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  Treatment for Colorectal Cancer: Robot-assisted vs Laparoscopic Surgery Abstract Over the past few years, Robotic surgery has been an emerging field in colorectal surgery. Over years there has been continuous shift towards minimally invasive procedures with enormous potential advantages, but progress is impeded because of limited evidence, lack of technology and cost of expenditure. However, recent advances and feedback in robotic surgery and single-port incision in laparoscopic surgery are likely to improve surgical outcomes for treatment of colorectal cancer. Currently, laparoscopic surgery is preferred for colorectal cancer over open surgery and its usefulness is unquestionable. Laparoscopic surgery has become the standard of practice for various digestive tract surgeries. Although, robotassisted is gold standard for various other procedures, more research is needed to prove its safety and efficacy in the treatment of colorectal cancer. Robotic surgery may overcome limitations...

Cognitive Dissonance in Iranian Multiple Sclerosis Patients Abstract Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease characterized by loss of myelin in neurons. Objective:  The aim of this study was to compare the cognitive dissonance of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with healthy people. Methodology:  MS participants were selected using non-probability sampling method from Iranian patients and healthy participants were paired with MS sample in education, age and illness stage. They were asked to complete dissonance arousal and reduction questionnaire (Harmon- Jones;2008). Discussion:  The results showed that the average score of MS patients was significantly higher than non-clinical subjects (p<0.05). It can be stated that one of the basic reasons of dissonance cognition in MS referred to probably impairment of memory, learning and cognitive functions. Discussion:  The results showed that the average score of MS patients was significantly higher than non-clinical subje...

  The Origin of the Plant Diversity and the Origin of Human Races Abstract The article offers a parallel between the unlimited possibilities of plants to adapt and the unlimited possibilities of humans to adapt. While in the Darwin’s evolutional theory, proclaimed in 1859, external influences modify the material body, for Goethe (in 1790) the external influences modify the archetypal form called plants’ spirit. For Goethe, the whole diversity of plants is a result of adapting of this initially created archetypal form, called plant Spirit, to different environmental conditions - adapting the plant’s spirit was taking many different forms. I think this was a genius intuitive insight of Goethe, but as all intuitive insights it was too much ahead of his time to be appreciated. It seems that the humans’ unlimited ability to adapt to different environments has the same origin – it is done through the initially created archetypal form, called human Spirit, which is nonlinear electromagnet...