Adaptive Character Research Articles

KONSEP BELAJAR TANPA BERMAIN DAN PENERAPANNYA DI LEMBAGA KUTTAB AL-FATIH DALAM PERPEKTIF PSOKOLOGI BELAJAR KONTEMPORER (STUDI ANALISIS KRITIS)

Learning while playing is one solution to reduce student tension and boredom in the middle of the learning process. However, in Kuttab Al-Fatih in the learning process there are manners that must be put forward, so that learning and playing cannot be done at the same time. The objectives of this study are (1) to identify the concept of learning without playing at the Kuttab Al-Fatih Institution, (2) to analyze the impact of implementing the concept of learning without playing on student achievement and development, and (3) to evaluate the implementation of the concept of learning without playing in the perspective of contemporary learning psychology. This study uses a qualitative method with a critical analysis study approach. The data collection techniques applied are passive participatory observation, in-depth interviews and documentation studies. This study found that (1) This approach is unique because although it explicitly separates the playing element from the traditional learning process, Kuttab Al-Fatih integrates aspects of learning that are rich in moral and religious values ​​through the halaqah method and stories from the Qur'an. (2) The results of the study show that this approach is effective in improving students' academic achievement, such as the ability to read the Qur'an and understand general subjects. In addition, positive behaviors such as discipline and independence in daily activities are also well formed. (3) By combining the principles of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, Bruner's constructivism, and Gardner's multiple intelligences, this approach not only facilitates the transfer of knowledge but also supports the formation of strong and adaptive characters. This conclusion confirms that, although no traditional play elements are emphasized, children's developmental needs are still met through activities designed to support interactive learning and stable emotional development. This study provides important insights into how a holistic approach that combines religious and moral values ​​can be applied in elementary education to support students' optimal academic and character development.

Implementasi Pendidikan Karakter di SD Negeri 105 Palembang

This study aims to examine the implementation of character education at SD Negeri 105 Palembang within the framework of the Merdeka Curriculum. Using a qualitative descriptive approach, data was gathered through observations, interviews with 10 teachers and 15 parents, and questionnaires distributed to 30 students. The findings reveal that character education, in line with the values of the Pancasila Student Profile, has been effectively incorporated, although there are challenges such as limited resources and a lack of parental involvement. Teachers utilize flexible teaching strategies, like project-based learning, to instill values such as collaboration, independence, and creativity. This study demonstrates how the flexibility of the Merdeka Curriculum enables a more adaptive and personalized approach to character education in elementary schools. The results also stress the importance of stronger collaboration between schools, parents, and the community to optimize students' character development. This research contributes to the discussion on character education in Indonesia, particularly within the context of the Merdeka Curriculum, which offers more opportunities for teachers to innovate and develop education that meets students' needs. The study provides insights into how character education can be implemented within the framework of the Merdeka Curriculum at SD Negeri 105 Palembang. The Merdeka Curriculum fosters innovation among teachers, and this research highlights that project-based learning is effective in instilling the values of the Pancasila Student Profile. While challenges such as limited resources and insufficient parental involvement exist, these can be addressed by strengthening collaboration between the school, teachers, and parents. Therefore, this study not only shows that the Merdeka Curriculum supports relevant and adaptive character education but also emphasizes the need for additional support to fully optimize the program.

Between theory and action: Assessing the transformative character of climate change adaptation in 51 cases in the Netherlands

Globally, researchers and policymakers are calling for transformative climate adaptation (TCA) to fundamentally change the attributes of social, economic, and ecological systems to deal with climate risks. However, attempts to conceptualize, assess, and implement TCA are limited and often result in vague and diffuse meanings, hindering transformative action. This study synthesizes existing literature to introduce a framework consisting of six dimensions for evaluating transformative climate adaptation actions: (1) depth, (2) scope, (3) scale, (4) speed, (5) social vulnerability, and (6) ecological vulnerability. We applied this framework to 51 climate change adaptation cases in the Netherlands. Our results show that no single case scored high on all dimensions, suggesting there are trade-offs between the six dimensions. Most trade-offs exist between depth, speed, and scale; however, they sometimes extend to the interplay between social and ecological vulnerability. We identify multiple clusters of cases that display varying degrees and characteristics of transformative change. Our results strengthen the call for a multidimensional and continuous change perspective of TCA to address the gap between transformative theory and transformative actions. The framework proposed here could guide future empirical research on the drivers of TCA and help governance actors work towards building more socially and environmentally resilient futures.

AI-Driven Traffic Simulation using Unity: Implementing Finite State Machines for Adaptive NPC Behaviour

This research develops an AI-powered traffic simulation using the Unity Engine, leveraging finite state machines (FSM) to enable adaptive and responsive non-player characters (NPCs). The integration of FSM with advanced pathfinding algorithms, such as A*, allows NPCs to dynamically adjust their behavior based on traffic conditions, obstacles, and environmental changes. The experimental results indicate a 25% improvement in route optimization and a 30% reduction in path conflicts compared to conventional static models, demonstrating the robustness of the proposed approach. Optimized navmesh deployment further enhances navigation fluidity, ensuring efficient agent movement in high-density scenarios without compromising system performance. The findings establish the effectiveness of the FSM-driven NPC behavior in simulating realistic traffic environments, contributing both to the advancement of AI applications in game development and urban planning. By providing an interactive platform for traffic management, this simulation offers a practical tool to study congestion patterns and test intervention strategies. In addition, it improves player engagement by fostering emergent gameplay through dynamic NPC interactions. Future work could explore the integration of real-time procedural generation or multiplayer functionality to enrich simulation depth and scalability. This study provides a comprehensive framework that bridges AI-based mechanics with simulation technology, providing significant insights for researchers and practitioners in game design, artificial intelligence, and urban planning.

Development of Islamic Character Education Through The Naqsyabandiyah Qadiriyah Order Among The Sasak Wetu Telu Community

This study aims to analyze the development of Islamic character education through the Naqsyabandiyah Qadiriyah Order among the Sasak Wetu Telu community. As part of the local Islamic tradition, the Wetu Telu community has a unique approach to religious practice and social life. The approach of this order is not only aimed at strengthening spiritual understanding, but also at shaping the moral character of the community through Islamic values, such as honesty, patience, and discipline. The study used a qualitative approach with a field study method involving observation and in-depth interviews with order leaders and the local community. The results of the study indicate that the teachings of the Naqsyabandiyah Qadiriyah Order play a significant role in shaping adaptive Islamic character among the Sasak Wetu Telu such as strengthening Islamic identity, impacts on personal and social life, the role of exemplary tarekat figures, character formation through spiritual discipline, integration of Islam with local culture especially in terms of developing spirituality integrated with local socio-cultural values. These findings confirm that the integration between the order and character education can be a contextual and relevant model of Islamic character development for communities with local Islamic traditions.

Traditional and Non-Traditional Approaches to Prediction of Natural Catastrophes

The catastrophes number from begin of XXI century increased about two times. The causes of the fact appeared to be obscure, but some suggestions based on understanding space and global processes, exists. The most terrible phenomena are tsunami. Such a wave got death of 700 000 people in 2004. A new tsunami got South West Asia in the end of 2018. Biological indications and understanding of some phenomena connected with natural life is a way toward prediction of tsunami. Living organisms are able to predict some future events particular catastrophic incidents. This is adaptive characters producing by evolution. The more energy produces incident the more possibility to predict one. Wild animals escaped natural hazards including tsunami (e.g. extreme tsunami in Asia December 2004). Living animals are able to predict strong phenomena of obscure nature. For example, majority of animals escaped Tungus catastrophe taking place in Siberia at 1908. Wild animals are able to predict nuclear weapon experiences. The obscure characters are not typical for human, but they are fixed under probability 15%. Effective theory describing such a character are absent till now. Russian scientist N.Kozyrev suggested existence of unknown physical field (but gravitation and electro-magnetic). The field was named “time” or “chrono”. Some characters of the field appeared to be object of physical experiment. Kozyrev suggested specific role of the field for function of living organisms. Transition of biological information throw space (telepathy) and time (proscopy) may be based on characters of such a field. Hence physical chrono-and-information field is under consideration. Animals are more familiar with such a field than human. Evolutionary process experienced with possibility of extreme development of contact with such a field using highest primates. Some equipment of detection of such a field is in progress. The perspective way for study of mysterious phenomena of physic is researches of this field characters.

Epistemologia evoluționistă, problema naturalizării și caracterul adaptativ al gândirii raționale

I will try to explain why I think evolutionary epistemology (EE) is legitimately built on a functional analogy, explaining how I think this kind of analogical reasoning works. Based on an idea from a Charles Darwin notebook, I will argue that the interest in EE is at least as old as the theory of evolution by natural selection itself. I will then try to show how EE fits into Quine’s broader programme of naturalizing epistemology and what it brings in addition to his original project, which is threatened by the danger of circular reasoning. I will argue that an idea of David Hume about how one can justify the belief in the principle of uniformity of nature, reinterpreted in EE, can help us avoid this danger. Finally, I will try to show how certain ideas from EE can help us address some controversial aspects concerning the status of human cognitive faculties, such as the question regarding the adaptive or maladaptive character of rational thought.

Frank-Kasper-like network phase from self-assembly of high-χ star-block copolymers.

By taking advantage of the effects of solvent selectivity and topology on high-χ block copolymer (BCP) for self-assembly, network phases with high packing frustration can be formed in self-assembled polystyrene-b-polydimethylsiloxane (PS-b-PDMS). Apart from gyroid with trigonal structure and diamond with tetrahedral structure, a peculiar network phase with space group of [Formula: see text] (Frank-Kasper structure) can be found in six-arm star-block PS-b-PDMS as evidenced by small-angle x-ray scattering. Electron tomography results reveal the network phase with alternating connection of three and four struts. The observed phase behaviors suggest that the network formation is built from the bisectors of dispersive spheres in the Frank-Kasper phase, instead of building connections among them, and thus decipher the origins of complex phase formation due to the adaptive character of malleable mesoatoms.

Model of Students' Prophetic Character Building of Madrasah Aliyah in Responding to Global Sociocultural Change Era

This study aims to uncover and formulate a conceptual model, implementation strategy, and impact assessment of building prophetic character in students to address sociocultural changes in the global era. Using a qualitative multi-case study design, research was conducted at Madrasah Aliyah Swasta (MAS) Al-Ittifaqiah 2 Ogan Ilir and Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) 3 Palembang. Data were collected through observations, interviews, and documentation. Findings reveal that the vision is based on four pillars—the Qur'an and Hadith, culture, Pancasila, and government—while addressing consumer needs and anticipating sociocultural changes. This vision incorporates values of humanization, liberation, and transcendence, aiming to create "Ulama-intellectuals and intellectuals-Ulama." The model is executed through four pathways: formal education (KBM PAI) to establish an understanding of prophetic values, school-boarding culture to practice these values habitually and build discipline, extracurricular activities to stimulate the internal application of prophetic values, and family and environment to provide external control and reinforcement. Internal and external sociocultural factors act as both supporting and inhibiting instruments. The program fosters individual and social transformation, increasing participation in religious, environmental, and social activities. It also enhances the Madrasah's image as a holistic institution, addresses sociocultural anomalies, and promotes the prophetic paradigm, resulting in a resilient and adaptable prophetic character framework suitable for the global era. The study introduces the Interconnected-Prophetic Elaboration to Sociocultural Change (I-PESC) model, which effectively builds prophetic character, balancing spiritual and social dimensions while promoting unity and moderation. Future research should incorporate field studies to validate these findings and provide more robust evidence.

Role of Provenance Trials in the Study of Population Differentiation

Wide distribution of many Linnean species across climatic, edaphic and biotic barriers may be either due to a wide ecological amplitude of the species as such, or to the presence of a number of distinct local populations, well adapted to the respective ecoclimates. These populations may show continuous variation along an envirormental gradient (ecocline) or discontinuous variation (ecotypes). The morphological or physiological adaptive characters are genetically fixed. Although a number of genecological techniques have been developed in the recent past, to differentiate such ecologic populations, the provenance trial technique has gained much importance. In the present communication the technique as well as some important results obtained through its use, both within and outside India, have been briefly discussed.

Beyond fitness: The information imparted in population states by selection throughout lifecycles

We approach the questions, what part of evolutionary change results from selection, and what is the adaptive information flow into a population undergoing selection, as a problem of quantifying the divergence of typical trajectories realized under selection from the expected dynamics of their counterparts under a null stochastic-process model representing the absence of selection. This approach starts with a formulation of adaptation in terms of information and from that identifies selection from the genetic parameters that generate information flow; it is the reverse of a historical approach that defines selection in terms of fitness, and then identifies adaptive characters as those amplified in relative frequency by fitness. Adaptive information is a relative entropy on distributions of histories computed directly from the generators of stochastic evolutionary population processes, which in large population limits can be approximated by its leading exponential dependence as a large-deviation function. We study a particular class of generators that represent the genetic dependence of explicit transitions around reproductive cycles in terms of stoichiometry, familiar from chemical reaction networks. Following Smith (2023), which showed that partitioning evolutionary events among genetically distinct realizations of lifecycles yields a more consistent causal analysis through the Price equation than the construction from units of selection and fitness, here we show that it likewise yields more complete evolutionary information measures.

Respon Pertumbuhan Tanaman Krisan Fase Vegetative Dengan Sistem Penyiraman Otomatis Berbasis Arduino (Sensor Kelembaban Tanah))

This study aims to examine the survival and growth of chrysanthemum plants on Arduino-based automatic watering. The procedure of this research included making the ardiuno uno automatic watering device, planting potted chrysanthemum, testing the tool and collecting data on the growth and humidity of potted chrysanthemum. The experiment consisted of 2 treatments, namely watering using an Arduino software based on a humidity sensor and manual watering. The plant varieties used in this study were yellow standard chrysanthemum, red standard chrysanthemum and white standard chrysanthemum. After the plants were 2 weeks after planting (MST), vegetative growth was measured once a week for 7 weeks. Survival analysis was carried out by calculating the percentage of live and dead individual watering results. Growth analysis was performed by multivariete cluster analysis and bioplots using the paleontological statistics (PAST) program. The results of the calculation of the survival percentage show that the watering that has the best survival is arduino uno(DA) watering with 83% and the survival from manual watering (KO) is 80%. The results of the adaptation similarity analysis based on growth characteristics can be grouped into 2 parts. The first group with adaptive characters were DA-SP, KO-SP, KO-SK and DA-SK. The second group with more adaptive characters were DA-SM and KO-SM.

Ontogeny of multiple variants in the stems of Phaseolus lunatus L. (Fabaceae)

Development of the cambial variant is characteristic to most of the climbing members of the Fabaceae and is considered as an alternative path to increase their stem diameter for efficient supply of minerals and photosynthate within limited stem diameter. These alternative forms of secondary growths are ascribed as an adaptive character to increase stem flexibility and most often they are found to be taxon-specific. In the present study, histological investigation on the main stems of Phaseolus lunatus L. (Fabaceae) showed multiple combinations of variant secondary growth like the formation of vascular cylinders external to the secondary phloem and proliferation of parenchyma (axial and ray) followed by the development of interxylary phloem, interxylary cambia (functionally regular and inverse) and ray cambia. The secondary xylem produced by regular cambium was diffuse-porous with indistinct growth rings and composed of an abundance of thin-walled unlignified parenchyma. With the increase in age, phloem rays underwent dilatation, subsequently became meristematic and formed oval to circular vascular cylinders/units with irregular orientation. Concomitantly, dedifferentiation xylem parenchyma not only formed small islands of interxylary phloem but also led to the origin of interxylary cambial segments that differentiated bidirectionally and deposited xylem and phloem having inverse, diagonal, tangential or radial orientations. Similar cell division activity was also observed in marginal xylem ray cells (ray cambium) that produced both the xylem and phloem on either side. All these cambial variants are described in detail and their possible significance in the climbing habit is discussed.

Активність фотосинтетичного комплексу бріофітів на трансформованих територіях видобутку вугілля

It was investigated the seasonal dynamic of photosynthetic pigments content in shoots of the Ceratodon purpureus from different positions and local growing on dumps of the Chervonograd mining district. It was established that the quantitative composition of the a & b chlorophyll (chl a and chl b), ratio of the a/b and chlorophylls/carotenoids (Chl/K) in the moss cells changed depending on the position of their local growing on dumps and microclimatic conditions: temperature regime, solar radiation and humidity of the substrate. It was found that in April on open areas where Ceratodon purpureus grew, the content of chlorophyll a in its shoots increased, in July the amount of green pigment (chl a) significantly decreased, and the a/b ratio was lower than in spring. In the summer, content of the carotenoids in the moss cells on the illuminated areas increased, compared to the spring indicators, which prevented possibility of the photooxidation and formation of the free radi­cals under conditions of high insolation and temperature. In autumn, the content of both green pigments and auxiliary pigments in the Ceratodon purpureus shoots, selected from different positions of dumps, mostly decreased, compared to the summer indicators. Chan­ges in quantity and ratio of pigments in different periods of the year on the dumps testified about adaptive character of the mosses photosynthetic system, which contributed to more efficient using of the different intensities solar radiation. Depending on the position on the rock dumps and the degree of their reclamation, the indicators of the chlorophyll index for mosses synusiae were determined. It was found that the indicators of the chlorophyll index depended on the ecological conditions of moss growing in the technogenic environment, the composition of the bryoflora, the amount of green pigments in the photosynthetic organs, and the area of the assimilating surface. For the studied briosynusiae the largest stock of phytomass and the indicators of the chlorophyll index was determined on the dump of the “Nadiya” mine, and the smallest on the dump of the Central Enrichment Factory in the monospecies group Ceratodon purpureus – syn. Were established higher productivity indicators in synusiae, which includes Campylopus introflexus with biomorphic structure of the dense turf, which forms the largest over ground phytomass in growing conditions, compared to other species. The chlorophyll index can serve as an important criterion for assessing the participation of mosses in the production process of plant cover on transformed territories.

Emotion Regulation Strategies in Educational, Work and Sport Contexts: An Approach in Five Countries.

One of the greatest challenges in the domain of emotional regulation is comprehending the functionality of strategies and their utilization in various social contexts. In this sense, this study analyzes differences in the use and efficacy of regulation strategies, particularly of interpersonal strategies like altruism, social support, negotiation, mediation, regulation, and rituals, in samples of workers (N = 687) and students (N = 959) from Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Spain, and Uruguay, and athletes (N =144) from Spain. Participants answered questions pertaining to measures of affect or emotional regulation (MARS and ERQ self-regulation scales and EROS heteroregulation), as well as questions of a wellbeing scale (PHI) and questions related to emotional creativity (ECI), humor styles (HSQ), and adjustment to stress. Athletes reported less emotional discharge, use of humor, and affection, and greater confrontation and use of rituals than students and workers. A congruent relationship was found between the use of functional strategies (like direct coping, distraction, reevaluation, and active physiological regulation) and adjustment to stress, well-being, and creativity. Seeking social support, negotiation, and, to an extent, altruism, confirmed their predicted adaptive character. Mediation and delegation did not confirm their predicted adaptive character. Rumination, social comparison, rituals, confrontation, and suppression were maladaptive for workers and students, but the first four strategies were functional for athletes, who display a higher self-control and a more team-oriented and competitive emotional culture. Finally, the results show that adaptive regulation strategies mediate the relationship between well-being and adjustment to stress.

Nauczycielki wobec możliwości zmiany pozycji społecznej przez uczniów. Klasowość w perspektywie ich osobistych teorii pedagogicznych

In this article, I discuss early childhood education teachers’ attitudes towards possibilities of social mobility by pupils from lower-class background families. I problematise the issue of equality, discuss the opportunity for students’ social mobility within the school system, and introduce the teachers’ private pedagogical theories I identified during my PhD research. I have distinguished an emancipatory potential and an adaptive character of these, as well as subtypes of these theories.

Recent parallel speciation in Antirrhinum involved complex haplotypes and multiple adaptive characters.

A role of ecological adaptation in speciation can be obscured by stochastic processes and differences that species accumulate after genetic isolation. One way to identify adaptive characters and their underlying genes is to study cases of speciation involving parallel adaptations. Recently resolved phylogenies reveal that alpine morphology has evolved in parallel in the genus Antirrhinum (snapdragons): first in an early split of an alpine from a lowland lineage and, more recently, from within the lowland lineage to produce closely related sympatric species with contrasting alpine and lowland forms. Here, we find that two of these later diverged sympatric species are differentiated by only around 2% of nuclear loci. Though showing evidence of recent gene flow, the species remain distinct for a suite of morphological characters typical of earlier-diverged alpine or lowland lineages and their morphologies correlate with features of the local landscape, as expected of ecological adaptations. Morphological differences between the two species involve multiple, unlinked genes so that parental character combinations are readily broken up by recombination in hybrids. We detect little evidence for post-pollination barriers to gene flow or recombination, suggesting that genetic isolation related to ecological adaptation is important in maintaining character combinations and might have contributed to parallel speciation. We also find evidence that genes involved in the earlier alpine-lowland split were reused in parallel evolution of alpine species, consistent with introgressive hybridisation, and speculate that many non-ecological barriers to gene flow might have been purged during the process.

Evaluation of sugarcane clones for yield, quality and adaptive characters under waterlogged condition

Sugarcane clones specifically bred for tolerating waterlogging were evaluated for yield, juice quality and aerial root formation under natural waterlogged conditions. Clone, WL12-92 had the least and WL12-366 had the maximum aerenchyma in the aerial root. Cane yield and juice quality evaluation showed that test clones outperformed the check varieties for most of the traits. Clones WL12-101, WL12-509 and WL12-314 gave higher CCS yield per plot. Number of nodes with aerial root had negative correlation with all yield and quality traits except cane length and hand refractometer brix 8th month. Area occupied by aerenchymatous tissue in aerial root showed a positive correlation with yield, cane length and CCS yield per plot

Anatomical adaptations in the stem of Discocactus catingicola (Cactaceae) to the highly threatened ironstone outcrops from southeastern Brazil

The geosystems known as “cangas” are composed of ferruginous concretions and are characterized by being subjected to elevated temperatures and by having highly acidic, shallow, unfertile soils. The extremely harsh environmental conditions therein limit the occupation of cangas to a restricted number of species, such as Discocactus catingicola. We aimed to analyze the stem anatomy of D. catingicola occurring on cangas in order to assess which structural traits provide the species with an adaptive advantage to these geosystems. Stem samples were subjected to protocols of cross-sectioning, epidermal dissociation and lugol histochemical detection, and were then analyzed under light microscopy. Stems have a uniseriate epidermis and a thick cuticle. Paracytic stomata occur at the same level of pavement cells. Conspicuous substomatal chambers extend through the entire hypodermis height. The two-layered, collenchymatous hypodermis has a high amount of calcium oxalate inclusions in the form of prismatic crystals. Stem structure is also composed of a water-storing chlorenchyma, a starch and water storage parenchyma, and wide-band tracheids. Our findings revealed the occurrence of xeromorphic adaptive characters in D. catingicola which provide the species with its adaptive success in ironstone outcrops. The description of these anatomical traits in D. catingicola make up a pioneer report, thus being of great importance for future research on ecological plant anatomy not only of Cactaceae species but also of other unrelated xerophytes. We expect our work will assist researchers in the fields of anatomy, taxonomy and systematics of Cactaceae. Future research investigating the anatomy of D. catingicola populations occurring on ecosystems other than the lateritic cangas should provide a helpful comparative basis for evaluating the species degree of phenotypic plasticity.

Adaptive Control Strategy for a Pumping System Using a Variable Frequency Drive

Currently, the most implemented solution for driving a pumping system (PS) at variable speed is using a variable frequency drive (VFD). Because most of the VFDs have integrated only one proportional-integral (PI) frequency controller whose parameters (proportional gain/the integration time) can be off-line tuned but cannot be changed during real-time operation, and many PS must operate in different regimes (at variable speed, variable flow rate, at variable pumping head or even at variable power, e.g., those powered by renewable energy sources), the adaptive control strategy proposed in this paper overcomes these problems with very good performances. The proposed adaptive control strategy uses only simple PI controllers for managing several operating regimes. The adaptive character is not ensured by re-tuning the PI controller parameters as in self-tuning controllers but by readjusting the control law through a change in the control loop depending on the controlled output of the process (pump speed, pump discharge, pumping head or absorbed power). The deviations of the mentioned controlled outputs from their referenced values are converted into electrical frequency error (the deviation of the current value from its reference), which is the regular input to the already tuned controller; therefore, no controller re-tuning is required.