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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Critical and crossover behaviours in linear and nonlinear conductance networks near percolation =: 線性與非線性電導網絡之臨界及交疊特性. / 線性與非線性電導網絡之臨界及交疊特性 / Critical and crossover behaviours in linear and nonlinear conductance networks near percolation =: Xian xing yu fei xian xing dian dao wang luo zhi lin jie ji jiao die te xing. / Xian xing yu fei xian xing dian dao wang luo zhi lin jie ji jiao die te xing

January 1995 (has links)
by Hon-chor Lee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 56). / by Hon-chor Lee. / Introduction --- p.1 / Series expansion for the conductivity of a linear random resistor network / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.4 / Chapter 2. --- Comparison of the EMA with symbolic simulations in 2D --- p.5 / Chapter 3. --- Comparison of the EMA with Bergman and Kantor's findings --- p.6 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusion --- p.7 / Current moments of linear random resistor network / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.10 / Chapter 2. --- Review of the definition of current moment --- p.10 / Chapter 3. --- Tremblay et. al.'s findings and symbolic simulation of current moments --- p.11 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusion --- p.13 / Effective medium theory for strongly nonlinear composites: comparison with numerical simulations / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.15 / Chapter 2. --- Variational principles --- p.16 / Chapter 3. --- Formalism of EMA --- p.17 / Chapter 4. --- Comparison with numerical simulations --- p.19 / Chapter 5. --- Discussion --- p.21 / Percolative conduction in two-component strongly nonlinear composites / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.25 / Chapter 2. --- Spherical inclusions --- p.25 / Chapter 3. --- Effective medium approximation in the vicinity of the percolation threshold --- p.27 / Chapter 4. --- Acknowledgment --- p.29 / Percolation Effects in Two Component Strongly Nonlinear Composites: Universal Scaling Behaviours / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.31 / Chapter 2. --- General Scaling Relations for Two-Component Composites --- p.33 / Chapter 3. --- Estimate of Critical Exponents --- p.35 / Chapter 4. --- Numerical Simulations --- p.38 / Chapter 5. --- Discussions and Conclusions --- p.40 / Chapter 6. --- Acknowledgment --- p.40 / Improved effective medium theory for strongly nonlinear composites / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.46 / Chapter 2. --- Formalism of Improved EMA --- p.47 / Chapter 3. --- Comparisons with numerical simulations and HS bound --- p.50 / Chapter 4. --- Discussions --- p.51 / Conclusion --- p.54
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Adaptive Content-Aware Scaling for Improved Video Streaming

Tripathi, Avanish 01 May 2001 (has links)
Streaming video applications on the Internet generally have very high bandwidth requirements and yet are often unresponsive to network congestion. In order to avoid congestion collapse and improve video quality, these applications need to respond to congestion in the network by deploying mechanisms to reduce their bandwidth requirements under conditions of heavy load. In reducing bandwidth, video with high motion will look better if all the frames are kept but the frames have low quality, while video with low motion will look better if some frames are dropped but the remaining frames have high quality. Unfortunately current video applications scale to fit the available bandwidth without regard to the video content. In this thesis, we present an adaptive content-aware scaling mechanism that reduces the bandwidth occupied by an application by either dropping frames (temporal scaling) or by reducing the quality of the frames transmitted (quality scaling). We have designed a streaming video client and server with the server capable of quantifying the amount of motion in an MPEG stream and scaling each scene either temporally or by quality as appropriate, maximizing the appearance of each video stream. We have evaluated the impact of content-aware scaling by conducting a user study wherein the subjects rated the quality of video clips that were first scaled temporally and then by quality in order to establish the optimal mechanism for scaling a particular stream. We find that content-aware scaling can improve video quality by as much as 50%. We have also evaluated the practical impact of adaptively scaling the video stream by conducting a user study for longer video clips with varying amounts of motion and available bandwidth. We find that for such clips also the improvement in perceptual quality on account of adaptive content-aware scaling is as high as 30%
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Estudo numérico do escalonamento de um leito fluidizado circulante utilizando o conjunto simplificado das leis de escala de Glicksman

Pedroso, Fabiano Anderson 29 August 2013 (has links)
Submitted by Maicon Juliano Schmidt (maicons) on 2015-04-15T20:36:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabiano Anderson Pedroso.pdf: 4283933 bytes, checksum: 9e8c395fe9319e367efba6745553280e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-15T20:36:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabiano Anderson Pedroso.pdf: 4283933 bytes, checksum: 9e8c395fe9319e367efba6745553280e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-01-31 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / PROSUP - Programa de Suporte à Pós-Gradução de Instituições de Ensino Particulares / A combustão em Leito Fluidizado (LF) é caracterizada por sua capacidade de redução das emissões de poluentes em relação aos métodos tradicionais de queima do combustível pulverizado. No Brasil, há um potencial de geração de energia em LF pela combustão do carvão mineral, dada a quantidade de reservas disponíveis, das quais mais de 99% se concentram nos estados do Rio Grande do Sul e de Santa Catarina. Dentre as tecnologias disponíveis para combustão e gaseificação em LF, destaca-se a de Leito Fluidizado Circulante (LFC), devido ao potencial de uso em gaseificação integrada a um ciclo combinado de conversão de energia (IGCC). No projeto, dimensionamento e operação de LFs, o entendimento do escoamento multifásico gás-sólido é de suma importância. As leis de escalonamento de Glicksman fornecem as regras necessárias para construção de leitos em escala com similaridade fluidodinâmica, permitindo reproduzir em escala piloto ou mesmo de laboratório a fluidodinâmica de um leito em escala industrial. Aliado a isso, a Dinâmica dos Fluidos Computacional (CFD) vem se estabelecendo como uma poderosa ferramenta para a simulação dos processos em LFC. Portanto, o objetivo deste trabalho é desenvolver um modelo computacional para a simulação da fluidodinâmica de LFCs utilizando o código livre MFIX e aplicar esse modelo para validação das leis de escala através da modelagem numérica de um LFC em escala real com validação experimental e um leito em escala reduzida de acordo com o conjunto simplificado. Para isso, foram desenvolvidos um leito em completa correspondência com o conjunto simplificado, seis leitos escalonados com alteração de parâmetros operacionais e um leito escalonado pelo conjunto completo das leis de escalonamento de Glicksman. O modelo computacional é baseado na abordagem Euler-Granular, em que as fases gás e sólido são consideradas como meios contínuos interpenetrantes. A fase sólida é modelada como um fluido cujo tensor tensão é construído de modo a descrever o escoamento da fase particulada conforme a teoria cinética dos escoamentos granulares (KTGF). O modelo físico aproximado para validação da simulação para a escala real foi o Terceiro Desafio promovido em parceria pela NETL e PSRI. Entre as escalas, foram comparados os perfis horizontal e vertical de fração volumétrica de gás; perfis horizontais de velocidade vertical adimensional dos sólidos e fluxo mássico adimensional de sólidos; perfil vertical de perda de carga adimensional e a evolução temporal da fração volumétrica de gás média. No presente estudo, os resultados permitiram verificar que, na modelagem numérica de uma escala reduzida a partir do conjunto simplificado das leis de escalonamento de Glicksman, a média do Erro Relativo Médio (ERM) ponderado sobre todos os perfis analisados apresentou um valor de 14,2% em relação a escala real, aceitável para esse tipo de sistema. Também se verificou que a diminuição do diâmetro das partículas em não conformidade com as leis de escala, em alguns dos perfis analisados, implicou em uma redução do ERM em comparação com aquele obtido pelos resultados do conjunto simplificado, devido a maior aproximação do diâmetro da partícula do valor determinado pelo conjunto completo. Em relação à comparação dos resultados obtidos pelo conjunto simplificado e completo das leis de escalonamento de Glicksman, confirma-se o esperado - uma maior correspondência para o leito escalonado pelo conjunto completo, com destaque à correta previsão do perfil horizontal do fluxo mássico adimensional de sólidos, não previsto pelo conjunto simplificado. Dessa forma, considera-se que o conjunto simplificado das leis de escala de Glicksman, dentro de suas limitações intrínsecas, fornece uma boa aproximação para o escalonamento de LFCs através da simulação numérica Euler-Granular. / Fluidized bed (FB) combustion has as main feature its capacity to reduce the release of pollutants in relation to conventional burning methods of pulverized fuel. Brazil has a potential in energy generation with FB through the combustion of coal, given the number of available reservoirs, of which 99% are located in the Southern states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Among the available technologies for combustion and gasification on FB, we can highlight that of Circulating Fluidized Beds (CFB), given its use in Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (IGCC). In the project, design and operation of FBs, the understanding of the gas-solid multiphase flow is highly important. Glicksman’s scaling laws provide the guidance needed for building beds in scale with fluid dynamics similarity, allowing the reproduction in pilot or even laboratory level of the fluid dynamics of a bed in industrial level. Along with that, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has established itself as a powerful tool in the simulation of CFB processes. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to develop a computational model for the simulation of CFBs fluid dynamics, using the MFIX code and to apply this model to the validation of scaling rules through the numerical modeling of a CFB in real scale with experimental validation and a bed in reduced scale according to a reduced set. For that to happen, a bed in fully correspondence wtih the reduced set, six scaled beds with alterations in their operational parameters, and a bed scaled by the full-set of Glicksman’s scaling laws have been developed. The computational model is based on the Euler-Granular Approach, in which the solid and gas phases are considered as interpenetrating continua. The solid phase is modeled as a fluid whose tensors are built in order to describe the flow of the granular phase according to the kinetic theory of granular flows (KTGF). The approximate physical model for the validation of this simulation to real scale was the Third Challenge held by NETL and PSRI. A comparison was made among the scales, one of the horizontal and vertical profiles of gas volume fraction; horizontal of vertical dimensionless speed of solids and dimensionless mass flux of solids; vertical of dimensionless pressure drop and the temporal evolution of the average gas volume fraction. In this study, the results allowed to verify that, in the numeral modeling of a reduced scale based on the reduced set of Glicksman’s scaling laws, the average of Relative Error (RE) considered over all the analyzed profiles showed a 14.2% value in relation to the real scale, which is acceptable for this kind of system. It has also been verified that the reduction in diameter of particles which were not suitable with the scaling laws, in some of the analyzed profiles, resulted in a reduction of RE when compared to that obtained through the results of the reduced set, due to a larger approximation of the particles diameter to the value determined by the full-set. Regarding the comparison of the results obtained through the reduced and full-set of Glicksman’s scaling laws, the most expected was confirmed – a larger matching for the bed scaled through the full-set, highlighting the correct prediction of the horizontal profile of the dimensionless mass flux of solids, which was not predicted by the reduced set. Thus, the reduced set of Glicksman’s scaling laws provides, within its inherent limitations, a good approximation for the scaling of CFBs through the Euler-Granular numerical simulation.
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Qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal após o tratamento de gengivite e da periodontite / Oral health related quality of life after gingivitis and periodontitis treatment

Mendez, Marina January 2013 (has links)
O objetivo do presente estudo foi verificar o impacto do tratamento periodontal não cirúrgico na qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal de pacientes com periodontite de moderada à avançada. Quarenta e cinco pacientes foram submetidos aos exames físicos periodontais e à entrevista utilizando-se o instrumento OHIP-14, em três momentos experimentais: antes do tratamento (T1), após o tratamento da gengivite (T2) e um mês após o término do tratamento da periodontite (T3). A análise dos dados foi feita comparando-se as médias dos indicadores físicos periodontais (IFP), escore total (ET) do OHIP-14 e de seus domínios (D), separadamente. Além disso, foi avaliada a diferença de mudança do ET-OHIP-14 entre T1-T2 e T1-T3 e sua correlação com os IFP e o com o ET -OHIP- 14 em T1. Uma redução significante foi observada para o ET-OHIP-14 entre T1 (17,6±11,3) e T2 (9,1±8,0) e T3 (9,5±7,7). Porém, a mudança observada para o ETOHIP- 14 foi maior entre T1-T2, quando comparado a T1-T3. O tamanho deste efeito foi de 0.75 e 0,72 respectivamente. À exceção do domínio incapacidade física e limitação funcional, todos os demais apresentaram redução significante entre T1 e T2. Este resultado foi mantido em T3, exceto para o dor física que apresentou incremento positivo (de 2,8±2,0 para 3,7±2,5). Foi observada uma correlação entre a mudança do OHIP-14 com o ET e Perda de Inserção em T1. Conclui-se que a percepção de qualidade de vida melhora após o tratamento periodontal, principalmente após o tratamento da gengivite. Sendo assim, sugere-se o tratamento da gengivite, expressivo na sua capacidade de melhorar os impactos relacionados à qualidade de vida, como essencial em periodontia. / The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of non-surgical periodontal treatment on oral health related quality of life in patients diagnosed with moderate to advanced chronic periodontitis. Forty five patients were examined for clinical periodontal parameters and for the assessment of oral health related quality of life using the OHIP-14 questionnaire in three different moments: before treatment (T1), after gingivitis treatment (T2) and after periodontitis treatment (T3). Means of periodontal clinical parameters, the OHIP-14 total score and its domains were compared separately at all moments. Change of means (between T1-T2 and T1-T3) and its correlation between initial (T1) clinical parameters and OHIP-14 total score was calculated. A significant reduction of OHIP-14 total score was observed between the T1 (17.6±11.3) and T2 and T3 (9.1±8.0 and 9.5±7.7). However, the change of OHIP-14 means was higher for T1-T2 when compared to T1-T3, effect sizes calculated for this comparisons were 0.75 and 0.72 respectively. Except for the domain physical disability and functional limitation, all others showed a significant reduction between T1 and T2. This result was maintained at T3, except for the physical pain domain which increased (from 2.8 ± 2.0 to 3.7 ± 2.5). A correlation was observed between the change in OHIP-14 with its total score and periodontal attachment loss in T1. We conclude that there is an improvement of patients’ perception on oral health related quality of life after periodontal treatment, particularly after the gingivitis treatment. Therefore, it is suggested the treatment of gingivitis, expressive in its ability to improve the impacts related to quality of life, as essential in periodontology.
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Machine learning mode decision for complexity reduction and scaling in video applications

Grellert, Mateus January 2018 (has links)
As recentes inovações em técnicas de Aprendizado de Máquina levaram a uma ampla utilização de modelos inteligentes para resolver problemas complexos que são especialmente difíceis de computar com algoritmos e estruturas de dados convencionais. Em particular, pesquisas recentes em Processamento de Imagens e Vídeo mostram que é possível desenvolver modelos de Aprendizado de Máquina que realizam reconhecimento de objetos e até mesmo de ações com altos graus de confiança. Além disso, os últimos avanços em algoritmos de treinamento para Redes Neurais Profundas (Deep Learning Neural Networks) estabeleceram um importante marco no estudo de Aprendizado de Máquina, levando a descobertas promissoras em Visão Computacional e outras aplicações. Estudos recentes apontam que também é possível desenvolver modelos inteligentes capazes de reduzir drasticamente o espaço de otimização do modo de decisão em codificadores de vídeo com perdas irrelevantes em eficiência de compressão. Todos esses fatos indicam que Aprendizado de Máquina para redução de complexidade em aplicações de vídeo é uma área promissora para pesquisa. O objetivo desta tese é investigar técnicas baseadas em aprendizado para reduzir a complexidade das decisões da codificação HEVC, com foco em aplicações de codificação e transcodificação rápidas. Um perfilamento da complexidade em codificadores é inicialmente apresentado, a fim de identificar as tarefas que requerem prioridade para atingir o objetivo dessa tese. A partir disso, diversas variáveis e métricas são extraídas durante os processos de codificação e decodificação para avaliar a correlação entre essas variáveis e as decisões de codificação associadas a essas tarefas. Em seguida, técnicas de Aprendizado de Máquina são empregadas para construir classificadores que utilizam a informação coletada para prever o resultado dessas decisões, eliminando o custo computacional necessário para computá-las. As soluções de codificação e transcodificação foram desenvolvidas separadamente, pois o tipo de informação é diferente em cada caso, mas a mesma metologia foi aplicada em ambos os casos. Além disso, mecanismos de complexidade escalável foram desenvolvidos para permitir o melhor desempenho taxa-compressão para um dado valor de redução de complexidade. Resultados experimentais apontam que as soluções desenvolvidas para codificação rápida atingiram reduções de complexidade entre 37% e 78% na média, com perdas de qualidade entre 0.04% e 4.8% (medidos em Bjontegaard Delta Bitrate – BD-BR). Já as soluções para trancodificação rápida apresentaram uma redução de 43% até 67% na complexidade, com BD-BR entre 0.34% e 1.7% na média. Comparações com o estado da arte confirmam a eficácia dos métodos desenvolvidos, visto que são capazes de superar os resultados atingidos por soluções similares. / The recent innovations in Machine Learning techniques have led to a large utilization of intelligent models to solve complex problems that are especially hard to compute with traditional data structures and algorithms. In particular, the current research on Image and Video Processing shows that it is possible to design Machine Learning models that perform object recognition and even action recognition with high confidence levels. In addition, the latest progress on training algorithms for Deep Learning Neural Networks was also an important milestone in Machine Learning, leading to prominent discoveries in Computer Vision and other applications. Recent studies have also shown that it is possible to design intelligent models capable of drastically reducing the optimization space of mode decision in video encoders with minor losses in coding efficiency. All these facts indicate that Machine Learning for complexity reduction in visual applications is a very promising field of study. The goal of this thesis is to investigate learning-based techniques to reduce the complexity of the HEVC encoding decisions, focusing on fast video encoding and transcoding applications. A complexity profiling of HEVC is first presented to identify the tasks that must be prioritized to accomplish our objective. Several variables and metrics are then extracted during the encoding and decoding processes to assess their correlation with the encoding decisions associated with these tasks. Next, Machine Learning techniques are employed to construct classifiers that make use of this information to accurately predict the outcome of these decisions, eliminating the timeconsuming operations required to compute them. The fast encoding and transcoding solutions were developed separately, as the source of information is different on each case, but the same methodology was followed in both cases. In addition, mechanisms for complexity scalability were developed to provide the best rate-distortion performance given a target complexity reduction. Experimental results demonstrated that the designed fast encoding solutions achieve time savings of 37% up to 78% on average, with Bjontegaard Delta Bitrate (BD-BR) increments between 0.04% and 4.8%. In the transcoding results, a complexity reduction ranging from 43% to 67% was observed, with average BD-BR increments from 0.34% up to 1.7%. Comparisons with state of the art confirm the efficacy of the designed methods, as they outperform the results achieved by related solutions.
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Comparison of a fluidized bed combustor and its scale model

Walsh, John Joseph January 1980 (has links)
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1980. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / by John Joseph Walsh. / B.S.
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Subjective scaling of mental workload in a multi-task environment

Daryanian, Bahman January 1980 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1980. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Bahman Daryanian. / M.S.
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A Path Toward an Effective Scaling Approach for Axial Piston Machines

Lizhi Shang (5930255) 17 January 2019 (has links)
This is a phd thesis
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Against comparativism about mass in Newtonian Gravity : a case study in the metaphysics of scale

Martens, Niels C. M. January 2016 (has links)
This thesis concerns the metaphysics of scale. It investigates the implications of a physical determinable being dimensionful. In particular, it considers the case study of mass, as it features within Newtonian Gravity. Nevertheless, most of the terminology, methodology and arguments developed should be relatively straightforwardly applicable to other determinables and theories. Weak Absolutism about mass holds that mass ratios obtain in virtue of absolute masses. Weak Comparativism denies this. In the first five chapters I argue in favour of Weak Absolutism over Weak Comparativism. The sixth chapter argues against reducing mass to other non-mass facts. The overall conclusion is Strong Absolutism about mass within Newtonian Gravity: mass ratios obtain in virtue of absolute masses, which themselves are fundamental (i.e. they do not require anything further in order to obtain). Comparativism promises to recover all the virtues of absolutism, in particular its empirical adequacy, but at a lower 'metaphysical cost'. Special attention is given to Dasgupta's recent comparativist proposal. Dasgupta interprets the requirement of empirical adequacy in terms of the undetectability of the absolute mass scale. I argue that undetectability is an unsuitable way of understanding empirical adequacy and that we would do better to understand it in terms of a theory's ability to correctly generate the set of empirically possible worlds (or at least the actual world). I refute Dasgupta's comparativism both on my terms and on his own terms. I subsequently develop and strongly criticise alternative versions of comparativism. Chapter five sheds doubt on the supposed 'metaphysical parsimony' of comparativism. This debate should be of particular interest to readers who engage with the substantivalism-relationalism debate. These debates are much more entwined than previously acknowledged, which provides a significant source of mutual inspiration, although I do also draw out some important disanalogies.
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Testes de corrida/caminhada de 6 e 9 minutos: validação e determinantes metabólicos em crianças e adolescentes

Lorenzi, Thiago Del Corona January 2006 (has links)
O entendimento da aptidão cardiorrespiratória em crianças e jovens é hoje uma estratégia fundamental de controle da saúde em geral. No entanto, avaliar a aptidão cardiorrespiratória, de forma direta, demanda um custo financeiro alto, pessoal especializado e um tempo excessivo. Nesta perspectiva, inúmeros estudos vêm propondo testes que avaliem, de forma indireta, a aptidão cardiorrespiratória de crianças e jovens. Assim, o objetivo geral do estudo foi compreender os testes de corrida/caminhada de 6 e de 9 minutos e as relações que estes estabelecem com o VO2máx, economia de movimento (EM) e limiar anaeróbio (LA). O estudo propõe uma abordagem de validação de técnica de medida. A amostra foi do tipo não aleatória por conveniência, de corte transversal. Foram avaliados 96 sujeitos, sendo 46 do sexo masculino e 50 do sexo feminino, na faixa etária de 10 a 14 anos de idade. O estágio maturacional foi determinado de acordo com a pilosidade púbica através de Tanner (1962). Os testes de corrida/caminha de 6 e de 9 minutos foram avaliados pela maior distância alcançada no tempo determinado de cada teste. Os componentes da aptidão cardiorrespiratória foram obtidos através de um teste em esteira de carga progressiva até a exaustão, acompanhado pelo ergoespirômetro MedGraphics Cardiorespiratory Diagnostic Systems, modelo MGC/CPX-D. O valor médio de VO2 registrado durante o 4° minuto, a uma velocidade constante, foi considerado o valor de EM. VO2máx que foi obtido pelo maior valor alcançado durante o teste. O limiar ventilatório (LV) foi entendido como o VO2 expresso pelo segundo ponto de inflexão na curva de ventilação e do custo ventilatório de CO2 de cada indivíduo. Para todas as análises estatísticas foi utilizado o programa estatístico SPSS for Windows 10.0. O nível de significância adotado foi de 5%. Os principais resultados apontam que os índices alcançados no teste de 9 minutos (r= 0,632) apresentam melhor relação com o VO2máx de simples razão (ml.kg-1.min-1 ou kg-1) do que os mesmos no teste de 6 minutos (r=0,393). No entanto, o valor de r aumenta para 0,704 e 0,728 nos testes de 6 e de 9 minutos, respectivamente, quando os relacionamos com o VO2máx em expoentes alométricos (kg-0,67). Quanto ao comportamento dessas variáveis durante a puberdade, notamos incremento nos dois testes aeróbios e no VO2máx quando expresso em kg-0,67. No VO2máx (kg-1), os valores médios durante a puberdade se mantiveram estáveis. Quanto às diferenças entre os sexos, percebemos que os valores obtidos pelos meninos superam os das meninas em todas as variáveis. No entanto, percebemos que as diferenças são potencializadas quando expressamos o VO2máx em escalas alométricas (kg-0,67). No âmbito dos componentes da aptidão cardiorrespiratória constatamos que o VO2máx (kg-0,67), aliado a EM (%VO2máx) foram as variáveis que apresentaram maior poder preditivo sobre os testes aeróbios de campo analisados neste estudo, representando geralmente mais de 60% da explicação desses. Já o LV não estabeleceu relações suficientemente capazes de ser apontado como variável preponderante no desempenho dos testes de corrida/caminhada de 6 e de 9 minutos. Dessa forma, podemos concluir que os dois testes analisados são válidos para a avaliação da aptidão cardiorrespiratória se assumirmos que o VO2máx é mais bem representado pelo expoente de massa corporal kg-0,67. Além disso, constatamos que a EM, aliado à capacidade aeróbia máxima é fundamental no desempenho de testes de características aeróbias. Sendo assim, podemos sugerir a utilização do teste de corrida de 6 minutos à professores de educação física como parâmetro da aptidão cardiorrespiratória de seus alunos, pois além de ser um teste simples, de fácil compreensão e que permite sua aplicação em diferentes estruturas físicas, apresentou uma alta relação com o consumo máximo de oxigênio (kg-0,67). / The knowledge about the cardiorespiratory fitness in children and adolescents is a basic strategy of control of the health, considering that low indices of this capacity in this period of age can point important associations with hypokinetic disease in the adult age. However, to evaluate the cardiorespiratory fitness by direct methods demand a high financial cost, specialized people and excessively time. In this perspective, innumerable studies has been considering tests that measure by indirect methods the cardiorespiratory fitness of children and adolescents. Thus, the general objective of this study was to understand the of Run/walk in 6 minutes and Run/walk in 9 minutes tests and the relations that these establish with the VO2max. Moreover, we tried to identify the variables capable to determine the performance of both tests in individuals in the period of infancy and adolescence. The study considers an approach of validation of measuring technique. The sample was a not random type for convenience, with transversal cut analysis. 96 subjects had been evaluated, being 46 masculine and 50 feminine, with ages between 10 and 14 years old. The maturational status was determined by pubic hair according to Tanner (1962). The tests of Run/walk in 6 minutes and Run/walk in 9 minutes had been understood by the biggest distance reached in the definitive time of each test. The components of the cardiorespiratory fitness were gotten through a gradual load test in treadmill until the exhaustion, measured through a gas meter model (MedGraphics Cardiorespiratory Diagnostic Systems – MGC/CPX-D). The average value of VO2 registered during the 4th minute, in a constant speed, was considered the value of movement economy (ME). The VO2max was gotten by the highest value reached during the test. The ventilatory threshold was understood as the VO2 expressed for the second point of inflection in the curve of ventilation and CO2 ventilatory cost for each individual. For all the statistical analyses the statistical program SPSS for Windows 10.0 was used. The level of significance adopted for all the analyses was of 5%. The main results point that the indices reached in the test of 9 minutes (r = 0,632) present better relationship with the VO2max of simple reason (ml.kg-1.min-1 or kg-1) than the same ones in the test of 6 minutes (r=0,393). However, the value of r increases for 0,704 and 0,728 in the tests of 6 and 9 minutes, respectively, when we relate them with the VO2max in allometric exponents (kg-0,67). About the behavior of these variables during the puberty, we notice an increment in the two aerobic tests and in the VO2max expressed in kg-0,67. In the VO2max (kg-1), the average values during the puberty remained steady. About the differences between sexes, we perceive that the values gotten for the boys surpass of the girls in all variables. However, we perceive that the differences are powered when we express the VO2max in allometric scales (kg-0,67). About the components of the cardiorespiratory fitness, we evidence that the VO2max (kg-0,67), ally to the ME (%VO2max) had been the variables that had presented greater predictive power on the field aerobic tests analyzed in this study, representing generally more than 60% of the explanation of these. However, the ventilatory threshold did not establish relationships capable enough to be pointed as the preponderant variable in the performance of Run/walk in 6 minutes and Run/walk in 9 minutes tests. This way, we can conclude that the two analyzed tests are valid for the evaluation of the cardiorespiratory fitness if we assume that the VO2max is better represented by the allometric scales. Moreover, we evidence that the movement economy, ally to the maximum aerobic capacity is basic in the performance of aerobic characteristics tests. Thus, we can suggest the use of the Run/walk in 6 minutes test to any physical education teacher as a parameter of the cardiorespiratory fitness of his students, therefore it is a simple test, of easy understanding, that allows its application in different physical structures and it shows excellent relationship with the maximum oxygen consumption (kg-0,67).

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