Conflict of Interest Disclosure

Authors are required to disclose any financial or personal relationships that could be perceived as influencing the content or outcomes of their work inappropriately.

All financial support received for the research and/or the development of the manuscript must be fully disclosed, including the involvement of any funding bodies. If applicable, authors should clarify the funder’s role in the study’s design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, report writing, and the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funder had no involvement in any of these aspects, this should be explicitly stated.

Potential conflicts of interest may include, but are not limited to: employment or consultancy arrangements, ownership of stocks or shares, receipt of honoraria, paid expert witness services, patent applications or registrations, and financial grants or other types of funding. Such disclosures should be made as early as possible in the publication process.