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Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research : Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability.
The latest of a series of publications based on workshops sponsored by the Committee on Military Nutrition Research, this book's focus on emerging technologies for nutrition research arose from a concern among scientists at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine that traditi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1997.
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| Colección: | Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE""; ""FOCUS OF THE REPORT""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Contents""; ""Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research""; ""I COMMITTEE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ""; ""1 Project Overview and Committee Summary ""; ""PROJECT OVERVIEW""; ""The Committee's Task""; ""The Current Army Program and Its Future Needs""; ""COMMITTEE SUMMARY""; ""Techniques of Body Composition Assessment""; ""Body Composition Standards in the Military""
- ""Body Composition Assessment Techniques Proposed to Replace Hydrodensitometry as the Criterion Method""""Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry""; ""Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Other Techniques""; ""Computerized Axial Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging""; ""Correlation between Body Composition, Health Status, and Physical Performance""; ""Summary""; ""Tracer Techniques for the Study of Metabolism""; ""Use of Isotopic Tracers to Study Metabolism""; ""Future Directions""; ""Use of Positron Emission Tomography to Study Protein Metabolism""
- ""Nuclear Magnetic Resonance as a Tool to Study Metabolism""""Summary""; ""Ambulatory Techniques for Measurement of Energy Expenditure""; ""Doubly Labeled Water for Energy Expenditure""; ""Using Foot Contact Time to Estimate the Metabolic Cost of Locomotion""; ""Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Measuring Plasma Metabolites""; ""Summary""; ""Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Nutrition""; ""Regulation of Gene Expression by Nutrients and Metabolites""; ""Applications for Techniques Used to Study Gene Expression""; ""Isolated Cell Approaches""; ""Summary""; ""Assessment of Immune Function""
- ""New Approaches to the Study of Abnormal Immune Function""""Evaluation of Humoral Immunity (Production of Antibodies)""; ""Evaluation of Cell-Mediated Immune Functions""; ""In Vitro Assays of Lymphocyte Function""; ""Phagocytic Cell Assays""; ""New Techniques for Producing Immunity via Oral Immunization""; ""Production of Recombinant Bacterial Antigen for Oral Immunization""; ""Use of Enterotoxins as Vaccine Carriers and Adjuvants""; ""Use of Transgenic Plants to Generate Antibodies for Passive Immunotherapy""; ""Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction for Identification and Cloning of Antibodies""
- ""Microencapsulation of Antigens and Antibodies""""Summary""; ""Assessment of Immune Function""; ""Techniques for Oral Vaccine Production""; ""Functional and Behavioral Measures of Nutritional Status""; ""Involuntary Muscle Contraction to Assess Nutritional Status""; ""Application of Cognitive Performance Assessment Technology to Military Nutrition Research""; ""Technical Advances in Cognitive Performance Assessment""; ""Computers and Miniaturization""; ""Improvement in Interface Technology""; ""Summary""; ""2 Committee Responses to Questions, Conclusions, and Recommendations ""