To try to answer this question more definitely, a randomized double-blind study was started in September 2008 and was completed in March 2010.

Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.

A study in 2008 found that both adults and children could detect images of snakes or spiders among a variety of non-threatening objects more quickly than they could pinpoint frogs, flowers or caterpillars.

* 2008 – A train collision in Shandong, China, kills 72 people and injures 416 more.

The campaign by the name ' Tree Day-Plant Your Future ' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150, 000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day ( symbolically, one for each citizen ).

The development of the chemistry of alkaloids was accelerated by the emergence of spectroscopic and chromatographic methods in the 20th century, so that by 2008 more than 12, 000 alkaloids had been identified.

In reviewing the 2008 Menier Chocolate Factory production, The Telegraph reviewer wrote that " Sondheim's lyrics are often superbly witty, his music here, mostly in haunting waltz-time, far more accessible than is sometimes the case.

In 2008 the electronics industry shipped more than $ 260 million in exports, primarily of components, computers and consumer electronics.

After the second terminal of International Airport Sofia was built the total number of passengers rose and reached 3 230 696 in 2008, and in April 2011 Airport Sofia serviced 282 694 passengers, 13 % more than the same period of 2009, when the record was 250 000 passengers.

As of the end of the 2008 season, players who have hit 115 or more career sacrifice flies:

According to the International Reciprocal Trade Association, the industry trade body, more than 450, 000 businesses transacted $ 10 billion globally in 2008 – and officials expect trade volume to grow by 15 % in 2009.

It was relaunched in November 2001 under the BBCi brand and operated under this name until 2008, when it was once more rebranded as BBC Red Button.

As of 2008 there are more than 60 in use across the world.

The UK's National Health Service announced in 2008 that more therapists would be trained to provide CBT at government expense as part of an initiative called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies ( IAPT ).

A 2008 research report found that conservatives are happier than liberals, and that as income inequality increases, this difference in relative happiness increases, because conservatives ( more than liberals ) possess an ideological buffer against the negative hedonic effects of economic inequality.

Two 2008 case studies show that the layout of a system provides a strong correlation to the ease of use for a system and that it proved more beneficial for the design to focus on presenting information in a way that reflected the most important goals and tasks of the user, rather than the structure of the organization.

A series of 2008 research shows that CRM systems, among others, need to be more open to flexibility of technical writers, allowing these professionals to become content builders.

The residue from the distillation of high-temperature coal tar, primarily a complex mixture of three or more membered condensed ring aromatic hydrocarbons, was listed on 28 October 2008 as a substance of very high concern by the European Chemicals Agency.

Since 2008, however, racism has become an even more pressing concern.

Barrymore's more recent projects include Beverly Hills Chihuahua in 2008, and 2009's He's Just Not That into You, Grey Gardens and Everybody's Fine.

According to Nielsen ( 2008 ) a dictionary may be regarded as a lexicographical product that is characterised by three significant features: ( 1 ) it has been prepared for one or more functions ; ( 2 ) it contains data that have been selected for the purpose of fulfilling those functions ; and ( 3 ) its lexicographic structures link and establish relationships between the data so that they can meet the needs of users and fulfill the functions of the dictionary.

One of the more recent examples of the " curse " happened in 2008 when the 1 – 4 St. Louis Rams chose to wear their white uniforms at home, forcing the Cowboys to wear road blue uniforms.

In 2008 the rivalry became more intense when in the last game of the year in which both teams could clinch a playoff spot with a victory, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Cowboys 44 – 6, and clinched a playoff spot, where they would go to lose the NFC Championship game to the Arizona Cardinals.

The number of disc golf courses has more than doubled in 8 years from 2000 to 2008.

* 2008 – Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.

209 km ; navigable by craft drawing less than 1. 2 m ( 2008 )

The conclusion of the countdown was altered in 2008 to feature the new presentation style, rather than a data stream moving in towards the camera.

The sellout streak set a Major League Baseball record ; this was broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008, though Boston's Fenway Park is considerably smaller than Progressive Field.

According to a 2008 article in The Wall Street Journal, Dartmouth graduates also earn higher median salaries at least 10 years after graduation than alumni of any other American university surveyed.

In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).

In both 2008 and 2010, Ellensburg was just slightly more Republican than the statewide average, making it one of the most Democratic cities in Eastern Washington.

The past five years have seen rapid growth in the contribution of Asian nations to the global fluid and powdered milk manufacturing industry, which in 2008 accounted for more than 30 % of production, while China alone accounts for more than 10 % of both production and consumption in the global fruit and vegetable processing and preserving industry.

The 2008 rural comedy Bienvenue chez les Ch ' tis drew an audience of more than 20 million, the first French film to do so.

On 4 July 2008, the official F1 site reported that more than 300, 000 people attended the four-day Melbourne Grand Prix, though actual ticket sales were later disputed by the local media.

On 21 December 2008 the full moon occurred closer to the Earth than it has done at any time for the past 15 years.

Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

Ten to 20 percent of the scientific publications of these ten universities in the period 2006 – 2008 were the result of partnerships with researchers in industry.

Micronesia was one of ten Pacific countries to send a government member to the first Cuba-Pacific Islands ministerial meeting, held in Havana in September 2008.

In June 2008, AFI revealed its " Ten Top Ten "-the best ten films in ten " classic " American film genres-after polling over 1, 500 people from the creative community.

On December 20, 2008 it was announced that after ten years Engdahl would step down as the Academy's permanent secretary on June 1, 2009.

Windows Server 2008 ships in ten editions:

About ten billion CPUs were manufactured in 2008.

The revisions resulted in a rebuke from the major Jewish denominations in a June 13, 2008 letter to the head of the PCUSA and a similar condemnation in the form of a statement from the denominations and ten other organizations.

The two consecutive tours in support of Snakes & Arrows in 2007 and 2008 accrued $ 21 million and $ 18. 3 million, respectively, earning Rush the number 6 and 8 spots among the top ten summer rock concerts.

In 2008, President David Leebron issued a ten point plan titled " Vision for the Second Century " outlining plans to increase research funding, strengthen existing programs, and increase collaboration.

In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its " Ten Top Ten "— the best ten films in ten " classic " American film genres — after polling over 1, 500 people from the creative community.

As of 2008, it has sold over four million copies in the U. S. The first single, the multi-format duet " Party for Two ", made the country top ten with Billy Currington, while the pop version with Sugar Ray lead singer Mark McGrath made top ten in the United Kingdom and Germany.

On May 20, 2008, Scarlett Johansson's debut album, entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head, featured covers of ten Tom Waits songs.

In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked the Rolling Stones at number ten on " The Billboard Top All-Time Artists ", and as the second most successful group in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In June 2008, AFI revealed its " Ten top Ten "— the best ten films in ten " classic " American film genres — after polling over 1, 500 people from the creative community.

In January 2008, the Commission for freeing French development, known as the Attali Commission, recommended that the departmental level of government should be eliminated within ten years.

Despite investment in fixed lines, the density of main lines remains the lowest in Europe with nearly ten lines per 100 people ( 2008 ); however, cellular telephone use is widespread and generally effective.

In 2008, Tesco changed supermarket checkout signs reading " Ten items or less " after complaints that it was bad grammar ; it switched to " Up to ten items " rather than " Ten items or fewer " at the suggestion of the Plain English Campaign.

In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its " Ten Top Ten " – the best ten films in ten " classic " American film genres – after polling over 1, 500 people from the creative community.