Objective(s): Appendicitis remains the most common condition in the pediatric population requiring emergency abdominal operation. Management of acute simple appendicitis is well described but controversy remains as to the optimal treatment of complicated appendicitis. Common complications of acute appendicitis include: localized peritonitis and abscess formation, flegmon and general perito...

Locally nuanced community-based shallow groundwater management interventions have proven important in saline and sodic monsoonal regions. A mixed methods approach characterizes achievement of regeneration the formerly degraded socio-ecological system Laporiya village semi-arid Salt Lake region Rajasthan state (India), with a focus on locally adapted chauka systems. Local people are key particip...

Presently a new accelerator complex is being planned at CERN, which will replaced the ageing Proton Synchrotron (PS). A high-power160 MeV H linac (Linac 4) will replace the present 50 MeV proton linac injector [1], a 5 GeV Superconducting Proton Linac (SPL) will replace the 1.4 GeV PS Booster (PSB) [2] and a 50 GeV synchrotron (PS 2) will replace the 26 GeV PS [3]. A tentative layout of the pla...

There has been a lot of interest in the use of randomisation tests as a pedagogic alternative to hypothesis tests (Zieffler, 2012), although proposals to use randomisation tests in research are far from new (e.g. Hooton, 1991) with Good (2000) being an updated classic text in this area. This article will present a classroom activity that demonstrates the randomisation tests as a means of unders...