Liu, Yu https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7288-0671
Riklikiene, Olga
Ezenwaka, Chidum
Nwankwo, Clementina Ukamaka
Zhu, Shengling
Makhanbetkulova, Dinara
Analike, Rosemary Adamma
Bulikaite, Virginija
Dabyl, Aruzhan
Fan, Xinyu
Victor, Virginia
Zhang, Qingbo
Takeno, Yukari https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2595-6888
Funding for this research was provided by:
JST SPRING (JPMJSP2125)
the University of the West Indies Research and Publication Fund grant (CRP.3.NOV24.01)
Article History
Received: 25 August 2025
Accepted: 16 February 2026
First Online: 6 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of Nagoya University, Japan (Approval No. 2023 − 0439), as the relevant institutional review boards in China, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, and Trinidad and Tobago. Participation was voluntary, and informed consent was obtained from all respondents before data collection.
: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form (including individual details, images, or videos).
: The authors declare no competing interests.