The SBLP is an event sponsored by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). It is a forum where researchers, educators, and practitioners can present and discuss the fundamental principles and innovations in the design, definition, analysis, transformation and implementation of programming languages and systems. This SBLP edition featured the following contributions: (i) two tutorials: Pervasive Co...

This paper describes an approach for handling intermittent connectivity between mobile clients and network-resident applications, which we call zippering. When the client connects with the application, communication between the client and the application is synchronous. When the client intermittently connects with the application, communication becomes asynchronous. The DIANA (Device-Independen...

This paper proposes an integrated theory of tense, aspect and genericity building on the work of Moens (1987) for tense and aspect in English. I start by motivating the treatment of tense and genericity at the same level, by showing that (1) it is the same linguistic system that is at work in both cases; (2) there are some facts of language that only receive an adequate explanation if the two p...

Children: services, palliative care, paediatric community nursing As a memorial to the life and work of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Treasury made over £4 million available to fund a network of Diana Community Nursing teams within the United Kingdom. In 1999 the first Welsh Diana Team was set up in North Wales. This is one of eight teams now operating across the UK (Davies and Harding 2000). T...

According to most accounts, alarm calling in non-human primates is a biologically hardwired behaviour with signallers having little control over the acoustic structure of their calls. In this study, we compared the alarm calling behaviour of two adjacent populations of Diana monkeys at Taï forest (Ivory Coast) and Tiwai Island (Sierra Leone), which differ significantly in predation pressure. At...

Automatic irrigation scheduling based on real-time measurement of soilless substrate water status has been recognized as a promising approach for efficient greenhouse irrigation management. Identification of proper irrigation set points is crucial for optimal crop performance, both in terms of yield and quality, and optimal use of water resources. The objective of the present study was to deter...