ABSTRACT
O basquetebol se caracteriza pela alternância de períodos de atividades de curta duração e alta intensidade intercalada com momentos de recuperação. Quanto ao metabolismo parece que em desportos coletivos o anaeróbio é considerado predominante, porém seu grau de solicitação depende da distribuição das ações realizadas ao longo da partida. Nesse sentido, o objetivo da presente pesquisa foi avaliar a efetividade de um teste de potência anaeróbia em atletas de basquetebol. Para isso, foram avaliadas 10 atletas do sexo feminino (23±2,7 anos; 1,76±0,08 m; 72,3±11,8 kg), pelo protocolo de Forward-Backward. As seis repetições do teste apresentadas em tempo e potência, foram comparadas pelo AnovaOne Way seguido do post hoc de Tukey (p<0,05). As atletas apresentaram uma tendência de diminuição do desempenho ao longo das seis repetições, sendo a quinta e sexta repetições menores estatisticamente comparadas com a primeira e segunda, tanto em forma de tempo (segundos) quanto de potência (watts). Desta forma, conclui-se que o protocolo de avaliação utilizado expressa a atividade anaeróbia intermitente e atende as especificidades do jogo de basquetebol.
Basketball is characterized by alternating periods of activities of short duration and high intensity interspersed with moments of recovery. Regarding metabolism seems that the anaerobic incollective sports is considered predominant, but their degree of application depends on the distribution ofactions taken during the game. In this sense, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a test of anaerobic power in basketball players. Thus, we evaluated 10 female athletes (23 ± 2.7 years, 1.76 ± 0.08 m, 72.3 ± 11.8 kg), the protocol of Forward-Backward. The six repetitions of the test delivered on time and power, were compared by One Way Anova followed by post hoc Tukey (p <0.05). The athletes showed a trend of decreasing performance over the six replicates, and the fifth and sixth repetitionsstatistically lower compared with the first and second both in the form of time (seconds) and power (watts). Thus, we conclude that the evaluation protocol used to express intermittent anaerobic activity and meets the specifics of the game of basketball.
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Humans , Female , Young Adult , Athletes , Basketball , Physical Education and Training , Anaerobic Filtration , MetabolismABSTRACT
Membranes themselves represent a significant cost for the full scale application of anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR). The possibility of operating an AnMBR with a self-forming dynamic membrane generated by the substances present in the reactor liquor would translate into an important saving. A self-forming dynamic membrane only requires a support material over which a cake layer is formed, which determines the rejection properties of the system. The present research studies the application of self-forming dynamic membranes in AnMBRs. An AnMBR was operated under thermophilic and mesophilic conditions, using woven and non woven materials as support for the dynamic membranes. Results showed that the formation of a cake layer over the support materials enables the retention of more than 99 percent of the solids present in the reactor. However, only low levels of flux were achieved, up to 3 L/m² x h, and reactor operation was unstable, with sudden increases in filtration resistance, due to excessive cake layer formation. Further fine-tuning of the proposed technology involves looking for conditions that can control effectively cake layer formation.
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Bioreactors , Sludge Treatment , Water Purification , Anaerobic Filtration , Biological Filters , Coagulants (Water Treatment)ABSTRACT
Kraft mills are responsible for the massive discharge of highly polluted effluents, and new bleaching processes (i.e. Total Chlorine Free (TCF)) is presented as a feasible option to reduce this environmental impact. However, increased TCF pulp production is accompanied by an increase in chelate use. The most commonly used chelates, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DPTA), are considered to be relatively persistent substances in water treatment plants, and consequently environmentally critical compounds. The purpose of this work is to investigate DPTA behaviour in an anaerobic system. An Anaerobic Filter (AF) was operated with three different DPTA load rates (LRDPTA = 0.07 - 0.28 gDPTA/L×d), and the operating strategy was to maintain the anaerobic system stable during the entire operation (alkalinity ratio below 0.3). The AF's maximum Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) removal was 59 percent, whereas the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5) was around 95 percent. However, only 5 percent of DPTA removal was observed under anaerobic conditions during the first operating period. Scanning electronic microscopy indicates that the operating system reduced microorganism biodiversity.