fix: Sorting logic for listing data

[abdullai-t]

Summary / Highlights

This commit corrects the logic used to sort items based upon provided parameters, changing default sorting direction from "desc" to "asc". Additionally, exception handling has been added in the sorting function to ensure graceful failure and return the original query set in the event of an error.

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Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 97.36842% with 2 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 55.09%. Comparing base (3472571) to head (2a7c76d).

Files	Patch %	Lines
src/api/tests/unit/utils/test_filter_functions.py	98.43%	1 Missing :warning:
src/api/utils/filter_functions.py	91.66%	1 Missing :warning:

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```diff @@ Coverage Diff @@ ## main #1079 +/- ## ========================================== + Coverage 54.96% 55.09% +0.12% ========================================== Files 438 439 +1 Lines 32470 32538 +68 ========================================== + Hits 17848 17926 +78 + Misses 14622 14612 -10 ```

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