Cultura

The Role of Metaphors in Shaping Cultural Identity and Values: A Philosophical Exploration in Academic Thesis Writing

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Shi Yan
College of Arts, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130000, China

Abstract

This study makes use of a diachronic corpus to deeply analyze the collaborative phenomena and semantic evolution processes of cultural metaphorical words in academic writing. Through a systematic analysis of the corpus of papers from different periods, it reveals the characteristics of the distribution and collaborative patterns of cultural metaphorical words, sorts out the trajectories, laws, and influencing factors of semantic evolution, and explores the interrelationship between their collaboration and semantic evolution. The research results provide a new perspective for understanding the dynamic interaction between language and culture in academic writing, and contribute to deepening the understanding of literary research and the mechanisms of language evolution.

Keywords : Diachronic Corpus; Cultural Metaphorical Words; Collaboration; Semantic Evolution.
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