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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Ernest Mas-Herrero, Daniel Adrover-Roig, María Ruz et al. · 2021 · Neurobiology of Language
Abstract The benefits of bilingualism in executive functions are highly debated. Even so, in switching tasks, these effects seem robust, although smaller than initially thought (Gunnerud et al., 2020; Ware et al., 2020). By handling two…
Fan Liu, Jordon Hogg, Susie Kracht et al. · 2019 · Animal Production Science
Context Lactoferrin is a non-haem binding protein that possesses antimicrobial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. A previous study showed lactoferrin supplementation from early gestation to weaning improved lactation…
Melissa Goertzen · 2019 · Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
A Review of: Ritchie, S. M., Young, L. M., & Sigman, J. (2018). A comparison of selected bibliographic database subject overlap for agricultural information. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 89.…
Patrick Albers, Jacob Bennett, Moira Evans et al. · 2024 · Canadian Urological Association Journal
Introduction: Despite a negative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), some patients may still harbor clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa, Gleason grade group ≥2). High-resolution micro-ultrasound (microUS) is a novel imaging…
Juan Pimentel, Paola López, Anne Cockcroft et al. · 2022 · BMC Medical Education
Abstract Background Cultural safety training is not yet standard in Colombian medical education. If incorporated, it could address currently adversarial interactions between health professionals and the 40% of people who use traditional…
Alessio Malacrida, Marie Deschamps-Wright, Roberta Rigolio et al. · 2023 · International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Rigosertib is a small molecule in preclinical development that, due to its characteristics as a dual PLK1 and PI3K inhibitor, is particularly effective in counteracting the advance of different types of tumors. In this work, we evaluated…
Zbigniew Putowski, Szymon Czajka, Łukasz J. Krzych · 2021 · Journal of Clinical Medicine
The recent consensus by the Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) on intraoperative hypotension (IOH) stated that mean arterial pressure (MAP) below 60–70 mmHg is associated with myocardial infarction (MI), acute kidney injury (AKI),…
Menghui Duan, Huanming Xiao, Meijie Shi et al. · 2024 · BMC Infectious Diseases
Abstract Background and aims Numerous HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with persistently normal ALT have significant liver histopathology. It is imperative to identify true “immune tolerant” patients. We aimed to evaluate…
Haili Yu, Tiejun Wang, Andrew Skidmore et al. · 2022 · Journal of Fungi
Fungi are a hyper-diverse kingdom that contributes significantly to the regulation of the global carbon and nutrient cycle. However, our understanding of the distribution of fungal diversity is often hindered by a lack of data, especially…
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…
Marlene M. Moretti, Sebastian P. Dys, Stephanie G. Craig et al. · 2024 · JCPP Advances
Abstract Background Given the prevalence and recent increases in youth mental health problems, there is a pressing need for interventions that target transdiagnostic protective factors that could be targeted as mechanisms of change in…
Kevin Butler, Benoît Forget, Stephen J. Heishman et al. · 2021 · Behavioural Pharmacology
Relapse is common amongst smokers attempting to quit and tobacco cue-induced craving is an important relapse mechanism. Preclinical studies commonly use cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking to investigate relapse neurobiology.…
Peng-Yi Lee, Jung-Nien Lai, Lu-Ting Chiu et al. · 2021 · PLOS ONE
Purpose This study aimed to determine the risk and time trends of herpes zoster among patients with head and neck cancer, with or without radiotherapy. Methods A total of 2160 patients with head and neck cancer were enrolled. The…
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…
Sara Redenšek Trampuž, David Vogrinc, Katja Goričar et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Introduction Development and worsening of most common neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis, have been associated with COVID-19 However, the mechanisms associated with…
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…
Matthew P. Steinberg, Rand Quinn, J. Cameron Anglum · 2020 · Journal of Education Finance
abstract: We estimate the impact of school finance reform on adequate and equitable district spending, school resources and student achievement in Pennsylvania. From the 2008-09 to the 2010-11 school years, amid the Great Recession,…
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…
Thomas Popp, Jonathan Mittaz · 2022 · Remote Sensing
The AVHRR aerosol optical depth (AOD) is inverted from measured reflectances in the red band using a statistical correlation of surface reflectance with mid-infrared channel reflectances and a modelling climatology of the aerosol type. For…
Fei Ke, Renbao Wang, Zihao Wang et al. · 2022 · Viruses
As nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses, replication of ranaviruses (genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae) involves a series of viral and host proteins. We have described that the replication and transcription machinery of Andrias…
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…
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…
Tania Ionin, Maria Goldshtein, Tatiana Luchkina et al. · 2021 · Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
Abstract This paper reports on an experimental investigation of what second language (L2) learners and heritage speakers of Russian know about the relationship between word order and information structure in Russian. The participants…
Nam-Hee Kim, Ichiro Kawachi · 2020 · Scientific Reports
Abstract The Korean National Health Insurance expanded the dental insurance in 2012 to cover denture services for older adults. We analyzed whether the new policy improved of chewing ability in the eligible population. We used regression…
Kostas Iakovou, Kleopatra Schulpis · 2019 · International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
Abstract Introduction Classical Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a metabolic disease characterized by high phenylalanine (phe) levels in blood and brain. PKU patients are commonly treated with low phe diet supplemented with amino acid free…
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…
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…
Emily E. Fay, Lindsay C. Czuba, Jennifer E. Sager et al. · 2021 · Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Background: Bupropion (BUP) is a chiral antidepressant and smoking cessation aide with benefits and side effects correlated with parent and active metabolite concentrations. BUP is metabolized by CYP2B6, CYP2C19, and CYP3A4 to hydroxy-BUP…
Craig R. Miller, Anna C. Nagel, LuAnn Scott et al. · 2016 · PeerJ
Parallelism is important because it reveals how inherently stochastic adaptation is. Even as we come to better understand evolutionary forces, stochasticity limits how well we can predict evolutionary outcomes. Here we sought to quantify…
Ann Armstrong · 2024 · Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
Purpose I examine if current diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives can actually accomplish what they aim and claim to do. I argue that perforce they cannot, as they remain instruments of capitalist corporations and other…