#EAPS

[jcmarchi]

Susan Solomon wins VinFuture Award for Female Innovators

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Susan Solomon wins VinFuture Award for Female Innovators

Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies Susan Solomon has been awarded the 2023 VinFuture Award for Female Innovators. Solomon was picked out of almost 1,400 international nominations across four categories for “The discovery of the ozone depletion mechanism in Antarctica, contributing to the establishment of the Montreal Protocol.” The award, which comes with a $500,000 prize, highlights outstanding female researchers and innovators that can serve as role models for aspiring scientists.

“I’m tremendously humbled by that, and I’ll do my best to live up to it,” says Solomon, who attended the ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Dec. 20.

The VinFuture Awards are given annually to “honor scientific research and breakthrough technological innovations that can make a significant difference” according to their site. In addition to Female Innovators, the award has two other special categories, Innovators from Developing Countries and Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields, as well as their overall grand prize. The awards have been given out by the Vietnam-based VinFuture Foundation since 2021.

“Countries all around the world are part of scientific progress and innovation, and that a developing country is honoring that is really very lovely,” says Solomon, whose career as an atmospheric chemist has brought her onto the international stage and has shown her firsthand how important developing countries are in crafting global policy.

In 1986 Solomon led an expedition of 16 scientists to Antarctica to measure the degradation of the ozone layer; she was the only woman on the team. She and her collaborators were able to figure out the atmospheric chemistry of chlorofluorocarbons and other similar chemicals that are now known as ozone-depleting substances. This work became foundational to the creation of the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement that banned damaging chemicals and has allowed the ozone to recover.

Solomon joined the MIT faculty in 2012 and holds joint appointments in the departments of Chemistry and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. The success of the Montreal Protocol demonstrates the ability for international cooperation to enact effective environmental agreements; Solomon sees it as a blueprint for crafting further policy when it comes to addressing global climate change.

“Women can do anything, even help save the ozone layer and solve other environmental problems,” she says. “Today’s problem of climate change is for all of us to be involved in solving.”

#000 #2023 #Antarctica #Atmospheric chemistry #Awards #honors and fellowships #career #change #chemicals #chemistry #climate #climate change #Developing countries #EAPS #earth #Environment #Environmental #Faculty #Foundation #Global #how #Innovation #innovations #it #LED #measure #mit #Other #Ozone #ozone layer

[harmeet-saggi]

Unlocking Wellness: The Advantages Of Employee Assistance Programs For Mental Health

In today's fast-paced and demanding work environment, the importance of mental health and wellness cannot be overstated. The pressures of the modern workplace can take a toll on employees, leading to various mental health challenges such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and more. In such a scenario, Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) have emerged as a crucial tool for organizations to address these challenges. 

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#mental health #Employee Assistance Programs #EAPs #early intervention #crisis management #depression #anxiety #bipolar disorder #schizophrenia #online doctor consultation #doctor consultation

[don-lichterman]

EAPS can help address children's mental health

EAPS can help address children’s mental health

More than half of U.S. children and teens are struggling with mental health issues after the pandemic. As if that number wasn’t troubling enough, only 8% are likely to get help. The reasons are many: Self-stigma. Little understanding of what to do or where to turn. Limited access to aid. Fortunately, therapists, Employee Assistance Programs and other mental health providers are expanding their…

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#address #childrens #EAPs #Health #mental #mental health

[messy-haired-bum]

I just realized that if Sui Khan was 13 years old now, then that means Lee Soo Hyuk would have been dead 14-ish years ago.

So the tragedy that decimated Team 1 happened when Kim Rok Soo was (36+2-14=)24 years old.

He was just 24 years old when he lost his second family. He was just 24 when he had to succeed as a Team Leader. He was just 24 when people called him "cold-blooded" for daring not to cry while praising his abilities.

At 20, the Cataclysm happened.

At 21, Kim Rok Soo experienced something the God of Despair deemed his "greatest" despair: the destruction of his shelter and the first appearance of an unranked monster.

Three years later, at 24, Kim Rok Soo prophesized the appearance of the second-strongest unranked monster in history, and then had to survive the attack that killed everyone he loved.

Jesus fucking Christ, give this man a fucking break!

#tcf #lcf #trash of the count's family #lout of the count’s family #lsh #sui khan #kim rok soo #cale henituse #great news: I've caught up to EAP #which means now I have FEELINGS about my poor son

[cinnbar-bun]

GUYS!! THEY CAME!!!

These amazing Robin and Brook prints are from the wonderful and talented @wigglesdtuff , please check out her stuff (especially to all my Brook lovers out there 💖).

#one piece #Brook #nico robin #rambles #omg yall… I cannot wait to decorate my wall with them #I think Brook would look amazing next to this EAP wall decoration I have #this art is so beautiful I wanna eat it #Might go nuts and order more Soul King #anyways please support the artist they’re wonderful and their art gives me life!!! #especially to all my Robin and Brook fans #sorry to everyone else stumbling upon this I am a rabid Brook stan alongside my fellow Brook-wives (GN).

[ataurusinabookshop]

“Tell me every terrible thing you ever did, and let me love you anyway.”

- Sade Andria Zabala (not Edgar Allen Poe)

#booklr #bookish #books #bookworm #booknerd #book nerd #bibliophile #books and libraries #book recommendations #ffs how did this mistake happen #unless there’s some joke I’m missing and I’m having a r/woosh moment #but seriously that quote doesn’t sound even remotely close to anything eap wrote

[hearts401]

Could you list all of your Au’s and what each acronym stands for

YEAHYEAHYEAH!!! I HOPE I GET EM ALL LMAO THIS GOES SOOOO FAR BACK

this includes aus without tags but i'll tag the ones that have tags lol

EAPS au. Evan afton's pizzeria simulator: evan survives the bite and goes on to be scooped, later reuniting with an alive and healthy michael in ffps. shenanigans ensue

N? au. Normal? Aftons au: The afton kids survive and evan and michael, along with a ton of other characters, have to work to stop william elizabeth and a mystery killer

normal aftons au: just ur run of the mill happy au. everyones normal and silly

mm au. Murder Mystery au: Afton kids live and liz calls them to solve the mystery of their father's disappearance while they uncover certain... concerning things

Pitdad au: william gets springlocked before he can kill any kids and becomes springbonnie early on. springbonnie also becomes sentient and the two of them have to mend the family william has neglected for so long

dysfunctionally functioning au: Nobody dies but the afton kids have to learn to deal with their abusive household dynamic (important note! the abbreviation for the fic of this au is gbwwwg and stands for getting by with what we've got.)

Wizard's Quest au: Springtrap and William team up in ucn to escape while its in a fantasy type landscape

Michael's robots au: William, Henry, and Michael build the robots together following the deaths of michaels siblings. however not only does william has a lot of dark secrets, mcihael is learning a whole lot about his robot friends (like how. yk. theyre possessed)

Swap au: Exactly what it sounds like. Elizabeth is michael, michael is the puppet, evan is circus baby, charlie and sammy are golden duo, and theres other thigns im not getting into rn

fnaf x tadc au: just the fnaf characters getting put in the digital circus world

fnaf x ut au: fnaf/undertale crossover but i changed so much its unrecognizable at some points

Werewolf will au: william is a werewolf adn kills people and manipulates his friends while keeping his kids hidden for evil nefarious reasons

Employee trio au: William drags vanessa and henry into killing people and everything goes to shit

kill ur dad au: Michael kills william and drags evan in to help him cover it up. unfortunately, william always comes back

Traveling circus au: the funtimes, as humans, run a circus and meet elizabeth who got lost when her father had a springlock accident. while htye take care of her, william gets help from a shady wizard and things dont go well

Fnaf theatre au: where the fnaf game characters are a highschool theatre class and end up making a huuuge broadway show that retells the fnaf movie

anthro au: everyones a furry and the aftons are searching for william who disappeared many years ago

Golden memories au: Evan and Cassidy fail to keep william in ucn and end up losing their memories of everything past being killed (which includes meeting each other officiall) and help cassie throughout ruin

this isnt rlly important but good ending tfc au: novel elizabeth goes home with charlie instead of dying and they become friends

scrap baby's pizzeria: scrap baby (not liz), lefty (charlie), and molten freddy run a pizzeria in ucn and have to watch william while cassidy is away on torture vacation

Foxymike au: Michael is a robot william built years ago. he looks like foxy and ev n liz dig him up and decide to adopt him as their new big brother while william has a more special, evil plan for him

Lizzie time travel au: Elizabeth travels back in time after fnaf 6 and has to fix everything

the immortal and the restless au: Evan survives the bite and both him and mike work to fix everything, but they dont meet again until fnaf 6. evan burns down fnaf 3, and mike still gets scooped and all.

Fredbear sb plush au: Evan follows greg around as a possessed discontinued golden freddy plushy and they become besties

glitched mike au: au where michael goes looking for his missing sister and gets wrapped up in the remains of glitchtrap, whos clawing his way back to life

Zombiegolf au: Michael works at the pizzaplex and is bestfriends with monty and theres other lore but william is glitchtrap, evan and liz r there, and gregory is there lolz

Zombie apocolypse au: William accidently makes a zombie virus and everything goes to shit while his kids search for him and he finds his ex wife again

time travel crack au: Michael goes back in time but hes like. nine. and hes pissed as fuck and is trying to kill his dad wiht cassidy

fnaf wcm au: Ellis goes to the pizzaplex and meets the ghosts of the people who died there (most notably tony, gregory, and cassie) but somethings wrong. gregorys still alive...

Monster Island au: (the fic for this is deep end!) au where the animatronics are giant monsters on an island where a bunch of kids get stranded (afton kids, mci kids, sb kids, ect)

mer cbby au: circus baby is a mermaid that michael befriends (not liz!!!)

Michaels plush shop: michaels family gets cursed as plushies and he realizes any plushy he makes comes to life so he just has a funny little plushy family

flashlight frights au: flashlight duo are springbon and golden freddy and they r besties while william runs fazbear frights and jeremy, michael, and vanessa are security guards there

fredbears pizza mania au: glitchtrap remakes the afton family in a video game and they become sentient

little nightmares au: au based on the LN games. full of angst and horror adn afton brothers

Cityscape au: Au where its all futuristic shenanigans centered around glitchtrap vanny and the sb kids

afton house of horrors au: au where the afton kids meet the very kind hearted robots fredbear, springbonnie, circus baby, and ennard. unfortunately for htem, williams testing his nightmare gas in that house

ucn mike au: post fnaf 4 mike gets stuck in ucn bc cassidy fucked up the timeline and hes stuck with william

warrior cats au: jsut fnaf retold with kitties

Elliz sb protag au: Ellis is the sb protagonist and befriends monty

Williams apprentice au: Elizabeth lives and becomes williams helper

Williams successor au: an au based on a post by @/puhpandas (go follow him!!!! NEOW!!!) where william tries to make evan his successor and evan flips him the bird

Afton family business au: a murder family au catered to me

the sun sets in utah au: Elizabeth, grown by now, returns home after college to find both it and the people in it have changed so much. Especially her family

Glamrock baby au: Elizabeth in the pizzaplex what will she do

marionette emily au: charlie is accidently killed possesses the puppet. henry takes her as his daughter still. what could go wrong? (a lot)

the puppet and the carver: Charlie is trying to get her father to move on, but he has work to do. So much work. A lot of charlie and henry angst n stuff

summer camp au: Michael dies and is a ghost and his family + cassidy investigate

those are the ones of note i can think offff they dont all have tags like i said. I'll link this on my pinned post btw so anyone can find it

#eaps au #normal? aftons au #normal aftons au #mm au #pitdad au #dysfunctionally functioning au #wizards quest au #michaels robots au #swap au #tadc x fnaf #fnaf x ut #werewolf will au #employee trio au #kill ur dad au #traveling circus au #fnaf theatre au #anthro au #golden memories au #scrap babys pizzeria #foxymike au #lizzie time travel au #the immortal and the restless au #glitched mike au #zombiegolf au #zombie apocalypse au #time travel crack au #fnaf wcm au #monster island au #michaels plush shop #flashlight frights

[reluctroid]

Harry Clarke - 'The Masque of the Red Death'

#Harry Clarke #masque of the red death #mask of the red death #poe #eap #edgar allen poe #horror #b&w art #b&w #art

[jcmarchi]

A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets, MIT study finds

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A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets, MIT study finds

Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence, rather than the presence, of a chemical feature in their atmospheres.

The researchers propose that if a terrestrial planet has substantially less carbon dioxide in its atmosphere compared to other planets in the same system, it could be a sign of liquid water — and possibly life — on that planet’s surface.

What’s more, this new signature is within the sights of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). While scientists have proposed other signs of habitability, those features are challenging if not impossible to measure with current technologies. The team says this new signature, of relatively depleted carbon dioxide, is the only sign of habitability that is detectable now.

“The Holy Grail in exoplanet science is to look for habitable worlds, and the presence of life, but all the features that have been talked about so far have been beyond the reach of the newest observatories,” says Julien de Wit, assistant professor of planetary sciences at MIT. “Now we have a way to find out if there’s liquid water on another planet. And it’s something we can get to in the next few years.”

The team’s findings appear today in Nature Astronomy. De Wit co-led the study with Amaury Triaud of the University of Birmingham in the UK. Their MIT co-authors include Benjamin Rackham, Prajwal Niraula, Ana Glidden Oliver Jagoutz, Matej Peč, Janusz Petkowski, and Sara Seager, along with Frieder Klein at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Martin Turbet of Ècole Polytechnique in France, and Franck Selsis of the Laboratoire d’astrophysique de Bordeaux.

Beyond a glimmer

Astronomers have so far detected more than 5,200 worlds beyond our solar system. With current telescopes, astronomers can directly measure a planet’s distance to its star and the time it takes it to complete an orbit. Those measurements can help scientists infer whether a planet is within a habitable zone. But there’s been no way to directly confirm whether a planet is indeed habitable, meaning that liquid water exists on its surface.

Across our own solar system, scientists can detect the presence of liquid oceans by observing “glints” — flashes of sunlight that reflect off liquid surfaces. These glints, or specular reflections, have been observed, for instance, on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, which helped to confirm the moon’s large lakes.

Detecting a similar glimmer in far-off planets, however, is out of reach with current technologies. But de Wit and his colleagues realized there’s another habitable feature close to home that could be detectable in distant worlds.

“An idea came to us, by looking at what’s going on with the terrestrial planets in our own system,” Triaud says.

Venus, Earth, and Mars share similarities, in that all three are rocky and inhabit a relatively temperate region with respect to the sun. Earth is the only planet among the trio that currently hosts liquid water. And the team noted another obvious distinction: Earth has significantly less carbon dioxide in its atmosphere.

“We assume that these planets were created in a similar fashion, and if we see one planet with much less carbon now, it must have gone somewhere,” Triaud says. “The only process that could remove that much carbon from an atmosphere is a strong water cycle involving oceans of liquid water.”

Indeed, the Earth’s oceans have played a major and sustained role in absorbing carbon dioxide. Over hundreds of millions of years, the oceans have taken up a huge amount of carbon dioxide, nearly equal to the amount that persists in Venus’ atmosphere today. This planetary-scale effect has left Earth’s atmosphere significantly depleted of carbon dioxide  compared to its planetary neighbors.

“On Earth, much of the atmospheric carbon dioxide has been sequestered in seawater and solid rock over geological timescales, which has helped to regulate climate and habitability for billions of years,” says study co-author Frieder Klein.

The team reasoned that if a similar depletion of carbon dioxide were detected in a far-off planet, relative to its neighbors, this would be a reliable signal of liquid oceans and life on its surface.

“After reviewing extensively the literature of many fields from biology, to chemistry, and even carbon sequestration in the context of climate change, we believe that indeed if we detect carbon depletion, it has a good chance of being a strong sign of liquid water and/or life,” de Wit says.

A roadmap to life

In their study, the team lays out a strategy for detecting habitable planets by searching for a signature of depleted carbon dioxide. Such a search would work best for “peas-in-a-pod” systems, in which multiple terrestrial planets, all about the same size, orbit relatively close to each other, similar to our own solar system. The first step the team proposes is to confirm that the planets have atmospheres, by simply looking for the presence of carbon dioxide, which is expected to dominate most planetary atmospheres.

“Carbon dioxide is a very strong absorber in the infrared, and can be easily detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets,” de Wit explains. “A signal of carbon dioxide can then reveal the presence of exoplanet atmospheres.”

Once astronomers determine that multiple planets in a system host atmospheres, they can move on to measure their carbon dioxide content, to see whether one planet has significantly less than the others. If so, the planet is likely habitable, meaning that it hosts significant bodies of liquid water on its surface.

But habitable conditions doesn’t necessarily mean that a planet is inhabited. To see whether life might actually exist, the team proposes that astronomers look for another feature in a planet’s atmosphere: ozone.

On Earth, the researchers note that plants and some microbes contribute to drawing carbon dioxide, although not nearly as much as the oceans. Nevertheless, as part of this process, the lifeforms emit oxygen, which reacts with the sun’s photons to transform into ozone — a molecule that is far easier to detect than oxygen itself.

The researchers say that if a planet’s atmosphere shows signs of both ozone and depleted carbon dioxide, it likely is a habitable, and inhabited world.

“If we see ozone, chances are pretty high that it’s connected to carbon dioxide being consumed by life,” Triaud says. “And if it’s life, it’s glorious life. It would not be just a few bacteria. It would be a planetary-scale biomass that’s able to process a huge amount of carbon, and interact with it.”

The team estimates that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope would be able to measure carbon dioxide, and possibly ozone, in nearby, multiplanet systems such as TRAPPIST-1 — a seven-planet system that orbits a bright star, just 40 light years from Earth.

“TRAPPIST-1 is one of only a handful of systems where we could do terrestrial atmospheric studies with JWST,” de Wit says. “Now we have a roadmap for finding habitable planets. If we all work together, paradigm-shifting discoveries could be done within the next few years.”

#Astronomy #Astrophysics #atmosphere #Bacteria #Biology #biomass #carbon #Carbon dioxide #Carbon materials #Carbon sequestration #change #chemical #chemistry #climate #climate change #Discoveries #EAPS #earth #Earth and atmospheric sciences #exoplanet #Exoplanets #Features #France #indeed #it #James Webb Space Telescope #jwst #Kavli Institute #Lakes #LED

[bnesszai]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @pmreaper!!! ily and i hope your day is wonderful and here are some boys for you!!

It's 2:48 in the morning and Nakajima Atsushi stands in the kitchen with eyes as large as the moon and hands in his hair.  And then he hisses at Akutagawa. “Tiger,” Akutagawa grits out, a hand over his heart that still hammers against his ribs, revamped by the ghost standing in front of him. “What are you doing?” Another hiss, though this one seems inward, almost as if he's reflecting and displeased with what he finds. “Couldn't sleep.” A long stretch of silence settles over them. Akutagawa can see the tense muscles lined under Nakajima’s shirt. There is so much to be laid between them, blood and agony and a brief moment of weightless respite. Instead, Akutagawa sighs, padding over to the kettle. “Would you like some tea?” The Tiger looks down at shaking hands.

b!sskk, 2k, it's clear that i don't know how to pick titles or end fics but please enjoy<3

#i decided i'm impatient so posting before work #b!sskk #bsd #ness writes #eap day

[yugiohz]

I’m a real hermit rn I think it’s time to get a pair of glasses I don’t need to put contacts in jisy to stay in my room…. I kinda of want a rlly big frame idk let’s see

#I do nottt have a face (eap nose) for glasses #but I want to and my baba wants me to as well so

[coconut530]

LEARN WHEN TO QUIT MAN

(the last pic of Pluto was me watching him try to keep this going)

#Nevermore #Nevermore Webtoon #Webtoon #Wow what an ep #First scene was just Monty getting OWNED which after the hell Duke went through he deserves to do to him #The second panel I thought Duke broke his neck then he broke his LEG #Get roasted idiot #How does it feel being on your knees for once #Duke asking him for one reason (for the love of god in French! Like the EAP story and also like 77!) to kill him #And then he allllllmmmmmoooosssstttt does it #Then *BAM* LENORE #I WAS SO BRACED FOR SPECTRE FIGHT then Duke just went invisible #Glad you could make it Duke!!! She’s so proud of him I just know it #Pluke moment! MAZE TRIO REUNION YEAHHHHH #Monty you look so not good just call it quits buddy #He’s like genuinely shooketh which is unusual like Prospero but Monty’s so shooketh bc like he’s used to having control and it’s being #taken away from him atm which he is REALLY not used to #Pluto’s face 😂 it’s hilarious #I mean Monty is not a great person but the way Flynn drew him in this ep is spectacular #Side profilessssssssss and yes it is a bluff #LIKE LOOK AT HOW CRAZED HE LOOKS IT’S SO COOL #OH NO ADA FEARSCAPE EPISODE NEXT WEEK OH NOOOOOOOOOOO

[theartisticendeavor]

Elvis

Art by Rick Leonardi

#Comics #Rick Leonardi #Elvis #Elvis Presley #Elvis Aaron Presley #EAP #Art #Illustration #Music #Rock And Roll #Blue Suede Shoes #Fashion

[samberrybay]

873 chp spoilers

“Y, yes!”

Cale subconsciously stuttered, but still quickly answered.

Cale got scared whenever Ron smiled so seriously and benignly like this.

Yes, he automatically started to curl up in fear.

Sometimes i forget how much Cale scared of Ron ISJXOALAPA

Cale "I am able to annihilate the whole island, wreck the continent, curse various Gods and even talk with different words, but still scared of my old attendant" Henituse

#i read new chapter on eap btw!! #tcf #trash of the count's family #tcf novel #cale henituse #ron molan #tcf cale #tcf ron

[emeraldpotion]

Credit to hafaellart on instagram

#edgar allan poe #eap #poe #dark #darkness #gothic #art #goth #black #aesthetic #writer #horror #poems #the crow #poetry #thriller #creepy

[diana-andraste]

Clown by Crafty Dogma

“A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy.” ― Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

#photography #clowns #crafty dogma #quotes #black and white #edgar allan poe #eap #the fall of the house of usher #literature #vintage #sinister #oddities #too creepy for words