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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Michelle A. Nakatsuka, Yong Kim, Themistocles Protopsaltis et al. · 2025 · Clinical Spine Surgery
Study Design: Retrospective analysis of retrospectively collected data. Objective: To determine the effects of preoperative nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use on estimated blood loss (EBL) and postoperative drain output in…
Ernie Balcerak · 2013 · Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Extreme rainfall can have serious effects on societies and ecosystems. Increases in extreme precipitation events are predicted to occur as Earth's climate warms, in part because warmer air has greater capacity to hold moisture, leading to…
Andrey Koval · 2019 · Solnechno-Zemnaya Fizika
Numerical simulation has been used to examine the effect of changes in solar activity (SA) in the thermosphere on amplitudes of long-period planetary waves (PW) for the winter period in the Northern Hemisphere. The model of the middle and…
Xuexi Yang, Min Deng, Yan Shi et al. · 2020 · Transactions in GIS
Abstract An anomalous geographical region refers to a collection of spatially aggregated objects whose non‐spatial attribute values are significantly inconsistent with those of their spatial neighbors. The detection of anomalous regions…
Alfonso T. García-Sosa · 2021 · Molecules
Substances that can modify the androgen receptor pathway in humans and animals are entering the environment and food chain with the proven ability to disrupt hormonal systems and leading to toxicity and adverse effects on reproduction,…
M.P. Bazilevskiy · 2025 · Numerical Methods and Programming (Vychislitel'nye Metody i Programmirovanie)
The article is devoted to the urgent problem of constructing interpretable machine learning models, namely, multiple linear regression models. To estimate their unknown parameters, ordinary least squares is used. A…
Daniel Vladimirov · 2025 · Strategies for Policy in Science and Education-Strategii na Obrazovatelnata i Nauchnata Politika
From December 2016 to December 2018, a comprehensive study was conducted to analyze the results of an advanced orienteering training and training program introduced. A comparative analysis was also used in the analysis of the research…
M Chudzik, E Oszczygiel, D Miskowiec et al. · 2021 · EP Europace
Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Despite the fact that most people with COVID-19 (C-19) do not require hospitalization, little is known about the changes in ECG in this group of patients (pts). The…
Olufemi Adebari Oloyede, Mustafa Adelaja Lamina · 2022 · Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: The study aims to establish the pattern of fetal heart rates in the first and second trimesters and determine whether there is a statistically significant difference in the first-trimester fetal heart rate (FHR) of males and…
Javier González-Delgado, Pablo Mier, Pau Bernadó et al. · 2025 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The correlation between synonymous codon usage and secondary structure in translated proteins has been widely demonstrated. This usage plays a capital role in tuning translational rates and protein folding kinetics, indirectly influencing…
Alasdair Richardson · 2021 · History Education Research Journal
Among the growing body of literature concerning teaching and learning about the Holocaust, very little research has explored the experiences of teachers from an emotional perspective. This study considers the emotion work done by educators…
Diki Riswandi, Didik Tri Wahyudi · 2018 · LEKSIKA
IELTS test nowadays becomes one of the most important thing to get for those especially who want to continue their study in English speaking country especially UK or Australia. Because of the important roles of this standardized tests, it…
Tatiana V. Chernigovskaya · 2021 · Voprosy Filosofii
The paper discusses semiotic aspects of higher human functions and a possibility and relevance of traditional search for their neurophysiological basis. The state of the art on the subject is reviewed and the lack of data on…
Jeanne A. Jordan, Karina I. Rivas, Annette Aldous et al. · 2023 · Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease
Objectives The aim of the study is to determine whether a positive OncoE6 Anal Test result has statistically significant higher odds of being associated with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) and to calculate sensitivity…
Constantin Ovidiu Ilie, Dănuț Grosu, Oana Mocian et al. · 2014 · Advanced Materials Research
This paper is a result of a research focused on statistical vehicles dynamics. Its main purpose is to establish mathematical description of vehicle dynamics based on statistically sufficient experimental data and using statistical…
C Gupta, C Irwin, G Vincent et al. · 2021 · SLEEP Advances
Abstract Older adults experience reduced sleep quality and quantity more frequently than younger adults. Inadequate sleep in older adults has been linked to several adverse outcomes such as poor psychological and physical health, cognitive…
Ali Alahmer · 2014 · Applied Mechanics and Materials
Magnetic refrigeration is a new promised technology based on a distinctive property magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of some materials such as gadolinium. This manuscript demonstrates a rotating C-shape magnetic refrigeration using finite…
Mohamed Firdhous, Osman Ghazali, Suhaidi Hassan · 2014 · Journal of Information and Communication Technology
Quality of service plays an important role in making distributed systems. Users prefer service providers who meet the commitments specifi ed in the Service Level Agreements to these who violate them. Cloud computing has been the recent…
Katarzyna Schmidt, Mateusz Gajtkowski · 2021 · Review of Economic Analysis
The main aim of the study was to verify the thesis that the US economy is measured against the spectre of secular stagnation by determining the mood of American society using Google Trends. While performing the analysis, the authors used…
D. Pūras · 2016 · European Psychiatry
Future of psychiatry is discussed in the context of modern human rights principles, evidence-based policies and sustainable development goals. After international community agreed on sustainable development goals to be reached by 2030,…
Carl Skröder, Laila Hellkvist, Ulla Westin et al. · 2025 · Clinical and Translational Allergy
Abstract Background Seasonal allergic rhinitis (AR) impacts public health by affecting work productivity and quality of life. The Swedish tree pollen season starts in February with alder and hazel pollination, followed by birch and ends…
Keri Caudle, null null, null null et al. · 2016 · John Heinrichs Scholarly & Creative Activities Day
Dahlia mosaic virus (DMV) is a double-stranded DNA viral pathogen. A newly discovered strain of this virus called DMV-D10 was first observed in Dahlia variabilis. DMV-D10 does not induce visible symptoms of infection in the host plant, and…
Sashmi Prabha Sethi, Chhabi Satpathy, Trinath Kumar Mishra · 2025 · Indian Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Objectives: The objective of the study is to estimate the coronary sinus flow in patients of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction with significant stenosis of coronary arteries, using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is our…
David Chapman, Magnus Ramage · 2021 · Information
The concept of information is foundational to many disciplines yet also problematic and contested. This article contributes to the understanding of information through discussion of the findings of the interdisciplinary Difference That…
Jun Young Choi, Young Yi, Seung Myung Choi et al. · 2026 · Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research
Background Hallux valgus is a common forefoot deformity that alters forefoot loading and often leads to secondary complications such as intractable plantar keratosis beneath the second metatarsal head. Although the link between hallux…
Andrea Newman, Bridgit Carey, Malcolm Kinney · 2021 · The British Journal of Social Work
Abstract Whilst the participation of service users and carers (SUCs) in Social Work admissions (SWAs) has significantly developed over the past decades, concerns have been raised about the tokenistic nature of SUC involvement (Barnes, D.,…
Nicolas A. Nunez, Marcelo Barrios · 2023 · TEM Journal
This article discusses the internationalization of technology startups in Latin America. The study analyzed 121 startups from five countries using a quantitative approach and data was collected from the Crunchbase platform. Results…
Harry Herr · 2021 · International Journal of Urologic History
Objectives Radical cystectomy is a complex surgery for bladder cancer which has undergone progressive changes for a century. The originators of the procedure required pioneering innovation and their biographies place the challenges of…
Charlotte Cook, Isabelle Dietrich, David Greaves et al. · 2019 · Access Microbiology
Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) is a capripoxvirus of cattle causing a severe disease that results in substantial economic impact to affected communities. The virus is endemic across sub-Saharan Africa, and has recently entered Europe and…
Christopher R. Tollefson, Marc A. Seitz, Claudio C. Natalini et al. · 2022 · Frontiers in Veterinary Science
In veterinary medicine, sildenafil is most frequently used to treat pulmonary hypertension, but has also been investigated and used as a treatment for congenital megaesophagus and ischemic infarcts. With the increasing use, the effects of…