Once RNA interference (RNAi) was discovered, its possible use to control pests began to be explored.
The descriptions Negro and colored disappeared in the 1970's, to be replaced with black and African-American, and subconscious assumptions began to be explored by those overseeing news coverage.
Since about 1980, that situation began to change when the so-called "individual-based models" (IBMs), which incorporate individual differences, began to be explored systematically.[87] IBMs represent a population as a collection of individuals with variable properties such as size, growth-rate, biomass, and so on.
The secret program was under the general direction of J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom Bachelder described as: The conclusion of the Second World War was also the dawning of a new "Atomic Age", in which the peacetime potential of nuclear energy began to be explored.
The concept of applying negative pressure to a closed incision began to be explored in the early years following commercial availability of NPWT.
While some motivation for these reviews was economic, the process and quality of communication between referring physician and consultant also began to be explored.[ 5] Goldberg and Huxley [ 6, 7] have described potential obstacles along a pathway to mental health consultation, indicating the importance of integration of services from family doctor to specialty care.
