The handbook provides a broad overview of the Joint Research Centre's (JRC) science-for-policy capabilities to help national governments and institutions achieve their goals on a sound evidence basis. Services are presented both in a thematic section covering different policy areas, and in a hor...
This report describes the production of ERM-DA474/IFCC, a human serum material certified for C-reactive protein mass concentration. The material has been produced following ISO Guide 34:2009 [1]. Serum was produced from blood collected in 4 blood collection centres according to a procedure ensur...
The document presents the methodology elaborated by JRC within the framework of its participation to the work of the Smart Grids Task Force, Expert Group on Smart Grid Infrastructure Deployment (Expert Group 4). The then adopted Regulation 347/2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrast...
The report describes the findings of a workshop that was held at the Institute for Energy and Transport (JRC) in Petten Netherlands, on the topic “Gap analysis of CFD modelling of hydrogen release and combustion”. The main topic was divided in 6 sub-topics: release and dispersion, auto-ignition,...
Ecosystem services are the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems, such as food provisioning, water regulating and provisioning, soil productivity, and use of natural areas for recreation. The current challenge is to mainstream ecosystem services into policies and practices in order to ensu...
