Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a life-long complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI) [3]. PTE and post-traumatic seizures (PTS) have both been used to describe seizures occurring after head trauma that are believed to be causally related to the trauma itself [3].
The Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale is a categorical classification of hurricanes based on their wind speed, used by the U.S. government's National Hurricane Center. To qualify as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane intensity scale, maximum sustained winds must exceed 155 mph (135 kt).
Their new Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, or NESIS, is being published this week in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Only post-blizzard for now The ratings are designed to assess the impact of a storm after it is over, the way the Fujita scale is used to rate tornadoes. Kocin said he can foresee a day when it might be possible to develop the blizzard scale for use in warning of coming events the way the Saffir-Simpson scale is used with hurricanes.