e-ISSN: Pending
Failure-mode index

Search what already failed

A searchable index of real negative results, null findings, and replication failures from the published literature — so you can learn what didn't work before repeating it.

WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record (title, authors, DOI) compiled from open scholarly databases, with the abstract shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed (e.g. Creative Commons); otherwise a short excerpt is shown for reference under fair use. WASTE classifies each work by failure type; classifications are automated and approximate.

21165 results · page 12 of 706

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31821e8791Cited by 358
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:…

View details →DOI: 10.2337/dc09-2175Cited by 357
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…

View details →DOI: 10.7763/ijssh.2011.v1.20Cited by 357
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1916624Cited by 357
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1257/app.20130537Cited by 356
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

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.06.099Cited by 356
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1912484Cited by 355
Negative / Null Result ReportEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Let’s Twist Again: A High-Frequency Event-Study Analysis of Operation Twist and Its Implications for QE2

Eric T. Swanson · 2011 · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

This paper undertakes a modern event-study analysis of Operation Twist and uses its estimated effects to assess what should be expected for the recent policy of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve, dubbed “QE2.” The paper first…

View details →DOI: 10.1353/eca.2011.0006Cited by 355
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01630.xCited by 354
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/smj.2375Cited by 354
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

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s13059-018-1479-0Cited by 354
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEnvironmental Science

Diversity, decoys and the dilution effect: how ecological communities affect disease risk

Pieter T. J. Johnson, David W. Thieltges · 2010 · Journal of Experimental Biology

Growing interest in ecology has recently focused on the hypothesis that community diversity can mediate infection levels and disease ('dilution effect'). In turn, biodiversity loss--a widespread consequence of environmental change--can…

View details →DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037721Cited by 353
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000102Cited by 353
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02288.xCited by 352
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1604666113Cited by 352
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1029/2012jd018261Cited by 352
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/0363546511417113Cited by 351
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jssas.2010.06.002Cited by 351
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…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05420.xCited by 350
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessNeuroscience

Sexual Dimorphism in the Fly Brain

Sebastian Cachero, Aaron D. Ostrovsky, Jai Y. Yu et al. · 2010 · Current Biology

BACKGROUND: Sex-specific behavior may originate from differences in brain structure or function. In Drosophila, the action of the male-specific isoform of fruitless in about 2000 neurons appears to be necessary and sufficient for many aspects of male courtship behavior. Initial work found limited evidence for anatomical dimorphism in these fru+ neurons. Subsequently, three discrete anatomical differences in central brain fru+ neurons have been reported, but the global organization of sex differences in wiring is unclear. RESULTS: A global search for structural differences in the Drosophila bra

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.07.045Cited by 349
Replication FailureOpen accessDecision Sciences

Data availability, reusability, and analytic reproducibility: evaluating the impact of a mandatory open data policy at the journal Cognition

Tom E Hardwicke, Maya B. Mathur, Kyle MacDonald et al. · 2018 · Royal Society Open Science

Access to data is a critical feature of an efficient, progressive and ultimately self-correcting scientific ecosystem. But the extent to which in-principle benefits of data sharing are realized in practice is unclear. Crucially, it is largely unknown whether published findings can be reproduced by repeating reported analyses upon shared data (‘analytic reproducibility’). To investigate this, we conducted an observational evaluation of a mandatory open data policy introduced at the journal Cognition . Interrupted time-series analyses indicated a substantial post-policy increase in data availabl

View details →DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180448Cited by 349
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Gluconeogenic carbon flow of tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates is critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to establish and maintain infection

Joeli Marrero, Kyu Y. Rhee, Dirk Schnappinger et al. · 2010 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Metabolic adaptation to the host niche is a defining feature of the pathogenicity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). In vitro, Mtb is able to grow on a variety of carbon sources, but mounting evidence has implicated fatty acids as the…

View details →DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000715107Cited by 349
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPhysics and Astronomy

Higher Moments of Net Proton Multiplicity Distributions at RHIC

M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, A. V. Alakhverdyants et al. · 2010 · Physical Review Letters

We report the first measurements of the kurtosis ($\ensuremath{\kappa}$), skewness ($S$), and variance (${\ensuremath{\sigma}}^{2}$) of net-proton multiplicity (${N}_{p}\ensuremath{-}{N}_{\overline{p}}$) distributions at midrapidity for…

View details →DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.022302Cited by 349
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBusiness, Management and Accounting

Customer co‐creation in service innovation: a matter of communication?

Anders Gustafsson, Per Kristensson, Lars Witell · 2012 · Journal of service management

Purpose Customer co‐creation is becoming increasingly popular among companies, and intensive communication with customers is generally seen as a determinant of the success of a new service or product. The purpose of this study is to…

View details →DOI: 10.1108/09564231211248426Cited by 349
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessDecision Sciences

Questionable research practices in ecology and evolution

Hannah Fraser, Timothy Parker, Shinichi Nakagawa et al. · 2018 · PLoS ONE

We surveyed 807 researchers (494 ecologists and 313 evolutionary biologists) about their use of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs), including cherry picking statistically significant results, p hacking, and hypothesising after the results are known (HARKing). We also asked them to estimate the proportion of their colleagues that use each of these QRPs. Several of the QRPs were prevalent within the ecology and evolution research community. Across the two groups, we found 64% of surveyed researchers reported they had at least once failed to report results because they were not statistically

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200303Cited by 349
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genomic BLUP Decoded: A Look into the Black Box of Genomic Prediction

David Habier, Rohan L. Fernando, Dorian J. Garrick · 2013 · Genetics

Genomic best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) is a statistical method that uses relationships between individuals calculated from single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to capture relationships at quantitative trait loci (QTL). We show…

View details →DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.152207Cited by 349
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

A survey on the attitudes towards research in medical school

D. Robert Siemens, Sanoj Punnen, James M.W. Wong et al. · 2010 · BMC Medical Education

BACKGROUND: An observed decrease of physician scientists in medical practice has generated much recent interest in increasing the exposure of research programs in medical school. The aim of this study was to review the experience and attitudes regarding research by medical students in Canada. METHODS: An anonymous, cross-sectional, self-report questionnaire was administered to second and fourth year students in three medical schools in Ontario between February and May of 2005. Questions were primarily closed-ended and consisted of Likert scales. Descriptive and correlative statistics were used

View details →DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-4Cited by 348
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPhysics and Astronomy

Kinematics in Young Star Clusters and Associations with Gaia DR2

Michael A. Kuhn, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Alison Sills et al. · 2019 · The Astrophysical Journal

Abstract The Gaia mission has opened a new window into the internal kinematics of young star clusters at the sub-km s −1 level, with implications for our understanding of how star clusters form and evolve. We use a sample of 28 clusters…

View details →DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaef8cCited by 347
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

The Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial: 3-year results

Robert F. Spetzler, Cameron G. McDougall, Felipe C Albuquerque et al. · 2013 · Journal of neurosurgery

OBJECT: The authors report the 3-year results of the Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial (BRAT). The objective of this ongoing randomized trial is to compare the safety and efficacy of microsurgical clip occlusion and endovascular coil…

View details →DOI: 10.3171/2013.3.jns12683Cited by 347