Shimizu, Yuji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-9288
Sasaki, Nagisa
Oyama, Asuka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6584-5958
Noguchi, Yuko
Matsuu-Matsuyama, Mutsumi
Hamada, Koichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4669-5501
Kawashiri, Shin-Ya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2606-995X
Yamanashi, Hirotomo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8655-4519
Nakamichi, Seiko
Nagata, Yasuhiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1353-7272
Maeda, Takahiro
Hayashida, Naomi
Article History
Received: 12 March 2026
Accepted: 31 July 2026
First Online: 8 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Informed consent forms were provided to ensure that the participants understood the objectives of the study. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants. All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional Research Committee and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments, or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Human Use at Nagasaki University (project registration number: 14051404).
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.