A record number of firearm background checks were completed at the onset COVID-19 pandemic and during protests following murder George Floyd. Using monthly state-level data, we show that increase in check rates March 2020 June differ from previous gun-buying events least two important ways. First, increases surrounding Floyd are significantly larger than events. Second, nonpartisan; effect Repu...

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesVolume 60, Issue 5 p. 24022A-24022C Internal Developments GUINEA: More Deadly Protests First published: 13 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2023.11074.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare text full-text accessPlease review our Terms ...

A threshold signature or decryption scheme is a distributed implementation of a cryptosystem, in which the secret key is secret-shared among a group of servers. These servers can then sign or decrypt messages by following a distributed protocol. The goal of a threshold scheme is to protect the secret key in a highly fault-tolerant way. Namely, the key remains secret, and correct signatures or d...