Mathematical Modeling in Experimental Nutrition

I. Theoretical Considerations in Compartmental Modeling.- 1. Balancing Needs, Efficiency, and Functionality in the Provision of Modeling Software: A Perspective of the NIH WinSAAM Project.- 2. Compartmental Modeling of Human Lactation.- 3. Modeling Protein Turnover.- 4. Developing and Testing Integrated Multicompartmental Models to Describe a Single-Input Multiple-Output Study Using the SAAM II Software System.- 5. Compartmental Models: Theory and Practice Using the SAAM II Software System.- 6. Approaches to Population Kinetic Analysis with Application to Metabolic Studies.- 7. The Mathematics behind Modeling.- 8. Distributing Working Versions of Published Mathematical Models for Biological Fields via the Internet.- II. Statistical Modeling in Nutrition.- 9. Measurement Error and Dietary Intake.- 10. Statistical Models for Quantitative Bioassay.- 11. Statistical Issues in Assay Development and Use.- 12. Statistical Tools for the Analysis of Nutrition Effects on the Survival of Cohorts.- III. Applications of Modeling.- 13. Development of a Compartment Model Describing the Dynamics of Vitamin A Metabolism in Men.- 14. Compartmental Models of Vitamin A and ?-Carotene Metabolism in Women.- 15. The Dynamics of Folic Acid Metabolism in an Adult Given a Small Tracer Dose of 14C-Folic Acid.- 16. Human Zinc Metabolism: Advances in the Modeling of Stable Isotope Data.- 17. Key Features of Copper versus Molybdenum Metabolism Models in Humans.- 18. Insights into Bone Metabolism from Calcium Kinetic Studies in Children.- 19. Modeling of Energy Expenditure and Resting Metabolic Rate during Weight Loss in Humans.- 20. Development and Application of a Compartmental Model of 3-Methyhistidine Metabolism in Humans and Domestic Animals.- 21. Modeling Ruminant Digestion and Metabolism.-22. Designing a Radioisotope Experiment Using a Dynamic, Mechanistic Model of Protein Turnover.- IV. Chemical / Physical Analytical Methods.- 23. Protocol Development for Biological Tracer Studies.- 24. Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry in Experimental Nutrition.- 25. Accelerator Mass Spectrometry as a Bioanalytical Tool for Nutrition Research.