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Foreign agent. A foreign agent is any person or entity actively carrying out the interests of a foreign principal while located in another host country, generally outside the protections offered to those working in their official capacity for a diplomatic mission . Foreign agents may be citizens of the host country.
Sleeper agent. A sleeper agent is a spy or operative who is placed in a target country or organization, not to undertake an immediate mission, but instead to act as a potential asset on short notice if activated. Even if not activated, the "sleeper agent" is still an asset and can still play an active role in sedition, espionage, or possibly ...
A freight forwarder or forwarding agent is a person or a company who co-ordinates and organizes the movement of shipments on behalf of a shipper (party that arranges an item for shipment) by liaising with carriers (party that transports goods). The carriers may use a variety of shipping modes, including ships, airplanes, trucks, and railroads ...
Structure and agency. In the social sciences there is a standing debate over the primacy of structure or agency in shaping human behaviour. Structure is the recurrent patterned arrangements which influence or limit the choices and opportunities available. [1] Agency is the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free ...
Antihemorrhagic. An antihemorrhagic ( British English: antihaemorrhagic) agent is a substance that promotes hemostasis (stops bleeding ). [1] It may also be known as a hemostatic (also spelled haemostatic) agent. [2] Antihemorrhagic agents used in medicine have various mechanisms of action:
Agent causation, or Agent causality, is an idea in philosophy which states that a being who is not an event—namely an agent —can cause events ( particularly the agent's own actions ). Agent causation contrasts with event causation, which occurs when an event causes another event. [1] [2] Whether agent causation as a concept is logically ...
CS gas. The compound 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (also called o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile; chemical formula: C 10 H 5 ClN 2 ), a cyanocarbon, is the defining component of the lachrymatory agent commonly referred to as CS gas, which is used as a riot control agent. CS gas.
Sociology. In social science, agency is the capacity of individuals to have the power and resources to fulfill their potential. For instance, structure consists of those factors of influence (such as social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, ability, customs, etc.) that determine or limit agents and their decisions. [1]