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Conflict of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial or personal relationships that could influence their work. This includes employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. All conflicts of interest must be declared at the time of submission.

Human and Animal Rights

Research involving human subjects must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki and be approved by an appropriate ethics committee. Informed consent must be obtained from all participants. For animal studies, authors must follow institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals and obtain approval from the relevant ethics committee.

Informed Consent

Authors must ensure that informed consent was obtained from all human participants in their research. This includes consent for publication of any identifying information or images. Authors should also ensure that the privacy rights of human subjects are always observed.