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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def is_running(self):
 """ Checks if the QEMU process is running :returns: True or False """


        if self._process:
            if self._process.returncode is None:
                return True
            else:
                self._process = None
        return False