"It'd be really great if the initial studies gave us an accurate summary of things.
Instead, the initial studies on what would become the Epoc were conducted at a Melbourne lab under the auspices of an "independent review board" using student volunteers.
"The initial studies in 1964 were conducted using the most sophisticated modeling," Mr. Cermak said, "and it's an approach that is still being used at wind tunnels today".
But in those cases as well, subsequent studies did not show as big a benefit as the initial studies.
The agency expects the initial studies to be followed by two additional development phases resulting in the deployment of the new computer systems for military needs, starting in 2007.
Dr. Nahrendorf, with Filip K. Swirski, Mikael J. Pittet and a dozen other colleagues, performed the initial studies using mice, but the scientists suspect the results will apply to humans as well.
After the initial studies in the 1950s, the government did not look seriously again at the project until the 1990s, when north China was hit hard by droughts.
Obviously, these categories are strongly defined by the initial studies from which they were drawn.
The initial studies of reactive HIPIMS processes however have only covered Ti O2 target material reactive gas system.
The results of the RHI are similar to some studies, but with lower scores than in the initial studies.
The initial studies on autophagy began in the late 1950s and focused on the response of organisms to glucagon.
