Cultura

The Unique Position of Yuan Dynasty Record Prose in the Cultural Exchanges Along the Silk Road Between China and the West, and the Embodiment of its Values

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

Deyao Tan
Lanzhou Univ, Sch Chinese Languages & Literatures, Lanzhou, Gansu, Peoples R China, LanZhou, 730000, GanSu, China

Abstract

The Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) marked a pivotal era in cultural and economic exchanges along the Silk Road, fostering unprecedented intercultural interactions. This study investigates the thematic, linguistic, and contextual dimensions of Yuan record prose, examining its documentation of intercultural exchanges, environmental challenges, and cultural hybridity while bridging textual and material culture. A qualitative, exploratory design was employed, integrating textual, comparative, and contextual analyses. Yuan record prose, including administrative records, trade agreements, and personal narratives, was analysed for recurring themes such as trade, technology, and societal integration. In the findings, the role of Yuan record prose as recording intercultural exchanges, environmental problems, and the hybridism of cultures are discussed. Agreements and routes of the seas were mediums that the prose used to demonstrate trade dynamics, demonstrating the importance of trade as overlapping with material culture. A synthesis of diverse traditions was documented extensively on technological diffusion, societal integration and religious practices. Loanwords, idiomatic expressions, and hybrid narratives formed a bridge between nomadic and sedentary governance, and linguistic hybridity was present in these. Resilience is evidenced by environmental adaptations like caravan rerouting and irrigation projects. These results together show how Yuan record prose helped both extend artistic representations, as well as highlight the dynasty's integrative governance. In its exploration of Yuan record prose as a medium, this study contributes to knowledge of Yuan record prose as a multifaceted medium reflecting cultural, economic, and environmental narratives.

Keywords : Record Prose, Yuan Dynasty; Intercultural Exchange, Silk Road; Cultural Hybridity and Environmental Adaptation, Material Culture.
Erin Saricilar
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