Article History
Received: 4 February 2024
Revised: 13 May 2025
Accepted: 9 September 2025
First Online: 10 December 2025
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants in the study.
: All authors agree to publish this research in the International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.