Publications by authors named "Gabriela Caez-Ramirez"
Purpose: This work sought to describe the experience of managers and caregivers with feeding and nutrition for older adults with dementia, in Colombian gerontological services.
Participants And Methods: This is a qualitative focus group study with fourteen gerontological care centers for people with dementia.
Results: The study reveals that care related to food and nutrition for people with dementia is organized based on the comprehensive assessment of the resident.
Nutritional Care for Institutionalized Persons with Dementia: An Integrative Review.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
September 2023
Background: Older people are at risk of malnutrition, especially when they suffer from cognitive impairment. Guidelines that orient nursing care in this regard need to be updated. The aim of this review is to address the best available evidence on interventions that can benefit nutritional nursing care for institutionalized older adults with dementia.
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- The study investigates how the enzymatic activity of pectin methylesterase affects the mechanical properties and softening of papaya during ripening, utilizing the Maxwell and Peleg models for analysis.
- Findings show that the Maxwell model offers a better fit for mechanical changes (R > 0.97) than the Peleg model and reveals significant correlations between firmness, soluble solids, and elastic properties related to ripening.
- The research concludes that the behavior of papaya tissue can be effectively described by the Maxwell model, providing insights that may apply to other fruits and food products experiencing similar textural changes during ripening and storage.
Cytotoxic and Immunomodulatory Potential Activity of Physalis peruviana Fruit Extracts on Cervical Cancer (HeLa) and Fibroblast (L929) Cells.
J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med
October 2017
It was purposed to evaluate the biological potential of ethanol and isopropanol crude extracts of ripe Physalis peruviana fruits. Cytotoxic and immunomodulatory effects of the expression of interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) were evaluated on human cervical cancer (HeLa) and murine fibroblast (L929) cells. The composition was evaluated by high-performance liquid chromatography diode-array detection and high-performance liquid chromatography ultraviolet/visible detection.
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