Zhao, Kongling
Sanmugam, Annamalah
Aravindan, Kalisri Logeswaran
Article History
Received: 30 August 2024
Accepted: 13 November 2024
First Online: 3 January 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines and regulations set by SEGi Institutional Review Board (SIRB). The research protocol was reviewed and approved by the Research and Innovation Management Centre (RIMC) under reference number RIMC 27654/23. All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in this study. Participants were fully informed about the nature of the research, and they voluntarily agreed to participate. The consent process followed the guidelines set by SEGi Institutional Review Board, and all participants were made aware of their right to withdraw from the study at any time without consequence.
: The authors declare no competing interests.