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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Stephen Kidd · 2020 · Apeiron
Abstract The emergence of mathematical probability has something to do with dice games: all the early discussions (Cardano, Galileo, Pascal) suggest as much. Although this has long been recognized, the problem is that gambling at dice has…
Colleen C. Schreyer, Allisyn Pletch, Irina A. Vanzhula et al. · 2022 · International Journal of Eating Disorders
Abstract Objective Evaluating treatment efficacy solely on whether sample‐level change is statistically significant does not indicate whether clinically significant change (CSC) has occurred at the individual‐level. We assessed whether…
Yan Li, Jin-Kou Zhao, Ming Wang et al. · 2010 · Virology Journal
Abstract Background Immunoassays composed of screening and confirmation are the established algorithm to confirm HIV infection in China, with a Western blot result as the final diagnosis. Case presentation In this report, three late-stage…
Huanren Zhang, Yimei Hu, Xianwei Shi et al. · 2022 · Industrial Management & Data Systems
Purpose Studies have documented the distinctive advantage of innovation ecosystems in integrating and recombining heterogeneous knowledge resources across firms' boundaries. However, hierarchical governance in the form of vertical…
Sara Ortiz-Toquero, Francisco J. Muñoz-Negrete, Gema Rebolleda · 2020 · Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Background: Optic disc drusen (ODD) are a dynamic phenomenon, and their appearance, size, and relative location may change. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and quantify the longitudinal changes of buried ODD with enhanced depth…
Eric C. Sun, Franklin Dexter, Alex Macario et al. · 2015 · Anesthesiology
AbstractAbstract In a review of payments from private insurers for five commonly billed anesthesia codes in 229 counties in the United States from 2002 through 2010, payments to anesthesiologists in more concentrated markets were not…
Rebecca Schennach, Hans‐Jürgen Möller, Michael Obermeier et al. · 2015 · International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
Abstract Significant changes of schizophrenia patients during inpatient treatment were evalutaed and compared to established outcome criteria. The concept of reliable and clinically significant change methods was applied to three hundred…
Rafael Mellado, Claudio Cubillos · 2025 · Applied Sciences
Generative artificial intelligence tools, such as Microsoft Copilot, are transforming the teaching of programming by providing real-time feedback and personalized assistance; however, their impact on learning, motivation, and cognitive…
Todd A. Astorino, Danielle Emma · 2021 · Sports
Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) is strongly associated with endurance performance as well as health risk. Despite the fact that VO2max has been measured in exercise physiology for over a century, robust procedures to ensure that VO2max is…
Frederick CHOO, Esther GOH · 2019 · International Journal of Theology, Philosophy and Science
Alvin Plantinga has famously responded to the logical problem of evil by appealing to the intrinsic value of significant free will. A problem, however, arises because traditional theists believe that both God and the redeemed who go to…
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…
Ryan M. Degen, Andrew Firth, Herman Sehmbi et al. · 2023 · Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Abstract Purpose To determine whether different regimens of multimodal analgesia will reduce postoperative pain scores, opioid consumption, costs and hospital length‐of‐stay following hip arthroscopy. Methods From 2018 to 2021, 132…
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…
Rudolf Poledne, J. A. Hubáček, V. Staněk et al. · 2010 · Folia Biologica
The apoprotein E gene ranks among the most discussed candidate genes for cardiovascular disease. We studied whether the association between apoprotein E gene polymorphism and manifestation of acute coronary syndrome is modulated by the…
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…
Sarvnaz Karimi, Jie Yin, Jiri Baum · 2015 · Computational Linguistics
In recent years, many studies have been published on data collected from social media, especially microblogs such as Twitter. However, rather few of these studies have considered evaluation methodologies that take into account the…
Simone Bergonzoli, Massimo Brambilla, Elio Romano et al. · 2020 · Agronomy
Irrigation with wastewater can strongly contribute to the reduction of water abstraction in agriculture with an especial interest in arid and semiarid areas. However, its use can have drawbacks to both soil and micro-irrigation systems,…
Theodore Anton, Timothy Clifton · 2024 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Abstract We consider the form of Hubble diagrams that would be constructed by observers in universes that are homogeneous but anisotropic, when averaged over suitably large length-scales. This is achieved by ray-tracing in different…
E. Kathleen Adams, Katya Galactionova, Genevieve M. Kenney · 2015 · INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Effects of Medicaid family planning waivers on unintended births and contraceptive use postpartum were examined in Illinois, New York, and Oregon using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. Estimates for women who would be…
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…
Wayne Hall · 2013 · F1000Research
This article assesses the evidence for the hypothesis that a decline in all types of crime since the early 1990s in the USA was an unintended consequence of removing lead from petrol between 1975 and 1985. It describes ecological and…
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…
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…
Charlie Curtsinger, Emery D. Berger · 2013 · ACM SIGPLAN Notices
Researchers and software developers require effective performance evaluation. Researchers must evaluate optimizations or measure overhead. Software developers use automatic performance regression tests to discover when changes improve or…
G. Annie Mailloux, Mazvita Chikomo, Ying Fan · 2025 · Ecography
Plant roots have been observed up to 70 m in depth – what would compel a plant to root so deeply? Earlier work shows that the climate, soil and drainage all affect rooting depth, but with conflicting results. For example, both the deepest…
Katsuo Yamanaka, Naoya Todo, Mutsumi Yoshizawa et al. · 2020 · Brain and Behavior
Abstract Objectives Decreasing discrimination and stigma of dementia is an international issue. In 2004, the Japanese government changed the previous Japanese stigmatic term of dementia (“Chiho”) to the present one (“Ninchi‐sho”) a meaning…
Samuel V. J. Robinson, Timothy Schwinghamer, Hector Cárcamo et al. · 2023 · Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Abstract Ecosystem services can maintain or increase crop yield in agricultural systems, but data to support management decisions are expensive and time‐consuming to collect. Furthermore, relationships derived from small‐scale plot data…
Daniel Angerhausen, Amedeo Balbi, Andjelka B. Kovačević et al. · 2025 · The Astronomical Journal
Abstract Future telescopes will survey temperate, terrestrial exoplanets to estimate the frequency of habitable ( η Hab ) or inhabited ( η Life ) planets. This study aims to determine the minimum number of planets ( N ) required to draw…
Ling Luo, Yang Fu, Hui Li · 2023 · Sustainability
The Chinese government launched the Pilot Scheme of National Innovative Cities in 2008, and it has continued to expand the scope of the program in order to achieve more high-quality and sustainable development. This pilot scheme encourages…