Shah, Ashfaq Ahmad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9142-2441
Li, Li
Ullah, Waheed
Khan, Nasir Abbas
Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9633-4341
Funding for this research was provided by:
Rabdan Academy, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for supporting the Article Processing Charges (APC) of the current research manuscript.
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (Ongoing Research Funding Program, (ORF-2026-443))
Article History
Received: 18 February 2026
Accepted: 1 June 2026
First Online: 24 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the ethics committee of the College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University (COHD 2023129). “Verbal informed consent was obtained from all study participants in accordance with national ethical requirements and the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Participants were fully informed about the study purpose, procedures, and their rights, including the right to refuse or withdraw at any time, and the research team recorded their verbal agreement.”
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.