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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEnvironmental Science

Amazon forests did not green‐up during the 2005 drought

Arindam Samanta, Sangram Ganguly, Hirofumi Hashimoto et al. · 2010 · Geophysical Research Letters

The sensitivity of Amazon rainforests to dry‐season droughts is still poorly understood, with reports of enhanced tree mortality and forest fires on one hand, and excessive forest greening on the other. Here, we report that the previous…

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Negative / Null Result ReportBusiness, Management and Accounting

Capital Allocation and Timely Accounting Recognition of Economic Losses

Robert M. Bushman, Joseph D. Piotroski, Abbie J. Smith · 2011 · Journal of Business Finance &amp Accounting

Abstract: This paper explores direct relations between corporate investment behavior and the timeliness of accounting recognition of economic losses (TLR) reflected in a country's accounting regime. We explicitly investigate the extent to…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEngineering

Tuning Alginate Bioink Stiffness and Composition for Controlled Growth Factor Delivery and to Spatially Direct MSC Fate within Bioprinted Tissues

Fiona E. Freeman, Daniel J. Kelly · 2017 · Scientific Reports

Alginate is a commonly used bioink in 3D bioprinting. Matrix stiffness is a key determinant of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) differentiation, suggesting that modulation of alginate bioink mechanical properties represents a promising strategy to spatially regulate MSC fate within bioprinted tissues. In this study, we define a printability window for alginate of differing molecular weight (MW) by systematically varying the ratio of alginate to ionic crosslinker within the bioink. We demonstrate that the MW of such alginate bioinks, as well as the choice of ionic crosslinker, can be tuned to contro

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Negative / Null Result ReportBusiness, Management and Accounting

Generativity Tension and Value Creation in Platform Ecosystems

Carmelo Cennamo, Juan Santaló · 2019 · Organization Science

Platform-based technology ecosystems are new forms of organizing independent actors’ innovations around a stable product system. This collective organization is proving superior to traditional, vertically integrated systems in many sectors…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBusiness, Management and Accounting

Do organizations spend wisely on employees? Effects of training and development investments on learning and innovation in organizations

Sun Young Sung, Jin Nam Choi · 2013 · Journal of Organizational Behavior

The present study examines the effects of training and development on organizational innovation. We specifically suggest that the training and development investments of an organization affect its innovative performance by promoting…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPsychology

Initial psychological impact of COVID-19 and its correlates in Indian Community: An online (FEEL-COVID) survey

Mohit Varshney, Jithin Thomas Parel, Neeraj Raizada et al. · 2020 · PLoS ONE

BACKGROUND: The pandemic of Corona Virus (COVID-19) hit India recently; and the associated uncertainty is increasingly testing psychological resilience of the masses. When the global focus has mostly been on testing, finding a cure and preventing transmission; people are going through a myriad of psychological problems in adjusting to the current lifestyles and fear of the disease. Since there is a severe dearth of researches on this issue, we decided to conduct an online survey to evaluate its psychological impact. METHODS: From 26th to 29th March an online survey (FEEL-COVID) was conducted u

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Procalcitonin-guided interventions against infections to increase early appropriate antibiotics and improve survival in the intensive care unit: A randomized trial*

Jens‐Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, Lars Hein, Bettina Lundgren et al. · 2011 · Critical Care Medicine

OBJECTIVE: For patients in intensive care units, sepsis is a common and potentially deadly complication and prompt initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy improves prognosis. The objective of this trial was to determine whether a…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

The Relationship Between Diabetes Distress and Clinical Depression With Glycemic Control Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Lawrence Fisher, Russell E. Glasgow, Lisa A. Strycker · 2010 · Diabetes Care

OBJECTIVE: To clarify previous findings that diabetes distress is related to glycemic control and self-management whereas measures of depression are not, using both binary and continuous measures of depression. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Serum Urate Lowering with Allopurinol and Kidney Function in Type 1 Diabetes

Alessandro Doria, Andrzej T. Gałecki, Cathie Spino et al. · 2020 · New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND: Higher serum urate levels are associated with an increased risk of diabetic kidney disease. Lowering of the serum urate level with allopurinol may slow the decrease in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in persons with type 1…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

The Level of Marzano Higher Order Thinking Skillsamong Technical Education Students

Yee Mei Heong, Widad Othman, Jailani Yunos et al. · 2011 · International Journal of Social Science and Humanity

Higher order thinking skills is an important aspect in teaching and learning especially at higher education institutions. Thinking skills practices are part of the generic skills that should be infused in all technical subjects. Students…

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Negative / Null Result ReportEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Microcredit Impacts: Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco

Manuela Angelucci, Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman · 2015 · American Economic Journal Applied Economics

We use a clustered randomized trial, and over 16,000 household surveys, to estimate impacts at the community level from a group lending expansion at 110 percent APR by the largest microlender in Mexico. We find no evidence of…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEngineering

Ex-situ characterisation of gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Ahmad El-Kharouf, Thomas J. Mason, Dan J. L. Brett et al. · 2012 · Journal of Power Sources

This paper presents the first part of a complete ex-situ characterisation of a wide range of commercial Gas Diffusion Layers (GDLs) used in low temperature and high temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Physical and electrical characteristics of the GDLs are reported. The results show that the substrate structure has a significant effect on the mechanical and electrical properties of the GDL. Moreover, the Micro Porous Layer (MPL) structure determines the roughness of the surface, and affects the permeability and porosity of the GDL. It was found that the substrate treatment w

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Timing of Endoscopy for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

James Y. Lau, Yuanyuan Yu, Raymond S. Tang et al. · 2020 · New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND: It is recommended that patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding undergo endoscopy within 24 hours after gastroenterologic consultation. The role of endoscopy performed within time frames shorter than 24 hours has not…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAgricultural and Biological Sciences

Impact of transposable elements on genome structure and evolution in bread wheat

Thomas Wicker, Heidrun Gundlach, M. Spannagl et al. · 2018 · Genome biology

BACKGROUND: Transposable elements (TEs) are major components of large plant genomes and main drivers of genome evolution. The most recent assembly of hexaploid bread wheat recovered the highly repetitive TE space in an almost complete chromosomal context and enabled a detailed view into the dynamics of TEs in the A, B, and D subgenomes. RESULTS: The overall TE content is very similar between the A, B, and D subgenomes, although we find no evidence for bursts of TE amplification after the polyploidization events. Despite the near-complete turnover of TEs since the subgenome lineages diverged fr

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Negative / Null Result ReportEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Derivative Pricing with Liquidity Risk: Theory and Evidence from the Credit Default Swap Market

Dion Bongaerts, De Jong, FCJM, Driessen, JJAG · 2011 · EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

We derive an equilibrium asset pricing model incorporating liquidity risk, derivative assets, and short-selling due to hedging of non-traded risk. We show that, both for positive-net-supply assets and derivatives, the sign of liquidity…

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Negative / Null Result ReportBusiness, Management and Accounting

Open innovation: Are inbound and outbound knowledge flows really complementary?

Bruno Cassiman, Giovanni Valentini · 2015 · Strategic Management Journal

One novel implication of the open innovation paradigm is that inflows and outflows of knowledge are complementary. We argue that engaging simultaneously in buying and selling knowledge should allow firms to increase innovation outcomes. At…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

A false dichotomy? Mental illness and lone-actor terrorism.

Emily Corner, Paul Gill · 2014 · Law and Human Behavior

We test whether significant differences in mental illness exist in a matched sample of lone- and group-based terrorists. We then test whether there are distinct behavioral differences between lone-actor terrorists with and without mental…

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Negative / Null Result ReportNeuroscience

Intervention targeting development of socially synchronous engagement in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial

Rebecca Landa, Katherine C. Holman, Allison H. O’Neill et al. · 2010 · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: Social and communication impairments are core deficits and prognostic indicators of autism. We evaluated the impact of supplementing a comprehensive intervention with a curriculum targeting socially synchronous behavior on…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAgricultural and Biological Sciences

On the origin and evolutionary consequences of gene body DNA methylation

Adam J. Bewick, Lexiang Ji, Chad E. Niederhuth et al. · 2016 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

In plants, CG DNA methylation is prevalent in the transcribed regions of many constitutively expressed genes (gene body methylation; gbM), but the origin and function of gbM remain unknown. Here we report the discovery that Eutrema…

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Negative / Null Result ReportEarth and Planetary Sciences

Long‐term ozone trends at rural ozone monitoring sites across the United States, 1990–2010

Owen R. Cooper, R. S. Gao, D. W. Tarasick et al. · 2012 · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

This analysis provides an up‐to‐date assessment of long‐term (1990–2010) rural ozone trends using all available data in the western (12 sites) and eastern (41 sites) USA. Rather than focus solely on average ozone values or air quality…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Platelet-Rich Plasma Versus Autologous Whole Blood for the Treatment of Chronic Lateral Elbow Epicondylitis

C. Thanasas, George N. Papadimitriou, Charalambos Charalambidis et al. · 2011 · The American Journal of Sports Medicine

BACKGROUND: Chronic lateral elbow epicondylitis is a tendinosis with angiofibrolastic degeneration of the wrist extensors' origin. Healing of this lesion is reported with the use of autologous blood as well as with platelet-rich plasma…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAgricultural and Biological Sciences

Effect of salt stress on plant growth and metabolism of bean plant Vicia faba (L.)

A. M. S. A. Qados · 2011 · Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences

The effect of sodium chloride (NaCl) concentrations (0.0, 60, 120, 240 mM) on growth, osmotic potential, chlorophyll content, protein content of (Vicia faba L.) seedlings was investigated. NaCl caused an increase in plant height with low…

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Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

New graduate nurses’ experiences of bullying and burnout in hospital settings

Heather K. Spence Laschinger, Ashley L. Grau, Joan Finegan et al. · 2010 · Journal of Advanced Nursing

AIM: This paper is a report of a study conducted to test a model linking new graduate nurses' perceptions of structural empowerment to their experiences of workplace bullying and burnout in Canadian hospital work settings using Kanter's…

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