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Featured Article: PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that can develop because of exposure to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life. Symptoms may include disturbing thoughts, feelings, or dreams related to the events, mental or physical distress to trauma-related cues, attempts to avoid trauma-related cues, alterations in the way a person thinks and feels, and an increase in the fight-or-flight response.

Popular Article: Illyrian Movement

Hrvatski narodni preporod, Curtain at Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Illyrian movement also Croatian national revival was a nationalistic campaign initiated by a group of young Croatian intellectuals during the first half of nineteenth century. This movement aimed to create a Croatian national establishment under Austro-Hungarian rule through linguistic and ethnic unity among South Slavs. Perhaps the most significant aspect of this national revival was that it was inclusive of those who lived in what was regarded as the Croatian space in terms of their ethnicity and religion, since language was used to define membership.

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The Great Wall of China was built primarily during the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) (source: Ming Dynasty)

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