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Authors
Butt, Asim Qayyum
Shangguan, Donghui
Banerjee, Abhishek
Farooq, Rashid
Wang, Rongjun
Afzal, Muhammad
Li, Da
Wang, Meixia
Wu, Jinkui
Han, Tianding
Yaojun, Li
Khan, Amjad Ali
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
International Partnership of Chinese Academy of Sciences (046GJHZ2023069MI)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (42171148)
Joint Project of the Chinese Academy of Science (183611KYSB20200059)
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Article History
Received: 3 September 2024
Accepted: 10 February 2025
First Online: 18 February 2025
Declarations
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: The protocol for the current study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, in accordance with the guidelines and regulations set forth by the committee. Informed consent was obtained from all study participants of the study. All participants were adults aged 18 years or older, and they provided voluntary consent under the ethical guidelines set by the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China. Moreover, the research is based on a voluntary, anonymous questionnaire and did not include any sensitive or personal data, limited to a questionnaire with no invasive or harmful procedures. The study did not involve any vulnerable populations.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
