Retraction Note: Discover Applied Sciences (2023) 5:147 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-023-05365-0


The Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article [1]. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation’s findings, the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.

The author has not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.