Pawar, Shivanand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5667-4632
Channaveer, R. M.
Article History
Received: 30 May 2025
Accepted: 16 October 2025
First Online: 1 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors confirm that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards set forth by the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation, as well as the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, revised in 2013. The study received approval from the Ethical Committee for the Advanced Studies and Research School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Central University of Karnataka (letter No. CUK/SSBS/CASR/2021-4). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Participation was voluntary, and confidentiality and anonymity were strictly maintained. The authors declare that written consent was obtained from all participants. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards.
: The participants agreed that the anonymized data and findings from this research can be published.
: The authors declare no competing interests.