Cultura

Biopolymers Derived from Agricultural Waste and the Axiological Reconfiguration of Technological Efficiency: A Hermeneutic Analysis in Contrast to Synthetic Polymers

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

Fuentes Molina Natalia, Salinas Epiayu Alexander A., Daza Ortiz Yorleidis M

Abstract

Biopolymers derived from agricultural waste occupy a growing place in scholarly discussions on sustainability and technological development. Beyond their instrumental performance, these materials enable a critical examination of the values that orient agricultural production and shape the relationships between technology, nature, and culture. From this perspective, sustainability is understood as a guiding horizon that structures technological decisions and configures situated ways of inhabiting productive systems. This study advances an axiological analysis of porous biopolymers obtained from agricultural waste and applied in agricultural contexts under water stress conditions, interpreting them as mediators of a technological rationality oriented toward resource care, material circularity, and environmental responsibility. The adopted approach integrates the analysis of material configurations with a critical interpretation of the cultural and normative assumptions underpinning their development and use, articulating technical evidence with philosophical reflection on technological meaning. The results indicate that the structural and functional organization of biopolymers aligns with values associated with waste valorization, ecological coherence, and integration with soil cycles. Within this framework, material innovation acquires relevance insofar as it expresses a transformation in productive narratives, in which technology is oriented by care and intergenerational responsibility. Overall, the study contributes to understanding biopolymers as culturally situated mediators in the axiological reconfiguration of contemporary agricultural technology.

Keywords : biopolymers; sustainability; agricultural waste; philosophy of culture, axiology of technology..
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