Similarities and Differences between Chinese and Foreign Ethnic Music and their Cultural Connotations from a Comparative Perspective
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
Yan Miao
Shenyang Conservatory of Music, Liaoning, Shenyang, 110168, China
Shenyang Conservatory of Music, Liaoning, Shenyang, 110168, China
Abstract
This study offers a detailed comparative study on the Chinese ethnic music traditions and that of foreigners, locating these traditions within the cultural, historical, and structural contexts and exploring the binding intersections. The research works in two directions: on the one hand, it examines the interaction of universally human music components with culturally unique manifestations and on the other hand, how music traditions embody both universal human elements and culturally unique components. After the detailed analysis of specific musical patterns, performance modes and the environment, the study illustrates that ethnic musical traditions are complex manifestations of culture-oriented frameworks whilst having elementary features of human’s musical performance models. The findings are relevant to the character of music as a form of communication and a universal phenomenon while also reflecting different aspects of culture, in which such communication exists, including philosophy, society, and aesthetics.
Keywords :
Comparative Ethnomusicology; Cultural Manifestation; Musical Universality; Traditional Performance Practices.
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