Serious problems like persistent bedwetting, night terrors, apnea, and narcolepsy can be dangerous by themselves to a child's development, but more than this, these signs may indicate complex underlying physical, environmental, or psychological issues that extend beyond the child's sleep.
Despite terror alerts, persistent humidity and the seemingly inevitable weekend with scattered showers, it is the summer of the tourist in Manhattan.
Recent examples include rendition, alleged MI5 involvement in the torture of terror suspects, the persistent erosion of civil liberties, and the financial meltdown (where there was no government-led debate for 18 months).
Gage's piece, in satirical fashion, fully exploits the EO1's screen and body as sculptural piece or art object in commenting on the mass media's "persistent sensationalism surrounding violence and terror".
However, once psychotic experiences at age 12 were controlled for, the associations for persistent childhood nightmares and night terrors were attenuated and just failed to reach conventional levels of statistical significance.
A persistent concern in democracies is that terror threats make the public willing to restrict freedoms for increased safety.
Terror warnings have been persistent in Kenya in recent months, particularly after the assault on Westgate mall killed at least 67 people in September.
For those who experience significant or persistent psychological problems after witnessing a terror attack, there are treatments available such as Trauma-Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
The incoming president will face a litany of challenges, including threats of violence from emboldened Islamist terror group al Shabaab, persistent widespread corruption, and a fast-approaching famine.
