Cultura

Cultural Conflict and Integration in Eighteenth-Century French Literary Works: A Perspective of Cross-Cultural Communication

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

Shasha Ma
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN STUDIES, CUPL China University of Political Science and Law 102249, Beijing, China

Abstract

At different times, cultural integration has been a critical issue across the world. The cultural integration has brought about strategies for redefining a new universal culture. However, the programs have not yet borne any fruit for numerous reasons. The confrontation and incorporation of French literary texts represent the fallout of cultural integration. This is exemplified by the periods of the 18th century in which French culture and cultural conflicts were integrated, providing an opportunity for examination and learning. Cultural differences within the French people, the inappropriateness of French cultural values, traditions, and upbringings with the current situation, and the dominance of the existing cultural practices are the ones that create the cultural conflicts. The present study concluded that the host population opposed French culture's integration mainly due to the divergence of ideologies, insufficient cultural integration, and manifold literary works. These narratives, therefore, offer great comprehension of the cultural conflicts of that era and give us a critical lesson for understanding cultural issues in the contemporary world.

Keywords : Cultural Conflict and Integration, Cross-Cultural Communication, French literary.
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