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Article History

Received: 9 September 2025

Accepted: 5 March 2026

First Online: 30 March 2026

Declarations

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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee, as well as the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its subsequent amendments, or comparable ethical standards. This study received Institutional Ethics Review Board approval for expedited review to gather data. It obtained clearance to publish the findings in an article format from Isabela State University, Main Campus, Echague, Isabela, Philippines. All participants of legal age provided full written informed consent to participate in this study.

: Consent to publish is not applicable, as the MS does not contain any identifiable images. However, the author hereby declares absolute consent to the concerned journal to publish this study in an article format.

: The author hereby declares no potential competing interests in submitting and publishing this article to this academic journal.