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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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Whether and what abnormalities we find in ECG records and 24-hour Holter ECG in patients after COVID-19 without hospitalization with cardiac damage

M Chudzik, M Babicki, J Kapusta et al. · 2023 · Europace

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac damage (CD) are more common in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Many studies have shown that arrhythmias are an independent risk factor…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/europace/euad122.772
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Natural Resource Effect on Industrial Structure of oil exporting countries: Analysis through DID and PSM (DID)

Maaz Uddin, Zameer Khalid · 2023 · Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences and Management Practices

Researchers look closely at the resource curse and its effects on the economies of oil-exporting countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The primary objective was to learn whether or not the abundance of natural…

View details →DOI: 10.61503/cissmp.v2i3.68
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How Can We Find Out What Indigenous Children and Their Families Need to Manage Weight? Lessons from Formative Nutrition Intervention Research with First Australians

Lauren T. Williams, Mari Somerville, Fiona Wright et al. · 2023 · Nutrients

In Australia, Indigenous children have rates of overweight and obesity 1.5 times those of non-Indigenous children. Culturally safe and effective nutrition interventions are needed for this group. This paper aims to describe a…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/nu15234982
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Fantastic Flails and Where to Find Them: The Body of Evidence for the Existence of Flails in the Early and High Medieval Eras in Western, Central, and Southern Europe

Alistair F. Holdsworth · 2024 · Histories

Flails are one of the most contentious and misunderstood classes of medieval weaponry, despite their prevalence in popular media: some researchers question their existence entirely and the bulk of historians are skeptical of widespread…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/histories4010009
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

A comparison of analgesia between ropivacaine and liposomal bupivacaine for the erector spinae plane block in dogs undergoing hemiaminectomy surgery.

Scanlin, Salazar · 2026 · Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia

To compare postoperative analgesic efficacy between ropivacaine and liposomal bupivacaine when used for an erector spinae plane (ESP) block as part of analgesic management for hemilaminectomy surgery caudal to the eleventh thoracic…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.vaa.2026.101252
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Abstract 126: Massachusetts Health Reform Did Not Reduce 30-day Readmissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction among Massachusetts Residents Overall or among Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Karen E Lasser, Chieh Chu, Danny McCormick et al. · 2012 · Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Introduction: After Massachusetts (MA) health reform, the percent of uninsured residents fell, particularly among minorities. Studies have not examined the effect of this policy change on 30-day readmission rates, and disparities in such…

View details →DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.5.suppl_1.a126
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Affordable Care Act did not reduce inappropriate use of emergency room services

N DeLellis, F Wilson, F Belsito et al. · 2020 · European Journal of Public Health

Abstract Background The US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) has several provisions to increase access to health insurance among Americans. Prior to ACA, emergency departments (ED) served as a safety net to uninsured…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.386
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Should we offer total hip replacement to feline patients?

Katie Smithers · 2020 · Veterinary Evidence

PICO question In cats with traumatic coxofemoral injury, does total hip replacement (THR) offer improved outcome when compared with femoral head and neck excision (FHNE) arthroplasty? Clinical bottom line Category of research question…

View details →DOI: 10.18849/ve.v5i4.347
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Higher penalties, broader definitions, and national standards: Did harmonized Australian workplace health and safety laws reduce workers' compensation receipt?

Anam Bilgrami, Henry Cutler, Kompal Sinha · 2024 · Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society

Abstract A quasi‐experiment was created in Australian policy between 2012 and 2013 when workplace health and safety laws were harmonized in all but two jurisdictions. This reform expanded definitions for duty of care, introduced criminal…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/irel.12357
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen access

Influence of Syphilis Infection on Abortions in Iraq

A. Alwan · 2022 · JOURNAL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Introduction: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease, that may be transferred from mothers to infants during pregnancy if it is left untreated. Method: This study was conducted among 65 women who suffered from recurrent abortions in…

View details →DOI: 10.24321/0019.5138.2022101
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This is Going to Sound Crazy, But What If We Used Large Language Models to Boost Automatic Database Tuning Algorithms By Leveraging Prior History? We Will Find Better Configurations More Quickly Than Retraining From Scratch!

William Zhang, Wan Shen Lim, Andrew Pavlo · 2026 · Proceedings of the ACM on Management of Data

Tuning database management systems (DBMSs) is challenging due to trillions of possible configurations and evolving workloads. Recent advances in tuning have led to breakthroughs in optimizing over the possible configurations. However, due…

View details →DOI: 10.1145/3786704
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Can We Find Reason in Dance? Embodied Thought: Exploring Analogies Between Dance and Speech Articulation

Csilla Könczei · 2025 · Martor. The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review

After the corporeal turn, the unity of mind and body has been recognized by many. This includes articulatory phonology, which no longer views phonemes as static, disembodied units, but brings in a gesture-based approach, conceiving the…

View details →DOI: 10.57225/martor.2025.02
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Maternal Lipid‐based Nutrient Supplements (LNS) Did Not Reduce Depressive Symptoms During Pregnancy and Lactation in Rural Bangladesh

Susana L Matias, Malay Kanti Mridha, Showkat Ali Khan et al. · 2016 · The FASEB Journal

Background Maternal depression is a major global burden affecting not only women but also their children. Maternal intake and serum levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids have been inconsistently associated with reduced perinatal…

View details →DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.150.1
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759. Where can we find active TB? Case finding at community sites and alcohol based venues (ABVs) in rural South Africa

Koeun Choi, Sheela Shenoi, Anthony Moll et al. · 2020 · Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Abstract Background Community-based intensive case finding (CBICF) is an effective strategy for infectious disease case detection, particularly for hard-to-reach populations. Alcohol use is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.949
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304 To Raise Awareness About the NHS Cervical Screening Programme and to Reduce the Number of Did-Not-Attend (DNAs) Cervical Screening Appointments Among Women Aged 25–35 Years Through a Collaborative Reward System with Local Businesses

S. Singh · 2022 · British Journal of Surgery

Abstract Introduction Cervical screening is offered free under NHS Cervical Screening Programme since 1988. However, compliance is dwindling in the last decade, especially among women aged 25–35 years who had the least awareness. NHS…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znac039.200
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185 OVIDUCTAL CO-CULTURE CELL DID NOT REDUCE THE RATE OF CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES IN IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS

S. Demyda-Peyrás, P. Peral-García, M. Moreno-Millán · 2016 · Reproduction, Fertility and Development

One of the major causes of embryo failure on in vitro-produced cattle embryos is their increased rate of chromosomal abnormalities. It was demonstrated that they can be increased by the pre- and post-environmental conditions of culture,…

View details →DOI: 10.1071/rdv29n1ab185
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Administering tolfenamic acid to gilts and sows before artificial insemination did not improve litter size but tended to reduce post-service serum prostaglandin F2α levels

Pachara Pearodwong, Nithitad Jiebna, Padet Tummaruk · 2024 · The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

This study examined the impact of intramuscular administration of tolfenamic acid 10 min before artificial insemination (AI) on serum PGF2α levels and reproductive performance in gilts and sows. In Experiment I, 20 gilts were divided into…

View details →DOI: 10.56808/2985-1130.3755
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Appendix Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce Attention to Environmental Issues?

Sari Verachtert, Dieter Stiers, Marc Hooghe · 2022 · Politics of the Low Countries

Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce Attention to Environmental Issues? 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…

View details →DOI: 10.5553/plc/.000031a