>Kaḷari</i>s were not only training grounds, but temples consecrated with daily rituals and spiritual exercises performed in the presence of masters of the art called <i>gurukkal</i>s. …”
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Spiritual Communion in a Digital Age: A Roman Catholic Dilemma and Tradition by Edward Foley

“…Frequent pastoral responses have included the shipping of consecrated elements to folk for their use during live-stream worship and virtual communion, in which worshippers employ elements from their own households as communion elements during the digitized worship. …”
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Teoría y práctica del ‘primer diputado socialista de América’. La acción de Alfredo Palacios en el Parlamento argentino y sus repercusiones en la prensa socialista, 1904-1908... by Lucas Poy

“…In 1904, the Argentine Socialist Party managed to consecrate the young lawyer Alfredo Palacios as national deputy representing the working-class district of La Boca, a southern neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires. …”
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Los delitos de las mujeres: una aproximación al Derecho penal romano by Aurora Lopez Güeto

“…The vestal virgins, women consecrated, also suffered sig-nificant persecution in case of being suspicious of having sex. …”
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Le programme Erasmus en France, en Italie et en Angleterre : sélection des étudiants et compétences migratoires by Magali Ballatore

“…Looking at the skills and the migratory capital already acquired by students and at the selection practices in the departments or faculties, it is obvious that this program tends to consecrate young people whose educational trajectories are, if not brilliant, at least fast and/or atypical. …”
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El templo de Antonino y Faustina en los planos de los arquitectos españoles pensionados en Roma by García Sánchez, Jorge

“…As a science whose practical implications require a perfect understanding of the models being studied, architecture deals with the analysis of antiquity with a precision which has no precedent in the mentality of antiquarians of the time, as demonstrated by the examples of the representation of the architectural plans of the Temple consecrated to the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina the Elder. …”
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Paraurethral cysts in women. Features of diagnostics by A. A. Kostin, L. V. Shaplygin, N. G. Kulchenko, A. Mansur, I. S. Shulpina

“…The main points of differential diagnosis of paraurethral cyst with urethral diverticulum, adenocarcinoma are also consecrated. Taking into consideration the anatomical location and the specifics of the treatment of paraurethral cysts, this problem has an interdisciplinary nature and requires the attention of specialists such as: urologist, gynecologist, surgeon.…”
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Ballistic and thermal characterisation of greener composite solid propellants based on phase stabilized ammonium nitrate by Florin-Marian Dîrloman, Adrian-Nicolae Rotariu, Traian Rotariu, Gabriel-Flavius Noja, Raluca-Elena Ginghină, Neculai-Daniel Zvîncu

“…Besides morphological and compositional investigations, the thermal behaviour and ballistic properties of the propellants were determined, and compared to those of consecrated propellants compositions, based on ammonium perchlorate. …”
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RAVEL ON (HIS) IMPRESSIONISM by Attila FODOR

“…In respect of impressionism, he distanced himself systematically from it, while his arguments reflect a deep knowledge of its main aesthetic and style features. Being a consecrated admirer of impressionist painting, his observations on this trend were not against it, but the expression of his neutral position regarding any trend. …”
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Scriitorul Romulus Rusan, călător prin labirintul mediteraneean: demitizare și remitizare by Rodica Ileana STAN (OLTEANU MOLDOVAN)

“…Through comparative analysis and by referring to the history of religions, the aim of the analysis is to decode the meanings of the journey, theme and pretext of the writers of the second half of the 20th century, in order to identify the reflections of creative spirits in confrontation with mythologically consecrated spaces. The permanent oscillation between demythologizing and remythologizing in the lands of Greek, Islamic and Egyptian civilizations is a natural process for the writers Ana Blandiana and Romulus Rusan, in the trilogy A Journey to the Inner Sea, bearers of a light universe, passionate about myths, deities and legends.…”
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Development of a software for the control and the supervision of the climatic parameters under greenhouse by Didi Samir, El hassini Abdelkrim

“…The objective of this work is consecrated to the development of a software for the control and supervision of climatic parameters under greenhouses by an automatic process using LabVIEW. …”
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Missionários da 'boa imprensa': a revista Ave Maria e os desafios da imprensa católica nos primeiros anos do século XX 'Good press' missionaires: Ave Maria magazine and the challen... by Marcos Gonçalves

“…This work also discusses how Brazilian institutional Catholicism intended to defend efficiently the multiple interests of the Catholic Church before progressive cultural and political demands, by consecrating a project founded on the creation and expansion of the confessional press.…”
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The first Norman cathedral in Palermo. Robert Guiscard's Church of the Most Holy Mother of God by Longo, R, Johns, J

“…Though transformed yet again in the neo-classical style in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the church that stands today is unanimously considered to be that rebuilt by Archbishop Walter ii Protofamiliarios and consecrated in 1185. A critical and detailed analysis of near-contemporary sources for the conquest of Palermo and the conversion of the mosque into a church under the patronage of the Norman duke, Robert Guiscard, sheds new light on this fascinating palimpsest of a building. …”

Prohibition against Wearing Ecclesiastical Dress by Secular Clerics as a Punishment for Crimes <i>contra sextum cum minore</i> by Adam Jaszcz

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Children in Need: Evidence for a Children’s Cult from the Roman Temple of Omrit in Northern Israel by Adi Erlich

“…Although this group is unique in its iconography, it fits in with nearby temples in Phoenicia, where numerous figurines and statues of children were consecrated. Images of children from temples around the Mediterranean are often associated with healing cults and rites of passage. …”
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REBORN OF ROMANIAN BRANDS BY E-COMMERCE by Dan-Marius Voicilaş

“…We intend to know if is possible for old brands to compete on the market, if there is enough capacity for the entrepreneurs to stand out on the market, to protect and promote their products in the tough competition environment, subject to globalization, regardless of the fact that they take over an already consecrated mark or create a new one. …”
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Latinoamérica y la CPI: afrontar la impunidad en Colombia by Bárbara Direito

“…In order to understand the degree to which the International Criminal Court (ICC) - the purpose of which is to combat impunity for crimes against humanity committed after 1 July 2002 - we must evaluate how the international community has reacted to it, and the degree to which it is implementing the fundamental principles consecrated by the Rome Statute. The ICC depends on the support of regions to work efficiently. …”
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Forest in Hittite texts by Hasan Tuncer

“…It is also learnt from the texts that there were officials, bathing houses and some structures consecrated during the rituals in the forested areas. …”
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