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    Udarbejdelse af en spansk-dansk juridisk ordbog: overvejelser og løsninger

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    Hydraulic Performance of Lined Permeable Pavement Systems in the Built Environment

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    The hydraulic performance of permeable pavement (PP) systems has been well demonstrated when based on full or partial on-site infiltration, while there is only limited research on lined PP systems built to provide detention and volume reduction by evaporation only. In this study, we tested the performance of commercially available PP components when constructed as lined PP systems with un-throttled discharge to explore basic hydraulic function in a real-life-setting. Four types of PP surface products and three types of sub-base aggregates were tested in six unique combinations, built as side-by-side parking lots into an existing parking area, each stall having a size of 25 m2 and 0.5 m of depth with individual lining. Based on 12 months of monitoring precipitation and discharge from each stall, total volume reduction ranged from 3% to 37%. Analysis of up to 22 single events, representing return periods of up to two years, revealed marked detention capacities, expressed as median volume reduction of 40%, spanning 27–69% and median lag time of 1:38 h, spanning 0:39–3:16 h, across all stalls. The considerable range in hydraulic properties can be ascribed to both surface and sub-base properties

    A genome-wide association study of thyroid stimulating hormone and free thyroxine in Danish children and adolescents

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    <div><p>Background</p><p>Hypothyroidism is associated with obesity, and thyroid hormones are involved in the regulation of body composition, including fat mass. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in adults have identified 19 and 6 loci associated with plasma concentrations of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (fT4), respectively.</p><p>Objective</p><p>This study aimed to identify and characterize genetic variants associated with circulating TSH and fT4 in Danish children and adolescents and to examine whether these variants associate with obesity.</p><p>Methods</p><p>Genome-wide association analyses of imputed genotype data with fasting plasma concentrations of TSH and fT4 from a population-based sample of Danish children, adolescents, and young adults, and a group of children, adolescents, and young adults with overweight and obesity were performed (N = 1,764, mean age = 12.0 years [range 2.5−24.7]). Replication was performed in additional comparable samples (N = 2,097, mean age = 11.8 years [1.2−22.8]). Meta-analyses, using linear additive fixed-effect models, were performed on the results of the discovery and replication analyses.</p><p>Results</p><p>No novel loci associated with TSH or fT4 were identified. Four loci previously associated with TSH in adults were confirmed in this study population (<i>PDE10A</i> (rs2983511: <i>β</i> = 0.112<i>SD</i>, <i>p</i> = 4.8 ∙ 10<sup>−16</sup>), <i>FOXE1</i> (rs7847663: <i>β</i> = 0.223<i>SD</i>, <i>p</i> = 1.5 ∙ 10<sup>−20</sup>), <i>NR3C2</i> (rs9968300: <i>β</i> = 0.194<i>SD</i>), <i>p</i> = 2.4 ∙ 10<sup>−11</sup>), <i>VEGFA (</i>rs2396083: <i>β</i> = 0.088<i>SD</i>, <i>p</i> = 2.2 ∙ 10<sup>−10</sup>)). Effect sizes of variants known to associate with TSH or fT4 in adults showed a similar direction of effect in our cohort of children and adolescents, 11 of which were associated with TSH or fT4 in our study (<i>p</i><0.0002). None of the TSH or fT4 associated SNPs were associated with obesity in our cohort, indicating no pleiotropic effects of these variants on obesity.</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>In a group of Danish children and adolescents, four loci previously associated with plasma TSH concentrations in adults, were associated with plasma TSH concentrations in children, suggesting comparable genetic determinants of thyroid function in adults and children.</p></div
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