Maximum Ride: Angel by J. Patterson

Paul Patterson: In Memoriam

Caltech neuroscientist Paul Patterson, whose career spanned developmental neurobiology, behavioral neuroscience, and neuroimmunology, passed away on June 25 at the age of 70 from an aggressive brain tumor. Patterson was a pioneer and an iconoclast who was not afraid to work outside of the scientific mainstream; consequently, he made a number of important and seminal contributions that opened up...

. Stansfield , Jessica E . Rodriguez , David J . Glass and Cam Patterson Monte

Patterson-Wiedemann construction revisited

In 1983, Patterson and Wiedemann constructed Boolean functions on n = 15 input variables having nonlinearity strictly greater than 2n−1−2 n−1 2 . Construction of Boolean functions on odd number of variables with such high nonlinearity was not known earlier and also till date no other construction method of such functions are known. We note that the PattersonWiedemann construction can be underst...

Entrepreneur - Business Angel Relationships

This paper examines the logics and expectations of entrepreneurs and business angels prior to going into a relationship. Comparisons of the entrepreneurs and the business angels show difference regarding their confidence about their own mind-sets and expectations. The findings are discussed taking an institutional approach; an exogenous institutionalism is influencing the actor, as his logic an...

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