Definition: A disorder in which the child, having previously made normal progress in language development, loses both receptive and expressive language skills but retains general intelligence; the onset of the disorder is accompanied by paroxysmal abnormalities on the EEG, and in the majority of cases also by epileptic seizures. Usually the onset is between the ages of three and seven years, with skills being lost over days or weeks. The temporal association between the onset of seizures and loss of language is variable, with one preceding the other (either way round) by a few months to two years. An inflammatory encephalitic process ha ...[+++]s been suggested as a possible cause of this disorder. About two-thirds of patients are left with a more or less severe receptive language deficit.

calving interval | intercalving period

calving interval | intercalving period

forbidden energy gap | energy gap | eg | band gap | bandgap | energy gap between two bands

mean time between errors | MTBE

time between overhauls [ TBO | time since last overhaul ]

achieved overhaul life

Flood management and prevention is at the heart of the Imprints project which has developed an early warning platform to cut responses to flash floods down to about two hours, and even less – potentially giving people more time to get out of harm’s way.

The performance of Member States should be evaluated, inter alia, based on average reply times with the aim of ensuring rapid replies of good quality.

The period means time between two port calls or time within a port.

The period includes time between two port calls or time within a port.