Study of the Evolution of Feminist Thought in Simon DebBeauwa's Works
VOLUME 21, 2024
The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review
VOLUME 6, 2023
Nan Hou
Department of English, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, 071003, Hebei, China
Department of English, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, 071003, Hebei, China
Abstract
This paper will chart the unfolding of Simone de Beauvoir's feminist philosophy, focusing especially on two of her seminal writings, The Guest and The Second Sex, each forming a backbone for her later theoretical elaboration. In this, the discussion shall engage in how de Beauvoir portrays woman as "the Other" and her criticism of the socially manufactured gender hierarchies. It thus discusses in detail the basic philosophical theories upon which her claim had stood that gender identity is something socially constructed and not a predetermined feature based upon biological elements. Secondly, it further goes on to describe her thought processes upon how age and gender interact with each other in some of her later works such as The Coming of Age and The Ceremony of Farewell. This paper seeks to underline the importance of de Beauvoir's feminist philosophy in both practice and theory, highlighting its value in contemporary debates about gender equality and women's rights. This research, in the final instance, will try to demonstrate the perduring mark left by philosophical ideas concocted by de Beauvoir on the writings of a modern feminist discourse.
Keywords :
Simone De Beauvoir, Feminist Philosophy, Gender Identity, The Other, Gender Equality, Social Construction, Existentialism, Women's Rights.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Abstract
Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords :
Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty