## 4 Framework and Principles for VHO Scheme
This research was funded by the Project of Improving the Basic Research Ability of Young and Middle-aged Teachers in Guangxi Universities, grant number 2022 KV0381; the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Regional Science Foundation Project, grant number 62161031; and the Guangxi Provincial Education Department's Postgraduate Education Innovation Project, grant number YCSW2022396. Data available on request due to restrictions eg privacy or ethical. The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to the ownership of the simulation code and data by the host lab. The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions. The authors declare no conflict of interest. ## References

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