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Bhaskar, Sonu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9783-3628
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (P23712; 23KF0126)
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Article History
Received: 9 January 2026
Revised: 31 January 2026
Accepted: 10 February 2026
First Online: 26 February 2026
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Sonu Bhaskar.
: The author declares that there is no conflict of interest relevant to this study/manuscript. The author reports leadership or fiduciary role in other board, society, committee, or advocacy group, paid or unpaid, with the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (Osaka, Japan) as Visiting Director (2023–2025); Rotary District 9675 (Sydney, Australia) as District Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Global Health and Migration Hub Community, Global Health Hub Germany (Berlin, Germany) as Chair, Founding Member, and Manager; and editorial board memberships at PLoS One , BMC Neurology , Frontiers in Neurology , Frontiers in Stroke , Frontiers in Public Health , Journal of Aging Research , Neurology International , Vas-Cog Japan , TouchNeurology , Diagnostics , and BMC Medical Research Methodology . Additionally, S.B. serves as a Member of the College of Reviewers for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Government of Canada; Director of Research for the World Headache Society (Bengaluru, India); a member of the Scientific Review Committee at Cardiff University Biobank (Cardiff, UK); Chair of the Rotary Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Rotary District 9675 (NSW, Australia), Scientific Adviser of Japan Connect (Osaka, Japan), and as an Expert Adviser/Reviewer for the Cariplo Foundation (Milan, Italy). These roles are unrelated to the submitted work. The funding body has no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation of findings, and manuscript preparation. The content is solely the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of the affiliated/funding organization/s.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was not required.
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