Bøger af University of Florida

This work draws on nine case studies to determine the motivation for bank mergers, to assess the advertised gains in efficiency and services, and to resolve inconsistencies between econometric studies and comparisons of performance in different US states and in different countries.

Find out how the proteins within muscle can be manipulated to reduce recovery times for individuals who are bedridden. Learn how older, elite athletes have resisted the inevitable degeneration that comes with aging. Step inside the lab where a researcher is uncovering the origins of cancer cachexiaa wasting syndrome.

Proivdes a comprehensive education in the fundamentals of backflow that serves as both textbook and reference manual for working with potable and non-potable water supply systems. Chapters include coverage of the essentials of backflow and an exploration of the associated hazards, federal and state laws, prevention, troubleshooting, and more.

This collection features poems which touch a wide variety of subjects. The volume is primarily set in Istanbul and reflects life on the edge of two continents, Asia and Europe.

Based on ethnographic research conducted from 1966, this book includes interviews with people from all levels of Tanzanian society. The author provides a history of the struggles to define the basic issues of public political discourse in the Shambaa-speaking region.

Taking issue with contemporary trivializations of the self, this book traces a course of development from the early pragmatists who formulated what they called the "empirical self" to contemporary constuctionist views of the storied self.