Polymer International

1 week ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Taylor Ward |Jianing Xu |Daniel Hall |Xianyan Chen

1 Introduction Over the last decade, mental health in child and adolescent patients has been increasing (Bitsko et al. 2022). Among these disorders, childhood-onset schizophrenia, while rare may be the most debilitating (Bartlett 2014). Childhood-onset schizophrenia typically manifest before the age of 13 with an estimated prevalence of approximately one in 40 000 children (Gochman et al. 2011; Kao and Liu 2010).

1 week ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor |Lukas Kornher |Fabio G. Santeramo

1 Introduction Economic sanctions are a common foreign policy tool senders use to restrict relations with a target, aiming to pressure dissenting regimes into changing their objectionable policies. (Hufbauer et al. 2007; Morgan et al. 2014). Economic sanctions (hereafter sanctions) have become increasingly favoured as an alternative to military interventions, which can lead to direct property damage and the loss of human lives.

1 week ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Imogen Hartley |Babak Sarraf |Helen Wilding |Jonathan Segal

1 Introduction Crohn's disease (CD) is one form of inflammatory bowel disease influenced by host genetics and immune system, environmental factors, and the microbiome, with significant heterogeneity in disease phenotype and severity. One of the most severe phenotypes of CD is the perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease (pfCD), which causes an aberrant connection (fistula) between the anorectum and the surrounding organs.

1 week ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kevin Jung

In a 1988 article on artificial intelligence (AI), the philosopher Daniel Dennett asks the question, “how is it possible for a physical thing—a person, an animal, a robot—to extract knowledge of the world from perception and then exploit that knowledge in the guidance of successful action?” (Dennett 1988, 283). He then quickly follows up with a long list of other familiar philosophical questions: “What is mind? What is meaning? What is reasoning and rationality?

1 week ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Daniel G. Rayner |David Gou |Jennifer Lin |Grace X Xiong

Patients with atopic dermatitis have high rates of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and sleep disturbances. Atopic dermatitis severity was not associated with increased prevalence of mental health symptoms. To the Editor, Atopic dermatitis (AD) represents a significant challenge to patients through uncontrolled symptoms, including itch, oedema, xerosis, crusting, and oozing [1, 2].