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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Value of Age, Creatinine, and Ejection Fraction (ACEF Score) in Assessing Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in the ‘All-Comers' LEADERS Trial

Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, Scot Garg, Yoshinobu Onuma et al. · 2011 · Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions

BACKGROUND: The age, creatinine, and ejection fraction (ACEF) score (age/left ventricular ejection fraction+1 if creatinine >2.0 mg/dL) has been established as an effective predictor of clinical outcomes in patients undergoing elective…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The Patient Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (P-SCCAI) can detect ulcerative colitis (UC) disease activity in remission: A comparison of the P-SCCAI with clinician-based SCCAI and biological markers

Floor Bennebroek Evertsz, Pythia T. Nieuwkerk, Pieter Stokkers et al. · 2012 · Journal of Crohn s and Colitis

AIM: To develop a patient-based Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (P-SCCAI) of ulcerative colitis (UC) activity and to compare it with the clinician-based SCCAI, C-reactive protein (CRP) and Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) of UC…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBusiness, Management and Accounting

Does Socially Responsible Investing Change Firm Behavior?

Davidson Heath, Daniele Macciocchi, Roni Michaely et al. · 2023 · European Finance Review

Abstract Using micro-level data, we examine the behavior of socially responsible investment (SRI) funds. SRI funds select firms with lower pollution, more board diversity, higher employee satisfaction, and better workplace safety. Yet,…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

COVID-19 in patients with hematologic malignancy

Petra Langerbeins, Michael Hallek · 2022 · Blood

The coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) shows a remarkable symptomatic heterogeneity. Several risk factors including advanced age, previous illnesses, and a compromised immune system contribute to an unfavorable outcome. In patients…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Ten-year follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial comparing left thoracoabdominal and abdominal transhiatal approaches to total gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction or gastric cardia

Yukinori Kurokawa, Mitsuru Sasako, Takeshi Sano et al. · 2015 · British journal of surgery

BACKGROUND: The optimal surgical approach for treatment of oesophagogastric junction (OGJ) cancer is controversial. A randomized clinical trial (JCOG9502) comparing transhiatal (TH) and left thoracoabdominal (LTA) approaches was stopped…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessPhysics and Astronomy

Absence of local moments in the kagome metal KV 3 Sb 5 as determined by muon spin spectroscopy

Eric M Kenney, Brenden R Ortiz, Chennan Wang et al. · 2021 · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Abstract We have carried out muon spin relaxation and rotation measurements on the newly discovered kagome metal KV 3 Sb 5 , and find a local field dominated by weak magnetic disorder which we associate with the nuclear moments present,…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Efficacy and tolerability of adjunctive brivaracetam in adults with uncontrolled partial‐onset seizures: A phase IIb, randomized, controlled trial

Wim Van Paesschen, Édouard Hirsch, Martin Johnson et al. · 2012 · Epilepsia

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of adjunctive brivaracetam (BRV), a novel high-affinity synaptic vesicle protein 2A ligand that also displays inhibitory activity at neuronal voltage-dependent sodium channels, in adult…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effect of Vocimagene Amiretrorepvec in Combination With Flucytosine vs Standard of Care on Survival Following Tumor Resection in Patients With Recurrent High-Grade Glioma

Timothy F. Cloughesy, Kevin Petrecca, Tobias Walbert et al. · 2020 · JAMA Oncology

Importance: New treatments are needed to improve the prognosis of patients with recurrent high-grade glioma. Objective: To compare overall survival for patients receiving tumor resection followed by vocimagene amiretrorepvec (Toca 511)…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genes That Escape X-Inactivation in Humans Have High Intraspecific Variability in Expression, Are Associated with Mental Impairment but Are Not Slow Evolving

Yuchao Zhang, Atahualpa Castillo-Morales, Min Jiang et al. · 2013 · Molecular Biology and Evolution

In female mammals most X-linked genes are subject to X-inactivation. However, in humans some X-linked genes escape silencing, these escapees being candidates for the phenotypic aberrations seen in polyX karyotypes. These escape genes have…

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Negative / Null Result ReportPsychology

The impact of betrayal trauma on the tendency to trust.

Robyn L. Gobin, Jennifer J. Freyd · 2013 · Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy

Early experiences of violation perpetrated by close others, or betrayal traumas, may interfere with developing social capacities, including the ability to make healthy decisions about whom to trust. Betrayal trauma theory posits that…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPsychology

Facial First Impressions Across Culture: Data-Driven Modeling of Chinese and British Perceivers’ Unconstrained Facial Impressions

Clare Sutherland, Xizi Liu, Lingshan Zhang et al. · 2017 · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

People form first impressions from facial appearance rapidly, and these impressions can have considerable social and economic consequences. Three dimensions can explain Western perceivers' impressions of Caucasian faces: approachability,…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessImmunology and Microbiology

Re-analysis of health and educational impacts of a school-based deworming programme in western Kenya: a pure replication

Alexander M. Aiken, Calum Davey, James Hargreaves et al. · 2015 · International Journal of Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: Helminth (worm) infections cause morbidity among poor communities worldwide. An influential study conducted in Kenya in 1998-99 reported that a school-based drug-and-educational intervention had benefits regarding worm…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

The problem with autocracy promotion

Oisín Tansey · 2015 · Democratization

Recent scholarship has increasingly focused on the international dimensions of authoritarian rule, and the idea of autocracy promotion has gained considerable academic currency. While the literature on autocracy promotion has identified…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

The CCTG PA.7 phase II trial of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel with or without durvalumab and tremelimumab as initial therapy in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Daniel J. Renouf, Jonathan M. Loree, Jennifer J. Knox et al. · 2022 · Nature Communications

Immunotherapy-based monotherapy treatment in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) has shown limited benefit outside of the mismatch repair deficiency setting, while safety and efficacy of combining dual-checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy with chemotherapy remains uncertain. Here, we present results from the CCTG PA.7 study (NCT02879318), a randomized phase II trial comparing gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel with and without immune checkpoint inhibitors durvalumab and tremelimumab in 180 patients with mPDAC. The primary endpoint was overall survival. Secondary endpoints included pr

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Depletion of Tumor-Associated Macrophages with a CSF-1R Kinase Inhibitor Enhances Antitumor Immunity and Survival Induced by DC Immunotherapy

Floris Dammeijer, Lysanne A. Lievense, Margaretha E. Kaijen-Lambers et al. · 2017 · Cancer Immunology Research

Abstract New immunotherapeutic strategies are needed to induce effective antitumor immunity in all cancer patients. Malignant mesothelioma is characterized by a poor prognosis and resistance to conventional therapies. Infiltration of…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPsychology

Group-based treatment for internalized stigma among persons with severe mental illness: Findings from a randomized controlled trial.

Philip T. Yanos, David Roe, Michelle L. West et al. · 2012 · Psychological Services

Elevated internalized stigma is common and is linked to subjective and objective outcomes for severe mental illness. The authors developed a manualized group-based intervention (Narrative Enhancement/Cognitive Therapy; NECT) to address…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBusiness, Management and Accounting

How anticipated employee mobility affects acquisition likelihood: Evidence from a natural experiment

Kenneth Younge, Tony W. Tong, Lee Fleming · 2014 · Strategic Management Journal

This study draws on strategic factor market theory and argues that acquirers' decisions regarding whether to bid for a firm reflect their expectations about employee departure from the firm post‐acquisition, suggesting a negative…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effects of Cinacalcet on Atherosclerotic and Nonatherosclerotic Cardiovascular Events in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: The EValuation Of Cinacalcet HCl Therapy to Lower CardioVascular Events (EVOLVE) Trial

David C. Wheeler, Gérard M. London, Patrick S. Parfrey et al. · 2014 · Journal of the American Heart Association

BACKGROUND: Premature cardiovascular disease limits the duration and quality of life on long-term hemodialysis. The objective of this study was to define the frequency of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events attributable to…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessHealth Professions

Changes in Hospital Quality Associated with Hospital Value-Based Purchasing

Andrew M. Ryan, Sam Krinsky, Kristin A. Maurer et al. · 2017 · New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND: Starting in fiscal year 2013, the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program introduced quality performance-based adjustments of up to 1% to Medicare reimbursements for acute care hospitals. METHODS: We evaluated whether…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessNeuroscience

Behavioural response of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to host plant volatiles and synthetic blends

Vincent O. Nyasembe, Peter E. A. Teal, Wolfgang R Mukabana et al. · 2012 · Parasites & Vectors

BACKGROUND: Sugar feeding is critical for survival of malaria vectors and, although discriminative plant feeding previously has been shown to occur in Anopheles gambiae s.s., little is known about the cues mediating attraction to these plants. In this study, we investigated the role of olfaction in An. gambiae discriminative feeding behaviour. METHODS: Dual choice olfactometer assays were used to study odour discrimination by An. gambiae to three suspected host plants: Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae), Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) and Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae). Sugar content of the t

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Employment Protection Legislation, Multinational Firms, and Innovation

Rachel Griffith, Gareth Macartney · 2013 · The Review of Economics and Statistics

Abstract The theoretical effects of labor regulations, such as employment protection legislation (EPL), on innovation is ambiguous. EPL increases job security, and the greater enforceability of job contracts may increase worker investment…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Comparison of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells From Different Origins for the Treatment of Graft-vs.-Host-Disease in a Humanized Mouse Model

Céline Grégoire, Caroline Ritacco, Muriel Hannon et al. · 2019 · Frontiers in Immunology

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have potent immunomodulatory properties that make them an attractive tool against graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). However, despite promising results in phase I/II studies, bone marrow (BM-) derived MSCs failed to demonstrate their superiority over placebo in the sole phase III trial reported thus far. MSCs from different tissue origins display different characteristics, but their therapeutic benefits have never been directly compared in GVHD. Here, we compared the impact of BM-, umbilical cord (UC-), and adipose-tissue (AT-) derived MSCs on T-cell function in

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Exercise, inflammation, and fatigue in cancer survivors

Emily C. LaVoy, Christopher P. Fagundes, Robert Dantzer · 2026 · PubMed

Cancer-related fatigue significantly disrupts normal functioning and quality of life for a substantial portion of cancer survivors, and may persist for years following cancer treatment. While the causes of persistent fatigue among cancer…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Utilization of COVID-19 Treatments and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with Cancer: A COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) Cohort Study

Donna R. Rivera, Solange Peters, Orestis A. Panagiotou et al. · 2020 · Cancer Discovery

Abstract Among 2,186 U.S. adults with invasive cancer and laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, we examined the association of COVID-19 treatments with 30-day all-cause mortality and factors associated with treatment. Logistic…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Impact of homologous recombination deficiency biomarkers on outcomes in patients with triple-negative breast cancer treated with adjuvant doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (SWOG S9313)

Priyanka Sharma, William E. Barlow, Andrew K. Godwin et al. · 2017 · Annals of Oncology

Background: Homologous recombination deficiency (HRD)-causing alterations have been reported in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). We hypothesized that TNBCs with HRD alterations might be more sensitive to anthracycline plus…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Speculators, Prices, and Market Volatility

Celso Brunetti, Bahattin Büyükşahin, Jeffrey H. Harris · 2016 · Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

We use data from 2005–2009 that uniquely identify categories of traders to test how speculators such as hedge funds and swap dealers relate to volatility and price changes. In examining various subperiods where price trends are strong, we…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Evolutionary Dynamics of Vibrio cholerae O1 following a Single-Source Introduction to Haiti

Lee S. Katz, Aaron Petkau, John Beaulaurier et al. · 2013 · mBio

UNLABELLED: Prior to the epidemic that emerged in Haiti in October of 2010, cholera had not been documented in this country. After its introduction, a strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 spread rapidly throughout Haiti, where it caused over 600,000 cases of disease and >7,500 deaths in the first two years of the epidemic. We applied whole-genome sequencing to a temporal series of V. cholerae isolates from Haiti to gain insight into the mode and tempo of evolution in this isolated population of V. cholerae O1. Phylogenetic and Bayesian analyses supported the hypothesis that all isolates in the sample

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