Initially used as an anticonvulsant, sodium valproate has become a commonly prescribed treatment, and is effective in treating manic episodes.

Initially they used and re-used wooden tablets with prepared ground for these drawings.

Initially, the Ramsay family coat of arms was used to identify Dalhousie but over time, the seal evolved with the number of amalgamations the university went through.

Initially, Dylan used a Scheme-like prefix syntax, which is based on s-expressions:

Initially, Milne thought Shepard's style was not what he wanted, but used him to illustrate his book of poems When We Were Very Young.

Initially used mainly for war services, this new class of people would form the basis for the later knights, another basis of imperial power.

Initially, some users of the Kazaa network were users of the Morpheus client program, formerly made available by MusicCity, but once the official Kazaa client became more widespread, Kazaa developers used its automatic update ability to shut out Morpheus clients by changing the protocol in February 2002, when Morpheus developers failed to pay license fees.

Initially he used the name Tadashi Ishihara before changing it when he secured the lead role in Rodan ( 1956 ).

Initially, the AMD K6 processors used a Pentium II-based performance rating ( PR2 ) to designate their speed.

Initially, letterboxing was limited to several key sequences of a film ( e. g., opening and closing credits ), but later it was used for the entire film.

Initially, civil aviation schools within Germany were used, yet only light trainers could be used in order to maintain the façade that the trainees were going to fly with civil airlines such as Deutsche Luft Hansa.

Initially, wheeled APCs ( e. g. the BTR-152 ) were used, some of which lacked overhead protection and were therefore vulnerable to artillery fire.

Initially these shutters were made from a cloth material ( which was in later years often rubberised ), but some manufacturers used other materials instead.

Initially makeup was limited to white skin with blackened eyes ; but as filming progressed mortician's wax was used to simulate wounds and decay to make the zombies more frightening.

Initially, the term ' theory of everything ' was used with an ironic connotation to refer to various overgeneralized theories.

Initially, there was outcry by national newspapers and some viewers regarding the UK licence fee being used to fund such a potentially high jackpot prize.

Initially, German Enigma messages were the main source, with those of the German airforce predominating, as they used radio more, and their operators were particularly ill-disciplined.

Initially the Network Walkman was a series of digital music players that used flash memory to hold their data.

Initially, the Portuguese developed the concept of fetishism to refer to the objects used in religious cults by West African natives.

Initially, in the days of the SS-50 and SS-50C, bus systems such as SWTPC, Gimix, and Smoke Signal Broadcasting, OS-9 was used more as a general purpose microcomputer operating system, and had a large, active hobbyist user population, and industrial and embedded system users.

Initially used for measuring star light, it was employed for the infrared detection of airplanes in the early stages of World War II.

*; Polikarpov Po-2: Initially Po-2s were used for training ( between 1 and 18 December 1942 ), later were used for liaison and courier duties.

Initially, T1 used Alternate Mark Inversion ( AMI ) to reduce frequency bandwidth and eliminate the DC component of the signal.

Initially the General Electric plant specialized in arc lights, electric motors, and meters.

Initially all locomotives were powered by clockwork, but the first electric power appeared in autumn 1923.

Initially the oil drops are allowed to fall between the plates with the electric field turned off.

Initially it carried horse-drawn trams, but shortly after the bridge's opening it was converted to carry the electric trams of London County Council Tramways ; it continued to carry trams until the ending of tram services in 1951.

Initially 20 % of Akosombo Dam's electric output ( serving 70 % of national demand ) was provided to Ghanaians in the form of electricity, the remaining 80 % was generated for the American-owned Volta Aluminium Company ( VALCO ).

Initially, the need for railroads in Istria was based upon fast development of industrial activities ; shipbuilding, construction material, machine and electric industries, as well as Austrian military interests.

Initially, utilities ( electric, water and dump stations ) will not be available in the Fort Pickens Campground.

Initially Seagroatt and Staples experimented extensively with tape multi-tracking, using a combination of standard instruments, toys, percussion, voices, violin and prepared electric guitar.

Initially led by purist blues followers such as Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies, it reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.

Initially the problem of the shortened chimney was overcome by the use of an electric fan to improve draught, but between 1996 and 1997 the chimney was repaired and restored to its full original height of 82 feet ( 25 m ).

Initially popular for playing traditional Irish music in a duo with Andy Irvine and later with Tommy Peoples and Matt Molloy, he later turned to a more rock inspired electric style with poignant political lyrics.

Initially impelled by the circuits electric field, electrons proceed on their respective paths via this electromagnetic deflection.

Initially steam driven, the service was electric from November 1908, and petrol powered from 1915.

Initially Celtic rock replicated electric folk, but naturally replaced the element of English traditional music with its own folk music.

Initially " electric steel " was a specialty product for such uses as machine tools and spring steel.

Initially produced as an electric bass and later as a guitar, the instrument was made entirely of the Steinberger Blend, a proprietary graphite and carbon fiber mix in two pieces: the main body and a faceplate.

Initially electric trains operated as 2-car shuttles between Riverstone to Richmond until the electric power supply was upgraded to allow through running to and from Sydney in 1992.

Initially the line was single track and unelectrified, with services operated by steam trains or rail motors connecting to electric trains at Kingsgrove.

Initially, the " factory " ( consisting of 30 workers ) concentrated on electric measurement devices.

Initially, 27 locomotives of this type had been planned, but by the early 1950s, the benefits of using the 25 kV AC system had been demonstrated, which meant that the Woodhead Line would be an isolated electric system.