Banerjee, Avishikta
Harikrishna, Niranjan
Hegde, Nishmitha N
Lakshmi V., Chaithra
Hegde, Mithra N.
Funding for this research was provided by:
NITTE University
Article History
Received: 9 June 2025
Accepted: 30 January 2026
First Online: 7 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study has received ethical clearance from the Central Ethics Committee, NITTE (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India. (NU/CEC/2025/836)
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.