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  2. Mjolnir (comics) - Wikipedia

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    Mjolnir, which first appears in Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962), was created by writers Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and designed by artists Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. Mjolnir is typically depicted as a large, square-headed gray sledgehammer, with a short, round handle wrapped in brown leather, culminating in a looped lanyard.

  3. Wilks coefficient - Wikipedia

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    The formula can also be used in team and handicap competitions where the team includes lifters of significantly varying bodyweights. The Wilks formula, like its predecessors (the O'Carroll [ 3 ] and Schwartz [ 4 ] formulas), was set up to address the imbalances whereby lighter lifters tend to have a greater Power-to-weight ratio , with lighter ...

  4. Mjölnir - Wikipedia

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    A silver-gilded Thor's hammer found in Scania, Sweden, that once belonged to the collection of Baron Claes Kurck.. Mjölnir (UK: / ˈ m j ɒ l n ɪər / MYOL-neer, US: / ˈ m j ɔː l n ɪər / MYAWL-neer; [1] from Old Norse Mjǫllnir [ˈmjɔlːnir]) is the hammer of the thunder god Thor in Norse mythology, used both as a devastating weapon and as a divine instrument to provide blessings.

  5. Mjolnir and Stormbreaker - Wikipedia

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    Mjolnir is a hammer, and was enchanted by Thor's father, Odin, so that only those the hammer deemed "worthy" are capable of wielding or even lifting it. Stormbreaker is an axe, and although it does not have such a worthiness enchantment, its power is such that a mere mortal attempting to wield it would be driven mad.

  6. Beta Ray Bill - Wikipedia

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    When Thor ends up on the Skuttlebutt following a battle with the Dark Surfer and the Stranger finds them, Bill helps Thor defeat the Stranger and free his people using Mjolnir. Following the battle, Mjolnir transforms Bill's toilet brush into a hammer he eventually dubs "Stormbreaker" and Bill works with his people to help Thor get back to Earth.

  7. Falling and rising factorials - Wikipedia

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    In this formula and in many other places, the falling factorial in the calculus of finite differences plays the role of in differential calculus. For another example, note the similarity of Δ ⁡ ( x ) n = n ( x ) n − 1 {\displaystyle ~\operatorname {\Delta } (x)_{n}=n\ (x)_{n-1}~} to d d ⁡ x x n = n x n − 1 . {\displaystyle ~{\frac ...

  8. Cost-effectiveness analysis - Wikipedia

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    Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a form of economic analysis that compares the relative costs and outcomes (effects) of different courses of action. Cost-effectiveness analysis is distinct from cost–benefit analysis, which assigns a monetary value to the measure of effect. [1]

  9. Kuder–Richardson formulas - Wikipedia

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    The name of this formula stems from the fact that is the twentieth formula discussed in Kuder and Richardson's seminal paper on test reliability. [1] It is a special case of Cronbach's α, computed for dichotomous scores. [2] [3] It is often claimed that a high KR-20 coefficient (e.g., > 0.90) indicates a homogeneous test. However, like ...