Cultura

Moral Algorithms, Cultural Codes, And Computational Power: Axiology, Artificial Intelligence, And The Re-Engineering Of Meaning In Digital Capitalism

VOLUME 23, 2026

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

VOLUME 6, 2023

Soubraylu Sivakumar, Dr. Parvathraj K M M, Ritesh Kumar Kushwaha, Dr. Dilip R

Abstract

The approach of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a weapon of dominance in digital capitalism that may carve out new ethical values, cultural sense, and power dynamics with the help of algorithms. This study critically examines the interplay of moral algorithms, cultural codes and computational power, through axiology, critical political economy as well as cultural theory in an attempt to re-engraver meaning in modern societies. The alignment of the qualitative thematic and axiological analysis of the scholarly literature, policy frameworks, and written AI applications, enables the study to show that the algorithm systems are always focused on economic and functional values rather than on human-focused ethics. The results indicate that efficiency (9.5/10), profit maximization (9.0/10), and predictability of behavior (8.5/10) are the leading aspects of AI design and implementation whereas such values as fairness (5.0/10), transparency (4.5/10), and human autonomy (4.0/10) are implemented more weakly. The study also shows that algorithms are cultural infrastructures, which define the social visibility, identity formation, and moral norms with high influencing potential in both systems of recommendation and ranking (8.59.0/10). The power of data control and computational power are found to be a key source of power, and data control and algorithmic governance already have a high-intensity score of over 9.0 /10. The study also develops the current concerns by positioning axiology as the core of AI ethics by comparing results with related existing research. It comes to the conclusion that a deep reconsideration of computational power towards dignity, cultural plurality, and democratic responsibility is necessary to have meaningful and just AI systems.

Keywords : Artificial Intelligence, Axiology, Digital Capitalism, Moral Algorithms, Computational Power.
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