PESCO als "Game Changer": zur sicherheitspolitischen Akteursfähigkeit der EU und Österreichs Beitrag

Das neue Instrument der Gemeinsamen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik (GSVP) der Europäischen Union (EU) PESCO entwickelt sich kontinuierlich. Hier schließen sich EU-Mitgliedstaaten zusammen, um im Rahmen von Projekten ihre militärischen Fähigkeiten und Kapazitäten schrittweise zu verbessern. Dabei handelt es sich ebenso wenig um zahnlose Willensbekundungen wie um eine reine Militarisierung der EU, sondern um die Entwicklung konkreter verteidigungsrelevanter Kapazitäten. Wichtige Erfolgsfaktoren dafür sind die Verknüpfung mit den Strukturen und Institutionen der GSVP und die Kombination aus intergouvernmentaler Arbeitsweise auf Ratsebene und Flexibilität und Freiwilligkeit auf Projektebene. PESCO wird dadurch zum echten Game Changer im Bereich EU-Verteidigungskooperation. In diesem Arbeitspapier wird anhand des "Actorness"-Ansatzes von Charlotte Bretherton und John Vogler (2006) überprüft, inwiefern sich die EU als Sicherheitsakteur durch PESCO weiterentwickelt und wie Österreich in diesem Prozess positioniert ist. Insgesamt zeigt die Analyse, dass PESCO die vier Kriterien der Capability-Kategorie des Actorness-Konzeptes erfüllt: Bekenntnis zu gemeinsamen Grundwerten, Kontinuität und Legitimität durch die teilnehmenden Mitgliedstaaten und die nationalen Bevölkerungen, Fähigkeit zur Identifizierung von Prioritäten und Umsetzung von policies und Richtlinien, Verfügbarkeit und Nutzung militärischer Instrumente. Deshalb kann die EU durch PESCO als ein Sicherheitsakteur im Wachsen begriffen werden, der sich eindeutig weiterentwickelt. Österreichs Engagement war hier bisher professionell und verlässlich. Die Implementierung bisheriger Projekte, insbesondere des von Österreich geleiteten CBRN SaaS, sollten Priorität haben. Die Möglichkeit für Beobachterstatus bei Flaggschiff-Projekten sollte geprüft werden

Orientation-dependent perimeter recombination in GaAs diodes

Perimeter recombination currents affect the performance of GaAs-based devices such as solar cells, heterojunction bipolar transistors, and injection lasers. We report that the n SEf 2 perimeter recombination current has a strong orientation dependence. More than a factor of five variation in the surface recombination current at mesa-etched edges has been observed. These results suggest that with proper device design, perimeter recombination currents could be substantially reduced

High‐efficiency Al0.22Ga0.78As solar cells grown by molecular beam epitaxy

The quality of pn junction photodetectors made of Al0.2Ga0.8As has been investigated as a first step in the optimization of tandem solar cells. We have obtained 1 sun AM1.5 efficiencies of 16.1% for 0.25 cm2 Al0.22Ga0.78As solar cellsfabricated from molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) material. This efficiency is 3.2 percentage points higher than the previously best reported efficiency of 12.9% for an Al0.2Ga0.8As solar cell fabricated from MBE material

Adsorption structure determination of a large polyaromatic trithiolate on Cu(111): Combination of LEED-I(V) and DFT-vdW

The adsorption geometry of 1,3,5-tris(4-mercaptophenyl)benzene (TMB) on Cu(111) is determined with high precision using two independent methods, experimentally by quantitative low energy electron diffraction (LEED-I(V)) and theoretically by dispersion corrected density functional theory (DFT-vdW). Structural refinement using both methods consistently results in similar adsorption sites and geometries. Thereby a level of confidence is reached that allows deduction of subtle structural details such as molecular deformations or relaxations of copper substrate atoms

Functional and Comparative Genomics of Hoxa2 Gene cis-Regulatory Elements: Evidence for Evolutionary Modification of Ancestral Core Element Activity

Hoxa2 is an evolutionarily conserved developmental regulatory gene that functions to specify rhombomere (r) and pharyngeal arch (PA) identities throughout the Osteichthyes. Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) hoxa2a, like orthologous Hoxa2 genes from other osteichthyans, is expressed during embryogenesis in r2--7 and PA2-7, whereas the paralogous medaka pseudogene, ψhoxa2b, is expressed in noncanonical Hoxa2 domains, including the pectoral fin buds. To understand the evolution of cis-regulatory element (CRE) control of gene expression, we conducted eGFP reporter gene expression studies with extensive functional mapping of several conserved CREs upstream of medaka hoxa2a and ψhoxa2b in transient and stable-line transgenic medaka embryos. The CREs tested were previously shown to contribute to directing mouse Hoxa2 gene expression in r3, r5, and PA2-4. Our results reveal the presence of sequence elements embedded in the medaka hoxa2a and ψhoxa2b upstream enhancer regions (UERs) that mediate expression in r4 and the PAs (hoxa2a r4/CNCC element) or in r3--7 and the PAs ψhoxa2b r3--7/CNCC element), respectively. Further, these elements were shown to be highly conserved among osteichthyans, which suggests that the r4 specifying element embedded in the UER of Hoxa2 is a deeply rooted rhombomere specifying element and the activity of this element has been modified by the evolution of flanking sequences that redirect its activity to alternative developmental compartments

REDEVELOPEMENT OF THE MICHAEL REESE SINGER PAVILION (Semester Unknown) IPRO 359: RedevelopmentOfTheMichaelReeseSingerPavilionIPRO359FinalReportF10

“Our team would like to rehabilitate the 37 acre area around what remains of the Michael Reese Hospital. Since the loss of the 2016 Olympics the site has fallen into disrepair, our mission is to bring the site out of its ashes to become an area that will benefit Chicago and its people. We would like to use previous Ipro’s work as an anchor to fill the rest of the site creating an area that will contribute to the community.”Deliverable

REDEVELOPEMENT OF THE MICHAEL REESE SINGER PAVILION (Semester Unknown) IPRO 359: RedevelopmentOfTheMichaelReeseSingerPavilionIPRO359FinalPresentationF10

“Our team would like to rehabilitate the 37 acre area around what remains of the Michael Reese Hospital. Since the loss of the 2016 Olympics the site has fallen into disrepair, our mission is to bring the site out of its ashes to become an area that will benefit Chicago and its people. We would like to use previous Ipro’s work as an anchor to fill the rest of the site creating an area that will contribute to the community.”Deliverable

REDEVELOPEMENT OF THE MICHAEL REESE SINGER PAVILION (Semester Unknown) IPRO 359: RedevelopmentOfTheMichaelReeseSingerPavilionIPRO359MidTermPresentation1F10

“Our team would like to rehabilitate the 37 acre area around what remains of the Michael Reese Hospital. Since the loss of the 2016 Olympics the site has fallen into disrepair, our mission is to bring the site out of its ashes to become an area that will benefit Chicago and its people. We would like to use previous Ipro’s work as an anchor to fill the rest of the site creating an area that will contribute to the community.”Deliverable

Die digitale Transformation der Medizin am Beispiel von mHealth-Apps - Eine Demokratisierung der Medizin durch neue digitale Anwendungen?

“Our team would like to rehabilitate the 37 acre area around what remains of the Michael Reese Hospital. Since the loss of the 2016 Olympics the site has fallen into disrepair, our mission is to bring the site out of its ashes to become an area that will benefit Chicago and its people. We would like to use previous Ipro’s work as an anchor to fill the rest of the site creating an area that will contribute to the community.”Deliverable