Cultura

Argumentative Factors in Arabic and Their Role in Guiding Discourse

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

Bahia Bellarbi

Abstract

The field of argumentative studies in the modern era has attracted increasing attention,

becoming a central focus in contemporary research. This interest has manifested through

a quantitative and qualitative accumulation of books and studies that have addressed

argumentation through analysis and theorisation. As a result of this cognitive momentum,

multiple theories of argumentation have emerged, laying the foundations of this pragmatic

field. Among the most prominent of these theories are those of Toulmin, Perelman, and

Tyteca, as well as the approaches of Ducrot. These theorists have worked to establish the

features of this discipline and to define its operational concepts, thereby contributing to

the formation of an independent epistemological identity for argumentative studies. If the

subject of argumentation for Perelman lies in the study of the techniques of discourse to

lead the receiver to acceptance and submission, thus constituting a logical phenomenon

aimed at achieving persuasion, Ducrot, by contrast, considers argumentation a linguistic

phenomenon concerned with the study of linguistic means and thus linked to the structure

of utterances and discourse. Argumentative factors are considered one of these linguistic

elements and components that realise the argumentative function of language, as

highlighted in Ducrot’s theory. In this paper, we seek to demonstrate the importance of

argumentative factors in discourse and their role in persuading the receiver and achieving

the speaker’s intentions.

Keywords : language, discourse, argumentation, factors, connectors, integrated pragmatics..
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