Identification of interictal epileptiform activity (IEA), seizures and the specific EEG patterns that accompany epilepsy syndromes remains an electroencephalographer’s most critical task. Fortunately, IEA and seizures are also often easily distinguished and stand out in sharp contrast from background EEG frequencies. This chapter will focus on providing practical guidance in recognizing these p...

The International Energy Agency (IEA), an autonomous agency, was established in November 1974. Its primary mandate was – and is – twofold: to promote energy security amongst its member countries through collective response to physical disruptions in oil supply, and provide authoritative research and analysis on ways to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 28 member countries and...

Willem Johan Pelgrum (Netherlands). Senior Researcher at the Centre for Applied Educational Research (University of Twente, Netherlands). Since 1987, International Co-ordinator of the IEA Computers in Education Study; was national project coordinator for the IEA Second International Mathematics Study and Second International Science Study (1980-85). Co-author of several published studies on the...