Aghasafari, Sahar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2125-9463
Needles, Tim https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6048-4267
Malloy, Mark https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9594-2003
Funding for this research was provided by:
the USC Lancaster Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, University of South Carolina Lancaster, SC
Article History
Received: 28 June 2024
Accepted: 20 February 2025
First Online: 26 February 2025
Declarations
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: This research was conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the University of South Carolina, following 45 CFR 46.104(d)(2) and 45 CFR 46.111(a)(7), and was conducted in compliance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The study received an exemption from Human Research Subject Regulations on 2/15/2023. All participants provided informed consent prior to involvement in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.