Elia, Rafaella https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3881-1218
Theocharides, Theocharis
Funding for this research was provided by:
HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme (739551)
Article History
Received: 2 September 2024
Accepted: 7 July 2025
First Online: 11 August 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: An application was submitted to the Cyprus Bioethics Committee since the aim was to collect data from humans. The application was prepared and submitted for approval, and included the consent forms, the questionnaires given to the subjects, the research protocol, and an application with all the important descriptions of the experiments.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the images in Figs. 5, 3, 6.