Mackenzie Bengen1*, Ying Hsu1§*
, Naim Chabaytah1, Ethan Brandauer 1, Sarah Giese1, Tyler Rankin1, Joseph Laird1, Neda Mokhberian1, and Arlene Drack1§
1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
§Correspondence to: Ying Hsu (ying-hsu@uiowa.edu) Arlene Drack (arlene-drack@uiowa.edu)
* Authors have equal contribution
Abstract
Description
Methods
Acknowledgements
Conflicts of Interest
Funding
Author Contributions
- Mackenzie Bengen: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Supervision
- Ying Hsu: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
- Naim Chabaytah: Investigation
- Ethan Brandauer : Investigation
- Sarah Giese: Investigation
- Tyler Rankin: Investigation
- Joseph Laird: Investigation
- Neda Mokhberian: Investigation
- Arlene Drack: Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing - review & editing
Reviewed By
Kristina Endres
History
- Received: 6/9/2026
- Revision Received: 9/29/2026
- Accepted: 10/29/2026
- Published Online: 11/3/2026
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