Reclaiming Identity Through Narrative: An Analysis of Li Genquan’s the Age of Suffering
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
Jing Fan
The School of Foreign Studies, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266655, Shandong, China
The School of Foreign Studies, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266655, Shandong, China
Abstract
This article examines the first immigration narrative of the 1980s within the Chaoxianzu (朝鮮族) community in China, focusing on Li Genquan (李根全)’s seminal work, The Age of Suffering (苦難的年代). The study illuminates how Li employs a ‘root-seeking’ approach to address critical questions about the Chaoxianzu identity, history, and existence. This article posits that Li’s socialist realist narrative goes beyond simply narrating historical events and delves into the broader spiritual and cultural problems the Chaoxianzu faced. The ‘root-seeking’ process promoted ethnic self-awareness and subject consciousness. By addressing issues of dual identity as a party member and a writer, the immigration genesis, and the historical implications of choices made by the Chaoxianzu, Li’s work offers insights into the identity crisis faced by this community in modern China. The article establishes the significance of The Age of Suffering as a literary response to complex socio-cultural questions, advocating its essential role in shaping contemporary Chaoxianzu identity.
Keywords :
Immigration Narratives, Chaoxianzu, Li Genquan, The Age Of Suffering, Socialist Realism.
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