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Failure-mode index

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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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Negative / Null Result Report

The Failed Cult of Saint Clement of Rome in Medieval Iceland

Maria Zenkova · 2025 · ISTORIYA

The author examines the practice of veneration of St. Clement of Rome within the Western and Eastern Christian churches, as well as in Iceland, where his cult was less widespread. Based on the image of St. Clement in Old Norse literature,…

View details →DOI: 10.18254/s207987840034263-8
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A Survey of Social Engineers that did not Collect Enough Data

Adrian Dana Austin · 2022 · Engineering and Technology Journal

In The context of Information technology and Cyber Security a nexus of computers and humans occurs as Social engineering. Defenders would like to know how this group interacts with users to gain access to secure information. The purpose of…

View details →DOI: 10.47191/etj/v7i6.03
Negative / Null Result Report

The ability of VBNC F. tularensis to replicate within THP-1 cells.

Carly Cunningham, Stuart Cantlay, Joseph Horzempa · 2019 · Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science

CARLY CUNNINGHAM, STUART CANTLAY, AND JOSEPH HORZEMPA, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV USA. The ability of VBNC F. tularensis to replicate within THP-1 cells. Francisella…

View details →DOI: 10.55632/pwvas.v91i1.547
Negative / Null Result Report

The Maintain Your Brain online multidomain intervention for dementia risk reduction: end‐user evaluations of what did and did not work and why

Anne‐Nicole S. Casey, Tiffany Chau, Megan Heffernan et al. · 2023 · Alzheimer's & Dementia

Abstract Background Dementia prevalence is increasing, and risk reduction is a priority. Online interventions that are useable and acceptable to people seeking to reduce their dementia risk are needed. We aimed to assess and explore…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/alz.074458
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Did Commercial Banks Follow The Policy of The Central Bank? Evidence From Selected EU Countries

Metin TETİK, Ayşegül ÖZKAN · 2021 · Uluslararası Ticaret ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi

This study is based on examining the interaction between the interest rates set by commercial banks and the central bank policy rate. In this framework, it is analyzed whether bank interest rates follow the policy decisions of central…

View details →DOI: 10.30711/utead.1052236
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Attempt to Replicate Bem's Precognitive Avoidance Task And Detect Relationships With Trait Anxiety

Sarika Arora, Mike Schmidt, James Boylan et al. · 2022 · Journal of Consciousness Studies

Previous research suggests anxious individuals demonstrate hypervigilance for threatening stimuli. Recent controversial studies suggested people's bodies (presentiment) and brain (precognition, Bem, 2011; Bem et al., 2015) can 'predict'…

View details →DOI: 10.53765/20512201.29.5.008
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Abstract 080: Challenges Associated with The Embolic Protection Device (epd) And Perioperative Events Between Those Who Did and Did Not Receive Epd During Carotid Artery Stenting

Y. M. Lodi, V. Reddy, T. Wang · 2024 · Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Background In CREST trial 96.1% of the patient in carotid artery stenting (CAS) group had EPD and with a 4.1± 0.6 incidence of stroke. Despite the use of EPD, CAS has more cerebral ischemic events (CIE) compared to CEA. Additionally, the…

View details →DOI: 10.1161/svin.04.suppl_1.080
Failed Experiment Report

Automatic debugging approaches for fixating failed system programs

Gulista Khan · 2021 · Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research

Fixing broken computer programs entails performing two basic debugging tasks: first, the programmer must recreate the problem; second, the programmer must identify the source of the failure. As a consequence of testing, software debugging…

View details →DOI: 10.5958/2278-4853.2021.00980.0
Failed Experiment Report

Developing a Prosthesis Design using A Gearbox to Replicate the Human Hand Mechanism

Haneen Mahdi Jaber, Muhammed Abdul -Sattar, Nabel Kadhim Abd al-Sahib · 2020 · Al-Khwarizmi Engineering Journal

Prosthetic is an artificial tool that replaces a member of the human frame that is absent because of ailment, damage, or distortion. The current research activities in Iraq draw interest to the upper limb discipline because of the growth…

View details →DOI: 10.22153/kej.2020.04.001
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Failed execution in inferential pragmatics

Francesco Mercadante · 2026 · Pragmatics and Society

Abstract This study proposes a redefinition of the pragmatic foundations of linguistic communication, based on the notion of failed execution as an autonomous analytical category. Drawing on qualitative analysis of a curated illustrative…

View details →DOI: 10.1075/ps.25114.mer
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O-057 Newly identified female mutations causing failed fertilization

A Cardona Barberán · 2024 · Human Reproduction

Abstract Over the past decade, advancements in next-generation sequencing technology, alongside reduced costs, and the rising demand for infertility medical care, have resulted in the discovery of new genes and genetic variants linked to…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deae108.059
Abandoned Hypothesis

The school-to-prison pipeline: a failed holding environment

Constance Catrone · 2021 · Journal of Psychosocial Studies

The deleterious impact of the school-to-prison pipeline (STPP) on minority youth in the United States, as well as the underlying sociocultural and political factors contributing to the pipeline, are well established. While the literature…

View details →DOI: 10.1332/147867321x16215933132447
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Do migrant children replicate their parents’ social economic status? Statistical analysis of educational achievement of migrant children in China

Yali Jiang · 2016 · Chinese Sociological Dialogue

Using a large dataset from the China Educational Panel Survey (CEPS) of 2013–2014 (n=1,593), this paper identifies possible reasons that affect the academic achievement of students in grades 7 and 9 who come from migrant families, and…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/2397200917689907
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Guinea pigs experimentally infected with vaccinia virus replicate and shed, but do not transmit the virus

Juliana Felipetto Cargnelutti, Adriéli Wendlant, Rudi Weiblen et al. · 2012 · Ciência Rural

The origin of vaccinia viruses (VACV) associated with vesicular disease in cattle and humans in Southeast Brazil remains uncertain, yet the role of wild species in virus transmission has been suggested. This study investigated the…

View details →DOI: 10.1590/s0103-84782012000600017
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How did Anaximander Become a Material Monist?

Nicola Carraro · 2016 · Rhizomata

Abstract Although the view that Anaximander was a Material Monist is not very popular nowadays, it is still widely held that it was embraced by Aristotle at least on some occasions, then adopted by Theophrastus, and later on inherited by…

View details →DOI: 10.1515/rhiz-2016-0009
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Patients’ daily reporting of symptoms via mobile application reveals a significant difference between patients’ perceptions and doctors’ interpretations

Cvetka Grašič Kuhar, Nina Privšek, Marjetka Sraka et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in Oncology

Purpose Electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) are gaining importance. The aim of this study was to investigate the difference in the reporting of symptoms between patients via mobile application (m-app) and doctor assessments.…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1595322
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What Does Justice Look Like for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence? A Qualitative Study of Women Who Did and Did Not Pursue Legal Action Against Their Abusers

Annah K. Bender · 2025 · Violence and Victims

How do survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) conceptualize justice? In this exploratory qualitative study, I interviewed 30 female IPV survivors, 17 of whom pursued charges against their abuser and 13 who had not, asking: What does…

View details →DOI: 10.1891/vv-2024-0061
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P074 Significant efficacy and long term safety difference with taf-based str in naïve adults

Jose Arribas, Melanie Thompson, Paul Sax et al. · 2017 · Sexually Transmitted Infections

Introduction At Week(W) 48, elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (E/C/F/TAF) was statistically noninferior to E/C/F/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate(TDF) for the proportion of subjects with HIV-1 RNA <50 copies (c)/mL…

View details →DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053232.119
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Heat treatment of laser welded dissimilar Al-Cu-Li joints with significant Li/Cu ratio difference

Igor E. Vitoshkin, Alexander G. Malikov, Alexey P. Zavjalov et al. · 2025 · Труды Санкт-Петербургского государственного морского технического университета

BACKGROUND: Joining dissimilar materials is a complex but important task for industry as dissimilar materials are necessary in complex structures. This paper presents the results of microstructure optimization of a laser welded dissimilar…

View details →DOI: 10.52899/24141437_2025_02_245
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Establishment of a Prediction Model to Diagnose the End-stage Knee Osteoarthritis Based on a Significant Difference in Ferroptosis-Related Genes in Chondrocytes

Lingtian Min, Cheng Chen, Weijun Wang · 2026 · Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie

Abstract Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a widespread joint disease with no disease-modifying treatments. Chondrocyte damage is a key process in knee OA and ferroptosis is lipid peroxidation-induced iron-dependent cell death that exacerbates…

View details →DOI: 10.1055/a-2762-1558
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Evaluation of factor VIII value in normal women and whom encountered recurrent pregnancy loss: is there any significant difference?

Douaa Al Rez, Hasan Naser Eldine, Marwan Alhalabi · 2020 · International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Background: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is a serious problem on the women, it defined as two or more consecutive pregnancy losses before the fetus has reached birth. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between the…

View details →DOI: 10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20200870
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If they knew I was gay... would I be accepted? Anxiety and depression in gay men who did and who did not come out in the context of acceptance

Dorota Mącik, Wojciech Kędziora · 2025 · Health Psychology Report

Background In Poland, exclusionary societal attitudes towards gay men continue to persist. The stress associated with a lack of ac-ceptance is considered a significant component of minority stress, which, in turn, leads to anxiety and…

View details →DOI: 10.5114/hpr/200847
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Features of the stress-strain state of the support-ing frame of a residential building in conditions of a significant difference in the stiffness of the elements of the “base – foundation – building” system

Oleksandr LYTVYN, Vitalii RUCHKIVSKYI · 2026 · Bases and foundations

The paper presents the results of numerical modeling of the stress-strain state (SSS) of the foundations of a multi-storey residential building with social and cultural facilities and an underground parking in the Shevchenkivskyi district…

View details →DOI: 10.32347/0475-1132.52.2026.86-92
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No significant difference in skin contamination during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with and without preoperative skin cleaning

Benjamin Bartek, Alexandra Völkner, Stephan Oehme et al. · 2024 · Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Abstract Purpose This prospective study aimed to assess whether preoperative antiseptic skin cleansing reduces bacterial contamination and surgical site infections (SSI) following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). We…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/ksa.12476
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Implementasi Steganografi Video dengan Menggunakan Metode Egypt, Least Significant Bit (LSB) dan Least Significant Bit (LSB) Fibonacci Edge Pixel

Ranida Pradita, Ida Nurhaida · 2020 · InComTech : Jurnal Telekomunikasi dan Komputer

Seiring dengan perkembangan teknologi 5G, penyebaran dengan menggunakan video semakin besar dan mudah. Penyebaran informasi baik yang tersembunyi atau tidak semakin mudah disebarluaskan dengan menggunakan internet. Steganografi adalah cara…

View details →DOI: 10.22441/incomtech.v10i1.7282