The Products Liability Statute of Repose in Florida: A Trap for the Unwary

In the past two decades there has been an explosion of product liability lawsuitsbrought against manufacturers of defective goods due to increased manufacturers\u27 exposure to liability. This phenomenon, referred to as the product liability revolution, has expanded manufacturers\u27 liability and facilitated recovery for injured plaintiffs for product-caused injuries

Review of the 1998/1999 Wenatchee Masters with Certification Teacher Preparation Program

The Wenatchee Master of Education Certification Teacher Preparation (WMECTPP) was an intensive year long field and performance-based program designed to enable its participants to become modem educators with mastery level competence. The purpose of this study was to document the efficacy from a participant/observer perspective, and to create a blueprint for others interested in a similar program. The ethnographic study of the 1998/99 WMECTPP was performed by two program participants. The authors analyzed and described the philosophical foundation, structure, candidate pool, and completion requirements of the WMECTPP. Authors concluded, based on an extensive review ofrelated literature, that the WMECTPP was consistent with successful alternative certification programs across the country. The young WMECTPP continues to evolve and improve based on constant reflective analysis and review of current research

Hybridization and covalency in the Group 2 and Group 12 metal cation/rare gas complexes

We provide a consistent set of interaction energy curves for the Group 2 (IIA) and Group 12 (IIB) metal cation/rare gas complexes, M+-RG, where M+= Be+–Ra+ and Zn+–Hg+; and RG = He–Rn. We report spectroscopic constants derived from these, compare them with available data, and discuss trends in the values. We gain insight into the interactions that occur using a range of approaches: reduced potential energy curves; charge and population analyses; molecular orbital diagrams and contour plots; and Birge-Sponer plots. Although sp hybridization occurs in the Be+-RG, Mg+-Rg and Group 12 M+-RG complexes, this appears to be minimal and covalency is the main aspect of the interaction. However, major sd hybridization occurs in the heavier Group 2 M+-RG systems, which increases their interaction energies but there is minimal covalency. Examination of Birge-Sponer plots reveals significant curvature in many cases, which we ascribe to the changing amounts of hybridization or covalency as a function of internuclear separation. This suggests why the use of a simple electrostatics-based model potential to describe the interactions is inadequate

Effective Strategies Small Business Leaders Use to Address Ransomware

Small business leaders face a wide range of cybersecurity threats. Ransomware is a specific cybersecurity threat that cybercriminals can use to deny small business leaders’ access to data in exchange for a ransom payment. Grounded in routine activity conceptual framework, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore effective strategies small business leaders use to address ransomware. Data were collected from 5 leaders of small businesses in the southeast region of the United States. Data sources included interviews and archival documents. Data were analyzed using Yin’s 5 step process. The analysis revealed 3 primary themes: ransomware strategy, support structure, and cybersecurity awareness. Managers and leaders of small businesses could potentially benefit from this research by applying strategies that emerged from the identified themes to prevent victimization from ransomware. The implications for positive social change include the potential to support the local economy and to prevent and mitigate the spread of ransomware to protect confidential and sensitive consumer information

Limited development as a tool for agricultural preservation in Massachusetts

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture; and, (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1988.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 192-197).Limited development offers the hope of turning market development pressure which threatens open land into a means for financing its protection. In theory, the profit from developing a small portion of a parcel can be used to subsidize the protection of the remainder. This thesis critically examines the financial, institutional, and agricultural effectiveness of limited development as a tool for protecting farmland. An alternative accounting methodology is proposed which expresses cash flows as sources and uses of subsidies for the support of non-market land uses, allowing comparison of limited development and traditional tools for financing land conservation. The model also attempts to determine the extent to which limited development profits are due to enhancement of development land value by the restriction of adjacent open space, market appreciation in real estate prices, and deal-making and subdivision of land. The model assumes the perspective of a non-profit limited developer. The model is then applied to three Massachusetts case studies of farmland preservation through limited development. The agricultural viability of the protected farmland is briefly examined in each case study. The thesis concludes that limited development often provides only a minor supplement to public subsidy programs and private contributions in the protection of farmland, although it can supply significant subsidies in some cases. Furthermore, limited development can put a non-profit into the awkward and risky role of a for-profit developer. Agriculturally, limited development leaves small farm parcels adjacent to residential use. While not ideal, such a pattern is typical of metropolitan areas, and one to which some farmers have successfully adapted.by William D. Tuttle, III.M.C.P.M.S

VIBRATION AND VIBRATION-TORSION LEVELS OF THE S1 AND GROUND CATIONIC D0+ STATES OF PARA-FLUOROTOLUENE AND PARA-XYLENE BELOW 1000 cm−1

We have employed resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionisation (REMPI) spectroscopy and zero-kinetic-energy (ZEKE) spectroscopy to investigate the first excited electronic singlet (textit{S}$_{1}$) state and the cationic ground state (textit{D}$_{0}$$^{+}$) of textit{para}-fluorotoluene (textit{p}FT) and textit{para}-xylene (textit{p}Xyl). Spectra have been recorded textit{via} a large number of selected intermediate levels, to support assignment of the vibration and vibration-torsion levels in these molecules and to investigate possible couplings._x000d_ _x000d_ The study of levels in this region builds upon previous work on the lower energy regions of textit{p}FT and textit{p}Xylfootnote{A. M. Gardner, W. D. Tuttle, L. Whalley, A. Claydon, J. H. Carter and T. G. Wright, textit{J. Chem. Phys.}, textbf{145}, 124307 (2016).}$^{,}$footnote{A. M. Gardner, W. D. Tuttle, P. Groner and T. G. Wright, textit{J. Chem. Phys.}, (2017, in press).}$^{,}$footnote{W. D. Tuttle, A. M. Gardner, K. O’Regan, W. Malewicz and T. G. Wright, textit{J. Chem. Phys.}, (2017, in press).} and here we are interested in how vibration-torsion (vibtor) levels might combine and interact with vibrational ones, and so we consider the possible couplings which occur. Comparisons between the spectra of the two molecules show a close correspondence, and the influence of the second methyl rotor in textit{para}-xylene on the onset of intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR) in the textit{S}$_{1}$ state is a point of interest. This has bearing on future work which will need to consider the role of both more flexible side chains of substituted benzene molecules, and multiple side chains._x000d_ _x000d