Ashraf, Walid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1593-6285
Alqudah, Ali
Band, Matthew
Zhao, Lingyu
Lithgow, Brian
Elwali, Ahmed
Moussavi, Zahra
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Manitoba (5792)
Mitacs (IT39986)
Article History
Received: 14 April 2025
Accepted: 8 October 2025
First Online: 18 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors do not have any conflicts of interest to declare.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent under a protocol approved by Biomedical Research Ethics Board of the University of Manitoba (HS26367).