Modal interpretations of quantum mechanics posit that the state vector obeys linear, unitary evolution at all times, and supplement the state vector with a set of possessed properties sufficiently rich to account for the occurrence of definite events at the macroscopic level, including definite outcomes of experiments, but sufficiently restricted so as to avoid a Kochen-Specker contradiction. T...

In a relatively short period of time Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has grown into a powerful quantitative, analytical tool for measuring and evaluating performance. DEA has been successfully applied to a host of different types of entities engaged in a wide variety of activities in many contexts worldwide. This chapter discusses the fundamental DEA models and some of their extensions.

The present study investigated students’ ( N = 404) interpretations of the main message and use modes in a persuasive multimodal video on vaccines. It also examined whether topic knowledge, language arts grades, self-identified gender were associated with their interpretations. Students analyzed YouTube which two entertainers demonstrated importance vaccinating children. Students’ usefulness va...