Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-87). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis--Auburn University, 2008. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-119).

This document assesses the introduction of pants roles in opera and includes a historical overview to understand the background of these roles. This dramatic conceit concentrates on the development of the operatic art form from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. In Italy during the seventeenth century, the castrato voice, which had been a crucial aspect of church music, was now developing a position in opera. Within this document, the castrati’s transition from sacred music to the opera, where lies the bulk of their success, will be studied. As opera expands rapidly throughout the music scene, the demand of singers, specifically castratis, grew. The document will also deal with the introduction of castrati operatic roles. Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice" is analyzed. Gluck’s opera exhausted several editions and demonstrates how the role Orfeo, as well as other castrati roles, evolved once castrato slowly went extinct. The terms referring to cross-dressing roles, and their specific repertoire, as well as the process in which women came to assume these roles will also be discussed. The shift from male to female in operatic repertoire is examined, as well as the traditional pants role for women in opera. The document will also discuss the pants role Cherubino as an example. This is the embodiment of a young boy in love, experiencing the admiration of a woman for the first time, as well as the vulnerability of his feelings for a woman. Cherubino’s arias are analyzed as well as a description and explanation of his possible intentions while singing his arias will communicate the subtext of the character. This document also discusses similar characters in Italian and French repertoire. The German repertoire for pants roles is separately presented and is based on the role of Octavian in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. It is interesting that although the roles of Octavian and Cherubino were developed centuries apart, it is possible to compare similarities between the characters, from their creation, librettists’ perception and the composers’ execution in their compositions. This analysis was intended to exhibit the evolution of the pants role in opera and how writing current pieces for women in pants is an entirely different challenge as it was in previous centuries. In an attempt to expose different viewpoints on the subject, these questions will be addressed. The characters addressed so far are the pants; when a woman represents a male character. Meanwhile, there is a discussion about how a pants roles should be classified, although the pants role is the representation of a man played by a woman, she is not attempting to convince the audience that she is a man. The alteration of sex of a character when it is visible to the audience, and the conversation of categorizing a pants role; for example, the role of Leonore in Beethoven’s Fidelio, is debatable.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-80). Also available on the World Wide Web.

In this thesis we describe how to estimate the distance spanned in the pants graph by a train track splitting sequence on a surface, up to multiplicative and additive constants. If some moderate assumptions on a splitting sequence are satisfied, each vertex set of a train track in it will represent a vertex of a graph which is naturally quasi-isometric to the pants graph; moreover the splitting sequence gives an edge-path in this graph so, more precisely, our distance estimate holds between the extreme points of this path. The present distance estimate is inspired by a result of Masur, Mosher and Schleimer for distances in the marking graph. However, we can apply their line of proof only after some manipulation of the splitting sequence: a rearrangement, changing the order the elementary moves are performed in, so that the ones producing Dehn twists are brought together; and then an untwisting, which suppresses the majority of these latter moves to give a new sequence, which does not end with the same track as before, but does not include any portion that is almost stationary in the pants graph. The required distance is then, up to constants, the number of splits occurring in the untwisted sequence. A consequence of our main theorem together with a result of Brock is that, given a pseudo-Anosov self-diffeomorphism ψ of a surface S, the maximal splitting sequence introduced by Agol gives us an estimate for the hyperbolic volume of the mapping torus built from S and ψ. There are also some interesting consequences for the hyperbolic volume of a solid torus minus a closed braid, via a machinery employed by Dynnikov and Wiest.

The fit of ready-to-wear clothing is an area of concern for the consumer and the apparel manufacturer. Pants are one of the most difficult artic1es of clothing to fit due to the crotch area. The manufacturer strives to provide the best fit possible, but measurement, and pattern making techniques currently available may not be sufficient to satisfy the fit needs of many of their customers. The purpose of this research was to develop a method for determining the best-fit shape for the crotch seam of men's pants. A measurement method and instrument (flexicurve) for reproducing the crotch shape were developed including identification of the crotch point. Crotch shape reproductions and specific anthropometric measurements were taken from a sample of five subjects. The crotch shapes for each subject (n=3) were aligned on an "x" and "y" coordinate grid using the crotch point and a second reference based on back waist height and a common "x" bar. The shapes were plotted into a load analyzer to establish a data base of "XU and "y" coordinates. Descriptive statistics were used to compare anthropometric data and the standard deviations between shapes within subjects. Crotch shapes were diagrammed using scatter plots. A regression function was modeled to the subjects average crotch shapes to determine the best-fit shape. The method and instrument for crotch shape reproduction seems to have potential, however, were further work needs to be done on the establishment of a second reference point, so that the shapes could be meaningfully analyzed. The best-fit shape differed from the pattern crotch curve, but meaningful analysis was hampered by lack of pre-established, scientifica11y based methods for incorporating ease and style features (such as darts and pleats) being incorporated into the shape of the crotch seam. From this study it has been learned that an instrument can be developed which can identify the crotch point and reproduce the crotch shape for male subjects. Future research needs to be conducted with a larger sample to resolve unanswered questions. / Master of Science

Bakalauro darbo tema – safari stiliaus taikymas laisvalaikio drabužiams. Projektuojamas labiausiai safari stilių apibūdinantis šio asortimento išskirtiniausias bruožas – galifė kirpimo kelnės. Projekto pradžioje pateikiamas įvadas, kuriame trumpai supažindinama su moteriškų kelnių atsiradimu ir raida. Pateikiama techninė užduotis, kurioje nurodomi gaminiui keliami reikalavimai. Pateikiamas gaminio aprašymas ir jo techninis piešinys. Mados analizėje nagrinėjamas safari stilius bei jo pritaikymas laisvalaikiui skirtiems drabužiams ir aksesuarams. Gaminiui parenkamas audinys ir tinkama furnitūra. Nurodomi reikalavimai gaminio priežiūrai. Apibūdinama pasirinkta kelnių bazinės konstrukcijos projektavimo metodika, atliekamas modeliavimas. Nubraižomi lekalai, atliekama gradacija, gaminio lekalų dauginimas pagal dydžius. Sudaroma išklotinė ir paskaičiuojamos tarplekalinės sąnaudos. Apibūdinama atliekama gaminio kokybės kontrolė. Sudaroma technologinė eilutė, parenkami tinkami įrenginiai ir jų skaičius. Sudaroma darbo padala. Nubraižomos gaminio apdorojimo schemos, technologinio proceso schema. Pateikiamos išvados ir pasiūlymai. / Theme of Bachelor qualification Work - Applying Safari style on Leisure Outfit. In this project is Galife Pants designed. In qualifications Work Preface introducing with short Women Pants history and evolution. Submiting technical task, Clothing description and his technical drawing. In Trend analysis dealing Safari style and his applying on leisure Outfit. Clothing fabric and accessories is chosen. Specified Clothing handling requirements. Describing basic design, modelling. Plot patterns, made gradation, pattern making by rates. Draw up a involute and calculating expenditure. Describing Quality control. Submiting conclusion. / Das Thema der Abschlussarbeit zur Erlangung des Bakkalaureats – die Anwendung des Safari - Stils für die Freizeitsbekleidung. Galife Hosen werden projektiert – der meist beschreibende Zug des Sortiments diesen Stils. Erstens ist in diesem Projekt die Einführung, in der wird mit kurze Frauenhosengeschichte und Entwicklung bekannt gemacht. In der Arbeit ist eine technische Aufgabe vorgelegt, in der die Anweisungen für Kleidungsstückbedarf angezeigt sind. Die technische Zeichnung und die Beschreibung von Kleidungsstück sind vorgelegt. Im Trendanalyse ist der Safari – Stil und seine Anwendung für die Freizeitsbekleidung gründlich analysiert. Für diesen Kleidungsstück wird der passende Stoff und Zubehör ausgesucht. Die Hinweisungen für Pflege werden angegeben. Es gibt eine Beschreibung von Grundschnittkonstruktionssystem der Hosen und eine Entwicklung von Modellabwandelung. Die Schnittschablonen werden gezeichnet. Eine Gradation der Schnittschablonen wird angestellt. Eine Evolvente wird gebildet und die Zwischenschnittkosten werden gerechnet. Die Qualitätskontrolle wird beschrieben. Die technologische Linie wird gebildet. Die ausreichende Menge der geeignete Ausrüstung wird ausgesucht. Die Arbeitsteilung wird ausgebildet . Die Kleidungsverarbeitungssystem und die Anlage des technologischen Prozesses wird gezeichnet. Die Schlussfolgerungen und die Vorschlägen werden beigebracht.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-303).

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