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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMathematics

Inferring variant-specific effective reproduction numbers from combined case and sequencing data

Marlin D Figgins, Trevor Bedford · 2026 · eLife

Accurately estimating relative transmission rates of SARS-CoV-2 variants remains a scientific and public health priority. Recent studies have used the sample proportions of different variants from genetic sequence data to describe variant frequency dynamics and relative transmission rates, but frequencies alone cannot capture the rich epidemiological behavior of SARS-CoV-2. Here, we extend methods for inferring the effective reproduction number of an epidemic using confirmed case data to jointly estimate variant-specific effective reproduction numbers and frequencies of co-circulating variants

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Very Early Administration of Progesterone Does Not Improve Neuropsychological Outcomes in Subjects with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Felicia C. Goldstein, Angela F. Caveney, Vicki Hertzberg et al. · 2016 · Journal of Neurotrauma

A Phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (ProTECT III) found that administration of progesterone did not reduce mortality or improve functional outcome as measured by the Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE) in subjects with…

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Negative / Null Result ReportPsychology

Investigating the Interplay of Chinese English as Foreign Language Learners' Growth Mindset, Enjoyment, Adaptability, and Engagement in AI ‐Mediated Informal Digital Learning of English

Yongliang Wang, Yumeng Guo · 2026 · Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

ABSTRACT Background The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has reshaped English as Foreign Language (EFL) instruction, offering new opportunities for language learning. While much of the existing research focuses on AI integration in…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

The role of financial inclusion and technological innovation in stimulating environmental sustainability in the European countries: A new perspective based on load capacity factor

Ahmed Samour, Riza Radmehr, Ernest Baba Ali et al. · 2024 · Heliyon

Given the alarming level of climate change, policymakers across the globe are seeking strategies to mitigate environmental pollution to achieve sustainable development. In this context, renewable energy and technological advancements have…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Stepwise dual antiplatelet therapy de-escalation in patients after drug coated balloon angioplasty (REC-CAGEFREE II): multicentre, randomised, open label, assessor blind, non-inferiority trial

Chao Gao, Bin Zhu, Fan Ouyang et al. · 2025 · BMJ

Abstract Objectives To investigate whether a less intense antiplatelet regimen could be used for people receiving drug coated balloons. Design Multicentre, randomised, open label, assessor blind, non-inferiority trial (REC-CAGEFREE II).…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Non-Stationarity in Time-Series Analysis: Modeling Stochastic and Deterministic Trends

Oisín Ryan, Jonas M B Haslbeck, Lourens Waldorp · 2025 · Multivariate Behavioral Research

Time series analysis is increasingly popular across scientific domains. A key concept in time series analysis is stationarity, the stability of statistical properties of a time series. Understanding stationarity is crucial to addressing frequent issues in time series analysis such as the consequences of failing to model non-stationarity, how to determine the mechanisms generating non-stationarity, and consequently how to model those mechanisms (i.e., by differencing or detrending). However, many empirical researchers have a limited understanding of stationarity, which can lead to the use of in

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science

Digital learning in schools: Which skills do teachers need, and who should bring their own devices?

Anne Lohr, Michael Sailer, Matthias Stadler et al. · 2024 · Teaching and Teacher Education

We investigated factors that are potentially associated with teaching and learning with digital technology, by replicating and extending Sailer, Murböck, and Fischer's (2021) study with a representative sample of 407 German secondary school teachers. In line with the replicated study, teachers' technology-related teaching skills were crucial for different forms of students' active learning, whereas the digital technology equipment available in a school was less important. School support was positively related to successful digital teaching and learning at schools. The success of Bring-Your-Own

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Significant association between TNFAIP3 inactivation and biased immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region 4‐34 usage in mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma

Sarah Moody, Leire Escudero‐Ibarz, Ming Wang et al. · 2017 · The Journal of Pathology

Both antigenic drive and genetic change play critical roles in the development of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, but neither alone is sufficient for malignant transformation, and lymphoma development critically depends…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Associations between social media use and cognitive abilities: Results from a large-scale study of adolescents

Stefan Stieger, Sabine Wunderl · 2022 · Computers in Human Behavior

In adolescence, smartphone use in general and social media use in particular has often been associated with negative effects, such as higher anxiety levels and body dissatisfaction. Other outcomes – such as fundamental cognitive abilities and skills (e.g., intelligence, information processing, spatial perception) – have rarely been the focus of research. Here, we analysed data from a large sample of adolescents (12–16 years; N > 12,000) who performed a series of psychometric tests ranging from intelligence, spatial perception, and information processing, to practical numeracy, and compared the

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Evaluation of a Computer-Tailored Healthy Ageing Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among Single Older Adults with a Chronic Disease

Janet M. Boekhout, Brenda Berendsen, Denise A. Peels et al. · 2018 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

This study explores the effectiveness of the Active Plus65 intervention designed to stimulate physical activity among single older adults with a chronic physical impairment. A quasi-experimental pre-test post-test study was performed. The intervention group (n = 411; mean age = 76.75; SD = 7.75) was assessed at baseline, three months, and six months. Data of comparable older adults who completed the original Active Plus intervention served as reference group (n = 87; mean age = 74.36; SD = 6.26). Multilevel regression analyses were applied: outcome measures were weekly minutes of moderate to v

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

ClpP-deletion impairs the virulence of Legionella pneumophila and the optimal translocation of effector proteins

Beibei Zhao, Xianghui Li, Yonglun Zeng et al. · 2016 · BMC Microbiology

BACKGROUND: The opportunistic bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila uses substrate effectors of Dot/Icm type IVB secretion system (T4BSS) to accomplish survival and replication in amoebae cells and mammalian alveolar macrophages. During the conversion between its highly resistant, infectious dormant form and vigorously growing, uninfectious replicative form, L. pneumophila utilizes a complicated regulatory network in which proteolysis may play a significant role. As a highly conserved core protease, ClpP is involved in various cellular processes as well as virulence in bacteria, and has be

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“We couldn’t think in the box if we tried. We can’t even find the damn box”: A qualitative study of the lived experiences of autistic adults and relatives of autistic adults

Tracy L. Finch, Joan Mackintosh, Alex Petrou et al. · 2022 · PLOS ONE

Autistic children grow to become autistic adults, and autism is increasingly diagnosed in adulthood and later life. This qualitative study aimed to understand experiences of autism throughout adulthood. A national cohort study of autistic…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Family-Based Association Analysis of Alcohol Dependence Criteria and Severity

Leah Wetherill, Manav Kapoor, Arpana Agrawal et al. · 2013 · Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

BACKGROUND: Despite the high heritability of alcohol dependence (AD), the genes found to be associated with it account for only a small proportion of its total variability. The goal of this study was to identify and analyze phenotypes…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Tetrahydrobiopterin Protects Against Hypertrophic Heart Disease Independent of Myocardial Nitric Oxide Synthase Coupling

Toru Hashimoto, Vidhya Sivakumaran, Ricardo Carnicer et al. · 2016 · Journal of the American Heart Association

BACKGROUND: Nitric oxide synthase uncoupling occurs under conditions of oxidative stress modifying the enzyme's function so it generates superoxide rather than nitric oxide. Nitric oxide synthase uncoupling occurs with chronic pressure…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Excess diacylglycerol at the endoplasmic reticulum disrupts endomembrane homeostasis and autophagy

Dan Li, Shu-Gao Yang, Cheng-Wen He et al. · 2020 · BMC Biology

BACKGROUND: When stressed, eukaryotic cells produce triacylglycerol (TAG) to store nutrients and mobilize autophagy to combat internal damage. We and others previously reported that in yeast, elimination of TAG synthesizing enzymes inhibits autophagy under nitrogen starvation, yet the underlying mechanism has remained elusive. RESULTS: Here, we show that disruption of TAG synthesis led to diacylglycerol (DAG) accumulation and its relocation from the vacuolar membrane to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We further show that, beyond autophagy, ER-accumulated DAG caused severe defects in the endom

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPsychology

When failure fails to be productive: probing the effectiveness of productive failure for learning beyond STEM domains

Valentina Nachtigall, Katja Serova, Nikol Rummel · 2020 · Instructional Science

Abstract The current work builds on research demonstrating the effectiveness of Productive Failure (PF) for learning. While the effectiveness of PF has been demonstrated for STEM learning, it has not yet been investigated whether PF is also beneficial for learning in non-STEM domains. Given this need to test PF for learning in domains other than mathematics or science, and the assumption that features embodied in a PF design are domain-independent, we investigated the effect of PF on learning social science research methods. We conducted two quasi-experimental studies with 212 and 152 10th gra

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessNeuroscience

Reproducibility of brain-cognition relationships using three cortical surface-based protocols: An exhaustive analysis based on cortical thickness

Kenia Martínez, Sarah K. Madsen, Anand A. Joshi et al. · 2015 · Human Brain Mapping

People differ in their cognitive functioning. This variability has been exhaustively examined at the behavioral, neural and genetic level to uncover the mechanisms by which some individuals are more cognitively efficient than others.…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Relationship of Stock Price and Monetary Variables of Asian Small Open Emerging Economy: Evidence from Thailand

Nararuk Boonyanam · 2014 · International Journal of Financial Research

Monetary variables contain information to forecast stock price is still controversial. This paper examines the relationship between stock price and monetary variables in Thailand which is an Asian small open emerging economy. Monetary variables are consumer price index, nominal bilateral exchange rate in term of bath per US dollar, narrow money, and 14 days repurchased rate, employing a multivariate cointegration, VECM, variance decomposition and impulse response analysis covering the period of January 1999 to December 2012 with 168 observations. The study found a long run relationship between

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science

Does affective touch influence the virtual reality full body illusion?

Jutta R. de Jong, Anouk Keizer, Manja M. Engel et al. · 2017 · Experimental Brain Research

The sense of how we experience our physical body as our own represents a fundamental component of human self-awareness. Body ownership can be studied with bodily illusions which are generated by inducing a visuo-tactile conflict where individuals experience illusionary ownership over a fake body or body part, such as a rubber hand. Previous studies showed that different types of touch modulate the strength of experienced ownership over a rubber hand. Specifically, participants experienced more ownership after the rubber hand illusion was induced through affective touch vs non-affective touch.

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Particulate ECM biomaterial ink is 3D printed and naturally crosslinked to form structurally-layered and lubricated cartilage tissue mimics

Jeanne E. Barthold, Kaitlin P. McCreery, Jaylene Martinez et al. · 2022 · Biofabrication

Abstract Articular cartilage is a layered tissue with a complex, heterogeneous structure and lubricated surface which is challenging to reproduce using traditional tissue engineering methods. Three-dimensional printing techniques have…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A Phase 2 clinical trial of PF-05212377 (SAM-760) in subjects with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease with existing neuropsychiatric symptoms on a stable daily dose of donepezil

Terence Fullerton, Brendon Binneman, William David et al. · 2018 · Alzheimer s Research & Therapy

Symptomatic benefits have been reported for 5-HT6 receptor antagonists in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) trials. SAM-760 is a potent and selective 5-HT6 receptor antagonist that has demonstrated central 5-HT6 receptor saturation in humans at a dose of 30 mg. This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicenter trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of SAM-760 30 mg once daily (QD) for 12 weeks in subjects with AD on a stable regimen of donepezil 5 to 10 mg QD. The study included an interim analysis with stopping rules for futility or efficacy after 180 subjects comp

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Unmasking the potential of the angiotensin AT 2 receptor as a therapeutic target in hypertension in men and women: What we know and what we still need to find out

Lucinda M Hilliard, Katrina M Mirabito, Kate M Denton · 2013 · Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Summary Major sex differences exist in the development and progression of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Prior to menopause, women have lower arterial pressure and, furthermore, are protected from hypertension and cardiovascular…

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