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Qi (other)
Qi, in traditional Chinese culture, is a vital force forming part of any living entity. Qi, QI or Q.I. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''QI'', a British TV programme ** QI (Czech TV series), ''QI'' (Czech TV series) ** QI (Dutch TV series), ''QI'' (Dutch TV series) * Q.I (song), "Q.I" (song), 2005, by Mylène Farmer * ''QI: The Quest for Intelligence'', a 2001 book by Kevin Warwick Businesses and brands * Qi Card, an Iraqi payment card * Quite Interesting Limited, research company for the ''QI'' TV show * Ibom Air, a Nigerian airline (IATA:QI) * Qimonda, German memory manufacturer (2006–2011; NYSE:QI) People * Qi (surname), the romanization of several Chinese family names * Qi of Xia (reigned 2146–2117 BC), a Chinese king of the Xia Dynasty * Hou Ji, or Qi, a legendary Chinese culture hero Places in China * Banners of Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 旗; pinyin: qí), an administrative division of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China. Administrative areas * Qi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QI (Czech TV Series)
''QI'' (''Quite Interesting'') is a Czech panel show aired by TV Prima. The format is based on the UK version of ''QI''. The program is hosted by Leoš Mareš alongside regular guest Patrik Hezucký. On the show, Leoš Mareš asks interesting, often obscure questions, the guests can score points for answers that are funny and interesting. Episodes As in the British version of ''QI'', the series are themed around one letter of the alphabet. Series A (2013) Twelve episodes, all beginning with the letter "A", were broadcast on TV Prima. References External links Official SiteTV Prima {{QI QI 2013 Czech television series debuts Czech comedy television series Prima televize original programming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Qi
Qi, known in historiography as the Southern Qi ( or ) or Xiao Qi (), was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the second of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It followed the Liu Song dynasty and was succeeded by the Liang dynasty. The main polity to its north was the Northern Wei. History The dynasty began in 479, when Xiao Daocheng forced the Emperor Shun of Liu Song (宋顺帝) into yielding the throne to him, ending Liu Song and starting Southern Qi, as its Emperor Gao. The dynasty's name was taken from Xiao's fief, which roughly occupied the same territory as the Warring States era Kingdom of Qi. The Book of the Qi does not mention whether or not Xiao had any blood relationship to either the House of Jiang or House of Tian, the two dynasties which had previously ruled that kingdom. During its 23-year history, the dynasty was largely filled with instability, as after the death of the capable Emperor Gao and Emperor Wu, Empe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Island
Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a large-scale waterfront regeneration, comprising historic maritime landmarks, film studios, education facilities, apartments, a riverside entertainment district, and the world's largest Titanic-themed attraction centred on land in Belfast Harbour, known until 1995 as Queen's Island, and initially, Dargan's Island. The site, previously occupied by part of the Harland and Wolff shipyard, is named after the company's, and the city's, most famous product, RMS ''Titanic''. Titanic Quarter is part of the Dublin-based group, Harcourt Developments, which has held the development rights since 2003. Dargan Island / Queen's Island Prior to the developments of the Titanic Quarter, the island was initially named ‘Dargan’s Island’ after engineer William Dargan who was undertaking the work. In the 1840s, the land was created when a deep channel was cut through the mudflats of the river Lagan, the material excavated from the cut was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quality Indicator
A performance indicator or key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement. KPIs evaluate the success of an organization or of a particular activity (such as projects, programs, products and other initiatives) in which it engages. KPIs provide a focus for strategic and operational improvement, create an analytical basis for decision making and help focus attention on what matters most. Often success is simply the repeated, periodic achievement of some levels of operational goal (e.g. zero defects, 10/10 customer satisfaction), and sometimes success is defined in terms of making progress toward strategic goals. Accordingly, choosing the right KPIs relies upon a good understanding of what is important to the organization. What is deemed important often depends on the department measuring the performance – e.g. the KPIs useful to finance will differ from the KPIs assigned to sales. Since there is a need to understand well what is important, various techniques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qualified Immunity
In the United States, qualified immunity is a legal principle of federal law that grants government officials performing discretionary (optional) functions immunity from lawsuits for damages unless the plaintiff shows that the official violated "clearly established statutory statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known". It is comparable to sovereign immunity, though it protects government employees rather than the government itself. It is less strict than absolute immunity, by protecting officials who "make reasonable but mistaken judgments about open legal questions", extending to "all [officials] but the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law". Qualified immunity applies only to government officials in civil litigation, and does not protect the government itself from suits arising from officials' actions. The Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court first introduced the qualified immunity doctrine in Pierson v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quote Investigator
Quote Investigator is a website that fact-checks the reported origins of widely circulated quotes. It was started in 2010 by Gregory F. Sullivan, a former Johns Hopkins University computer scientist who runs the site under the pseudonym Garson O'Toole. Many of the quotes that O'Toole examines on the site are emailed to him by readers. In her review of the site for '' The School Librarian'', the Thorp Academy's Beth Khalil concluded, "This site would be a very useful resource for librarians, teachers or students to use when studying a variety of subjects." In April 2017, O'Toole published the results of many of his online quote investigations in the book ''Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations''. See also * Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ''Bartlett's Familiar Quotations'', often simply called ''Bartlett's'', is an American reference work that is the longest-lived and most widely distributed collection of quotations. The book was first issued in 1855 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QueryInterface
In the computer programming of applications on Microsoft_Windows through the Windows_API, the IUnknown interface is the fundamental interface Component Object Model (COM). The COM specification mandates that COM objects must implement this interface. Furthermore, every other COM interface must be derived from IUnknown. IUnknown exposes two essential features of all COM objects: object lifetime management through reference counting, and access to object functionality through other interfaces. As well as being a foundational part of Microsoft's COM and DCOM models of objects, there are implementations of the same interface on other platforms -either because the other platforms implement some form of COM-compatibility, or because the design was considered effective. An IUnknown (or IUnknown-derived) interface generally consists of a pointer to a virtual method table that contains a list of pointers to the functions that implement the functions declared in the interface, in the order t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qi Hardware
Qi Hardware is an organization which produces copyleft hardware and software, in an attempt to apply the Free Software Foundation's GNU GPL concept of copylefting software to the hardware layer by using the CC BY-SA license for schematics, bill of materials A bill of materials or product structure (sometimes bill of material, BOM or associated list) is a list of the raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, parts, and the quantities of each needed to manufacture an Prod ... and PCB layout data. The project has been both a community of popular open hardware websites and a company, founded by Steve Mosher, Jon Phillips, Wolfgang Spraul and Yi Zhang, that makes hardware products. Formed from the now defunct Openmoko project, key members went on to form Qi Hardware Inc. and Sharism At Work Ltd. Thus far, the project has released the Ben Nanonote, the Milkymist One, and the Ben WPAN wireless project to create a copyleft wireless platform. The example ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qi (standard)
Qi ( ) is an open standard for inductive charging developed by the Wireless Power Consortium. It allows compatible devices, such as smartphones, to receive power when placed on a Qi charger, which can be effective over distances up to 4 cm (1.6 in). Devices that implement the optional Magnetic Power Profile for magnetic attachment and alignment may be labelled Qi2 ( ). Qi version 1.0 was released in 2010; by 2017, it had been incorporated into more than 200 models of smartphones, tablets, and other devices. In December 2023, 351 manufacturers were working with the standard, including Apple, Asus, Google, Huawei, LG Electronics, Samsung, Xiaomi, and Sony. , the current version of the Qi specification is 2.1., which incorporates Apple's MagSafe technology to enhance wireless charging through magnetic alignment. The current standard supports charging speeds of up to 15 watts and aims to improve compatibility across devices from various manufacturers. Naming The name Qi () means ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin Dynasty (1115–1234)
The Jin dynasty (, ), officially known as the Great Jin (), was a Jurchen people, Jurchen-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Wanyan clan that existed between 1115 and 1234. It is also often called the Jurchen dynasty or the Jurchen Jin after the ruling Jurchen people. At its peak, the empire extended from Outer Manchuria in the north to the Qinling–Huaihe Line in the south. The Jin dynasty emerged from Emperor Taizu of Jin, Wanyan Aguda's rebellion against the Liao dynasty (916–1125), which held sway over northern China until being driven by the nascent Jin to the Western Regions, where they would become known in Chinese historiography as the Qara Khitai, Western Liao. After conquering the Liao territory, the Jin launched a Jin–Song Wars, century-long campaign against the Song dynasty (960–1279) based in southern China, whose rulers were ethnically Han Chinese. Over the course of the Jin's rule, their emperors Sinicization, adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Tang
Southern Tang ( zh, c=南唐, p=Nán Táng) was a Dynasties in Chinese history, dynastic state of China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Located in southern China, the Southern Tang proclaimed itself to be the successor of the Tang dynasty. The capital was located at Jinling, Nanjing in present-day Jiangsu Province. At its territorial peak in 951, the Southern Tang controlled the whole of modern Jiangxi, and portions of Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangsu provinces. The Southern Tang was founded by Li Bian in 937, when he overthrew emperor Yang Pu of Yang Wu, Wu. He largely maintained peaceable relations with neighboring states. His son Li Jing (Southern Tang), Li Jing did not follow this foreign policy, conquering the Min (Ten Kingdoms), Min and Ma Chu dynasties in 945 and 951 respectively. The Later Zhou, Later Zhou dynasty invaded the Southern Tang domain in 956 and defeated them by 958. Li Jing was forced to become a vassal of the Chai Rong, Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
