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	Samuel O Antwi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States
	Deriba Abera Bedane, BSc, MSc, Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Science, Jimma University, Jimma 378, Oromia, Ethiopia
	Antonio Biondi, PhD, Full Professor, Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania 95123, Italy
	Davide Bizzoca, MD, PhD, Surgeon, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro and AOU Consorziale Policlinico, Bari 70124, Italy
	Yuri L Boteon, MD, PhD, Doctor, Full Professor, Professor, Surgeon, Liver Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-900, Brazil
	Chrysoula Boutari, MD, MSc, PhD, Associate Specialist, Doctor, Instructor, Postdoc, 2nd Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Ippokratio University Hospital, Thessaloniki 54249, Greece