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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Ke Xiao, Rongxin Zhang, Jing Tu · 2025 · International Journal of Molecular Sciences
G-quadruplex (G4) ChIP-Seq data are critical for studying the roles of G4 structures in various biological processes, yet their reproducibility remains systematically uncharacterized. In this study, we evaluated the consistency of in vivo…
Maria Clara Pereira Pires, Ana Isabel Guerra Cantarinha · 2024 · Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental
Objectives: The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of issuing Green Bonds on the financial performance of European energy companies. This paper analyses the indebtedness of 30 European companies in the energy sector and…
Fan Zhang, Rongxin Wang, Fangzhi Li et al. · 2023 · Journal of Applied Physics
In an interconnected high-vacuum illustration system, the surfaces of p-InGaN/GaN heterostructures grown with integrated metalorganic chemical vapor deposition were treated in O2 gas for different times at room temperature and then…
Guthrie Miller, John Klumpp, Deepesh Poudel · 2020 · Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Abstract Based on $n$ replicate measurements that require known normalization factors and assuming an underlying normal distribution for individual measurements but with unknown standard deviation, a combined likelihood function is derived…
Junchao Zhang, Gang Wang, Junjie Chen et al. · 2012 · Advances in Difference Equations
Abstract In this paper, we consider the q -difference analogue of the Clunie theorem. We obtain there is no zero-order entire solution of f n ( z ) + ( ∇ q f ( z ) ) n = 1 when n ≥ 2 ; there is no zero-order transcendental entire solution…
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…
Neslihan Kaya Terzi, Tolga Terzi · 2024 · Annals of Saudi Medicine
BACKGROUND: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a standard preoperative diagnostic modality for thyroid nodules. The Bethesda Thyroid Cytopathology Reporting System (TBSRTC) defines the FNAC atypia group as atypia of undetermined…
Tuhin Mukherjee, Payel Mal, Abhay Kumar Upadhyay et al. · 2023 · Current Drug Therapy
Background: As the COVID era unfolds, researchers reveal that rapid changes in viral genetic material allow viruses to circumvent challenges triggered by the host immune system and resist anti-viral drugs, potentially leading to persistent…
GUNTER SCHUBERT · 2026 · Issues & Studies
This paper examines China’s imperial outreach to Taiwan. It first traces a set of imperial practices being pursued under Xi Jinping, which aim to establish dependencies in Taiwan and other areas in China’s near and far peripheries. It then…
Min-Feng Chen, Ning Cui · 2021 · Advances in Difference Equations
Abstract Let f be an entire function of finite order, let $n\geq 1$ n ≥ 1 , $m\geq 1$ m ≥ 1 , $L(z,f)\not \equiv 0$ L ( z , f ) ≢ 0 be a linear difference polynomial of f with small meromorphic coefficients, and $P_{d}(z,f)\not \equiv 0$ P…
SMR Gillani, MR Holland, M Sidhu et al. · 2014 · Practical Diabetes
Abstract Failure of access to structured diabetes care is associated with adverse outcome. There is no known validated data tool to identify access failure and thus we have developed a Failed Access Score (FAS) and have examined its…
Timothy J. Wells, Lucie Krejčová, Jakub Binter et al. · 2022 · PLOS ONE
Reward based learning is broadly acknowledged to underpin the development and maintenance of addictive behaviour although the mechanism in sexual compulsivity is less understood. Using a Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer (PIT) task we…
Masaharu Ueno · 2024 · BMC Psychology
Abstract Background Coffee is widely consumed around the world. In Japan, it is a type of “Shikohin” (consumed for flavor, not nutrition). Several medical studies have reported the beneficial effects of coffee consumption, whereas others…
Katerina Akabalieva · 2023 · Frontiers in Psychiatry
Objective Reduced hemispheric asymmetry has been identified as a potential risk factor for schizophrenia, characterized by diminished brain lateralization and a lack of dominance in the left hemisphere. Moreover, there is growing evidence…
Marian Eide · 2013 · Novel
James Joyce's Ulysses is punctuated by bad jokes. While the novel is itself comedic, the scripted rhetoric of humor throughout the narrative fails, revealing fractures in an Irish community divided by shared colonial experience. Good jokes…
Laura Mieth, Raoul Bell, Axel Buchner · 2019 · Experimental Psychology
Abstract. This registered report aims at replicating the so-called “mnemonic time-travel” effect. Aksentijevic, Brandt, Tsakanikos, and Thorpe (2019) reported that memory was improved when their participants experienced backward motion…
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…
Keishi Nomura, Yuko Yotsumoto · 2018 · Japanese Psychological Research
Abstract Kobayashi and Ichikawa (2016) recently reported that briefly presented images with dangerous impressions were detected with higher accuracy than images with safe impressions and concluded that the emotion evoked by such images…
Erling Håland, Ingrid Nyhus Moen, Esten N. Vandsemb et al. · 2022 · BMC Research Notes
Abstract Objective Multiple myeloma is a haematological malignancy characterized by proliferation of monoclonal plasma cells in the bone marrow. Development of resistance and minimal residual disease remain challenging in the treatment of…
Hye-Young Jung, Seiyoun Kim, Kira Ryskina · 2022 · Innovation in Aging
Abstract SNFists, physicians and advanced practitioners who focus their practice in nursing homes, have grown in prevalence in recent years. In this retrospective cohort study, we measured the role of nursing home adoption of SNFists in…
Rachel Loopstra, Ben Baumberg Geiger, Aaron Reeves · 2025 · Journal of Social Policy
Abstract This paper evaluates the UK Government’s decision to increase the main form of social security by £20 per week during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, exploring whether increasing the generosity of social security…
Nining Handayani, Ayu Mulia Sundari, Tri Aprilliana et al. · 2024 · Middle East Fertility Society Journal
Abstract Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the effects of immature oocyte proportion in a cohort on both IVF laboratory and clinical outcomes. Materials and methods This retrospective cohort study took place at Morula IVF Jakarta Clinic…
Nathan Rapport · 2022 · Physics Essays
Here we review Michelson‐Morley's original analysis of their interferometer experiment and discuss its use of optical distance. We derive a formula for transverse Doppler shift from geometric considerations, apply this to the…
Itandehui Hernández-Aguilar, Luis Román Ramírez-Palacios, Consuelo Lorenzo et al. · 2024 · Therya Notes
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the etiological agent of the 2019 coronavirus disease that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. This virus has achieved sustained transmission across human populations; however, since 2020, reverse zoonotic contagion…
Astrid Eriksen, Marita Melhus, Bjarne Koster Jacobsen et al. · 2021 · Socialmedicinsk tidskrift
The aim of the study was to compare the level of mental distress of Sami and non-Sami residents in rural Sami core areas with that of people who have moved from these areas to cities in Norway. Previous research on mental health among the…
Emily Moore, Wanda Gordon-Evans · 2022 · Veterinary Evidence
PICO question In dogs with acute gastroenteritis, is metronidazole faster, slower, or comparable in resolving clinical signs when compared to probiotic administration? Clinical bottom line Category of research question Treatment The number…
Mikkel Andreas Holm, Anders Gram‐Hanssen, Bennedikte Kollerup Madsen et al. · 2022 · Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Abstract Background Preoperative anxiety is a common issue in surgery. Preoperative anxiety may lead to increased mortality, pain and dissatisfaction with surgery. Melatonin is a drug with only mild adverse effects and has previously been…
Sari Verachtert, Dieter Stiers, Marc Hooghe · 2025 · Politics of the Low Countries
Theories on issue competition assume that there is only a limited number of issues that a person prioritises simultaneously. In this research note, we test this mechanism by using a panel study that was conducted among Belgian parents in…
Brian Erly, Parker Jackson, Therese Pilonetti · 2023 · The Journal of School Nursing
During the 2020–2021 school year, many schools adopted remote learning or a part-time in-person learning (“hybrid”) approach to reduce the risk of in-school transmission of COVID-19. The purpose of this work is to describe case rates of…
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 a consequence of removing lead from petrol between 1975 and 1985. It describes ecological and econometric…