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.
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Yibin Xu, Yangyu Huang · 2019 · Security and Communication Networks
Blockchain mining should not be a game among power oligarchs. In this paper, we present the Multiple Winners Proof of Work Protocol (MWPoW), a mining-pool-like decentralised blockchain consensus protocol. MWPoW enables disadvantaged nodes…
Omar N. A. Demerdash, Amanda Buyan, Julie C Mitchell · 2010 · Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics
Abstract We present a computationally efficient method for flexible refinement of docking predictions that reflects observed motions within a protein's structural class. Using structural homologs, we derive deformation models that capture…
Susan M. Robertson, Shawn R. McGrath, Samuel Scarlett et al. · 2022 · Animal Production Science
Context Clinical deficiencies of calcium and magnesium may result in the metabolic disorders hypocalcaemia and hypomagnesaemia, resulting in ewe and lamb mortality. However, the contribution of subclinical deficiencies to perinatal lamb…
Mehmet K. Aktas, Wojciech Zareba, Javed Butler et al. · 2022 · Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
Abstract Background Patients with heart failure (HF) represent a large population of patients who are at high risk for complications related to undiagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF). However, currently there are limited modalities available…
Naoko Witzel · 2019 · Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
This study examines whether synonyms are represented similarly to translation equivalents in the bilingual mind. In particular, this study investigated whether there is masked synonym priming such that it will simulate masked translation…
Caio SM Motoyama, Mônica JS Pinto, Fabio S Lira et al. · 2010 · Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Abstract Introduction The increased intake of dietary fructose can be associated with alterations on energy homeostasis and lipid/carbohydrate metabolism, such as insulin resistance and dislipidemia. On the other hand, the ingestion of…
Tzuan A. Chen, Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ezemenari M. Obasi et al. · 2021 · Nutrients
Nutrition assistance programs such as school meals and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are designed to provide a safety net for the dietary intake of children from low-income families. However, compared with eligible…
Shuaiwen Wang, Haolei Weng, Arian Maleki · 2021 · Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA
Abstract A recently proposed SLOPE estimator [6] has been shown to adaptively achieve the minimax $\ell _2$ estimation rate under high-dimensional sparse linear regression models [25]. Such minimax optimality holds in the regime where the…
Tianxing Pang, Jianping Peng, Ruiling Bian et al. · 2022 · Biology
RNA silencing is a host innate antiviral mechanism which acts via the synthesis of viral-derived small interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs). We have previously reported the infection of phytopathogenic fungi by plant viruses such as cucumber mosaic…
Debankur Sanyal, Avik Mukherjee, Amin Rahhal et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in Soil Science
Introduction Cover crop (CC) is an essential tool to improve or maintain soil health, potentially improving cash crop productivity. Several recent reports of cash crop yield reduction following cover cropping necessitated this research to…
Kerry A. Rogers, Jennifer A. Woyach · 2024 · Hematology
Abstract Frontline therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has substantially advanced in the previous decade. While monotherapy with a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor is an excellent option for many patients, combination…
Elizabeth Reifsnider, Cha‐Nam Shin, Michael Todd et al. · 2016 · Research in Nursing & Health
Abstract Growth stunting is a complex phenomenon related to undernutrition that can contribute to developmental delay, cognitive deficits, and small size and obesity in adulthood. Stunted growth, defined as height for age below the 5th…
Neng Shen, Jing Zhang, Yangchun Cao · 2024 · Business Process Management Journal
Purpose In the context of open innovation, more and more enterprises are leveraging innovation networks to drive disruptive innovation performance, but there is no consensus on the relationship between network embeddedness and enterprise…
D. Gary Harlow · 2023 · Metals
It has been known for at least 150 years that fatigue life data exhibits a considerable amount of variability. Furthermore, statistically modeling fatigue life adequately is challenging. Different empirical approaches have been used, each…
Tammas F. Loughran, Sarah E. Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, Lisa V. Alexander et al. · 2017 · Geophysical Research Letters
Abstract The influence of two El Niño types on the frequency of summer heat wave days in Australia is investigated using both observations and an atmospheric climate model. The two basic spatial variants of El Niño are the traditional…
Hendrik CC de Jonge, Jacqueline Lagendijk, Unnati Saha et al. · 2019 · BMJ Open
Objectives To study the effect of an urban perinatal health programme in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on perinatal outcomes. Design A retrospective cohort study with difference-in-differences analysis using individual-level perinatal…
Shova Mishra, Peter DiGennaro · 2020 · Journal of Nematology
Abstract Root-knot nematodes (RKN; Meloidogyne spp.) are obligate plant parasites that require constant communication with their host to establish and maintain specialized feeding cells. The intimacy of this interaction likely requires…
Seunghyup Lee, Mingee Choi, Dahyun Kim et al. · 2022 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This study examined the temporal trend of smoking use and the prevalent differences in the use of different types of cigarettes for Korean adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Korea, all use of e-cigarettes, including…
Kendall K. Mills, Kyndall P. B. Hildebrandt, Kathryn M. Everson et al. · 2024 · Scientific Reports
Abstract Pacific Walruses ( Odobenus rosmarus divergens [Illiger 1815]) are gregarious marine mammals considered to be sentinels of the Arctic because of their dependence on sea ice for feeding, molting, and parturition. Like many other…
Simon Condliffe, Matt B. Saboe, Sabrina Terrizzi · 2017 · Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of the recent Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Dependent Mandate (DM) that requires health insurers to extend dependent coverage to the children of their insured, up to age 26. The DM…
B. V. Senthil Kumar, Khalifa Al-Shaqsi, Hemen Dutta · 2020 · Advances in Difference Equations
Abstract The aim of this present article is to investigate various classical stability results of the multiplicative inverse difference and adjoint functional equations $$ m_{d} \biggl(\frac{rs}{r+s} \biggr)-m_{d} \biggl( \frac{2rs}{r+s}…
Bukola Usidame, Gang Meng, James F Thrasher et al. · 2022 · Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Abstract Introduction Using a quasiexperimental design, we compared the impact of the 2000 Canadian introduction of graphic warning labels (GWLs) on differences in smoking prevalence by sex and education, to the United States, where no…
Eijun Sueyoshi, Tomonori Murakami, Xi He et al. · 2022 · Medicine
Abstract The differences between the pathologies of cases of type A acute aortic dissection (AAD) that did and did not result in prehospital death (PHD) have not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to compare the CT findings and…
Gillianne Bowman, Thierry Huber, Vanessa Burg · 2023 · Energies
Today, an energy transition is underway to tackle the problems of climate change and energy sufficiency. For this transition to succeed, it is essential to use all available renewable energy resources most efficiently. However, renewable…
NL Watkins, LA Schipper, GP Sparling et al. · 2012 · New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
Abstract The effectiveness of multiple small doses of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) to decrease denitrification under warm moist conditions was tested in a 1‐year field trial on a grazed dairy pasture. DCD was applied…
Jean-François Daoust, Frédérick Bastien · 2021 · Political Studies Review
Forecasting during the COVID-19 pandemic entails a great deal of uncertainty. The same way that we would like electoral forecasters to systematically include their confidence intervals to account for such uncertainty, we assume that…
Rossalina Christanti, Andreas Ari Sukoco · 2022 · Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)
What the job market demanded in the last few decades is overwhelming. Universities are working hard to meet the quality required by the job markets and it took a lot of effort, physically and mentally. Recently, the Minister of Education…
Woo‐yeol Lee, Sun‐Joo Cho · 2017 · Journal of Educational Measurement
Cross‐level invariance in a multilevel item response model can be investigated by testing whether the within‐level item discriminations are equal to the between‐level item discriminations. Testing the cross‐level invariance assumption is…
Mi-Sook Kim, Seong Huan Choi, Jang-Whan Bae et al. · 2021 · PLOS ONE
Introduction Inter-hospital transfer (IHT) and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are preferred over onsite thrombolysis when provided expeditiously. On the other hand, its benefit has not been evaluated in a real-world…
Juan Ramón Ferrer, María‐Carmen García‐Cortijo, Juan‐Sebastián Castillo Valero et al. · 2023 · Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
Abstract The fight against climate change has become a basic vector for agri‐food business strategies. In Spain, commercial wineries (Investor Owner Firms, IOFs) and cooperatives are facing major challenges in adapting to the most…