Since the mid-1990s, there have been many increasingly successful endeavors to commercially farm abalone for the purpose of consumption.

Since the mid-1990s, AutoCAD supported custom objects through its C ++ Application Programming Interface ( API ).

Since in the mid-1990s the number of supporters started to decrease, Greenpeace pioneered the use of face-to-face fundraising where fundraisers actively seek new supporters at public places, subscribing them for a monthly direct debit donation.

Since the mid-1990s, it has been largely coincident with what is now called the free software and open source movement.

Since the mid-1990s the Internet has had a drastic impact on culture and commerce, including the rise of near-instant communication by electronic mail, instant messaging, Voice over Internet Protocol ( VoIP ) " phone calls ", two-way interactive video calls, and the World Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, social networking, and online shopping sites.

Since the early to mid-1990s, house music has been infused in mainstream pop and dance music worldwide.

Since the mid-1990s, the term " kcmil " has been adopted as the " official " designation of a thousand circular mils, but the designation " MCM " still remains in wide use.

Since the mid-1990s, the Ministry of Information and Communications ( MIC ) has pursued a policy of high-speed telecommunication infrastructure as a foundation to build a “ knowledge-based society .” In the telecommunications sector, competition was allowed on an incremental basis and, in the market for value added services, full competition was allowed.

Since the mid-1990s, starspot observations have been made using increasingly powerful techniques yielding more and more detail: photometry showed starspot growth and decay and showed cyclic behavior similar to the Sun's ; spectroscopy examined the structure of starspot regions by analyzing variations in spectral line splitting due to the Zeeman Effect ; Doppler imaging showed differential rotation of spots for several stars and distributions different from the Sun's ; spectral line analysis measured the temperature range of spots and the stellar surfaces.

Since the mid-1990s, in particular due to insights from dualities shown to relate the five theories, an eleven-dimensional theory called M-theory is believed to encompass all of the previously distinct superstring theories.

Since the UNFCCC entered into force, the parties have been meeting annually in Conferences of the Parties ( COP ) to assess progress in dealing with climate change, and beginning in the mid-1990s, to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol to establish legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Since the early and mid-1990s, many microprocessors for desktops and servers have more than one FPU.

Since the mid-1990s, women have had more choice in bra sizes ; the focus has changed from choosing bras in an average size to wearing bras that actually fit perfectly.

Since at least the mid-1990s, the term has often been replaced by Roman Catholic officials with phrases such as " other Christians ".

Since the mid-1990s, Eastman Kodak and Fujifilm have held a duopoly in the manufacture of 35 mm motion picture negative film.

Since the mid-1990s, Alenia Aermacchi has participated in programs for the supply of engine nacelles for civil aircraft.

Since the mid-1990s, with the redistribution of tapes and CDs of Round The Horne starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick, and increasing academic interest, Polari has undergone something of a revival.

Since the mid-1990s, the block has again become home to a " legitimate " theatre, along with shops and restaurants that draw millions to the city every year.

Since the mid-1990s there has been a considerable warming of relations between the Communist Party and supporters of Chinese reunification as both oppose the pro-Taiwan independence bloc that was elected to executive power in Taiwan following President Lee's retirement.

Since the mid-1990s, the standard practice used of the PRC press has been to refer to ROC government as the " Taiwan authority " () and the ROC President as the " leader of the Taiwan Area " (), where both terms are not used in conjunction with quotation marks.

Since the discovery of oil there in the mid-1990s, it does not need a fictional platinum deposit for it to be of interest to financiers and mercenaries.

Since the mid-1990s, a number of wine brands have switched to alternative wine closures such as synthetic plastic stoppers, screw caps, or other closures.

" Since the mid-1990s African artists have also been very active through the super-group Africando, where African and New York musicians mix with leading African singers such as Bambino Diabate, Ricardo Lemvo, Ismael Lo and Salif Keita.

Since the mid-1990s bilingual approaches to schooling and higher education have become popular in parts of South-east Asia, especially in Thailand and Malaysia where different models have been applied, from L2 immersion ( content taught in a non-native language ) to parallel immersion, where core subjects are taught in both the mother-tongue and a second language ( usually English ).

Since then commercial interest in mouthwashes has been intense and several newer products claim effectiveness in reducing the build-up in dental plaque and the associated severity of gingivitis ( inflammation of the gums ), in addition to fighting bad breath.

Since commercial signage usually has limited physical space, signage is normally in French alone.

Since first being aired, it has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on British commercial television, underpinning the success of its broadcaster ITV and its franchise Granada Television.

Since then, Japanese research in computer music has largely been carried out for commercial purposes in popular music, though some of the more serious Japanese musicians used large computer systems such as the Fairlight in the 1970s.

Since its commercial release, Ethernet has retained a good degree of compatibility.

Since 1985, the Guinean Government has adopted policies to return commercial activity to the private sector, promote investment, reduce the role of the state in the economy, and improve the administrative and judicial framework.

Since the first commercial cultivation of genetically modified plants in 1996, they have been modified to be tolerant to the herbicides glufosinate and glyphosate, to be resistant to virus damage as in Ringspot virus-resistant GM papaya, grown in Hawaii, and to produce the Bt toxin, an insecticide that is documented as non-toxic to mammals.

Since 1996, the HTML specifications have been maintained, with input from commercial software vendors, by the World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C ).

Since German reunification in 1990, and the accession of some Central European and Baltic States into the European Union in 2004, the Port of Hamburg has restarted ambitions for regaining its position as the region's largest deep-sea port for container shipping and its major commercial and trading centre.

Since June 2006 he has been a member of the advisory board of Novamente, a commercial company which aims to create strong AI.

Since then there has been a steady decline in their use and popularity for leisure, military and commercial passenger transport use.

Since independence, the Namibian Government has pursued free-market economic principles designed to promote commercial development and job creation to bring disadvantaged Namibians into the economic mainstream.

Since Independence in 1990, Namibia has seen a dramatic growth in radio stations, with both commercial ( for instance Radio 99, Radio Wave, Radio Energy, Omulunga Radio, West Coast FM, etc.

Since local television stations often need to sell more commercial airtime than network affiliates, syndicated shows are usually cut to make room for extra commercials.

Since the time of the first drafts of the barcode it has very rarely been officially used by commercial or political institutions.

Since the resettlement of Svalbard in the early 20th century, coal mining has been the dominant commercial activity.

Since governments also resolve commercial disputes, especially in countries with common law, similar arguments are sometimes used to justify a sales tax or value added tax.

Since the advent of the Global Positioning System, highly precise, yet affordable timing is available from many commercial GPS receivers.

Since Japan could not resume commercial whaling, it began whaling on a scientific-research basis.

Since 2000 the Zimbabwean government has taken most of the farmland previously used by commercial farmers ( mostly white ) and reallocated it.

Since each user will normally have their own IP address, commercial testing products ( such as HP's Loadrunner software ) can use IP spoofing, allowing each vuser its own " return address ", as well.

" Since rudimentary screenprinting materials are so affordable and readily available, it has been used frequently in underground settings and subcultures, and the non-professional look of such DIY culture screenprints have become a significant cultural aesthetic seen on movie posters, record album covers, flyers, shirts, commercial fonts in advertising, in artwork and elsewhere ..

Since the 1960s, with the latest developments on commercial aviation, the highest ranked football teams of Mozambique and the other African overseas provinces of Portugal, started to compete in the Taça de Portugal ( the Portuguese Cup ).

Since 1938 she had the help of the Father's Day Council, founded by the New York Associated Men's Wear Retailers to consolidate and systematize the commercial promotion.