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 mid-1990s, commercial travel on Uzbekistan ’ s portion of the Amu Darya has been reduced because of low water levels.

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 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 the block headers occupied space, the usable capacity of the drive was dependent on the block size.

Since the House of Lords no longer had the power to block the bill, the Unionist's Ulster Volunteers led by Sir Edward Carson, launched a campaign of opposition that included the threat of armed resistance in Ulster and the threat of mutiny by army officers in Ireland in 1914 ( see Curragh Incident ).

Since the time of Pāṇini, at least, linguists have described the grammars of languages in terms of their block structure, and described how sentences are recursively built up from smaller phrases, and eventually individual words or word elements.

Since GIF is designed to allow users to define new blocks, Netscape in the 1990s used the Application Extension block ( intended to allow vendors to add application-specific information to the GIF file ) to implement the Netscape Application Block ( NAB ).

Since the film's success abroad, most Ghost in the Shell media has been translated and released in English-speaking territories, including the anime series, which aired on the Sci-Fi Channel, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, and the United Kingdom's AnimeCentral.

Since September 27, 2007, the U. S. Department of Treasury designated 25 senior Burmese government officials as subject to an asset block under Executive Order 13310.

Since a single integrated circuit can provide a complete phase-locked-loop building block, the technique is widely used in modern electronic devices, with output frequencies from a fraction of a hertz up to many gigahertz.

Since the Volume Bitmap must have a bit to represent each allocation block, its size is determined by the size of the volume itself.

Though Meredith was legally entitled to register, the Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett, tried to block him by having the Legislature pass a law that “ prohibited any person who was convicted of a state crime from admission to a state school .” The law was directed at Meredith, who had been convicted of “ false voter registration .” Since passage of its 1890 constitution, the state had voter registration rules that effectively disfranchised black voters.

Since the 1989 – 90 NBA season the Spurs uniform has remained practically the same, with the road uniform now using the team nickname from their logo ; a minor change included the addition of another black ( road ) and white ( home ) trim to the already silver-trimmed block numbers in the 2002 – 03 season.

Since October 2010, programming on both night's schedules has been somewhat fluid as while all series have a permanent place on the Friday and Sunday primetime schedules, episode premieres of all Disney Channel original series are subject to being rotated on and off the schedule depending on the schedule for that given week as they usually air as part of a 90-minute block from 8 – 9: 30 p. m. ET / PT on Friday evenings and 7: 30 – 9 p. m. ET / PT on Sunday evenings.

Since the introduction of the CIDR system, IANA typically allocates address space in the size of / 8 prefix blocks for IPv4 and / 23 to / 12 prefix blocks from the 2000 ::/ 3 IPv6 block to requesting regional registries as needed.

Since 2008, a minimal amount of original programming began being included as well airing within the TV Land PRIME block.

Since all Microsoft Office files are OLE 2 files, this component is the basic building block of all the other POI elements.

Since the term " block " has a similar meaning, this could also be the derivation of its alternative name, the Blocksberg.

Since 2010, Fuji TV started airing Korean dramas on its programming block.

Steve Huey of Allmusic said, " Since Dry As a Bone / Rehab Doll is more energetic and less murky than many proto-grunge artifacts, it's arguably the most effective and enduring building block in the music's early evolution.

Since the beginning of 1996, the State has suspended all new applications from Internet service providers seeking to commence operations in the PRC ; moved to put all existing Internet services under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the Ministry of Electronics Industry, and the State Education Commission ; and attempted — without much success — to establish firewalls, limit the contents of home pages, and block access to certain Internet sites through routing filters.

Since the last renovation, the Boy's Carriage building incorporates a kitchenette and the Girl's Carriages a common room and shower block ( other bathrooms in the school have only baths.

Since Apple ProDOS uses the same file system as SOS, and since ProDOS stores its own boot code in block number zero rather than block number one, SOS and ProDOS can co-exist on the same medium.

Since 1933, large screens block the view into from the adjacent streets.

Since these holes point at the use of a lifting device, and since they are to be found either above the center of gravity of the block, or in pairs equidistant from a point over the center of gravity, they are regarded by archaeologists as the positive evidence required for the existence of the crane.