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Front Matter i-xviii
I Committee Summary and Recommendations 1-2
1 Project Overview and Committee Summary 3-50
2 Committee Responses to Questions, Conclusions and Recommendations 51-68
II The Current Army Program and Its Future Needs 69-70
3 Emerging Technologies in Nutrition Research for the Military: Overview of the Issues 71-78
III Techniques of Body Composition Assessment 79-80
4 Military Application of Body Composition Assessment Technologies 81-126
5 Imaging Techniques of Body Composition: Advantages of Measurement and New Uses 127-150
6 Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry: Research Issues, and Equipment 151-168
7 Bioelectrical Impedance: A History, Research Issues, and Recent Consensus 169-192
Part III Discussion 193-198
IV Tracer Techniques for the Study of Metabolism 199-200
8 Stable Isotope Tracers: Technological Tools That Have Emerged 201-214
9 Measurement of Energy Substrate Metabolism Using Stable Isotopes 215-230
10 Combined Stable Isotope-Positron Emission Tomography for In Vivo Assessment of Protein Metabolism 231-258
11 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liver and Muscle Glycogen Metabolism in Humans 259-272
Part IV Discussion 273-278
V Ambulatory Techniques for Measurement of Energy Expenditure 279-280
12 Doubly Labeled Water for Energy Expenditure 281-296
13 Measurement of Oxygen Uptake with Portable Equipment 297-314
14 Advances in Ambulatory Monitoring: Using Foot Contact Time to Estimate the Metabolic Cost of Locomotion 315-344
15 Noninvasive Measurement of Plasma Metabolites Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 359-360
Part V Discussion 361-362
VI Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Nutrition 363-374
16 The Role of Metals in Gene Expression 375-388
17 Metabolic Regulation of Gene Expression 389-400
18 Use of Isolated-Cell and Metabolic Techniques Applied to Vitamin Transport and Disposition 401-414
19 Assessment of Cellular Dysfunction During Physiologic Stress 415-416
VII Assessment of Immune Function 417-430
20 The Validity of Blood and Urinary Cytokine Measurements for Detecting the Presence of Inflammation 431-450
21 New Approaches to the Study of Abnormal Immune Function 451-500
Part VI and VII Discussion 501-504
VIII Functional and Behavioral Measures of Nutritional Status 505-506
23 Involuntary Muscle Contraction to Assess Nutritional Status 507-518
24 Application of Cognitive Performance Assessment Technology to Military Nutrition Research 519-532
25 New Techniques for Assessment of Mental Performance in the Field 533-550
26 The Iowa Driving Simulator: Using Simulation for Human Performance Measurement 551-568
Part VIII Discussion 569-576
Appendixes 577-578
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda 579-584
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches 585-604
Appendix C: Abbreviations 605-608
Appendix D: Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research - A Selected Biography 609-680
Index 681-711

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Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research: Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability (1997)

Chapter: Appendixes

APPENDIXES

A		Workshop Agenda
B		Biographical Sketches
C		Abbreviations
D		Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research—A Selected Bibliography

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Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research: Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability (1997)

Chapter: Appendixes

APPENDIXES