Planar point location is a problem in which we are given a planar graph (with no crossings) defining a map, such as the boundary of GUI elements. Then we wish to support a query that takes a point given by its coordinates (x, y) and returns the face that contains it (see Figure 1 for an example). As is often the case with these problems, there is both a static and dynamic version of this proble...

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the causal agent of Johne's disease or paratuberculosis of ruminants and has been associated with Crohn's disease in humans. In this study, the genotypes of MAP obtained so far in South American countries using a combination of the subtyping methods Mycobacterial Interspersed Repeats Units-Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (MIRU-VNTR) and Mul...