This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and the journal's Ethics Committee. After post-publication investigation, issues related to the following were identified in the article: To facilitate a thorough examination and ensure the accuracy of the information reported in the article, the authors were asked for the raw data of the article. In the absence of an answer from the authors in relation to the raw data, a decision to retract the article was made in accordance with the journal's commitment to upholding the highest standards of scientific integrity and accuracy in published research. Prof. Ahmed Abbas does not agree with the retraction and disputes the grounds for it.
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