The quest for the Brazilian synchrocyclotron

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA M. RIBEIRO DE ANDRADE ◽  
R.P.A. MUNIZ
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Nuclear Technology ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Particle Accelerators ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Military

ABSTRACT Early efforts to bring particle accelerators into Brazil exemplify the interactions between advanced scientific countries and the periphery in the years 1948––1956 and between the history of science and the history of foreign affairs. The physicists Cesar Lattes, Ernest Lawrence, Herbert Anderson, Isidor Rabi, and Rear Admiral ÁÁlvaro Alberto played central roles in these efforts. The story brings out the role of the military and scientists acting within the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fíísicas and the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas to promote nuclear physics research aimed at the development of nuclear technology in Brazil. The decision-making process involved science, politics, secret agreements, and international affairs.

Our Columnists on the A-Bomb

1950 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-87
Author(s):  
Janet Besse ◽  
Harold D. Lasswell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
The United States ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

Opinion differs about the role of syndicated columnists in the forming of national opinion and in the decision-making process in the United States. Our columnists have been the subject of pioneering studies, but we have a long way to go before the picture can be called historically complete, scientifically precise, or fully satisfactory for policy-making purposes. What the columnists say is an important chapter in the history of the American public, and history is most useful for critical purposes when written close to the event. The general theory of communication and politics can be refined as the details of the opinion process are more fully known.

scholarly journals Doktorat honoris causa i tradycja uniwersytecka

2020 ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Gromkowska-Melosik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Honorary Doctorate ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference

The article is devoted to the analysis of the role of honoris causa doctorate in academic culture. The history of the honorary doctorate is reconstructed to a certain extent and the difference between the research doctorate and honoris causa is considered. Furthermore, the author focuses on the controversial issues connected with the honoris causa, including cases of buying or rejecting the honor as well as various political contexts of the relevant decision-making process. The analysis of the honorary doctorate focuses on the conviction that it is the topmost acknowledgement of the values and contribution of the society of the person thus honored.

scholarly journals O mistério do chamado. Questões sobre a formação do candidato ao presbiterado

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (286) ◽  
pp. 330
Author(s):  
João Da Silva Mendonça Filho
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Constructive Dialogue ◽  
Monitoring Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
Affective Experiences

O autor apresenta os elementos essenciais das Diretrizes sobre a formação dos presbíteros da Igreja no Brasil, a partir do amadurecimento do candidato. Trata-se de uma leitura sincrônica, na busca do diálogo construtivo entre Teologia, Sociologia, Antropologia, Psicologia e Pastoral, sempre na consideração de que o protagonismo do candidato ao presbiterado não pode ser atropelado pela ânsia de atender a seus desejos, que devem ser cultivados como âncora para seu discernimento. O processo decisional tem sua base na pessoa e desenvolve-se com elementos estruturais da história do candidato, das vivências humanoafetivo-sexuais, das experiências eclesiais e das mediações do chamado, formando assim a base do acompanhamento.Abstract: The author presents the essential elements of the Guidelines for the training of priests in the Brazilian Church, beginning with the process that will lead to the candidate’s maturity. This is a synchronic reading that seeks a constructive dialogue between Theology, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Pastoral, always having in mind that the importance of the role of the candidate to priesthood must not be damaged by the urge to meet his desires; on the contrary, these must be cultivated as an anchor for his learning. The decision-making process has its basis on the person and is developed using the structural elements of the candidate’s history, of his human-sexual-affective experiences, of the ecclesial experiences and those of the mediations of the calling that together will form the basis for the monitoring process.

Elaborating the role of reflection and individual differences in the study of folk-economic beliefs

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic Beliefs

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.

State-run celebration of Liberation Day in Czechoslovakia (based on audiovisual sources)

2019 ◽  
pp. 251-268
Author(s):  
Timur Gimadeev
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Experience ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Military

The article deals with the history of celebrating the Liberation Day in Czechoslovakia organised by the state. Various aspects of the history of the holiday have been considered with the extensive use of audiovisual documents (materials from Czechoslovak newsreels and TV archives), which allowed for a detailed analysis of the propaganda representation of the holiday. As a result, it has been possible to identify the main stages of the historical evolution of the celebrations of Liberation Day, to discover the close interdependence between these stages and the country’s political development. The establishment of the holiday itself — its concept and the military parade as the main ritual — took place in the first post-war years, simultaneously with the consolidation of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Later, until the end of the 1960s, the celebrations gradually evolved along the political regime, acquiring new ritual forms (ceremonial meetings, and “guards of memory”). In 1968, at the same time as there was an attempt to rethink the entire socialist regime and the historical experience connected with it, an attempt was made to reconstruct Liberation Day. However, political “normalisation” led to the normalisation of the celebration itself, which played an important role in legitimising the Soviet presence in the country. At this stage, the role of ceremonial meetings and “guards of memory” increased, while inventions released in time for 9 May appeared and “May TV” was specially produced. The fall of the Communist regime in 1989 led to the fall of the concept of Liberation Day on 9 May, resulting in changes of the title, date and paradigm of the holiday, which became Victory Day and has been since celebrated on 8 May.

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