Pinkerton agents

Examples of Pinkerton agents in the following topics:

• The Molly Maguires

  • The Molly Maguires were an Irish-American organization of coal miners, opposed and persecuted by industrialists and Pinkerton agents.
  • In the 1870s, the Reading Railroad blamed the deals of two dozen mine foremen and administrators on a secret society of Irishmen called the "Molly Maguires. " Although the Reading Railroad hired a Pinkerton undercover detective to investigate, it is highly probable that most of the men accused and executed for being Molly Maguires were innocent.
  • Gowen and the testimony of Pinkerton detective James McParland.
  • Gowen decided to force a strike and showdown, and hired Pinkerton agent James McParland to go undercover against the Mollies.
  • McParland's assignment was to collect evidence of murder plots and intrigue, passing this information along to his Pinkerton manager.

• The Homestead Strike

  • After three agents were shot, many of the Pinkertons refused to continue the firefight.
  • Just before noon, a sniper shot killed another Pinkerton agent.
  • The Pinkertons, too, wished to surrender.
  • Their arms were stripped from them, and as the Pinkertons crossed the grounds of the mill, the crowd formed a gauntlet through which the agents passed.
  • Men and women threw sand and stones at the Pinkerton agents, spat on them, and beat them.

• Lockouts

  • Industrialist Henry Clay Frick sent private security agents from the Pinkerton National Detective Agency to break the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers strike at a Homestead, Pennsylvania steel mill.
  • Two strikers were killed, 12 wounded, along with 2 Pinkertons killed and 11 wounded.

• Principle-Agent Problem

  • The principle-agent problem (agency dilemma) exists when conflicts of interest arise between a principal and an agent in a business setting.
  • In economics, the principal-agent problem (also known as an agency dilemma) exists when conflicts of interest arise between a principal and an agent in a business setting .
  • This connection sets the standard for judging the performance of the agent.
  • The diagram shows the basic idea of the principle agent problem.
  • P is the principle and A is the agent.

• Summary and references

  • Pinkerton, Richard L. (1994).

• Biological Control of Microbes

  • Those that result in bacterial death are called bactericidal agents.
  • Those causing temporary inhibition of growth are bacteriostatic agents.
  • No single antimicrobial agent is most effective for use in all situations - different situations may call for different agents.
  • A number of factors affect selection of the best agent for any given situation - Antimicrobial agents must be selected with specific organisms and environmental conditions in mind.
  • Once an agent has been selected, it is important to evaluate it's effectiveness.

• Agents

  • A decision also implies the existence of an agent.
  • In the case of an agent or agents representing a principal, there may be a conflict or incompatibility among their objectives.
  • This is referred to as the principal/agent problem.
  • The agent has a conflict of interest.
  • A stockbroker acts as an agent for an investor; a doctor may act as the agent for a patient.

• Antisense Agents

  • Antisense agents are short oligonucleotides that bind to target messenger RNA and inhibit protein synthesis.
  • When this agent binds to the pathogen DNA or messenger RNA, the biosynthesis of target proteins is disrupted.
  • A limiting factor in their potential application as therapeutic agents for bacterial infections is their poor uptake by bacterial cells.
  • Antisense agents also exhibit efficacy in broader clinical applications such as cancer therapy.
  • Discuss the mechanism of antisense agents and the advantages and disadvantages of antisense therapy

• Overview of Reducing Agents

  • Note that Lithium Aluminum Hydride (LiAlH4) is the strongest reducing agent listed, and it reduces all the substrates.

• Chelating Agents

  • Usually these ligands are organic compounds and are called chelants, chelators, chelating agents, or sequestering agents; the resulting complexes are called chelate compounds.
  • Chelation therapy is the use of chelating agents to detoxify poisonous metal agents, such as mercury, arsenic, and lead, by converting them to a chemically inert form that can be excreted without further interaction with the body.
  • Such chelating agents include the porphyrin rings in hemoglobin and chlorophyll.
  • Enterobactin, produced by E. coli, is the strongest chelating agent known.
  • Ethylenediamine serves as a chelating agent by binding via its two nitrogen atoms.