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Q-analog
In mathematics, in the area of combinatorics and special functions, a q-analog is, roughly speaking, a theorem or identity for a q-series that gives back a known result in the limit, as q → 1, inside the unit circle. The earliest q-analog studied in detail is the basic hypergeometric series, ..

Qanaqer-Zeytun
Qanaqer-Zeytun is a town, located on north-eastern Yerevan Province of Armenia. It contains two historical parts of Yerevan Qanaqer and Zeytun. The town is small, with a population of 102,700 and an area about 2,000 acres (8 km²). It consists mainly of one or two-storied houses. The most famous p..

Qanat
A qanat or kareez is a water management system used to provide a reliable supply of water to human settlements or for irrigation in hot, arid and semi-arid climates. The technology is known to have developed in ancient Persia, and then spread to other cultures, especially along the Silk Road as far..

Qanate Kurdo
Qanate Kurdo or Qanatê Kurdo or Kanat Kalashevich Kurdoev, (1909-1985), was a Kurdish writer, linguist and academic. He was born in the village of Sûsiz near Kars in north-eastern Turkey. He attended a Kurdish school in Tbilisi. Many other Kurdish writers (such as Dr. Çerkez Bakayêv) in the form..

Qana shelling
Memorial to the victims The Qana shelling took place on April 18, 1996 in Qana, a village located southeast of Tyre, Lebanon. Qana is one possible site for the Biblical Cana, where Jesus is said by John 2 to have turned water into wine. Amid heavy fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces an..

Qandala
Qandala City is an ancient harbour, and like many other Somali ports on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, may had been frequented by Phoenicians, Egyptians, Persians, Yemenis, Greeks and Roman sailors. A diary dated to 50 CE contains a map of all the ports and their importance. It indicates tha..

Qango (band)
Qango was a short-lived progressive rock band, a spin-off from Asia. In 1999, an attempt was made at a partial reunion of the progressive rock supergroup Asia involving John Wetton (bass, vocals), Carl Palmer (drums) and Geoff Downes (keys). However, Downes withdrew from plans, choosing to stick w..

Qantas
Qantas (pronounced [kwɒntəs]) is the name and callsign of the world's second oldest continuously running independent airline behind Avianca. Qantas is an acronym for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services." The company is now based in Sydney, New South Wales and it is Austra..

QantasLink
QantasLink is a regional subsidiary of Australian airline Qantas and is an affiliate member of the oneworld airline alliance. Contents 1 History2 Fleet2.0.1 Expansion3 Destinations3.1 Former destinations4 See also4.1 External links History Up until recently, ..

Qantassaurus
Qantassaurus intrepidus (KWAHN-tuh-SORE-us) was a fast two-legged, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in Australia about 115 million years ago, when the continent was still south of the Antarctic Circle. It was the size of a small grey kangaroo, and had huge eyes to help it see in the polar night. I..

Qantas Club
Qantas Club is the official airline lounge for Qantas with airport locations around Australia and the world. The Qantas Club offers membership by paid subscription or by achievement of high tiers of frequent flyer status. Benefits of membership include lounge access but also extend to privileges su..

Qantas Defence Services
Qantas Defence Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas Airways. Qantas is providing increasing support for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF): Partnered with EADS for the supply of Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport to replace the RAAF's Boeing 707s in the aerial refueling and strat..

Qantas destinations
This is a list of airports that Qantas (including its regional subsidiary, QantasLink) flies to. Contents 1 ..

Qantas fatal accidents
This is an [Incomplete listsincomplete list], which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome. Famously, Qantas quote that they have never had a fatal jet airliner accident. While this is true, the Australian national airline..

Qantas Flight 1
|) | }} }} | Passengers=391 | Crew=19 | Survivors = 410 (all) | }} Qantas Flight 1 (QF1, QFA1) is the flight number of the "flagship" Sydney to London route of Australia's Qantas airline. On 23 September 1999 a Boeing 747-438 "jumbo jet" overran the runway while landing in heavy rain for a refuell..

Qantas Founders Outback Museum
The Qantas Founders Outback Museum is a transport museum at Longreach, Queensland, Australia. See also List of transport museums External links [Qantas Founders Outback Museum website] ..

Qantas Television Awards
Contents 1 Finalists & Results1.1 Best Actor in TV Drama1.2 Best Actress In A TV Drama1.3 Best Camera (Factual)1.4 Best Camera (Non-Factual)1.5 Best NZ Children's/Youth Programme1.6 Best NZ Comedy Programme1.7 Best Director (Drama)1.8 Best Director (N..

QANTM
QANTM COLLEGE is a creative digital media college in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Qantm College was established in 1996 by a consortium of investors which includes the Queensland Department of State Development and Innovation, Arts Queensland, Northern Territory Government, Queensland University..

Qanún
See also Kanun (disambiguation) The qanún or kanun is a string instrument found in Near Eastern traditional music based on Maqamat. It is basically a zither with a narrow trapezoidal soundboard. Nylon or PVC strings are stretched over a single bridge poised on fish-skins on one end, attached to tu..

Q and A
Q and A is the first novel written by Vikas Swarup, an Indian diplomat. Set in India, it is a story about a young orphaned penniless waiter who defies the odds and wins a billion rupees on a tv quiz show, becoming the biggest quiz-show winner in history. But rather than receiving a cheque for a bil..

Q and Not U
Q and Not U was a rock band from Washington, D.C., signed with Dischord Records. Members John Davis, Harris Klahr, Christopher Richards, and Matt Borlik formed the band in 1998. After Borlik's departure following the release of their first album, the band went on to record two more critically laud..

Q and R class destroyer
HMS Quality Q-class General Characteristics Displacement: 1,692 tonnes Length: 359 feet Propulsion: Geared turbines, 2 shafts Speed: 36 knots Complement: 176 men Armaments: 4 x single 4.7 in QF Mark XII on mounting CP Mk.XVIII 1 x quadruple 2 pdr "pom-pom" mou..

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