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

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.

This reaction was studied for the first time in 2008 by the team at RIKEN, Japan, in order to study the decay properties of < sup > 266 </ sup > Bh, which is a decay product in their claimed decay chains of ununtrium .< ref > The decay of < sup > 266 </ sup > Bh by the emission of 9. 05-9. 23 MeV alpha particles was further confirmed in 2010.

A 2008 expedition from the University of Washington's School of Oceanography collected sediment cores from the lagoon to study climate change over the last millennium.

Allowing users to test developing products can have its limits in effectiveness, as the culture of the industry and desired outcomes can affect the effect on CRM creation, as a 2008 case study suggests that the responsiveness of test users can vary dramatically depending on the industry and field of the user.

" A 2008 study found that recreational drug use ( including marijuana, cocaine, poppers and amphetamines ) had no effect on CD4 or CD8 T-cell counts, providing further evidence against a role of recreational drugs as a cause of AIDS.

A 2008 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine showed that dieters who kept a daily food diary ( or diet journal ), lost twice as much weight as those who did not keep a food log, suggesting that if you write your food down, you wouldn't eat as many calories.

A WHO study released in January 2008 found that mass distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and artemisinin – based drugs cut malaria deaths in half in Rwanda and Ethiopia, countries with high malaria burdens.

A 2008 University of Pennsylvania study of 6, 000 dog owners who were interviewed indicated that dogs of smaller breeds were more likely to be " genetically predisposed towards aggressive behaviour ".

A study published in 2011 by the U. S. Department of Education found that " From 2000 to 2008, the percentage of undergraduates enrolled in at least one distance education class expanded from 8 percent to 20 percent, and the percentage enrolled in a distance education degree program increased from 2 percent to 4 percent.

In 2008, a study was published using wet divers at the same depth and confirmed that no statistically significant reduction in reported fatigue is seen.

For example, according to a 2008 study by Ipsos, the number of British fantasy sports players aged 16 – 64 is estimated to range between 5. 5 and 7. 5 million.

" The same authors in a more comprehensive 2008 study, again on Danish male conscripts, found that there was a 1. 5 points increase between 1988 and 1998, but a 1. 5 points decrease between 1998 and 2003 / 2004.

In the United Kingdom, a study by Flynn ( 2009 ) found that tests carried out in 1980 and again in 2008 show that the IQ score of an average 14-year-old dropped by more than two points over the period.

Pertinent to a non-partisan study on the 2008 U. S. Presidential election, the Population Reference Bureau, a demographic research organization based in Washington, D. C., cited Generation X birth years as falling between 1965-1982.

A study of granite countertops was done ( initiated and paid for by the Marble Institute of America ) in November 2008 by National Health and Engineering Inc of USA, and found that all of the 39 full size granite slabs that were measured for the study showed radiation levels well below the European Union safety standards ( section 4. 1. 1. 1 of the National Health and Engineering study ) and radon emission levels well below the average outdoor radon concentrations in the US.

* The Rise and Fall of the Cthulhu Mythos by S. T. Joshi ( Mythos Books, 2008 ) is the first full-length critical study since Lin Carter's to examine the development of Lovecraft's Mythos and its outworking in the oeuvres of various modern writers.

A PricewaterhouseCoopers study released in 2009, which surveyed the 2008 GDP of the top cities in the world, calculated Karachi ’ s GDP ( PPP ) to be $ 78 billion ( projected to be $ 193 billion in 2025 at a growth rate of 5. 5 %).

One study published in 2008 questions the long-accepted Mustelinae subfamily, and suggests Mustelidae consists of four major clades and three much smaller lineages.

By contrast, a previous study in 2008 had found only 38 percent of lemur species were at risk of extinction.

A 2008 study by Baylor University researchers found that clergy in the US often deny or dismiss the existence of a mental illness.

Labour and Social Welfare Minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko praised the 2008 study as " by far superior in scope and quality to any that has been available previously ", but its methodology has also received criticism.

A feasibility study by March 2008.

Luanda taxi called " Candongueiro " after heavy rainfalls, 2008

In 2008, Ice-T and Black Silver toured together as Black Ice, and released an album together called Urban Legends.

In a seminar at the Charles Schulz Museum on November 8, 2008, Lazarus called his experience at Toby " the five funniest years of my life.

An annual private media summit called Captivate, renamed from Gamers Day in 2008, is traditionally used as a platform for new game and business announcements.

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 ).

Switzerland has been ruled by a coalition of the four strongest parties in parliament from 1959 to 2008, called the " Magic Formula ".

: On November 11, 2008 The Walt Disney Company released a limited pressing of 39, 500 issues of The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh in DVD format for the first time as a part of the Disney Treasures collection, and was now called Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on March 5, 2008 called the announced movement of Colombian forces in Ecuador a " war crime ," and joined Ecuador's president Rafael Correa in demanding international condemnation of the cross-border attack.

On July 8, 2008, RedBrick announced a new line called Age of Legend 4e, a port of the Earthdawn setting for use with the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition rules.

* The 2008 documentary film called Frederick Douglass and the White Negro tells the story of Frederick Douglass in Ireland and the relationship between African Americans and Irish Americans during the American Civil War.

In 2008, Foster's was introduced with a widget called a " scuba " placed into the can to ensure good mixing.

Singer prepared an NIPCC report called " Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate ," published in March 2008 by the Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank.

From 2004 until 2008, HBC also owned and operated a small chain of off-price stores called Designer Depot.

The government called early elections in September 2007 ( normally, elections would have been held in March 2008 ), and New Democracy again was the majority party in the Parliament.

In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI called this topic " so controversial, yet so crucial for humanity's future ".

In February 2008, Kemp was associated with a group called " Defense of Democracies " that was advocating an electronic surveillance bill that failed in the House of Representatives.

The lawsuit claimed that Blakeman had given a copyrighted screenplay called Go November to Grammer in 2006, and that Grammer agreed to develop the project and star as a Republican president but instead ended up playing a similar role in Swing Vote, which was released on August 1, 2008.

April 6, 2008, p. 4 ; excerpt, "... a skyscraper that Nouvel ( adapting a term from the artist Brâncuşi ) called the “ tour sans fins ,” or endless tower.

On August 26, 2008 Dr. Lederman was video-recorded by a science focused organization called ScienCentral, on the street in a major U. S. city, answering questions from passersby.

In April 2008, the United States Geological Survey released information concerning a newly found fault line south of downtown Abbotsford, called the Boulder Creek Fault.

As of August 2008, an 18-story condominium high-rise called Capitol Club Tower is in the design phase with the adjacent parking structure already having been approved by city council and purchased by the developer.

MySQL ( " My S-Q-L ", officially, but also called " My Sequel ") is the world's most used open source relational database management system ( RDBMS ) as of 2008 that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases.

With the addition of sack-leader Jared Allen in 2008, the dominant front four began being called by several nicknames, including " Thunder and Plunder " and " Shock and AWWE " ( an acronym of their surname initials ).

In 2008, the government called for the formation of nearly 15, 000 civil defence committees at the village level for additional protection.

In 2008, the BBC created a television series, also called Merlin, where Merlin is portrayed by Colin Morgan.