Conflict of Interest

Declarations regarding conflicts of interest must be made transparently in accordance with authorship disclosure standards. Authors are required to disclose any relationships—whether financial or personal—that could potentially introduce bias or partiality into the manuscript. Funding sources for the research must be specified, along with details regarding the role of the funding body. If the funding provider (sponsor) played no specific role, the authors must explicitly state this. Authors must also guarantee that they have full access to all research data and that the sponsor did not interfere with data analysis or manuscript preparation. In the absence of such conditions, authors may include the following statement: "The authors declare no conflicts of interest."