In most cases (29 out of 30), Cuscuta on treated plants dried out after about two weeks without further spraying, which suggests that a minimum number of successful connections to host xylem and phloem per parasite shoot length is required for vitality and propagation of C. reflexa.
This can be done using standard compression algorithms or to gain even higher compression ratios, by aggregating and preprocessing the data to create higher level information (e.g. information about the amount of connections of each host in the last x minutes).
A nasty dispute over proprietorship and revenue splits has just deprived "The Connection" of its longtime host, Christopher Lydon -- a man of eclectic intelligence, urbane accent and a new taste for entrepreneurship.
An example of a holoparasite with such features is dodder (Cuscuta), which during vegetative growth has no roots and only scale leaves and therefore appears to be simply a yellow or orange stem with a network of host connections.
We used centrality, a measure of the connection amongst each host species (humans and domestic animals) in the network, through the sharing of parasites/pathogens, where a central host (i.e. high value of centrality) is the one that is infected by many parasites/pathogens that infect many other hosts in the network.
The key elements for the long-term success of such implants are the formation of a stable connection between the host bone tissue and the fixture surface (osseointegration) and integration of the transmucosal component, or abutment, with the soft tissues.
The connection between host infectiousness and indirect effects has been established previously [ 3] but the exact nature of this connection was unknown.
The massacre of about 35 Sikh men in Kashmir on the eve of his visit gave him an immediate sense of the weekly, and sometimes daily, toll of violence, as well as a point of connection with his hosts.
It is tempting to suggest a functional connection of these factors as host-interacting and/or virulence traits.
There is better functional integration within host heart cells in comparison to adult cells, specifically in terms of the electromechanical connections with host cardiomyocytes.
John Adams got it right when he used his Philharmonic program to underline Ives's connections to a host of turn-of-the-century popular sounds, from the hymns and marches of old New England to the rags and blues that were electrifying the cities.
