Makris, Konstantinos C.
Philippou, Christiana
Vasileiou, Constantina
Tornaritis, Michael
Michaelidou, Stella Canna
Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos
Kyriacou, Marina
Santamouris, Matthaios
Grotto, Itamar
Bose-O’Reilly, Stephan
Breda, Joao
van den Hazel, Peter
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cyprus University of Technology
Article History
Received: 27 June 2025
Revised: 22 December 2025
Accepted: 29 December 2025
First Online: 9 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
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