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Agent can mean: agent (grammar), a noun carrying out an action agent (law), a person authorised to act on behalf of another person literary agent, a person who represents a writer agent (economics) double agent election agent, a person responsible for a candidate's campaign free agent, a sports player who is out of contract real estate agent secret agent, a spy in science: Agent Orange, a herbicide bio

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Agent: Encyclopedia - Agent grammar In linguistics, a grammatical agent is the participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation. Also, agent is the name of the thematic role with the above definition. Typically, the situation is denoted by a sentence, the action—by a verb in the sentence, and the agent—by a noun phrase. For example, in the sentence "Jack kicked the ball", Jack is the agent. In certain languages, the agent is declined or otherwise marked to indicate its grammatical role. In Japanese, for instance, t ...

Agent: Encyclopedia II - Agent handling - Agent

An "agent" by definition acts on behalf of another, the "another", in this case, being an organization or government. Agents can be either witting or unwitting, willing or unwilling. Agents are typically under the direction of an agent handler or controller. In the case of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, this handler is known as a Case Officer. A potential recruit is often identified by skimming of trade journals and professional proceedings for subject experts names and affiliations, vulnerable political and technical de ...

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Agent: Encyclopedia - Antiarrhythmic agent

Antiarrhythmic agents are a group of pharmaceuticals that are used to suppress fast rhythms of the heart (cardiac arrhythmias), such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation. While the use of antiarrhythmic agents to suppress atrial arrhythmias (atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter) is still in practice, it is unclear whether suppress ...

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Agent: Encyclopedia - Cutting agent

A cutting agent is a chemical used to "cut" (adulterate) illicit drugs with something less expensive than the drug itself. The clasical model of drug cutting (cf Preble & Casey, 1969) refers to the way that illict drugs were diluted at each stage of the chain of distribution. The rationale for such cutting is greed. A dealer can quickly turn one kilogram of a given drug into two kilograms by mixing one kilogram of adulterant/cutting agent with the original kilogram of adulterant. This would give the dealer two kilograms (of half-s ...

Agent: Encyclopedia - Agent 212

Agent 212 is the name of a Belgian comic, about a fat policeman. The scripts are written by Raoul Cauvin and Daniel Kox illustrates. The comic has been published in the Spirou/Robbedoes magazine since 1975. Dupuis has also published 21 comic books in French and Dutch featuring the caricature policeman. Other related archives1975, Belgian, Dupuis, Dutch, French, Spirou/Robbedoes magazine, caricature, comic books

Agent: Encyclopedia - Blood agent

A blood agent or cyanogen agent is a chemical compound, containing the cyanide group, that prevents the body from utilizing oxygen. The term "blood agent" is a misnomer, however, because these agents do not actually affect the blood in any way. Rather, they exert their toxic effect at the cellular level, by interrupting the electron transport chain in the inner membranes of mitochondria (see cyanide). The mechanism of action is nearly identical to that of carbon monoxide. Examples of blood agen ...

Agent: Encyclopedia - User agent

A user agent is the client application used with a particular network protocol; the phrase is most commonly used in reference to those which access the World Wide Web. Web user agents range from web browsers to search engine crawlers ("spiders"), as well as screen readers and braille browsers used by people with disabilities. When Internet users visit a web site, a text string is generally sent to identify the user agent to the server. This forms part of the HTTP request, prefixed with User-agent: or User-Agent: a ...

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Agent: Encyclopedia - Agent Orange

Agent Orange is the code name for a powerful herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military in its Herbicidal Warfare program during the Vietnam War. Agent Orange was used from 1961 to 1971, and was by far the most used of the so-called "rainbow herbicides" used during the program. Agent Orange (as well as Agents Purple, White, Pink and Green) contained dioxins which have caused serious harm to the health of exposed Vietnamese, Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and Americans, as well as their children and grandchildren. Dioxin ...

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Agent: Encyclopedia - Agent law

An Agent in Commercial Law is a person who is authorised to act on behalf of another (called the Principal) to create a legal relationship with a Third Party. Agency law deals with the tripartite relationship between: Agents and Principals; Agents and the Third Parties with whom they deal on their Principals' behalf; and Principals and the Third Parties when the Agents deal on their behalf. Agent law - Brief statement of legal principles. There are three broad classes o ...

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Agent: Encyclopedia - Agent Smith Moment

The "Agent Smith Moment", occasionally shortened to ASM, is a term coined to describe a certain type of event in a movie, especially big-budget action movies; specifically, an Agent Smith Moment is when a character notices and recognizes their own imminent death and becomes aware that there is nothing they can do to stop it. Agent Smith Moment - Origin of the Term. The name comes from a scene in the 1999 film, The Matrix, in which the character Agent Smith is interrogating Morpheus in a high level of an of ...

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Agent: Encyclopedia - Biological agent

A biological agent is an infectious disease, or toxin that can be used in bioterrorism or biological warfare. There are more than 1200 different kinds of biological agents. Biological agents include prions, microorganisms (viruses, bacteria and fungi) and some unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes (for example parasites) and their associated toxins. They have the ability to adversely affect human health in a variety of ways, ranging from allergic reactions that are usually relatively mild, to serious medical conditions, even ...

Agent: Encyclopedia II - Agent environment - Agents

To be considered a bonafide agent, an agent (software, hardware or otherwise) must exhibit the behavioural qualities of agenthood. Essentially this means perceiving the software environment through sensors and acting on the environment through actuators. This must be accomplished autonomously. Agents are one of the most prominent and attractive technologies in computer science at the beginning of the new millennium. The technologies, methods, and theories of agents and multiagent systems are currently contributing to many diver ...

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