In hierarchical-design experiments researchers need to test for nested effects, but sometimes parametric assumptions are violated. We show that the Kruskal-Wallis (K-W) rank test can be extended to test for such effects. Let B = b1 . . . bh be the tested effect, and A = a1 . . . ag be the effect immediately above it in the hierarchy. If one calculates separate K-W statistics for the effect B at...

Throughout the world, property taxes are commonly employed as main source of locally generated revenue. In Bangalore, collected under New SAS. When SAS was introduced in there lot transparency and payment tax made easy. However, whether owners aware SAS, perceive process similar, accept taxation policies without any differences, a study undertaken.

A workshop in environmental sustainability was organized to develop the skills and competencies mitigating climate change, adapting risk management, managing waste, sustainable human settlements using transport, developing of reducing CO2 emissions, conserving energy ecosystem, & educating people. The study aimed compare current opinion participants sustainability. After a short notification pr...

BACKGROUND The development of a mouse model as an in vivo pathogenicity screening tool for Brachyspira spp. has advanced the study of these economically important pathogens in recent years. However, none of the murine models published to date have been used to characterize the clinical signs of disease in mice, instead focusing on pathology following oral inoculation with various Brachyspira sp...

This paper uses simulation to explore the performance of a two-stage procedure where a preliminary Shapiro-Wilk test is used to choose between the ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests as a three-sample location test. The results suggest that the two-stage procedure actually seems to be preferable when conducting such location tests.

Brain metastasis from breast cancer is an increasingly important clinical problem. Here we assessed the role of CD44/CD24 cells and pathways that regulate them, in an experimental model of brain metastasis. Notch signaling (mediated by g-secretase) has been shown to contribute to maintenance of the cancer stem cell (CSC) phenotype. Cells sorted for a reduced stem-like phenotype had a reduced ab...