Ma, Xiaodong
Siau, Ching Sin
Ho, Meng Chuan
Wee, Lei Hum
Li, Danyang
Neo, Swee Leng
Alavi, Masoumeh
Ishak, Ismarulyusda
Article History
Received: 21 February 2026
Accepted: 18 August 2026
First Online: 26 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: We confirm that the study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (approval no. JEP-2024-102) and Pingdingshan University (Reference No. PDSUYXY2023101001). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.