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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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“The Leading Ones” and “Kings”: What Did Manetho Know About the Political Disintegration of the Second Intermediate Period, and How Did He Express This Knowledge?

Alexander Nemirovsky · 2023 · ISTORIYA

The paper treats expressions in which Manetho’s narrative about the Hyksos period, known in literal quotation and detailed retelling by Josephus, describes the actors of power in Egypt at different phases of this period. On the eve of…

View details →DOI: 10.18254/s207987840024518-8
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Did universal masking during the COVID-19 pandemic reduce MRSA and MSSA acquisition in the NICU?

Meaghan Neary, Kathleen Quan, Thomas Tjoa et al. · 2025 · Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Abstract Objectives: To assess whether universal masking during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced neonatal acquisition of S. aureus . Study design: We performed a retrospective cohort study of neonates admitted to a level three regional NICU…

View details →DOI: 10.1017/ice.2025.10209
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موقف عمر بن الخطاب من كتب الفرس: أأمر بإتلافها أم استفاد منها؟ تحليل نقدي تاريخي لأخبار تاريخية متعارضة.

عبدالله العبيد · 2024 · المجلة العربية للعلوم الإنسانية

تسعى هذه الدراسة إلى التحقق من ثلاثة أخبار متعارضة وردت في ثلاثة مصادر ويصعب الجمع بينها. أحدها يشير إلى مجالسة عمر بن الخطاب للعجم في المدينة المنورة واستفادته من كتب الفرس، وأول من أورد هذا الخبر المؤرخ والفيلسوف مسكويه (421هـ/ 1030م) في…

View details →DOI: 10.34120/ajh.v42i167.607
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Did Emergency Admissions Reduce During Covid Lockdown in India?

Madhumathi Ramakrishnan, Prakash Subbarayan · 2020 · Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related lockdown has affected the health sector in many ways. In this study we have analysed the impact of lockdown on emergency admissions. Aim: To compare the trend and number of claims for medical…

View details →DOI: 10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.6420.7
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123 Polyclonal antibody preparations from avian origin did not reduce plasmatic haptoglobin concentrations but increased ruminal NH3-N in beef steers during transition from forage to high-grain diets

Gleise Medeiros da Silva, Federico Podversich, Tessa M Schulmeister et al. · 2020 · Journal of Animal Science

Abstract This study investigated the effects of feeding an avian-derived polyclonal antibody preparation (PAP; CAMAS, Inc.) against Streptococcus bovis, Fusobacterium necrophorum, and lipopolysaccharides (40, 35, and 25% of the…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/jas/skz397.123
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A search fails to find any evidence for the continuing presence of southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons) in south-western New South Wales

Michael Swinbourne, David Taggart, Bertram Ostendorf · 2019 · Australian Mammalogy

Following up on two reports from the 1990s, we undertook a ground survey and analysed satellite imagery in order to determine whether there are any extant colonies of southern hairy-nosed wombats in south-western New South Wales. No…

View details →DOI: 10.1071/am19034
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Counseling did not reduce overdoses in fentanyl era: Study

Alison Knopf · 2025 · Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly

Researchers have found that REBOOT, a repeated dose motivational interviewing intervention, had a statistically significant effect on opioid overdose in two cities — San Francisco and Boston — where fentanyl was the main street opioid.…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/adaw.34735
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When young adults preparing to enter the workforce find task support stressful: an investigation on individual differences and implications for human resource management

Krzysztof Nowak · 2023 · Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship

Purpose When young employees enter the workforce, young employees typically require extensive task support to perform well and adjust to the workplace setting. However, this support often incorporates controlling supervisor behaviors that…

View details →DOI: 10.1108/ebhrm-08-2022-0212
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Did the periodic intensification of routine immunisation strategy (Intensified mission Indradhanush) reduce the demand for pediatric antibiotic formulations in India?

Habib Hasan Farooqui, Anup Karan, Aashna Mehta et al. · 2025 · BMC Infectious Diseases

Abstract Background Recent research has indicated an increase in antibiotic utilisation, particularly pediatric formulations. Furthermore, an increasing trend in antimicrobial resistance rates has also been reported. Empirical evidence…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-11082-3
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Championship interseason period did not reduce knee peak moment: A 10-years retrospective study of 467 elite soccer players

Robson Dias Scoz, Ricardo Lima Burigo, Isabella Christina Ferreira et al. · 2022 · Biomedical Human Kinetics

Abstract Study aim : To compare knee moment profiles of professional soccer players from different playing positions before and after an interseason period. Material and methods : Retrospective study of 467 healthy, professional elite…

View details →DOI: 10.2478/bhk-2022-0025
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Pharmacists did not reduce opioid or benzodiazepine use or falls

Alison Knopf · 2026 · Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly

High doses of opioids or benzodiazepines among older adults can lead to falls, but deprescribing has proven difficult. A recent clinical trial looked at a centralized consultant pharmacist model to assist. The researchers found that a…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/adaw.34825
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Analysis of the Significant Difference in Fishing Gear Used According to Income Levels of Fisherfolks

JHEMIMA M. GANAPIN, EULIE GAY N. ESPINOCILLA, DECEMA B. WALLACE et al. · 2025 · International Journal of Science and Research Archive

Fishing serves as one of the vital livelihood for communities in Diadi, Nueva Vizcaya, providing both income and food security. This study examined the significant difference in fishing gear used according to income levels of fisherfolks.…

View details →DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2025.17.2.3006
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Extending the interval from presynch to initiation of ovsynch in a presynch-ovsynch protocol did not reduce fertility of lactating dairy cows not detected in estrus that received timed artificial insemination

M. J. Thomas, J. O. Giordano, M. D. Curler et al. · 2015 · American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings

Remarkably, no large scale field study has been conducted to evaluate the reproductive performance of cows synchronized with Presynch-Ovsynch with a 12 versus a 14 d interval from Presynch to the beginning of Ovsynch when cows are…

View details →DOI: 10.21423/aabppro20153649
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Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey, What Did Women Say?

· 2016 · Journal of Nursing & Healthcare

The present study presents the findings about domestic violence women experienced by their husbands in 2015 in Turkey. A total of 50 women between the ages of 18 and 50 participated in the study. They answered the questions about physical,…

View details →DOI: 10.33140/jnh.01.01.10
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Exploratory outcomes of the DHA WIN randomized controlled trial: Supplementing women with docosahexaenoic acid did not reduce the impact of neoadjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy on quality of life or exercise behaviour

Claire M. Douglas, Marnie Newell, Susan Goruk et al. · 2025 · PLOS One

Supplementation of omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids has been associated with reduced side effects and improved quality of life (QoL) in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. The current study reports secondary outcomes…

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322178
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Freeze-dried jaboticaba peel powder rich in anthocyanins did not reduce weight gain and lipid content in mice and rats

Anne Y. Castro Marques, Nathalia Romanelli Dragano, Sabrina Alves Lenquiste et al. · 2026 · Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición

Jaboticaba, a native fruit from Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is an important source of anthocyanins. Anthocyanins have been recently identified as modulators of lipid metabolism and energy expenditure ‘in vivo’. The purpose of this study was…

View details →DOI: 10.37527/2012.62.1.005
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Voir La Vie Sans Rose-Colored Glasses.

Paap K, Majoubi J · 2025 · Experimental psychology

In a recent article, Ellen Bialystok argued that bilingual experience enhances nonverbal cognition, that its effects are continuous rather than categorical, and that selective attention is the key mechanism underlying cognitive changes in…

View details →DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000648
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The Asian crisis: what did we learn and when did we learn it?

Stephen Grenville · 2017 · Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

This paper steps back from the detail of the Asian crisis, to ask whether the 1997 crisis advanced our broad understanding of the age‐old problem of economic crises. Some immediate lessons were learned from the failures of the…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/apel.12194
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“Usually, I Do Not Quarrel”: What Type of Ties Do We Find when We Ask about Conflicts Using a Name-generator Approach?

Philip Adebahr, Sylvia Keim-Klärner, André Knabe et al. · 2023 · Field Methods

In a mixed-methods study on poverty in Germany, we conducted qualitative interviews and collected quantitative data on ego-centered networks using a name-generator approach and a single set of respondents. Based on the qualitative data, we…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/1525822x231220596
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Fragility Index and Fragility Quotient in Statistically Significant Randomized Controlled Trials in Plastic Breast Surgery

Ron Skorochod, Yoav Gronovich · 2024 · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

Background: The fragility index (FI) was conceived as an adjunct to the P value, signifying the strength of statistically significant results. The index states the minimal number of patients whose outcome must be changed from “event” to…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000005916
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Radiologist Approval for CTPA in the ED : A Single‐Centre Pilot Study Did Not Demonstrate a Statistically Significant Difference in Diagnostic Yield

Hwang Tan, Pramod Chandru · 2026 · Emergency Medicine Australasia

ABSTRACT Objective Overuse of CT Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA) remains a challenge in emergency medicine. Some institutions resort to radiologist vetting to reduce unnecessary imaging. This is a pilot study that aims to investigate the…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.70237
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How will we find the elephant in the room?

Wybo Houkes, Krist Vaesen · 2020 · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Abstract We argue that Osirak's and Reynaud's technological-reasoning hypothesis raises conceptual and methodological challenges. Interrelations between technical potential and expertise leave it unclear exactly what the…

View details →DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x20000229
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Clinical characteristics, antithrombotic strategies, and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a multicenter real-world study in Chongqing, China.

Bao, Wu, Li et al. · 2026 · BMC cardiovascular disorders

Atrial fibrillation (AF) with coronary artery disease (CAD) requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) - including both acute and chronic presentations - is common, yet the optimal antithrombotic regimen remains unclear. This study…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12872-026-05957-9