Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

Beyond Mechanical Recycling: Giving New Life to Plastic Waste

Abstract Increasing the stream of recycled plastic necessitates an approach beyond the traditional recycling via melting and re‐extrusion. Various chemical recycling processes h...

Evolution of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of air pollutants at global and regional scales during the 1980–2010 period

A 1°×1° resolution data set of historical anthropogenic trace gas emissions for the period 1890–1990

An anthropogenic emissions data set has been constructed for CO 2 , CO, CH 4 , nonmethane volatile organic compounds, SO 2 , NO x , N 2 O, and NH 3 spanning the period 1890–1990...

Construction of the World Health Organization child growth standards: selection of methods for attained growth curves

The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with a number of research institutions worldwide, is developing new child growth standards. As part of a broad consultative...

Judging risks and benefits in the small and in the large