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DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Conception, design, supervision, analysis and/or interpretation: Voskanyan A
Materials: Darbinyan A, Koshatashyan H, Gevorgyan S
Data collection and/or processing: Darbinyan A, Koshatashyan H, Antonyan M
Literature review: Voskanyan A, Antonyan M
Manuscript writing: Voskanyan A, Karabekyan Z, Arestakesyan H
Critical review: Ayvazyan N

Availability of data and materials
The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding
author on reasonable request.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
Authors have no conflicts of interest related to this article. This research did not receive any specific grant
from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
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