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Green Infrastructure (GI) is defined as a network of high quality green spaces and other environmental features. GI includes natural and semi-natural areas, features and green spaces...

This paper introduces a modeling approach for the assessment of policy options within the forest-based bioeconomy. The feedback between the forestry dynamics model and the economic model of the global forest-based sector...

Taking a European Union focus, this paper empirically focuses on the role of biomass for achieving a sustainable model of growth. To this end, an advanced multi-region multi-sector economic modelling approach...

Background Dyslipidemias are common in HIV-infected children, especially if treated with protease-inhibitors, but there are data on how to treat dyslipidemias in this population. We estimated the dislypidemia...

In order to achieve the EU 20% reduction on primary energy consumption target by 2020, a change in consumer behaviour and energy consumption practices is needed. Following this principle, article...

There is an urgent migrant crisis in much of Europe, fueled by conflict in the Middle East. With a rise of seaborne migration from Turkey to Greece and Italy, there is a need to save lives...

The main purpose of this technical brief is to investigate the comparability between two early childhood education and care indicators currently used by the European Commission – namely the Barcelona...

Consumers have the right to know what is in the food they are eating. Accordingly, European and global food regulations require that the provenance of the food can be guaranteed...

Empirical evidence suggests that obese people are discriminated in different social environments, such as the work place. Yet, the degree to which obese people are internalizing...

This chapter gives an overview of common approaches to sensitivity analysis, with an emphasis on sampling methods. It covers variance-based sensitivity indices, Monte Carlo methods for estimating sensitivity...