height is amongst the most delicate subjects of geodesy. thanks to the global navigation satellite systems (gnss) like gps or glonass, 3d point positioning of points, by geometrical positioning, since years ago has become a common practice. the height derived from these ways has a geometrical concept. in civil projects the physical concept of the height is more demanded. orthometric height, , i...

Fetal goiter was detected by routine ultrasound in early pregnancy, gestational week (GW) 18, in a 28-year-old woman with no thyroid history, normal thyroid hormone levels and no TSH receptor or thyroid peroxidase antibodies. An umbilical cord blood sample was drawn in GW 23. The analysis indicated fetal hypothyroidism with TSH >100 mU/l (reference value 6.8 ± 2.9, mean ± SD), fT4 3.8 pmol/l (r...