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The article information on the geographical distribution of amphibians and reptiles from Central Georgia. Topics discussed include Ambystoma opacum specie salamander; Sternotherus minor specie turtle; and Lampropeltis calligaster specie snake. It also informs on snake species such as Carphophis amoenus.

The article evaluates the effectiveness of box trap arrays for capturing snakes and introduces a new trap design to address observed limitations. Topics discussed include the efficacy of traditional box traps combined with drift fences, the high escape rates of certain snake species, and the improved performance of the new "Knapp-Murphy" trap design in capturing a broader range of snake sizes.

The article focuses on Crotalus horridus, the Timber Rattlesnake, and explores its hibernation behavior, specifically its communal denning habits in some parts of its range, including a previously undocumented instance of communal denning in the Southeastern Coastal Plain.

We present the climatology of mesopause temperatures using high‐latitude and middle‐latitude meteor radars. The daily mesopause temperatures are estimated using ambipolar diffusion coefficient data from the meteor radars at Davis Station (68.6°S, 77.9°E), in Antarctica, Svalbard (78.3°N, 16°E), Tromsø (69.6°N, 19.2°E) in the Arctic, and Mohe (53.5°N, 122.3°E) and Beijing (40.3°N, 116.2°E) in the northern middle latitudes. The seasonal variations in the meteor radar‐derived temperatures are in good agreement with the temperatures from the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument onboard the TIMED satellite. Interhemispheric observations indicate that the mesopause temperatures over the southern and northern polar regions show a clear seasonal asymmetry. The seasonal variations in the Davis Station meteor radar temperatures in the southern polar mesopause are dominated by an annual oscillation (AO) with a relatively weak semiannual oscillation (SAO), which show a clear minimum during summer and a maximum during winter. The mesopause temperatures in the northern high and middle latitudes observed by the Svalbard, Tromsø, Mohe, and Beijing meteor radars mainly show an AO, with a maximum during winter and a minimum during summer. The AO in the northern polar regions is stronger than that in the southern polar regions, while the SAO in the southern polar regions is relatively strong compared to that in the northern polar regions. Key Points: Interhemispheric mesopause temperatures estimated by using high‐latitude and middle‐latitude meteor radarsMesopause temperatures estimated from meteor radars agree with the SABER and MLS temperaturesInterhemispheric comparisons indicate that the mesopause temperature over the southern and northern polar regions show a seasonal asymmetry [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To provide a future vision of alternative viewpoints moving forward in creativity research, four different perspectives are offered. The first perspective, "Wildfire 2008: Creativity with a Human Touch," offers surprising humanistic and individualistic practitioner insights from breakthrough campaigns. The second viewpoint, "Creative and Effective Advertising: Balancing Spontaneity and Discipline," emphasizes the role of discipline in developing creative advertising that is effective while still being spontaneous. The third perspective, "Defining the Necessary Components of Creative, Effective Ads," provides a functional model of how creativity works in ads. In the last viewpoint, "The Concept of 'Imaginative Intensity' in Advertising," an imaginative intensity concept is offered for future research consideration as the role of the consumer, agency, and clients change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The existing distribution of meteor radars located from high- to low-latitude regions provides a favorable temporal and spatial coverage for investigating the climatology of the global mesopause density. In this study, we report the climatology of the mesopause relative density estimated using multiyear observations from nine meteor radars, namely, the Davis Station (68.6 ∘ S, 77.9 ∘ E), Svalbard (78.3 ∘ N, 16 ∘ E) and Tromsø (69.6 ∘ N, 19.2 ∘ E) meteor radars located at high latitudes; the Mohe (53.5 ∘ N, 122.3 ∘ E), Beijing (40.3 ∘ N, 116.2 ∘ E), Mengcheng (33.4 ∘ N, 116.6 ∘ E) and Wuhan (30.5 ∘ N, 114.6 ∘ E) meteor radars located in the midlatitudes; and the Kunming (25.6 ∘ N, 103.8 ∘ E) and Darwin (12.3 ∘ S, 130.8 ∘ E) meteor radars located at low latitudes. The daily mean relative density was estimated using ambipolar diffusion coefficients derived from the meteor radars and temperatures from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) on board the Aura satellite. The seasonal variations in the Davis Station meteor radar relative densities in the southern polar mesopause are mainly dominated by an annual oscillation (AO). The mesopause relative densities observed by the Svalbard and Tromsø meteor radars at high latitudes and the Mohe and Beijing meteor radars at high midlatitudes in the Northern Hemisphere show mainly an AO and a relatively weak semiannual oscillation (SAO). The mesopause relative densities observed by the Mengcheng and Wuhan meteor radars at lower midlatitudes and the Kunming and Darwin meteor radars at low latitudes show mainly an AO. The SAO is evident in the Northern Hemisphere, especially at high latitudes, and its largest amplitude, which is detected at the Tromsø meteor radar, is comparable to the AO amplitudes. These observations indicate that the mesopause relative densities over the southern and northern high latitudes exhibit a clear seasonal asymmetry. The maxima of the yearly variations in the mesopause relative densities display a clear latitudinal variation across the spring equinox as the latitude decreases; these latitudinal variation characteristics may be related to latitudinal changes influenced by gravity wave forcing. In addition to an AO, the mesopause relative densities over low latitudes also clearly show an intraseasonal variation with a periodicity of 30–60 d. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: We report the first observations of a high‐ and middle‐latitude neutral mesospheric density response to geomagnetic storms. Interhemisphere mesospheric densities are estimated using data from meteor radars at Davis Station (68.6°S, 77.9°E), Svalbard (78.3°N, 16°E) and Tromsø (69.6°N, 19.2°E), which are located under the auroral zone; the Mohe (53.5°N, 122.3°E), and Beijing (40.3°N, 116.2°E) meteor radars, located in northern midlatitudes, and the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) on the Aura satellite. Both case studies and a superposed epoch analysis indicate that geomagnetic storms can significantly influence mesospheric density, causing a greater than ~10% decrease in the auroral zones and a ~5% decrease at higher midlatitudes. With such large changes, it is reasonable to suspect that geomagnetic storms influence the dynamics of the high and middle latitudes mesosphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An appendix is presented of the authors of the journal related to herpetology.