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Starfish on Strike

2010
This paper improves the price-performance ratio of ECM, the elliptic-curve method of integer factorization. In particular, this paper constructs "a = -1" twisted Edwards curves having Q-torsion group Z/2 x Z/4, Z/8, or Z/6 and having a known non-torsion point; demonstrates that, compared to the curves used in previous ECM implementations, some of the ...
Bernstein, D.J., Birkner, P., Lange, T.
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Strike Pay and Employers' Strike Insurance

Metroeconomica, 2000
The consequences of strike pay for employees and of an employers' strike insurance fund are analysed in a two‐period screening model of labour disputes with private information of the firm. It is shown that the employers' strike fund reduces uncertainty and hence lowers strike activity. If the union's strike pay fund can incur a deficit during disputes,
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Coda: “Strike After Strike”

2021
This Coda reflects on recent developments in West Indies cricket and the manner in which victories are still captured in calypso, song and poetry, even if Caribbean cricket is viewed as struggling to find its way back to its full political potential for the region.
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Striking a balance

Practical Radiation Oncology, 2015
I was recently consulted in the case of a child who was fully functional and attending school when headaches developed. An intracranial mass was identified. Surgery was performed and a partial resection was obtained of what proved to be a craniopharyngioma.
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Bargaining and strikes

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1989
The recent literature has shown that asymmetric information about a firm's profitability does not by itself explain strikes of substantial length if the firm and workers can bargain very frequently without commitment. In this paper we show that substantial strikes are possible if (a) there is a small (but not insignificant) delay between offers; and (b)
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Lucky strike

Science, 2020
Last year, an unusual meteorite crashed in a Costa Rican rainforest. Rich in the building blocks of life, it has captivated collectors and researchers.
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A Right to Strike?

Nursing Ethics, 1997
During 1995, there was a major shift in the United Kingdom in the debate of whether it is right for nurses to strike. The Royal College of Nursing, the former advocate of a non-industrial action policy, moved towards the UNISON position that industrial action is ethical in some circumstances, as well as the necessary thing to do.
K, Jennings, G, Western
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Lightning strikes

Medical Journal of Australia, 1990
Lightning strike is a natural phenomenon with potentially devastating effects. The physics of lightning strike and the physiology of lightning injury are discussed. Three cases are reported and the clinical features are described. Aspects of the management of such patients are discussed with particular emphasis on assessment and resuscitation in the ...
G W, Fulde, S J, Marsden
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Air Strike

2018
Through a brief exploration of the air power decades from 1990 to 2010, this chapter describes the rapid evolution of the strike role that has transformed Western militaries. This has resulted in the ability to achieve air superiority quickly on a theatre-wide scale, which in turn provides new levels of protection for ground forces, lines of supply ...
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A Strike Like No Other Strike

The Social Science Journal, 2004
I am not sure if I am the best person to review this book. First of all, I am an economist and hence more concerned with efficiency than equality.
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