Carnot batteries are a quickly developing group of technologies for medium and long duration electricity storage. It covers a large range of concepts which share processes of a conversion of power to heat, thermal energy storage (i.e., storing thermal exergy) and in times of need conversion of the heat back to (electric) power. Even though these systems were already proposed in the 19th century, it is only in the recent years that this field experiences a rapid development, which is associated mostly with the increasing penetration of intermittent cheap renewables in power grids and the requirement of electricity storage in unprecedented capacities. Compared to the more established storage options, such as pumped hydro and electrochemical batteries, the efficiency is generally much lower, but the low cost of thermal energy storage in large scale and long lifespans comparable with thermal power plants make this technology especially feasible for storing surpluses of cheap renewable electricity over typically dozens of hours and up to days. Within the increasingly extensive scientific research of the Carnot Battery technologies, commercial development plays the major role in technology implementation. This review addresses the gap between academia and industry in the mapping of the technologies under commercial development and puts them in the perspective of related scientific works. Technologies ranging from kW to hundreds of MW scale are at various levels of development. Some are still in the stage of concepts, whilst others are in the experimental and pilot operations, up to a few commercial installations. As a comprehensive technology review, this paper addresses the needs of both academics and industry practitioners.

A new subject which is focused on the training of students in the conditions of combat operations of tactical units was accredited at the University of Defence (UD) in 2015. The subject was entitled Field training and it is aimed to teach students basic military skills during performing tactical operations at the squad-platoon level. The subject is intended for students of the 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd years at all faculties of the UD, including the Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence in Hradec Kralove (FMHS UD). Training and drilling medical support, its organization and realization is a part of instructions and training of the FMHS UD students.

Evidenced-based medicine drives best practices. The Lessons Learned (LL) process in clinical medicine for deployed and military support services drive the NATO Military Medical Center of Excellence (MILMED COE). This review article focuses on the Lessons Learned process and its use in NATO and partner countries medical services. Organizational learning drives development and progress; capturing lessons from mistakes, colleagues’ interactions and institutional experience can be lost without an organized lesson learned process. Therefore, in 2014, NATO institutions and Centers of Excellence across disciplines began to focus on the quality management, information sharing and evidence-based practices to maximize outcomes. Since this inception, NATO has implemented the Lessons Learned process and expanded the impact across the alliance in order to save life and prevent illness. The Lessons Learned process and sharing of experience is also a way to improve the quality of care in the military medicine, from preventive, epidemiological, trauma related, casualty evacuation and forward surgical care, among many others, to the medical standardization and organization of military medical services. The Lessons Learned process is an undertaking and an instrument that can also be used to achieve better international and civil-military cooperation. Finally, we deal with the current situation and use of the information obtained from the areas of military health care.

As in everyday life, it was necessary to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the campus of the Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, as well. The management of the faculty took a number of measures, but for the academic sphere, the most important of these was the restriction of contact teaching. The way, in which teaching and training would proceed in the limited conditions, has been delegated to the heads of departments and guarantors of individual subjects. The Department of Military Medical Service Organization and Management tested a teaching model which brought new knowledge that can be worked with in the future.

Nedílnou součástí výuky a výcviku studentů 3. ročníků Fakulty vojenského zdravotnictví Univerzity obrany (dále jen FVZ UO) v Hradci Králové jsou Katedrou organizace vojenského zdravotnictví a managementu (dále jen K-302) vyučované předměty "Příprava v poli III" a "Organizace a taktika zdravotnické služby". Tyto předměty navazují na výuku a výcvik studentů 1. a 2. ročníků v předmětu "Příprava v poli I a II", který je zaměřen na získání základních vševojskových dovedností, které by měl znát každý vojenský profesionál. Výuka a výcvik studentů 3. ročníků potom tyto dovednosti dále rozšiřují, zejména v oblasti zdravotnického zabezpečení bojových jednotek.