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Contributors: Drs. Farrokhyar and Bhandari initiated and cochaired this series of articles. They edited all manuscripts for accuracy and consistency of the concepts, content and format, as well as advised on all aspects of the project’s development. They approved this article for publication. Competing interests: No funding was received for the preparation of this paper. Dr. Bhandari is funded, in part, by a Canada Research Chair at McMaster University.