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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 ReportOpen accessComputer Science

Boosting methods for multi-class imbalanced data classification: an experimental review

Jafar Tanha, Yousef Abdi, Negin Samadi et al. · 2020 · Journal Of Big Data

Abstract Since canonical machine learning algorithms assume that the dataset has equal number of samples in each class, binary classification became a very challenging task to discriminate the minority class samples efficiently in imbalanced datasets. For this reason, researchers have been paid attention and have proposed many methods to deal with this problem, which can be broadly categorized into data level and algorithm level. Besides, multi-class imbalanced learning is much harder than binary one and is still an open problem. Boosting algorithms are a class of ensemble learning methods in

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s40537-020-00349-yCited by 429
Negative / Null Result ReportPsychology

Psychiatric and medical correlates of DSM‐5 eating disorders in a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States

Tomoko Udo, Carlos M. Grilo · 2019 · International Journal of Eating Disorders

OBJECTIVE: To examine psychiatric and somatic correlates of DSM-5 eating disorders (EDs)-anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge-eating disorder (BED)-in a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States.…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/eat.23004Cited by 427
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Matrix-Applied Characterized Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Versus Microfracture

Daniël B.F. Saris, Andrew Price, Wojciech Widuchowski et al. · 2014 · The American Journal of Sports Medicine

BACKGROUND: Matrix-based cell therapy improves surgical handling, increases patient comfort, and allows for expanded indications with better reliability within the knee joint. Five-year efficacy and safety of autologous cultured…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/0363546514528093Cited by 426
Negative / Null Result ReportPsychology

Romantic relationships and the physical and mental health of college students

Scott R. Braithwaite, Raquel Delevi, Frank D. Fincham · 2010 · Personal Relationships

This study tested the hypothesis that, analogous to married individuals, college students in committed romantic relationships experience greater well-being than single college students. In a sample of 1,621 college students, individuals in…

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Negative / Null Result ReportSocial Sciences

The Mediating Effect of Place Attachment on the Relationship between Festival Satisfaction and Loyalty to the Festival Hosting Destination

Jenny Lee, Gerard T. Kyle, David Scott · 2012 · Journal of Travel Research

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that drive festival visitor loyalty to host destinations. Our analysis focused on the role of place attachment as a mediator of the relationship between visitors’ positive evaluation of…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/0047287512437859Cited by 426
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBusiness, Management and Accounting

The Role of Perceived University Support in the Formation of Students' Entrepreneurial Intention

Saadat Saeed, Shumaila Yousafzai, Mirella Yani‐de‐Soriano et al. · 2013 · Journal of Small Business Management

Entrepreneurship education is central to student entrepreneurship. Previous research has attempted to understand the role of entrepreneurship education in the formation of students' entrepreneurial intention and behavior, albeit in an isolated manner. Universities can support entrepreneurship in many ways, but it is important to measure students' perception of the support that they receive in order to understand the extent of such support and its impact on students. The current study proposed and tested an integrative, multiperspective framework. We have hypothesized that the three dimensions

View details →DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12090Cited by 425
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessDecision Sciences

MOBILE BANKING ADOPTION: APPLICATION OF DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION THEORY

Ibrahim M. Al‐Jabri, M. Sadiq Sohail · 2012 · SSRN Electronic Journal

Many banks in Saudi Arabia are starting to offer banking services through mobile phones. However, not many studies investigate the factors that may help the bankers to design mobile services, which are suitable for and adoptable by bank…

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Negative / Null Result ReportBusiness, Management and Accounting

Regulating Consumer Financial Products: Evidence from Credit Cards*

Sumit Agarwal, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Neale Mahoney et al. · 2014 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Abstract We analyze the effectiveness of consumer financial regulation by considering the 2009 Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act. We use a panel data set covering 160 million credit card accounts and a…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/qje/qju037Cited by 424
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessAgricultural and Biological Sciences

New Insight into the History of Domesticated Apple: Secondary Contribution of the European Wild Apple to the Genome of Cultivated Varieties

Amandine Cornille, Pierre Gladieux, M.J.M. Smulders et al. · 2012 · PLoS Genetics

The apple is the most common and culturally important fruit crop of temperate areas. The elucidation of its origin and domestication history is therefore of great interest. The wild Central Asian species Malus sieversii has previously been identified as the main contributor to the genome of the cultivated apple (Malus domestica), on the basis of morphological, molecular, and historical evidence. The possible contribution of other wild species present along the Silk Route running from Asia to Western Europe remains a matter of debate, particularly with respect to the contribution of the Europea

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002703Cited by 423
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEngineering

The reaction between metakaolin and limestone and its effect in porosity refinement and mechanical properties

Franco Zunino, Karen Scrivener · 2020 · Cement and Concrete Research

In limestone calcined clay cements (LC3), more hemicarboaluminate and monocarboaluminate is observed, as compared to other blended cements, from the reaction of metakaolin with limestone. In this study, it is shown that the formation of…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106307Cited by 422
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Comorbidity-Age Index: A Clinical Measure of Biologic Age Before Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Mohamed L. Sorror, Rainer Storb, Brenda M. Sandmaier et al. · 2014 · Journal of Clinical Oncology

PURPOSE: Age has long been used as a major factor for assessing suitability for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The HCT-comorbidity index (HCT-CI) was developed as a measure of health status to predict mortality risk…

View details →DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.53.8157Cited by 422
Negative / Null Result ReportBusiness, Management and Accounting

Understanding repurchase intention of Airbnb consumers: perceived authenticity, electronic word-of-mouth, and price sensitivity

Lena Jingen Liang, HS Chris Choi, Marion Joppe · 2017 · Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing

The purpose of this paper is to extend the research on consumer repurchase intention, perceived value, and perceived risk into the realm of the peer-to-peer economy, specifically in the context of Airbnb. A total of 395 surveys were…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2016.1224750Cited by 422
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Social Cognition in Schizophrenia, Part 1: Performance Across Phase of Illness

Michael F. Green, Carrie E. Bearden, Tyrone D. Cannon et al. · 2011 · Schizophrenia Bulletin

Social cognitive impairments are consistently reported in schizophrenia and are associated with functional outcome. We currently know very little about whether these impairments are stable over the course of illness. In the current study,…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbq171Cited by 421
Negative / Null Result ReportPsychology

Sleep duration and quality in elite athletes measured using wristwatch actigraphy

Jonathan Leeder, Mark Glaister, Kathleen Pizzoferro et al. · 2012 · Journal of Sports Sciences

Sleep is known to be an important component of recovery from training, yet little is known about the quality and quantity of sleep achieved by elite athletes. The aim of the present study was to quantify sleep in elite athletes using…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.660188Cited by 421
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Strategies for Implementing Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease

Alex R. Kemper, William T. Mahle, Gerard R. Martin et al. · 2011 · PEDIATRICS

BACKGROUND: Although newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) was recommended by the US Health and Human Services Secretary's Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children to promote early…

View details →DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1317Cited by 420
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Early Engagement in Course-Based Research Increases Graduation Rates and Completion of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Degrees

Stacia E. Rodenbusch, Paul R. Hernandez, Sarah Simmons et al. · 2016 · CBE—Life Sciences Education

National efforts to transform undergraduate biology education call for research experiences to be an integral component of learning for all students. Course-based undergraduate research experiences, or CUREs, have been championed for…

View details →DOI: 10.1187/cbe.16-03-0117Cited by 419
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Glial cells in the mouse enteric nervous system can undergo neurogenesis in response to injury

Cátia Laranjeira, Katarina Sandgren, Nicoletta Kessaris et al. · 2011 · Journal of Clinical Investigation

The enteric nervous system (ENS) in mammals forms from neural crest cells during embryogenesis and early postnatal life. Nevertheless, multipotent progenitors of the ENS can be identified in the adult intestine using clonal cultures and in…

View details →DOI: 10.1172/jci58200Cited by 419
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessSocial Sciences

Financial Incentives and Student Achievement: Evidence from Randomized Trials *

Roland G. Fryer · 2011 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics

This article describes a series of school-based field experiments in over 200 urban schools across three cities designed to better understand the impact of financial incentives on student achievement. In Dallas, students were paid to read…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjr045Cited by 419
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Comparison of Clinical Outcomes and Adverse Events Associated With Glucose-Lowering Drugs in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Suetonia C. Palmer, Dimitris Mavridis, Antonio Nicolucci et al. · 2016 · JAMA

IMPORTANCE: Numerous glucose-lowering drugs are used to treat type 2 diabetes. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the relative efficacy and safety associated with glucose-lowering drugs including insulin. DATA SOURCES: Cochrane Library Central…

View details →DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.9400Cited by 418
Negative / Null Result ReportBusiness, Management and Accounting

Agility and resilience as antecedents of supply chain performance under moderating effects of organizational culture within the humanitarian setting: a dynamic capability view

Nezih Altay, Angappa Gunasekaran, Rameshwar Dubey et al. · 2018 · Production Planning & Control

This study examines the effects of supply chain agility (SCAG) and supply chain resilience (SCRES) on performance under the moderating effect of organizational culture. We have used the dynamic capability view (DCV) to conceptualize our…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2018.1542174Cited by 416
Negative / Null Result ReportMathematics

Numerical predictors of arithmetic success in grades 1–6

Ian M. Lyons, Gavin R. Price, Anniek Vaessen et al. · 2014 · Developmental Science

Math relies on mastery and integration of a wide range of simpler numerical processes and concepts. Recent work has identified several numerical competencies that predict variation in math ability. We examined the unique relations between…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/desc.12152Cited by 416
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Impact of SMS-Based Agricultural Information on Indian Farmers

Marcel Fafchamps, Bart Minten · 2012 · The World Bank Economic Review

This study estimates the benefits that Indian farmers derive from market and weather information delivered to their mobile phones by a commercial service called Reuters Market Light (RML). We conduct a controlled randomized experiment in…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhr056Cited by 416
Negative / Null Result ReportEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Estimating the Impact of Microcredit on Those Who Take It Up: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Morocco

Bruno Crépon, Florencia Devoto, Esther Duflo et al. · 2015 · American Economic Journal Applied Economics

We report results from a randomized evaluation of a microcredit program introduced in rural areas of Morocco in 2006. Thirteen percent of the households in treatment villages took a loan, and none in control villages did. Among households…

View details →DOI: 10.1257/app.20130535Cited by 416
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEnvironmental Science

Association Between Changes in Air Pollution Levels During the Beijing Olympics and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Thrombosis in Healthy Young Adults

David Q. Rich, Howard M. Kipen, Wei Huang et al. · 2012 · JAMA

CONTEXT: Air pollution is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but the underlying biological mechanisms are not well understood. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether markers related to CVD pathophysiological pathways (biomarkers for…

View details →DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.3488Cited by 414
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The Architecture of Gene Regulatory Variation across Multiple Human Tissues: The MuTHER Study

Alexandra C. Nica, Leopold Parts, Daniel Glass et al. · 2011 · PLoS Genetics

While there have been studies exploring regulatory variation in one or more tissues, the complexity of tissue-specificity in multiple primary tissues is not yet well understood. We explore in depth the role of cis-regulatory variation in three human tissues: lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL), skin, and fat. The samples (156 LCL, 160 skin, 166 fat) were derived simultaneously from a subset of well-phenotyped healthy female twins of the MuTHER resource. We discover an abundance of cis-eQTLs in each tissue similar to previous estimates (858 or 4.7% of genes). In addition, we apply factor analysis (

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessNeuroscience

TREM2 in neurodegeneration: evidence for association of the p.R47H variant with frontotemporal dementia and Parkinson’s disease

Sruti Rayaprolu, Bianca Mullen, Matt Baker et al. · 2013 · Molecular Neurodegeneration

BACKGROUND: A rare variant in the Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) gene has been reported to be a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease by two independent groups (Odds ratio between 2.9-4.5). Given the key role of TREM2 in the effective phagocytosis of apoptotic neuronal cells by microglia, we hypothesized that dysfunction of TREM2 may play a more generalized role in neurodegeneration. With this in mind we set out to assess the genetic association of the Alzheimer's disease-related risk variant in TREM2 (rs75932628, p.R47H) with other related neurodegenerative dis

View details →DOI: 10.1186/1750-1326-8-19Cited by 413
Negative / Null Result ReportEnvironmental Science

Uptake of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products by Soybean Plants from Soils Applied with Biosolids and Irrigated with Contaminated Water

Chenxi Wu, Alison L. Spongberg, Jason D. Witter et al. · 2010 · Environmental Science & Technology

Many pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are commonly found in biosolids and effluents from wastewater treatment plants. Land application of these biosolids and the reclamation of treated wastewater can transfer those PPCPs…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPhysics and Astronomy

The NANOGrav 11 Year Data Set: Pulsar-timing Constraints on the Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

Z. Arzoumanian, P. T. Baker, A. Brazier et al. · 2018 · The Astrophysical Journal

Abstract We search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background (GWB) in the newly released 11 year data set from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav). While we find no evidence for a…

View details →DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aabd3bCited by 412