Volume 39, Issue 10, October 2025, 109117Author links open overlay panel, Section snippetsDeclaration of funding

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CRediT authorship contribution statement

Ranjana Sah: Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. Rachana Mehta: Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing.

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Generative AI tools, including Paperpal and ChatGPT-4o, were utilized solely for language, grammar, and stylistic refinement. These tools had no role in the conceptualization, data analysis, interpretation of results, or substantive content development of this manuscript. All intellectual contributions, data analysis, and scientific interpretations remain the sole work of the authors. The final content was critically reviewed and edited to ensure accuracy and originality. The authors take full

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