Beyond Translation: Culturally Adaptive User Interfaces (CAUI) in Social VR
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
Mr. Mohit Bhardwaj, Dr. Promil Pande
Abstract
Most Virtual Reality (VR) interfaces facilitate global social interaction, but the design of user interfaces remains dominated by Western semiotics and interaction patterns. The focus on linguistic translation often neglects the language of embodied interaction, gestural affordances, and high-context versus low -context information hierarchies. This paper argues that universal interfaces in social VR create cognitive friction and unintended social conflict through misinterpreted avatar behaviours. Using CAUI as the design framework, the authors employ a Research through Design (RtD) methodology to investigate the impact of cultural sensitivity and representation on user engagement within VR gaming. The study uses focus group participants from Mumbai and Delhi NCR, to demonstrate how CAUI, incorporating vernacular semiotics, create culturally responsive design to predict user acceptance and emotional immersion. This study thus offers a roadmap for developers to create globally inclusive virtual spaces through respectful, context-appropriate integration.
Keywords :
User Interface, Cultural adaption, Virtual Reality, Gaming.
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