Fung, Xavier C. C.
Siu, Andrew M. H.
Ye, Jiajia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7548-0681
Chen, Jian-Han
Chen, Jung-Sheng
Bevan, Nadia
Griffiths, Mark D.
Lin, Chung-Ying
Lau, Benson W. M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Cheng Kung University
Article History
Received: 5 August 2025
Accepted: 4 January 2026
First Online: 19 January 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The present study was approved by the ethics committee at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (IRB ref. HSEARS20201120002). All the participants provided informed consent (i.e., pressing an “agree” icon after showing the study information and participation right).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.