James T. Jones to Sallie Jones (18 July 1962)

Would like supplies sent from home and his wishes given to the family and women at home.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1392/thumbnail.jp

James T. Jones to Sallie Jones (10 December 1861)

The author discusses blockade runners and camp life for the winter.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1385/thumbnail.jp

James T. Jones to Sallie Jones (21 March 1862)

Discusses troop movements and denies the rumors that he is a gambler and a drunk.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1388/thumbnail.jp

James T. Jones to Sallie Jones (11 June 1862)

James discusses the wounded after the recent battle, the Union fortifying their position, and the care of their troops by women from home.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1391/thumbnail.jp

James T. Jones to Sallie Jones (12 April 1862)

James discusses his new camp life near the enemy and asks again for the name of the slanderer.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1389/thumbnail.jp

M. Clanton to Sallie Jones (2 February 1862)

Clanton complains of winter camplife and discusses Sallie\u27s male prospects.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1387/thumbnail.jp

William I. Berryman to Sallie Jones (20 December 1861)

William finds a copy of a newspaper that has an account of Sallie\u27s concert and wishes her a pleasant christmas.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/1386/thumbnail.jp

Assessing international alcohol consumption patterns during isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic using an online survey: highlighting negative emotionality mechanisms

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has required drastic safety measures to control virus spread, including an extended self-isolation period. Stressful situations increase alcohol craving and consumption in alcohol use disorder (AUD) and non-AUD drinkers. Thus, we assessed how COVID-19 related stress may have affected drinking behaviours in the general population. Design: We developed an online cross-sectional survey, Habit Tracker (HabiT), which measured changes in drinking behaviours before and during COVID-19 quarantine. We also assessed psychiatric factors such as anxiety, depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) and impulsivity (Short-Impulsive Behavior Scale). Lastly, we related drinking behaviours to COVID-19 specific stress factors. Setting: HabiT was released internationally, with individuals from 83 countries participating. Participants: Participants were included if they were 18 years of age or older and confirmed they were proficient in English. The survey was completed by 2873 adults with 1346 usable data (46.9% accurately completed). Primary outcome measures: Primary outcome measures were change in amount and severity of drinking behaviours before and during quarantine, and current drinking severity during quarantine. Results: Although drinking behaviours decreased overall during quarantine, 36% reported an increase in alcohol use. Those who increased alcohol use during quarantine were older individuals (95% CI 0.04 to 0.1, p<0.0001), essential workers (95% CI −0.58 to −0.1, p=0.01), individuals with children (95% CI −12.46 to 0.0, p=0.003), those with a personal relationship with someone severely ill from COVID-19 (95% CI −2 to −0.38, p=0.01) and those with higher depression (95% CI 0.67 to 1.45, p<0.0001), anxiety (95% CI 0.61 to 1.5, p=0.0002), and positive urgency impulsivity (95% CI 0.16 to 0.72, p=0.009). Furthermore, country-level subsample analyses indicated that drinking amount (95% CI 9.36 to 13.13, p=0.003) increased in the UK during quarantine. Conclusions: Our findings highlight a role for identifying those vulnerable for alcohol misuse during periods of self-isolation and underscore the theoretical mechanism of negative emotionality underlying drinking behaviours driven by stress. Limitations include a large degree of study dropout (n=1515). Future studies should assess the long-term effects of isolation on drinking behaviours

Illinois Basin - Decatur Project: Process Design and Operaion of Carbon Dioxide Surface Facilities

U.S. DOE Cooperative Agreement: DE-FC26-05NT42588Ope

Resilient functioning is associated with altered structural brain network topology in adolescents exposed to childhood adversity

Childhood adversity is one of the strongest predictors of adolescent mental illness. Therefore, it is critical that the mechanisms that aid resilient functioning in individuals exposed to childhood adversity are better understood. Here, we examined whether resilient functioning was related to structural brain network topology. We quantified resilient functioning at the individual level as psychosocial functioning adjusted for the severity of childhood adversity in a large sample of adolescents (N = 2406, aged 14–24). Next, we examined nodal degree (the number of connections that brain regions have in a network) using brain-wide cortical thickness measures in a representative subset (N = 275) using a sliding window approach. We found that higher resilient functioning was associated with lower nodal degree of multiple regions including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the medial prefrontal cortex, and the posterior superior temporal sulcus (z > 1.645). During adolescence, decreases in nodal degree are thought to reflect a normative developmental process that is part of the extensive remodeling of structural brain network topology. Prior findings in this sample showed that decreased nodal degree was associated with age, as such our findings of negative associations between nodal degree and resilient functioning may therefore potentially resemble a more mature structural network configuration in individuals with higher resilient functioning