Changepoint analysis is a useful tool in environmental statistics in that it provides a methodology for threshold detection and modeling processes subject to periodic changes in the underlying model due to anthropogenic effects or natural phenomena. Several applications of changepoint analysis are investigated here. The use of inappropriate changepoint detection methods is first discussed and the need for a simple, flexible, correct method is established and such a method is proposed for the mean-shift model. Data from the Everglades, Florida, USA is used to showcase the methodology in a real-world setting. An extension to the case of time-series data represented via transition matrices is presented as a result of joint work with Matt Williams (Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech) and rainfall data from Kenya, Africa is presented as a case-study. Finally the multivariate changepoint problem is addressed by a two-stage approach beginning with dimension reduction via principal component analysis (PCA). After the dimension reduction step the location of the changepoint in principal component space is estimated and assuming at most one change in a mean-shift setting, all possible sub-models are investigated. / Ph. D.

Sound transmission devices have advanced filtering abilities that theoretically protect the ear from harmful Masking noise while amplifying the sounds that need to be heard, such as backup alarms. Therefore, such devices should provide improved signal detection in noise when compared to their passive counterparts. The masked threshold of a vehicular backup alarm was determined for audiometrically normal and non-normal hearers using two types of sound transmission devices and their passive counterparts within pink noise and milling machine noise at intensities of 75, 85, 95 and 105 dBA. Results indicated that the sound transmission devices did not have any statistically significant advantages over the passive devices with respect to masked threshold of a backup alarm. Therefore, it cannot be concluded that these devices offer advantage over similar passive devices with respect to signal detection. Additionally, ratings of comfort and the ability to detect the alarm for each device were gathered. Both scales did not show any significant differences between the two device types. / Master of Science

Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o potencial de desenvolvimento do contrato futuro de soja no Brasil, por meio da atração de hedgers brasileiros e argentinos. Para tanto, faz-se necessário conhecer os padrões das conexões dos preços entre as regiões analisadas. Nesse sentido, o Capítulo 2 investigou a integração espacial do mercado físico de soja no Brasil (região de Sorriso, no Mato Grosso) e na Argentina (região de Rosário, na província de Santa Fé) e comparou ao grau de integração com os Estados Unidos. Foram empregados modelos autorregressivos com threshold (TAR e M-TAR) e modelos vetoriais de correção de erros, lineares e com threshold (VECM e TVECM), visando captar os efeitos dos custos de transação sobre a integração espacial entre essas regiões. Os resultados apontaram que o mercado de soja brasileiro, argentino e norte-americano são integrados, mesmo considerando-se os efeitos dos custos de transação sobre as decisões de arbitragem espacial. Consequentemente, os preços da soja no mercado internacional tendem a refletir o comportamento dos principais países produtores. Apesar disso, o tempo de transmissão de choques de preços mostrou-se, em geral, menor entre Brasil e Argentina, refletindo a proximidade geográfica. Apontou-se também o comportamento assimétrico da transmissão desses choques, uma vez que choques positivos sobre a relação de longo prazo tendem a ser mais persistentes que os negativos. Se o contrato futuro reflete o comportamento de preços de um único mercado físico integrado, deve-se então esperar que o risco de base seja menor para este mercado e, portanto, que a eficiência do hedge seja maior. No Capítulo 3, o objetivo se constituiu em verificar se há maior eficiência no hedge realizado com os contratos com vencimento em março na CME em relação à BM&FBOVESPA, considerando-se as relações de longo prazo entre os preços à vista e futuros, bem como a dinâmica na estrutura de covariâncias condicionais, por meio de modelos de correção de erros (VECM) e modelos de heterocedasticidade condicional generalizados com correlação condicional dinâmica (DCC-GARCH). Os resultados mostraram que, em geral, a introdução da dinâmica nos segundos momentos das distribuições dos erros tende a aumentar a eficiência da estratégia de hedge. Além disso, foi observado que os produtores de Sorriso tendem a obter melhores condições de hedge na CME, embora haja redução da variância ao se operar na BM&FBOVESPA. Por outro lado, a eficiência do hedge para os produtores de Rosário foi significativamente maior na BM&FBOVESPA do que na CME, o que indica o mercado potencial de hedgers argentinos para negociar o contrato futuro de soja local no Brasil. / This work aims to analyze the potential for development of soybean futures contract in Brazil, through the attraction of Brazil and Argentina hedgers. Therefore, it is necessary to know the patterns of price connections between these regions. Chapter 2 investigated the spatial integration of the spot market for soybeans in Brazil (Sorriso in Mato Grosso State) and Argentina (Rosario in Santa Fe Province) and compared the degree of integration with the United States. They were employed autoregressive models with threshold (TAR and M-TAR) and vector error correction models, linear and threshold (VECM and TVECM), to capture the effects of transaction costs on the spatial integration of these regions. The results indicate that the soybeans market in Brazil, Argentina and United States are integrated, even considering the effects of transaction costs on the spatial arbitration decisions. Consequently, soybean prices in the international market tend to reflect the behavior of the main producing countries. Nevertheless, the timing of the price shocks transmission proved to be generally lower between Argentina and Brazil, reflecting the geographical proximity. It was pointed out also the asymmetric behavior of the shocks transmissions, since positive shocks on the long-term relationships tend to be more persistent than the negatives. If the futures contract reflects the behavior of prices from a single integrated physical market, one should then expect lower basis risk and therefore greater hedge efficiency. In Chapter 3, the goal was check for greater hedging efficiency using March contracts in CME compared to BM&FBOVESPA, considering the long-term relationships between spot prices and futures, as well as the dynamics in the structure of conditional covariance, using error correction model (ECM) and models of conditional heteroscedasticity widespread with dynamic conditional correlation (DCC-GARCH). The results showed that, in general, the introduction of the dynamic second moments of distributions of errors tends to increase the hedging efficiency. Moreover, Sorriso producers tend to get better hedge conditions in CME, although there is variance reduction when operating at BM&FBOVESPA. On the other hand, the hedge efficiency for Rosario producers was significantly higher on the BM&FBOVESPA than in CME, which indicates the potential market of Argentine hedgers to trade the futures contract local soybeans in Brazil.

Tendo em vista o crescente investimento em atividades economicamente importantes nas zonas costeiras, tal como a produção petrolífera brasileira e o crescimento na atividade portuária e esforço de pesca, a compreensão adequada dos fenômenos oceanográficos e meteorológicos sobre tais zonas é de grande valia para as operações desses setores. Os ventos representam um importante parâmetro para análise nesse sentido, sendo a principal fonte de energia para a geração de ondas de gravidade nos oceanos, e determinantes na caracterização de condições severas tempo. Uma série de estudos foram desenvolvidos nos últimos anos envolvendo a análise do comportamento dos extremos de ondas sobre a região do Oceano Atlântico Sul, de acordo com o crescimento da demanda por tais informações pelo setor industrial. No entanto, há poucos registros de estudos que caracterizem os extremos de intensidade de vento sobre essa região. E, em nenhum desses trabalhos, a separação direcional do vento extremo e seus fenômenos causadores foram levados em consideração. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho visa atender diretamente a necessidade por trabalhos nesse sentido para a região do Oceano Atlântico Sul, buscando oferecer uma análise dos campos de ventos extremos direcionalmente segregados, através de dados do projeto de reanálise \\textit{NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis I} e de resultados de uma simulação numérica com o modelo BRAMS. A tais conjuntos de dados foi aplicada a metodologia de análise de extremos \\textit{Peaks Over Threshold} (POT), que trata do ajuste dos excessos acima de um limiar estabelecido a uma distribuição conhecida, a Distribuição Generalizada de Pareto (Generalized Pareto Distribution - GPD). E, a partir disso, construir mapas com os valores extremos de retorno para longos períodos. Tais parâmetros são muito importantes na predição de eventos extremos e no refinamento de simulações de longo período. Os extremos relacionados aos fenômenos em larga escala, dados pelos campos do NCEP, em conjunto com o maior detalhamento em mesoescala, dado pelo BRAMS, refletiram diretamente no comportamento dos valores extremos de retorno. Para todas as direções do vento analisadas, observaram-se feições mais refinadas dos extremos de retorno para os resultados com a simulação do BRAMS, principalmente nas zonas costeiras. Essas feições, principalmente àquelas ao sul e sudeste do Oceano Atlântico Sul, tiveram seus valores potencializados em zonas já conhecidas na bibliografia pela grande incidência de eventos altamente energéticos. / Given the growing investment in important economic activities in coastal areas, such as oil and gas exploitation, harbor activities and increasing fishing effort, the proper understanding of oceanographic and meteorological phenomena over such areas has great value to the operations of such sectors. The winds are an important parameter for analysis in this context, being the main source of energy for gravity waves generation in the ocean, and determining the characterization of severe weather conditions. A number of studies have been developed in recent years involving the behavior of extreme waves over the South Atlantic Ocean region, given the rowing demand for such information by industrial sectors. However, there are few records of studies that characterize the extremes of wind speed fields over this region. And, in none of these works, the direction of the extreme wind and meteorological phenomenon associated were considered. Thus, this paper aims to address directly the need for work in this context for the South Atlantic Ocean region, seeking to offer an analysis of extreme wind fields directionally separated, through data from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis 1 and results from a numerical simulation with BRAMS. The Peaks Over Threshold (POT), which deals with the adjustment of the excesses above a threshold to the Generalized Pareto Distribution (GPD), was applied to both datasets. And from that, maps with the extreme return values have been developed for long return periods. These parameters are very important in predicting extreme events and refinement of long-period simulations. Extreme winds related to the large scale phenomena, represented by NCEP fields, in conjunction with the greater mesoscale detail, given by the BRAMS simulation, directly reflected in the behavior of extreme return values. For all wind directions analyzed, there were more refined features of the extremes return levels given by the BRAMS simulation, especially in coastal areas. These features, notably those in the south and southeast of the South Atlantic Ocean, values were strengthened in areas already known in the literature for the high incidence of energetic events.

In the purpose of this study we examine the long run relationship between the flower wholesale markets in Taiwan by the theory of Park (2007). The market integration is analyzed from the viewpoint of the Law of One Price (LOP). The LOP means that the products flow from the lower price markets to the higher price ones without transaction cost utill everywhere have the same price. However, in a situation that the transaction cost exists, the assumption of LOP is questionable. When the price difference between two markets exceeds the transaction cost, there is an arbitrage opportunity. This study examine the relationship between the flower wholesale markets in Taiwan by threshold cointegration theory. The result is that there indeed exists long run relationship and threshold effects. In addition, we consider a time-varing threshold cointegration model in Park (2007), to see whether there are different arbitrage behavious depending on the season between the flower wholesale markets. Finally, we have a result that the same price gap between markets in different season will be in different regime because of the change of the value of threshold. And it causes the seasonal arbitrage behavious.

The dissertation investigates the problems of welded joints resistance to fracture, affected by high-cycle load. The object of research is mechanical state of welded joints, formed in construction elements, in which the fracture process begins because of high-cycle load. Examination of fracture mechanism is important to ensure the design and running durability of large-size elements. Detailed analysis and interpretation allows to choose better calculation methodology for welded joints. The main aim of dissertation – to investigate the process of fracture in butted welded joints, which are loaded high-cyclically, to improve calculating methodology according to consistent patterns of crack formation, propagation, stop and complete fracture, defined by experimental analytical researches. The dissertation consists of an introduction, five chapters, summary of results, references and list of author’s publications on dissertation subject. The introduction reveals the investigated problem, the topicality of the issue, the object of research, describes the aim and tasks of the paper, research methodology, scientific novelty, the practical significance of the results examined in the paper and defended propositions. The introduction ends in presenting the author’s publications on dissertation subject and reports in conferences. The first chapter covers the literature review. It reviews the research works closely related to the dissertation topic and presents the topicality and problems... [to full text] / Disertacijoje nagrinėjamos suvirintųjų jungčių atsparumo irimui problemos, veikiant daugiacikliam apkrovimui. Tyrimo objektas yra suvirintųjų jungčių mechaninis būvis, susidarantis konstrukcijos elementuose, kuriuose dėl apkrovos daugiacikliškumo prasideda irimo procesas. Suirimo mechanizmo nagrinėjimas yra svarbus didelių gabaritų detalių projektiniam ir eksploataciniam ilgalaikiškumui užtikrinti. Detali analizė ir interpretacija leidžia parinkti tinkamesnę suvirintųjų jungčių skaičiavimo metodiką. Pagrindinis disertacijos tikslas – ištirti irimo procesus suvirintuose sandūriniuose sujungimuose, apkrautuose daugiacikliškai, patobulinti skaičiavimo metodiką pagal plyšio susidarymo, plitimo, sustojimo ir visiško suirimo dėsningumus, nustatytus eksperimentiniais analitiniais tyrimais. Disertaciją sudaro įvadas, penki skyriai, rezultatų apibendrinimas, naudotos literatūros ir autoriaus publikacijų disertacijos tema sąrašai. Įvade aptariama tiriamoji problema, darbo aktualumas, aprašomas tyrimų objektas, formuluojamas darbo tikslas bei uždaviniai, aprašoma tyrimų metodika, darbo mokslinis naujumas, darbo rezultatų praktinė reikšmė, ginamieji teiginiai. Įvado pabaigoje pristatomos disertacijos tema autoriaus paskelbtos publikacijos ir pranešimai konferencijose bei disertacijos struktūra. Pirmasis skyrius skirtas literatūros analizei. Jame apžvelgiami moksliniai darbai, glaudžiai susiję su disertacijos tematika, pateikiama daugiaciklio stiprumo suvirintuose komponentuose aktualijos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

Designers of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are always striving to improve the speed of their designs. The propagation delay of FPGA interconnection networks is a major challenge and continues to grow with newer technologies. FPGAs interconnection networks are implemented using NMOS pass transistor based multiplexers followed by buffers. The threshold voltage drop across an NMOS device degrades the high logic value, and results in unbalanced rising and falling edges, static power consumption due to the crowbar currents, and reduced noise margins. In this work, circuit design techniques to construct interconnection circuit with capacitive boosting are proposed. By using capacitive boosting in FPGAs interconnection networks, the signal transitions are accelerated and the crowbar currents of downstream buffers are reduced. In addition, buffers can be non-skewed or slightly skewed to improve noise immunity of the interconnection network. Results indicate that by using the presented circuit design technique, the propagation delay can be reduced by at least 10% versus prior art at the expense of a slight increase in silicon area. In addition, in a bid to reduce power consumption in reconfigurable arrays, operation in weak inversion region has been suggested. Current programmable interconnections cannot be directly used in this region due to a very poor propagation delay and sensitivity to Process-Voltage-Temperature (PVT) variations. This work also focuses on designing a common structure for FPGAs interconnection networks that can operate in both strong and weak inversion. We propose to use capacitive boosting together with a new circuit design technique, called Twins transmission gates in implementing FPGA interconnect multiplexers. We also propose to use capacitive boosting in designing buffers. This way, the operation region of the interconnection circuitry is shifted away from weak inversion toward strong inversion resulting in improved speed and enhanced tolerance to PVT variations. Simulation results indicate using capacitive boosting to implement the interconnection network can have a significant influence on delay and tolerance to variations. The interconnection network with capacitive boosting is at least 34% faster than prior art in weak inversion. / Graduate

Blodlaktatkurvan används inom uthållighetsidrotten för att styra träningen samt för att utvärdera och förutsäga prestation. För att ytterligare beskriva denna kurva används ett flertal laktattröskelkoncept. Det starka sambandet mellan prestation och olika laktattröskelkoncept har gjort att det finns ett stort intresse för så kallad tröskelträning. Begreppet är dock omdiskuterat och uppfattningen att träning på tröskelintensitet skulle vara optimal är ifrågasatt. Samtidigt har tidigare studier gjort det svårt att dra tydliga slutsatser pga. brist i metoder, stor variation i använda tröskelkoncept och att träningen styrts på annat sätt än utifrån uppmätta blodlaktattrösklar. Många studier är dessutom baserade på mindre tränade deltagare vilket gör att resultaten inte nödvändigtvis är överförbara på mer vältränade individer. Syftet var därför att genom en litteraturstudie undersöka tröskelträning för mer vältränade individer där träningen helt eller delvis styrts utifrån ett laktattröskelkoncept. Frågeställningarna var (1) vad är tröskelintensitet och (2) vilka effekter har sådan träning. I resultatet inkluderades totalt åtta studier, tre observationsstudier och fem experimentella studier. Dessa studier använde ett flertal olika tröskelkoncept och således även flera olika sätt att kategorisera och ange intensitet. De inkluderade studierna varierade också stort i utformning, rapportering av genomförd träning och vilka parametrar som mättes. Utryckt i förhållande till procent av maximalt syreupptag (VO2max) var det ingen studie som visade på en förbättring av den anaeroba tröskeln. För övriga här rapporterade parametrar var resultaten motstridiga. Uppsatsen visade att det inte tycks finnas någon enskild intensitet som är optimal, varken med avseende på att förbättra laktattröskeln, testlopp, VO2max, arbetsekonomi, critical power eller hastigheten på VO2max. Vidare framkom ingen tydlig definition av tröskelintensitet. För att bättre förstå effekterna av och samspelet mellan intensitet, volym och frekvens behövs det fler studier som är väl kontrollerade utifrån en individuellt uppmätt laktattröskel. / The blood lactate curve is used in endurance sports for analysis and prediction of performance as well as to prescribe exercise. To further describe this curve, multiple lactate threshold concepts are being used. A strong correlation between these concepts and performance has led to a large interest in how to train to improve the lactate threshold. Training at threshold intensity has been suggested to be optimal but this statement has been questioned. At the same time, previous research makes it hard to draw firm conclusion because of the methods being used. Thus, the aim of this paper was to review the scientific literature to find out (1) what is threshold intensity and (2) what are the effects of this training. A total number of eight studies were included, three observational studies and five experimental studies. Since these studies varied in the threshold concepts being used, the categorization and prescription of intensity varied as well. The studies also varied in prescribed training, reporting of conducted training and measures being used. Expressed as percentage of maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), no study reported an improvement of the anaerobic lactate threshold.    There seems to be no optimal intensity to improve the lactate threshold, time trial performance, VO2max, work efficiency, critical power nor the speed at VO2max. Also, no clear definition of threshold intensity was found in the literature. To further understand the effects of and interplay between intensity, volume and frequency more studies using the individual lactate threshold need to be conducted.

Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o potencial de desenvolvimento do contrato futuro de soja no Brasil, por meio da atração de hedgers brasileiros e argentinos. Para tanto, faz-se necessário conhecer os padrões das conexões dos preços entre as regiões analisadas. Nesse sentido, o Capítulo 2 investigou a integração espacial do mercado físico de soja no Brasil (região de Sorriso, no Mato Grosso) e na Argentina (região de Rosário, na província de Santa Fé) e comparou ao grau de integração com os Estados Unidos. Foram empregados modelos autorregressivos com threshold (TAR e M-TAR) e modelos vetoriais de correção de erros, lineares e com threshold (VECM e TVECM), visando captar os efeitos dos custos de transação sobre a integração espacial entre essas regiões. Os resultados apontaram que o mercado de soja brasileiro, argentino e norte-americano são integrados, mesmo considerando-se os efeitos dos custos de transação sobre as decisões de arbitragem espacial. Consequentemente, os preços da soja no mercado internacional tendem a refletir o comportamento dos principais países produtores. Apesar disso, o tempo de transmissão de choques de preços mostrou-se, em geral, menor entre Brasil e Argentina, refletindo a proximidade geográfica. Apontou-se também o comportamento assimétrico da transmissão desses choques, uma vez que choques positivos sobre a relação de longo prazo tendem a ser mais persistentes que os negativos. Se o contrato futuro reflete o comportamento de preços de um único mercado físico integrado, deve-se então esperar que o risco de base seja menor para este mercado e, portanto, que a eficiência do hedge seja maior. No Capítulo 3, o objetivo se constituiu em verificar se há maior eficiência no hedge realizado com os contratos com vencimento em março na CME em relação à BM&FBOVESPA, considerando-se as relações de longo prazo entre os preços à vista e futuros, bem como a dinâmica na estrutura de covariâncias condicionais, por meio de modelos de correção de erros (VECM) e modelos de heterocedasticidade condicional generalizados com correlação condicional dinâmica (DCC-GARCH). Os resultados mostraram que, em geral, a introdução da dinâmica nos segundos momentos das distribuições dos erros tende a aumentar a eficiência da estratégia de hedge. Além disso, foi observado que os produtores de Sorriso tendem a obter melhores condições de hedge na CME, embora haja redução da variância ao se operar na BM&FBOVESPA. Por outro lado, a eficiência do hedge para os produtores de Rosário foi significativamente maior na BM&FBOVESPA do que na CME, o que indica o mercado potencial de hedgers argentinos para negociar o contrato futuro de soja local no Brasil. / This work aims to analyze the potential for development of soybean futures contract in Brazil, through the attraction of Brazil and Argentina hedgers. Therefore, it is necessary to know the patterns of price connections between these regions. Chapter 2 investigated the spatial integration of the spot market for soybeans in Brazil (Sorriso in Mato Grosso State) and Argentina (Rosario in Santa Fe Province) and compared the degree of integration with the United States. They were employed autoregressive models with threshold (TAR and M-TAR) and vector error correction models, linear and threshold (VECM and TVECM), to capture the effects of transaction costs on the spatial integration of these regions. The results indicate that the soybeans market in Brazil, Argentina and United States are integrated, even considering the effects of transaction costs on the spatial arbitration decisions. Consequently, soybean prices in the international market tend to reflect the behavior of the main producing countries. Nevertheless, the timing of the price shocks transmission proved to be generally lower between Argentina and Brazil, reflecting the geographical proximity. It was pointed out also the asymmetric behavior of the shocks transmissions, since positive shocks on the long-term relationships tend to be more persistent than the negatives. If the futures contract reflects the behavior of prices from a single integrated physical market, one should then expect lower basis risk and therefore greater hedge efficiency. In Chapter 3, the goal was check for greater hedging efficiency using March contracts in CME compared to BM&FBOVESPA, considering the long-term relationships between spot prices and futures, as well as the dynamics in the structure of conditional covariance, using error correction model (ECM) and models of conditional heteroscedasticity widespread with dynamic conditional correlation (DCC-GARCH). The results showed that, in general, the introduction of the dynamic second moments of distributions of errors tends to increase the hedging efficiency. Moreover, Sorriso producers tend to get better hedge conditions in CME, although there is variance reduction when operating at BM&FBOVESPA. On the other hand, the hedge efficiency for Rosario producers was significantly higher on the BM&FBOVESPA than in CME, which indicates the potential market of Argentine hedgers to trade the futures contract local soybeans in Brazil.

Orientador: Antonio Carlos de Moraes / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Fisica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-10T17:31:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fontes_EduardoBodnariuc_M.pdf: 546789 bytes, checksum: e5cf58e2e5bc2c9f182d7e783137819d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: LFNM estabelecido por diferentes períodos de análise do sinal eletromiográfico e comparar os mesmos com a Potência Crítica - PC em indivíduos saudáveis. A amostra foi composta por 17 voluntários saudáveis do sexo masculino (23,4 ± 5,2 anos, 73,6 ± 5,08 kg, 177,8 ± 7,0 cm). Para determinar o LFNM, cada sujeito realizou entre três e quatro cargas constantes no cicloergometro (modelo Corival 400, Quinton Inc, USA) até a exaustão voluntária, com cadência de 60 rpm. Utilizando um eletromiógrafo de 16 canais (MP150, Biopac Systems, Inc., USA), foram coletados sinais EMG do músculo Vasto Lateral. O LFNM foi calculado pelo modelo matemático proposto por (DEVRIES et al., 1982), no qual a taxa de aumento do sinal eletromiográfico atingido durante as cargas constantes é plotado em função das respectivas cargas, sendo o intercepto ¿y¿ do prolongamento desta reta considerado o LFNM. Tal procedimento foi reproduzido para cada um dos tempos de duração de análise, 30 segundos (T30s), um minuto (T1min), dois minutos (T2min) e tempo total (TTotal). PC foi determinada através do modelo hiperbólico. Utilizando a potência de LFNM encontrada por TTotal, foi verificado ainda a capacidade dos voluntários de permanecer em teste retangular de 30 min, sem evidência de fadiga neuromuscular. Foram encontradas diferenças significativas entre os períodos de análise para determinação de LFNM (ANOVA). Utilizando T30s a média alcançada foi 266,7 ± 23,1 W, com T1min ficou em 243,4 ± 16,2 W, para T2min obteve 232,6 ± 18,3 W, e utilizando TTotal a média foi de 217,2 ± 23,1 W, já para PC, foi encontrado valores médios de 177,9 ± 27,3 W. Foram encontradas diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre T30s e todos os outros períodos de análise, T1min, T2min e TTotal (p<0,01). O LFNM determinado com T1min, foi diferente estatisticamente também de TTotal (p<0,01). Todos os períodos de análise utilizados para determinar LFNM superestimaram estatisticamente PC (p<0,01). Foi encontrada correlação significativa apenas para TTotal e PC (R2 = 0,72). Durante o protocolo de carga retangular de 30 minutos, a média da exaustão ocorreu em 661,6 ± 303,9 segundos, apenas um dos voluntários completou os teste de 30 minutos. O nível de significância adotado para todas as análises foi de 5%. A partir dos resultados do presente estudo, é possível concluir que o tempo de análise influencia na determinação de LFNM, superestimando PC e a capacidade de adultos jovens em realizar exercícios de carga constante de 30 minutos em cicloergômetro / Abstract: The purpose of this study was to establish the Neuromuscular Fatigue Threshold - LFNM determinied by different analysis periods of electromyography sign and compare to the Critical Power - CP in healthy young men. 17 healthy men volunteers (23,4 ± 5,2 years, 73,6 ± 5,08 kg, 177,8 ± 7,0 cm) completed three or four constant loads tests on a cycling ergometer to establish LFNM (model Corival 400, Quinton Inc, USA) until exhaustion, and the pedal cadence was 60 rpm. Using an amplifier with 16 channels (MP150, Biopac Systems, Inc., USA), were collected EMG signs from Vastus Lateralis muscle from the dominant side. The LFNM were calculated by the mathematical model proposed by DeVries et al., (1982) where the LFNM was considered the y intercept of the regression line the EMG slopes from contant load tests plotted against its respective load. CP was calculated using the hyperbolic equation model. The LFNM procedure was done by each period of EMG analysis 30 seconds (T30s), one minute (T1min), two minutes (T2min) and total period (TTotal). Using LFNM established by TTotal, were verified the capacity of the volunteers to complete a 30 minutes constant load test, without neuromuscular fatigue. ANOVA found statistical differences between analysis periods. Using T30s, the mean found were 266,7 ± 23,1 W, with T1mn were 243,4 ± 16,2 W, for T2min were 232,6 ± 18,3 W, and with TTotal, the mean were 217,2 ± 23,1 W, however, for CP were found 177,9 ± 27,3 W. Were found statistical differences between T30s and all the others analysis periods, T1min, T2min and Total (p<0,01). The LFNM established by T1min were also different from TTotal (p<0,01). All the analysis periods overestimated PC (p<0,01). Were found significant correlation between only PC and TTotal (R2 = 0,72). During the 30 minutes constant load test completed, the exhaustion mean time were 661,6 ± 303,9 seconds, and only one volunteer completed all the 30 minutes. The significance level adopted for all analysis was 5%. According to the results of this study, it is possible to conclude that the analysis periods influences the determination of LFNM, and it overestimates CP and the capacity of the healthy adults to complete a 30 minutes constant load test in cycling ergometer / Mestrado / Ciencia do Desporto / Mestre em Educação Física