Ibarra-Mejia, Gabriel
Khanjani, Narges
Dastoorpour, Maryam
Herrera-Molina, Estrella
Ardon-Dryer, Karin
Jeon, Soyoung
Gill, Thomas E.
Article History
Received: 27 June 2024
Revised: 20 November 2025
Accepted: 18 February 2026
First Online: 24 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study received exemption approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) (permit # 1985117-1) in accordance with federal guidelines.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper. Furthermore, they affirm that there are no conflicts of interest.